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Messages - Kevin Wood

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General Discussion Area / Re: The British Rozzers are at it again
« on: 22 September 2025, 23:14:22 »
So, a Subject Access Request was made for the body worn video and it apparently paints the coppers in an equally bad light.  ::)   ;D  The edited out bits were to remove personal information apparently. It may not even be the right girl, although I believe she is part of the offending group of girls, she may not have been the one who set up the fake profile.  The incident is being pursued now as policy was not followed, so I guess West Midlands Police will throw them under the bus.  :)

Quite right too. Regardless of the particulars of this case, and granted that the video we saw had clearly been hacked about a bit, what was clear from what we did see is that this pair had near non-existent communication skills, and I'm pretty sure that, apart from anything else, means they're no use whatsoever in a uniform. Still, I'm sure they tick a few useful boxes. :-X

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shed Project: Suspended Railway
« on: 22 September 2025, 18:45:26 »
Scalextric is more fun.  Or is that competitive edge coming through again ;D

When I was a kid, my (significantly) older brothers had a brilliant train and Scalextric setup in the loft, complete with paint's roads for Matchbox cars as well.

I wasn't allowed a Scalextric when I was a kid, but it turns out that if you run your 12V trains on 30V and bank the corners of the track they are just as much fun. ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes ML 280 CDI Project.
« on: 18 September 2025, 22:41:42 »
Whatever you do to try to make it easy for halfwits, they invent a new level of stupid.

For example, when the car automatically turns on the headlights, they don't notice the big blue light that tells them they're on main beam. ::)

It's much better to let Darwin deal with them. Problem is, the one thing they do seem to be able to figure out is how to procreate. :(

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General Discussion Area / Re: "Yum , Yum ....."
« on: 11 September 2025, 19:11:23 »
Hopefully this repugnant turd has flushed for good this time.

Speaking of which, anyone got any filth on B.Liar?

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Oh dear

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/50900aa06de7d4e6

Looks like she's about as competent in her home finances as she was in office. Being a minister is hardly a "job for life", so it takes a special kind of stupid to make yourself reliant on every penny of a ministerial salary. I'm surprised a lender took that risk on, to be honest.

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She proved herself stupid in my eyes by paying £800,00 for a leasehold property stupid woman.

.. and even more stupid for trying to throw her own solicitor under the bus for giving her bad advice. ::)

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 01 September 2025, 19:56:56 »
The fourth email regarding my dogs appointment for his boosters tomorrow morning , all my dogs have been registered with them since 1987 & I have never not turned up for an appointment I hate being compared to morons who don't turn up for appointments.

I blame the Gen-Zs. They feel insecure without constant reassurance so everyone goes full pester on the communications these days as a result. >:(

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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 28 August 2025, 05:56:14 »
VXR8, a bit of a project, for under £7000.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167691223727

So he's rebuilt the engine with a load of upgrades and now it's developed a funny noise.. Might be a bargain, but a bit of a punt, as it might be a nightmare of amateur engine tuning ineptitude.
Not to mention the wrong gearbox

Indeed. Hadn't spotted that.

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Round here the Audi drivers seem to have stolen the crown from the BMW drivers when it comes to non functioning indicators

The four ring w-anchor brigade

Four rings on the steering wheel, and one ring-piece behind it. ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: Lotus Carlton coming to auction
« on: 28 August 2025, 00:17:34 »
VXR8, a bit of a project, for under £7000.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167691223727

So he's rebuilt the engine with a load of upgrades and now it's developed a funny noise.. Might be a bargain, but a bit of a punt, as it might be a nightmare of amateur engine tuning ineptitude.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 28 August 2025, 00:13:39 »
It's the way they just stand there looking at you :D

Had similar with a Moose in Canada before - on a gravel road at about 70 MPH. Made me clench a bit.

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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 23 August 2025, 19:53:48 »
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which is why they weren't sold here. Instead, you could buy a mk3 Capri, mk5 Cortina - and I believe an early Sierra, but I've never seen one - with a 1300 crossflow, although virtually nobody did. ....

the 1300 Sierra was a Pinto .....  :y  Never seen one though  ;)

I do remember that from the time but Wiki confirms it  :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sierra

Pretty sure I had a colleague with a 1.3 pinto in a Sierra. Not sure I have ever seen a crossflow in one. Later small engined variants got the CVH.

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General Car Chat / Re: Cam belt query.
« on: 22 August 2025, 19:12:36 »
1.8 is okay if cambelt goes, how do I know ::)

.. and 1.3 Pinto is barely powerful enough to move its' own weight let alone the car as well. Box of swan vestas and a can of petrol. ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: Brave
« on: 19 August 2025, 20:42:08 »
Yes I use an ad blocker, but as you say sites increasingly detect it and demand that I disable it for access.  :-\
Absolutely.

Running internet sites is *VERY* expensive, and somehow needs to be funded.  So assuming the site isn't selling anything, that means either:

Subscription required
Ad funded
A kind benefactor/sponsor that pays for it


So for ad funded sites, using an ad blocker means stopping that income for the website owner.  Therefore I believe that website owner has every right to refuse to show the content when ad blockers are being used.

The internet isn't usable without an ad blocker, so they have themselves to blame if they don't get my business as a result.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Small Pot Pensions....
« on: 13 August 2025, 23:23:25 »
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I'm now at an age where mine is moving away from risk into lower returns.  I guess a sensible move, as a big hit now might not have time to recover before I want to retire.

One thing worth adding is that workplace pensions do this on the assumption that you will want to be drawing from your pot on day 1 of your retirement, whenever that's defined to start. Depending on your appetite for risk, what other schemes you have, whether you'll be retiring in a big bang or dropping a few days a week for a while and so on, you might want to keep some of your investment at a higher risk until later or spread it around in other ways.

I'd certainly second the advice to get a good IFA, especially if you're putting away a big chunk of income. I should have done it earlier in life rather than leave funds to the default investment strategies of various workplace pensions.

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