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Neil Sedaka 86.  Singer.

The drivers (well, one of the drivers) in front of me who were travelling at 60mph but decided to come to a complete standstill because an Ambulance on blues and twos was approaching from behind. With heavy traffic coming from the opposite direction, the Ambulance was stuck. Well, until a driver coming from the opposite direction had the foresight to give them space to continue. 
Why don’t drivers just keep moving and allow the emergency vehicle to pass when it’s safe to do so. At least that way, the emergency vehicle is still making progress, and my blood pressure wouldn’t rise due to screaming at the driver who stopped.
I honestly think that they should run adverts to publicise this more, as some drivers just panic.

It never ceases to amaze me how some drivers are like a deer in the headlights as soon as something unexpected happens. Had 2 of these idiots stop, adjacent to each other, on a single carriageway on my commute recently, completely blocking the way.

Thanks Doctor - so coolant won 't come pouring out?

the holes are where the transmission fluid would flow through hence no coolant will 'pour out' 

The drivers (well, one of the drivers) in front of me who were travelling at 60mph but decided to come to a complete standstill because an Ambulance on blues and twos was approaching from behind. With heavy traffic coming from the opposite direction, the Ambulance was stuck. Well, until a driver coming from the opposite direction had the foresight to give them space to continue. 
Why don’t drivers just keep moving and allow the emergency vehicle to pass when it’s safe to do so. At least that way, the emergency vehicle is still making progress, and my blood pressure wouldn’t rise due to screaming at the driver who stopped.
I honestly think that they should run adverts to publicise this more, as some drivers just panic.

Thanks Doctor - so coolant won 't come pouring out?

Not from those holes

Ahhh yes, indeed.

Netware on a nice token ring 16 4!

Ive a halon ext in the garage!

Thanks Doctor - so coolant won 't come pouring out?

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As to DG's comments about leasing/HP, as I've said loads of times before, it will work for some people.  Company schemes often make it a no brainer - like tunnie's EV tax avoidance scheme, or Mrs TB's old scheme when she was at Rover. ………..

It worked great for us for quite a few years.    No deposit, no tax or insurance to worry about, just chuck fuel in it. The price was reasonable and as I changed cars every nine months, I could work my way through the model’s catalogue.     My main stipulation was a big engine and black leather, as big engines went hand in hand with more toys. 
I’m certain that it annoyed some managers that a shop floor pleb was allowed to have a BMW X5 M50 and park next to the management 3 Series.    Anyway, they eventually reduced the choice of vehicles for non-management, as well as the prices going through the roof, so I decided to purchase them, using my company discount. I could buy a vehicle with discount, and sell it eleven months later for what I’d paid for it (we had to wait eleven months due to tax implications if we sold before the eleven months was up). Car traders get to recognise your number and phone you to discuss what spec sells well, so moving them on was never a problem. It worked ok but was obviously more hassle than leasing, plus you have to have the initial costs available for the first purchase.

As for new cars versus older models, we recently visited several dealerships (mainly BMW and Audi) with a view to replacing one of ours. I can honestly say that nothing took my fancy, and I never thought I’d ever say that. Ridiculous dashboards that extended to the passenger side and looking tacky did nothing for us, and most exteriors have gone weird, so I’m sticking with what I’ve got.

The code reader has become the new WD40 and 15 piece socket set.

I only suggest the Bini as a B road hoot. You're not wrong about cheap shitters. You really have to suffer the depths of Faceachebook market place to find anything sub £500 that is complete.

Which is bizarre because noone will pay reasonable money for a working car with a years MoT, especially as the same people will throw a perfectly good car away for the want of a decent service 

Mond boggling when you consider the reliability/life expectancy of new cars.

Yes, never had no functionality.

I'll also bet that on your HPE servers, a failed boot drive in a RAID1 doesn't bring the OS to a crashing halt either. In 30 years of working with Proliant servers, under the Compaq, HP and HPE brands, I have never seen one crash just because one of the boot drives in a mirror failed.


The worse I ever saw on a Proliant, an old Compaq Proliant 2000 I think it was, running NetWare, I hot swapped a failed 500MB drive, and it all started smoking badly until I yanked said drive out, sadly not before all the fire alarms and suppression* systems went off.  NetWare remained running.


*Halon days, thats how long ago that was.