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by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Royal Family
Replies: 56
Views: 2195

Re: Royal Family

Rich B wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:19 pm That's kind of the bit I hate the most! Along with the House of Lords. Unelected people having final sign offs on important decisions, just because their dad did, or some corrupt PM owed them a favour and stuck them on the list.
And yet look at the sorts that actually do get elected :lol:
by Swervin_Mervin
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: 6 Nations
Replies: 156
Views: 12047

Re: 6 Nations

Anyone watch the Wal v Fra match? Was brilliant for the neutral - tit for tat for much of the game, but France prevailed in the end. Lots of young talent on the field from both sides as well (as also in the Eng team) so the future looks bright. And that 40yd reverse pass from Le Garrec...! https://w...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: OV9 Political Party
Replies: 41
Views: 634

Re: OV9 Political Party

mik wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:58 pm
duncs500 wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:37 pm This thread makes me wonder, has anyone seen @ZedLeg? Don't think I've seen him post for a little while.
That's weird - I wondered that last week. And nope:
Last active Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:02 pm
He's too busy baiting in NP&E on PH. Which is not a healthy way to spend one's time
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: General
Topic: OV9 Political Party
Replies: 41
Views: 634

Re: OV9 Political Party

Thank f*** the OV9 political party isn't a thing :lol:
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960612

Re: Randomness

I’m calling bullshit. Let’s assume it’s true that it both locked on full throttle and wouldn’t shift from drive to neutral. I refuse to believe that the mechanical brakes also refused to work. I accept that - if you don’t really understand how brakes work - you could squeeze them and get everything...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 4980
Views: 525962

Re: No F1 thread?

Either way, shocking that they've suspended the accuser. A lot of people are complaining that it's two consenting adults, but unfortunately it's not that simple when one of them is a boss. It basically proves, should proof be needed, that if you have enough money you can basically do whatever you l...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

I think what money really 'buys' you is more free time and the removal of stresses. Like others with kids, we couldn't just move anywhere, but we'd immediately go and get my wife and I new cars, throw in the job, then start to hire people to free up our time. So a chef, a gardener, a housekeeper, e...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

I don’t think paying someone’s mortgage off or giving them 100k is going to turn them into Ferrari driving coke heads. It’s a gesture taking a big worry away from them and giving the people who deserve it some financial freedom. Until one half of the couple decides they don't want to do their shitt...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

I think what money really 'buys' you is more free time and the removal of stresses. Like others with kids, we couldn't just move anywhere, but we'd immediately go and get my wife and I new cars, throw in the job, then start to hire people to free up our time. So a chef, a gardener, a housekeeper, e...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

Being 100% honest, if I won I’d wait till I saw the money in my accounts then go see a few people who mean a lot to me and pay off houses, buy them cars, just stuff you otherwise wouldn’t be able to do. without a doubt, no point being minted if your close friends and family are struggling in any wa...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960612

Re: Randomness

mik wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:14 am
:lol:
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

Maybe I'm weird but a lot of that does nothing for me. Part of the appeal of going places for me is in planning what I want to do, myself. And as mik says, sod sharing that experience with others (apart from maybe the wife)
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Insurance (general moaning thread)
Replies: 16
Views: 406

Re: Insurance (general moaning thread)

So, breakdown cover (with RAC). Had a renewal quote 24% higher than last year. Was going to bin the renewal and go down the cashback route (currently c£140 off higher cover levels with AA and RAC), but that tends to necessitate switching cover provider and then doing the same year on year. Phoned RA...
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Insurance (general moaning thread)
Replies: 16
Views: 406

Re: Insurance (general moaning thread)

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:06 am Oh good. I look forward to our imminent renewal then. We're limited to who we can go with because of underpinning.
And there we go. A 50% increase. Lovely.

So, now to do the merry dance.

RAC renewal has come through as well and that's similarly eye-watering.
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Euromillions immediate purchase
Replies: 147
Views: 2369

Re: Euromillions immediate purchase

I took a more practical viewpoint, buying property is not the work of a moment so that rules that out (although I would start looking for the right places both home and abroad). I'd probably buy an M5CS, that can happily sit on my current drive for a few months and take me about on the day to day a...
by Swervin_Mervin
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960612

Re: Randomness

What the...:?
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Randomness
Replies: 7993
Views: 960612

Re: Randomness

I think if someone who is non local imposes a title for that group then it is deemed automatically offensive. See Eskimo and in more recent times the re-naming of mountains. This also brings up something quite interesting in our language in which we rename locations to presumably be able to pronoun...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Bizarre washing machine inlet connector.
Replies: 15
Views: 355

Re: Bizarre washing machine inlet connector.

Our new house was supposed to come without a washing machine - we have a recent Samsung which my wife likes so we’re not swapping to someone else’s cast-off. Normally I’m very happy connecting washing machines (invariably fixing someone’s previous bodged connection) but I’m stumped with this: https...
by Swervin_Mervin
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hairy Bikers Guy - Dave Myers
Replies: 5
Views: 215

Re: Hairy Bikers Guy - Dave Myers

RIP

I take it he hadn't recovered from the cancer then? I must admit I thought he'd had the all clear.
by Swervin_Mervin
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1191
Views: 219738

Re: EV Thread

Rich B wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:58 pm Yippee, more over-styled shit boxes....
That's a concept in the attached article.

Reminds me - had a R4 behind us the other day and he was thraping it - comical lean angles as he came around a bend 8-)