Norman Ingram:
Sorry Dave, I have ran out of ideaās, you will have to by a new one, or stick with the noisey transit. I last drove a brand new one in the late 60ās, and it was not too bad, went to Manchester to deliver Norvic shoes, and got a ticket to see the cup final replay between Chelsea V Leeds in 1970.
I wonāt be buying another new one Norm.The last new one cost me Ā£29,000.I paid Ā£17,000 for the transit just over 13years ago,it was two and a half years old with 1,800 miles on the clock and was like new.There are lots of good low mileage second hand low mileage vans around with all the gear,lifts etc for Ā£10,000 to Ā£15,000.I am always scouring the Internet to see what is available,but the two vehicles that I have will last a few years.I have a slight problem with the lift on my sprinter,but I will take it to Brislington near Bristol to a lift specialist and get it sorted.I aināt forking out Ā£30,000 for a new van just to see it depreciating over the next few years.I have done that too many times with cars,but now when I buy something I keep it a long time to get my moneys worth out of them.
Cheers Dave.
Go on Dave, just like that advert, buy it because your worth it, you know you really want too!
No way Norm,tok my transit to Gobowen this morning 120 miles round trip,she never missed a beat.Will be taking my sprinter to Brislington on Friday to get the lift sorted.Got better things to spend my money on than new vehicles.Iāve had enough of those in the past.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Oh Dave, I can see you are a canny man, set in your ways, but if you are content, I wll have to let it pass!
Not so much canny Norm,just not as rich as yourself. I was looking at the posh houses in Northampton-shire on
" Escape to the Country " this afternoon,and thought thatās an affluent area.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Oh Dave, I can see you are a canny man, set in your ways, but if you are content, I wll have to let it pass!
Not so much canny Norm,just not as rich as yourself. I was looking at the posh houses in Northampton-shire on
" Escape to the Country " this afternoon,and thought thatās an affluent area.
Cheers Dave.
I think they meant āeffulentā Dave, as in stinking rich, not āaffulentā, but happen Iām wrong? I get stick from my neighbours for running a 23 year old Volvo 940 and a 20 year old LDV 400 but at least I can still repair them cheaply and any depreciation was lost many years ago by previous owners! Never seen the sense of getting rid of something that still does the task, though I think that the Volvo is now proving a little awkward for the missus to get into being low down so it MAY get swapped for something like a Peugeot Partner which is a little higher. Oh and we might be coming down to your area near to Easter with the caravan for a few days so we want decent weather and no white stuff haha.
Norman Ingram:
Oh Dave, I can see you are a canny man, set in your ways, but if you are content, I wll have to let it pass!
Not so much canny Norm,just not as rich as yourself. I was looking at the posh houses in Northampton-shire on
" Escape to the Country " this afternoon,and thought thatās an affluent area.
Cheers Dave.
I think they meant āeffulentā Dave, as in stinking rich, not āaffulentā, but happen Iām wrong? I get stick from my neighbours for running a 23 year old Volvo 940 and a 20 year old LDV 400 but at least I can still repair them cheaply and any depreciation was lost many years ago by previous owners! Never seen the sense of getting rid of something that still does the task, though I think that the Volvo is now proving a little awkward for the missus to get into being low down so it MAY get swapped for something like a Peugeot Partner which is a little higher. Oh and we might be coming down to your area near to Easter with the caravan for a few days so we want decent weather and no white stuff haha.
Pete.
I would think the Peugeot would be quite a bit better on fuel as well than your Volvo,but probably not as comfortable.Give us a PM before you come down this way Pete,hopefully the weather will be better then.
Cheers Dave.
Norman Ingram:
Oh Dave, I can see you are a canny man, set in your ways, but if you are content, I wll have to let it pass!
Not so much canny Norm,just not as rich as yourself. I was looking at the posh houses in Northampton-shire on
" Escape to the Country " this afternoon,and thought thatās an affluent area.
Cheers Dave.
I think they meant āeffulentā Dave, as in stinking rich, not āaffulentā, but happen Iām wrong? I get stick from my neighbours for running a 23 year old Volvo 940 and a 20 year old LDV 400 but at least I can still repair them cheaply and any depreciation was lost many years ago by previous owners! Never seen the sense of getting rid of something that still does the task, though I think that the Volvo is now proving a little awkward for the missus to get into being low down so it MAY get swapped for something like a Peugeot Partner which is a little higher. Oh and we might be coming down to your area near to Easter with the caravan for a few days so we want decent weather and no white stuff haha.
Pete.
I would think the Peugeot would be quite a bit better on fuel as well than your Volvo,but probably not as comfortable.Give us a PM before you come down this way Pete,hopefully the weather will be better then.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Have had a go in a Peugeot Partner great for getting in and out of
would like a 2 ltr diesel version for pulling the caravan great tool Iām
about 5 foot 10 and had loads of room with a much higher driving
position, just need to win the lottery now.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry & Dave, if you both wait to win on the lottery as long as me, I*I have been trying so hard, I am more likely to come up on the Scoop six, I have had five up twice.
I have done the lottery ever since it began,used to do the football pools for years before that.I would be quite a bit better off if I hadnāt bothered to do either.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
I have done the lottery ever since it began,used to do the football pools for years before that.I would be quite a bit better off if I hadnāt bothered to do either.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I āinvestā Ā£16 a week on the National and Irish lotteries the Irish
I put on at the bookies and have had a couple of Ā£500+ wins the Nat-
ional one has divviedā up one or two tenners but this week Iām going to
hit the jackpot, Iāve got a feeling in my water, and what would I do if
I got the "big-un ā ā , Iād try and blow the lot before I croak.
thanks harry, long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
I have done the lottery ever since it began,used to do the football pools for years before that.I would be quite a bit better off if I hadnāt bothered to do either.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave I āinvestā Ā£16 a week on the National and Irish lotteries the Irish
I put on at the bookies and have had a couple of Ā£500+ wins the Nat-
ional one has divviedā up one or two tenners but this week Iām going to
hit the jackpot, Iāve got a feeling in my water, and what would I do if
I got the "big-un ā ā , Iād try and blow the lot before I croak.
thanks harry, long retired.
I spend Ā£4 @ week on the national lottery Harry,occasionally have a go on the Euro millions,might have a go tomorrow on that one as its a 44 million jackpot.
Cheers Dave.
Concerning the lottery of any type, I am lucky if I get one number. I ask myself is it worth it, but I still search for the rainbow and that pot of gold, but it is always out of my reach.
Norman Ingram:
Concerning the lottery of any type, I am lucky if I get one number. I ask myself is it worth it, but I still search for the rainbow and that pot of gold, but it is always out of my reach.
Same here Norm,not one number on either line.Have got a tenner to come back from the other week.I do five weeks at a time,two on a Wednesday and the same on a Saturday.Last night was the last on this ticket,so will renew it before Wednesday.Another Ā£20 down the drain.
Cheers Dave.
TAX DODGING IN THE I.O.M. !! Iāve just heard off one of Steam Rackets crew that an un-named geezer on the IOM is looking for a 40ft ISO box in which to move a large number of bags full of old white fivers,Ā£1 pound notes,Ten bob notes and various denominations of pre decmilisation coins all of which were, painstakenly and diligently, accrued over many years of ādoing dodgy nights outā.Apparently the floor of the container is being specially strengthened to carry the extra weight of the āill gottenā,the Shipping docs are a bit vague as to where the box is bound for though,so please watch this site for further details,the Steam Racket āgrassā has promised to keep a weather eye out and let me know when the Smit Tak heavy lift barge arrives in Douglas harbour !! Anon1.
hiya,
Was informed a day or two back that the price of a lottery ticket is being
raised to Ā£2, what can I do about it, well for a start I only intend to invest
less than half of what I do now so instead of Ā£16 quid a week I only intend
to invest Ā£6 quid and several people Iāve spoken to say they intend doing the
same and one or two say they theyāll chuck it altogether so if everybody is
in the same mind the lottery wallahās will be the losers, greedy sods.
I wouldnāt care lots of the cash goes to causes you darenāt mention on here
for fear of being called a racist.
thanks harry, long retired.
Supposed to come in November, in case you donāt know, the lottery has been sold to a Canadian pension fund group to provide pensions to their members, so when you purchase your tickets, knowing you are providing old people in another country with funds.
Norman Ingram:
Supposed to come in November, in case you donāt know, the lottery has been sold to a Canadian pension fund group to provide pensions to their members, so when you purchase your tickets, knowing you are providing old people in another country with funds.
hiya,
Thats it then Norm youāve finally persuaded me to chuck the lottery
altogether, If the Irish one is still owned by the same people Iāll still
invest a few bob in that via the bookies, I did read a little time ago
that some bleedinā gay and lesbian group had received a large lump
of funding for new premises from the Lottery fund, what a liberty
ehā a load of people who have totally unacceptable lifestyles getting
money which should be going to good causes.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry itās the same with the councils, they waste so much money on stupid things, on the market square they spent thousands on a fountain, that came out of the ground and returned to a tank, then shut it off when a hosepipe ban came in, and said itās to show they are not wasting water. How on earth are you wasting water when it returns to a tank?
I get stick from my neighbours for running a 23 year old Volvo 940 and a 20 year old LDV 400 but at least I can still repair them cheaply and any depreciation was lost many years ago by previous owners! Never seen the sense of getting rid of something that still does the task, though I think that the Volvo is now proving a little awkward for the missus to get into being low down so it MAY get swapped for something like a Peugeot Partner which is a little higher. Oh and we might be coming down to your area near to Easter with the caravan for a few days so we want decent weather and no white stuff haha. 
