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  1. The third picture down just has the qaulity of a small model cleverly photographed to me. The lack of switchgearm, cables, hoses etc just give it a scale model look. Can't say I am a great fan of "choppers/custom" bikes, well not to ride, but I do like the engineering and imagination involved. I'm sticking with, "it's not real". Is it called the "Photoshop Special"?

  2. I'm a little confused by parts of the answers on this!

    We are in the process of either buying a freesat box, or just buying a Sky "Free to View" card, from what I can see, if you just keep your subscription card, and terminate the subscription, you don't actually get as many channels as buying the FTV card, and the FTV card gives you a few more than a Freesat box, unless I've read it totally wrong!

  3. I saw the film when it first came out (having worked with Hopkins on "Across the Lake" a docu' drama about Donald Campbell), and then brought the book it was based on. Munroe was nothing short of a backyard genius!

    As for Hopkins, well he has an un-nerving way of "becoming" who he is portaying. I sat next to Campbell's sister at the media premiere of Across the Lake, and more than once she called Hopkins, "Don", and sais she was completely taken in by his portrayal, voice, mannerisms, and even appearance, though she did say Ewan Cooper looked NOTHING like Leo Villa. I told a friend of mine this years later, and he said it had aslo happened when he portrayed Nixon, to the point where R M Nixon's daughter twice called Hopkins "dad"!!!

  4. My remark re "not needing a charity" is obvious. If you ever did, and there wasn't enough money for your particular need, I suggest you'd be dissapointed. Are you seriously saying on the same night as Children in Need on the BBC , NOTHING else has functions/events/fund raisers? I would find it hard to believe, these countries, no, the world is a big place, there is room for people to do what they want to do, to raise what ever they want to raise, for whatever cause they wish. And I think you'll find people have enough inteligence to donate to various causes "reletively", e.g most would donate more to a "human" medical charity that a cat rescue centre, but they would still donate, and surely that is the important part?

    I would be moe likely to object to the UK lottry. Set up for "good causes", 90% of these causes are yet to see any funds, yet the Royal Opera House ( a running business surely?) has recieved over £80 million. Now the UK government is dipping into it for the Olympics and are threatening to do likewise for other non charity groups.

    I do have problems with charities anyway, I once took part in a pro-celebrity rally event. I was teamed with Giles Watling (the vicar in Bread) who was a complete woose at anything over 40 mph. The event raised £150,000. A party was thrown to present the cheque. The chap recieving the cheque put it in his company car. He worked for the charity, his car? A Jaguar Lynx Eventer, price £100,000, and the party cost? £50,000.

    In summary, I'll donate/raise money/ help out for who I like, when I like thanks!

  5. We have a Magiline pool, that I believe is constructed by digging the hole, placing in prefabricated shells, back filling, and installing a layer of foam, and then a liner. Two years ago I dropped the level for the winter, and there was heavy rain, and our liner bulged. It appears the rain water ran in behind somehow, and forced the foam down. I am still waiting for the insurance to even look at it, although they have sait it is covered. The pool engineer said we didn't need a new liner, and wouldn't have to empty it (that last bit I finf very hard to believe!) the bulge has not gone, and I don't think it will!!

  6. The most obvious comparision would be left hand drive vehicles in the UK. It happens all the time (usually for "disabled" drivers, my aunty was given a lhd car by mobility because of a weakened left wrist), and there is never a problem, and much though it tries not to appear that way, the UK is in the EU.................

    Just an observation!

  7. A few years ago, when I still worked in F1/WRC/F3000 etc etc, I used to make sure I got to know the drivers in the "lower" formula, so that if they made it into F1, then asking for a interview would be easier. One driver that stood out was Jason Watt. Destined for F1 and to be World Champion, just as he was about to make the jump up, he was asked to take part in a photo shoot for a bike dealer in Demark. During the shoot, Jason was spat off the bike, and ended up in a wheel chair.  Jason recently e mailed me, having won the Danish touring car championship in a hand control Seat, against "able-bodied" drivers. I wondered if he missed is bikes, being a total petrol head. His response is below................................

     

    [IMG]http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/f1steveuk/jason.jpg[/IMG]

    Note the retractable wheels and mechanism. This is the determination that would have made him he first black GP driver/winner champion. One of the great, "what if" s of our time.

  8. That is a mess, shows the deformable/crush areas of modern cars work.

    As regards the Escort, I would in a heartbeat! But maybe an RS1600 (maybe too much money) or an RS2000 (MKI) , but the Mexico was a little gutless. Lotus Cortina would be good as well. Strikes me, anyhting rear wheel drive with a modicum of power would be fun!

  9. I'm sorry that may have been meant as a joke, but I'd rather it was brought and kept running, if only to keep the other operators "honest", I'm sure those possibly losing their jobs would been only to keen for there to be a "mug" willing to employ them. If it wasn't a joke, just another reason why I eventually hope to leave the UK

  10. Distance from Caen to our house is just over 500m so easily doable

    in one day from the ferry docking at 6am.  Boulogne is 730 ish miles so

    we've saved about 300 miles driving and fuel. But what astonished me is

    that the toll charge from Caen is  down as 4.5 euros and is about 66

    from Boulogne so saving about 120 euros. (I'm going to check my doofah

    statement carefully on this as it seems odd)

    I'd think there is something wrong there. Boulogne to Belves is 657 miles, and we pay approx' 20 Euros on our route, and a fair bit is motorway.

  11. It looks more like the 26th now. My confidence hasn't been high since everything went pear shaped. There is a World wide financial crisis, so who in their right mind wants to buy a single craft ferry company with debts??? The best thing that could happen is that Speedferries find an investor, or a method to cover the debts, in an attempt tp trade out of trouble, but that doesn't seem likely either. It's not a disaster for us, but it doesn't help, but obviously I'd rather Speedferried kept running, it was friendly, well run, very very convenient, and well priced.

    Pinkies crossed!!

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