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I've left my house and all the art works to the National Trust - I bought Gold bullion with all the cash assets and now I've given the kids a map so that when I go they can dig it up as Sovereigns and sell them one by one. The jewels are all in the freezer amongst the ice and the furs. It would also be worth buying a few more nationalities so that you can leave money and goods in other countries. On the other hand I could just spend it all before I go!!

My nephew used that slide - When I asked him how it felt he said "Great"

As I haven't won the premium bonds this month - I am behind them!! Our postie - Gordon is absolutely brilliant - worth every penny. Keep their jobs I say and sod the Governemnt.

The usual ones I suspect: Rusted, seized nuts and "welded" to the next piece of pipe in the line - apart from that should be failry straight forward (settles tongue firmly in cheek).

That'd do it! Missed his kneecaps - Hit him in the orchestra's and take another shot!!! I don't think this is so much about protecting the family but more about the fact that our Police - armed or not - feel totally hamstrung and unsupported by the Governemt, media and the wrong sections of the community.

Because I thought maybe members might like to debate the underlying issue!

Being a Police officer in the UK Question: How do you tell the difference between a British Police Officer an Australian Police Officer and an American Police Officer? Answer: Pose the following question: You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock 40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do? UK POLICE OFFICERS Answer : Well, that's not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids? Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation? Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it? Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children? Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me? Should I call 999? Why is this street so deserted? We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behaviour. If I raise my gun and he turns and runs away, do I get blamed when he falls over running away, knocks his head and kills himself? If I shoot him, and lose the court case does he have the opportunity to sue me, cost me my job, my credibility and I will lose my family home? AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS Answer: BANG! AMERICAN OFFICERS Answer: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click.... (Sounds of reloading) BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Click. Daughter: "Nice grouping, Dad! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?"

I think the word in question was " Horny " Thank God for that! I thought the word was Randy!! Or even bandy!

We're all stallions round here!! ;)

I agree - There is a small minority of cyclists who take the attitude that they have more rights on the orad than other road users - That aside you just have to take care!

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...lange&st=30 Have a look here - I had this problem some while ago!!

I had parked my car for a week in Luton Airport long Stay - when I came to get it I thought it sounded a little starnge. 110 miles later at home I discovered the centre box had completely snapped off the pipe at the Cat end. Trip to GSF and

Nothing wrong with London - better than Slough or Lincoln or Glasgow or Edinburgh or Swansea or anywhere!!

Brilliant!!

I agree Tiny - that it is a contentious issue - I also agree that it can't be helping. I do think we need to clear up a few points though. I don't know about you but I never could afford to buy a house at age 19 or 20 I had to wait until I had enough money saved at 26. There is this expectation that everyone of working age should have the right and the opportunity to buy a house and that somehow something has changed which stops them from doing that - It hasn't !! most of them never could or would have!.. My parents didn't own their own home until their 50's - almost everyone I grew up with lived in Council or privately rented homes. Purchase wasn't an option for the majority - although eveyone sees it as their god given right - mostly for the purposes of making money not living in.!

But what will the kids eat for their tea?

As far as I see it this is an issue that cannot now be solved. More than half of our economy seems to be related to the selling, buying renting or building and renovating houses!. If you slow the sales down then the estate agents, solicitors and mortgage companies suffer (Hooray!!) If you stop the renovations then all the tradesmen suffer (reserve judgement on that one!). All the DIY stores need the market to stay buoyant - It seems that no one would actually want the prices to come down! Mind you I get a bit annoyed when people complain that house prices are so high that they can't buy any - so can't make any money!!. Houses are for living in - they should not be viewed as an investment and as a primary reason to buy. Once that's agreed maybe some sense will come back to the market place. I don't know about you but in my High Street there are 12 Estate Agents out of 44 shops. That cannot ge right. Yet they all seem to make money.

Little MARK was sitting on a park bench munching on one chocolate bar after another. After the 6th one, a man on the bench across from him said, "Son, you know eating all that chocolate isn't good for you. It will give you acne, rot your teeth, and make you fat." Little MARK replied, "My grandfather lived to be 107 years old." The man asked, "Did your grandfather eat 6 candy bars at a time?" Little MARK answered, "No, he minded his own f*****g business. One day, during lessons on proper grammar, the teacher asked for a show of hands from those who could use the word "beautiful" in the same sentence twice. First, she called! On little Suzie, who responded with, "My father bought my mother a beautiful dress and she looked beautiful in it." "Very good, Suzie," replied the teacher. She then called on little Michael. " My mommy planned a beautiful banquet and it turned out beautifully." She said, "Excellent, Michael!" Then the teacher reluctantly called on little MARK. "Last night at the dinner table, my sister told my father that she was Pregnant, and he said 'Beautiful, just f*****g beautiful!'" Little MARK was sitting in class one day. All of a sudden, he needed to go to the bathroom. He yelled out, "Miss Jones, I need to take a p*ss!!" The teacher replied, 'Now, MARK, that is NOT the proper word to use in this situation. The correct word you want to use is 'urinate.' Please use the word 'ur-I-nate' in a sentence correctly, and I will allow You to go." Little MARK, thinks for a bit, and then says, "You're an eight, but if you had bigger tits, you'd be a TEN!" Little MARK goes to school, and the teacher says, "Today we are going to learn multi-syllable words, class. Does anybody have an example of a multi-syllable word?" MARK says "Mas-tur-bate." Miss Rogers smiles and says, "Wow, little MARK, that's a mouthful." Little MARK says, "No, Miss Rogers, you're thinking of a bl**job." Little MARK returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic "Why?" asks the father? "The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3,'" I said "6", replies MARK. "But that's right!" says his dad. "Yeah, but then she asked me "How much is 3x2?'" "What's the f*****g difference?" asks the father "That's what I said!"

This statement sounds suspiciously like a BTL landlord trying to tell himself that he's actually helping to keep prices down and performing a vital social service! :lol: And in the next line he blames the "crisis" on new??? people requiring homes..... I do not own any BTL properties I have just the house I live in. What I wasn't trying to do was justify BTL - on the contrary I think it stinks - What I thought I was making clear was that BTL whilst increasing prices wasn't causing a lack of homes to LIVE in. The rest of your epistle I agree with totally. :ph34r:

Finally did those pics. I took out the headlamp - Then cut away some of the fibre glass so that i could get at the union - Then Fibre glassed it again.

Whilst I agrre in principle to restricting the number of houses you own - The general reason why most people own multiple homes is to rent them out and if they are rented out then they are helping to ease the housing crisis. So that isn't the issue. What is probably causing more than enough pain is the influx of new people requiring homes. If the current lists can't house the ones already here ,what happens to those newly arrived and by extension those already here!! Who gets preference for the stock that doesn't exist!. Moreover have any of you noticed that with all the massive housebuilding going on there is virtually no "affordable homes" it is almost exclusively "Luxury" housing - So where do the oiks live?

I have two galaxies - a 1997 with 138K on the clock with original clutch & gearbox the other a 2001 with 120k on the clock with orignal clutch and Gearbox. So it doesn't sound like a reasonable mileage to me - although you would need to take itno account how it was used. I would certainly ask some questions about why the failure should take place only 5000 after a recall repair. Why didn't they check notice or advise that there was a problem then? I would assume that they replaced the clutch at the same time - so in fact you have a total gearbox failure 8 months after. I would look to them for a free replacement - It may be that the gearbox oil was partially drained and not replaced. I am not a legal expert but I would ask someone for legal advice.

I actually bought a set of rubber bushes for my wishbones but have never fitted them _ I can't remember if they were the front or rears though. It's certainly something I will look into as they are replaceable - I suppose it just depends on how much you pay for your wishbones in the first place. Wel done John.

It might not be the condenser but it's simple enough to check. Other areas are the pipework - Min went on the pipe that exists the compressor.

One of the benefits of mild infections like chicken pox is that they help to improve your immune system - they also allow your immune system to develop antibodies to similar diseases . It's a good thing to have these childhood illnesses.