chrisp65

Just as an idea, if it doesn't have to be 'new', have you considered a 15 plate used car?

A quick look on the Mercedes used car section suggests they've got dozens of C250 AMG Sports versions, loaded with kit, 15 plate all with 6,000 miles on the clock and all at around £26,000 / £27,000 if you bought them without any haggling.

They'll still do PCP deals on them and still have low interest.

You save about £6,000 for having a car that's 6 months old.

the one above is 220 CDI AMG Sport edition, diesel, auto, tiptronic and every extra known to man - 5,000 miles - £24,450 on the windscreen.

I think they've got new tech on the M25 cameras recently.

You still have the chance that they may or may not be switched on for any particular day, but they now also adapt to reduced speed limits. So where previously they were set to trigger at 80mph, they are now set to trigger at 10mph above whatever the matrix signs are saying.

I think that's true. If it isn't, I'd like to take the credit for starting the myth.

Pride Cymru in Cardiff next weekend. £8 for Snap!, Katrina (without the Waves), Hazell Dean and others not quite so mega.

I have to give a shout out for British Gas at this point.

They replaced our meter with a new one. The new one was zeroed. Next time they did a meter reading it was much much lower than previously recorded. So they credited my account with about £1,200.

We waited a year before we spent it.

I've been for a nice walk along the coast.

Haven't had a warning point for 10 months!

Yes, sir. Absolutely. I've learned my lesson. I can honestly say I'm a changed man. I'm no longer a danger to society. That's the God's honest truth. No doubt about it.

pussy

Quantum leap, series 2, episode 4 'Ticket to Sandwell'

I would imagine Burnham would renationalise the railways immediately after he discovers the secrets of how to make humans fly and shortly after he gives all Labour supporters time machines.

yeah, that definitely has the strong whiff of an election promise about it

but, it does show what having a popular socialist in the mix can do, it can potentially bring 'the centre ground' back from being just further and further to the right

yeah, I've learnt my lesson there, I won't go into the detail, but having once been in the office and searched 'two fat men' I tend to be a bit more careful these days

bizarrely, I just typed in 'bearded action man' to get a picture to pass off as Roy Keane.....and a picture of Roy Keane popped up!

come on Xann, you know Andy Burnham

he was in Captain Scarlett for long enough

we're considering taking up our carpet and getting a small rug instead

we have original 1920's parquet wood block flooring and want people with laminate to know they are chavs 

Carpet.

You've got another chin burn, haven't you?

 

There's a new bloke at work called Anthony, and he likes it pronounced with the 'th' in the middle rather than like a 't'. I know it's his name and everything so it's up to him, but for some reason it pisses me off.

 

Just call him Tony or Tone to be safe. 

 

Thone

I think you're looking at art a bit simplistically

I knows what I likes.

 

 

 

Banksy must come close.

A guy with a rat stencil and friends in the media.

Such a big ego that the masses don't know who he is.

I think you might be looking at this a bit simplistically.

Compared to you?

 

I did try to explain my thunking in the next couple of lines, but you edited out the rest.

 

Banksy must come close.

A guy with a rat stencil and friends in the media.

Such a big ego that the masses don't know who he is.

 

I think you might be looking at this a bit simplistically.

That's not meant to be rude. I mean not everyone with a big ego needs to be on the cover of Howdy! magazine.

You could suggest that he has the best of both worlds. His peers know who he is but he can walk amongst the mortals with ease.

that's crazy

it's almost like they don't even want you to get pissed at the airport

Banksy must come close.

A guy with a rat stencil and friends in the media.

ahhh, Diggle, good shout yes I've seen him spinning the deck of steel wheels just after he split up from Yazoo

Not sure on finance deals?  Surely better to get something a bit older and pay outright?

out of curiosity, have you driven or ridden much in a BMW 3 series?

my personal preference (and it's all down to personal taste) would be for something a little less hard on the old suspension

 

 

However, this doesn't mean that no DJ's will ever let the computer do most of the work - I saw a certain former member of New Order doing exactly that in Hong Kong once - but it's actually quite rare.

My guess is either Ian Curtis or Morrissey?

I am under constant (though admittedly low level) pressure to buy something like this.

Friends of ours, in their early 50's, recently bought an ex AA van, hand painted it and basically stuck a mattress in the back and disappeared to Devon for 3 weeks. For a while I wouldn't have been surprised to get home one evening and find the missus had bought an ice cream van or a VW transporter or some such.

I left my good flip flops in Africa.

I now have a mediocre pair of M&S flip flops.