I've got an 08 1.8 diesel estate, its got 46k on the clock, and the only thing thats gone wrong is a couple of bulbs have popped. Great on long journeys, 50mpg even with the roof bars and racks on on.

£45 for a boiler is'nt bad, I just put my old motor on webuyanycar.com and got offered £70 notes cheeky swines its w reg!

my sympathy on having to visit sunderland.

If your travelling up the day before Dalby is fine, but its a fair way from Sunderland so don't leave late in the morning (depends where your coming from 'spose), went past that way on wednesday and was still a bit of snow around.
Hamsterley is good but will prob be under a fair bit of water in places, and is closer to sunderland

My mrs works PT for the council and gets around 17K.
We cope pretty well, in fact prob never been so well off. only have 1 kid (12).

Only credit benefit we get is child allowance and a tenner a month for some tax credit thing. Working tax credits depend on how many kids you have (the more the better) and how much you earn (i think threshold is about 18k, but dont quote me)

there is a fine pub along the street from me it has:

a snug area with big fire
a bar with big fire
at least one wet dog
big wooden bar
real well worn wooden floor
lots of real ales and euro lagers
characters (both sides of the bar)
cracking hanging baskets in the summer
good beer festival during the late spring
good out door area

the aletaster, low fell, gateshead – a crackin boozer

i get 28k and clear 1625pm, lots of my wage goes in tax for company car

I came over this afternoon, there and back to Manchester and they were gritting heavily from Leeds to the M60, didn't stop **** flying through the 50 zones.

Mayo's a big miss in the afternoon stretch on R5, always got plenty of intelligent/funny/intersting people on the show. I'm mostly home by the time he starts his show on R2 now.

Gab Marcotti, don't get me started. Still could be worse Ray Houghton on talksport..jeez

If firing big guns(-ish) is cool, I was onboard a sub that launched a couple of trident missiles a few years back.

This year will be my 21st as a registered voter, the first time I voted was in a local council election and I went to the ballot box as a young man full of hope and belief in the politcal system. It was also the last time I voted.

hairy bikers
a place in the sun

If he's moaning he fine, its a man thing.

Hope the good news keeps comin

I got a netgear router from work, its tosh, drops like a whores knickers. wouldn't have a clue how to anything with them. Still trying to get work to cough up for my broadband for encouraging me to work at home.

when I was younger it was Jason Donovan, i think it was the similar haircut.

In recent years I've been likened to:
Graham Norton
Will Young
Ronan Keating

I'm going down the vets in the morning see how much it costs to be put down

I bought a acer 5738 recently from PC Wurld for 400, its really good ( I'm comparing to my work laptop which is a IBM thunkpad)

I ordered the disk from Software 4 students at around 9.30 on Friday night, It was here today when I got back in from work, not bad at all, £40.

this thread needs answers

I've forgotten most of the stupid things I've done or never remembered them anyway.

Back in the Navy days, came in from a club in Gosport at 4am and pi$$ed all over one of the lads I was sharing a mess with, he had a big woollen blanket on him, woke up freezing in the morning he did and stinking.
Once phoned a girl I was having a bit of a thing with whilst on a night out with the girlfriend of the time, she caught me waffling bullshit at the back of a boozer on a mobile didn't realise she was sat next to me listening, drink is great but time hasn't healed those wounds.
Once crashed at my mates folks after a heavy night in my youth, woke up and couldn't get out of the living room and ended up pi$$ing over his TV and sky box, this was early 90's when sky was new and cost and arm and a leg.

I think I've made some almighty mistakes over the years and I do wonder why I still drink sometimes.

not defending him for a moment, but describing wayne bridge as a footballer is taking things a bit far……

bad crack all the same, all the money in the world and they still not happy.
Haven't read the link, is bridge still with his missus? or will I read about it on the net on sunday when the papers release the story!
never reALLY THOUGHT MUCH OF HIM AS A BLOKE, BUT HIS FOOTIES OK.

CRAP i'VE CAUGHT THE CAPS LOCK

OOOOHHHH I had riggwelter on wednesday night, struggled to shake the head on thursday morning, lovely stuff

I have in my hand a bishops finger

thanks all, there is a 2 month free trial available through acer who make the laptop, but not sure if should wait in case the price goes up cos the offer is liited.

JIMBO – check with IT bods at Uni LOL! she's 12 mate don't try to age me, I'm doing my best to cling onto my 30's!

cheers jools, new kitchen goes in next month and this is something I was looking for.

I like FB but agree with above comments, saw him live about 18months and apart from a handful of jokes most were from MTW.
Michael Mcintyre is ok for a few minutes in between acts on that Live at the apollo show, but I couldn't watch him for 90mins.
I liked Russell Howards show on BBC3 and that was pretty good.
Reginald D hunter, now, he da man!

Watched a re run of some from last year on ESPN yesterday, did you see the disbaled guys on the sit ski things, jeez talk about balls.

Blood's a Rover – James Ellroy, his third in the trilogy of US crime

pop round to MrNutts, borrow his sheeps head thingy and go introduce yourself as the local witches coven and invite them to next meet……(not for one minute suggesting you are witchy in any way shape or form)….but if they are renting they may not stop that long especially if you pop on some maiden and wander round garden late at night with flowng gowns holding sheep thing to the skys……get one of them blood capsules from that rugby team, that'll do the job.

I've probably had too much to drink this evening and you may wish to consider this option in the cold light of day. I will, before offering anymore advice.

clearly your cellar contains the casting couch for x factor judges, don't worry they'll go away soon to a l'oreal advert.

I sense a long running thread…….

Thanks guys, I'm starting the planning now so that (fingers crossed) they'll just have to turn up and walk around a bit… a lot

did it once backwards in the dark in feb and got completely lost and fell off and hurt my pride. never again

Never seen it yet, but by far the king of Scottish comedy has to be Still Game

Slightly different thing with a bank. My dad rang me a couple of weeks ago to tell me he had found an old bank book of mine from 1992, it hadn't been used since then either and there was less than £100 quid in so I thought that it might be worth having a look at seeing if I could get the money back. Hey ho, found Martin Lewis's website has a link to the banking website site that tracks down old accounts.

So I fills in all the details from the passbook and waited, got an email back saying that it might take 2weeks or more to locate account details.
Less than 12 hours pass and the Northern Rock can confirm they have never heard of me or had any accounts in that name.

Strange, I had a savings account (pass book in my hand), current account, credit card and a loan….oh yes and I worked for them for a year. Nice to know I made a good impression on them as a customer.

My local council takes great pride in declaring itself a beacon council (whatever that means?) I recently asked for a few more waste bins round the local park for rubbish, dog plop etc…..

'bins are unhygenic and regulary vandalised in public spaces, we have no current plans to increase the number in the location….yours XXXXXX recreational waste officer'

The great salary and pension scheme.

My Mrs works 30hrs a week and gets same as me take home, and secretly I thought I was doing well best salary I've ever had.

Clearly you can't put this on the job app, just my mini rant.

'the opportunity to do great things for a great organisation and making a real difference for local people'

all complete tosh of course, but some of these HR types lap up that kinda cr@p

38, medical sales.

£500 is a small amount to pay if she decides she can't work for you anymore and up's and leaves and you have to go through a much more costly recruitment process.

Jujuuk68, I like real ale, single malts, red wine, G&T's, and the odd lager at a BBQ. what does that make me?

Clues, I'm no teenager, can't ride a motor bike, never made it to manager of the bank, but I don't mind a bit of rock guitar.

Its like getting your palm read…..never had that done either

I heard Slade last week in the Arndale centre in Manchester and there are 3 houses on our estate with lights up already

Mike, the 5 live guy is a misery Peter Allan I think, always switch off when him and that Garvey woman come, they would argue black was white just for the sake of it

Hope you took the time to get a mention in for your bike sponsor :wink: