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Re: A right now thread
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:00 am
by cheb
Potter wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:58 am
v8-powered wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:33 pm
Ours not looking so pretty - half drained and few slabs lifted. Got to fully drain next week ready for the boys to cut in 2 new inlets, lift about 25% of the slabs and replace the buried pipework
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Nice, I have garden envy.
I don't have a long stretch of lawn like that, I'd struggle to fit a cricket pitch on ours, then it goes into a wild rockery area that someone else built with
monster rocks that would take a crane to get rid of.
My grandparents had a couple of tennis courts and a long lawn, it always brings back good memories to see a decent long lawn.
Time to go old school, hammer, chisel and feathers. Then wheel barrow it away.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:12 am
by Noggin
cheb wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:59 am
The Devonions are right, after all they invented the pastie too.
Ooooooooo Fight!!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:30 am
by Taipan
Sitting in the Land Rover customer area drinking their coffee and resisting their cakes…
Yakking with the service receptionist I said how’s things? She said really busy!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:28 am
by Taipan
Seeing one up close for the first time. Lovely looking convertible!!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:30 am
by Taipan
Always thought these looked like a big Suzuki Vitara until I saw one up close. Very purposeful looking vehicle.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
by Horse
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:06 am
by Taipan
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
Not actually sure what they are? There’s a young couple looking at it now and they can only be late 30s or early 30s? That spec defender is the best part of £100k!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:06 am
by Taipan
So far I’ve had a white coffee, cappuccino and a macchiato! Probably not the best idea for someone suffering from insomnia at the moment!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:10 am
by KungFooBob
Taipan wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:06 am
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
Not actually sure what they are? There’s a young couple looking at it now and they can only be late 30s or early 30s? That spec defender is the best part of £100k!
It's not about how much it costs to buy, it's all about the monthly payment on the PCP.
That's why every man and his dog on council estates are driving C class mercs.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:15 am
by Taipan
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:10 am
Taipan wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:06 am
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
Not actually sure what they are? There’s a young couple looking at it now and they can only be late 30s or early 30s? That spec defender is the best part of £100k!
It's not about how much it costs to buy, it's all about the monthly payment on the PCP.
That's why every man and his dog on council estates are driving C class mercs.
Ahh hadn’t thought of that! Still not sure I’d want those kind of payments though!
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:26 am
by KungFooBob
I just built an £80k one on the website...
For 5k deposit I could have it for 5 years at only £1185.74 a month.
Final payment only £40k... Not that you would, you'd enter into another PCP deal on a new one.
Personally I'd never do this, but plenty do.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:28 am
by KungFooBob
I've just booked the SL in for an 'A' service... £135.
That's £500 cheaper than the last 'B' service
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:59 am
by Count Steer
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
It's part of the 'improved aerodynamics' pack.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:13 am
by Horse
Count Steer wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:59 am
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
It's part of the 'improved aerodynamics' pack.
In the same category as "polishing a turd"
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:28 pm
by cheb
What's that line about not owning anything and being happy?
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:36 pm
by Zimbo
Horse wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:48 am
Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
I believe it covers the ladder, which can be deployed to access the roof ...
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:42 pm
by Noggin
Sitting here herding all my courage together to go across the road to a bar that is showing the rugby tonight. It's not somewhere I normally go and is very local. I really don't go there on my own unless I know friends are there or arriving!! LOL
Luckily I did check and a french friend is also going to watch the match, so at least there'll be one friendly face
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:44 pm
by KungFooBob
Noggin wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:42 pm
Sitting here herding all my courage together to go across the road to a bar that is showing the rugby tonight. It's not somewhere I normally go and is very local. I really don't go there on my own unless I know friends are there or arriving!! LOL
Luckily I did check and a french friend is also going to watch the match, so at least there'll be one friendly face
You're going to support the country that made your motorcycle, right?
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:51 pm
by Count Steer
cheb wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:28 pm
What's that line about not owning anything and being happy?
I always thought most of the alternatives were worse actually. Own nothing and be unhappy, own lots and be unhappy.
I suppose 'own lots and be happy' would be
but it doesn't always seem to work like that.
Re: A right now thread
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:28 pm
by Noggin
KungFooBob wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:44 pm
Noggin wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:42 pm
Sitting here herding all my courage together to go across the road to a bar that is showing the rugby tonight. It's not somewhere I normally go and is very local. I really don't go there on my own unless I know friends are there or arriving!! LOL
Luckily I did check and a french friend is also going to watch the match, so at least there'll be one friendly face
You're going to support the country that made your motorcycle, right?
TBF, I started off supporting the one I live in, but I did start to feel sorry for the bike makers
