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Your never lift 500Kg, 50Kg will make you sweat a little 20kg easy enough to throw over your shoulder
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WAMT....what annoyed me today!
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Buggabuggabuggabugga!!!
It's no secret that I like Jaguars, classic and modern. Found out about this today and it'll be passing our front door! (Not quite literally but certainly an easy and manageable drive away.) http://e-typeclub.com/wp/index.php/12-september-rbcd/ Unfortunately (and that's WAMT) we're away on the days it'll be here and will be too far away for an easy day trip after we get back. Never mind, very much a first world problem!
It's no secret that I like Jaguars, classic and modern. Found out about this today and it'll be passing our front door! (Not quite literally but certainly an easy and manageable drive away.) http://e-typeclub.com/wp/index.php/12-september-rbcd/ Unfortunately (and that's WAMT) we're away on the days it'll be here and will be too far away for an easy day trip after we get back. Never mind, very much a first world problem!
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Colleague brought his new Bass into work today to show me, and now I want one! Nothing flash - a Music Man SUB Ray 4, the music man version of a Squier or Epiphone but damn that thing had perfect tone and playability, even in my hands it sounded good! I can see my bank balance taking a big hit shortly, and I was doing so well this month!
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LOL So am II'm still wide awake.
Where's that Insomnia thread?
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The rabbit hutches are returning home, do they have to travel in twos, we'll follow you in case we break down I heard one man say to another yesterday. Caravans I'm refering to, they are getting longer these days, impossible on most welsh roads to pass one never mind two. I remember when I was pulling a trailor to pull over and let the traffic pass, that unwritten rule doesn't seem to apply any more. Another modern caravan is called camper vans they used to be called caravanetts, get too close to them as they dig into the hedge they send bits of tree at you so it the car is low that is an nightmare.
Goodbye visitors, see you next summer.
Goodbye visitors, see you next summer.
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Bank holidays and motorways. I was driving on the M40 where the M4 junction is. All lanes were restricted to 50mph. I was in the left hand lane. An HGV was in the middle lane. A coach comes in on the slip road, cuts in ahead of me, then pulls into the middle lane. The HGV had to brake hard to avoid a collision.
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Don't worry, while the weather is good, you will still be getting weekend visitors.
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You should have tried the M20 this weekend...or perhaps not, since it was closed in both directions.
A truck hit a bridge and said bridge collapsed onto the motorway.
Amazingly, no one was killed.
Since the M20 is by far the main route to and from Dover, other routes were chaotic, to say the least.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/bridge-collapses-on-motorway-101496/
It's reopened, but looks a bit precarious, since one half of the bridge is still "dangling" over the carriageway.
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Cars!
I had an interesting issue with my Ford Focus last week. The engine mount bolts on the near-side somehow snapped, causing the right hand side of the engine to drop by around 6 - 10"! Was in the middle of Snowdonia when it happened too, thankfully when I was only doing 5mph.
I had an interesting issue with my Ford Focus last week. The engine mount bolts on the near-side somehow snapped, causing the right hand side of the engine to drop by around 6 - 10"! Was in the middle of Snowdonia when it happened too, thankfully when I was only doing 5mph.
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Until next weekend.See my post in What Cheered me Up Today - They're going home!
Every Friday, one of the car parks at work gets loads of cars with caravans hooked up or motorhomes. Gets so bad sometimes it looks like the gypos have moved in.
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OMG I have a Ford Focus, I was driving around with only 3 springs, thank goodness for an MOT, so lucky not to have an accident.
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WAMT is traffic. Specifically a set of road works which are likely to be ongoing until next year. Throw in an accident in the queue on THE road from Dawlish to the motorway and enjoy the fun... Oh, and the road block/checkpoint while plod search the area for explosives possibly stashed by an Irish Royal Marine. Thank the pantheon for air-conditioning and a decent ICE system!
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I don't think my issue is common lol, it was an old car and it had been a driving instructors car previously. Previous owners hadn't looked after it very well, and neither had I to be fair
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How the hell did you manage to buy a car with only 3 springs?
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It's how Henry raised the money to start off his own company
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Until next weekend.
Every Friday, one of the car parks at work gets loads of cars with caravans hooked up or motorhomes. Gets so bad sometimes it looks like the gypos have moved in.
Nah, the families from hell are all now safely tucked up back east and south, it's just the cheapskates, northerners, surfers and pensioners now till new years!
Oh and students using mummy and daddy's holiday home as a party base till Uni starts again, can't forget those.
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You didn't notice that yourself? You really have to rely on an MOT for something like that? If it was broken at some low point I could understand it a little, but totally missing you should spot visually just looking at the car, and notice in the handling, the lack of braking, traction etc.
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I'm assuming Shirlyr meant that one of the springs was broken not entirely missing and maybe bought the car with just the end of the spring broken but you are right it should have been very noticeable that something was wrong
I've had a spring go it went with a bang I drove it straight to the garage
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I took my BMW in as the handling was off. Didn't make any noises but could see an ever so slightly lower down front. But steering and handling just didn't feel as sharp as it should. Investigation turned out the spring was snapped at the bottom. Quick fix and handling was spot on again.
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I hope you didn't replace just the one, but got the opposite one done too.
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Female in the local Post Office wanting to know EXACTLY what was in the little [ smallest size] padded envelope I was sending South.
A 'religious article' wasn't good enough so she got a a long and detailed explanation of what it was , how to use it and when it should be used.
She protested at the length of description , everyone else in the long queue was laughing , so I just told her I was satisfying her desire to know EXACTLY what was in the package
Anyone know exactly what the regulations are ? I went through this sending a 21st Pressie of a quaich to my grandson - and of course as she didn't know what a Quaich was I had to explain fully .
A 'religious article' wasn't good enough so she got a a long and detailed explanation of what it was , how to use it and when it should be used.
She protested at the length of description , everyone else in the long queue was laughing , so I just told her I was satisfying her desire to know EXACTLY what was in the package
Anyone know exactly what the regulations are ? I went through this sending a 21st Pressie of a quaich to my grandson - and of course as she didn't know what a Quaich was I had to explain fully .
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First world Problem: I just read that the police are going to fence off the "grassy knoll" at the back of the Oktoberfest in Munich. This is for security reasons, since the recent attacks.
picture c/o focus.de
The famed "slippery slope" is a favourite location for those that drank too much, too quickly, to sleep off the afternoon. And puke. Hence the "slippery".
You'll find a lot of Irish, US, UK and Aus/NZs there. As they all tend to drink much faster than the locals. Who pace themselves to make it through the day.
The famed "slippery slope" is a favourite location for those that drank too much, too quickly, to sleep off the afternoon. And puke. Hence the "slippery".
You'll find a lot of Irish, US, UK and Aus/NZs there. As they all tend to drink much faster than the locals. Who pace themselves to make it through the day.
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Of course and not just that. Complete proper four wheel alignment and tracking as well.
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Why not just tell her a drinking cup and no batteries included.
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Funny. I just took my little car in to the workshop today with a snapped spring. I had no idea a front suspension spring had snapped until the M.O.T. man spotted it. I guess there are no bumps between my house and the shop.
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Why not just tell her a drinking cup and no batteries included.
She wasn't interested in my statement that there were no batteries - lithium or any other variety , or explosives - she wanted to know EXACTLY what I was sending
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Could you not simply describe it in simple terms?
The vast majority wouldn't have the faintest idea what a quaich is.
And yes, they are entitled to question the contents of a sealed package to their satisfaction, and quite right too.
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Agreed folk in England don't know what a Quaich is - but in Scotland ??
This time a small religious article wasn't good enough - and it was in the smallest padded envelope and barely made a bulge. This particular counter clerk has a reputation for wanting to know everything. Walk in with a package and there's a queue - someone will tell you that xx is on today - and folk will go elsewhere or wait for a day she's not there. Safety is appreciated - but she takes it to absurd levels
This time a small religious article wasn't good enough - and it was in the smallest padded envelope and barely made a bulge. This particular counter clerk has a reputation for wanting to know everything. Walk in with a package and there's a queue - someone will tell you that xx is on today - and folk will go elsewhere or wait for a day she's not there. Safety is appreciated - but she takes it to absurd levels
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Yes it's very annoying and I really don't see the point, if you had a bomb would you tell them that? It's ridiculous and ott
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I can't wait until you send a vibrator to hen party
It reminds me of this TBH
A 75-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk. The Receptionist said, 'Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today?'
'There's something wrong with my dick', he replied.
The receptionist became irritated and said, 'You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that.'
'Why not, you asked me what was wrong and I told you,' he said.
The Receptionist replied; 'Now you have caused some needless embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the Doctor in private.'
The man replied, 'You should not ask people questions in a roomful of strangers if the answer could embarrass anyone.' The man then decided to walk out, waited several minutes and then re-entered.
The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, 'Yes??'
'There's something wrong with my ear,' he stated loudly.
The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. 'What is wrong with your ear, Sir?'
'I can't p*** out of it,' he replied.
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No but what for? What's the point?
You can say anything so it serves no purpose
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It does serve a purpose, it absolves the royal mail of blame. The only reason you'd lie, is if you're sending something on the prohibited list, so if they ask you, and you lie, and the worst happens, they can't be blamed.
Well, that's assuming they actually make a note of what you tell them anyway.
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They don't make a note so again serves no purpose
Wether it arrives or not has nothing to do with wants in it
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