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Post by nob on Aug 22, 2018 7:06:35 GMT
Been to Corfu its very poor now I don't know if they have done it but the EU have imposed austerity for the loans their debt and interest they have to pay back to the EU is crippling them. Theres now a tax on the days you stay and depending on the room and hotel it ranges from 50 cents to 4 Euro a day. Went to Albania for the day, not what I thought it would be some beggars but 80% of cars there are Mercs really changed my view of the country. Hmmm...my guess is that those Albanian Mercs were until recently sitting on English, Kraut etc drives until they suddenly disappeared. Dunnow but they are nice.
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Post by banjo on Aug 22, 2018 17:14:31 GMT
Right hand drive would be a giveaway?
e&oe...
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Post by nob on Aug 23, 2018 7:31:56 GMT
Right hand drive would be a giveaway? e&oe...All left with AL on the plates an no silly EU stars.
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Post by banjo on Aug 23, 2018 10:58:09 GMT
I've got one of those stick-on vinyl 3-D European car boot stickers if anyone's interested. Only one owner and unused. I bought it to go over a rust patch on the tailgate of my air-cooled Type 25 when I had it. Cheaper than touch-up paint. Something felt wrong though. I kind of preferred the rust. Wot? no takers? Hmmm.
e&oe...
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Post by Ratae on Aug 23, 2018 17:39:59 GMT
Well, I can randomly disclose that I've received an email from Virgin B/B telling me that my b/b package price is increasing from £44pm to £47pm from October. Well, I beg to differ! So, as it stands I'm paying for 100mbps b/b and a phone line with free weekend calls. For starters I haven't even got a handset attached to the line 'cos I have no use for it. IOW I've been paying for summat I don't use and in reality, I don't need a super fast (wideband) connection 'cos I'm the only one using it. To be honest I've been thinking about doing summat about this for a while but have kept putting it off. Well, it's time that Virgin got to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight thinks I! First up I called into the EE shop to see what they had to offer (I like a fallback position). Actuall it wasn't bad at all, rather good in fact. After a line test they came up with fibre b/b up to 39mbs for £26pm. Plus a bonus of an extra 5gbs of data on my mobile contract. Then I gets home and get Virgin on the dog. A Geordie lass answers and I went into my angry old pensioner without a pot to piss in routine. Worked a treat. So, I'm now gonna be paying £34pm for a 50mbps which is more than enough. Rebooted my router and it's done. www.speedtest.net/result/7575725376.pngFixed
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Post by pierre on Aug 24, 2018 15:04:59 GMT
I get 36.8 with TalkTalk,and upload is 6.6--not that I upload all that much.My 18 month contract is until Feby 2019.Cost is £26 too,though I pay 8.50 for anytime handset calls to other handsets and mobiles.This includes quite a few international sites- certainly all of Ireland.My Flower's PAYG mobile contract is a fiver per month. So I have nothing to do till Feby,though I'm happy enough.Virgin have provided us recently with FTTP,but they were a lot dearer than T/T's Cabinet which I pay ATM.
I do have a mobile,but never need to use it,and most of our calls from friends and family are answered on the landline.Now Facebook's free Messenger is great for relatives and friends who live outside God's Own Country,as well as Facetime,Whatsap,and Instagram.
Never had it so good.....
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Post by duyuthinkysaurus on Aug 24, 2018 16:01:30 GMT
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Post by Ratae on Aug 28, 2018 13:16:33 GMT
So this morning I'm lying in bed giving some serious consideration to getting my lazy arse up...and I get two message alerts on my mobile. "This ain't good" thinks I. And it wasn't, it was the news I'd been sort of expecting but very much dreading. Well, those of you that have been at the Squatters for a long time will many times have read of me mentioning my pal AW (All Weather). Well during the night he finally lost his 9yrs battle with the tap dancer. To say that me and the fellas are gutted would be an understatement. AW was one of the best of us, liked and known by everyone. He was the main 'Go to' guy in the whole of South Leicester if any work needed doing on your property. Tiling, roofing, building, painting,slabbing,plastering or carpentry, AW was yer man. He wasn't the cheapest, but he was the best and that's why he never needed to advertise. He was also terrific company, I've lost count of the hours that I've spent with him either propping up bars or standing on river banks. Lots of laughs and a wicked sense of humour. The last time I saw AW was about a month ago, I was sitting outside the pub in the sun supping a pint when he appeared over the road with a big grin on his face. He looked as well as I'd ever seen him, tanned like leather and still looking a bit like that 'Magnum' character that used to be on TV. We sat drinking and chatting for a couple of hours and when he left he said to tell the fellas that he be down with us the following tuesday. He never made it 'cos they stepped up his chemo which made him feel ill. Last week they took him in the LRI and put him in an induced coma while they fought an infection. The fight was lost. I miss my pal already.
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Post by nob on Aug 28, 2018 16:22:25 GMT
Sad to hear that, give him a good send off.
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Post by sleepyjohn on Aug 28, 2018 19:11:36 GMT
Sad to hear that, give him a good send off. Agreed Hope that my friends turn out to be as good as you when my time comes.
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Post by banjo on Sept 7, 2018 8:00:55 GMT
Random;
We thought we'd be smart and fill 1/2 litre water bottles with the left over Ouzo and orange juice for the journey home. (Poor man's cocktail). Of course you cannot take them through security so I necked mine. SWMBO couldn't face her's so I had to neck it too.
I'm looking around the departure lounge ATM. An American friend of mine says that to retain control and self composure, you have to time how long it takes to focus on different objects. Up to one second is fine. Two or more seconds and you need to take a break. It's only half past ten and I (we) haven't eaten anything yet.
It's a good job I'm only looking at this screen!
e&oe...
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Post by nob on Sept 7, 2018 8:03:29 GMT
Random; We thought we'd be smart and fill 1/2 litre water bottles with the left over Ouzo and orange juice for the journey home. (Poor man's cocktail). Of course you cannot take them through security so I necked mine. SWMBO couldn't face her's so I had to neck it too. I'm looking around the departure lounge ATM. An American friend of mine says that to retain control and self composure, you have to time how long it takes to focus on different objects. Up to one second is fine. Two or more seconds and you need to take a break. It's only half past ten and I (we) haven't eaten anything yet. It's a good job I'm only looking at this screen! e&oe... Nice one. Keep the holiday going.
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Post by banjo on Sept 7, 2018 8:07:29 GMT
The only thing left to look forward to is Luton Airport. (Not- it's a dump!) SWMBO has sallied forth to procure two one litre bottles of Ouzo from the duty free.
The trouble with Ouzo is that it turns yer dung hampers yeller ;\D
e&oe...
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Post by nob on Sept 7, 2018 12:57:12 GMT
Steve,I don't know what Skopelos airport is like but all the Greek Islands Ive been to are rubbish, the EU has starved them of cash so they don't upgrade anything, Corfu and the others have one scanner for luggage, you check in then have to take the luggage to the scanner. Ouzos not my tipple.
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Post by banjo on Sept 7, 2018 16:30:40 GMT
Skopelos doesn't have an airport. Skiathos is where you fly to and then get the ferry /cat. I haven't been to a Greek island for about nine years (Corfu). Greek airports (or at least the few I've had to encounter recently) have definitely improved since we first went (Zakhynthos in 1987). Even Athens was appalling back then. This holiday has been great for organisation and airport facilities. Skiathos airport is "interesting". It's on a causeway between the island and a rock like the old Kai Tac at Honkers Conkers. (A bit like St. Michael's Mount.) We've flown there three times now. Today was a 75 which was straightforward, but back in the day, they couldn't take off with a full load and a full tank on 73 / A32x type airplanes, so they had to touch down at Halkidiki military base to take on more fuel, and you were forbidden from taking photos from the passenger windows!
I don't remember Corfu being too bad? Time's a great healer eh?
e&oe...
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