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    Final Hoorah of XH558

    Hi a lot of noise this afternoon , looked up to the sky, the Vulcan was doing three circles above our village. T.V news said it was doing a flyover Shutlleworth at Old Warden. Not sure but I think it was its last flight. I saw her about 35 years ago, I was working on the roof at Cranfield...
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    Le Mans 2015

    Hi,going over to Calais late Monday 8th and driving to the circuitTuesday moning staying on the Beausejour campsite in the motorhome untill the Monday after the race. General entrance to circuit and a week campsite fee 130euro, quite a bit less than I spent going to last years Silverstone...
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    Le Mans Classic - Driving in France

    Hi,another thing to be aware of is that it is illegal to have speed trap notifications on your sat-nav in France. Regards David
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    Meeting with MP's at Westminster in April

    Hi tell them to do away with all the commities and inquires giving every Tom Dick and Harry the right to their say. Of the £50 billion HS2 will cost, £25 billion will be spent on talking about it. In my neck of the woods a canal is proposed to link the Grand Union Canal to the river Great Ouse...
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    Casey Stoner

    Stoner to race Red Bull V8
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    Jokes anyone? -

    Hi.I called in to see a pall of mine over the weekend and he told me about a chat he had with his wife.The other day she was drying herself after having a shower and said she wished she had larger breasts.Jim said he knew of an exercise that would make her breasts larger.If she was to rub a...
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    Doors

    Perhaps it takes 40 to light his fire
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    Crucified.

    Hi on our local tv news station it was reported tha to mark the end of ramadan muslems had been asked to donate food to a local charity food bank.After 2 days over 5000 items had been donated .The town was Luton Bedfordshire U.K.There have been a lot of racal problems here in the last year ...
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    Goodwood Revival - September 2011

    Flypast by 12 Spitfires.(Sun newspaper yesterday)
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    Fitting copper pipes together

    To insulate the water pipes and also prevent any viberation I would like to suggest that the pipes and the inside of the fiberglass cover are coated with vaseline. Drill 10mm holes in the top of the cover about every 250mm and fix everything in place then use expandig spray foam to fill the...
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    Cowby builders

    Simon, the two plugs are for integrated appliances? and should therefore have either an unswitched socket behind them and a fused switch above the work surface or a switched socket in an adjacent unit.If one guy is doing the whole job you are employing one idiot, if you have seperate electrican...
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    Cowby builders

    I fit kitchens for a living, cant see what the problem is. DMcG.
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    Top speed

    Boat 3 point hydro (only turns left) Length 4.2 m (13ft) Engine Koenig 500cc 4cyl 2 stroke 118 bhp@ 10700rpm (You could get up to 125 @ 13000+ if you rebuilt the crank every 4 meetings) Fuel Methanol + "R" (at my local lake we did 6 lap races.3/4 mile each lap + up to start line and back to...
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    Top speed

    Never even made 100, 97.34 was my best effort. But that was nearly 30 years ago
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    IMAO

    "Nuke the moon " was that GWB election promise a few years ago?
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    Just got back from N.Z.

    Thanks for the info/advice it ties up with youngest sons' impressions during 3 months in NZ whilst traveling around the world.He said Kiwis were some of the freindliest people he came across. The only thing that might be a problem for me is that it seems that motorhomes have to be returned to...
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    Just got back from N.Z.

    My wife and I have also been thinking about this for a 40th anniversary trip.would like to do a tour in a motorhome. Beginning of October is the time in mind, we did a motorhome tour of Britith Colombia, Canada for our 25th and caught the first snowfall. How would we fair for weather on both...
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    Garage flooring advice

    I would sugest Thompsons Waterseal £11.99 for 5lt Screwfix.Two or three coats will seal the floor and keep it dust free for a few years
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