On Oct 11, 1:13*am, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Pah. Wait until you have to drive a towed car with mole grips in place
of a steering wheel.

Mole grips? You were lucky!

You need to try it with reins lad! When I were a nipper, I had to
drive the steam roller home from Halifax every night, and getting
beaten with a wet kipper all the way back. A plate of crushed asbestos
for supper, and we thought we were lucky.