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If you've ridden a motorcycle behind a non sheeted load of sand on a windy day you would soon realise why it's a sensible idea

If she went like a train, then I think I could have tolerated not watching Blackadder with her and maybe going to the odd Cliff Richard concert once a year.......although from my experience female Cliff fans are as celibate as he makes out to be.

Womens football seemingly 'must' have women pundits and commentators, but few if any men. Mens football 'seemingly' must have women pundits and commentators as well, but not a few.

I have wondered exactly why if one celebrity is outwardly gay they 'must' have a same sex partner. Why? Why can't a gay guy dance with a straight girl, or even a gay girl? After all it's about the dancing...not who they may or may not be attracted to?

I'm watching the darts

Led Zeppelin. Technically brilliant............but as the songs go I think you needed to be stoned. Very overated, but liked by those 'thinking people' who think they were cool, because they weren't a mainstream 'pop' chart act. Which is fine....if the music was any good...which generally it wasn't

Reminds me of a joke that done the rounds at school at the time. Mark Bolan was on the radio today.................and the steering wheel, the windscreen and the dashboard.

Think I'll skip the fries and go straight for the fillet o' fish thanks.

This is true. I often listen to machinery operators as i pass them and think 'thats not running right' but if you were to stop and ask they would think it were fine. I got so fed up listening to my neighbour mowing his lawn the other side of the fence this year with his mower constantly hunting i cured it for him. New carb diaphragm on the briggs engine and running as smooth as a smooth thing after. Bloke though the hunting sound was normal.

99% of mccullochs were b& q homebase crap fodder, but the did make an alternative range for the specialist dealer to sell and were call the promac range. As the name suggests they were pro quality machines. I recall years ago selling the hedge cutters....made in italy. Nothing chinese then. Yours looks like it could be a promac model, but difficult to make out. If you can get it running for a few quid, then use it until it goes bang. The promac models are very old now, and if its a b&q special then launch it

It's made with evaporated milk, so unlikely to be the same milk they add to it. Never heard of it served with custard. When I was at school it was always served as it is with half a green apple on the side

Well, if it is a 'carb thing' then this model is really easy to work on, and even the pattern carbs for 20 quid or so are pretty good. Whip the exhaust off and have a look at the piston, that would be my next logical step. Symptoms seem lean mix due to poor compression or air leak...possibly crank seals. But exhaust off and take a look at the condition of the piston next

The sad thing is, when i was at school in the 70's no one would have batted an eyelid to that suggestion.....assuming it hadn't already been thought of. And in reality it still is a very reasonable suggestion......back in the day, parents would have even been asking for it, but now you are not allowed to categorise or for want of a better word 'shame' people. Which is why we have obesity, drug dependency and alcoholism......I think when people were shamed to be fat or a druggie or a pisshead they may have done something about it. Now it is supposed to be 'normal' because you cannot criticise it. You make it 'normal' and when people think it's normal, they don't need to do anything about it. No shame anymore....it's illegal.

Its a traditional kent dessert. Very nice, but quite sickly. Morrison branches in kent sell it on a regular basis according to one of my relatives that live there

They are starting to realise the advances in medical science finding cures for this and that, and prolonging illnesses which 20 or 30 years ago would have been terminal within a few months, thus creating an ageing population who will continue to draw state pension and all the other subsidised government 'perks' actually is costing a lot more money on the system than they thought. Getting to the point there will be more taking out than putting in the pot.

I only hear americans stating that

A few years ago we had a cat that was on regular monthly medication for the rest of her life....was costing me around £40 a month, so looked online. Identical stuff was £25 so went to order and they asked for a copy of the vets 'prescription' before they could sell to me. Went to vet and they said, yes we know you can get it cheaper online, but that's our price. If you want a copy of the vets prescription to take away every month so you can buy it online it will cost you £10 per month as the prescription is only valid for 30 days....it costs us time and money to produce a prescription which is why we charge. I think they thought for a saving of 'only' a fiver a month I wouldn't bother going elsewhere...but I did just out of spite!

When i was a kid we had rubber brake blocks for doing that on mine

Now you're 60, you also qualify for a senior persons railcard. Saves you a third off all train tickets, ok it cost around £30 a year, but you will save that and more if you use the train even once a month.

They are predominantly designed to protect an operator from flying debris such as stones or cut material during the brush cutting process. They arent generally designed to protect from thorns etc as most people dont wade into a pile of brambles before deciding to start cutting it down. They work from the outside in. Hedge cutting protective trousers are designed more for that kind of thing, dont have the impact protection you would need if brush cutting

£20 is a couple of coffees and a couple of sandwiches at costa nowadays, and the coffees will last longer than a £20 pot and piston. As you say, you do get what you pay for, so for that end of the price range you are just going to buy a paperweight for that money. If you are going to spend a few hours of your life repairing anything, then you want to ensure that precious time isnt wasted. Being a stihl dealer, then oem is the way to go, but there are others on here who have more experience than i do of pattern parts...particularly pistons and cylinders. Quality varies wildly, as do machining tolerances....someone will be on here soon with an aftermarket recommendation.....but will be a lot more than the £20 paperweights you have seen.

Has it had fuel left in it since last last time it was used proper? Having to engage choke for any slight improvement suggests to me your carb is clogged internally with old fuel residue, and to overcome that restriction the choke is artificially richening the fuel.

Mike. In 2003 average house price was 5.9 times the average annual salary The history of house price affordability UK over the past 40 years. House price affordability is simply the number of times the average salary needs to be multiplied to buy the average house. For example, in 1983 the average house price was £26,000 and the average salary was £8,528. Therefore, it would take 3 times the average salary to buy the average house. In 1993 the average house price was £56,000 and the average salary was £17,784. Therefore, it would take also 3.1 times the average salary to buy the average house. In 2003 things got more expensive as the average house price was £125,000 and the average salary was £21,124. Therefore, it would now take 5.9 times the average salary to buy the average house. In 2013, affordability took another hit as the average house price was now £165,000 but the average salary was only £27,011. Therefore, it would take 6.1 times the average salary to buy the average house. In 2023 (figures from 2022), house affordability took another turn for the worse as the average house price rose to £280,000 and the average salary had only risen to £33,000. Therefore, it would take 8.5 times the average salary to buy the average house. Here's the source: House prices vs income. How affordable are UK homes? WWW.AVTRINITY.COM Are houses getting more or less affordable in the UK compared to salaries and how much would a house cost now if prices...

I recall when I first purchased, the mortgage lenders standard yardstick for loans was 3 x an annual wage if a sole purchaser. I had to also provide a 5% deposit.....plus more from my savings to afford my 1 bed starter home. That was for the maximum load period of 25 years

You can build a load of affordable new homes for first time buyers, but when those first time buyers wish to start a family, or just want more room for whatever reason then they will need to be able to afford the 'next rung up the ladder' to move on and out of their affordable home for more first time buyers to move into. To enable this, the value of their 'affordable' home needs to increase proportionally with the market to allow them to stay within touching distance of the next house up the ladder......thus in doing so it removes their current home out of the 'affordable' bracket for first time buyers. If the opposite happens and the affordable home stays relatively static in the marketplace, then those currently residing will never be able to afford to better themselves and will simply have to stay put and clog up the affordable housing sector