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General Car Chat / Re: Spotted
« on: 23 March 2017, 16:24:49 »
One champagne and one silver FL's spotted in Ashford in one day yesterday. 
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General Car Chat / Re: Stag 1 - Omega 0
« on: 23 March 2017, 16:16:35 »
So sad for you Lazydocker 
That is one hell of a mess, but at least you are ok.
I thought I had a problem the other week after my little prang with a van, but..................yours is something else. Even I would have to admit it is "beyond economical repair" and I couldn't argue with the insurance company
I hope you can make the best of it by salvaging spare parts
That is one hell of a mess, but at least you are ok.
I thought I had a problem the other week after my little prang with a van, but..................yours is something else. Even I would have to admit it is "beyond economical repair" and I couldn't argue with the insurance company
I hope you can make the best of it by salvaging spare parts
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General Car Chat / Re: Goodbye Edd
« on: 23 March 2017, 16:11:47 »
I watched this programme a few times and was amazed how little profit, if any especially if you factored in Ed's labour, that was made. 
It proved to me there was no real sizeable profit in doing up the average wreck! 
It proved to me there was no real sizeable profit in doing up the average wreck!
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General Car Chat / Re: Car in for MOT today.
« on: 23 March 2017, 16:07:19 »I've just had news that she has passed.
I was told the coil spring was broken about 8 months ago so how is it possible? (unless a broken spring is not an MOT failure)
I can only assume that the Signum is such an advanced design that the metal 'heals itself' like a broken bone. It is either that or witchcraft.
That's brilliant news Opti!!
Your lucky day eh!
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General Car Chat / Re: Car in for MOT today.
« on: 23 March 2017, 15:38:57 »
Hope all goes well Opti
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Omega General Help / Re: bosch extending headlamp wash jet doofer
« on: 22 March 2017, 14:42:52 »I've spoken to a couple of mot testers,and they tell me headlamp washers are not a mot failure item.
I did the same when the headlamp washers seemed not to be working, and the tester stated mine, a 2003 3.2 Elite would not fail if they were not working. It was not a MOT failure issue.
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General Discussion Area / Re: About these brexit exit fees?
« on: 22 March 2017, 10:02:47 »I think Lizzie has a point.
We are leaving the EU. We all accept that. However that doesn't mean we are not allowed to have our say in how brexit is handled.
Personally I'm sad that the House of Lords folded so easily. They could have been part of the 'balance' needed to appeal to not only the 17 million 'leavers' but also the 16 million 'remainers'. We may be in the minority but it is a big minority.
Out of a population of 62 million, with a fair proportion of those with voting rights which I understand stands at about 45 million
That is why some of us remainers feel that another vote once all the facts are known should be justified
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General Discussion Area / Re: About these brexit exit fees?
« on: 21 March 2017, 21:17:19 »To a "remainer" like me (I know in a 48% minority of the few that actually voted!!
As a proud Tory, I must admit I like the approach being given to Brexit by Tony Blair. He supports correctly the idea we must have another vote on Brexit once all the FACTS of our potential leaving are known by the general public and politicians alike.
To me blindly walking into a potential disaster for Britain because a small majority of the public voted for it before they really knew them without an escape plan is absolute nonsense.
Lizzie politics is not about facts but opinions and in a shifting dynamic system there are a few fixed facts, but many dynamically changing ones, as what might apply this week can be completely different next week due to what Macmillan told us "events dear boy events". For Tony BLiar and CaMoron facts were what their daily sound bite said they were. Tomorrow there will bring new sound bites, based on that days 'facts'.
I look forward to when a remoaners prediction actually comes true as project fear was exactly that. The fact that gravity economic models were used for their predictions was totally debunked in a paper by the professor who invented the gravity economic model explaining why it was totally inappropriate for #Brexit, but they used it because it gave the project fear results which was deemed as politically useful to Remainers. The UK engaging and exporting much more with the rest of the world, by creating bilateral trade agreements and boosting mutual trade may actually be the reverse of your pessimism on the future and a new golden age for the UK in much the same way by leaving the gold standard early in the 1930's we did not have a recession / depression like the US and France. Asia, South America and increasingly Africa are where economic growth is really happening and going to continue to happen in the 21st century as they continue to industrialize and because of their population growth.
The Euro is only a half currency and cannot survive in its present form and politically it cannot be reformed to become a proper currency as that would involve the pooling of all national sovereign debts and the ECB issuing bonds, being the bank of last resort and fiscal transfers from richer to poorer areas within the EU. Any German politician agreeing to this would be committing political suicide so it will never happen. The Euro will soldier on until poorer countries leave, which will be forced by the losers in no growth countries or it collapses. The best exit route would actually be for Germany to leave the Euro. The EU as an appointed dictatorship has no interest in economic growth where social engineering is always centre stage with a considerable environmental and climate change slant. Many of the EU policies are quite ruinous for trade which is why the EU global share of trade is dropping twice as fast as that of the US.
As a student of politics I agree with everything you state Rod. I just have a different take on what Brexit may eventually mean, especially if it is a Hard one..........but that is politics, and as you rightly state a matter of opinion rather than fact.
It is a game; a serious game involving lives, but a game none the less!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Vera Lynn, 100 years old today.
« on: 21 March 2017, 20:01:45 »As a relative youngster, it would be tempting to poo poo the Vera Lynn thing as ancient nostalgia. However . . . . . some thoughts
I was born after the end of WII. I am probably one of the first British generations to never have had to face death in the battlefield, in the air, or on the sea. I did not have to do National Service, And I can say that I have never been in a position that I have had to consider that I may be killed (except broken down on the hard shoulder of the M4). Although there have been military conflicts in my time Falklands, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq and others, none of them have even come close to me requiring me to risk my life. I dislike the soft expressions "lost their life" "passed away" etc, the words are killed and died.
In WII our servicemen had to go and serve, and fight, and risk death. As a civilian, with the advent of war in the air, there was the possibility of a bomb landing on your house, or that Britian would be successfully invaded. Nobody could feel safe or confident in the future.
Do I like the songs ? No, but I also have an intense dislike of "Danny Boy". But Vera Lynn motivated forces, stood as an emblem of what was being fought for, and represented the Nation and the war effort. A truly great symbol of British resolve. Any X-Factors winners up for this ?
All very true
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General Discussion Area / Re: To all those who like to slag off our police...
« on: 21 March 2017, 19:58:54 »
Indeed we are very lucky to have overall an excellent police service with a lot of great people working within. Same goes for the other two emergency services.
The c..p they do have to put up with is terrible, and then they have to put up with so much work producing little result due to a liberal CPS.
The c..p they do have to put up with is terrible, and then they have to put up with so much work producing little result due to a liberal CPS.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cooling Fans x2 on 3.2
« on: 21 March 2017, 18:39:14 »On mine if i leave it idling from cold no fans are running at all(ac doesnt work )then as it warms up and gets to just above 90 both fans come on (seem fast) then temp drops to 85 or a bit above and fans stop.no real issues when driving.idoes this mean mine has a fault and if so where or is it just because the aircon doeasnt work ? Sorry lizzie if ive hyjacked your thread ! My apologies
No problem!
Due to the info given to me in this thread I soon discovered it WAS a fuse that had blown; the 30A one under the bonnet in the large fuse/relay unit next to the battery. All fans now working fine.
Thanks all
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General Discussion Area / Re: About these brexit exit fees?
« on: 21 March 2017, 18:35:10 »As said before I am a 'remainer' and not a 'remoaner'. We lost. It happens. That's life.
In my opinion it was the young people who 'lost' the vote for remain. Most, but not all, are natural 'remainers' and therein lies the problem. They 'remained' in bed, they 'remained' in the pub, they 'remained' glued to their playstation or X-box etc etc. A bunch of able-bodied lazy bastards who refuse to take adult responsibility and then bleat about it after the event.
I mean, if a shagged-out old fart like STMO can drag himself to the polling station to vote then why couldn't significant numbers of fit eighteen, nineteen, and twenty year olds do the same.
I agree with that. Apathy due to a mistrust of politics by so many of the young made a huge difference. It is a fact that they will be affected most in the long term by whatever transpires.
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: another newbie to the forum
« on: 21 March 2017, 18:31:58 »
Well then,welcome back!
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General Discussion Area / Re: About these brexit exit fees?
« on: 21 March 2017, 09:05:05 »Ever is a long time Zirk.
Remember the reaction dear ol Nigel got when he told the European Parliament he was taking us out
Exactly. In politics a week is a long time, and you can never say never. The last year has proved that.
My comments have stirred the very comments I thought they would. This Forum never changes with some dug in to their beliefs and never wanting to discuss other possibilities, but insult those who have.
ALL I am saying, as my unlikely "hero" Tony Blair is, that we should keep our minds open and be ready to rethink any fundamental changes that a Hard Brexit will bring to our proud nation. We must never just say to ourselves "well it is done and dusted and no matter how it is going to effect my family let's just live with it". Thank God strong people have always been there in British history to question, whilst not being scared by the insulting detractors, and take another route. Whilst talking about Tony Blair never forget he created the political will for the Good Friday Agreement and be the first PM to finally bring the mayhem that was Northern Ireland to an end with opposing parties talking to each other.
Things change in politics, and in the case of Europe that, yes I agree, may well implode in the future, vital elements of leaving that organisation, that is far from perfect, like democracy itself, must always be kept in mind as we leap out. Walk around your supermarket doing your "big shop" and you will readily experience one result of Brexit before it happens; prices have shot up, with a devalued pound in your pocket. Is that not worthy of further consideration by the public before they allow the politicians to go ahead with "out"? Or perhaps we should do what politicians normally do and just go ahead with a policy, regardless of the majority of public opinion at that point in time, that will wreck the financial security of millions of families.
I am sure STEMO that at Ellesmere Port, along with at Luton, many thousands of Vauxhall workers are now very worried about their future if Brexit happens regardless. What will be the public reaction to our present Government when thousands of Vauxhall, and possibly other motor companies, workers are seen protesting about losing their jobs? Brexit will have an effect on the tarrifs on cars built in Britain, with parts from all over Europe. The temptation of management to bring production back "in house" to the then new shaped Europe to reduce costs, will be enormous. That is just one example of where we are heading.
Therefore is it wrong to keep questioning the worth of Brexit before we finally jump?
I as a Conservative Socialist believe that it is not wrong at all, to keep our minds open, so the British workers get the best deal for their families future.