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General Discussion Area / Re: Sycamore trees

« on: 22 August 2009, 23:27:21 »

Sycamore, a non native invasive weed http://www.woodlands.co.uk/owning-a-wood/tree-identification/sycamore.php
 
My last Omega was permanently filthy through being parked under a 40' sycamore. The sycamore has to go, I can't allow it to destroy my new mig 

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General Discussion Area / Re: British Steam Car Success

« on: 25 August 2009, 23:17:51 »

Was this a first attempt?

Mallard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard got very close to 126mph in 1938 so it has only taken 71 years to gain another 13 mph.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trade Card - What Are The Benefits?

« on: 27 August 2009, 22:44:04 »

Membership turned up this morning

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trade Card - What Are The Benefits?

« on: 24 August 2009, 11:02:09 »

ABS membership form went in the post box at 8am  (half an hour before I sat in the dentists chair for one of the most uncomfortable fillings I can remember  )

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trade Card - What Are The Benefits?

« on: 23 August 2009, 11:38:28 »

Thanks Andy

I had forgotten about Autobahnstormers. When I last looked at their website (about 10 years ago) I was on my second 4 pot Carlton & the "eligible cars" page didn't make me feel welcome.

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General Discussion Area / Trade Card - What Are The Benefits?

« on: 23 August 2009, 10:41:24 »

And how can I get one?

5557

General Discussion Area / Re: pre-facelift or facelift?

« on: 24 August 2009, 17:47:59 »

Had my facelift for a week now (had my original Omega for 6 years before that).

When I walk up to it in a car park it doesn't feel like 'my' car yet. I think the big plastic bumpers make it look like it has had an 80's body kit stuck on and the soft touch paint inside looks dreadful where it has worn through.

My old one just looked 'right' somehow (but I won't miss the pop up headlight washers that didn't retract or the chrome trim on the rear bumper that told a tale of bumps in supermarket car parks).

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General Discussion Area / Re: Hanging Offence......

« on: 24 August 2009, 20:56:28 »

He'll be lucky to get £60 for that piece of crap.

While I agree - to be fair to the person, they've probably put a lot of time into it. End of the day, if they like it, it's all that counts 

If he likes it so much why is he selling it?

Rear bumper appears from the 'Bollywood Sari' school of design.......

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General Discussion Area / Re: bloody P.N.C

« on: 21 August 2009, 20:50:44 »

I wouldn't hold out much hope of DVLA Swansea getting it right. On my last car they got my surname wrong so I filled in the back of the registration document and sent it back. They corrected my surname but changed my Christian name to 'Andfew' (maybe it's the Welsh variant?)

If you are near a 'Local Vehicle Licensing Office' you might have more success if you go in to see them. I found them helpful & polite last time I visited one (about 10 years ago).

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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems

« on: 14 August 2009, 00:37:25 »

I use debian.

Download a net install image http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ & burn it to a cd. Boot the offending PC with the cd & follow the instructions. You might need to do some reading


Personally I started with dos, then windows 1, 2, 3, 98 & XP. With every iteration from Microsoft I have come across situations where the system does mysterious things but you can't fix it because the code is secret. With Debian there is always a solution (but you may need to get your hands dirty to fix it).

Ubuntu & Knoppix are based on Debian. Knoppix is good if you want to boot from a cd without making any changes to an existing pc. You can use a Knoppix cd to boot an unbootable windows pc to investigate & fix the problem. http://www.knoppix.org/

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General Discussion Area / Re: what radio station

« on: 16 August 2009, 13:50:38 »

It's not that I don't like music, it's just that I can't stand the waffle between the numbers.  My blood pressure rises at the nonsense I am expected to listen to and I become a menace to other road users.

So not just me then

Picked up a car with steering wheel controls for radio yesterday. If anything I am worse now because I can change channels quicker

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General Discussion Area / Re: what radio station

« on: 16 August 2009, 11:18:38 »

Until two days ago it was Planet Rock on DAB.

Spent 8 hours driving without DAB yesterday and couldn't find anything I could bear to listen to

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General Discussion Area / Re: god is a tw4t

« on: 16 August 2009, 09:56:14 »

You mentioned your sister 'sort of blaming you'. In a way it sounds as though you have lost her too.

Now is the time when family should be a source of comfort and support.

If you can, get her to attend joint counselling sessions with you. I don't know you or your sis but sometimes the most important things are the most difficult to say & a third person might make things easier.

Good Luck

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General Discussion Area / Re: Rust in peace

« on: 15 August 2009, 20:52:50 »

The old one served me very well (once I had sorted the neglect of previous owners).

I am hoping that this one hasn't got too many surprises for me. 

Sorry I haven't updated the profile yet. I had a 200 mile round trip to collect the car today which took about 8 hours due to all the holiday traffic so relaxing with a glass of wine now

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General Discussion Area / Rust in peace

« on: 15 August 2009, 20:19:28 »

After 15 years and 200,000 miles (8 years & 66,000 miles in my hands) I left my faithful old dog with a car dealer today. If he can't find it a new home then it will be making its final journey very soon

On the positive side the dealer sold me a new puppy  a 2003 facelift saloon.