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General Discussion Area / RAF's Nimrods

« on: 07 December 2007, 20:57:04 »

From a reader’s letter to the Daily Mail:

‘The quickest way to sort out fuel problems in the RAF’s Nimrod fleet is to make a senior MoD official fly on every sortie. Funds will appear like magic.’

He is probably right.... :-?

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General Discussion Area / Fuel filter

« on: 03 December 2007, 14:11:07 »

Changed the fuel filter today… I thought it would be worth mentioning that the issue isn’t really if the retaining clips should be re-used or not (well the answer is that it isn’t too difficult to remove the old ones intact, but it still makes sense to use new ones…), but more importantly that care should be taken to avoid damaging the right-angle plastic connector on the flexible fuel pipes. The connector can be damaged if prised off the filter using a screwdriver, and as the fuel pipes are under pressure it does not seem like a good idea to replace just the connector bit if it does get damaged… which could mean a fairly complicated procedure if the entire front section of the fuel pipe from the filter to the engine needs replacing.

On another note, I found that rather than fitting the clip on the filter first, and then pushing the right-angle connector on top of the clip, you could actually fit the clip into the right-angle connector first, and then slide the whole thing onto the fuel filter. On one side this was the only way I could get it on, as it wouldn’t ‘click’ in place if the clip was fitted on the filter first. Just a bit of information that hopefully may be helpful to someone one day…

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General Discussion Area / Residents Parking Permit

« on: 23 November 2007, 12:32:58 »

I have a Residents Parking Permit from Westminster council.

Last year they launched a website allowing online renewals. Mine was rejected however due to a mismatch of my address. On closer examination, it seems that the bright spark who typed-in the details managed to insert and extra space in the post code.

No problem, I legged it to the local office and after queuing for a while paid over the counter. To a human eye it is obvious the post codes are identical, but not to a computer.

This year they have introduced a discount for paying online. But I still can’t pay online because of the post code mismatch.

This is very annoying, because when I tried to get it sorted during the year, I was told by Westminster Council that unfortunately the verification data is held with a ‘third party’ and they can’t disclose who this company is.... nor can I appeal against the fact that they have the wrong post code. Strange. Very strange.

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General Discussion Area / Must be someone from out-of-town...

« on: 26 November 2007, 14:27:04 »

...you just can't park like this in central London and not get a ticket... :-?

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General Discussion Area / Shocking, unbelievable... no joke

« on: 24 November 2007, 21:53:36 »

This is no joke. Miggy, have you seen this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=495910

I am speechless.

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General Discussion Area / Death-defying job

« on: 23 November 2007, 12:03:06 »

They were doing some sort of music thingy in Kings Cross last night (gig, rave, whatever you call these things), and they were erecting some serious lights and sound equipment.

If you look at the last picture, there’s a guy running inside a huge hamster thingy... very bizarre.

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General Discussion Area / Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail today....

« on: 21 November 2007, 00:58:57 »

I like the guy...

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[size=12]You're nicked, sunshine - but not just yet ...[/size]

Emma Lucas was stricken with guilt after stealing £3,000 from Sainsbury's, in Chestfield, Kent, where she worked.

Twice she tried to give herself up, first at Herne Bay police station, then at Canterbury.

Both times she was told to go away because there was no one available to arrest her, as it was a Bank Holiday. It took her another two days to get her collar felt, a court has been told.

Maybe she should have said she wanted to confess to doing 45mph in a 40mph zone after downing a sweet sherry.

The Old Bill would have scrambled a SWAT team sharpish.

Miss Lucas, who had been forging customer refund forms, was given a suspended sentence and ordered to perform 180 hours of community service.

As part of her service to the community she should volunteer to man the front desk at her local nick.

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General Discussion Area / Buster Crabb

« on: 17 November 2007, 08:42:54 »

For those of you who are two young to remember....:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/9/newsid_4741000/4741060.stm

Various speculations and claims were made over the years:

http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=3072&section=1040&action=display&show

But now a new version of events has emerged:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=494433&in_page_id=1811

Er.. that's it.... nothing to do with omegas I'm afraid.

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General Discussion Area / All for Charity

« on: 16 November 2007, 21:19:23 »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=494403&in_page_id=1770

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General Discussion Area / Gordon Brown?

« on: 16 November 2007, 16:12:59 »

A motorcade of dark blue Jaguars with blue flashing lights... must be Gordon Brown?

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General Discussion Area / Westminster Council

« on: 16 November 2007, 16:24:42 »

Westminster Council is a Considerate Employer. Dustmen should not have to wake up too early in the morning, and should be done in time for a hearty breakfast. the ideal time for them to collect the rubbish is between 08:00am and 09:00am, preferably on narrow roads that lead to the local school. Not like these barbaric European countries where dustmen are forced to start work at - God forbid - 6:00am!

BTW the Porsche isn't mine

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General Discussion Area / If you are at work and feel stressed, click here..

« on: 16 November 2007, 16:18:04 »

Went through Regent's Park this morning.... just look at the picture and relax...

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General Discussion Area / RWD Alfa for 2008? Oh joy

« on: 15 November 2007, 15:39:24 »

http://www.carupdate.com.au/2634/alfa-romeo-going-back-to-rwd/

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General Discussion Area / Emergency scooter for when you break down...

« on: 13 November 2007, 23:17:40 »

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General Discussion Area / Legal advice re crash (not me...) please

« on: 29 September 2007, 23:13:59 »

A colleague at work was involved in a crash. The way he described it, he was rolling slowly through a junction in town when the traffic stopped, so he was standing in the middle of the junction among other stationary cars (no yellow box). A woman came from his right and crashed into his car, pushing it against other cars and damaging two wings. The car is drivable, but he thinks it will be a write-off (S-reg 5-series BMW).

The lady driver was all apologetic saying she was coming to the junction too fast and couldn’t stop. The guy took the details from other drivers who said they will testify that he was at standstill.

Now I know that the driver’s ‘admission’ does not amount to much, the insurance company will go by the facts. A driver may think it was his/her fault, but that isn’t always what the law says...

So the question is where does he stand legally? The lady driver had the right of way, but he was stationary and can prove it. Whose fault is it?

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