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5 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:
Didn't score well in his / her IQ tests...
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11 hours ago, big jim said:
It’s not so much changing insurance companies as he’ll no doubt do that when he’s due to renew as if he does that now just to insure another MX5 he’s lost his accumulated no claims and he’s back to square one trying to build up his first years NCD again
weve found a few minis about that should see him through til August to get the all important first year in but hopefully he might realise after a few months of driving something ‘sensible’ with a metal roof having an old rattly sports car isn’t the be all and end all
tbh I’m liking this for him….Mentions interior, wheels, engine, transmission and suspension having no issues, paint colour, good pictures, but no nearside bodywork picture??
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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
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10 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:
But was there enough space for one of those Yankee normal control thingies ??!?
The picture seemed to indicate so.
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20 hours ago, melmerby said:
I assume he was responsible for the handrail.☹️
Shall we tell A&E he's on his way😄
Of course not. It will give him to contemplate on improving his approach to DIY.....
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21 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:
Lucky it wasn't one of those long-nosed American trucks a few posts back !
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...
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2 hours ago, 33C said:
My grandad was a lollipop man who was arrested for "losing" his equipment. He denied everything but, when they searched his house, all the signs were there.
2 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:But that should be in the jokes thread . 😀
Whacky sign of the times...
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32 minutes ago, 33C said:
My grandad was a lollipop man who was arrested for "losing" his equipment. He denied everything but, when they searched his house, all the signs were there.
Thank you... 🥳
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4 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:
Naturally fermenting fruit and cereals of several kinds.....
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19 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:
It seems to live longer than the
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38 minutes ago, John Besley said:
That is breaking every single section of the H&S working at height documents covering the use of ladders.... I find it hard to believe anyone would be so stupid to work like that...
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" 🤔
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43 minutes ago, CameronL said:
A friend of mine has an old MG sports car, but he's thinking about swapping it for something more practical, as his wife, who's 8 months pregnant, has difficulty getting in and out of it.
He said to me: "I can't think of anything more difficult than getting a pregnant woman in an MG."
I replied: "Getting a woman pregnant in an MG."
More difficult?? Not at all and lots of fun..... 😃
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4 hours ago, peanuts said:
yup our van was approaching the give way line when the skoda cut the corner would not have been able to see our van due to a high hedge untill to late but is notorious for cars cutting there
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.
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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.....
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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.
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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
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11 minutes ago, ian said:
If your pass didn't allow you to the area below ground you obviously weren't a mole...
I'll see myself out.
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
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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
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16 hours ago, Sasquatch said:
Didn't think of nose bags! The horses are in motion, so they'd be hanging from the dray no doubt!
I've still got the reins to make too and will probably use heat extruded plastic sprue for them, something I haven't done since I was a kid when we used to borrow grandad's cigarette lighter to make radio aerials for Airfix tanks. Trouble is I don't own a lighter, haven't for decades!
Shaun
{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
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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
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20 hours ago, figworthy said:
Should we paws for thought on that one ?
Adrian
Clearly a comment for those with a paw sense of humour.....
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10 minutes ago, Ian Morgan said:
'Drive' up to the bridge in Streetview, and the sign attached to it is 15 ft height restriction.
Brilliant, and it certainly doesn't look anything like a mere 15ft wide.
J
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5 hours ago, dale159 said:
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15 foot width restriction?
Dale
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
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21 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:
The ice cream van has a Glasgow registration.
Can't really blame him for trying to improve his business prospects...
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For those interested in old cars.
in Wheeltappers
Posted · Edited by jcredfer
Similar idea to the MoD buying BMC Austin / Morris 1800s for the military to run around Norn Iron, in the 70s. Didn't matter what colour they bought, you were a target, as very few civvies had one {Most likely, because they knew the Army had them and didn't want anyone to make the wrong conclusion}. Just to be sure the Boyos didn't make any mistakes, they were all fitted with Regulation Issue, green colour, Fire extinguishers, on top of the exhaust tunnel, by the gear stick!