Forum: Idle Banter
25-03-20, 04:43 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-10-19, 05:09 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Coming back home on the bike from Norwich on the A140, the main road south to Ipswich, when I came on the end of a tailback. I just sailed past the traffic to my road, all 3 and a half miles of it.
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-09-19, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Boilers don't last. My house was a new build in 2003 and came with an Ideal non-combi CH system. It died this summer and had to be replaced with another non-combi boiler. The engineer told me that...
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-08-19, 01:04 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
It's that time of year again. I got my bike insurance renewal this week from Hastings and it is £25 more expensive than last year. I called and there was no budge from them on price.
Went to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-07-19, 12:48 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
As posted in Gripe of the Day, my gear shifter was badly bent after I dropped the bike on my drive. My mechanic friend picked it up for me yesterday and today managed to straighten it for me. No...
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Forum: Idle Banter
09-04-19, 12:08 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-03-19, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,472
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
LPH. Actually, when I bought the car last year, I paid around the average price for age, condition, mileage etc. Looking online now, similar cars are advertised at around the same price or more than...
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-03-19, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 6,394
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-03-19, 05:14 PM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,472
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Got my home insurance renewal and it has been hiked up by 16% from last year so I rang them and got a revised cost that is 22% less than last years premium. The only difference is that I took a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-01-19, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-12-18, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Today I had to drive from Norfolk to Gatwick airport to pick up my other half. pi$$ed down all day. As for the M25 Dartford crossing northbound, a 6 mile tailback in all 6 lanes. On a Sunday! God...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-12-18, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I needed to go into the main shopping centre in Norwich today so elected to go by bike because of the traffic and free bike parking. Car park was full and around 50 cars queuing to get in. Went...
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-09-18, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I had to fit a reducer to our villa in Turkey. The mains pressure was so high that it hurt if you put your hand under the cold tap when it was fully open. The reducer brought the pressure down to a ...
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-09-18, 06:51 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
When I was 62 I went to the doctor for something else and he suggested, given my age, that I should start having annual PSA tests. For 3 years they came back in the normal range but in 2014 I had an...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-08-18, 07:46 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I was in Turkey for 3 weeks a month ago. Our area has traditionally been a destination almost exclusively for Brits with around 3000 ex-pats properties in the area. This year while I was there, it...
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-01-18, 03:08 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Ah! memories. My daughter was so sweet at 13. By 15 she was an alien that was surly and communicated in grunts, if at all. 20 years ago but still vivid in my mind.
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-01-18, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I had to ride up the heavily congested A140 into Norwich today. 40mph and little chance of overtaking until I saw an ambulance showing blues and twos in my mirror. Pulled in to let it past and then...
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-12-17, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
:DMy favourite tipple, Talisker Skye on offer in Waitrose for £25 instead of £33. Coincidentally, Waitrose sent me a voucher for £12 off a £60 shop. So, 3 bottles for £63 equates to £21 a bottle....
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-11-17, 08:39 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
You don't know boredom until you have been in a 200bhp car doing under 40 in a long queue of commuter traffic unable to overtake. Or worse, being in my partners 300bhp car instead.
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-10-17, 08:50 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-09-17, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Bananaman, Bibio, I have driven those roads in the highlands when I lived in Edinburgh. I have also driven on roads in rural New York State and Pennsylvania. The US roads were worse.
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-08-17, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 6,394
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-06-17, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 6,394
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-05-17, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 6,394
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-03-17, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,472
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
My 19yo Impreza Turbo passed it's MOT. Big surprise because it has been misfiring for months despite replacing most of the fuel and electrical components. I expected it to fail on CO2 but they...
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