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General Discussion Area / Re: Halfords
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:18:03 »
You might be right. Hes superb at his job and a hard little ficker, so I wont question his motives or judgement.
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5312
General Discussion Area / Re: Interesting facts re the election
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:16:32 »
Trie enough, and he knows his political life is probablyabout to come to an end, so doesnt want to give up his current day job on the off chance of winning a seat.
Its more honourable than accepting the peerage he was apparently offered last month, if he would retire to the red benches and shut up.
Its more honourable than accepting the peerage he was apparently offered last month, if he would retire to the red benches and shut up.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Halfords
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:14:00 »
The two things my MOT tester has a constant bee in his bonnet about are brake pipes and insecure battery. He even made me a battery clamp for my last Omega when I mislaid it and forgot about it until he spotted it during he test.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:11:11 »
Whats the world coming to when an honest villain cant even mug pensioners outside the post office any more ?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Interesting facts re the election
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:10:00 »
A sensible decision (although I now have to write "non of the above"), but he should still have stood in a seat himself. He is going to be constantly taunted about not doing so.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 11 November 2019, 13:01:03 »
Take him to the post office and nick his pension more like.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 11 November 2019, 12:01:12 »
I would love to have that in the shed, ready for my impending dotage !
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General Discussion Area / Re: Halfords
« on: 11 November 2019, 11:59:37 »
I had a brake pipe burst on a car about 5 years ago and went to Halfords to see if they stock brake pipe. Young spotty gofor tried to sell me some clear plastic tube of the kind you might use for screenwashers. I explained what I needed and exactly what it was for but he insisted that he was pretty sure this would do the job just as well as metal pipe.
Funny in one way, but that level of stupidity could cause someones death.
Funny in one way, but that level of stupidity could cause someones death.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Interesting facts re the election
« on: 10 November 2019, 22:32:38 »He's been suspended from the house for six months but, astonishingly, hasn't had the whip withdrawn. He should be ashamed to stand and the voters should be ashamed to elect him.Hasn,t he been suspended from Parliament for his indiscretions? If so, how the hell can he be allowed to stand in this election?
Rumour has it that there are an exceptional number of MPs NOT seeking re-election, at last count 59 !
Gosh, I wonder why . . .
And yet astonishinglyandin Keith Vaz is stg again for Leicester East.
He has decided (or had it decided for him) not to stand in the election. The swamp really is draining itself.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 10 November 2019, 21:20:45 »
Don't believe it was Slippery Sam, but one of its stablemates from the Transatlantic UK v USA series iirc.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 10 November 2019, 19:20:00 »
Back in the day a mate of my Dads used to race an ex works rocket 3 on the Irish road circuits. He was clocked at around165mph on it at the NW200, which was pretty good in the mid 70,s. At the time he was in his late 40,s and was a police motorcycle cop.
He turned up on a sunday afternoon to where all us teenage Barry Sheene wannabes hung out, on some bike or other and asked us if we fancied going for a wee ride out. We all set off thinking we would ride rings around this old fart. We didn't see which way he went.
He was waiting at the pub 25 miles away about to order his second drink by the time we got there. He was a hero to me after that.
He turned up on a sunday afternoon to where all us teenage Barry Sheene wannabes hung out, on some bike or other and asked us if we fancied going for a wee ride out. We all set off thinking we would ride rings around this old fart. We didn't see which way he went.
He was waiting at the pub 25 miles away about to order his second drink by the time we got there. He was a hero to me after that.
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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted
« on: 10 November 2019, 18:14:03 »
Saw two facelift Omegas on that Drew Pritchard programme (cant remember what its called) yesterday. One looked black. Cant remember what colour the other one was, so it was probably silver.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 10 November 2019, 18:10:25 »
This one was a 750 in black & gold with Dunstall bodywork. A bit like riding a tractor by modern standards but it outhandled all the new fangled Jap stuff on the bends. The vibrations at speed were bad enough to really numb the fingers which made it a bit of a mission to stay in control of the thing. By comparison, I found the Triumph Trident a much better bike altogether, but this was the mid 70,s so they were both already museum pieces by then. Jap bikes were already far better, apart from the dodgy handling, and as someone said to me at the time "wheres the fun in a bike that handles well ?" which I could kind of see the logic in. Although it was in a pub late at night and we were both pissed. The bloke who said it is dead now btw. He gave up bikes and took up serious drinking. His liver was Donald before he got to 50.
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General Discussion Area / Re: New for 2020.
« on: 10 November 2019, 17:23:14 »
They didn't wave me through when I arrived at a checkpoint on a Norton Commando when I was 16. Pointed a sub machine gun at my face and told me to pull into the side of the road. I very briefly thought about gunning it, but it take no more than a second to remember that bullets travel a lot faster than any motorbike.
Poor old Dad had to take yet another day off work to come to court with me to face up to a long list of offences. I paid for it all in years to come when I had to insure vehicles.
Poor old Dad had to take yet another day off work to come to court with me to face up to a long list of offences. I paid for it all in years to come when I had to insure vehicles.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Gay of E
« on: 10 November 2019, 17:18:06 »
Surprisingly, Ive found Gumtree quite good for selling recently. Local people turn up and give you cash for what you've advertised, without all the aggro associated with fleabay.