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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 16 February 2024, 21:36:40 »

About 6 years ago I did 13 night shifts in  row. Had 3 days off then did another 5.
Nearly bloody killed me. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 16 February 2024, 21:21:04 »

Asked by a colleague if I could cover his shift Monday night.
Jumped straight in and said yes,  then realised I will be starting seven shifts in a row tomorrow morning, so a 99 hour week.
Oh well, think of the money I suppose. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 16 February 2024, 21:17:19 »

This. 

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Omega General Help / Re: Fitting 3.2 mv6 from Omega in to Astra mk3 van with a Calibra 2.5 V6 c25xe ..

« on: 15 February 2024, 18:08:08 »

My 3.2 averages 24.5 mpg. About the same as every 6 cylinder Vauxhall Ive ever owned.
Having said that, the previous ones all got soundly thrashed and this one doesnt, so maybe proves TB,s point.

My old boss reckoned his 3.0 manual Omega (ex plod) averaged 35mpg, but then he also reckoned his Monaro did 185mph and ate M5,s for breakfast. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 14 February 2024, 18:42:19 »

BBC announced a new radio programme for him a few days ago. 
He was very overweight for a long time, so may be connected ?

It seems I may have been wrong about this.
Online talk seems to lean towards he took his own life because the Beeb had dumped him.
Time will tell I suppose.

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Omega General Help / Re: Fitting 3.2 mv6 from Omega in to Astra mk3 van with a Calibra 2.5 V6 c25xe ..

« on: 13 February 2024, 17:40:28 »

Either version installed in an Astra van, will make it fly like excrement off a highly polished digging implement.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 13 February 2024, 17:35:59 »

BBC announced a new radio programme for him a few days ago. 
He was very overweight for a long time, so may be connected ?

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General Car Chat / Re: Price of parts

« on: 12 February 2024, 19:23:29 »

For me its a bit like alcoholism. I think if I got back on one just once, I would be down my local bike shop with credit card in hand. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Price of parts

« on: 12 February 2024, 15:46:55 »

Nearly 15 for me ! 
Still tempted at times, but too old now really.

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General Car Chat / Re: Price of parts

« on: 12 February 2024, 15:22:04 »

On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.

Yeah, but Quaka parts always were outrageously priced.  I remember paying something like £6.99 each for some (probably) M4 countersunk for the brake reservoir, because I was desperate, and I bet that was over 20 years ago

Istr Honda parts were even more expensive. Although theirs tended be of much better quality than the other Jap manufacturers.
Suzuki were particularly bad. Their build quality was always piss poor.
Might be different now, I wouldnt know.

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General Car Chat / Re: Price of parts

« on: 12 February 2024, 13:42:38 »

On a similar note. About 25 years ago Motorcycle News priced up all the individual parts to build a Kawasaki ZX6r.
Price of a bike was around £6,500 at the time iirc. Price of all the individual parts was around £27,000.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Alaskan Door escape

« on: 11 February 2024, 22:27:59 »

Im glad I dont do flying any more. 
Havent been on a plane for nearly 10 years and have no plans to do so.

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General Discussion Area / Re: British Army’s Race Action Plan

« on: 11 February 2024, 18:12:18 »

A thick fog of insanity has descended over the entire western world. 

Fixed.

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General Discussion Area / Re: American elections

« on: 09 February 2024, 19:19:40 »

The Tories are dead in the water. They deserve to lose badly, although the country doesnt deserve Labour in power.
Its going to happen though, and the Tory party needs to either die out completely, or reinvent itself as a genuine conservative and unionist party.
Plenty of votes for Reform, will concentrate the minds of those responsible for rebuilding the Tory party and ensure it goes in the right direction.
There is no point in holding your nose and voting Tory to try and keep Labour out of power.
It just aint going to happen. Its gone way beyond that now.

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General Discussion Area / Re: American elections

« on: 09 February 2024, 14:11:33 »

Reform UK for me.