I signed up on here to just post stuff on classifieds to empty the shed but then got drawn into the weird and wonderful chat forum. I'm usually on here. The bike bit over there is all about these weird "Dandyhorse" things. But as said above. Use your intuition too you can usually tell from conversations if someone is on the level and ask people if they've delt with members before.

I think the fact that you've already spoken to the insurance company and they're sending round an assessor will mean that your record is marked as having had an accident – which you will also have to declare to other insurers. Even if you don't actually claim I suspect you're going to get some sort of premium loading from most insurers going forwards.

Yep this is true. Your premiums will go up cos its a notification. So they'll weight your premiums

Pretty much the same thing happened to me last year, car written off in an accident but the insurance not cancelled… but, to be fair to the insurance company, the reasoning is that an insurance write off simply means that the repair cost exceeds the value of the car, there's nothing to stop you taking the insurance money and paying the excess to get the repair done. Unless you provide the insurance company with proof of an administrative write off as far as they're concerned the car is still on the road.

That said, I think it would be fairer to remove the automatic renewal in this case, and require verbal or written reconfirmation on the contract.

But usually in the case of the car being written off they keep the car. You have the oportunity to buy it back but once they pay out the car belongs to the company.

i thought the law changed so you could not just "roll over" into a new contract, you have to actively choose to renew

Nope the company will send you a letter 21 days before renewal date which will say you need to call them if you don't want it. To cancel outside of 14 days usually has the cancellation fee (around £25) plus the time you've had on cover. They will have gone through all this on the sales call and if you had called the renewals team on that call too.

Ahhh tends to put pay to that one. If you can't find one I could try and download it for you.

Sounds like a police job to me. :/

+1 criminal damage and theft to start with.

Go for the Blackadder way of doing speeches

Make sure you roar well and your crotch is thrust out nice and far with your legs as wide as possible.

what bike do you ride?

if you ride a kona you should already be knee deep in klunge and have no need for blind dates!

kona riders get it more. FACT

Thats true. Now I have Scotts and Giants I get in once a year :( If I'm lucky.
But the fact I have a nice Carbon Scale and spark and a nice giant I don't care.

most awesome poster?

= SurfMat of course

Snipers hiding in his cabbage patch!

*Cough* Torrent *Cough*

New to Sky3! ALLOTMENT WARS!!!

Can't you just take a portion of whatever he grows as a kind of rent/tax?

Now wouldn't that be technicaly sub letting which will probably be in breach of the alotment contract. The guy seems a vidictive barsteward so he'd probably use that for ammunition to get rid of OP. Come to think of it could he be the guy who got binners in trouble?

We use one when we have people working oun the house or when we go on journeys. The dog loves to escape otherwise and disapears for hours when she does.

She cries a bit to start with but after that she's fine :)

pi$$ in his shoes
Punch him in the goolies
Own him with your bombers
kick his back doors in
Burn him as a witch
then burn his allotment
Bury his body under the water trough
use his skull for ceremonies apeasing the allotment gods and you shall have veg to make Solomon blush.

It's what he did.

I've got windows 7 on mine. Not tried it with XP but I'm considering it to see if it runs any faster and smoother. I've got an MSI Wind with the N450 processor and 1gb of Ram if thats any help. Probably not though.

No – you misunderstand. What I'm suggesting is that we use money, which is otherwise being paid to folk to stay at home, to create additional jobs. Until such time as (e.g.) all the roads are repaired, then plainly the existing workforce is inadequate.

I read somewhere that to improve the road network in Britain the whole lot needs to be ripped up and replaced.

Amazon looks as if it will be busy for a while then :)

Now how do i get BBC 6 on my nokia N97?

Hope Rotors are slightly thicker than Shimano. My saw tooth Hopes rub like mad on my XTR calipers :(

Try the brewery quarter. There's a nice pub called the Yard. The mixed burger platter is great. There's the usual like Chiquito's too. The 10oz gammon steak and eggs in Bar haha's is fantastic. Depends what you want to eat. Tiger Tiger isn't bad for grub either. No idea about dancing though I don't live in Cardiff I work there though so it's all lunch times for me.

I thought it read pillow models take head :( Disapointed now :(

I'm sure if you ask Beaker53 he may know where to get and iPhone cheap

couldn't get on with Kasabian. Had the first album when it came out. Same with Kaiser Chiefs.

Maybe I should start listening to the radio more often.

W995 from Sony? Nokia 5800?

I haven't read any of this, but some people do BS.

I bet the liar(?) also moans about all these millions of immigrant that steal our jobs / don't make it worth their while to come off the dole. After all, England owes them a living what with all the hard work they put in at school to get no qulaifications blah blah blah

They may be good at milking the system, but they have empty lives

Yep most probably. I wanted a Rant about some ****. I had my rant. Then a good day selling lots of things to lots of people so I'm happy now.

oooh maybe we could have a Mrs STW Marple or a Hercule Singletrack. I nominate Cynic-al for Hercule and Hora for Marple. I was going to put them the other way round but some of the stories I've heard about Hora made me think he'd be more comfy in the granny coat and cake hat

I'm trolltally confused about where its gone

I like trollercoaster That will be my new forum phrase

Admiralable

with a 2 letter username
They don't have schools near where you grew up then?

Nah Stoke isn't that advanced

FFS STW wont let me search for two letter usernames

Good job there's a subtle message then hORa? Lol

Surf-Mat – Member
Didn't see the thread but I have a fairly good idea who it might be. Not the first time "it" has been vindictive…

Not anyone miles away with a 2 letter username who doesn't run in the heat due to it not burning enough caloRies? wOuldn't have thought they could be like that could they?

This decision has been translated into a series of rules and regulations by the sitting and past governments; one of those rules is that you don't have to take 'any' work, you can choose something that suits your skill set (at least for the first couple of months or so).

I've met my side of the bargain that is struck between the state and it's population – I followed the rules and paid my taxes, as a result the state met it's side and I wasn't forced to do something I was totally unsuited to.

But when I signed on for my one and only time. After paying National Insurance for 10 years I was only given 3 months of Job Seekers allowance. Which I used a week of as I didn't bother going back to sign on again.

And to be frank, I do think I'm above doing menial tasks. If I didn't why would I have applied myself for 21 years in education in order to get good GCSEs, good A-Levels, a good degree, a masters, and then finally after all of that a 'good' job? I'd have to be crazy if I did all of that to then pick fruit for a living.

I have a friend who has done all that, less the masters. Now after 15 years he's still working as a barman in a local pub. He's been there for the whole time.

Just to add a potentially 'explosive' thought- I do admire the (seemingly always non-british) blokes, often along with wives/sisters etc, rather enterprisingly setting up hand car washes on bits of waste ground or disused petrol stations and the like…. cars will always need washing and all that.

not sure if they are working under the iron fist of some evil ringmaster though…

Or find some fruit or veg to pick

Wear it with pride and with the tag on. Makes you look like you robbed it like init and all gangsta bro

You can easily look for work while doing something menial.

Easier to find work when in work and all that :)

SURF-MAT Is AWESOME :-P

I nearly got there, walked miles to every building site I could find and got labouring work.

Dole to me is just complete failure whatever the circumstances. There is always work somewhere IMO – you just need to remove any standards and possibly do something truly awful for a while.

I ended up as a fast food monkey for Domino's. Got a real job and moved from there.

Muffins! They will be fine for that.

I managed to do this but only by £120 they started to chase me for it but then nothing…… Still waiting! My account was negative balance so I opened a new one :) Bingo! Only another £450 to go to cover the Fox Forx I was screwed out of by them.

I do sometimes wonder how may of the ranters on here have actually experienced unemployment and had to go and claim benefits

I have. I signed on for a grand total of a week before I decided I'd rather manage myself by taking any job I could find.

Sorry mate, something might happen on here…

Lol I know. And I need to get off the train now :( Don't anybody go anywhere! :P