philmayfield
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Yes, back in the day there were various stretches of road where I could practice skidding and recovery in ‘relative’ safety. With all the modern gizmos on my car I would have to be doing something completely stupid to loose control.
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Winter tyres are the thing now apparently. Some say they out perform 4x4’s on 2WD cars.The problem is that nowadays we don’t get really bad winters and it’s a bit of a performance to do an annual changeover. There’s also the expense of 4 tyres and possibly 4 wheels. Even in the old days, when we used to get heavy snowfalls, I was never late for work on my 15 mile commute. I just got up earlier! There were of course fewer cars on the roads.
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Turn up the air conditioning! No desert round here.
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Wind up widows. They went out with the stage coach!
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I love gadgets!
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I've got a G force meter but I don't pull much G in my driving nowadays and if I did I'd rather not know!
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Everyone is bionic except me!
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Only too pleased. I’ll sign it!
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That's right BK. Just checked myself. I remember the Fathers at the vicarage used to have young girls from Ireland come to ‘do’ for them. When they fell pregnant they were sent back home!
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Titanium is nearly half as light as steel. I don't think bones can be donated.
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Can't find a suitable doner so I've got to have a metal one. I thought titanium was strong but lightweight.
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I thought the one on the left was the vicarage or whatever the RC's call it.
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I've not got to do anything exciting.
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I used to live off Thackeray’s Lane on Park Road until 1962.
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‘My Way’ is very popular as well. Most funerals I attend these days are secular. I’ve no objection to that as I’m not religious but I think that the dignity is lost when ‘pop music’ is played.
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I think that’s mainly to do with the current Clifton Bridge hiatus.
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I went to a beekeeping demonstration near those greenhouses with my uncle from Grey's Rd. who kept bees. I got stung!
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What is the secret of your eternal youth Margie?
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Looking further on Google I was trying to find the rough path that ran from Woodthorpe Drive, behind the park greenhouses and came out on Woodthorpe Rd. at the back of the Methodist church. This is now a road with houses! Mapperley brickyard where we caught newts is now a housing estate.
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I was looking at this area on Google and I can see an end terrace house with a stable in the backyard on nearby Eaton Street. Back in the 50’s my uncle who lived nearby in Woodthorpe use to stable a pony there. At weekends we would hitch it up to a trap and go hurtling along the Plains to the top of Woodborough hill and back. The pony had been couped up all week and was full of energy when he was let out. There were very few cars and I think we overtook most of them!
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I live down one of the picturesque lanes of the Trent valley with views of the wooded hills on both sides. I can be in the hills and dales of Derbyshire within an hour and we regularly visit Bakewell. Like you I love the fens of Lincolnshire, again easily accessible. I especially like this area on a bleak winter’s day.
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Thanks Ben. I'm sure I would have remembered if it happened during my commute.
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Agreed. There aren't enough hours in the day to 'earn' what some top execs get.
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I might have been of sick on that day!
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in General Chat about Nottingham
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S and M usually have a more ‘rugged’ tread pattern. I believe winter tyres are fairly conventional looking but have a different rubber compound. I’ve not researched the technology as I have no intention of fitting them and spring is just around the corner! Just waiting for the S and M jokes.