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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 6, 2024 12:50:45 GMT
I guess this classes as politics Tiktok from ladbible asking people in the north vs south, what a comfortable living wage is? (The north the question looks to be asked in Stockport) vm.tiktok.com/ZGewG7jj2/
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 7, 2024 8:35:02 GMT
Its whats inside thats important and you only see the outside when entering the building. Like a bloke i knew who ha one of them ugly ford scorpio estates with that frog eyed looking front. you do not see the outside when sat driving in comfortable leather seats with a good heater working. Too much is made out of the outside appearances of anything thats built or made for practical purposes. If grenfell flats did not need the cladding for any other reason than looks the deaths are on the designers hands. I had a Ford Scorpio estate. Nice car, but rubbish on fuel. 2.5L Italian marine diesel engine. Same engine that was fitted to the peugeot 505 that at one time was the taxi of choice in many parts of africa. Used to get about 35 mpg out of the one i had with an auto box as well and filled all its 7 seats up once going to the burnley game at wembley.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Sept 7, 2024 11:11:14 GMT
I had a Ford Scorpio estate. Nice car, but rubbish on fuel. 2.5L Italian marine diesel engine. Same engine that was fitted to the peugeot 505 that at one time was the taxi of choice in many parts of africa. Used to get about 35 mpg out of the one i had with an auto box as well and filled all its 7 seats up once going to the burnley game at wembley. Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 7, 2024 11:26:42 GMT
Same engine that was fitted to the peugeot 505 that at one time was the taxi of choice in many parts of africa. Used to get about 35 mpg out of the one i had with an auto box as well and filled all its 7 seats up once going to the burnley game at wembley. Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 Remember its french and all electrics are optional extras.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Sept 7, 2024 12:04:06 GMT
Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 Remember its french and all electrics are optional extras. 🤣
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 7, 2024 12:27:20 GMT
Same engine that was fitted to the peugeot 505 that at one time was the taxi of choice in many parts of africa. Used to get about 35 mpg out of the one i had with an auto box as well and filled all its 7 seats up once going to the burnley game at wembley. Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 My old fella used to work in Egypt from time to time. I remember him telling me the driving test over there involved driving forwards 50 yards, and then reversing back to where you started. If you didn’t hit anything, you passed. I imagine he wasn’t telling the truth, but kind of was…
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Post by Count de Stockport on Sept 7, 2024 12:58:24 GMT
Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 My old fella used to work in Egypt from time to time. I remember him telling me the driving test over there involved driving forwards 50 yards, and then reversing back to where you started. If you didn’t hit anything, you passed. I imagine he wasn’t telling the truth, but kind of was… Did he use the same test over here too?
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 7, 2024 13:38:39 GMT
My old fella used to work in Egypt from time to time. I remember him telling me the driving test over there involved driving forwards 50 yards, and then reversing back to where you started. If you didn’t hit anything, you passed. I imagine he wasn’t telling the truth, but kind of was… Did he use the same test over here too? Cheeky.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Sept 7, 2024 14:26:38 GMT
Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 My old fella used to work in Egypt from time to time. I remember him telling me the driving test over there involved driving forwards 50 yards, and then reversing back to where you started. If you didn’t hit anything, you passed. I imagine he wasn’t telling the truth, but kind of was… I've heard very similar, it was driven forwards, however far, then reverse backwards between 2 cones
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 7, 2024 20:36:11 GMT
Erm, why would Celtic Ultras sing “Rule Britannia”? I think you maybe need to work on your plausible deniability, Tommy… Angry scenes as thousands attend rival demonstrations in Glasgow www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20r7wzke97o
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Post by Bilby on Sept 8, 2024 7:11:33 GMT
Once got a ride in a Peugeot 505 taxi in Egypt ... A night time drive back to the hotel from the centre of Sharm El Sheikh. It had no headlights, which was interesting for 2 reasons, one it was dark, and two, flashing headlights on cars is an Egyptian national sport. And there was a very strong smell of petrol coming through the air vents. The driver was also on some kind of death mission. Oh how we laughed! 🤣 My old fella used to work in Egypt from time to time. I remember him telling me the driving test over there involved driving forwards 50 yards, and then reversing back to where you started. If you didn’t hit anything, you passed. I imagine he wasn’t telling the truth, but kind of was… On the subject on driving tests , I had to do the following in Natal in Brazil in 2010 to get mine.
"Psychological behavior/logic exam (exame psicotécnico): This test is to assess the person's mental suitability to drive. When completed, the individual will receive a certificate, which allows them to proceed to the next stage. "
The instructions for the exam were as follows:
"on the blank piece of paper in front of you draw 117 vertical lines". The room was full of others doing the same. When I got to about 60 the bloke said I could go!
Regarding Egypt, in Cairo we got a brand new looking Corolla taxi from the airport the hotel- Sofitel? about 3 miles from the Pyramids. We hit 3 other vehicles en route. No one stopped for a look at the damage.
After 5 days at that hotel we got a taxi to the hotel right next to the Pyramids- Indian owned back then in 2007, from where we were to start our package tour. The good lady sat behind the driver with the hand luggage and I was in the front. When I leaned back the seat went all the way back so my head was almost on the back seat- like a bed in business class. The car was ancient , AIR a 60's/70's Fiat 850. The hotel staff came out for a laugh!
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 8, 2024 8:59:45 GMT
You are a brave man bilby to sit next to any driver even in this country if you did not know them. The occasional time i do get a taxi i always sit behind the driver like some tend to do with me.
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Post by scfc29 on Sept 8, 2024 10:09:44 GMT
Slight tangent but so many new build houses are utter dog shit int terms of actually build quality and aesthetics. Bland generic boxes on new build estates, no amenities/facilities. Just miserable. Obviously not all are like that but I wouldn’t dream of even looking at a new build for our next house. Dogshit AND grossly overpriced. Because the primary market is ‘investors’ not owner-occupiers Is it? For new build houses? For new build apartments and flats then yes, but they’re generally build to a good standard with good amenities.
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 8, 2024 10:32:14 GMT
Dogshit AND grossly overpriced. Because the primary market is ‘investors’ not owner-occupiers Is it? For new build houses? For new build apartments and flats then yes, but they’re generally build to a good standard with good amenities. Certainly better insulated than many were in the past leading to keeping your bills down.
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Post by Bilby on Sept 8, 2024 10:44:26 GMT
You are a brave man bilby to sit next to any driver even in this country if you did not know them. The occasional time i do get a taxi i always sit behind the driver like some tend to do with me. It has been worse. I was in Colombia for the Queensland Government a number of times between 1999 and 2003 at the height of the worst problems there. Kidnapping was rife so I always stayed at the Sofitel Victoria Regia Bogota a hotel that would give a shuttle van to the airport , If the van was not around or I had a local appointment the details of any taxi picking me up would be carefully recorded. One time I had to transfer from Medellin (really a great place if any one is curious) to Baranquilla up on the Caribbean coast. I got a flight to Cartagena but could not get beyond by air that day so took a chance with a taxi, The conditions were he was not to stop for anyone and had to drive like the clappers. It is about 90 miles. Nerve wracking as the road was known as a kidnap hot spot. I stayed at EL Prado twice. A hotel seized by the government from the cartels. It's a great country though.
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