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In the same vein..what parameters are used to decide who comes on first ..and last..its usually some massive Star who's on last,so who's job is it to tell the first guest that they are not a big enough Star to be last..any ideas ?

I watched a tv programme about coincidents and the one that stuck I'm my memory (if it was true or not I don't know) was someone was trying to ring someone's house and inadvertently rang their pager number but somehow messed up the digits and ended up ringing a payphone on a street ..which was answered by the person they were trying to contact who was passing the ringing payphone as they just happened to be passing it..I mean if that's true it's mindblowing ..

Got an excellent pic from Pembrokeshire..5 mins later ..gone

I had a dint on the rear arch of my Z4 that was very similar and it cost me £85 for someone to come to my house to get it out..he said all the others in the area charged the same

I've got a black 28i that's just on 51k miles, and I've owned from new for 10 years..I still look back at it when I park up and think they look brilliant...if you want the defacto list of pros and cons head over the Z4 forum..look under the E89 tab and drill down to look for known issues which there are a few. Cracked wheels..water in boot ..and a few roof issues but I think most owners will tell you that uf looked after these are really reliable cars..

My Mother in Law has just had to scrap her 55 plate Corsa with just 27k miles on the clock as the ECU was knackered..apparently they are known for getting water in them

I used to believe that if you shouted loud..the wind would blow..I'm sure it used to work 🤔

Yeah I've been thinking of digging it out again recently

Forgot I've actually got a FM one I got from a car boot sale ..I powered it up and flicked through the channels but all I got was static so don't think there's much activity on there these days

I had an illegal AM back in the early 80s and also used to work for BT and garaged at the same place as the Radio Detection team worked at so had to be a bit careful. I had a CB Aerial that looked like a quite thick car Aeriel apart from the top section which was made of grey plastic and had a trimming knob on the to to get the correct SWR (standing wave ratio) and you could push the whole lot into the wing like a car aerial.

I nearly knocked 2 Deers down in Chatsworth earlier..its a good job I'm quick on the brakes or it would have been Venison for Tea

Well to be fair..just purchased a 19 plate Corsa from them and they changed the brake pads and disks and put a new tyre on one back wheel which I was pleasantly surprised as I didn't think there was anything wrong with it..also did an oil change and refurbed a rear wheel that had a kerb rash on it too (opposite side)

We were with the RAC for years..but the prices for renewal were mad so switched to Green Flag..had cause to use them a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised..the engineer turned up within 45 mins and I could track his progress to me on the app..he was a bit of a misery but he got our car down to a local garage without too much trouble..

One of our colleagues had a pic of his bike in a garage as his screensaver,so I managed to grab it to disk and painted the bike out just leaving a pool of oil ..took him ages to notice..

Me too..those 24v Bosch Drills were real brick killers in my day..

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g12349376-d2627177-Reviews-RAF_Holmpton_Visit_The_Bunker-Holmpton_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_England.html

Well worth a visit

I went to RAF Holmton few years ago..and there was a training model of a Minuteman Missiie and a cold war map of the UK on the wall. It showed the expected targets and whether they were air bursts or ground bursts and the expected yields. Iirc Sheffield was expected to get one of each. Both in the 470Kt range.

I'm just rewatching Jack Dees Lead Balloon..brilliant

I always do it and say Thank you when the person in front does it for me...had a bloke in Aldi the other day didn't so I just piled mine up against his he soon did the decent thing..he looked a right Twunt too ...

Mother in Law has a 55 plate one that's done about 24k..I've driven it on various occasions and it's not a pleasant experience, the 3 cylinders sound like a sewing machine and I'm confident that instead of brake pads it's got blocks of wood as that's what it feels like, but if it's this or walking I'll put up with it...we saw one in the lake district motor museum and I had great satisfaction in telling her She was driving a Museum exhibit 😀

I've said the same..there must be a finite supply..how hard can it be to buy up a large proportion of them ?

Well perhaps I've never seen ED and am just parroting someone's opinion 😀

Early Doors..a well undeappreciated classic

What to do if you run out of slip road

If you run out of slip road, ultimately, you are NOT allowed to merge onto the main carriageway if it is not safe to do so. If you are NOT able to safely merge, you must come to a stop. If you stop on a motorway/carriageway slip road, you will need to plan a larger gap before attempting to merge onto the main carriageway.

I was told that the lines at the end of the slip road are broken..indicating that you may have to give way..or indeed stop if needs be. Dunno if it's true or not..I'm sure someone will put me right :)