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    New camera scam

    iv'e seen the adverts your talking about and reported a few myself if i can't collect i don't want it which has always been my policy with the likes of facebook , gumtree etc
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    Bit of an an emotional FB market place sale

    i'm still listening to a pair of Kef Reference model 4's from the 90's still sound great and i see no reason to change them
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    My Recent Project , Vintage Computer Build

    didn't Amstrad CPC 6128's use the CP/M operating system for it's 3" disk drive ? had one in the mid 80's before the atari st / amiga revolution
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    one of these probably has everything apart from the range https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?channel=cars&postcode=BL11LE&make=Toyota&model=bZ4X&homeDeliveryAdverts=include&advertising-location=at_cars&year-to=2025 my wife has one and it's been pretty good over the last 22,000 miles...
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    What you listening to RIGHT now?

    today i'm mostly listening to John Lugua View: https://youtu.be/CldHiNmc6ZA?si=LZyGEczzMfBfMHuA
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    You do know that all the time you are charging your EV on the intelligent Octopus go tariff yor whole house tariff is at the cheaper rate ( 7p ) and when configure your charge schedule through octopus to control the charger charging can take place at any time of the day or night and quite...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    fun fact... a car traveling at 100mph will still be doing 70mph when a car traveling at 70mph comes to a stop bit of a sobering thought that one for me
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    odd isn't it Hastings Direct Premier wouldn't transfer the policy i already had with them for the jag to the tesla they said they couldn't give me a quote hence starting a new policy with admiral who were the cheapest of the bunch on the day i think it's the area i live it's always been...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    talking about insurance iv'e just gone from a Jaguar XF to a Tesla insurance on the Jag £960 with Hastings Premier which considering my age and full no claims is not cheap insurance on the Tesla ( Hastings wouldn't insure it ) through Admiral £2,172 which is eye wateringly expensive but if i...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    i can't work out if your saying you don't drive a car or you do and everybody forgets about safety once they pass their test this is what i think you said you have no desire to drive a car EV or otherwise because of the driving skills of drivers who have passed their test and only realise the...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    quick question have you driven an EV for any length of time ?
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    What you listening to RIGHT now?

    i haven't thought about Styx for years which is a bit sad because i used to be really into them a long time ago it got me thinking if i actually have any of their music i know i used to but that was on vinyl and i did away with vinyl years ago sooo.. i did a search through my CD collection...
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    What you listening to RIGHT now?

    i think you mean Alan Parker i suppose it depends on which part of Wikipedia you read to determine who really did play the instruments on that track or if you believe Jimmy Page's biography on his own website were it states he did play guitar on 2 of Donovan tracks one being Hurdy Gurdy Man...
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    What you listening to RIGHT now?

    i only knew this song performed by Steve Hillage and Gong never knew it was done by Donovan, I also didn't know that Half of Led Zeppelin played on it either before they became Led Zeppelin thats my new thing Learned for today :) today iv'e been listening to a bit of Sylver View...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    i too have an XF iv'e had a few years now but as soon as iv'e saved enough it's going to be replaced with a Tesla ( second hand ) i thought long and hard about the Ipace and there tempting but they can suffer battery problems which for me is too much of a risk we shall see when the time comes...
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