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Old 19-07-17, 12:25 PM   #4691
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Scouts...dirty little sods.

Daughter has become a scout leader in a depressed area. unlike all the other local units, they have no hall/hut and meet inside a church. So slowly their kit is stacking up in my garage. She brought me 5 tents yesterday and asked me to clean them before putting them away. 4 hours to do two.

They are covered in mud and mold. They wouldn't get open between camps. I know they have nowhere where they can air them out. But why couldn't one of each group of occupants take one home and sling it over the washing line with a bucket of soapy water for the ground sheet and hose down the fabric. Then let it dry properly before packing.
I take it back, they are worse.

Just cleaning out another tent and there is something in the pocket, shoved my hand in.


Thank you very much ladies. A used sanitary towel. What a bunch of dirty mingers.
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Old 19-07-17, 12:45 PM   #4692
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Funny how beer and whisky makers go to certain areas for the quality of the water (Scotland, Ireland, English North Midlands) and then make something as far from water as you can get out of it - maybe miracles do happen after all
The English Whisky Company is in South Norfolk. I tasted one of their whiskys last week and it was quite smoky, like a light Islay. Very acceptable, apart from the price.
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Old 19-07-17, 01:11 PM   #4693
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I take it back, they are worse.

Just cleaning out another tent and there is something in the pocket, shoved my hand in.


Thank you very much ladies. A used sanitary towel. What a bunch of dirty mingers.
Never had that trouble when I was in Scouts!
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Old 19-07-17, 03:22 PM   #4694
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And there was I thinking a nice young lad like you Mike would have joined the scouts just to relieve Baden-Powell at Mafeking.
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Old 20-07-17, 07:34 AM   #4695
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68 f.f.s!
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Old 20-07-17, 08:19 AM   #4696
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Old 20-07-17, 08:33 AM   #4697
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Frugal petrol sipping these machines
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Old 20-07-17, 11:57 AM   #4698
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Pigging electrics again:


http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=227545
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Old 20-07-17, 12:03 PM   #4699
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Frugal petrol sipping these machines
Damn fine engine.Way more power than my old CX500 guillepumpel and yet sometimes better MPG.I've had as low as 54 Mpg with some spirited riding e.g legal limits plus VAT<grin> but as high as 60+ Mpg which I'm more than happy with

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What's that disappearing in my Wing mirrors.Oh yeh it's some smart ar*ed BMW/Merc driver wondering where I went from the lights.MuuHaaaHaaa.......
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Old 21-07-17, 12:18 PM   #4700
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TomTom anti-theft solution. Checked the one to buy from the TT website and ordered it priority delivery from Amazon. Arrived yesterday. It's doesn't fit.


Arrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!!


After much stamping about and swearing in the garage I have already been refunded online and it was deposited at the local corner shop for Collect+ to return it. At least the refund process was simple. Plus I've now worked out which version I really need...
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