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Vipers
15,533 posts
97 months
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Pesty said: Vipers said: Didnt know that either, youl be telling me the Roman empire has fallen next   Errm you didn't know about Former Yugoslavia? Seriously? the other one is forgivable but there was this whole war thing not too long ago. You know where we bombed Serbia into the stone age. Remeber Bosnia? Kosovo? Never seen croatia play a football match? Honest guv, I dont read the papers much, never watch football. I find most papers are just crap, as I dont follow sport, no point of buying the papers really, might watch BBC news now and again, yes did know about Serbia.
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Vipers
15,533 posts
97 months
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Saw a stunning Morgan today, to which my misses said "Oh thats one of those kit cars isnt it?"....... Fortunately the owner was out of earshot. Bless her, she may not be the brightest when it comes to cars, but she is a wonderfull mother to our tribe.
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The Nur
5,426 posts
54 months
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A mate's Mrs just asked him if motorbikes in America are left or right hand drive? 
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gowmonster
1,307 posts
36 months
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The Nur said: A mate's Mrs just asked him if motorbikes in America are left or right hand drive? well..... they used to have the throttle/brake on opposite sides......
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TorqueVR
888 posts
68 months
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Last weekend we were going round the the brother in law & his wife for a meal and were collecting the sister on law on the way.
So, I asked
"what time are we picking your sister up?"
"On the way" she replied
"Yes, but when"
"On the way to Paul," she says a bit louder
" I know who and where" I said "But WHEN"
"ON THE WAY TO PAUL"
SO I took a deep breath and asked
" I know that but what time? i.e 4.00 maybe, or 4.30?
So I got "the look" "oh, 4.00ish I suppose"
So that was OK
So at about 8.00 I said
"when do you want to go home"
Reply "I don't want to be late back"
Christ here we go again!!!
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McHaggis
7,695 posts
24 months
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Very occasionally I say to my wife..
"Please just answer the damn question that I asked and not one you have made up"
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CBR JGWRR
5,078 posts
18 months
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gowmonster said: The Nur said: A mate's Mrs just asked him if motorbikes in America are left or right hand drive? well..... they used to have the throttle/brake on opposite sides...... Which is proper confusing.
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McHaggis
7,695 posts
24 months
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CBR JGWRR said: Which is proper confusing. I seem to remember it is the same with pushbikes - US ones had the brakes the other way around, as did early UK bikes.
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CBR JGWRR
5,078 posts
18 months
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McHaggis said: CBR JGWRR said: Which is proper confusing. I seem to remember it is the same with pushbikes - US ones had the brakes the other way around, as did early UK bikes. That wuld be slightly less cnfusing at least.
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McHaggis
7,695 posts
24 months
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CBR JGWRR said: That wuld be slightly less cnfusing at least. Someone has stolen your 'o'. Have a couple of spares: ooooooooooo
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CBR JGWRR
5,078 posts
18 months
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McHaggis said: CBR JGWRR said: That wuld be slightly less cnfusing at least. Someone has stolen your 'o'. Have a couple of spares: ooooooooooo Keyboard is playing up...
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LotusMartin
232 posts
21 months
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McHaggis said: I seem to remember it is the same with pushbikes - US ones had the brakes the other way around, as did early UK bikes. This is true - I nearly killed myself the first time out on a Mountain bike I bought in California whilst out there a few years ago - til I swapped them round the right way lol
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onyx39
3,450 posts
19 months
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Driving this morning, keeping the speed down to 28 as there was a threat of "scameras" around, the mrs say "why are you only doing 20 ??? " me: I'm not I'm doing 28 "your not , I can read the speedo it says 20" me: that's the rev counter showing 2000 rpm
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R300will
3,603 posts
20 months
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onyx39 said: Driving this morning, keeping the speed down to 28 as there was a threat of "scameras" around, the mrs say "why are you only doing 20 ??? " me: I'm not I'm doing 28 "your not , I can read the speedo it says 20" me: that's the rev counter showing 2000 rpm Pah! mine doesn't even know what the rev counter does. Only found this out recently when trying to explain when to change gear to keep the turbo above its threshold revs!! She was changing gear on engine note alone for the last 12 years! don't know whether to be proud or appalled
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gowmonster
1,307 posts
36 months
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R300will said: onyx39 said: Driving this morning, keeping the speed down to 28 as there was a threat of "scameras" around, the mrs say "why are you only doing 20 ??? " me: I'm not I'm doing 28 "your not , I can read the speedo it says 20" me: that's the rev counter showing 2000 rpm Pah! mine doesn't even know what the rev counter does. Only found this out recently when trying to explain when to change gear to keep the turbo above its threshold revs!! She was changing gear on engine note alone for the last 12 years! don't know whether to be proud or appalled Proud, only time I look at the rev counter to change is when in eco mode.
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R300will
3,603 posts
20 months
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gowmonster said: R300will said: onyx39 said: Driving this morning, keeping the speed down to 28 as there was a threat of "scameras" around, the mrs say "why are you only doing 20 ??? " me: I'm not I'm doing 28 "your not , I can read the speedo it says 20" me: that's the rev counter showing 2000 rpm Pah! mine doesn't even know what the rev counter does. Only found this out recently when trying to explain when to change gear to keep the turbo above its threshold revs!! She was changing gear on engine note alone for the last 12 years! don't know whether to be proud or appalled Proud, only time I look at the rev counter to change is when in eco mode. Exactly, its impressive that she can do it and therefore has good mechanical sympathy. But to not know what a rev counter does? i'd say she's evened out lol
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Carthage
2,975 posts
13 months
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R300will said: Exactly, its impressive that she can do it and therefore has good mechanical sympathy. But to not know what a rev counter does? i'd say she's evened out lol  Oh. I stopped looking at rev counters when my car's automatic choke (is that correct?) stuck on. It would continue to run/rev/behave in a deranged fashion even after I had supposedly switched off the engine, taken the key out and walked away.
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Bohally
812 posts
16 months
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gowmonster said: Proud, only time I look at the rev counter to change is when in eco mode. Only change up when it won't go any faster in the current gear.
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Dr Jekyll
5,524 posts
130 months
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R300will said: Pah! mine doesn't even know what the rev counter does.
Only found this out recently when trying to explain when to change gear to keep the turbo above its threshold revs!! She was changing gear on engine note alone for the last 12 years! don't know whether to be proud or appalled I'd been driving 10 years before I got a car with a rev counter.
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NotDave
20,951 posts
26 months
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LotusMartin said: This is true - I nearly killed myself the first time out on a Mountain bike I bought in California whilst out there a few years ago - til I swapped them round the right way lol Did the same with a giant I bought in France. Ouch
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