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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It seems we're still teaching the Germans..... English word enters German Dictionary ....& with the mess Europe is currently in, it has to be the biggest & most apt word! |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
This is what you get for allowing unelected punks to control us......... Minister's Angry .....what about the Human Rights of the victims & their families? I said it before & I'll say it again, any politician that stands up & says, you stepped outside the rules & laws of society, we'll lose the key will win any election time & time again! |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
This is what you get for allowing unelected punks to control us........ You can say that again!!! Time we sounded, "Last bell" on this lot. The British voting public aren't prepared to put up with much more from them nor Brussels either....roll-on the General Election in 2015...there's going to be some big changes one way or another. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30649 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
This is what you get for allowing unelected punks to control us......... I think toss the key sentences are too light. There shouldn't even be a key to the cage. Weld the thing shut. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
+1 for the last 3 posts. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Nice insights to the EU..... How the EU works "In 2012 the budget for the service was 489m euros (£422m; $649m), and it has a staff of 3,500 (1,500 in HQ and 2,000 in delegations)." "A European Parliament report this year called the service top-heavy and slow to react to crises" Isn't that true of all governments? |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Can understand why the anti-EU groups in Germany are on the up's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRy2gaLSxnU The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Ah what a shame. Wonder how long before they get really fed up of the Euro? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
All those with caravans be afraid, very afraid. Your holiday cash is about to disappear.... EU Caravan Roadworthiness Test |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
All those with caravans be afraid, very afraid. Your holiday cash is about to disappear.... How long before push bikes, kids tricycles and mothers prams get included. ...watch-out Paddy, hope your wheelbarrow's MOT certificates is in date!! The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Love it. |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
The best solution to a caravan it to allocate an RPG to see if off, as seen on Top Gear It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
I have always thought that towed caravans should have an annual MOT and pay Road Tax, at £200 on the 500,000 vans would give the Exchequer £1billion more. Clearly Motorhomes pay Road Tax and have an MOT, so why are caravans not treated the same? It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Clearly Motorhomes pay Road Tax and have an MOT, so why are caravans not treated the same? Because a Motorhome is a vehicle in it's own right, while a caravan is attached to another vehicle that already pays road tax. Why should caravans have to pay twice? Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Chris - I object to your use of the phrase -"always towed by an underpowered car". The last few times I've towed a caravan lack of power hasn't been a problem on my behalf. Imagine the A38 in Devon, you know the three dimensionally twisty bit, and a small caravan being towed by a Land Rover which had been mated with a decent V8 - you could see the driver in front looking for the TVR, then as the road cleared realising that the TVR wasn't a TVR, but that Land Rover being pursued by a caravan and Land Rover shouldn't be making noises like that, or accelerating like that.... As to the subject of an MOT for caravans, certainly, most of the spend a lot of the year sitting in a field, tyres, brakes, bearing etc. all deteriorating through lack of use and maintenance. They then get pulled out onto the road, and "thrashed" down to the coast for a few days in salt air.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19060 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Clearly Motorhomes pay Road Tax and have an MOT, so why are caravans not treated the same? Because they take up twice the space, and depending on the weight of the caravan probably do just as much damage to the road as any other vehicle. And certainly, in a lot of cases, cause the drivers of vehicles near them to damage the edges of the roads and the verges, when trying to dive out of the way. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
No, although it seems that you would like it to be. You a mind reader then? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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