Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Always a shame when a favourite location closes.
I went into the office today but it was, shall we say, entertaining. There are lots of streams criss crossing the very flat areas south of Oxford...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-09-24, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 11,380
Views: 37,768,793
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-09-24, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 11,380
Views: 37,768,793
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Another one from me. Sorry (not sorry).
Our internal water stopcock is not working properly so before I call a plumber to replace it I went outside to check the external one. Got the cap off the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-09-24, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 11,380
Views: 37,768,793
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My neighbour. Their extension was done on the cheap and the slapdash digger driver went over the boundary line by several inches when excavating their patio. The promised backfill of course never...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-09-24, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Grey start in Nottingham has turned into a lovely late afternoon here at Trev Towers. Nice as it was to meet the whole team face-to-face for a staff meeting yesterday, and the drinking afterwards, I...
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
20-09-24, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 37,017
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-09-24, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 0
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M40 J4 - weekend of 14/15 Sept - AVOID
If any of you are heading for the infamous Handy Cross Roundabout* this weekend I'd plan to be held up for quite a while. Junction 4 of the M40, as it's more properly known, is closed all weekend and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-09-24, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Hope it goes well for you Gary. If it helps, our heating kicked in last night and we also had a frost down here in Buckinghamshire too...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-24, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 6,496
Views: 6,314,168
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
We've been in the Suffolk/Essex borders for a midweek break, staying at charming old inn, and the temperatures dropped way down on Wednesday. As we set out for home at 9am today we actually saw...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-24, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 388
Views: 510,205
Re: The Veg Plot.
Just back from a week away and half my runners look like they've died off. I'm guessing there was not much rain while we were in East Anglia. Might get just one more meal from them but they stopped...
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Forum: Photos
12-09-24, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 15,522
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-24, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 359,131
Re: Cancer...
Catching up after a few days away, but belated YAY from me!
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
12-09-24, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 578
Re: Nagging doubts
If it was damp the next day can you be sure it wasn't anything more than condensation mixed with a tiny bit of paranoia? I've had the same nagging feeling after changing a rad (car a few years ago...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-24, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 6,496
Views: 6,314,168
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-09-24, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
It's been a pretty pants work week thanks to some genius deciding to do an upgrade to everyone's SAP GUI on day two of month end... An angry mob of accountants is not a pretty sight. You know its bad...
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Forum: The Border Patrol
06-09-24, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Ride this week?
Glad you weren't stuck for too long Gary.
My current Arai came from JnS Oxford funnily enough. In one of their sales. I will be trying a Schuberth for my next lid but will defo wait for a sale as...
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Forum: Photos
02-09-24, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 1,256
Views: 447,693
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
02-09-24, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 637
Re: CNG motorcycle
I had a dual fuel car once. Then I read some horror stories about what could happen to one if you were in a bad shunt... And one of my uni mates told me about the firemen cowering behind a brick wall...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-09-24, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Vapalux lamp
Nice. I ended up with a Tlley lamp when we cleared out F-i-L's garage. I have the original instructions for it too but not knowing what it was the starter tongs (and the jam jar of meths they were...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-09-24, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Bafflingly the thunderstorms and rain in the forecast for today have not turned up. Instead it is wall to wall sunshine and its hot as flip. Not helpful, considering I sprayed the lawn with iron...
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Forum: Idle Banter
31-08-24, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Temp lights everywhere and tractors pulling obviously overloaded trailers dampened my ride out to the shops today. Not too cold here yet but I'm glad I had a long sleeve on under my jacket. Hopefully...
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Forum: Bikes - Talk & Issues
30-08-24, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 473
Re: Euro 5b (aka 5+)
Just reading your description hurt my head Seeker... If the aim is indeed to make faster bikes more expensive to buy, run and sell, then I do hope the same is done for the plague of AMGs, M5s and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-08-24, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 6,496
Views: 6,314,168
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
A very large, bright red hot air balloon with Virgin Experiences written on the sides and on the gondola just floated over Trev Towers. And when I say over... it nearly brushed the chimney pot!...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-08-24, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
Know what you mean Seeker regarding getting a ride in but wanting to avoid the BH traffic. Last two years we've spent the Aug BH sat in jams on the way back from Norfolk as mum's birthday is the...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-08-24, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 4,309
Views: 2,935,421
Re: The All New Megathread
How many spiders can one 6x10 shed support? I've only scratched the surface of the junk stored in there and I disturbed (it seemed) hundreds of them!
Do any of you use a camping stove with the...
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