Well I have diverse interests and flip between forums I belong to
I am a mod on two Honda Prelude forums so I have to keep an eye on the young gentlemen as they can be ill behaved and rude at times!
I belong to shipspotting with a special interest in the Royal Navy
Liberator forum http://www.rafb24.com/
Britmodeller
Also a Lexus Soarer forum.

I also spend time on ARRSE the unofficial army rumour service although I am not a member.

So if it flys,floats or drives thats where I go.

I doubt they will find any witnesses for the prosecution. Nice one to whoever topped him. I am not one that usually advocates taking the law into your own hands but I do make exceptions!

You’re not paying for what they do, you’re paying for what they know.. that the average punter doesn’t….

Exactly that.

I am retired now but I spent over 30 years in repairing photocopiers. It goes like this Customer “£65 for turrning a effing screw!!!” Me, “No £1 for turning the screw and £64 forthe call out and knowing which one to turn.”

I worked on no cure no pay though and was much cheaper than the main dealer by a mile.

Cars my independant has got this diagnostic gismo it cost a lot of money but he does not charge the customer for using it(I think thats silly but thats his choice) He makes his money by fxing the fault it throws up. If its just an “all reset” and the fault goes he does not charge either. Nice man everyone goes back to him for repairs and MOT’s.

I have a problem with one of my cars at the moment(Honda Prelude) the distributor has died.He put a new coil pack on it,no joy. I said “why did you just not get a new dizzy?” He said If the coil pack for £20 had fxed it(which it does in most cases) I did not want to waste £150 of your money on a dizzy”

My Lexus would not start on Tuesday(leaving Jenny and I housebound) it would just not turn. “I said shall I call the RAC or wait for you?” His reply was “if its the battery the RAC will have you for £100” so I waited for him a couple of hours and he drove to me 10 miles and found a loose connection. Cost nil. So they are not all out to rob you. My advice is if you find a good garage stick like glue to them.

And in a world where every third programme seems to be about cooking why aren’t we all cooking more?

Because the lazy sods are sitting in front of the TV eating Pringles.

Everybody who is not completely mentally or physically disabled is capable of producing something from scratch even if its Beans on Toast or a boiled egg with bread and butter.

20 years! God doesn’t time fly. Probably not for his poor Mother though!

I still have my 1960 combined edition train spotting book, less covers. Does that count? 😀

That will do just fine! Have a look through and se if you have underlined them or “cabbed them” If not its a pilgrimage to York for you!:D

On a serious note Don’t forget World Records. The UK holds one that I never see being beaten
Mallard set the official world speed record for steam locomotives when it reached 125.88 mph on July 3 1938 on Stoke Bank south of Grantham.

So to the rest of the world put that in your firebox and smoke it!

Bit annoying, tried knocking seven bells of sh** out of my computer, no change so I tried a new armchair this morning and all is OK:)