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Post by ree on Nov 1, 2007 5:07:17 GMT
He does drive. He bought a nice new car a year or so ago, but
I've forgotten what it is. He's been out of London so much that
he may have sold it by now.
Lets see, in the movies he drives on the way back from the party
in Cold Comfort Farm. We see him pull up in Kendal's car in
At Sachem Farm/Higher Love.
He drives a bus, a lot, in A Man of No Importance.
He sits in a cab but doesn't drive it in Victoria Station.
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Post by quoll on Nov 1, 2007 5:49:12 GMT
It's a Volvo convertible C70 and before that he used to drive a Bristol 411. He drives a moped in TotS - does that count?
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Post by ruthy on Nov 1, 2007 9:45:26 GMT
I doubt if he actually drove the bus in AMONI, have you ever driven in Dublin? I drove a London bus for a few years and I'd prefer that, frankly. I think a nice vintage Jag would be the way to go.
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herrmannka
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Post by herrmannka on Nov 2, 2007 11:30:41 GMT
guys-thank you for all your answers-i can always count on you-that's great 'cause when i don't live in england there is hardly anything i can do myself to find out new things about Rufus  . .must close now-my daughter is fidgeting around the desk-grrr....  |
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Post by herrmannka on Nov 2, 2007 11:35:01 GMT
one last question-anyone saw Rufus driving IN REAL ?? |
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Post by ruthy on Nov 2, 2007 11:37:22 GMT
No, but I think I read on someone's blog a good while back that she was nearly run over by him in central London. Whether that's because she was overcome by the sight of him or because he's a crap driver, I really couldn't say.
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Post by Tinkerdog on Nov 2, 2007 13:21:18 GMT
There was also a photo in the old days (pre-roof.sewell.com)with him behind the wheel of a car. In that story, she also reported that he came out and aked after her.
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Post by ruthy on Nov 2, 2007 14:05:10 GMT
Next soft-top C70 I see whilst in W12, I'm definitely going to be chucking myself under the front wheels.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Nov 2, 2007 17:26:01 GMT
Better check out the driver first, though, Ruthy! ;D
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Post by ree on Nov 3, 2007 3:33:44 GMT
Next soft-top C70 I see whilst in W12, I'm definitely going to be chucking myself under the front wheels. I'm with GE2 on that one ruthy. In one of the more recent articles he speaks of selling his flat, so he may have sold the car as well. No point getting tread marks from just any old Volvo. Were you serious, you've driven a London bus? Was it a double decker? How do they drive in Dublin by the way, surely no worse than the French! LOL |
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Post by herrmannka on Nov 3, 2007 11:15:56 GMT
Tinkerdog- thx for the link- can't open it now(doesn't exist anymore or what??) but will try later...well, Rufus might have sold his flat but not necessarily Volvo car-they are so good, so safe and so durable after all my younger brother is an ardent fan of Volvo so i know sth about that -hehe |
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Post by Tinkerdog on Nov 3, 2007 12:17:02 GMT
Sorry, Herrmannka! I meant in a previous site before this one, roofsewell.com. I you click on the miscellaneous link in this site it provides other Rufus websites that also provide an archive of articles, information and pictures.
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Post by ruthy on Nov 5, 2007 15:22:48 GMT
Were you serious, you've driven a London bus? Was it a double decker? How do they drive in Dublin by the way, surely no worse than the French! LOL I am indeed serious. I've worked in finance all my working life except for 4 years spent on London Buses. It's a long (and dull) story but my first marriage broke up in 1993, after 8 years in my job I hated my new boss and wanted a COMPLETE break. Plus shift work looked rather inviting for some reason. So, I did the test and away I went. They were double deckers, sometimes good old Routemasters. Great fun but bus drivers don't generally live to be old after they retire....stress takes care of that. As for Dublin drivers, well, Dubliners seem to me to drive with the same gay abandon with which they approach pretty much every other aspect of life. Which is totally charming, I might add. Just watch it when you cross the street |
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Post by ree on Nov 5, 2007 17:40:13 GMT
[quote author=ruthy board=other thread=1193601384 post=1194276168
They were double deckers, sometimes good old Routemasters. Great fun but bus drivers don't generally live to be old after they retire....stress takes care of that.[/quote]
What an interesting story! I can't imagine taking curves,
and making turns in one of those DD, and in a highly
populated city too!
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Post by quoll on Nov 5, 2007 20:18:44 GMT
 Ruthy, what an exciting adventure! I can imagine the stress levels especially in the rush hour! |
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