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mangocrazy wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:01 pm The last time my Lancia Beta needed a UK MoT I removed the rear fog lamp as it wasn't a requirement when the vehicle was made, it spoiled the look of the rear of the car and the damn thing was faulty anyway. Win-win.

Wossname wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 11:13 pm You got a Beta through an MOT?


Wow!

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:14 am I've often wondered why it's still called an MOT, since the MoT was rebranded as the DfT some years ago.

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:39 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:14 am I've often wondered why it's still called an MOT, since the MoT was rebranded as the DfT some years ago.

And you pay annual 'road fund licence', which hasn't directly funded roads since 1937.

https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-a ... road-fund/

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:47 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:39 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:14 am I've often wondered why it's still called an MOT, since the MoT was rebranded as the DfT some years ago.

And you pay annual 'road fund licence', which hasn't directly funded roads since 1937.

https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-a ... road-fund/

Thought it was vehicle excise duty?

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:47 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:39 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:14 am I've often wondered why it's still called an MOT, since the MoT was rebranded as the DfT some years ago.

And you pay annual 'road fund licence', which hasn't directly funded roads since 1937.

https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-a ... road-fund/

Thought it was vehicle excise duty?

Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!

Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting

I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:22 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:47 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:39 am

And you pay annual 'road fund licence', which hasn't directly funded roads since 1937.

https://ipayroadtax.com/no-such-thing-a ... road-fund/

Thought it was vehicle excise duty?

Lloyd George introduced a graduated tax on cars, based on their horsepower,

Name might have changed, but the rating method hasn't.

Yorick wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:37 am

Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!

Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting

I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside

We don't have mozzies here

Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!

Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting

I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside

weeksy wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:58 am

Yorick wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:37 am

Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!

Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting

I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside

We don't have mozzies here

Any reason?

mangocrazy wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:20 pm In Sheffield we're fortunate to have soft water, but in Stafford (where I used to live) and in our gaff in France the water is proper 'ard. Especially so in France - there's a reason there are limestone 'grottes' in the area. The French water is so hard it's seen off 3 (or is it 4?) cylinder elements in less than 10 years and we're only there a couple of months a year. So I've fitted a water softener and we'll see how it goes. But the immediate difference is the appearance of the stainless steel sink. It no longer has little calcium encrustations wherever there was once a droplet of water.

Mrs Mango is ecstatically happy about this.

I'd recommend a water softener to anyone who lives in a hard water area.

slowsider wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:22 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:47 am

Thought it was vehicle excise duty?

Lloyd George introduced a graduated tax on cars, based on their horsepower,

Name might have changed, but the rating method hasn't.

Isn't it based on emissions now?

Do keep up at the back.

Mussels wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:22 am

slowsider wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:22 am

Lloyd George introduced a graduated tax on cars, based on their horsepower,

Name might have changed, but the rating method hasn't.

Isn't it based on emissions now?

Do keep up at the back.

That's the theory but I don't think it has much to do with reality.

slowsider wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:22 am

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:47 am

Thought it was vehicle excise duty?

Lloyd George introduced a graduated tax on cars, based on their horsepower,

Name might have changed, but the rating method hasn't.

Isn't it based on emissions now?

Do keep up at the back.

Felix wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:59 am

Noggin wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:14 am Mosquitos. And other nasty bitey things!!

Went for a short walk yesterday morning, sat in the sun reading for ten minutes. Came back inside. In theory it wasn't that hot when I was out but something bit me. And on the inside edge of my left knee. Little fekker - now I have a grumpy knee cos it's not quite right yet and a bit that I want to use sandpaper on to get rid of the itch from the bite/sting

I do so prefer living up high - I think I've maybe been bitten a couple of times up there. Down here it happens any time I go outside

Get a tan. I discovered years ago on shit package tour holidays that they bit very little if not at all on your 2nd week. They seem to like milk bottle skin. Now we have a mash/wet land out the back of our house we now have them here but i am yet to be bitten where my neighbours are having to go get magic potions.

Ant wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:06 pm

slowsider wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:57 am

Horse wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:22 am

Lloyd George introduced a graduated tax on cars, based on their horsepower,

Name might have changed, but the rating method hasn't.

Isn't it based on emissions now?

Do keep up at the back.

It's been based on jealousy now for a few years. The more your car costs, the more tax you pay.