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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443   
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Today it's Maplins. My elecktrickery tester has been on its last legs for a while so as I had made a trip to town I called in at Maplins. Usually it is one of those places that transport you back to your childhood much akin to being a child in a toyshop. Went up to the relevant part of the shop and began looking at the array of circuit testers, damp meters, distance measurers and all I wanted was a cheap and cheerfull circuit tester with a digital display and a buzzer as it can be a pain trying to look st the screen and watch what you are actually prodding. After looking a little lost I had to ask an assistant who didn't know, he then asked another who said if there's a speaker symbol next to the continuity symbol then it will have one, turned round and carried on gazing out of the window. Back to the shelf, only one there a penny under £15 or over £25 for the next one. Took it to the till, the uninterested one sauntered across, glanced at it and said it had a buzzer. Got outside and opened it up before I drove away. Guess what........no buzzer, the box picture had one, the actual tool didn't. Uninterested scarpered when he saw me coming back to the store and no interest was shown by any of the assistants about the misrepresentation of the product. I was not too impressed. Might even send one of those "Angry from Tunbridge Wells" emails as I would have been severly p****d off had I got home and discovered it. Trawl on ebay later I think, fraction of the cost anyway, just have to wait.
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15th Oct 2013 2:33pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279  
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I do need to remember to take the bloody mudflaps off before offroading!
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22nd Oct 2013 6:16am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20618 
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Ebay, when something doesn't sell despite being listed twice. That's not particularly being the issue but people that contact you about an item of which you take the time to reply. Of which by this I mean a comprehensive reply not a couple of words as many do. Then to hear nothing at all back, nothing at all, even after sending a second message in case it didn't get through asking if they are still interested. Chillin In The Backwoods🇬🇧🇺🇸
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25th Oct 2013 9:42pm |
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| Sonarmender Member Since: 04 Apr 2013 Location: Guz Posts: 338 
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It would appear this does not only apply to Flea bay. You only have one life, live it....forget the cost.
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25th Oct 2013 9:45pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20618
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Indeed very true.
 Chillin In The Backwoods🇬🇧🇺🇸
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25th Oct 2013 10:08pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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Strictly come dancing.
Enough said  BM52 |
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3rd Nov 2013 7:51pm |
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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2769
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not so much 'grumpy' as off topic anger (sorry)
on GTA 5 there is a vehicle that is unmistakably a jeep wrangler. I find myself every time one passes making it my goal to destroy it as adventurously as possible! it has become such a thing that i nearly found myself considering smashing a real one off the road the other day... ... problem? they are awful, aren't they. JUST MAKE ME SO ANGRY. I MEAN LOOK AT IT:
and breathe.....  Cheers, David
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5th Nov 2013 2:59pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20618
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It's the silly little face that gets me! Looks like this O!!!O
 Chillin In The Backwoods🇬🇧🇺🇸
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5th Nov 2013 4:15pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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^^^I do that as well to be fair!
 Too much of an opportunity to miss! An engine to TDi for!
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5th Nov 2013 5:26pm |
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| JSG Member Since: 12 Jul 2007 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2412 
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Not my first choice of vehicle but You have to admit that Jeep are better than Landrover at updating their vehicles to keep the iconic DNA and meet the required approval standards. The latest Jeeps still look like a Jeep whereas we get DC100 concepts FFS. John http://www.hampshire4x4response.co.uk 2011 Tdci 110 CSW XS |
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6th Nov 2013 11:30am |
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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2769
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hmm.. yes they meet regs & look updated but in reality in many ways the jeeps are actually more primitive vehicles than the defender
Engines, towing capacity, off road ability all have come on little since the early wranglers, and genuinely (stock) aren't a match for a 90. (except maybe on road speed) and they're still F*ck ugly  Cheers, David
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6th Nov 2013 11:45am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20618
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 Chillin In The Backwoods🇬🇧🇺🇸
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6th Nov 2013 4:21pm |
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| noworries4x4 Member Since: 24 Dec 2010 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 1195
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Postman dropped me a 180Euro fine from the French police today go on guess how far over the limit I was for that size of fine ???
103Kmh in a 100Kmh zone Don't speed in France the new cameras will get you and the new ones are not signposted ahead. This was Northbound on the Toulouse Paris road in Montuban. And if I don't pay in 45 days it goes up to 360Euro owch !!!! If everything is under control you are not going fast enough. Every Day 16 MY Discovery 4 Commercial Workshop and Escort Vehicle Weekends 07MY L322 TDV8 Vogue SE Series 1 80" 3ltr 6cyl with overdrive No Worries 4X4 |
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13th Nov 2013 8:44pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189
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Sorry to hear that. Can I ask how long ago? A 3kph difference is ridiculous. I get a tad paranoid in France now and tend to cruise sub 80 but always concerned I might miss one of the drops in speed limit and get caught especially on the D roads. BM52
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13th Nov 2013 9:34pm |
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