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WHAT THE FUCK???!!!!

The commuting shed has been parked up since Thursday last week.
Got in this morning, set off down the motorway, hit Bolton and lots of rain/spray.
Much wiper smearage.
Despite the rain, the one dry day we've had obviously encourage the nearby trees to make merry.
I hate pollen.
 
Listening to the radio this morning, the presenter was running a phone-in show about old things people are still using. There were calls about 70+ year old fridges, 200 year old clothes line poles, and one bloke called in to tell us about his 25 year old Mazda Bongo camper...
 
Lpgc said:
Listening to the radio this morning, the presenter was running a phone-in show about old things people are still using. There were calls about 70+ year old fridges, 200 year old clothes line poles, and one bloke called in to tell us about his 25 year old Mazda Bongo camper...
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we've got a microwave thats well over 40 years old !!!!! and its used daily still.
 
Elgraman said:
In a Tesco queue earlier, and some guy was joking about woman drivers, specifically reversing. The woman he (and then I) was talking to was a self proclaimed expert driver. Great she said he was. I asked her if she heels and toes and rev matches downshifts. She looked at me blankly. Not having a clue what I was on about. I then asked her if she analysed the road conditions before setting out today and adjusted her driving style accordingly? I asked her how does she find using the limit point on corners. By now she couldn't wait to get away :)
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Are you an IAM member, as you know about limit points?
 
Bal said:
Are you an IAM member, as you know about limit points?
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Hiya,
No, I sometimes just read around the subject of driving to try to improve my skills.
Reg Local's Advanced and Performance driving I got a few years ago (good, but loads of the first bit of it is full of his amount of his own progress through the driving ranks), and that Roadcraft book, which I find written really dull. Sometimes I watch some youtube vids from R. Local etc
 
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I refer to my wife as the "Pothole finder General" because as sure as shit, she will hit the potholes. Yes, some are unavoidable, but using local knowledge it is possible to avoid the majority, although at times in Caithness this means coming to a stop to let traffic on then other side past so that it can be avoided.

This sort of common sense has to be explained for some reason. Anyhoo, after some considerable work to the car, wife has hit a potholes so big that apparently the steering is jittery and the car pulls to the left.

As an added bonus, there was a tyre blown, which was only fitted last week đŸ¤¬

This is what happens when I go away. I'm definitely going to have to buy her a small car for local journeys đŸ™„
 
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