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Best Wishes for the New Year to all of the Forumites, young, old, fit, less so!!!

May all that gave you grief through 2019 stay in the rear-view mirror and all that bodes well for 2020 be on the horizon getting ever closer.

Another big “Thank you!!” to Lee for all his efforts, through what seems to have been a trying time for him. Cheers, mate!!

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Maybe they want to rule out any possibility of indigestion??? I hear the symptoms are similar???

Joking aside – let them do what they do best, go with the flow, but ensure there is someone capable monitoring their process and progress.  They normally do very well, but can be lacking if left unattended!! Silly things like misplaced records can play havoc with a tight timescale.

Best of luck with the angiogram tomorrow. I know when they do a dye highlighted CT scan, they don’t like me eating for a good few hours prior. Plenty of water and a full bladder, yes, full stomach, no!!:(

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All the best, Graham. Wishing you luck with your recovery. It’s sh1tty being in hospital over the Christmas period, it happened to me when I adversely reacted to the first dose of anti-body treatment. Being there for Christmas is rough for you and worse for the family.

Hope you’re getting all the support you need – it sounds that way – and are on the mend soon.🙏🙏

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Mug – full reflection in work surface, but partially covered in main view.

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Which phone – silver in centre or black to right of centre??

Which glasses??

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I recently bought THIS one, it’s worked well for a few cables I’ve needed, but it’s currently unavailable.

THIS one looks almost identical, for not a lot more, plus 50 connectors for under £20.

THIS one has a few extra bits in the kit, which you may or may not need, according to your box of bits!!

Have fun!!

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Both glasses, metal man and china jug.

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Wishing everyone a Festive and Joy filled Christmas and all the best for the New Year.😀

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…….and your heart says “Thank you”!!😀

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Cheers, Nolan, Bob.😀

 

Bob Williams wrote:

Must be rough having a b’ day close to Xmas?

Never really been a problem – as a youngster, I’d get one big combined present, which was often better than two smaller ones!!

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Thanks, guys.👍 Nothing much planned for today, but off to a friends house for a meal tonight, and our son will be joining us and staying over a couple of days. Should be nice.

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Bob Williams wrote:

Especially our glorious Leader and provider of cyberspace, have a great holiday Lee!

Sh1t, Bob – I thought you meant Corbyn or Boris for a minute there!!!!

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Most important thing is she’s fine. Good luck!!

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They’ve run that – BeachCross UK – here in Margate a couple of times before now, and they’re holding the first leg here in March 2020.

I’ve caught a passing glimpse of some practice before now, but on competition days the town is best avoided – it’s manic!!! Traffic jams, delays, road closures, the lot. But a fantastic day out if that’s your bag.

I quite enjoy watching the flat beach transformed into a hilly bouncing track.

 

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Tippon wrote:

The Escapists should be free by this afternoon:

 

Well, if they’re doing their job right, you’d expect them to be, wouldn’t you??!!😋🙃🙃

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TCBarrett wrote:

So, all I want is a way to series record and pause live TV in addition to that.

The Humax STB will allow you to do what you ask for, but if you’re hoping for access to more live TV channels from it. you’re likely out of luck.

The number of channels available to view is down to your aerial, if it can’t get more than the basic channels, then neither will a STB. ( Other than streamed Catch Up ). Check to see what neighbours have done to their aerials – other than getting Sky – and put a call into a local aerial specialist for recommends.

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Steve, I took it to be G’son’s Netflix account with Bob’s PC and tablet as authorised devices.👍

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Les. wrote:

Ed, if that was a Black Knight, it would have been a Vincent, not a Norton.

I was almost ready to add ” Unless it was a NorVin Black Night” until I finished reading your post to find you’d added the detail there.

A friend of mine did the same, I seem to recall it had the RoadHolder forks, whether that was standard for the slimline frame, I  know not. That engine went into the frame with the help of a large shoe horn and a larger hammer!!

I was almost tempted down that route, but by the time I had the money to put a 500cc  unit Triumph engine into the Ducati frame, thereby making a TriCati, I’d passed my car test and never looked back.

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Les. wrote:

You realise that make you less than a decade younger than me. you are getting old!

My words from earlier decades were ” You’re only as old as the woman you feel!!” – but even that scale doesn’t allow me to cheat time as she’s just started getting her State Pension – she is one of the WASPI’s – but at 68 later this month I’m still here, and that’s what counts in my book.

 

As an aside, even the proposed £30k gift won’t induce me ( or her ) to vote Labour!!

 

Edit –

It was a Mk.111 Desmo, NOT a Mach111 Desmo.

It felt that fast, the speed of sound just seemed an appropriate accolade for it!!

 

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Bob Williams wrote:

One of the first Ducati 250’s in the UK and it blew the socks off big Brit bikes. Didn’t leak oil, either like Brit bikes. This is same model but mine was a lighter blue iirc. I loved that bike! “Diana Super Sport” in Asia and USA, “Mach1” in UK.

 

Les. wrote:

Bob, I think you are just a bit off with your Ducati Dating. Fairly certain the first UK 250 was the light blue “Daytona”. That would be about 1962. The Mach 1 followed shortly afterwards.

 

That’s right, Les, but not far off. I had a 1964 Ducati Daytona 250, as a first bike – I did a lot of learning very quickly on that, in fact most things happened very quickly on it!!! Beautifully engineered bit of kit. I wanted the MachIII Desmo when it came out a few years later  ( late 60’s early 70’s ) – but I was an apprentice at the time so couldn’t afford one.

 

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