Forum: Idle Banter
31-03-24, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 318
Last chance to tax at 2023 rates
Today is the last chance to tax a vehicle to run from April 1st but still at 2023 rates, before the rate rise tomorrow. You get just a couple of days to do it in advance if a vehicle is on SORN....
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-03-24, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,403
Re: Replacement car tyres and tyres labels
Just to throw in another comment, I used to work in Austria on contracts so needed winter tyres (all seasons weren't around back then). The locals recommended Goodyear (UG range) so I fitted a set to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-02-24, 09:52 PM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,100
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Hope it works well for you Seeker. My lawns were looking rather tatty a week or so ago, the grass has hardly stopped growing during the mild winter and the front looks more like a meadow than a lawn,...
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-02-24, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,100
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
My old Mountfield mower carb decided to start leaking just before I went off on hols. A friendly neighbour cuts my two smallish lawns for me when I'm away, so I needed to get something sorted...
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-01-24, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
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Forum: Idle Banter
25-01-24, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 53,429
Re: Cancer...
Just to add to the age note. My neighbour's son is in his mid/late forties and went to a "prostate night" at a local pub, not sure who organised it. I think they just took PSA tests, don't think it...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-01-24, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Just renewed my house insurance with Aviva, the price had gone up about 25% which from what I read isn't bad at all. I've too much stuff on at the moment to be bothered shopping around. Having said...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-01-24, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
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Forum: Idle Banter
18-01-24, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,588
Re: bit sad today
Thoughts with all.
My Dad died at the end of November, he was 95 and had been pretty well right up until the end, his heart just gave out and it was barely 24hrs between him getting his own...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-12-23, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 565
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-12-23, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,661
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-12-23, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 426
Re: Benjamin Zephaniah
Always came across as a decent chap. I liked his attitude towards being offered an OBE, saying he has battled against the concept of Empire so how could he have the word attached to his name. Nice...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-11-23, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 671
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Forum: Idle Banter
23-11-23, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 370
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-10-23, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Different subject .....
Got the Virgin Media message that seems to have been around for a few months now, email not available. My first reaction is what sort of scam is it, but it seems to be...
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-10-23, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Mr.Sunak has just released his campaign song ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJHPfpOnDzg
At least he has had the decency to admit that all the plans have been wrong up to now and he is...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-09-23, 09:39 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Interestingly, the tester told me verbally that both headlights were too low, the MOT report online says both too high and too far to the right. Doesn't mean much but just another oddity.
The...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-09-23, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
GOTD - the feeling that "they" have tried to take the mick.
A couple of years ago my regular MOT chap (cars and bikes) retired, he was the only reason I traveled 10mls to get MOTs, so found...
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Forum: Idle Banter
26-09-23, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 11,283
Views: 6,167,861
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Car insurance up for renewal. Quote from existing (LV) was way too high so shopped round as usual and got something sensible (Aviva, existing customer so some discount). All OK.
Go onto LV site to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-08-23, 03:59 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 343
Re: DVLA reminder system
Well you "should" still get paper reminders, though I didn't. If you don't want to use the system then it should be business as usual (for the time being anyway).
There are also plenty of folk who...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-08-23, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 343
DVLA reminder system
https://www.gov.uk/driver-vehicles-account
Don't know if anyone has posted this up, but I saw this link on another forum and thought it might be of interest.
I have just registered, pretty...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-08-23, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,100
Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?
Yep, my Honda Jazz has this system and in fairly typical Honda practice it can be prone to being rather too sensitive at times. Many folk comment on TPMS warnings coming up for no apparent reason....
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Forum: SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking
07-07-23, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,543
Re: Coolant
Coolant really does 2 things, the anti-freeze bit and the corrosion protection.
The anti-freeze used in auto coolants is almost always ethylene glycol. There are snake oil merchants who try to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-06-23, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 6,394
Views: 1,492,100
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-06-23, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 774
Re: It's just a bug...
We are already at a stage where you simply cannot trust anything you see/hear/read. How can you tell if something is true? Search for what you want to hear and you'll find it somewhere, and when you...
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