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General Discussion Area / LPG in Holyhead?

« on: 08 April 2011, 07:29:16 »

Off to Ireland via Holyhead and wanting to top up the tank as near as possible to Holyhead as it's not so cheap over there, I recall a polish run place right outside Holyhead but it's not listed on the net anymore

Any welsh members know of anywhere near the port?, can top up in Conway but would rather do it nearer if poss.

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General Discussion Area / bored in bolton

« on: 07 April 2011, 10:39:50 »

Down at nigel langs and need new wishbones fitted before he can do the alignment.  Not much to do so any suggestions welcome! !

723

General Discussion Area / Autotrader scam?

« on: 21 March 2011, 14:41:58 »

Currently selling a Corsa which is up for £1995 and received an email asking about it's condition and my final price, make an offer I says then receives this rather odd reply:

Thanks for your mail..i will like you to know that am buying this car for my son in australia as a bithdsy gift ..so i will offer you £2,200 if my offer is accepted with you kindly get back to me with your PayPal Account so that i can proceed with the payment in time as a matter of urgently needed
y:

Obviously some oddness going on but I haven't seen the paypal angle before, most curious!!! what do you reckon and how do you think this will play out if I was to play along ?

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General Discussion Area / Motorola Defy?

« on: 18 March 2011, 11:50:55 »

As a lifelong destroyer of mobiles this one appears to be made for me, anyone got any experience of them good or bad?

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/XW-EN/Consumer-Products-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/MOTOROLA-DEFY-XW-EN

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General Discussion Area / Ryanair luck!

« on: 08 March 2011, 20:00:02 »

Silly mare of a Mrs just messed up an online booking and added her own name instead of her Mums. Phone lines closed at 7pm so as you would expect it is a case of book another flight or pay an exhorbitant fee to change it.

Hmm....... I think and phoned the local airport, asked for the Ryanair desk and a lovely lady changed the name on the booking for me! The owner may be a sh*t but that doesn't mean all the staff are! I will pop a box of choccies to her later this week 

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General Discussion Area / Poured concrete cost?

« on: 24 February 2011, 19:25:06 »

Need to lay a slab for a concrete garage to go onto..anyone know roughly how much the poured stuff is per sqM ? and would the base need rebars in it?

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General Discussion Area / Met a National treasure.. Mr Fry

« on: 14 February 2011, 17:06:47 »

Had a day out in Saltaire, Bradford today and bumped into the lovely Stephen Fry filming a documentary on accents. I'm not one for celebs but he is one of my favourite people and seemed happy enough to have a natter with me and the missus

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General Discussion Area / Laptops..I aint got a clue?

« on: 12 January 2011, 18:55:22 »

Basically I need a laptop for genearal browsing, word processing and the like but I haven't the faintest idea what to look for .

Budget is as little as possible and I am not in the least bothered if it is not the latest snazziest one out so I would welcome suggestions from whats is available or if anyone spots a goodun in the sales give me a pointer please

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General Discussion Area / And with my 1,000th post....

« on: 13 January 2011, 19:44:11 »

A big thanks to all who have helped me keep the Beastie on the road with their advice,guidance and tips. I must have saved a fortune by doing the work myself. Defo the best forum around

Nice people, except STMO, but even he can be funny on occasion ,

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General Discussion Area / Christmas collection boxes in shops?

« on: 14 December 2010, 14:29:51 »

Am I being too mean by asking why does every shop have a " Merry Xmas from all the staff" sign stuck to a collection box on the counter. One of the shops is staffed by the owner and his wife !!

I dont mind tipping for good service in restaurants when the staff are on the minimum wage but something about this ticks me off.

I work in health, should I put one on our reception desk? it is akin to begging if you ask me!

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General Discussion Area / Terrier advice ?

« on: 06 December 2010, 20:36:53 »

Anyone got experience of these little cuties, Patterdale terriers. Been persuading SWMBO for a while that we need a doggy and my 7 yr old daughter is desperate for one. Basically need a decent temprament and not too bonkers round the house?

Waddya reckon?

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General Discussion Area / That sums it up then

« on: 01 December 2010, 14:17:57 »

In the course of doing some work related research today I went to google " why do women get drunk quicker than men" I got as far as "Why do women" and the google predictions were:

Why do women cheat
Why do women live longer
Why do women wear thongs
Why do women have affairs
Why do women nag

Barring the second one that must be all we are interested in knowing about them then!

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General Discussion Area / Snow chains?

« on: 25 November 2010, 14:30:12 »

Anyone use them last year and if so, were they much use?

I only ask as my mig was frickin lethal round my way and If it comes down, I have to get into work regardless only a short run luckily though. 

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General Discussion Area / Got Halfords T/Card

« on: 15 November 2010, 14:04:41 »

Went in on Saturday covered in oil etc and asked the young fop of a manager if I could have one.. why yes certainly, do you have proof of being in the trade...why yes, I have another trade card here,a Vauxhall one..no problem sir!

Fuel filter priced £15.99 down to £6.99 

Worth chancing your arm if you have a VX trade card.

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General Discussion Area / Pregnant woman joke 2

« on: 11 November 2010, 16:20:56 »

The Glasgow emergency services received a panicked call from a pregnant woman who said her waters had broken.. They asked where she was ringing from , she answered " from my f*nny to my knees"