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Ali Tait
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Congrats Shane. I suggest buying a space saver wheel kit, I did for my car. Comes in a bag with a jack and breaker bar.

Just had one of the worst winter drives ever. Am doing a first aid course at Newcastle so am travelling from Galashiels. Most of the drive back was a whiteout, the road keeps climbing until you pass the border. Luckily I caught up with a plough otherwise I’d never have made it, as it was I fishtailed most of the way up the hill.

What I’ve learned from this is either-

A) The snow tyres I bought are crap
B) Even with snow tyres, BMW’s are rubbish in the snow. :D

Journey should take 1.75 hours. Took me 3.5.
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Ali Tait wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:03 pm Congrats Shane. I suggest buying a space saver wheel kit, I did for my car. Comes in a bag with a jack and breaker bar.

Already scouring eBay!

True, I’m only talking about a Devon winter. They do things properly where you are!
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#11148 Re: Nothing In Particular

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They did today! :D
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#11149 Re: Nothing In Particular

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Even with snow tyres, BMW’s are rubbish in the snow
I could have told you that :-)

They are much worst without the snow tyres,
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Must be degrees of serious crapness. :D
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Ali Tait wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:03 pm ... so am travelling from Galashiels.
Hang on, hang on.

Any foole knows that's a made up name of a planet in a Star Wars filumn.

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I stayed in Galashiels for a couple of days, back in 1991. Does that make me a spaceman ?
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Yes.

Or a bounty hunter or summat.
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Think I’ll need the Millennium Falcon to get to work tomorrow.
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Ali Tait wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:58 pm Think I’ll need the Millennium Falcon to get to work tomorrow.
Or something like this ?

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Ali Tait wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:58 pm Think I’ll need the Millennium Falcon to get to work tomorrow.
Ah, you must be doing the Kessel spice run then.

Ever done it in less than 20 Parsecs?
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20 parsecs? Pah! That’s the long way round.
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#11158 Re: Nothing In Particular

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pre65 wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:19 pm
Ali Tait wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:58 pm Think I’ll need the Millennium Falcon to get to work tomorrow.
Or something like this ?

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That’ll do!
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Just thought that this was cool...

German artist Simon Weckert tricked Google Maps into thinking there was a massive traffic jam by pulling around a cart with 99 smart phones in it...

So, anyone using Google Maps as their GPS route planning system was routed away from the area he was in... Result? Empty roads in the centre of town :D

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
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jack wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:46 am Lost an old pear tree. Snapped off at the root...

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That's interesting I had one get blown down at the old place, think it was a storm we had between Xmas & new year 2014.
 
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