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General Discussion Area / Re: Randomness of British Weather

« on: 01 May 2012, 11:01:12 »

It's a lovely evening. Just been giving the cats a work out with the Laser pen in the garden. Warmth in the air. But look to the east and there's a flash or two across the sky. Any thunder storms between here and Londomoniam?

That was right over the top of house in Rainham, Essex.
Then persisted it down all night.
Still haven't managed to cut my grass yet. Bought a new strimmer too 

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General Discussion Area / Re: UKIP overtake LimpDems

« on: 27 April 2012, 16:14:54 »

Seaford Town Council By-Election (yesterday): UKIP GAIN.

UKIP: 428, Conservative: 365, LibDems: 344, Labour: 105.

Is that Seaford, Sussex?

Yep.

Blimey, things must be changing. I definitely thought they were the blue rinse brigade.
Excellent.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Anybody flooding yet ?

« on: 27 April 2012, 14:00:54 »

It's worth watching the BBC weather, just to see Laura Tobin.

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General Discussion Area / Re: UKIP overtake LimpDems

« on: 27 April 2012, 13:51:42 »

Seaford Town Council By-Election (yesterday): UKIP GAIN.

UKIP: 428, Conservative: 365, LibDems: 344, Labour: 105.

Is that Seaford, Sussex?

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General Discussion Area / Re: UKIP overtake LimpDems

« on: 27 April 2012, 12:28:01 »

I was listening to LBC 97.3 a couple of nights ago while driving my lorry. There was a report on there about coachloads of Romanians being shipped over here prior to the Olympics. Wonder why? Apparently, they don't get checked by the Border Agency. They are then dropped off at Marble Arch and basically told to get on with it. One of the women was interviewed on the radio (she couldn't speak English). When asked several times why she was here, the only word she could muster was 'food'.

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General Discussion Area / A little bit of fun.......

« on: 27 April 2012, 12:10:30 »

.....in an otherwise bloody dark world.
Have the sound on people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxEhPSml8c

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General Discussion Area / Re: UKIP overtake LimpDems

« on: 27 April 2012, 12:02:16 »

I noticed that Peter Stringfellow (a lifelong Tory) announced that he has left the Tories and Joined UKIP a few days ago.

I wonder how many of his dancing girls are of foreign extraction.......

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sick Bast*rds

« on: 27 April 2012, 11:51:11 »

I find it dead boring 

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General Discussion Area / Re: £10bn

« on: 22 April 2012, 13:57:48 »

We can afford it.
The chancellor will probably make that from cold pasties and the oap's.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cataract removal - glad its over

« on: 22 April 2012, 08:31:07 »

After the surgery you are supposed to take things easy - no lifting, gardening etc - which I will milk for some weeks if I can get away with it.

Please, do as you are told. I never. I tried to prepare our spare room for our daughter to stay. Caused me a lot of problems in my left eye. It meant two more visits to hospital for laser surgery. All because I didn't listen. Even dog walking is out of the question.
Take it easy chap, it's for the best in the long run.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cataract removal - glad its over

« on: 21 April 2012, 05:43:34 »

I had this done a couple of years back, in both eyes.
I was extremely short sighted before the operations (they do the ops a fortnight apart, never at the same time). The new lenses they put in my eyes corrected my vision. It was like a new lease of life. They didn't put anaesthetic drops in my eyes, but bloody great needles. I just kept thinking of the end result and it made it bearable. I still have to wear glasses for reading, but that's a minor inconvenience. My glasses now cost three quid a pair from Tesco's, rather that 1 - 200 quid they used to cost before the ops.

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General Car Chat / Re: No. Just, No

« on: 20 April 2012, 10:46:05 »

Major wrongness on so many levels.

Not this one yet again - look at the price with 147K miles and no MOT and poorly fitted front bumper!!  Makes my Elite thats for sale seem a real bargain 

Your Elite is an absolute bargain.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Holly Dog.....

« on: 09 April 2012, 09:52:29 »

I think all dogs go through this.
Our little Shi-Tzu, Mitzzi, will go a couple of days without eating anything, then all of a sudden she'll wolf her food down. Sometimes just lays around feeling sorry for herself. Much like us humans really.......

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Omega General Help / Re: Air intake temp sensor.

« on: 02 April 2012, 18:36:43 »

All I've noticed is just a piece of bridging wire, bent in a u shape.

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Omega General Help / Air intake temp sensor.

« on: 02 April 2012, 17:43:51 »

I have a 1999 T reg 2.0 CD Ecotec.
Today, I started pulling the breather system apart. After I removed the main air trunking, I noticed a small plug hanging down with its terminals bridged. I checked underneath the air trunking and sure enough I found the place it's supposed to be plugged into. Apparently, it's the air intake temperature sensor. So, my question is, what difference does it make to have this unplugged? Are the terminals on the plug bridged to stop it throwing up an engine management light? The car starts perfectly and idles ok, although obviously not at the moment.
Just to clarify, the sensor is actually in the air trunking and has to be prised out. Just wondering what difference it would make if I plugged it in.