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wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« on: 23 November 2009, 22:16:30 »
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #1 on: 23 November 2009, 22:19:35 »
bloody hell!!  :o  :o
 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #2 on: 23 November 2009, 22:23:45 »
Similar effect on the paint to our local Morrisons car wash....

JESUS  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #3 on: 23 November 2009, 22:25:18 »
Burning question is, though....



Did it get the dirt off??   ;D
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« Reply #4 on: 23 November 2009, 22:29:16 »
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Burning question is, though....



Did it get the dirt off??   ;D

No, but they worked out where the sunroof was leaking... ;D
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #5 on: 23 November 2009, 22:38:29 »
i recognise that, believe i posted that some time ago  ::)
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #6 on: 23 November 2009, 22:40:07 »
No Need!  :'(
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« Reply #7 on: 23 November 2009, 22:48:24 »
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No Need!  :'(

Huh??  It's a hideous old Escort estate.  This vintage were CRAP new and only got worse with age.

Doing the automotive world a big favour, methinks  :y
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #8 on: 23 November 2009, 22:59:26 »
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #9 on: 23 November 2009, 23:07:14 »
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http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1249661015


 ::) ::) ::)

Some of us new'uns not seen it before-along with many repeat posts  :y
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #10 on: 23 November 2009, 23:12:54 »
mmmm   how much does that bucket hold ??? If its one of these

http://www.baumpub.com/heg/products/6991/3/liebherr_canada.html

then 40 cu.meters .... thats 40 x 220 = 8800 gallons !!

At 10lb to a gallon thats 88000  lbs !!!

at 2240 lbs to a ton thats just under 4 ton of water !! 

No wonder it bent !!

(you metric kiddies can do your own sums !!!  )

:)
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #11 on: 23 November 2009, 23:31:59 »
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mmmm   how much does that bucket hold ??? If its one of these

http://www.baumpub.com/heg/products/6991/3/liebherr_canada.html

then 40 cu.meters .... thats 40 x 220 = 8800 gallons !!

At 10lb to a gallon thats 88000  lbs !!!

at 2240 lbs to a ton thats just under 4 ton of water !! 

No wonder it bent !!

(you metric kiddies can do your own sums !!!  )

:)

Does that explain my water bill?
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #12 on: 23 November 2009, 23:34:21 »
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mmmm   how much does that bucket hold ??? If its one of these

http://www.baumpub.com/heg/products/6991/3/liebherr_canada.html

then 40 cu.meters .... thats 40 x 220 = 8800 gallons !!

At 10lb to a gallon thats 88000  lbs !!!

at 2240 lbs to a ton thats just under 4 ton of water !! 

No wonder it bent !!

(you metric kiddies can do your own sums !!!  )

:)

so .... if that 'small' amount of water weighs 4 tons, just think of how many tons of water have battered various bridges around the Cumbria area.  :-?
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #13 on: 24 November 2009, 01:06:20 »
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bloody hell!!  :o  :o
 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D

My sentiments exactly  :o :o :o
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Re: wash your estate with one bucket of water - honest
« Reply #14 on: 24 November 2009, 10:01:50 »
I reckon the excavator driver was about to crush it not wash it! ;D
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