Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

How come most Gypsies insist that they are not Gypsies but travelers, and yet they never travel anywhere.
Most Gypsies (sorry travelers) move less frequently than most of us move house.

Who are the mugs.

About 35 years ago a large static site was built for Gypsies in Nottingham. This site had all the amenities that an all inclusive holiday resort could wish for. OK a bit of exaggeration there, but they did have shower and wash blocks with their own laundrette.
All the facilities had hot water and central heating.
During the first winter the council received complaints that the central heating and hot water systems did not work. On inspection it was found that all the copper piping had been removed. The Gypsies said they were not to blame and it must have been outsiders. Of course it was, with a wall surround and access by a gate it was obviously some passerby just wandered in, stole the copper piping without being noticed and wandered out again.
What followed.
The copper piping was replaced and within a couple of months the same disappearing act occurred.
And yet, guess what.
Thats right, the copper piping was replaced yet again.
From memory the replacement piping was reported at costing 20,000 a time,the camp itself cost something like 200,000 all at 1976 prices.
I don't know what happened after that as this farcical but true story was reported in the local Nottingham Evening Mail, just before I moved to Yorkshire.

You couldn't make it up.

3,

Are you polishing your own chip?

I agree with exec and think he trying to be helpful with his suggestion and was being helpful.

As an old "chap", I don't mind being call such.


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I am trying to agree with Greek and Aids.

I know I will feel much safer in the "them and us society".

Bring back the Empire, we know how to rule the .

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Probably the klingon empire :-)

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Getting back to cars, can anyone beat this and you have to own it.

I drive a A3 3.2 v6 Quattro DSG (Paddles) S.Line 160mph

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N,

Did you prefer the Odeon?
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D,

Why do you have that car?

Are you hoping for P envy?

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fred

I drive fast you only live once. What I like about it is, it doesnt look fast it catches out all these young boy racers. lol

Uhm!

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Driver,

As Mnamreh says, No need to apologise. Mind you that still does not mean I don't hate you.

Laughter the key to a long life?

Bob Hope's wife Dolores dies aged 102

Wife of late entertainer, a singer in her own right, dies of natural causes in Los Angeles eight years after her husband's death

Driver
I had a Porsche 944 Turbo SE (Sports Equipment, uprated gearbox, limited slip, racing shocks, speed electronically limited to 162) in guards red as my company car.

Haystack

Not Bad

There is a new Audi coming out. A3 RS3 2.5 Turbo a bit pricy at 40k and mine is just as fast lol again.

greekman
Will you still hate me if I give you a ride.

Na, but I don't make a very good passenger at speed.

Mind you, if you are a tall, long legged, blue eyed, gorgeous blond (FEMALE) then I might just give it a go.

As to speed, my most frightening experiences were a 80 mph sideways slide round a bend at Donington, (more luck than skill that I got it back) in a Mini Cooper and a take to the grass moment in a single seater Ferrari at the same bend.
After the Mini Cooper incident, I must admit it took a couple of laps to get my bottle back, whilst I knew I was pushing the Ferrari a bit too much, so I could at least feel that coming.

But if you love speed, like I do, thats what its all about.

My ambition, in life is o own my own racing car.

We can live in hope!

I used to do a bit of amateur rallying back in the stone age. I drove 3 cars - A 1500 GT Anglia (which I modified from the standard 997cc model) , a mini cooper and latterly a MK1 RS1600 Escort with the 16 valve BDA engine - which really was something else!

I see in Northampton's local rag that four caravans' full of travellers have recently parked up in a now vacant Focus DIY outlet car park, which is across the other side of town from where I live.

I wonder if they are from Dale Farm, Basildon, Essex?

The article goes on to say:

In February, the Chronicle & Echo reported how the number of illegal traveller camps in Northamptonshire had fallen by almost 64 per cent during the past two years.

A report before a meeting of the Northamptonshire Traveller Consortium Executive Board suggested the county was bucking the trend for unauthorised encampments, with only 17 reported during one snapshot month July 2010 down from 47 in the same month in 2008.

The research also showed that during the period from April 1 last year until January 31, 2011, a total of only 47 illegal encampments were found in Northamptonshire.

So I guess, unlike Basildon, Northampton have been winning their battle.

How's your town/area doing with the 'travellers'?

Driver,

You don't intimidate ME.

Just to get you jealous.

I have a 6.2litre, 6 plus ton Chevrolet.

Once started, difficult to stop.

Won't tell you my top speed, it may embarrass you.