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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi
« on: 07 August 2015, 16:06:05 »
Hi & Welcome....... 
- 26 April 2024, 10:49:39
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News:
Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
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General Discussion Area / Re: Jenson has lost more than a few buttons.
« on: 07 August 2015, 13:25:08 »
Yes Andy, I was listening to some prof on the telly who said. 'It would need lorry loads of the stuff pumped into a villa'..? 
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General Discussion Area / Jenson has lost more than a few buttons.
« on: 07 August 2015, 08:40:11 »49
General Discussion Area / Re: Aurther Daley (Goerge Cole) dies at 90
« on: 06 August 2015, 14:00:24 »
R.I.P. George... Heaven, not the world, is now your lobster..... 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Quick Q for admins - selling parts...
« on: 05 August 2015, 17:10:08 »
'Smart move' Tunnie.... How to place an advert that isn't....
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows 10
« on: 04 August 2015, 12:19:20 »
Not really...there is a free route 'Giz a clue'...... 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows 10
« on: 03 August 2015, 21:47:15 »
PC is XP.... Lappy is Vista. so I'm out of luck all round unless I want to fork out...
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General Discussion Area / Re: Big day today !
« on: 01 August 2015, 11:28:09 »
Congratulations Jon to both of you, have a really GREAT day... 'Few days rest'....... On your honeymoon?
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General Discussion Area / Re: High levels of arsenic in rice
« on: 23 July 2015, 23:13:24 »
Arsenic was a common beauty potion much used by Victorian ladies. Applied, NOT ingested I hope?
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hi, just joined
« on: 21 July 2015, 18:42:15 »
Hi Gary, Welcome to the OOF. Try to name 'anything' Omega that hasn't been dealt with on this forum..
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General Discussion Area / How new road tax rules could affect you
« on: 20 July 2015, 15:57:40 »
A new system of vehicle excise duty will lead to a simpler, more streamlined system – but many low-emission cars will no longer be exempt from the tax.
Changes to the vehicle excise duty (VED) system announced earlier this month by Chancellor George Osborne mean that many makes of car will pay more road tax in future.
The reforms, which are due to come into effect in April 2017, are in response to falling revenues.
Lower tax take
At present, VED is low or zero for a large number of low-emission vehicles including many petrol or diesel-only cars.
But as new model have become increasingly environmentally friendly, Treasury VED takings have been dwindling, with fewer and fewer motorists paying the tax.
The changes will only apply, however, to cars bought as brand new and registered after the reforms come into effect.
Your current rate of VED will apply to your existing car until you sell it and buy another model.
How the system works now
At the moment, all cars in bands A (carbon dioxide emissions of up to 100g/km) to D (up to 130g/km) pay no VED in the first year.
After that, band A cars continue to be tax-free while band B vehicles pay £20 a year, band C pay £30 and band D £110.
Models with higher emissions pay between £130 and £505 a year, although some face an even higher one-off first-year charge of as much as £1,100.
This is designed to deter the purchase of the most-polluting cars.
Changes to the vehicle excise duty (VED) system announced earlier this month by Chancellor George Osborne mean that many makes of car will pay more road tax in future.
The reforms, which are due to come into effect in April 2017, are in response to falling revenues.
Lower tax take
At present, VED is low or zero for a large number of low-emission vehicles including many petrol or diesel-only cars.
But as new model have become increasingly environmentally friendly, Treasury VED takings have been dwindling, with fewer and fewer motorists paying the tax.
The changes will only apply, however, to cars bought as brand new and registered after the reforms come into effect.
Your current rate of VED will apply to your existing car until you sell it and buy another model.
How the system works now
At the moment, all cars in bands A (carbon dioxide emissions of up to 100g/km) to D (up to 130g/km) pay no VED in the first year.
After that, band A cars continue to be tax-free while band B vehicles pay £20 a year, band C pay £30 and band D £110.
Models with higher emissions pay between £130 and £505 a year, although some face an even higher one-off first-year charge of as much as £1,100.
This is designed to deter the purchase of the most-polluting cars.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Been having problems
« on: 20 July 2015, 15:48:06 »
^^^ +1 ^^^. And Lincoln is still civilised................................'relatively'..
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General Discussion Area / Re: Why is so much missing ??
« on: 20 July 2015, 15:44:47 »
Didn't bother me Steve, just got on with my housework....
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General Discussion Area / Why is so much missing ??
« on: 20 July 2015, 11:56:32 »
Off of the boards? Names date etc. 
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General Discussion Area / Re: My new motor, It ain't a Monaro but....
« on: 18 July 2015, 08:19:35 »
Many thanks for the kind comments. But what if it had been 'pale green' Don't think Lexus do 'pale green'?? Having released teenage son into the non cosseted world away from 'Dad's pocket', I now only cover about an average of 50 - 60 miles a week so, mpg figures are not a bother anymore... 
compared to filling up sometimes twice a week as 'Dad's taxi'..
Don't think Lexus do 'pale green'?? Having released teenage son into the non cosseted world away from 'Dad's pocket', I now only cover about an average of 50 - 60 miles a week so, mpg figures are not a bother anymore... compared to filling up sometimes twice a week as 'Dad's taxi'..