dgbrit

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  1. First thing i went on tick for was a 2 transistor radio from Owin Alex (Phillips) Someone figured out that if you dont pay people enough you can loan them money & charge them interest
  2. My Mom ran a Traffords Cataloque with a crew of about six people if i remember correctly Didnt get to see her much I wouldnt say i was a latch key kid ,They wouldnt give me a key lol
  3. Didnt the Germans in WW2 make synthetic petrol ,I wonder what that was made of
  4. Sorry if that sounded bad ,I just dont like the cold Tahoe is just up the road from here lovley to look at but at this time of year you can keep it My son was snowboarding there last weekend i have lots of pics & vids We might get snow once every 10 yrs or so that actually hits the ground but usually gon in a matter of hours ,But can see it on the mountain tops this time of the year
  5. I live on the edge of a smallish town next to the hills /Mountains never hardly snows (3 times in 30 years ) I would not live where he lives for free , the traffic is terrible & i think his property taxes are $35,000 a year mine are onlly $1800 He has a nice view of San Fran but that place stinks of pee & you can never find a place to park
  6. Another place added to where i dont want to visit Ps I would have imagined it to be hills, mountains, it looks a bit flat
  7. Wasnt Andy Bones shop to the right of Bunny's Anyone remember the game that was played in the Trip
  8. Dont think your Focus would tow a 22ft racecar trailer though lol , Not that we do that much anymore The problem here is everything is so far apart you have to have a car as there is little to no publlic transport, I average about 100 miles a day but i still work full time.
  9. My mates house is up for sale http://bayareahomespro.com/HomesForSale.aspx
  10. My truck just made this list at #22 http://autos.yahoo.c...to-fill-up.html
  11. You have to ask for sunny side up if youre dippin sausages are crap too I like hash browns Ps What was the weather like in Vegas it was peeing down here last week same today yesterday i had aircon on in the car !!
  12. Had a laugh will Brian yesterday about American bacon it shatters when you bite it, Thats if you can stick your fork in it Its not like any bacon i had ever seen when i first came over Will take a pic
  13. You lot must ave bin the posh people of Notts Never eard of that stuff over there wen i wuz there 56lb Bag of spuds & some eggs & we were good for a couple of weeks
  14. Might be able to afford a bit Nudge Nudge Wink Wink say no more
  15. I dont normaly play but couldnt resist $560.000.000.00 By the time it is drawn this evening they think it will top $700 mil
  16. I stepped over a rattlesnakes nest at the lake. barefoot & in bathers. i am a bit deaf from tuning engines so i couldnt hear them but my son was yelling at me to get away A few weeks later got bit by a Black Widow. My fault they said we will have to remove the hand as it looked like i was growing a plum on the back
  17. I told Mudgie this morning i put $75 petrol every 2 days but i was wrong its every 3 days Just paid $4.15 gal .Its gone down a bit from last week They hired a guy just to change the numbers on the sign full time job Brian told me to get a smaller car but i like V8's
  18. I did the COLD winter thing when i lived in Chicago i didnt come here to freeze, i must be cold blooded Yes it is not cheap to live but you get what you pay for I live on the edge of town & when i moved here there was not much but the town has trippled in size Its a COW town Vaca means cow ,It has a small airport ,Lakes & the Delta for Fishing, Boating within 15 mins Factory outlets shopping A Hospital that you cant afford to go I dont like it when it gets over a 100+ deg Just realised i put the Aircon on in the car yesterday As for earthquakes i missed them both .I was up in
  19. http://www.visitvacaville.com/ Wine ,20 mins Ski 1.5 hours + Lake Tahoe, Sierra Mountains Lake 20 min San Fransisco 40 min Houses from $180,000
  20. Me & my mate Ian Nichols were walking up the dirt road at the back of my moms house up to the railway bridge very dark & no lights but we could see a sillouette of a person standing on the right side of the bridge ,I looked at Ian to see if he saw it also Thinking we might get the crap kicked out of us we decided to pass but as we approached it looked as if he struck a match to light a ciggy but as soon as it went out there was no one there, I looked at Ian & he at me & we both took off like the clappers Dont belive in ghosts but that night we did.
  21. Nikon here got some 2.8 lenses & that means that you are set to stick with Nikon unless you win the lottery Same goes with Canon you get good lenses thats it you stick with Canon
  22. Things you dont see anymore Plastic macs Garters to owd yur socks up Kids on fixed wheel bikes 99 or 67.5 volt batteries for your radio + a 1.5 volt . .............. Ps . you only stuck them on your tongue once Air tubes in the shops for sending stuff to other departments I had a Pye black box stereo record player only had one record though......... Big Bad John
  23. Had a paper round but quit & went to work at Billy Smarts Circus for the summer loved it, Good money also