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blackfox
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had a terrible week ,thought everything was plodding along to nicely few trips away planned this year ,possible new camera body if and when i see what i want ,. then last weekend my car gearbox went bang ,cost of new gearbox and clutch came to more than the car was worth ,so now sold as spare or repairs and had to buy a new car ,grrrrrrrrr always the bloody way |
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Robert
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Oh dear, sad, these things are never welcome,  hope things improve. Gathering spare pennies is getting harder. Everything is getting dearer but the income is static.I read yesterday that the sales of petrol have dropped 20% in the last five years, sales of diesel only dropped by 5%. Seems the cost of fuel is biting hard. I had planned to watch the Lands End Trial at Easter but gave up on the idea when I considered the cost of the fuel I would need. http://www.themotorcyclingclub.org.uk/documents/2013le_entrypack.pdf |
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Eric
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blackfox wrote:had a terrible week ,thought everything was plodding along to nicely few trips away planned this year ,possible new camera body if and when i see what i want ,. Oh dear...not good. I have mine in for some water loss investigations next week. With the mot due and new front disks required plus a heap of other stuff I am left wondering what the bill will be. With a long european trip planned for May I am getting a bit nervous about potential underlying age problems. :-O |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Oh dear, sad, these things are never welcome, Why are these events always at the far end of the earth? |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:Robert wrote: Because I live in the north! LOL Not many events up here, I guess the wonderful scenery makes up for it a bit? Attachment: Screen Shot 2013-04-06 at 10.26.43.jpg (Downloaded 65 times) |
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Squarerigger
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Sad news Jeff. Costs of owning a car seem to be always escalating. Today, the least expensive car on the market cost more than the first house I owned. Maybe dating myself but that house is still standing 45 years later, car I owned back then long gone. That is some beautiful scenery Robert. |
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jk
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Hope that you have a windfall to recover from your misfortune Jeff. The cost of cars in UK and everywhere is way too high compared to cost of manufacture. I estimate that the parts cost less than £3000 in real terms if you take out all the profits to middle men and car manufacturers. |
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blackfox
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and to cap it all i have had to sell mine at a loss to get something back towards a new (secondhand one) bought a 04 mondeo estate which ticked all the boxes etc ,fsh from new to date ,the dealer is a friend of mine so i know its a good one .phoned him this morning as he is putting a years m.o.t on it for me .and it bloody well failed ,only rear brake discs and new wiper blades but thats another couple of days while work is done and car re-tested .hrrrrrrrrmmmmmmpphhhh :byebye: |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Eric wrote: You can get something to kill those moles. They can really mess up your lawn like that.  |
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Robert
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Eric wrote:Robert wrote: I think it happened abour 5,000,000 years ago, bit of a volcano effect followed by some cold snaps and glaciers! The moles moved in later... |
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Robert
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jk
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Robert wrote: . Nice one Robert. |
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highlander
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In real terms my wages have dropped 12% in the last three years. My 1% pay rise in the last of those 4 years put £40 in my paypacket. As a result of that I lost £112 in tax credits and my student loan repayments went up £4. So, in real terms my 1% cost me £76 Fuel is our biggest cost, but it's still cheaper than the buses! |
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Eric
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highlander wrote: In real terms my wages have dropped 12% in the last three years. My 1% pay rise in the last of those 4 years put £40 in my paypacket. As a result of that I lost £112 in tax credits and my student loan repayments went up £4.Costing me £100 a week on fuel at the moment as I am regularly visiting my sick father, 'up north'. If I told him how much it was costing it might give him heart failure on top of everything else.  |
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