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Re: Cut Vinyl Graphics
I suggest those that want them pay a contribution, say 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}. It aint going to be mega-bucks once the template is done.
Don’t think it is for subscribers funds to cover any of the costs as there will be a few of us potentially subsiding a few more. Maybe subscribers pay 30{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} and UKW members who are not part of the subscribers group pay 60{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}.
Bit of number crunching from the accountany side reqd. I think.
Alex
Re: brandt
I never had a contract, otherwise I would have claimed 3 months loss of earnings potential.
Sorry cannot help, but would love to.
Alex
Re: Nostalgia is not what it used to be!!
SYMPTOMS OF BEING OVER 25
1. You leave clubs before the end to “beat the rush”.
2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going clubbing.
3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer and start dreaming of having a son who
might instead.4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property section.
5. You prefer Later with Jools Holland to Top of the Pops.
6. All of a sudden, Tony Blair is not 51, he’s only 51.
7. Before going out anywhere, you ask what the parking is like.
8. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them because they’ll be all right for
the garden.9. You buy your first ever T-shirt without anything written on it.
10. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of the newspaper, you suddenly see both
the benefit and money saving properties of a plastic winter cover for your garden bench and an electronic
mole repellent for the lawn. Not to mention the plastic man for the car to deter would-be thieves.11. You start to worry about your parents’ health.
12. You complain that ecstasy’s “not as pure as it used to be” coz you know that if you have some it will
take about 48 hours to recover and anyway you might look a bit of an idiot.13. Sure, you have more disposable income, but everything you want to buy costs between 200 and 500
quid.14. You don’t get funny looks when you buy a Disney video or a Wallace and Gromit bubble bath, as the
sales assistant assumes they are for your child.15. Pop music all starts to sound crap.
16. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they don’t have any pictures on the menus and
anyway, they do a really nice half-bottle of house white.17. You become powerless to resist the lure of self-assembly furniture.
18. You always have enough milk in.
19. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go clubbing, you instead frequent really loud
tapas restaurants and franchise pubs with wacky names in the mistaken belief that you have not turned
into your parents.20. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4’s Time Team with Tony Robinson.
You get drawn in.21. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.
22. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q.
23. You wish you had a shed.
24. You have a shed.
25. You actually find yourself saying “They don’t make ’em like that anymore” and “I remember when
there were only 3 TV channels” and “Of course, in my day….”26. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 and Jeremy Vine has some really interesting guests
on.27. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus, you tut at schoolchildren whose
diction is poor.28. When sitting outside a pub you become envious of their hanging baskets.
29. You make an effort to be in and out of the curry house by 11.
30. You find yourself saying “is it cold in here or is it just me?”
31. You come face to face with your own mortality for the first time, and the indestructibility of the 20s
Gives way to a realisation that you are but passing through this life; and if you don’t settle down soon and
have kids you’ll have no-one to look after you when you’re old and frail and incontinent and you can’t go
on p**sing your life up against a wall forever and think of how many brain cells you’re destroying every
time a swift half turns into 10 pints, and look at that, a full set of stainless steel saucepans for 99 quid,
they cost as much as 35 each if you buy them separately, and you get a milk pan thrown in,…..Re: another joke.
farmboy wrote:Whilst watching Top of the Pops you come out with comments like “Who are they?”, “Where’s the tune in that?” or “What the f— was that all about?”
Also you find your favourite music in the bargain bucket at HMVThis deserves another heading I think. I’ll repost my list from above in a new header, therefore we won’t detract from the jokes in this thread.
You watch top of the pops and ask who the presenter is? That to me is the sign I’m past it.
Dead right regards the music, buy a CD full price, 3 Months later in Wollies it is on the bargain shelf with a splash label, buy 3 for £18.
Back to the jokes I think.
Alex
Re: another joke.
25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a single bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 am is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favourite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of “hook up” and “break up.”
8. You go from 130 days of holidays to 20.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.”
10. You’re the one calling the police because those {e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}&@# kids next
door won’t turn down the stereo.11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps from noon to 6 pm.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of
one.18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 am would severely upset,
rather than settle, your stomach.19. If you’re a girl, you go to the drug store for ibuprofen and
antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.20. A £4.00 bottle of wine is no longer “pretty good stuff.”
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going
to drink that much again.”23. 90{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them
instead of asking “Oh s*$# – what happened?”25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that
doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one.Re: Electrolux Buyout?!
jimbo2207 wrote:word at hotperloni is that merloni are after elextrolux, I heard that just this week
I can’t see that happening; but you never know these days.
Thing is with Lux they are far more global than Hotperloni.
First thing they would do is close the Spennymore factory, the second thing is lose an agency in the south-west.
Not holding my breath.
Alex
Re: another joke.
A couple decide to go to the doctor for a checkup.
The doctor tells them that they’re physically okay, but they might want to
start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair.
His wife asks, “Where are you going?”
“To the kitchen” he replies.
“Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?”
“Sure.”
“Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?” she asks.
“No, I can remember it.”
“Well, I’d like some strawberries on top, too. You’d better write it down
because you know you’ll forget it.”
He says, “I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with
strawberries.”
“I’d also like whipped cream. I’m certain you’ll forget that, so you’d
better write it down!” she retorts.
Irritated, he says, “I don’t need to write it down, I can remember it!
Leave me alone! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream – I got it,
for goodness sake!”
Then he grumbles into the kitchen.
After about 20 minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his
wife a plate of bacon and eggs.
She stares at the plate for a moment and says – “Where’s my toast?Re: Comet Service Centres
pup wrote:what is like working for comet?
That depends on the local service centre and the manager. Some are good, and some are a shambles.
You would be worked fairly hard, but the above does make a difference regards morale.
Where are you based?
Alex
Re: Bradshaw Group
Maybe I haven’t read all the previous properly, but I thought you were initially putting in a defence. In which case that would move the hearing to your local court.
Did I miss something?
Are you using a solicitor?
All the best for 23 August, naturally you have our moral support.
Alex
Re: another joke.
A young man walked into a jeweller’s shop late one Friday, with a beautiful
young lady at his side. “I’m looking for a special ring for my girlfriend,” he said.The jeweller looked through his stock, and took out an outstanding ring priced at £5,000.
“I don’t think you understand… I want something very unique,” the young man said.
At that, the jeweller fetched his special stock from the safe.
“Here’s one stunning ring at £40,000.”The girls’ eyes sparkled, and the young man said that he would take it.
“How are you paying?”“I’ll pay by cheque but, of course, the bank would want to make sure that everything is in
order, so I’ll write a cheque and you can phone the bank first thing Monday.Then I’ll pickup the ring on Monday,” the young man suggested.
The jeweller agreed.Monday morning a rather angry jeweller phoned the man.
“You sir are a fraud – you lied! There’s no money in that account!”“I know, but can you imagine what a fantastic weekend I had?”
Re: zanussi tle1116w – bearings issue
Assume by left bearings you mean the ones within the counterweight?
Some versions had a bolt through the bearing assy into the tub shaft & some were held with a circlip. Yours should be the bolt type, therefore no problem.
As long as all the old bearing is removed complete with housing and the drum shaft is clean, there should be no problem with the final positioning of the shaft in relation to the housing. You can use the bolt to draw the shaft back through the bearing to acheive the final position.
Take your time and don’t try to force anything.
Alex
Re: another joke.
An old farmer in Kansas had owned a large farm for several years.
He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nice; picnic tables,
horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built.One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn’t
been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee.As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping
in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went
to the deep end of the pond. One of the women shouted to him, “We’re not coming out until you leave!”The old man frowned, “I didn’t come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.” Holding the bucket up he
said, “I’m here to feed the alligator.”Re: another joke.
An Australian found himself in a brothel in Kings Cross and decided to approach a prostitute. Not a bad looking Sheila as it happened.
He asked her, “How much do you charge for the hour?
“£100,” She replied.
“Do you do Aussie style?”
Not knowing exactly what this was she refused.
He tried to sweeten the deal and said, “I’ll pay you £300 to do it Aussie style”.
Again she declined.
Being the persistent type, he laid down the final offer, “I’ll give you £500 to go Aussie style with me!
What do you say?”
Finally she agrees thinking, “Well I’ve been in the game for over 10 years now.
I’ve been there and done that, and had every kind of request from weirdo’s from all over the world.
How bad could Aussie style be?”
After several intense hours of every possible way and position, she turned to him and said.
“That was fantastic, but I was expecting something perverted and disgusting.
Where does the Aussie style’ come in?”
The Aussie opened a can of beer and replied, “I’ll pay you next Wednesday when I get my dole cheque.
Re: Locate spare parts for a Zanussi DW70M
What are you looking for?
DW70M was a good old model and most parts still available.
Alex
Re: US Grand Prix
Lawrence wrote:From what I heard and read Michelin did fly a load of new tyres out to indy. the FIA said the teams couldn’t fit them as it contravened the new tyre regs Lawrence
That is correct, Michelin did state though there was no guarantee that the replacement tyres would be any better, and they still kept to their belief that the drivers should not run under the existing conditions.
Things were compounded by the state of the track, the surface had been scarified by a daimond cutter making it very abrasive. In adition the 9 degree camber of the 13the bend upset all the geometry regards the car/tyre management system.
The FIA didn’t help matters as they were not prepared to allow some degree of entertainment for the crowd, all on a point of order. They were quick enough in the early 80’s banning side skirts on the early tubo cars. Reason being the Renault team were unable to adapt their cars in order to compete, and there is a strong French connection with FIA.
So, from that there are 3 parties who need to share the blame, yet none of them are prepared to take ownership of the issue.
As Mark puts it, get rid of the Gizmos and lets have real drivers with the skills needed. The likes of Fangio, Sterling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Joachim Rindt never needed all these add ons, they relied on their driving.
Alex
