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General Car Chat / Re: Road traffic, OAPs?
« on: 07 February 2019, 15:10:12 »Bloody hell, Lizzie - I thought it was just the Essex handbag dancers!
Ron.
Oh no Ron, they are alive and kicking down here as well!
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Oh no Ron, they are alive and kicking down here as well!
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General Car Chat / Re: Road traffic, OAPs?
« on: 07 February 2019, 15:02:21 »That bemuses me too. I choose to park well away from the herd so that women can't open their doors carelessly and cause damage, but inevitably there will be some fat-arsed cow parked adjacent to my car when I get back to it. WHY?
Ron.
Is it the same one every time? Maybe she likes you and is just shy...
Not the same one - we seem to have a supply of them. I don't usually see the face, only a large posterior mooning out of the door as she extracts her little accident from the car: although when her face is visible, she exhibits the "council-house face lift" hairstyle - hair swept right back and tied in a bun!
Ron.
Ah, yes, the "I am a hard cow, don't mess with me I am as tough as a man" look. Very popular down here as well Ron!
One challenged me last year, saying I was scarred of her! I just said I wasn't, laughed in her face and she then went to try and thump a OAP traveller friend of ours, who then, with her grown up daughter watching along with a crowd landed a few punches herself! Great stuff!!;D
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General Discussion Area / Re: Parking Ticket - Win
« on: 07 February 2019, 12:12:57 »
Well done!! 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Mrs May back to wag a finger at the EU.
« on: 07 February 2019, 11:03:56 »When I heard what tusk said I was initially very angry then I calmed down and realised that it only confirmed my belief of just how utterly contemptuous that cabal is of democracy .
Any hope or belief that these " leaders " of the eu are free of any malevolence towards those that seek to extricate themselves from under their self proclaimed control should be washed away by his conduct today.
The fact that he ,as the president of the ec, he feels that statements like that are acceptable at such a difficult time for all concerned shows his lack of any respect for the people that he has been negotiating with for so long , and most likely the attitude that he and his fellow cohorts have adopted bethind closed doors .
They disgust me .
And as for that nefarious little squeek varadker, he reminds me of that odious little insignifiLady bits little boy in the playground who has three big brothers to back him up when he exploits his fellow pupils .
I firmly believe that ireland will ultimately pay a price for all their shenanigans .
" when ye sup with the devil ...."
I agree with all you say. But, is Tuskie boy right in asking why the Brexiteers like boffoon Boris did not have a plan on paper about what Brexit would look like?
I know I may get an unfriendly reaction to that, but the question should be asked, although it will do sweet fa now to have that answer!
Good question Lizzie. The vote was in or out. Plain and simple. What the out plan looked like was down to our useless politicians to agree AFTER the vote . This they singularly failed to do.
What is clear is leaving the club that is the EU is not easy and you have to ask why. Plain and simple, leaving wasnt ever going to be easy. I think if we had adopted the Euro as advocated by some supposedly eminent stalwarts, it would have been virtually impossible. Our politicians should have led the negotiations instead we faffed about sacking or causing the negotating team to resign. They, led by Theresa May should hang their heads in shame.
Ask yourself , Did Britain have the answer or plan for winning any of the wars they entered into on Day two? I will perhaps get flamed for using a war analogy but it is Project Fear (Remainers) who repeatedly ram it down our throats that the sky is going to fall in, there will be no lettuces, we wont be able to go on a European holiday as the planes will not be flying ad infinitum. All folk that you would want to surround yourself with in a crisis self inflicted or not and yet that is exactly what we have done. It dorsnt bode well for say a Russian incursion. Parliament would spend two years agreeing nothing other than to perhaps agree to then fight them on whatever terms they offered...........
Now that is an interesting question. Once Winston took up the role of PM in May 1940 he did have an outline of what had to be done; first keep Germany out of Britain by using the new RAF planes, the Spitfire in particular and using radar that during the late thirties had been identified as being essential for any future (inevitable) war with Hitler, and also increasing the strength of the Royal Navy. Then survival, pure and simple, was the plan, trying hard to get the Americans in to join the fight that Winston worked hard to do with the nightmare of the Battle of the Atlantic taking a dreadful toll. Then, after the USA joined the war on 11th December 1941, one of the main discussions and planning objectives by the Joint Chief of Staffs was an invasion of Europe to drive the Germans out. Thus various planning started on what D-Day would look like back in 1942, with the Dieppe raid on 19th August 1942 a (costly) experiment to see what a sea bourne landing would have to achieve, and the minimum of resources that MUST be deployed. That, with all the other very detailed planning, that also featured the North Africa and Sicily campaigns, led to the 6th June 1944.
So, in short, Winston Churchill coalition Government, yes often living by the seat of their pants, did have very clear objectives and serious plans were constructed that would eventually achieve Victory. Note the "coalition" approach, which used all the strengths of the political system in Britain; that is what has been missing with Brexit, along with clear plans and objectives by Boris Johnson and crew. Winston Churchill achieved his Victory by good managerial practice, detailed planning, training, communication, activation, motivation, monitoring and rectification / modification as required. I have to admit that although Mrs May has done her best, her management of the challenge in hand has been woeful and lacked the desire, until very recently, to form a coalition of opinions, suggestions, and action. In short it has been woolly and weak management, for which I would in business replace that team with another who could give me the results.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Door Puddle Light
« on: 07 February 2019, 10:39:25 »They are only there to hold it in place whilst the bondong sets
Thanks DG
I tried your method of removal and it worked a treat!!
Never worked on a car before with two old fashioned spoons, but hey any tool that does the job is fine by me!
The rear connector had worked loose and as soon as I pushed it firmly on the light came to life
Many thanks DG
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General Discussion Area / Re: Mrs May back to wag a finger at the EU.
« on: 06 February 2019, 20:11:46 »Very deep. What's a boffoon?
My version of a buffoon, but one with a hairstyle like Boris or Trump!
Now you know
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Door Puddle Light
« on: 06 February 2019, 20:07:00 »There's a notch top and bottom towards the 'wider' iirc end... Insert a couple of wooden coffee stirrers and push the tabs towards each other and pop the unit out.
The lens shouldn't be removable... (it's bonded on)
Thanks DG, the lens came off easily with it having fastening tags top and bottom.
I will now use your tip to get the rest out
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General Discussion Area / Re: Mrs May back to wag a finger at the EU.
« on: 06 February 2019, 19:34:55 »When I heard what tusk said I was initially very angry then I calmed down and realised that it only confirmed my belief of just how utterly contemptuous that cabal is of democracy .
Any hope or belief that these " leaders " of the eu are free of any malevolence towards those that seek to extricate themselves from under their self proclaimed control should be washed away by his conduct today.
The fact that he ,as the president of the ec, he feels that statements like that are acceptable at such a difficult time for all concerned shows his lack of any respect for the people that he has been negotiating with for so long , and most likely the attitude that he and his fellow cohorts have adopted bethind closed doors .
They disgust me .
And as for that nefarious little squeek varadker, he reminds me of that odious little insignifiLady bits little boy in the playground who has three big brothers to back him up when he exploits his fellow pupils .
I firmly believe that ireland will ultimately pay a price for all their shenanigans .
" when ye sup with the devil ...."
I agree with all you say. But, is Tuskie boy right in asking why the Brexiteers like boffoon Boris did not have a plan on paper about what Brexit would look like?
I know I may get an unfriendly reaction to that, but the question should be asked, although it will do sweet fa now to have that answer!
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Door Puddle Light
« on: 06 February 2019, 19:29:45 »Any recent door work? ie central locking
No DG, nothing done to the door at all thanks.
Can the connector plug to the light unit work loose as the door is constantly opened and closed?
I want to get behind the light unit but as I said I am afraid of breaking the stubborn thing.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Door Puddle Light
« on: 06 February 2019, 18:37:03 »Does the door switch work?
Yes, or at least the interior lights go on and off as the door is opened and closed.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Door Puddle Light
« on: 06 February 2019, 15:38:33 »
The drivers door puddle light has stopped working. Changed bulb with unit still in the door, but still no light.
Obviously I have managed to prise out the 'glass' of the light unit, but I know the main body of it should also be coming out as per the Haynes Manual, but what is the best way to do so without breaking the plastic please?
Seems to be quite resistant in my early attempts to remove; is there a trick to it please?
Cheers
Obviously I have managed to prise out the 'glass' of the light unit, but I know the main body of it should also be coming out as per the Haynes Manual, but what is the best way to do so without breaking the plastic please?
Seems to be quite resistant in my early attempts to remove; is there a trick to it please?
Cheers
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General Discussion Area / Re: In The Beginning....
« on: 06 February 2019, 09:10:54 »Seen elsewhere and it explains everything!
What if Mars has water on it because we used to live there and we messed up the climate so badly that we had to send an escape pod to earth with only Adam and Eve in it and the pod was the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs?
Somebody has been reading about holistic detectives.........
.........or Chariots of The Gods
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General Discussion Area / Re: Mrs May back to wag a finger at the EU.
« on: 06 February 2019, 09:07:38 »Start flogging them all the parts they'll need to fix the broken Land Rovers we've just flogged them
Perhaps we could export them from Ramsgate? A pair of Land Rovers and some spares would probably be a decent load for the boats running out of there.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Grand tour
« on: 05 February 2019, 20:16:57 »Yes, we know. But we were talking about Austria.47c in Austria, hmm.
No, 47 degrees in AUSTRALIA:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/01/january-named-as-australias-hottest-month-on-record
......... And so I am sure JC is there
Yes, I know you were, but I thought it would be good to bring in Australia as it is away from me talking about the obvious......a little vulgar Austrian corporal.......and anyway first of all I read Australia instead of Austria when trying to read without my glasses!
Anyway talking about Australia means nothing about Brexit can be implied!