if you can see the tail lights of the car in front of you then you don’t need the fog light on.

Wouldn’t that depend on how close to them you were? 2 feet away and you’d probably see them however thick the fog is.

I see more and more disabled parking areas where one has to pay now, but that were free previously.

I often drive a severely disabled friend around and he gets a bit miffed at having to pay. Mind you he’s probably the tightest tight wad I’ve ever come across.

I just point out that he’s just bought a brand new Brotherhood VW Sharan conversion outright and to put his hand in his pocket and cough up. He does have the good grace to look sheepish.

No spoilers pleeeeeease. Mrs Z is over dosing on Teen Mum for heavens sake. I’m slowly losing the will to live and it’s only the thought of watching Bruce in the morning that’s keeping me going.

Yes in my opinion. Just remember to unclip early. If you think you may need to unclip do it.

Don’t wait until the very last second.

That’s one serious challenge, and not one I’d take up. Good on you for trying and I hope you succeed next time.

I’ve been thinking about changing our car. Should I buy a cheap new one or a newish 2nd hand one?

The mileage on most 3 year old cars seem high compared to our current car. 67,000 miles, but it’s 12 years old and is running up some bills lately. New heater motor £300, O2 sensor £225 quid etc, etc……

Mind you, I could pay for a lot of repairs and still spend less than the cost of a replacement.

When we had our bathroom refitted a couple of years ago, we bought the suite, tiles and shower. We gave the plumber a £200 float for bits and bobs. It was much easier for him to get what he needed rather than me to go to the DIY store and get the wrong stuff. He gave us the receipts and we topped up the float.

**** me you’re a miserable bunch of tight wads. I put £20 in a card for the dustman. Same for the milkman. Not the postie’s though as we seloom seem to have the same one for more than a few weeks anymore.

Nice watch OP. Very nice indeed.

Yours, with a touch of envy……..Z

Thanks all for comments! I have phoned, tweeted and facebooked M&S, no response yet! Local store is closed today, otherwise I would be down there.

Why on earth do you expect a response on Christmas day?

What do you expect them to do? Open a store especially for you?

You did by some beef, pork or whatever as well, didn’t you? Have that.

Not at all, but as Meghan Trainor said ……

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

Luckily for me, but not so lucky for them my in laws have shuffled off this mortal coil.

A small blessing at this time of the year.

No definite links to terrorism… yet…. it could still be a traffic accident like the Glasgow bin lorry

Don’t jumps to conclusions

I think that you need to up your meds………

“I give my wife and my children plenty, PLENTY of money. And time. And care. And a house. And I do all the things that a dad should do, like read with my kids, take them to interesting places, help them with their homework, take them to sports clubs, ride bikes with them, etc. Their mother does none of those things. Nor does she have a job, or any interest in getting one. There’s a reason we’re separated.

As a teacher I am well aware of the outcomes for disadvantaged students. I can only do what I can.

You can stick your patronising preaching and insinuations up your **** arse.”

Well said. It always amazes me when sanctimonious ****’s post their shite remarks on the Web when they’d never dare say such crap to your face.

Get Carter
Mad Max (No1)
The Departed
Das Boot
Layer Cake
Full Metal Jacket
Payback

That’s a great list…….to which I’d add, American Gangster, Gangster Squad and Gangster No 1.

I like Gangster films. :D

Has anyone mentioned The Godfather yet?

Never feel bad about paying someone for work you cant, or don’t want to do yourself.

It’s your money, spending it how you wish.

As I’ve got older, there’s more I can do, but there’s a lot I just can’t be bothered to do. I’ll quite happily work on my motorbikes, but the car just goes to the garage. I might work on it in the summer, but who wants to save a few quid changing brake pads on a cold winter’s Saturday morning. Not me!

Was it an obvious suicide? There are a number of footpaths that cross the A3 on this stretch. No tunnels, no bridge;just a gap in the armco. They’re buggers to cross at the quietest of times.

Read the first post. The dead guys car was parked at the side of the road.

Useful contribution to the thread though. Thanks.

I was disappointed with it. I gave up watching after episode 4. As has been said I did not warm to the characters did not care what happened to them.

No. It’s just the Internet. Bollocks and bullshit posted in equal measure with the odd great nugget at times.

It’s amusing though.

Vine makes Berry look like a decent human being in my book.

At least Berry’s got an opinion, unlike Vine who sits there bleating about not being aLlowes to have one.

I really don’t know why I listen to the show. It’s always 2 self obsessed nobbers who refuse to see any middle ground.

When we bought our current house the vendors were moving into a new build.

We exchanged on the basis that we would complete withing three months of exchanging contracts with 4 weeks notice.

Our buyers were happy as they were not moving in straight away.

I’d set a time limit. Then they can move out and into rented accommodation if needed.

I had my trackbike “daytime” MOT’d.

Just needed horn and a speedo (it was a newish bike). If yuo have a light, you have to have them all that were fitted at the time the vehicle was first registered. You cannot opt for a brake light alone. All or nothing. Indicator need depends on the age of the vehicle.

Strictly speaking it should have failed the test as I’d left the switch gear on the bike as it was a right faff to remove it as the kill switch was part of the assembly.

Of course, complying with the construction and use reg is another matter. I never felt really happy using it on the road in case it broke down, (a real possibilty with a Laverda) and I was kept out after dark, or a zealous police office stopped me and went over the bike with a fine tooth comb.

Still, it was OK for the odd Sunday morning blast for an hour or so.

Lost both parents to the big C.

Mum over 40 years ago and dad 10 years later.

They were both smokers and I’ve never smoked. Hopefully, it’s not hereditary.

Never smile at a crocodile
Never tip your hat and stop to talk awhile
Never run, walk away, say good-night, not good-day

Probably a bit late for the brothers now, but the others would do well to heed the advice.

Curry and lasagne.

Don’t like pasta on its own, but a lasagne is good.

Or very gently wedge the passenger door open from the top and pull the handle with a looped wire

I watched and RAC guy do this to a friend’s brand new Sharan when the key was left in the car and it self locked.

Quite scary how easy it was to do and how much of a gap could be made without breaking anything.

A true sailing legend in my view. Perhaps the first to approach sailing in a profssional way. Not for money, but in his desire and will to win. Always a good competitor too.

I read the 2 books I have that he’s written, more than any other of my sailing books.

A great loss to sailing and sport in general.

Bruce Springsteen and the East Street Band.

Southside Johhny and the Asbury Jukes a distant 2nd.

Only 2 bands I’ve seen live………… :oops:

The moment I realised that I thought I’d finished having a pee, but found out I hadn’t :oops:

It’s just you.

Plenty of other radio stations to listen to, or should they only broadcast what you want to listen to?

£40! I’ll cut down a pair of Mrs Z’s passion killers and save myself a fortune.

Potential. Every **** **** arse copper on those police, camera action programme uses it every **** time they open they’re Krispy Kreme stuffed **** mouths. The bunch of retards.

Don’t forget “journey” either. Give me strength!

Perhaps he felt he was suitably dressed for what he wanted to do.

I’ll be walking home from the office at 17.00. Please tell me what to wear.

Mr. Rate: Would’ve been a bad job to take, though.

Nick Memphis: How come?

Mr. Rate: Whoever took that shot’s probably dead now. That’s how conspiracy works. Them boys on the grassy knoll, they were dead within three hours. Buried in the damn desert. Unmarked graves out past Terlingua.

Nick Memphis: And you know this for a fact?

Mr. Rate: Still got the shovel!

Spacers under the bars, not on top :D

[/quote]I get out plenty, out on my bike, out for walks with the family, out to the jiu-jitsu club….maybe what you mean by out is go to the pub? That’s where crushing bores who live vicariously by watching ball sports tend to congregate in my experience so thanks but no thanks

Not I don’t mean the pub. Had I meant the pub I would have said so. I do think you should get your head out of you arse though. You do seem so far up it I wonder how you manage to breath.

I watch TV and the only names I know from that list are Louis Spence from Eight out of Ten cats and Jodie Kidd. And I don’t think I would know her if she hadn’t popped up on a load of car shows over the last ten years.

Never heard of Austin Healey or Darren Gough? Cricket, Rubgy…….get out more man.

I’ve never heard of most slebs on reality shows, but most of these 8 I knew of. The Essex girl and the Chelase chap apart admittedly :oops:

I’ll be watching, if only for Louis Spence.

He makes me laugh.

We can all relax. She’s gone.