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Pardon my ignorance but what are cornering lights and DRL's?... jeff....
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CompoSimmonite
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Yesterday I got a Hilmor conduit bender complete with all formers etc for £35. Been after one for ages but they always go for far more on eBay so I'm very happy with price I paid. Already got a huge Hilmor hydraulic pipe / tube bender with formers up to 3" that cost me £67.
Benthosboy
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I acquired some ISO container twist locks which, with the best of intentions, I shall modify into lifting lugs for containers.
In reality, I'll put them in the workshop, OH will roll her eyes, again
, and I'll weigh them in untouched in about 3 years time.
In reality, I'll put them in the workshop, OH will roll her eyes, again
, and I'll weigh them in untouched in about 3 years time.normspanners
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If I went out and bought anything at the moment, I wouldnt have to kill myself, wife would save me the bother.She's not a bad lass, just tapped in the heed
All she said when I told her I was buying the Speed Triple was; don't kill yourself.
Went to the tip and was talking to the skip man woman came up with a power wash and said did the lads want a power wash, the lad said no, he had one, (from the skips) cant do that now!
So I said to her why, she said oh we bought this to wash the patio that done we getting rid!! I said I'll have it if that is ok, Skip man said you will have exchange OUTSIDE of the yard as it is stealing! from the council ! if inside the yd went to the car and she said do you want the hoslock hose reel as well coz that was going in the skip also!!
I could not believe that people would buy something to do one job and skip it .
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CompoSimmonite
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Years ago I was at the council tip just after Xmas and a chap bought in two portable TV's, two stereos, games consoles and other electronics gear. Turned out he'd bought his kids new for Xmas and the stuff he was chucking away was perfectly good and only 12 months old (previous Xmas's present !). I was talking to one of the tip workmen and he told me that even they couldn't salvage such items now it had been taken over by a private company as there was CCTV everywhere.
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Actually she was very nice and I wouldnt of minded a rummage through--- 
------- best not go there!!TRY AGAIN
She was a luverly kind person coz she gave me a good hose and power wash.
U'M Now this is starting to sound kinky
I'll give up whilst--- a head ------up's off again
normspanners
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YEP went to tip yesterday, 2 mountain bikes in skip brand new still knobbles on tyres
CRAZY
CRB
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We have Recyke y’bike not far from us, and there are many more around the country. Bikes in the back of the scrappys' flatbeds is a crying shame too.
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yep our local tip has a dedicated container for pushbike and the lorry comes round once a fortnight to empty it, they take them away do the work to them and re sell them or donate them etc. hate seeing them on the scap waggon or in the metal recycling skips.
Wedg1e
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DRLs are daylight running lights similar to what the TRRL have been trying to get get bikes to wear for thirty years, unsuccessfully.
Some Citroen DS models of the 70s had headlamps which turned with steering, so probably just a copy of that old technology.
Essentially just a resurrection of the 'dim-dip' silliness they tried in the late 80s - the dipped beams come on at reduced brightness when the ignition's on.
When you turn the steering it illuminates the fog light on that side - 'static cornering lights' they call it, a lot of makers are doing it. It's for the numpties, which is why I'd like to be able to turn the feature off but can't.
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I wouldn't listen to it if there was
Even the DJs who aren't paedos talk ballcocks and play cr@p music, where's the entertainment in that?The van has a CD player and the facility to plug in MP3 player and USB memory stick; load up with what you like and away you go. Voice commands as well: say 'Play Led Zeppelin' or 'Play Stairway to Heaven' and it does
Traffic announcements are sometimes useful but my satnav has live traffic updates anyway. May as well use the useful bits of technology, but radio... nah
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Zeppelin on Radio2 yesterday and today on Radio6.I wouldn't listen to it if there was
The van has a CD player and the facility to plug in MP3 player and USB memory stick; load up with what you like and away you go. Voice commands as well: say 'Play Led Zeppelin' or 'Play Stairway to Heaven' and it does
Traffic announcements are sometimes useful but my satnav has live traffic updates anyway. May as well use the useful bits of technology, but radio... nah
Bit of broad brush that, but I will not listen to 'commercial' radio.
What I did get today was....
55*N, south-facing, three years old vines, sweet though seeded.
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I wouldn't listen to it if there was
Not so much that, but the dreadful data rate and poor performance would make me refuse to turn it on. There is still a DAB black hole between junctions 13 and 14 of the M5!
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Bluetooth is the way to go, My phone has all my music on it, can be used as a satnav with traffic, It reads my messages to me, turns the media to max and all ringtones to 0. Voice commands for playing music, finding places for the sat nav etc. Basically I get in my van and speak to my phone and drive.I wouldn't listen to it if there was
The van has a CD player and the facility to plug in MP3 player and USB memory stick; load up with what you like and away you go. Voice commands as well: say 'Play Led Zeppelin' or 'Play Stairway to Heaven' and it does
Traffic announcements are sometimes useful but my satnav has live traffic updates anyway. May as well use the useful bits of technology, but radio... nah
Beats most people I know. They get in the van and talk to themselves...
captain-destructo
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I've acquired a new company van, does that count?
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Deep breath... Ford Transit Connect T240 Limited Hi Payload. 115PS TDCi, 6-speed box, alloys, discs all round, cruise, dual-zone aircon, selectable speed limiter, heated driver's seat, dual passenger seat, load-through bulkhead, integral Bluetooth with voice commands to phone and MP3 player, heated screen/mirrors/washers, auto headlamps and wipers, colour-matched panels and handles etc., silly cornering lights and DRLs.
This is the last time it'll be seen in civvies though, it's off to the signwriters tomorrow. Bit weird having driven an unmarked van for 11 years
signwrighters!!!!!! thats a bit old school every one puts stickers on now dont they?
but if paint is your thing i know a guy that has done some great things and he is local only in thornaby
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Very good
. The cancelled follow you dreams one sounds like something Banksy would do. 