Brew

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  1. What about a tiger tail coming out of your fuel cap...
  2. Normally it was the angle the shoes presented to the drum after a degree of wear had taken place and the different leading edge when going backwards, new drums almost never did it. There is also the fact that when reversing the braking effort is usually very light. We had an Atkinson eight wheeled tipper that did it after a brake re-line (rear wheels). It turned out the brake in question had a different brand of lining and I was told it was 'harder' than the Ferodo brand we usually used. Changed it and the noise stopped.
  3. I walked down it and had a hotdog at the little cafe halfway down many many times. Broad Marsh and the bus to Clifton was just around the corner at the bottom.
  4. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=racoon+dogs&t=opera&ia=images&iax=images Weird....
  5. Actually - Farage denied he wanted to replace the NHS with private insurance, but said insurers could “take the burden off the NHS” - on the Andrew Marr show. I agree with Labours Ashworth, he's was being evasive, some would say outright lying but in the interest of accuracy...
  6. In a debt driven economy you are on a Merry-go-round and cant get get off. A debt driven economy means grow or die! The debt is expanding, so the economy has to grow to feed it. Manufacturing, sales and spending must increase using up precious resources, companies have to expand or go under but there is less and less money available. We soon have a situation of little money to go round to feed into the economy and increasing pressure from debt, so adding more pressure on the economy to grow, it's a vicious circle. When dear Gordon was trying to buy his way out of debt he was actually ma
  7. Nice idea, everyone having a say, all working together for the common good... From Wikipedia: A multi-party system is a system where multiple political parties take part in national elections. A lot of countries that use this system have a coalition government[1], meaning many parties are in control, and they all work together to make laws. Good examples of countries that have this system include Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Afric
  8. Not in this lifetime! Unless you want a totalitarian government, It was and he was praised but in hindsight he and 'they ' were wrong - he didn't save the world. Printing more and more money is a short term, short sighted solution. Like everything else money looses it's value if there is a glut of it. He let loose a system we shall be paying for, for decades , possibly forever. (£375 Billion) I didn't raise debt but ... In any economic system debt is the prime indicator. You can have all the production you like but if you are not covering your
  9. Actually the link provided by Col shows that it's not, it's 53% admittedly it's 'inflation adjusted' so the real figure could almost anything. If we go with double as you say then things still look bleak for Labours handling of the economy. If you want to look a little closer at the chart you put up Rob it shows that during the last few Labour years it DID double (from less than 0.5 to just over 1.0) BUT they managed to do it in just 3 years! They set the runaway train going. Recovery? The figures show quite clearly Col that 2008/9 the debt increased by
  10. The clue there Katyjay is.... 'we rented a cottage in Wales',
  11. If such phrases are your bag Fly there are many groovy sayings from yesteryear that are far out, they can be quite a gas in fact. Of course it's a real drag when nobody digs what you're saying so all you can do then is split the scene man.
  12. I take it you're not very hip then daddio...
  13. Fancied porridge for breakfast this morning. Empty a packet in the bowl. 180ml milk and cook for 1:30 mins, leave 1 min stir and cook again for 1min, Why bugger about? just nuke it for 2:30mins... . . . . . . . . . This morning I shall mostly be cleaning the microwave...
  14. Oh good call Fly! you saw a window of opportunity to make a point and went for it. Great to know such bastardised phrases will gain no traction on your watch....
  15. Isn't this used medicinally Col? It's supposed to be good for Psoriasis and skin conditions among other things.
  16. Do you mean you were a drug dealer too...?
  17. They are huge compared to ours Colly, find a 'Best Buy' shop (a bit like Dixons) and peruse away...
  18. I don't know much about laser surgery CF but that lot would be starting to worry me, hope you sort it.
  19. Don't think so, the Mirage 2000 is a full delta wing, no tail plane... I'd go for an F16 as in: https://thedefensepost.com/2018/04/28/greece-upgrade-85-f-16-fighter-jets-viper/
  20. Sneinton market in its heyday was the place for pots. There was a well known pot man there who had an interesting line of patter and theatrical way of handling and banging the crockery about on a tea chest.
  21. Nah he's going flat hunting dahn Notts...
  22. You can always sell Mayfield Towers and buy a nice little flat somewhere on the 'green' or Forest Fields - always plenty to see down there I'm told..