I found out about it when I got sent to a job there. I genuinely had an exchange with my boss about showing me a bit more respect than trying the old 'tartan paint' or 'glass hammer' type japes reserved for those a bit wet behind the ears.
I had to explain the "long weight" one to a Polish lad the other day. Someone had sent him to our maintenance store for one, having stood there for a while he was told to come back tomorrow to check again.
Theo played his part in our rise up the Leagues and especially the FA Cup, two great goals at Portman Road.
Not anymore, no - Theo is 32 now and is on the way down. However, he played consistently at a very good level before coming to Lincoln - he had well over 250 games in the Premier League/Championship/League One under his belt as well as playing in the Scottish Premier. Championship sides Ipswich and Brighton couldn't cope with him in the FA Cup, and we would not be in the position we are today without him. He was a great signing at the time and it came as no surprise that he quickly returned to a higher level. Would he have been good enough for us in 2016-17, had we been in League One instead of the National League? Quite possibly - it was a League One club that bought him from us, remember.
One he started 24 games for in 2 1/2 seasons.
Wonderful ... almost on par with a yellow-ochre Allegro, or chocolate brown Maxi
I learned to drive in a Maxi! Better cars than the press they got.Wonderful ... almost on par with a yellow-ochre Allegro, or chocolate brown Maxi
My dad had a Maxi, bright sky blue. You'd never lose it in a car park, and nobody was going to nick it!
The benefits of an ugly car! My dad used to have an orangey-bronze coloured Fiat Multipla...that thing was unstealable too.
Possibly the ugliest car ever produced. Won lots of awards, which must have been judged by Stevie Wonder!
Used to sleep full length in the back, as a kid on the way to Devon/Cornwall. Used to set off about midnight. I'm guessing it was mainly A roads in those days. I wouldn't know, I slept like a log.
The Fosse Way - that was how we always got to Devon - basically A46 to Leicester then the Fosse, then M5/A38.
Yes of course, the old Roman Road to Exeter would make sense.
The thing I do remember in the morning would be seeing a regular number of broken down vehicles as you went through Cornwall. I suppose cars in those days weren't too keen on journeys of several hundred miles a go, especially in warm weather.
Always remember lengthy boring queues on the roads in Devon/Cornwall, before they dualled the A38, so I imagine a lot of overheated engines.
