Forum: Idle Banter
06-03-24, 02:30 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Got my bike insurance quote today from Broker ( they are normally pretty good and offer a couple of different companies ) and it seems that Zenith have decided not to offer me cover this year ( dunno...
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-03-24, 02:19 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I always start high on mower to trim the tops off, and then work down to about 40mm, never cut grass down lower than that anyway with the kind of rye grass mix we have, you can go lower if you have...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-02-24, 01:56 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Bloke next door got a battery cordless mower a few years ago, I asked him how he was getting on with it, he said 'it's OK unless two blades of grass gang up on me at once'.....
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-02-24, 11:02 AM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Gripe and smile in one post. Been noticing that the lawns have been growing pretty long, ( lawns are the original solar powered thing, and just like solar in UK disappears from October to March, so...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-10-23, 09:49 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-03-22, 12:14 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-02-22, 08:11 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Kicking the ball into touch gives a line out ( throw in ) to the opposing team, but there is always a chance to get the ball back in a line-out, and anyway you have moved the play way up the field...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-01-22, 08:21 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Yeah but it was optional for cyclists before LOL, also cyclists now need to give way to pedestrians waiting to cross or already crossing at junctions - which will be a novelty for them. Not sure...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-01-22, 07:18 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Zebra crossings are for cyclists to ride across, using pedestrians as a slalom course....
In the new rules cyclists also expected to give way to pedestrians ha ha ha ha
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-11-21, 02:23 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-11-21, 10:54 AM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Its called boxing day because that is when people try to get rid of all the cardboard boxes the presents came in....
( Christmas day is actually 'unboxing day' )
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-11-21, 12:00 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-11-21, 07:03 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
I suspect the reason older low tech cars are going up in price is because there is massive amount of annoying features on newer models. My brother spends 10 minutes before every journey disabling...
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-10-21, 08:26 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-09-21, 02:31 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
That is the kind of customer service that means people buy from them again. I had one of a pair of Halfords 5 year warranty LED sidelights for the car fail after 18 months, didn't keep the receipt (...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-09-21, 06:59 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Got to be very careful with any injury, however small that breaks the skin. Infections can get very nasty very quickly, and best not to rely on antibiotics as every bug on the planet is resistant. A...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-09-21, 03:59 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
The Sun gives the Earth life, and is also gonna kill the Earth... It is remarkable how stable the Sun's output has been so far in Earths history, what if it is having a bit of a wobbly at the moment,...
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-08-21, 05:36 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
The opposition wearing masks because they do not want to be recognized as belonging to Labour or the other rabble parties. I found it pretty useless to email an MP, a proper letter normally gets a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-08-21, 11:18 AM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Hope you never get to do 'house bashing' ( rewiring houses ) the most frustrating job ever, there is no structure to house wiring and bashing channels in walls and ripping up floors to get to old...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-08-21, 10:02 AM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
That score is much more impressive than the present crop of England opening batsmen, makes me cringe to watch them scoring ducks after playing stupid shots... I have stopped watching England vs...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-07-21, 04:17 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-07-21, 09:56 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-07-21, 03:27 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
They had to change the law many years ago, too many MPs in jail and H of C empty... lying is not confined to one party or MP, people only seem to object to MPs lying if they already hate them....
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-07-21, 05:01 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-07-21, 12:01 PM
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Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Most people still get their broadband from fibre to exchange providers, we had Virgin fibre to premises years ago ( about 2014 in our area ) but it was flaky and unreliable and expensive, we changed...
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