Notices..what have you spotted?
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I like that!
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
Priceless! Wonder what's on his headstone.
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& the numerous "abandoned projects"
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
And that's just the starter menu
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
The proper garage price list was: Labour charges:
£40 per hour.
£50 per hour if you watch.
£60 per hour if you 'help'
£40 per hour.
£50 per hour if you watch.
£60 per hour if you 'help'
Man is, by nature, a lazy beast, he does not need twice encouraging to do nothing.
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'97 Jeep Cherokee Limited - the red one
'99 Cadillac Seville STS
'96 Cadillac Eldorado ETC
& numerous what might be described as abandoned projects! - x 405
Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
I actually bought the $ version of that sign from "The Busted Knuckle Garage" in Prescott, AZ for a friend & fellow amateur mechanic.
Citroens:-
'81 2CV Club
'05 C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
Jeep XJ Cherokees x 3
'96 Cadillac Eldorado
'99 Cadillac STS
& the numerous "abandoned projects"
'81 2CV Club
'05 C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
Jeep XJ Cherokees x 3
'96 Cadillac Eldorado
'99 Cadillac STS
& the numerous "abandoned projects"
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'81 2CV Club (quietly sleeping in a parallel universe)
'05 (yes, really) C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
'96 Jeep Cherokee Limited - the "donor"
'99 Jeep Cherokee Orvis - the green one
'97 Jeep Cherokee Limited - the red one
'99 Cadillac Seville STS
'96 Cadillac Eldorado ETC
& numerous what might be described as abandoned projects! - x 405
Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
Excellent, well remembered
Citroens:-
'81 2CV Club
'05 C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
Jeep XJ Cherokees x 3
'96 Cadillac Eldorado
'99 Cadillac STS
& the numerous "abandoned projects"
'81 2CV Club
'05 C15
'97 Xantia Exclusive estate
others:-
Jeep XJ Cherokees x 3
'96 Cadillac Eldorado
'99 Cadillac STS
& the numerous "abandoned projects"
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
I like what Paul Eddington wanted as an epitaph; "He did very little harm".
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
And the question to John Betjeman, during one of his Metroland walkabouts, which ran something like:
"Don't you think, John, that you might have become something rather irrelevant these days...?"
"Oh, I do hope so."
"Don't you think, John, that you might have become something rather irrelevant these days...?"
"Oh, I do hope so."
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
white exec wrote: ↑24 Oct 2018, 21:23 And the question to John Betjeman, during one of his Metroland walkabouts, which ran something like:
"Don't you think, John, that you might have become something rather irrelevant these days...?"
"Oh, I do hope so."
John Betjeman.jpg
I like that
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Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
This one.
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Man is, by nature, a lazy beast, he does not need twice encouraging to do nothing.
Re: Notices..what have you spotted?
https://goo.gl/maps/qbiVFfzgMB82
This is looking south at Carter Bar on the Scotland England border on the A697
Or rather, the link seems to open looking face down at the road, so scroll up a bit.
This is looking south at Carter Bar on the Scotland England border on the A697
Or rather, the link seems to open looking face down at the road, so scroll up a bit.