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Rashers



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Auto Fixing Centres in general in my experience are a licence to rip the general public off.

I had a school friend who worked for one and his wages were dependant on what he could flog. You come in for a battery, he will make sure that you go out with 4 new tyres and a set of shocks because they were "dangerously worn, Sir"

Now, I drove a Company Car for the last twenty odd years and you then find a different side to these 'Auto Fixing Centres'. With leasing companies, I believe that they have to hold the tyres they replace for a certain time, and the the same leasing companies can inspect or ask for the tyres to be sent to them. You never got the old "your shocks are dangerously worn, Sir" as they know that they don't have a hope in hell of getting the work. The tyres also need to be 2mm or less and the "technicians" err on the side of tread which is great when the garage tells you the week after getting your tyres checked that one of them is illegal and the other bordering illegal.

I have been sent out on a tyre with a damaged bead, I have been sent out on tyres which weren't balanced correctly (went back to complain to be told their wheel balancing machine was faulty so they hadn't bothered doing it), had the tracking adjusted to find out a week latter that the track rod ends were rusty and seized, the list goes on. And these were all from different companies.

Now I am not naive, I realise that the lease companies screw the price of tyres down to the absolute minimum and individual branches don't make any money on these motors (whilst they could be ripping off a member of the public). I'm sure there are some good ones but I try and stick with independents where I can and always get really good advice and service.
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Rallymental



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Simple grump

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David T



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"political correctness" 😒 (or the manipulation of it)

Reading this morning that a member of the England ladies football team ( she also happens to be a lawyer ) has played the racism card to drop Mark Sampson in the 💩 and get herself £80,000 and some publicity.
Meanwhile, the caring-sharing Leader of the Labour Party, Mr Corbyn, has given Sarah Champion her marching orders for stating the blindingly obvious truth. That Britain has a problem with Asian men grooming and raping white girls.
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Slideywindows



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There is now so much we are not allowed to say, that it is beginning to give the lie to the statement that we are a country of free speech.

It is an unfortunate fact that free speech does often involve upsetting somebody, somewhere.

As long as they have the freedom to respond, we should not interfere with free speech.


There is a whole political class that refuse to understand this.

They are only "liberal" as long as you do not make the mistake of disagreeing with them! Twisted Evil


(I guess I am extra grumpy today, as I bust a half-shaft last night! Big Cry)
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Laurie



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Almost everyone wants to point a finger at someone for something.
I'm glad I'm old. Won't have to live through it for much longer. Sad 
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gilarion



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David T wrote:
"political correctness"



Slideywindows wrote:
There is now so much we are not allowed to say, that it is beginning to give the lie to the statement that we are a country of free speech.

Big Cry)


Free Speech! It is not the words, that is not the establishments real problem, never has been. It’s the reasons why we say it and our freedom to say it that they really have a dislike of.

It’s the real end game of political correctness. If you control the language you control the conversation and if you control the conversation you can eliminate from a dialogue any ideology and the right to say what you think. Once you eliminate those and we are nearly there as some words are becoming outlawed the PC brigade has won. 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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David T



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I find it rather bewildering that Lefty so-called "liberals" will shriek and wave placards at anything they perceive as wrong and scream "fascist" "racist" "misogynist" or "homophobe" at someone whilst they're perfectly happy to refer to people like me as "f*****g Tory scum" or "middle-class Tory c**t"

Fortunately we don't have many Labour Party fans here Harrogate, the recent Corbyn4PM rally attracting a crowd of around 50 people, mostly retired geography teachers or psuedo-intellectual social workers along with a few sulking kids and a tramp.
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^^^^^ Sounds about right, they lost the plot.
They don't even support working people anyway, the party of foreign labour.. TheThunder Rolls🇬🇧🇺🇸
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David T wrote:
I find it rather bewildering that Lefty so-called "liberals" will shriek and wave placards at anything they perceive as wrong and scream "fascist" "racist" "misogynist" or "homophobe" at someone whilst they're perfectly happy to refer to people like me as "f*****g Tory scum" or "middle-class Tory c**t"

Fortunately we don't have many Labour Party fans here Harrogate, the recent Corbyn4PM rally attracting a crowd of around 50 people, mostly retired geography teachers or psuedo-intellectual social workers along with a few sulking kids and a tramp.


Strongly recommend you watch the following Timewatch documentary by the excellent David Olusoga and see just how many of the character traits of the recent infamous despots (Hitler, Stalin, Castro, Gaddafi and Hussein) relate directly to those of Corbyn, notably during his recent election campaigning. Worrying stuff... Shocked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08z02nl Monsieur Le Grenadier

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Post #644674 17th Aug 2017 1:13pm
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gilarion



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David T wrote:

Fortunately we don't have many Labour Party fans here Harrogate, the recent Corbyn4PM rally attracting a crowd of around 50 people, and a tramp.


And a tramp, he may at times look like one! But thats no way to refer to Mr Corbyn... Rolling with laughter 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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David T



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Yes, Grenadier, an interesting programme, thanks.
Corbers seems to appeal to the envy-driven who not only want everything without having to work for it, but want everything taking away from those who have worked for it. If he wins an election then fair enough, the country gets what it deserves but I personally hope he never gets near 10 Downing St. I'm 100% convinced that, if he does, Argentinian warships will be anchored off Port Stanley within months, likewise Spanish tanks parked on the Gib' border.

I'll be sat outside a bar in Lucca 🇮🇹 'cos if he's running the country, I'm off, Saluti!!



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Gilarion - Where is that Razor. Whistle TheThunder Rolls🇬🇧🇺🇸
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David T



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gilarion wrote:
David T wrote:

Fortunately we don't have many Labour Party fans here Harrogate, the recent Corbyn4PM rally attracting a crowd of around 50 people, and a tramp.


And a tramp, he may at times look like one! But thats no way to refer to Mr Corbyn... Rolling with laughter


To be fair, Harrogate's tramps are usually quite smart due to the upmarket contents of the local charity shops.

edit: I see the footballing lady mentioned above has lost her racism claim, a victory for common sense. I wonder if she'll have to hand the £80k back.

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custom90steve wrote:
Gilarion - Where is that Razor. Whistle

At the nearest to you hairdressers I guess. Twisted Evil You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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