Slowlycatchymonkey

For me its whichever is better academically which is reputation wise a hands down win for Edinburgh. Edinburgh has always carried a cache that Liverpool never will and apart from all the reasons Buckster has already said that shit sticks out on your CV in a market place thats very tough for graduates. Also from a parental point of view flights from Edinburgh to France are frequent and relatively cheap so youre really not that far away.

One person in a group or couple is always better at languages than the other/s. They tend to take the lead in the beginning, then find themselves as interpreter all the time cos the others dont have the confidence or ability they do.

Ill take the Beemer, £50? its a fair price for a chinese bike.

I think you did a great job there Grace

Does his wife speak Spanish?

Where are you thinking theyre going to land up? In Spain with you?

I hope it works itself out amicably Pete.

Hope youre not setting yourself up for heartache Pete

That sucks. I used this this method- book mechanic, drink some tea, pay up. Have you tried out Fowlers part finder tool? Its not always correct and its sometimes a pita to find exactly what you want but it can be useful. https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-IWCueOz9gIVS-rtCh3jEgeDEAAYASAAEgISzvD_BwE

Bloody hell that’s a biggun I would not want to be out in that in the snow! In the golden olden days if you bought a 4x4 there was a diff lock and they did actually have 4 wheel drive, then 4X4s became desirable and purely road driven and so manufactures saved some dosh leaving off the the very things that made it a 4X4 It did have some auto replacement thing on it (not esp it was something else I can’t remember what) and it did work to reasonable degree, I never got stuck in muddy fields but it wasn’t as good. I felt conned but it’s my fault for paying more attention when I bought it, I was more focused on getting a running board so I could get in and out without flashing my knickers to the world

Cos its you I had my money on it being a bit more “Я ненавижу Нидерланды. Ура Путину.”

Hello Putin?

Oops haha. Fixed. Kinda.

My sons course is 5 years long. He gets a 10k loan for his fees and 4K for living expenses so thats 70k of loan for him and at the moment we’re paying about 10k for his living expenses which after rent still puts him on the breadline. Plus they have announced the rules are changing from next year, you start paying it back when your earning 25k and the percentage you pay back will increase when you hit 30K. They are also saying they are going to remove the zero interest rate but that’s not yet confirmed. But they are definitely also increasing the time to pay to 40 years. So yeah it’s not quite their whole life cos the retirement age is 76 now. My youngest starts in September so he should just miss the latest round of bash the younger generation shittery.

Did losing semi-automatic bother you when you bought it? And have you tried it out this CVT thing in mountainous areas? Does it work? I’m only asking cos I had a brown trouser moment when driving through flood waters and some manic (who could see I was already halfway through it) decided to come from the opposite direction, I had no choice but to move left, I felt the rear side of the car drop down the embankment. I looked down for the diff lock to discover there wasn’t one

I meant the other way round, do automatics exist that dont have semi automatic? Ive driven mostly automatics for donkeys and theres always been a semi-automatic option so you can control the gear changes yourself, never seen a vehicle without that option.

You looking like my Dad doesn’t quite hit the mark … but you can post some photos anyway

I’ve never been in an automatic that doesn’t give the option to change to semi automatic where you can control the gear changes. Do they have exist? I dunno

Hadn’t heard of Thunder in the Glens, just watched the YouTube promo. 10,000 visitors in a weekend! I hope @Buckster you’re not one of the ones causing the disturbing vision of Harleys and hi-viz vests if you’re not wearing jeans n a T-shirt riding along with a cigar in one hand I’m gonna be disappointed.

Think your wife should join here and grass you up if you dont take it easy, we all love handing out a good pasting

Happy Sunday. It is for me because Im having a rare sunday off cooking. I look forward to whatever delights are served up later.. undercooked chicken? cold gravy? mush veg? Or will they cop out completely and reheat some soup?

It should be Tango’s lovely new stead but then really a shot from Xtreme with no topbox is like a miracle Ultimately although not the most artistic shot in the world it just has to be Boboneleg, its a pic of him making it out on his bike after surgery and horribly long wait for freedom. Must have felt so good, its a pic of joy, reckon youd struggle to find anything better than someone getting back on a trail for the first time after lengthy hospital imposed incarceration.

Yes offer her my commiserations