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Post by hifinutt on Feb 7, 2023 11:00:56 GMT
what a fantastic pic ! love it . we just love Pakistan too and yes its total madness there . been there twice and would never drive or use a bike there
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 7, 2023 12:01:56 GMT
My brother told me about when he and another bloke travelled round south east Asia for a couple of months, and one time while in India they were going somewhere in a bus, an eighteen hour trip. The driver played this cassette of God-knows-what continuously, through the worst tinny speakers imaginable.
Eventually my brother's travelling companion could take it no more, went to the front of the bus, ejected the cassette and launched it out of the window. Bit harsh, I would have just plugged my ears.
The driver stopped the bus and refused to continue until the tape was found. So my brother and all the passengers had to search for it in the pitch dark. They did find it eventually.
My missus is on about a holiday in India. Any recommendations?
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Post by stevew on Feb 7, 2023 17:51:58 GMT
My brother told me about when he and another bloke travelled round south east Asia for a couple of months, and one time while in India they were going somewhere in a bus, an eighteen hour trip. The driver played this cassette of God-knows-what continuously, through the worst tinny speakers imaginable. Eventually my brother's travelling companion could take it no more, went to the front of the bus, ejected the cassette and launched it out of the window. Bit harsh, I would have just plugged my ears. The driver stopped the bus and refused to continue until the tape was found. So my brother and all the passengers had to search for it in the pitch dark. They did find it eventually. My missus is on about a holiday in India. Any recommendations? Thailand. |
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Post by macca on Feb 7, 2023 18:44:14 GMT
take her to the West Indies, and tell her it's India. Columbus didn't suss the difference so it just might work.
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Post by lurch on Feb 7, 2023 19:06:09 GMT
Today I think my car hunt is over.  Gonna go for a test drive after working tomorrow but think it's a done deal. Vauxhall Astra GTC 2.0 cdti Sri 15 plate 64k miles, 165 bhp, 138 mph, 0 - 60 = 8.4 seconds. Looks stunning in the flesh, apart from some slight wear on leather edge of drivers seat its immaculate inside and out. Bonus is, he's giving me £500 for my pile of motorised dogshite + £50 of diesel in the Astra so only £6k to pay. |
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 8, 2023 9:15:20 GMT
Today I think my car hunt is over. Gonna go for a test drive after working tomorrow but think it's a done deal. Vauxhall Astra GTC 2.0 cdti Sri 15 plate 64k miles, 165 bhp, 138 mph, 0 - 60 = 8.4 seconds. Looks stunning in the flesh, apart from some slight wear on leather edge of drivers seat its immaculate inside and out. Bonus is, he's giving me £500 for my pile of motorised dogshite + £50 of diesel in the Astra so only £6k to pay. 'Allo John, got a new motor? (said with a cockney accent)  Very nice, looks mint. Nice and comfortable inside. We had one (only a 1.6 petrol though) for about 4 months till Anita wrote it off. Performance stats look pretty good too. Astra diesels have always been strong performers imo. |
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 8, 2023 9:23:34 GMT
take her to the West Indies, and tell her it's India. Columbus didn't suss the difference so it just might work. That would be my first choice, but the prices are a bit [insert eek emoji] Actually prices everywhere have gone a bit steep, maybe just go to Bognor. |
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Post by lurch on Feb 8, 2023 9:47:30 GMT
take her to the West Indies, and tell her it's India. Columbus didn't suss the difference so it just might work. maybe just go to Bognor. We've got enough reprobates here without importing them. 😆😆 |
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Post by pete on Feb 8, 2023 10:12:53 GMT
Don’t want to put a downer on this car, which looks great, and I am sure you will have done this lurch, but looking at its age and being diesel is it compliant for low emissions zones in cities. Have a few zones popping up my way. |
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Post by lurch on Feb 8, 2023 10:21:47 GMT
TBH, I not checked as not too bothered, if a city has a ULEZ then I won't visit it. Apart from Wam Show and mate in Ledbury I do very little distance, just local + others max 20 mile.
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Post by pete on Feb 8, 2023 10:36:01 GMT
TBH, I not checked as not too bothered, if a city has a ULEZ then I won't visit it. Apart from Wam Show and mate in Ledbury I do very little distance, just local + others max 20 mile. Brilliant. That’s ok then. Just had a thought that it may not comply and cause you problem. Looks a very tidy car. |
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 8, 2023 11:49:53 GMT
We've got enough reprobates here without importing them. 😆😆 Sound like my kind of people I just need to find a dog-friendly hotel so I can bring me Pit Bull. |
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Post by brian2957 on Feb 8, 2023 12:31:44 GMT
Today I think my car hunt is over. Gonna go for a test drive after working tomorrow but think it's a done deal. Vauxhall Astra GTC 2.0 cdti Sri 15 plate 64k miles, 165 bhp, 138 mph, 0 - 60 = 8.4 seconds. Looks stunning in the flesh, apart from some slight wear on leather edge of drivers seat its immaculate inside and out. Bonus is, he's giving me £500 for my pile of motorised dogshite + £50 of diesel in the Astra so only £6k to pay. Looks like a nice tidy motor. I'm sure you have done these things, but just in case. make sure the car has a full years MOT, a full service with service book filled in and dated by the garage, and make sure the tyres are all OK. Including spare if there is one, and don't let them fob you off with the tyres are within the legal limit pish. You want to be able to use the car for more than a month before it starts costing you money to replace the tyres. These things can prove expensive later on. Oh...and happy motoring |
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Post by pete on Feb 8, 2023 13:36:05 GMT
Keeping on the car theme, my car has passed its MOT with no advisories, not bad for a 24 year old golf. Been 100% reliable in the 21 years I have had it. Drives as good as the day I got it…. If anything has set it up for a fail that statement will🤣
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Post by robbiegong on Feb 8, 2023 14:02:12 GMT
Top motors the golf, my brother has a simple Tsi 2009 plate at it has never ever missed a beat, in all the years he's had it.
If I hadnt spent all my dough on hifi, kids, house, domestics, I'd have one of these in a heart beat,
Always loved the Golf R, up to before the current new model which seems to have lost its soul in terms of looks and looks more like something a computer programme designed.
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Post by robbiegong on Feb 8, 2023 14:04:38 GMT
Today I fired up my system for the first time in months - been loads of changes - one heck of buzz to hear sound/music from her again. Will be a ton of listening and evaluation coming up  |
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Post by jandl100 on Feb 8, 2023 14:47:54 GMT
Different planets. Different galaxies. Different universes. I can't even begin to get my head around you, Robbie! |
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 8, 2023 14:57:18 GMT
Top motors the golf, my brother has a simple Tsi 2009 plate at it has never ever missed a beat, in all the years he's had it. If I hadnt spent all my dough on hifi, kids, house, domestics, I'd have one of these in a heart beat, Always loved the Golf R, up to before the current new model which seems to have lost its soul in terms of looks and looks more like something a computer programme designed. Top car the Golf, in all its iterations. Apart from the Mk. 3, I was never keen on that. In the early 90s I had a Mk.2 GTi 16v in Tornado Red. My mates referred to it as 'the beast', although it only made about 140bhp, about half what the Golf R gives you. I loved that car, but with a growing family, running it became hard to afford. So I sold it, got a Polo, and used the left over cash for a family holiday. Two weeks later all I had was a few holiday snaps, no money and a crappy old Polo. But my kids remember the holiday better than the Golf, so... |
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Post by hifinutt on Feb 8, 2023 17:15:45 GMT
funny thing we bought a vuaxhall meriva which has cost maybe less than a 100 in repairs . not even that . for the same price we bought a Vw golf with higher mileage and repairs have been around 4k so far . of course its a better car but my word they are not cheap to maintain
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Post by hifinutt on Feb 8, 2023 17:19:51 GMT
had an interesting day . midnight was sitting with my friend in resus having waiting 3 hours in an ambulance with some amazing guys waiting to go in to a&e . fascinating place and took me back to 40 years ago when worked in A&e . there was security guards on the floor wrestling a crazy guy , there was folks should as they had broken their leg ! anyway 1.30 i managed to get a taxi home
The had several taxis through day and went back to A&e to oversee him going to a ward and making sure he had a high level air mattress
been in 2 A&E depts in past 3 weeks and good to compare them both .
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Post by Pigmy Pony on Feb 9, 2023 9:12:21 GMT
funny thing we bought a vuaxhall meriva which has cost maybe less than a 100 in repairs . not even that . for the same price we bought a Vw golf with higher mileage and repairs have been around 4k so far . of course its a better car but my word they are not cheap to maintain Oftentimes it comes down to how a car has been treated by its previous owner - well maintained and serviced ones will normally be fine, neglected ones never stop suffering. And VW parts have never been cheap, adding to the pain. But generally I think cars (and certainly vans) are more unreliable than ever, and ime it's usually down to all the gubbins they put in to get them through emissions. A builder friend of mine had a Nissan truck that was never out of the garage with one fault or another, until it became unrepairable as the chassis started to fall apart. He now has one of these:  A 1976 Chevrolet Silverado. Built at a time when all you needed in your toolbox was a few spanners and a big hammer. Bit heavy on fuel though. |
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Post by electronumpty on Feb 10, 2023 20:45:31 GMT
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Post by hifinutt on Feb 11, 2023 11:19:57 GMT
sorry to hear that. hope you get sorted
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Post by sq225917 on Feb 15, 2023 4:38:40 GMT
Am back in hospital with  Well, just my right knacker actually. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 15, 2023 7:21:36 GMT
Am back in hospital with Well, just my right knacker actually. Oh? Sounds weird to ask, but ..... Is it ok? I mean, obviously it isn't....but nothing major I hope |
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Post by electronumpty on Feb 15, 2023 7:53:09 GMT
sorry to hear that. hope you get sorted Thanks, last nights was cancelled so waiting to see what we can book now but everything is jammed up. Anyway walked up mount Eden today which has great views.   |
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 15, 2023 8:59:00 GMT
sorry to hear that. hope you get sorted Thanks, last nights was cancelled so waiting to see what we can book now but everything is jammed up. Anyway walked up mount Eden today which has great views. Good luck getting back. Great view though!! |
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Post by nonuffin on Feb 15, 2023 9:25:50 GMT
Am back in hospital with Well, just my right knacker actually. Oh? Sounds weird to ask, but ..... Is it ok? I mean, obviously it isn't....but nothing major I hope I had a Hydrocele around 20 years ago and all it usually takes us a small incision in the scrotum to drain the fluid. My surgeon decided to take a more drastic route with an incision across the width of my groin and turned my entire family jewels inside out to check for cancer. When I woke up after the anaesthetic had worn off it felt like a herd of horses had stampeded across me. The whole lot swelled up to a huge size and was as black as coal. Every movement made the pain worse and it took me a whole hour just to put my trousers on to go for a smoke out in the chapel garden of the hospital. I decided to go home so at least I didn't have that palaver every time I wanted a smoke. Took two weeks for it all to go back to normal.
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Post by Bigman80 on Feb 15, 2023 9:27:19 GMT
Oh? Sounds weird to ask, but ..... Is it ok? I mean, obviously it isn't....but nothing major I hope I had a Hydrocele around 20 years ago and all it usually takes us a small incision in the scrotum to drain the fluid. My surgeon decided to take a more drastic route with an incision across the width of my groin and turned my entire family jewels inside out to check for cancer. When I woke up after the anaesthetic had worn off it felt like a herd of horses had stampeded across me. The whole lot swelled up to a huge size and was as black as coal. Every movement made the pain worse and it took me a whole hour just to put my trousers on to go for a smoke out in the chapel garden of the hospital. I decided to go home so at least I didn't have that palaver every time I wanted a smoke. Took two weeks for it all to go back to normal.
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Post by nonuffin on Feb 15, 2023 10:05:47 GMT
I had a Hydrocele around 20 years ago and all it usually takes us a small incision in the scrotum to drain the fluid. My surgeon decided to take a more drastic route with an incision across the width of my groin and turned my entire family jewels inside out to check for cancer. When I woke up after the anaesthetic had worn off it felt like a herd of horses had stampeded across me. The whole lot swelled up to a huge size and was as black as coal. Every movement made the pain worse and it took me a whole hour just to put my trousers on to go for a smoke out in the chapel garden of the hospital. I decided to go home so at least I didn't have that palaver every time I wanted a smoke. Took two weeks for it all to go back to normal.
That made my guts turn.... It's amazing how men shudder at the thought of what I describe! Women always compare it to childbirth and say that pain is nothing in comparison.
The boss I was working for at the time rang me a week after the op and demanded I return to work, he was a real bastid to work for. but even he went green gilled and queasy when I told him the details. Said I could take as much time off as I wanted!
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