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Didn't score well in his / her IQ tests...

Mentions interior, wheels, engine, transmission and suspension having no issues, paint colour, good pictures, but no nearside bodywork picture??

Have you looked at Marmite Insurance? A couple of my daughter's friends pointed her in that direction, as a useful {first year} option, if it fits?? Basically you buy your insurance by the mile {Batches of 1,000 at a time, or more}. The "bind" is that she has to have a Tracker fitted, which they provide. The second condition is that the Parent / guardian also has to "register" on the same Insurance {The logic of that beats me - I can think of a couple of reasons, but they are seriously into conspiracy theory. Either way, I have my own car and don't drive her's, so it isn't really relevant.}. I'm not over-fussed about the tracker, for a year or so and may even have benefits for her as it provides the feedback to her, every trip. She finds that to be useful information about how well she is driving and likes seeing the rows of 5 stars. Her friends are likewise positively engaged with the tracker. With that as a background, she picked up a 2011 Mini One, 1595/8?cc{!!!} and they were just fine with that, straight after her test. Once a year has passed, or maybe more, she will have accumulated some no-claim time and can move on to more conventional modes. I'm not connected with them and to be honest, I found then a touch finicky on details they already had. {they asked when I Passed my driving test and I replied with the Jul 1964, which was when I passed the Test. Nope, not good enough, they wanted the date that my {Post Office paid Licences stopped and went to DVLA, ie when my first DVLA issued Licence was issued and clearly, recorded on the, current, plastic licence, of which they already had a photograph of!!} That said, they did provide insurance cover and at a reasonable price, for a newly qualified driver, for what it may be worth. Best wishes

The picture seemed to indicate so. https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/transport/lucky-escape-for-huge-lorry-stuck-in-level-crossing-barrier-near-bridlington-4542535

Of course not. It will give him to contemplate on improving his approach to DIY.....

Quote from Scarborough News “The crossing is designed so that there is a lot of space between the level crossing barrier and the actual tracks-.... " Lucky it wasn't in America, where the planners don't bother...

Whacky sign of the times...

Thank you... 🥳

Naturally fermenting fruit and cereals of several kinds.....

It seems to live longer than the DisUSA's 247 whole years - and a bit.

Maybe he is aware of the limitations of his structure already. Regulations have been described as "guidance for wise men and for the obedience of idiots" 🤔

More difficult?? Not at all and lots of fun..... 😃

Umm... cutting a corner on a blind bend. Needs his Licence revoked, as an ever present danger to other road users and locking up for long enough for him to think and work it out.

My daughter put a huge heart right across the bonnet of our brand new Mazda Sport with a pointed flint stone. It did eventually rub out, after 3 days of working at it with Autoglym and a colour added restorer. She was very young, however and lives on unharmed.....

Who is going to get to read this... and it's on the exit from a roundabout... Research concludes that motorists can read up to 7 words, when passing a sign, I would have thought that might have been known to Wilts road-sign writers.

Best wishes Jim, with your previous achievements, success is clearly there for you. The weather and a few other interferences have also drawn my cycling to a similar nothing for months. I want to thank you, as your posts have also made me realise that there is only one person that can get my bike out, with me peddling it and getting the benefits that brings. Inspiration sometimes comes when you least expect it, thanks again. Julian

More likely to be not allowed, because they hadn't confirmed that he was not a Mole..... ..... Probably a sensible precaution, given that they had taken the trouble to construct so many levels of tunnel depth. A Mole might create a lot of damage to the tunnels and their contents. Julian

Thank you Shaun, compliments indeed. Mind you, they were done almost exactly 50 years ago, when I had the eyes of an RAF pilot and hands which didn't thrash around more than an angry Blacksmith taking out his ire making a wrought iron gate. I also had the guidance of The Encyclopedia of Military Modelling with Chapters authored by people who were brilliant at the particular topic they were covering {hence Encyclopedia, I guess}. It should be the handbook for anyone in any branch of modelling. I had a look in the garage today, to see if there was any of that tape, but I couldn't see any, nor the set of drawers that it's probably in. I will pop over to the Store tomorrow and see if they are there, it's only a couple of hundred yards down the road. Best wishes Julian

{Reins??} Back 50 years or so, there used to be some flat tape, which I think, was for tying round Christmas and other presents. It was made of parallel lengths of some [unidentified} fibre {cotton / flax??}. The fibres were held together in some sort of coloured resin / glue, as they were not woven in any way. It was possible to tease / cut into the end to separate a narrow section, which could then be pulled away from the adjacent fibres in a narrow, flat strip. Semi-gloss paint for leather straps and matt for haversacks etc. I might still have the remains of a roll, in the garage somewhere, I'll have a look later. Best wishes All J

Town Dray horses often had their nose bag, dangling from high round their neck, hung just slightly too long for them to reach the fodder walking, but nose still in the bag. However when stopped they would drop their heads forward, so the bag would rest on the ground, then they could tuck-in. The system is still quite common with horses out of their fields, resting on long rides / at Meets etc. Julian

Clearly a comment for those with a paw sense of humour.....

Brilliant, and it certainly doesn't look anything like a mere 15ft wide. J

Two 8ft lorries would be in trouble if travelling towards each other..... Come to think of it, a 6ft Merc might find it a bit tricky ensuring there was sufficient room to spare, before committing the paintwork... Oooh, the thought of it..... 🫠 Julian

Can't really blame him for trying to improve his business prospects...

We used to have some, in the RAF [the 1256 ones, of course. Forever breaking the distributor arm, if they were driven quickly for long periods, which was what we had to do, working from our HQ, out to RAF Stns around the southern half of England. A phone call would get the nearest recovery unit, which was sometimes the Army one. They would take it to the nearest unit which had the spares, The Chevvie did look a bit odd being towed behind those massive 6 x 6 heavy recovery vehicles. 🤣