Astran / Middle East Drivers

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Who knows this feller then?

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Pic taken nov 2012 in doha

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richmond:
Pic taken nov 2012 in doha

Is the pic taken in OZ it’s come through upside down :wink: :laughing:

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Ha ha i tried to change it around but i had enough trouble just posting it if someone can turn it go
For it

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richmond:
Ha ha i tried to change it around but i had enough trouble just posting it if someone can turn it go
For it

Know what you mean mate I can’t do it ether, I’m at this moment in time hanging upside down by my feet from the ceiling trying to get a good look at the guy, hope someone can turn it around. :laughing:

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richmond:
Ha ha i tried to change it around but i had enough trouble just posting it if someone can turn it go
For it

Hullo Richmond,
How’s this mate ? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Mind you I still don’t know who the Bloke is. Do you ? it’s too dark. :frowning:

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Saw this posted on the Richie Thorne thread. Credit to GSOverland as it is one of his, hope you dont mind me re-posting it.

I couldnt help but notice the fuel tank on the DAF. Obviously a custom made job, but I couldnt believe how low it is! Would that have had some sort of guard plate underneath it to protect the underside considering how rough some of the “roads” and trails were back then? A hole in that what have abeen a rather messy, not to mention expensive occurance!! Great pic though. :wink:

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Archie Paice:

richmond:
Ha ha i tried to change it around but i had enough trouble just posting it if someone can turn it go
For it

Hullo Richmond,
How’s this mate ? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: Mind you I still don’t know who the Bloke is. Do you ? it’s too dark. :frowning:

Thanks for the turn yeah i know who it is. He is astrans man about town in qatar ,to be fair i dont think i have ever seen a picture pf him anywhere which is why i posted it ,so whats his nickname then. He did tell me his real name once but its way to hard for an englishman to say!

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Maybe a better pic but i cany guarantee it

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richmond:
Pic taken nov 2012 in doha

Hi Richmond rite way is up Cheers Chris.

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hows that

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robthedog:
hows that

See its just a matter of team work,ta

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anorak:

freshir:

turps:

bigr250:

freshir:
I recently read someones post that he was experiencing difficulty updating his profile by creating an Avotar but to no avail, (Join the club mate) so being ‘self unemployed’ and having all the time in the world this prompted me to have a bash at it -So i weighed up my assets and concluded that I was reasonably fluent in English and that my M/E experience made me a very patient person, so I decided that I could pis this so I bought up the destructions on the profile page and away I went - Two days and many hours later I gave up, so you lads on here that have succeeded in creating this ‘Simple’ task’ good on ya - Regards to all - Poor old Fred :blush:

I’m with you completely on that score Fred, as you’ll see I have the outline of one but I ‘shrunk’ it that much it didn’t exist!!! It’s clearly an age thing with me!!!

Ross.

just tryed it , forget it :blush:

freshir wrote
I am pleased that I am not alone Ross, I cannot understand why it should be such hassle, I transfer pics to family by email very successfully and I am sure that there are many contributors on this thread who do not display an ‘Avotar’ would like to do so and like us have probably attempted and failed, I wonder if it could be simplified ? I shall keep trying when I have cooled down and have a week or so to spare. Fred

Hi Gents, I managed this, after a bit of swearing. You can do it in “Paint”, but must take care not to:

  1. Make it the wrong size: too big and it won’t work, too small and it will look daft.
  2. Bugger up the resolution, so it looks fuzzy.
  3. Skew the width/height ratio, so it looks like it is in a hall of mirrors.
    Do this:
  4. Open your pic in Paint and save it as something else, EG “My_truck_small”.
  5. The maximum size the site allows is 80x80 pixels, so you want it as close to this size as possible. From the top menu bar in Paint, select Image then Attributes from the list below. Change the Units to pixels. It will say 640 x 400, or something like that. Divide 80 by the larger number, and multiply by 100 to give it as a percentage. In this case, the answer will be 12.5. Knock off the 0.5 to give 12, or whatever your numbers are, because Paint only accepts whole numbers.
  6. Select Image, then Stretch/Skew from the list. Enter the percentage into both the height and width boxes. The picture will shrink. Go back into Image…Attributes again, and the size should be just under 80x80 pixels. Save the file.
  7. Now you are ready to attack the TNUK page where you put the avatar in. Where it asks for the picture, select the option to select from your computer and click Browse. Find out where you have saved it, and click on the file to get it into the box. Job done.

freshir wrote
Thanks for that info - I got a result at last but it took hours and patience that was beyond my limits. I reckon I was about 3 or 4 hrs: on Sat and again on Sunday, today (Monday) I decided to have a final go as I would not be beaten and as you can see I got my rewards. Thanks Fred :astonished:

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Well done Freddie!

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A clue

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Hi - i was wondering if any of the early runners on the M/E remember Stevie Smith of Pro-Motors ? what a character, Iv’e met some funny people in my time across the pond but this man had me falling about when I was in his company at the Londra, it was not about jokes but his account of situations - bloody hilarious - some people are so gifted at holding an audience and sending people away in tears. Fred

Nobody told me that they drove on the right

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Well boys have not sold the house but have managed to rent it. Early in March I m going to start loading my long wheelbase high roof Transit catch the ferry from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Cadiz and start heading back to the promised land you naver know there could be a story in the trip, I ll certainly be looking at some of the old familiar places coming up thru France, catch you later Crow.

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geoffthecrowtaylor:
Well boys have not sold the house but have managed to rent it. Early in March I m going to start loading my long wheelbase high roof Transit catch the ferry from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Cadiz and start heading back to the promised land you naver know there could be a story in the trip, I ll certainly be looking at some of the old familiar places coming up thru France, catch you later Crow.

Safe travels Crow.

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geoffthecrowtaylor:
Well boys have not sold the house but have managed to rent it. Early in March I m going to start loading my long wheelbase high roof Transit catch the ferry from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Cadiz and start heading back to the promised land you naver know there could be a story in the trip, I ll certainly be looking at some of the old familiar places coming up thru France, catch you later Crow.

hi geoff my name is ken midson from tasmania australia ,me and two mates would like to buy a transit or simular and travel from london to doha or dubi travelling as close as posibble to the route that the cola cowboys took ,are you doing that trip? or do you konw any one that could help my track the route . is it still possible to do ?
hoping you can help
cheers ken