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Ram-Alf

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10 hours ago, Elwood P Dowd said:

I still can’t find the starting handle for our 2 year old car I’ve looked under front seat, that’s where they usually are.

Just nipping out to put the parking light on the car?

Wow I remember them times also, Not me, My Dad early 60s, He had a black ford pop I think where the indicator flicked out at the side and there was a running board, He'd put one of those miners lamps at the front wheel, Beauty of it, It was still there the next day.

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10 hours ago, maxjam said:

We've got wooden floors throughout the house and a few nice rugs.  Guess where the dogs choose to throw up...

The cats do that. Best not pick them up and try to get them outside, you just end up with a trail of puke to clean up 

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14 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said:

Wow I remember them times also, Not me, My Dad early 60s, He had a black ford pop I think where the indicator flicked out at the side and there was a running board, He'd put one of those miners lamps at the front wheel, Beauty of it, It was still there the next day.

I used to have one, an Anglia I think, about 1955 vintage. It was superior to the popular in that it had rusty chrome bumpers and trim, rather than painted. The idicators used to stick so you became adept at flicking the driver's side one out with your hand. It had 3 gears and wipers that worked off the compression of the engine or summat, so that if you were straining up a hill in a rain storm (not uncommon in Buxton) the wipers slowed to a standstill.

There used to be a series of books pulished in the 60's called 'The art of coarse ***', in this case motoring.

Two of the essentials for coarse motoring were a running board and a bonnet that opened from the side. The Anglia ticked both boxes.

Ee, them were't days.

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9 hours ago, Phoenix said:

I used to have one, an Anglia I think, about 1955 vintage. It was superior to the popular in that it had rusty chrome bumpers and trim, rather than painted. The idicators used to stick so you became adept at flicking the driver's side one out with your hand. It had 3 gears and wipers that worked off the compression of the engine or summat, so that if you were straining up a hill in a rain storm (not uncommon in Buxton) the wipers slowed to a standstill.

There used to be a series of books pulished in the 60's called 'The art of coarse ***', in this case motoring.

Two of the essentials for coarse motoring were a running board and a bonnet that opened from the side. The Anglia ticked both boxes.

Ee, them were't days.

I'm not to sure but did the rear doors open the opposite way, My Dad was a ford man, Pops, Anglia, Escort, Corsair, Then in the 70s bought a Rover...he never did get used to that Alsatian...?

Yep them were't days arr kid ? 

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2 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said:

I'm not to sure but did the rear doors open the opposite way, My Dad was a ford man, Pops, Anglia, Escort, Corsair, Then in the 70s bought a Rover...he never did get used to that Alsatian...?

Yep them were't days arr kid ? 

I dont think it had rear doors but time (60 years) dulls the memory.

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2 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

Out of shape, short/small white british men wearing oversized basketball vests. 

And 3/4 trousers. 
A vest, 3/4 trousers and old fake Adidas sliders is the Benidorm uniform of choice for pasty British blokes 

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Smart motorways, the epitome of an oxymoron. Speed restrictions that change too abruptly and illogically when there is no apparent issues, like the one I experienced on the M25 at the weekend which went 70/40/60/40/70 over the space of a mile while I had an artic attached to my rear bumper that didn't want to lose momentum. Grrrrr. 

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My campaign to have the word “so” eradicated from the English language clearly isn’t working. Just watching an athlete being interviewed on BBC and every question was met with an answer beginning with “so”.
 

Q When did you first feel the symptoms? A  So, it was a year ago. 

Q and has your family been a big help?  A  So, they have been full of support 

Q and will you continue to compete?      A So, there’s the World Championships next week

 

Aaaagh!   and so the hell of “so” as a meaningless word to start a sentence, usually a reply, goes on, and on…..?
 

 

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3 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said:

My campaign to have the word “so” eradicated from the English language clearly isn’t working. Just watching an athlete being interviewed on BBC and every question was met with an answer beginning with “so”.
 

Q When did you first feel the symptoms? A  So, it was a year ago. 

Q and has your family been a big help?  A  So, they have been full of support 

Q and will you continue to compete?      A So, there’s the World Championships next week

 

Aaaagh!   and so the hell of “so” as a meaningless word to start a sentence, usually a reply, goes on, and on…..?
 

 

See also "Can I get...", "My bad" and "My pronouns are..." 

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1 hour ago, Turk Thrust said:

My campaign to have the word “so” eradicated from the English language clearly isn’t working. Just watching an athlete being interviewed on BBC and every question was met with an answer beginning with “so”.
 

Q When did you first feel the symptoms? A  So, it was a year ago. 

Q and has your family been a big help?  A  So, they have been full of support 

Q and will you continue to compete?      A So, there’s the World Championships next week

 

Aaaagh!   and so the hell of “so” as a meaningless word to start a sentence, usually a reply, goes on, and on…..?
 

 

So you aren't a fan?

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2 hours ago, Turk Thrust said:

My campaign to have the word “so” eradicated from the English language clearly isn’t working. Just watching an athlete being interviewed on BBC and every question was met with an answer beginning with “so”.
 

Q When did you first feel the symptoms? A  So, it was a year ago. 

Q and has your family been a big help?  A  So, they have been full of support 

Q and will you continue to compete?      A So, there’s the World Championships next week

 

Aaaagh!   and so the hell of “so” as a meaningless word to start a sentence, usually a reply, goes on, and on…..?
 

 

Would you prefer they started a sentence with "erm..." or "like I say"?

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