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David McAughtry
David McAughtry
photo, travel, comment
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    What’s happening

    ByDMcA September 18, 2021September 18, 2021

    This site has not been updated for a long while, other than Virage Corner, a section that is simultaneously the most obscure and the most used of the entire site.  But I have doubled the number of repair and maintenance tips there, and should you happen to have one of the 363 Virage V8 coupes…

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  • I am just going outside and may be some time…………….
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    I am just going outside and may be some time…………….

    ByDMcA August 9, 2018September 18, 2021

    Is what I should have said, but didn’t on September 27, 2016, the date of my last post. This post is to explain why I left the blog, and why, unlike the unlucky Captain, i came back. The immortal line above was from a very brave and doomed Englishman, the legendary Captain Lawrence Oates, who…

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    If you have a Yahoo or Flickr account, read this!

    ByDMcA September 27, 2016September 27, 2016

    Like many people, I have a Yahoo account (for news updates and Flickr). Now it appears that 500 million Yahoo accounts, including probably mine, have been accessed, by a ‘foreign state actor’. And 200 million of them are now for sale on the dark web. I regarded Yahoo and other non-financial and non-critical sites as…

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    Brexit – the ugly options for Trade

    ByDMcA September 3, 2016April 9, 2020

    This is (as far as I can make it) a factual analysis of the trade options (highlighted in bold) following Brexit. It shows there is no option that meets the “Leavers” goals, and every variant other than the one we are just about to leave, is pretty bad for the UK. Note that all the…

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    Brexit – the Turkey option

    ByDMcA September 2, 2016September 8, 2016

    A customs Union with the EU is an attractive option for many Brexit proponents. The only major one concluded is with Turkey. Here’s what it involves…..the following is a description of the deal from it’s Wikepedia page. How do you like this particular bargain, Leavers? Turkey, by accepting the customs union protocol, was giving the…

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    Malasana portraits

    ByDMcA August 28, 2016September 8, 2016

    I am slowly grinding through my backlog of photographs for processing. I have now reached May 2015, and it is becoming clear to me that I need to return to the photo essay format.. Here is the first of these, this time from a series of street shots in the Malasana region of Madrid taken…

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Latest News September 2021

“Still alive and able to get about quite well” is the overall report.  We are all fine, albeit with the usual ups and downs.  The site has been spiffed up a bit, and should be faster and easier to navigate.  I might even put some new content on – see What’s happening? for more info.

On other fronts, I think my photography techniques and images have improved quite a lot  over the last 4 years, and I have discovered a fascination for the technical and technique challenges of photographing birds in flight.  Have a look at mcaughtry.photo to see if you agree.  I have also discovered the delights of artisan coffee, and have built a spiffy state of the art digital audiophile music system, all of which I may write about in the future. So no shortage of things to interest or infuriate me.

But most of all my life has been enriched and inspired by my two beautiful and funny grandchildren, 5 and 2 years old as I write.  Why couldn’t I have been like this when I was their age I ask myself?  I am privileged to know them and my heart skips on each encounter.

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  • Categories
    • Commentary
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    • Wheezes
  • Virage Corner
    • VIrage Corner Home Page
    • Introduction
    • The Virage Engine
    • Maintaining the Virage engine
    • Bodywork
    • Removing water from the Virage petrol tank
    • Detailed instructions on fixing the VIC
    • Virage relays – one cause of the one-way journey
    • Virage immobiliser – the elusive wiring diagram is tracked down
    • Virage – fixing cracked vacuum pipes
    • Virage radiator sensors – seals and electrical connections –
    • Virage Brakes and Suspension joints
    • Virage relays in detail – first place to look if you have over-revving or uneven running problems
    • Virage reversing lights/start inhibit
    • Virage timing chain tensioner and guide replacement
    • Virage fuel filler cap fix – stop water getting into the fuel tank.
    • Virage water temperature and throttle sensors – a possible cause of overrunning
    • Virage – VIC background, and breakthrough in VIC repair
    • Virage VIC – restoring the unit to life
    • Detailed instructions on fixing the VIC
  • McAughtry.photo
  • Harry and Joyce
  • Go to:
    • Landscape Photos on Flickr
    • Street Photos on Flickr
    • Previous Little Known Facts
    • Top Tips
    • Copyright