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- 21 Jun 2023, 11:38
- Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
- Topic: Cost of Energy Crisis
- Replies: 87
- Views: 69770
Re: Cost of Energy Crisis
House repossessions are up 50% on last year. Every four minutes, a household becomes homeless. To highlight this outrageous statistic, we ‘made’ Big Ben ring — with a digivan playing the chime every four minutes in Westminster. We need the government ...
- 21 Jun 2023, 09:33
- Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
- Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
- Replies: 1575
- Views: 402183
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
... soared to £20 billion in May, pushed higher by the cost of energy support schemes. May's borrowing figure was £10.7 billion higher than a year ago and the second-highest May borrowing since monthly records began in 1993. Economists had predicted borrowing of £19.5 billion for May.
- 05 Jun 2023, 08:07
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11985
- Views: 2025297
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
MX day on Saturday ,EV lost her confidence because shes hardly ridden this year and on a bigger bike. The track was un-watered and like riding on glass marbles, but once the side cars went out there was a clearer line and she was ok. Watching a 700cc 2T side ...
- 04 Jun 2023, 08:39
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
I took my Son to the National Kit Car Show at Malvern yesterday afternoon, he had a great time.
I'm off to meet my secondary school head of year for coffee this morning for a good old catch up. My Son loves him too so will be good fun for him.
I'm off to meet my secondary school head of year for coffee this morning for a good old catch up. My Son loves him too so will be good fun for him.
- 02 Jun 2023, 00:12
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
... semi rural) the worse it gets. I didn’t go through this system myself, in NZ at 15 yrs old, I just rocked up and got my full licence on the day. A year later they brought in the a graduated system and I had to do that on my bike licence. So I really couldn’t comment on the effect of the system ...
- 27 May 2023, 18:21
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What you watching?
- Replies: 10444
- Views: 2210670
Re: What you watching?
More YouTube stuff, not cutting edge rocket technology today, 100 year old car's stuck in the mud...
https://youtu.be/JyVXQ0wn440
https://youtu.be/JyVXQ0wn440
- 23 May 2023, 20:59
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
Showing my wife how to wash her car. I reckon it gets done once or twice a year.
- 22 May 2023, 22:09
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11985
- Views: 2025297
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
Today I washed all the dead bugs off it after yesterday's 310 mile and 13 hour ride to the lakes and North Yorkshire, it's splat time of year. We found a nice place for lunch in the middle of no signal nowhere. Screenshot_2023-05-21-13-49-09-17_3d9111e2d3171bf4882369f490c087b4.jpg IMG_20230522_221614.jpg ...
- 15 May 2023, 20:27
- Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
- Topic: Cost of Energy Crisis
- Replies: 87
- Views: 69770
Re: Cost of Energy Crisis
... Fortunately old age means the increase is manageable but I still think we will hit a recession once the mortgage increases start to bite as the year goes on. Still at least those poor bankers won’t go hungry. 😳
- 11 May 2023, 20:05
- Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
- Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
- Replies: 1575
- Views: 402183
Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
... is £290k which is about 9 times the average wage. And the average deposit put down is £62,000. That's more than we paid for our french house last year. It's ludicrous.
- 10 May 2023, 11:07
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1112
- Views: 735125
Re: Work
1 to 1 with my Manager yesterday and I brought up training and career progression. He seemed receptive and when I mentioned my 1-5 year plan he looked surprised I'd given it much thought. I just hope he doesn't think I'm stepping on his toes like he would have when I first joined. I would ...
- 10 May 2023, 08:12
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1112
- Views: 735125
Re: Work
1 to 1 with my Manager yesterday and I brought up training and career progression. He seemed receptive and when I mentioned my 1-5 year plan he looked surprised I'd given it much thought. I just hope he doesn't think I'm stepping on his toes like he would have when I first joined. I would ...
- 03 May 2023, 19:04
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
... car is a bit of a mare to get at without taking the front bumper off but I'm stubborn so I made it work.. Then decided to run my tester on this 10 year old battery. https://i.imgur.com/limTGZul.jpg The front bolt on this ECU box is totally blind with the bumper on and surrounded by sharp things. ...
- 26 Apr 2023, 17:50
- Forum: Your Bike
- Topic: 2020 MV Agusta Brutale RR SCS
- Replies: 192
- Views: 50441
Re: 2020 MV Agusta Brutale RR SCS
They won't have any in stock because they only did the SCS model for one year
- 17 Apr 2023, 07:55
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: I Got a New Toy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 507
Re: I Got a New Toy
Defo. That’s a great bike
- 16 Apr 2023, 20:59
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: I Got a New Toy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 507
Re: I Got a New Toy
Thank you all. It's a special birthday year this year for me. You only live once as they say. I'm well chuffed with it. Need to save a few pennies for a couple of mods I want to do as it's near enough broke me. I might see you on the A44 sometime cookie.
- 16 Apr 2023, 19:31
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: I Got a New Toy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 507
Re: I Got a New Toy
Top darts!
What year is it?
What year is it?
- 14 Apr 2023, 18:16
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
Dropped the cage off for it's mot. It's 18 years old with 99k on the clock, the question is not will it pass but more how expensive will the failure be to fix. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk About £800 according to the local garage. It's ...
- 14 Apr 2023, 10:55
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18703
- Views: 3119542
Re: What are you doing today ??
The Alfa GTV I had crushes that..
It was an average £1000 to pass the MOT each year for the last couple of years I had it. It was either suspension bushes or the cam belt, both of which were painful to replace.
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It was an average £1000 to pass the MOT each year for the last couple of years I had it. It was either suspension bushes or the cam belt, both of which were painful to replace.
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- 13 Apr 2023, 21:15
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1112
- Views: 735125
Re: Work
... what this means is production end is now forecast for bloody September-October which means I'm not getting out of here with a redundancy till next year. I'm definitely re-evaluating my options, though the redundancy golden handcuffs are hard to shake....