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southernspeed
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Another couple of hours snow clearing in the sunshine. good workout and feel great 
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Got my car out! Woohoo... A quick look at the front tyres explained why i failed last night... Whoops... Seems canvas aint that grippy on snow and ice  . Still.. New boots fitted and parked on the main road so should be good for work tomorrow
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southernspeed
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| biggus wrote: | | Got my car out! Woohoo... A quick look at the front tyres explained why i failed last night... Whoops... Seems canvas aint that grippy on snow and ice . Still.. New boots fitted and parked on the main road so should be good for work tomorrow |
Surprised you didn't just stretch some rubber bands around it
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biggus
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| southernspeed wrote: | | biggus wrote: | | Got my car out! Woohoo... A quick look at the front tyres explained why i failed last night... Whoops... Seems canvas aint that grippy on snow and ice . Still.. New boots fitted and parked on the main road so should be good for work tomorrow |
Surprised you didn't just stretch some rubber bands around it |
It was a temptation, as was taking them off the rims and putting woodscrews through from the inside
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There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand Binary and those who don't
There are II types of people in the world: those who understand Roman numerals and those who don't.
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HCMS
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| biggus wrote: | | southernspeed wrote: | | biggus wrote: | | Got my car out! Woohoo... A quick look at the front tyres explained why i failed last night... Whoops... Seems canvas aint that grippy on snow and ice . Still.. New boots fitted and parked on the main road so should be good for work tomorrow |
Surprised you didn't just stretch some rubber bands around it |
It was a temptation, as was taking them off the rims and putting woodscrews through from the inside |
Then you remembered you had used all of your rubber bands and wood screws fixing the clutch?
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Markie Mark
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hope not, cause I am fitting a clutch for him on Sat AM.....
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The Mouse
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Leaving for work at 5 this morning, it was probably the coldest I have ever experienced in this country, the side roads were unbelievably bad as they hadn't been driven on at all. But, I saw a scooter and then a bloke on a pushbike  It did make me chuckle......nutters |
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HCMS
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Getting an email from an American customer who is a health and safety officer and noticing just after his signature the following:
Before starting any task answer 3 questions -
1. What will I be doing?
2. What hazards are present and what is the worst thing that can happen to me?
3. How will I eliminate or reduce my risk?
Wondering if I should be a cock and complete his questions with motorcycling in mind! 
1. What will I be doing?
Riding my motorcycle
2. What hazards are present and what is the worst thing that can happen to me?
Everything, I could damage my little toe on a passing duck
3. How will I eliminate or reduce my risk?
Dismount, close the garage doors and lock myself in the bathroom
OR NOT 
Have a safe day 
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Taz
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Seeing the half erected igloo beneath my balcony.
Expetcing the council to come round and ask the kids if they had the right safety equipment, planning permission, are paying council tax...........
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CuseCuse
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my sister walked through the park on the way home, aparantly a family was building an igloo there aswell
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Taz
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| CuseCuse wrote: | | my sister walked through the park on the way home, aparantly a family was building an igloo there aswell |
if they make it to the 1st floor, i'll be pooring boiling water on it !
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Blonde Banana
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD
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Cpt.Slow
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| Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
'kin hell mate...Spit was talking about getting home and opening the JD he got for christmas , hope you've left him some! |
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southernspeed
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| Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
Sounds good to me!
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Blonde Banana
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Cpt.Slow wrote: | | Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
'kin hell mate...Spit was talking about getting home and opening the JD he got for christmas , hope you've left him some! |
Erm Not a lot
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Blonde Banana
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| southernspeed wrote: | | Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
Sounds good to me! |
T'is good 
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southernspeed
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biggus
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| Blonde Banana wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
'kin hell mate...Spit was talking about getting home and opening the JD he got for christmas , hope you've left him some! |
Erm Not a lot |
whoops sounds like a good evening  . Glass or 2 of red here, and a long soak in the bath. Think I need a waterproof DAB radio so I can listen to planet rock in my my second (to my garage) favourite place
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Blonde Banana
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| biggus wrote: | | Blonde Banana wrote: | | Cpt.Slow wrote: | | Blonde Banana wrote: | | Chilling to Pink Floyd whilst making my way through a bottle of JD |
'kin hell mate...Spit was talking about getting home and opening the JD he got for christmas , hope you've left him some! |
Erm Not a lot |
whoops sounds like a good evening . Glass or 2 of red here, and a long soak in the bath. Think I need a waterproof DAB radio so I can listen to planet rock in my my second (to my garage) favourite place |
Oh I can do Planet Rock, glasses of red & baths too.... can't say I'm particularly fond of my garage though
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Taz
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Wathcing the Chav in his Golf with the reg "D3CK U" wheel spinning for 20 minutes trying to get out of the close.
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GT
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The inlet Manifold to my little banger cracking due to the cold weather.
Made me look at getting a new car coz of the repair cost.
The scrappage scheme date has been extended to include cars registered before 29/02/2000 mine was on the 4th Feb 2000.
Thanks very much i bought the car for £1250 4 years ago in feb and i've just been given £2k for it. I have had to change the battery and one cv boot in that time
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biggus
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| GT wrote: | The inlet Manifold to my little banger cracking due to the cold weather.
Made me look at getting a new car coz of the repair cost.
The scrappage scheme date has been extended to include cars registered before 29/02/2000 mine was on the 4th Feb 2000.
Thanks very much i bought the car for £1250 4 years ago in feb and i've just been given £2k for it. I have had to change the battery and one cv boot in that time |
Aye.... really must get round to scrappaging the Taliban Taxi... But it's such a reliable car, and I WILL be disappointed with anything that follows it.
I was given the car in 2002 with 47,000 miles on it (it's now on 170k!!!). It was a company car, however, the guy who had it emigrated to marry a lesbian in the USA (obv he didn't know she was a todger dodger when he married her)
Sum total of monies spent on ye olde TT (ignoring "consumables"):
Clutch @ 50k miles £200 if i remember rightly
Starter motor @ 100k miles £80 - the clutch on this started sticking and i could not be arsed to strip it and fix it
Distributor @ 150k miles £100
Drive Shaft @ 169k miles £250
Needs a clutch again now (fitting sat with the aid of MM) 120k miles out of a clutch aint bad really.
I've been through a lot with that car - had it longer than any of my bikes... it's been through a few girlfriends too . FFS I was married when I got the car
It's been used to carry ridiulous loads (I mean apart from me) - 6 8 ft concrete fence posts and 8 bags of postcrete, plus 3 people
It's been thrashed, crashed, and generally unloved, yet remains pretty reliable. I have had 8 years & 125,000 miles of pretty trouble free motoring. And people wonder why Rover went under!
Apart from just transport, it's been somewhere to sleep, shag, eat, drink for 8 years, I'll be sad to see it go when it does finally go to Nissan Heaven. I might even shed a tear
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Tusky
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| Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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It's been thrashed, crashed, and generally unloved, yet remains pretty reliable. : |
Are we talking about Melz or the car here ?
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biggus
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| Tusky wrote: | | biggus wrote: |
It's been thrashed, crashed, and generally unloved, yet remains pretty reliable. : |
Are we talking about Melz or the car here ? |
One of them is high maintainence, the other is not... Draw from that what you will
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