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daveatdave

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  1. this was sent to me today I don't know where it came from
  2. on my travels today a Tesco's filling station on a retail park had shut all the pumps bar one either side and cars were queuing up nearly onto the main road with all this panic buying the stations will be running out as it will be a few days before they will get another delivery
  3. there used to be a wagon park at our local market town a short walk to the shops pubs etc for supplies food then they upgraded the A1 to a motorway built a service station then closed the wagon park also know a few hgv drivers that have stopped driving because of the pay and conditions one of them worked for ES as a day driver and was put on the Tesco delivery said the timed delivery was a nightmare he even got locked in one yard while the security firm that came to pick up the cash had finished they would not open the gates for a hour and his boss was ringing him to see what he was doing as there was a tracker on his unit then trying to send him to another depo when he only had a hours driving left just enough to get back to his home depo he went into the office the next morning and asked for alternative for the supermarket runs they said there was none so he jacked there and then
  4. passed a morrisons this lunch time queued right down the road must have been 100 cars came past it at 8 tonight and there were about 20 yet about 5 miles down the road at a bp site there was 2 cars
  5. not yet but had a jumper on over the t shirt
  6. i have seen a bloke that has plastic grass pick his dog shit up then take it 600 yds. to the dog shit bin rather than put it in his wheelie bin
  7. looks like you want to lift it up at least a foot to bring it in line with the gable rake i would use 6x2 for them you might get 6inch of snow on the roof one day by the time you have built the gables you will be a expert go for it
  8. if its a thread that its coming out of try a thread sealant or it might be a o ring that's gone
  9. he did not cut any wood with it and it only run for a few seconds
  10. you could tell them with the increase in NI the price should go up but you are still willing to do the job at the quoted price
  11. flowering current has a deep root system don't know if it would stop a car though
  12. there was a 6 year old boy his mother changed his name and dressed him in girls clothes told the school of her decision and threatened them with prosecution if they did not do what she wanted i do not think a 6 year old has the faintest idea about gender i think its down to the parents
  13. why are they spraying water on them
  14. it will wake you up at 6 in the morning
  15. i did see something a few years back that a smoke generator combined with strobe lighting and a ear deafening alarm all inside a building /shed/container worked like a intruder alarm
  16. daveatdave

    9/11

    i was in a large garden unaware of events at the time a jet 2 aircraft came buy at about 1000 ft. as it is in a military fly zone it was unusual i think it was on its way to Leeds Bradford about 15 miles away which is about another 1000 ft above where it was
  17. look nice did you put the posts in slightly out of plum to allow for the pull of the gates when hung
  18. good job the roof moved forward and not drop straight down
  19. you could make a daft offer on it as they are not giving a warranty
  20. hydro seeding is for big areas for the small area you have just use coated grass seed this is the time of year you want to be doing it when the ground is still warm but there is moisture in the ground and don't forget you can get different types of seed for the area you are doing eg shade, hard wearing etc.
  21. about 20 years ago a big branch came down on a phone line it pined it to the ground but never broke it. started ringing the branch till we got to the line then flipped it off it was like a catty went back up no prob
  22. don't forget the warning signs
  23. check the exhaust and spark arrester is not carboned up

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