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The Devonions are right, after all they invented the pastie too.
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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 :thumbdown:

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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.
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cheb wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:59 am The Devonions are right, after all they invented the pastie too.
Ooooooooo Fight!! :lol: :lol:
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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! :? :D
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Seeing one up close for the first time. Lovely looking convertible!!

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Always thought these looked like a big Suzuki Vitara until I saw one up close. Very purposeful looking vehicle. 😎

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Is that a 'long way round' pannier glued on the back?
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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! :crazy:
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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!🙄
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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! :crazy:
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.
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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! :crazy:
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!
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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.
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I've just booked the SL in for an 'A' service... £135.

That's £500 cheaper than the last 'B' service :)
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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. :lol:
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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. :lol:
In the same category as "polishing a turd" :D
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What's that line about not owning anything and being happy?
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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 ...
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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 :D :D
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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 :D :D
You're going to support the country that made your motorcycle, right? :P
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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 :thumbup: but it doesn't always seem to work like that.
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