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  1. #5661
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    That's my plan all year round. As my mate Budge used to say, 'If you've had to leave the house you've gone wrong somewhere.'
    Unfortunate name, given his philosophy
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    What about shopping - or do you have it delivered?
    Mostly, though not exclusively, delivered. I'll not be a hermit, but I will avoid leaving the house in shit weather. And definitely no more ladders or climbing on roofs. Feet on the floor from now on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    That's my plan all year round. As my mate Budge used to say, 'If you've had to leave the house you've gone wrong somewhere.'
    Very wise!
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  4. #5664
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    Demand for electric cars falls. I could see that coming.

    https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-12/...g-crisis-bites


    As an aside, I wish somebody would shove Khan's ULEZ thuggery right up him! Lots of folk with trusty old Land Rovers and the like would see him lynched.
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    The article states that one of the reasons for the fall in demand is the "softening of petrol and diesel prices". I wonder how the government will deal with that? Never the carrot, always the stick.
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    I can't see the UK need for bullying tactics towards owners of older cars, surely natural attrition will see these all eventually in scrapyards?

    My car is very low emission, but I sympathise with those who want to carry on using their trusty older motors. After all, they don't get an MOT if they run dirty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    What about shopping - or do you have it delivered?
    yeah i usually get it delivered, or i click n collect. further i stay away from people in general the healthier it is.
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I can't see the UK need for bullying tactics towards owners of older cars, surely natural attrition will see these all eventually in scrapyards?

    My car is very low emission, but I sympathise with those who want to carry on using their trusty older motors. After all, they don't get an MOT if they run dirty.
    more modern cars seem to be lasting better. in 1994, only 6% of cars over 13 years old were still on road.. in 2019 it was 19%
    Regards,
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    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Corrosion resistance is definitely better these days, you don't see that many rusty cars on the road. In my early days of driving, I used to dream of one day owning a car without rust.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
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    I rustproofed my now eight year old runabout from new. Every accessible area and cavity including scuttle drains has been waxoiled or soaked with oil. Not a spec of rust to be seen even underneath, but it's only done 3000 miles a year. Still on its original battery too.
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