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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle East

« on: 23 March 2026, 15:42:50 »

So it seems that Trumpy Trump blinked.   

Or did he?     

He hasn't done anything that he wasn't already planning to do.

If the Islamic Guard do anything on the meantime then it confirms that their out of line and off it goes again. If they actually negotiate then they've failed.

It's a bit of a clever play because it appeases the rest of the world whilst giving the IRGC the chance to back down, which obviously they won't as it would be to admit weakness and be humiliating.

Not quite check mate, but they're definitely in a corner.

Launcing missiles at Diego Garcia was a significant tactical error on their part.

I've said it before but if it were Obama doing this it would be a the epitome of tactical mastery, but because it's Donald,...

He gave Iran an ultimatum at the weekend that if they didn't open the Straight of Hormuz, he would bomb their power stations.

Iran responded that if he bombed their power stations, they would bomb their neighbours power stations in response.

This morning Trumpy Trump 'postponed' bombing Irans power stations saying there had been 'productive conversations'.

Iran say there have been no conversations and as far as I can tell the Straight of Hormuz is still closed.

Meanwhile, Brent Crude has dumped from around $110 a barrel to $94.50 and all the NYSE indices are all up by over 2.5%. There's people out there making a killing and there are plenty of accusations of market manipulation and insider trading flying around!   

If I had a suspicious mind I might think that a certain prominant US family's net worth has gone up substantially today. 

Probably why he did it in the first place.

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Omega General Help / Re: Check engine light and coolant low message

« on: 23 March 2026, 15:36:20 »

According to the poster, he has a Desmond.

This is true. However it's fitted with a similar engine managed system to the DBW V6 so the faulty codes are much the same

Gotcha Doc 

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Omega General Help / Re: Check engine light and coolant low message

« on: 23 March 2026, 13:50:35 »

According to the poster, he has a Desmond.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle East

« on: 21 March 2026, 18:39:27 »

This made I chuckle

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVeIEJIlBGC/?img_index=8&igsh=OGl0dzEwdnJxY2Iy

Saw diesel at £1.65 on my way to work which is taking the piss. That said it's still well below £2.01 which it got to in 2022...

One (Asian) independent garage close to me is 179.9p for diesel, plenty of folk using it when I pass.

This chappie is charging 194.9 for diesel today, and people are still buying it.

He should be strung up with his own pump hoses. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Israel and USA v Iran Middle East war

« on: 17 March 2026, 15:34:57 »

Did i hear right that Starmer offered two aircraft carriers to help police the Straight of Hormuz? I thought that one was broken down and months away from readiness.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 17 March 2026, 15:26:48 »

Len Deighton author. 97. created the Harry Palmer character. Good innings that.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 16 March 2026, 19:59:27 »

Incarnate

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General Discussion Area / Re: Formula 1

« on: 14 March 2026, 21:23:44 »

Ace fun, yes. Agree with you there Lizzie. But when you see your beloved  Victor 101 being demolished… ?

There was always a Rover 90 or 110 that smashed everything else to bits.

Still fun though!!!

The last picture a saw of my Mk3 Grannie was upside down on the infield of Foxhall stadium.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 13 March 2026, 18:36:50 »

Goad

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 12 March 2026, 16:15:46 »

Cleaned the Sahara off it at last. Ended up quite damp myself due to a howling gale here. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person

« on: 10 March 2026, 17:08:16 »

His daughter had the best idea, flush his ashes down the toilet.

I'm the bin would be less effort.[/highlight]

Yes, a waste of good water. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle East

« on: 06 March 2026, 22:14:20 »

It's emerging that one of the reasons that HMS Dragon's departure to Cyprus is delayed is because the Govt reduced the dockworkers hours to save money.

They've gone from 24/7 operations to 9 to 5/Mon to Friday.     So that's possibly one of the reasons why the rest of the fleet is tied up alongside as well.... 

You'd think that in this day and age they could work from home. 

If you were a drone operator you probably could.

Very good, Ron 

I do sometimes manage periods of lucidity Steve. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Middle East

« on: 06 March 2026, 16:29:26 »

It's emerging that one of the reasons that HMS Dragon's departure to Cyprus is delayed is because the Govt reduced the dockworkers hours to save money.

They've gone from 24/7 operations to 9 to 5/Mon to Friday.     So that's possibly one of the reasons why the rest of the fleet is tied up alongside as well.... 

You'd think that in this day and age they could work from home. 

If you were a drone operator you probably could.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 04 March 2026, 14:35:11 »

Best thing you can do is choose a car you like, and buy the nicest one you can find.

What if you'd overdosed on Dorset Turnips and liked a Morris Marina, like Sir Tig.....

 

I was 19 and it cost me fifty quid with 6 months MOT & tax. 

It was a great car though and I used do a lovely drift in it around a hairpin bend deep in the lanes near here! 

....and don't forget it was the desirable 1.8TC coupe version....so the ladies went weak at the knees. Wet with anticipation.

 

It had a black 'go faster' stripe down the bonnet as well! 

Used Marina seem to be up for sale within the £3000-£9000 range.

Why would anyone be tempted to pay this for a seventies car, with fifties engineering tech, that corners like a a dog on polished lino.

One of the reasons I won't buy another Marina Coupe 1800TC is that I'd be very tempted to drift it round the afore mentioned hairpin bend in the lanes in the dead of night.   

I'm probably not as talented as I was when I was 19 and it would go horribly wrong!       

If you drift a bit too enthusiastically, you might find that the body shell will part company with the wheels. 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 04 March 2026, 14:29:40 »

A friend of my youngest has a coupe in the fetching diarrhoea colour in his garage, he just uses it a summer car. Wonder if he knows how much it may be worth?