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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383  
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Agreed^^^ my 85 is a Ninety !
I just saw an ebay advert, which made me write this.. The piece of glass in front of the driver is called a WINDSCREEN, as it is a SCREENS you from the WIND. It is not a WINDOWSCREEN....you don't get hit by WINDOWS every time you go out driving!!!! |
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18th Jan 2017 6:15pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5115  
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Agreed, although if I owned a 90 I would rather people called it a Defender rather than a Jeep. I have two Defenders and the amount of people who call them Jeeps
 For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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18th Jan 2017 6:39pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1978
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£3.50 for a 500ml can of beer on First Great Western. £170 for a first class return from Worcester to Paddington with tube ticket. The journey times are slower than in the days of steam. 2h 10 is the quickest train now, it was sub 2h when I started getting it 20 years ago. Many years ago there used to be a Cathedral express only stopping at Worcs, Oxford, London, but the political gentry living on route make it difficult to cut out stops at Charlbury, Moreton in Marsh etc, despite the fact the
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It breaks me that I have to pay more for an ever slower service on the same line and same rolling stock (with a fresh lick of paint and some new seats). I've watched Falling Down and remember the scene in the fast food restaurant! |
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19th Jan 2017 7:46pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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People with answer machines that say "All our operators are busy Please leave a brief message and your telephone number and we will contact you as soon as possible" you leave the details as required.
I'm waiting for 3 firms to ring me back so that I can tell them I went with a company that answers phones. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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20th Jan 2017 11:37am |
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| 300TDi CSW Phil Member Since: 03 Apr 2016 Location: Bracknell Posts: 750 
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Those big red public people carriers whose drivers don't think that the highway code applies to them. 1995 300 Tdi Epsom Green - It's a keeper.
Wide Track Sankey- In bits- Gone to a new home M0XQS |
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20th Jan 2017 6:53pm |
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| Bps Member Since: 14 Feb 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 837
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Cyclists riding at night with no lights on, no bright clothing and no helmet, oh and headphones on at the same time ffs! then they have the cheek to have a go a me when they come steaming off the footpath at random into moving traffic
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21st Jan 2017 9:38am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17619 
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When did it become acceptable for drivers on dual carriageways not to dip for oncoming traffic? It's become an absolute epidemic in the South West now, and is antisocial, offensive, and dangerous. Illegal too.
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21st Jan 2017 8:43pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3579 
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^ ^ ^ Normal for Norfolk, but then we haven't got too much Dual Carriageway for the locals to practice on.
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21st Jan 2017 9:00pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Corporations man.
Just ugh, getting me down. The company I am having issues with has referred me to there insurance company which just so happens to be in the same group of the parent company of the company I am having issues with. To put it in English, its like the tail is wagging the dog and I'm being told to talk to where the tail joins the dog not the head as the head is the same animal but a different section. Seriously considering taking the money, selling the truck, putting the money in a Ford F250 and severing all ties with a hobby which I have lived and breathed for years. Which is very sad but that is an indicator of the treatment I have been receiving. After of course burning the place to the ground man,  Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197
Self confessed mileage hunter  |
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23rd Jan 2017 10:47pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17619
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Cyclists who insist upon riding up the road when there's a purpose built segregated cycleway alongside. It should in my view be illegal to ride in the road wherever a cycleway has been provided. I can't honestly understand why anyone would do this anyway, but round here they are like a plague. |
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24th Jan 2017 8:49am |
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| Farmerben Member Since: 16 Jan 2017 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 605 
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2h 10? Don't know you're born. I'm only 20 odd miles away in Hereford. Over 3 hours from here. Why Malvern needs 2 stations and Worcester 3 is beyond me. And Colwall is half Ledbury, half Malvern. How that place justifies a station i'll never know.... |
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24th Jan 2017 9:17am |
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| RFT Member Since: 13 Nov 2010 Location: Cheshire Posts: 687 
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Many cycle lanes are covered in fine gravel, broken glass and at this time of the year hawthorne hedge cuttings, it is much safer on the main carriageway, on there you just need to look out for the poor standard of driving by motorists. 130 Puma HCPU with an Artica 240LR Demountable Camper |
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24th Jan 2017 4:40pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17619
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Not round here, they're not, and most cyclists use them.
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24th Jan 2017 6:11pm |
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| Riverboy Member Since: 16 May 2016 Location: French sector, Earth Posts: 1288 
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The pretentious twaddle (probably American) that is "Reach out"
Reach out to us, I reached out to them........ Yeh I'll reach out...boff |
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29th Jan 2017 10:22am |
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