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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298   
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/\ isn't that what low range was invented for? it became a necessity for cars with a poor turning circle as road became more congested and parking spaces few a far between.
engage low range and resolve  |
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3rd Jan 2018 6:00pm |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410 
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Oh my goodness... What is the date? Yup, the 4th of January 2018 and you guessed it Easter is just around the corner...
... apparently;  Click image to enlarge 
For goodness sake the poor boy has barely made it out of his crib and apparently Anglesey is ready for his death and resurrection... well done Waitrose, Menai Bridge store, you win the annual "just in phooking' time" award for 2018. Got to be a record surely being 4 days in to the year... 
Flippin' ridiculous, Christmas and New Year celebrations are still fresh in everyones minds, some of us still have chocolate gifts left over, being the 4th of January. Some of us haven't even had time to fail at our New Year resolutions... |
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4th Jan 2018 7:13pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769 
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I think they should deliver all those cadburys cream eggs to my house to get them out of the store until the correct time
 Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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4th Jan 2018 7:36pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5109  
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Easter! We have to get through blo*dy valentines day yet. Wife did not appreciate the aluminium gear knob
I gave her last year and said I love the Defender more than her, I thought for a few seconds and thought I better lie. 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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4th Jan 2018 9:16pm |
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| geobloke Member Since: 06 Nov 2012 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 4410
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Love it Hilario.
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4th Jan 2018 9:18pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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Now as far as I am aware double yellow lines basically means no parking. OK legal status on a private industrial estate might be a bit of a grey area depending on what signs, T & C etc.
Now industrial estates tend to have rather large HGVs delivering and collecting goods. Top car park where photograph was taken from had 25+ vacant car parking space in marked bays. Bottom section at least 6 vacant marked parking places! Have a look how this kind considerate car driver decided to park! Click image to enlarge Brendan Last edited by leeds on 5th Jan 2018 4:38am. Edited 1 time in total |
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4th Jan 2018 9:22pm |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283
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^ An ego of 100, an IQ of zero.
Too many of those about these days..... |
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4th Jan 2018 9:31pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6298
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there's a lot of people on the road in illegal cars with no insurance.....probably no licence either.
I sometimes wish I drove HGV's with the above criteria as I'd soon sort that out 
talking of the above criteria.....my dad did me a favour the other day by going to have an initial look at a car for me. He's waiting to turn right into the garage and car (possibly a Vauxhall Insignia) 'ploughs into the back of him. Said cars reverses up and makes off down left turn road with steaming front end! although my dad was shaken up, he's fine. miraculously there appears to be no damage to his ford focus - no even a rub mark on the paint work !! ? |
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4th Jan 2018 10:40pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769
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Are you sure it's parked and not just rolled backwards down the hill with a dodgy handbrake
Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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5th Jan 2018 12:14am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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Coming home from Lancashire yesterday in quite honestly epic amounts of rain towing a trailer and being quite sensible in accordance with the weather, some sections of the journey were simply not suitable for doing 50mph and yet there were not one but 7 occasions when I was essentially being pushed down the road by morons in hgv s. Do one you selfish bullies, I don't have a death wish and am going to drive according to the conditions, give it a go, you might live longer. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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5th Jan 2018 5:53am |
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| andydef90 Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: yorkshire Posts: 617 
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the problem is that the drivers are on timed delivery's and most company's fine the driver if they are late on a regular basis . i think driving on a whole has standards have dropped everyone is in hurry
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5th Jan 2018 7:47am |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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You could defenetly tell the schools started back yesterday!
The standard of driving dropped around here, everyone out for themselves  80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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5th Jan 2018 8:52am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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Our schools don't start until Monday so that is a blessing. What I don't get, not having kids, is that everyone is apparently determined to live in a catchment area of a good school, ok we all want the best, but other than in rural areas I can't see how a catchment area can be soooooo huge that one needs a car to get there? Walking 2 or 3 miles is not going to kill anyone just as getting out of bed in a timely manner to not be late isn't fatal either. Or have I missed the point again? Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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5th Jan 2018 10:40am |
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| Maris Widgeon Member Since: 11 Dec 2013 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 216 
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Our local town has a main road straight through it with major junctions off of it ,and is narrow , we are allocated a traffic warden on a Tuesday and Thursday and everyone locally knows this and abandon vehicles anywhere they please the rest of the time.
A couple of years ago someone set up a Facebook site called ( Parking like a TW£T in (our town) to help highlight the problem that the town has . This made no difference at all but has some interesting pictures on the site , now we have some of the kids parking their little racing cars in ever more stupid places so they can get a picture on "Facebook " , if it wasn't such a pain it would be quite a laugh. |
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5th Jan 2018 10:41am |
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