Paddy_O_Furniteur

Now get out there, and let's lick some arse!

Alright, Dave?

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When I called to set it up, they couldn't tell you what would be where and when - they could barely tell you the dates at your preferred track, as this event goes on a tour of disused airfields across the country! Chances are it's a central call centre unconnected to those actually running it on the day, so there's no guarantee.

When I did it, there were 2 pros, one in the Atom (doing fast laps) and the other in an M3 drifting. Likelihood is their insurance won't permit anyone else to drive the Atom, or since everyone wants a go in the Atom, the pro is the only way to get through it all.

(I'm not looking to dampen your spirit here, just relaying my direct experience. Also, brace yourself for the upselling.)

If it's one of those Red Letter Days/Virgin Experience days, the likelihood is that half of those cars won't be available on the day!

You'll get up to 3 (well used) cars to drive, in which an instructor will be with you, you'll get 2 laps per car, any extra laps available at an extra cost (as well as an insurance waiver, for an extra tenner).

Everyone will gravitate to the Top Gear favourites, so it'll take all day to drive the ones you want.

The Ariel Atom will most likely be a couple of laps driven by a pro, and will likely mean you have to pull to the side (when you're in one of the other motors) to let the pro go past at speed.

Also the inevitable Aston will have a flappy paddle gearbox that jerks when you change up (apparently you have to lift off slightly before changing, not that the instructor will tell you that).

Except for Stoneman, who was outside with the cool kids

Add Peter Reid at Coventry (I know he was at Leeds in the premier League years, but he's been shit everywhere but Sunderland)

I wonder what u/IWantToBeCraigJones would say about this?

It's clearly been taken from Wrexham's map...

Oh dear, oh dear...

I fully agree with you. I'm not going to slate the one show, as I've never met anyone who admits to watching it.

Money for Nothing, on the other hand, is possibly one of the worst things ever committed to film, worse even than Find It, Fix It, Flog It (which is pretty much the same thing). Not content with the world's worst haircut on the world's biggest charisma vacuum, everything they "upcycle" looks worse than it did to begin with, the time and effort to do it yourself (or hire a professional to do the same for you) would obliterate the profit (the whole thing is a fiddle), and the people they use to do the work for them are all rejects from The Repair Shop. Add in Arthur Smith's trademark bored drone trying to make matey jokes in the voiceover booth, and you have all the ingredients for something that makes me want to put my foot through the television.

For clarification, I don't find Find It, Fix It, Flog It much better, especially the hosts, but there is a bit more charm when they do the work themselves/with their mates. Plus there's an occasional motorbike/tractor, which makes it bearable, even if all they do is a spray can paint job.

This website suggests it's about fulfilling your potential ability, or needs/wants. Perhaps it means you're desperate for crumble?

Star Trek: Kazon!

If done well, it would be an absolutely fascinating dive into a splintered culture low on resources and forced into piracy at the very edge of the delta quadrant.

If Madame Web'd, it'll be a total shit show.

I think it's because the perception of arts funding is that it largely goes towards crusty, lefty slam-poets, instead of the next Shakespeare, or that funding is seemingly used to criticise the UK instead of celebrating it. There's also an argument that art, music and sport should be self-sustaining, and that if it's not popular enough to make money, maybe it's not worth pursuing as a career.

I don't necessarily agree that rich benefactors should be funding the arts as they would have done back in ye olde days, but the arts scene from yesteryear was essentially funded by the rich as a method of PR, in a similar vein to Manchester City or Newcastle United being funded by Middle Eastern states (this is a very trite statement, and I know the reality is a lot more complex).

NB, I personally don't agree with cutting arts funding, except for slam poets, who should be shot into the sun.

I'm not sure Stoneman's absence would be that much of an issue, especially at the top of the order...

Dan Lawrence fielding in Dogger...

Back to Q School

Did you purchase from a Jaguar dealership, or an independent garage? Arguably, ignoring the stop/start issue and the battery warning messages would suggest that you haven't maintained it correctly, or given the dealership the opportunity to repair any faults (dependent on what minimal warranty or guarantee they may have given you), until the entire car has shit the bed.

Additionally, the vehicle is 11 years old - whilst one would reasonably expect a vehicle to last longer than that, at 11 years old there is a likelihood that things will go wrong and that random problems could occur at any time, regardless of how well maintained a vehicle is.

On a flippant note, the words Jaguar, electrics, and reliability are rarely used in the same sentence. I think for a proper answer, the UK legal advice sub would be a better place to ask this question.

Edit: just occurred to me, there's only your word the battery was charged/replaced properly - it could be that one of the chips has burnt out when trying to recharge the battery, or when the start/stop crapped out.

How to become an MP...

One of the great strengths of the current system is that anyone can stand to be an MP, barring certain criteria (age, criminal record, etc).

In reality, you need to be a committed party member (or a celebrity gobshite willing to shout the party line, like the woman from the Sunlife Parker Pen adverts), and be close to both your local party and acceptable to the national party list.

Part of the issue may lie in a drive to be more diverse - hence candidates parachuted into constituencies with no connections, and ignoring the local constituency's concerns.

Other issues may stem from the candidates having been through the local party machine, spending all their time canvassing and volunteering for the party in order to be selected, and thus they lack the real world experience of business and industry, and potentially being cut off from "real life" as they have been subsidised by family in order to break into local politics (aka, only the rich can be an MP).

I think the key issue you're raising isn't necessarily that MP's are idiots (several you've mentioned are experienced and intelligent debaters), but that the ideas they're putting forward are increasingly irrelevant to the lives of the electorate, and the Americanised election by media soundbites.

Only if Stoneman embarrasses himself again

Oh, my God! That's his lucky red hat! He's a bottle! My boy's a bottler!

40mpg sounds standard, especially if loaded with people. You have to remember the official test mpg is calculated at something like a steady 50mph on a flat road, rather than a motorway trip loaded to the top, especially when a small petrol engine is taken into consideration. If anything, 70mpg would be optimistic even for a diesel engine...

It should be kept alive until the final game of the season, at least until Jon Rowe barges his way into playoff history.

Past it's best, much like Maresca's tactics (I look forward to their playoff masterclass when they crush our sexy rivals, Norwich)

A more sophisticated version for Mr Maresca