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Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 08:30 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

I checked the battery at Tayna as well, their price almost £60 but by the time you add on delivery costs it it is almost the Halfords price, but Tayna do not have stock either. I know Halfrauds...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 05:18 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Got in touch with MDS and their flippant reply was 'well they obviously don't make them like they used to' - and offered me a tenner off a replacement - but when I checked their price is the same as...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 03:16 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Many things are not designed to be 'fixable' any more, just disposable...
Forum: Idle Banter 22-02-24, 02:37 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Seeker, this country ( and many other western countries ) have lost at least a generation of people who know how to fix things. This country will not be able to expand its manufacturing sector even...
Forum: Idle Banter 20-02-24, 10:46 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

My gripe is that I normally buy my batteries from Tayna, but a few years ago when i needed a new Yuasa YT12A-BS AGM battery for my AL7. Tayna were out of stock and could not give me a date when new...
Forum: Idle Banter 16-02-24, 08:06 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

'buying an Ebac 2250e (with a 4 yr warranty if you buy it direct @ £250). The Ebac is made in Durham, the Meaco (a UK company) DD8L (Zambezi) is made in China'.


I had a few Ebac in the past (...
Forum: Idle Banter 25-04-23, 03:28 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Global warming, innit.....


I reckon we now have LACK of CO2, we can do our bit to top it up if we ride more.
Forum: Idle Banter 18-01-22, 09:26 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

The Furlough payments scheme and other 'covid' schemes was always going to have fraudsters rubbing their hands, more open to fraud than even postal voting. The government writes off large sums all...
Forum: Idle Banter 14-01-22, 09:14 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Who would have thought a Chinese spy would look Chinese, damned good disguise.
Forum: Idle Banter 06-12-21, 10:12 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

The politicians are high on something in addition to power.. You need to be careful about taking away peoples passports as a passport is a basic right of a citizen of a country, and taking away...
Forum: Idle Banter 27-11-21, 01:53 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Is that the same Ken Clarke who is 'the old woman of politics', and failed underminer of Brexit vote, still chewing on the fact that Boris read the mood of the country and dismissed Ken and his mates...
Forum: Idle Banter 27-11-21, 01:28 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

So what happens when a student 'passed'....


Where did starting every sentence with 'So' come from ? Very, very annoying


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Forum: Idle Banter 07-10-21, 08:17 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

If the accident happened on private property ( owned by oil company or franchisee )- could get messy, same with accidents on supermarket and private carparks - both parties could lose their no-claims...
Forum: Idle Banter 04-10-21, 08:22 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

No wonder A&E is always overloaded - it is easier to go there than to see your GP, and most GP's will send you to hospital anyway.... I am struggling to think why we need GP's any more.. When I was...
Forum: Idle Banter 03-10-21, 05:38 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

My wife used to work on reception sometimes for a dermatologist practice ( she was practice manager ), the doctors often ran late as they did small ops on the day to save people coming back if they...
Forum: Idle Banter 01-10-21, 12:31 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Same for me with MotoGP commentators, BSB folks much better.



Never watched F1 for years, normally a procession except when Hamilton decides to take a championship rival out......
Forum: Idle Banter 28-09-21, 07:58 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

It took UK 47 years for UK to be dragged down by EU, now you guys expect everything to happen overnight, despite all the bad will and total lack of cooperation from Macron, Mutti Merkel et al.........
Forum: Idle Banter 07-09-21, 03:53 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Well they certainly ain't fixing potholes, cones and speed limits along Telford eastern distributor, but not a workman in site... Never know when Ironbridge or surrounding roads will be shut. The...
Forum: Idle Banter 07-09-21, 08:00 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Never seen a green cloud with a silver lining.......
Forum: Idle Banter 04-09-21, 10:08 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

It is not the ethanol that improves MPG ( it actually reduces MPG because lower energy content than the petrol that is being polluted by it ) but vehicle MPG has been increasing with more efficient...
Forum: Idle Banter 04-09-21, 10:01 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

I am reading a book and it is describing living conditions in late 1700s through 1800's. It makes grim reading, whales being slaughtered wholesale for their oil to make lamp and lubricating oil (...
Forum: Idle Banter 03-09-21, 08:04 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

The powerful corn lobby in USA is responsible for ethanol in fuel, they saw a nice steady lucrative market, environmentalists do not like ethanol and the corn used to make it ruins the land and...
Forum: Idle Banter 20-08-21, 02:50 PM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

My mate works at local college as a lecturer in all things gas and plumbing, when he sees students doing shoddy work he would fail them, head of department lets it go.... mate says they give gas...
Forum: Idle Banter 14-08-21, 09:55 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

At least it is free garbage :D ( never had a problem with it, except not being able to fast forward the adverts, If you pay about £3 a month you can view without adverts ).
Forum: Idle Banter 14-08-21, 09:51 AM
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Posted By SV650rules
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

The WASPI thing was the result of an EU directive in 1978 that ordered member countries to equal up the social security payments received by men and women - the main one being pensions, so it took...
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