Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Ian on March 03, 2023, 06:57:02 AM
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https://www.visordown.com/news/industry/game-officially-gas-guzzlers-eu-confirms-petrol-ban
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Oh yes.. I’m afraid 😢
Big bro sent me the same article a few days ago Ian. Think, realistically we’ll have about 15, maybe 20 more years before the devils juice (petrol👿) becomes to expensive to buy. 2035 being the year that production of ice engines cease to be made. There’ll still be plenty on the roads though until they eventually phase them out. To quote Bob Dylan... “the times, they are a changing” 🤷???🤦???
Wonder if I could convert the bonnie in to electric 🤔🤔🤣🤣
Cheers, Michael
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oh well, i'll probably be too old to drive/ride by then ... but it's a real bugger for the younger generation, and the price of a half decent EV is eye watering. and there won't be a second hand market for EV's, as the batteries will be f*c*ed, which constitute 40% of the vehicle value.
trebles all round for battery makers (just shows how short term minded this government is, by not supporting the battery factory in Northumberland)
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just shows how short term minded this government is, by not supporting the battery factory in Northumberland)
Hear, hear, Steve. I couldn’t agree more 🤦???
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Whilst trying not to get too political, it seems absolutely amazing to me that the politicos seem willing to force millions into poverty and an early death in order to 'save the planet' when there is not one drop of proper empirical scientific evidence that links Co2 to climate change.
At the very least, there's a contradiction in 'saving the planet' presumably to ensure humans can carry on living here, and potentially killing millions in the process. 🙄
I'm grateful that I will hopefully have dropped off the perch before this lunacy affects my life too much...
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I have to disagree Pete but suggest this is not the place for a heated argument.
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I have to disagree Pete but suggest this is not the place for a heated argument.
Maybe NOT a heated argument Ian but what about a grown up debate/discussion. Possibly in “rant” section. Just a thought 🤷???
Name withheld to protect the innocent 😇
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I have to disagree Pete but suggest this is not the place for a heated argument.
Maybe NOT a heated argument Ian but what about a grown up debate/discussion. Possibly in “rant” section. Just a thought 🤷???
Name withheld to protect the innocent 😇
fight fight fight!! ;D ;D
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The trouble is that it's almost impossible to have that reasoned debate remotely without at some stage descending into vitriol. I know what I believe based on what I understand to be sound and consistent research and data. Others will have different views and I would rather keep civil and friendly relationships with people than sour the atmosphere.
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fight fight fight!! ;D ;D
🤣🤣... to quote (I think Michael Jackson) “I’m a lover not a fighter”
Besides have seen the pic of Ian riding his trials bike.... he’s a bigger bloke than me 😉💪
Name withheld to protect the weedy 😁
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I have to disagree Pete but suggest this is not the place for a heated argument.
Correct Ian. The moral of the story is 'don't post on here on returning from the pub'...
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Pub?
They are a rare "business model". :-[
Beer gardens, with some sort of food theme appear to be de rigueur. ::)
Hauf an a hauf or a heavy! ;)
Slainte, Bill
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fight fight fight!! ;D ;D
You know you've joined the right forum when you read juvenile comments like this - home sweet home ;D
"Name withheld to protect the weedy 😁" - classic! ;D
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fight fight fight!! ;D ;D
🤣🤣... to quote (I think Michael Jackson) “I’m a lover not a fighter”
Besides have seen the pic of Ian riding his trials bike.... he’s a bigger bloke than me 😉💪
Name withheld to protect the weedy 😁
Just because I'm big doesn't mean I'm tough. Built for comfort not for speed as Howlin' Wolf put it.
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Aye Ian,
Excellent musical choice! On all the time in this place. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Off for a Dansac. ;)
Good health, Bill
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You know you've joined the right forum when you read juvenile comments like this - home sweet home ;D
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growing old is inevitable ... growing up is optional .... ;D ;D ... so i opted out ;D
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Off for a Dansac. ;)
Good health, Bill
is that the same as dhansak ? ;D
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Aye Steve,
Aye! That's how they spell it in their "menu"! ;D
It was a cracker, succulent lamb, plenty of spice, with moderate heat and a single portion, with pilau rice and a roti feeding the pair of us! ;) No stappit, but fou, if you ken? Took a grapefruit beer to wash it down once back home. ;)
Good health, Bill
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Aye! That's how they spell it in their "menu"! ;D
Sorry Bill, me being a bit pedantic !
i should put this in rants, but my absolute pet hate (at the moment :-) ) is the atrocious spellin an gramaticul errors i see every day on social media, and i'm not just referring the great unwashed (me included) but professional commentators , drives me potty.
rant over
dug yourself out of the snow drift you call home yet Bill ?
pip pip
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Aye Steve, you a pedant? Thas a lota squit bor. It's just a bit of nuf! ;)
As for sewage media, choose sparingly and be sceptic about all postings. There is nothing "professional" on sewage media, all are tarred with the same brush.
Snow? :o Whasat??? A 10 minute shower of soft hail yesterday that was melting on impact. Tonight would appear to be a bit more resolute, but is still soft hail and only started at about 21:00 and we expect to be back in rain by the morning. Up on the Munro's and further north has been a bit different, but the estates have been heather burning in ideal conditions for at least 3 weeks now. Down to -11°C at night and then up to 5°C during the day, with a gentle, dry wind from the north, hoovering moisture from everything and dessicating the vegetation.
Rugby this afternoon was ........ for the home teams and I have no sympathies for the RFU. I think the Scotland v Ireland game could be a cracker and whilst I would like a Scottish win, I think the Irish will be up to the job. Murrayfield is forecast to be dry, sunny and 10°C after overnight snow, so footing could be key. Get the big studs in boys!
Oh! Better split some more logs in the polytunnel, as it looks to remain cold. ;)
Good health and have a Genius, Bill
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well Bill, i think scotland faired quite well against a top of their game ireland, as for england.... they took a water pistol against a team with 15 bren guns !! what a fiasco!
pip pip
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Aye Steve,
A good match to watch, but the accuracy, patience and stuffing had been knocked out of Scotland by half time. As for the England v France game; the French were just at the top of their game and England are still trying to play rugby using Eddy's "automatons" method of playing. That game against Italy where they didn't know what to do at an uncontested line out and were asking the ref's advice, was VERY telling. Not only do you need to be BIG, but athletic and prepared to fill almost any role on the field, whilst thinking on your feet.
Ireland's three prop front row worked well, whilst their #4 was as good as any flanker, centre or big wing. And, why not have a flanker throw in to the line out?
Organised chaos and an ability to think on the hoof by all members of the team always worked well.
Next weekend should be a cracker in Dublin, whilst the Italians could give Scotland a bloody nose and I suspect Wales will look very secondhand against a rampant French des voyous (group of thugs!).
Good health, Bill
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Bill, are you sure you're not a secret rugby coach?, or maybe rugby's answer to gary lineker (no, lets don't go there) .
one bit of consistency over the last decade is the continual improvement of the Italian side, every tournament sees a better game from them, now a force to be reckoned with, which is a huge benefit to series such as 6 nations. if England played against Italy in the same fashion as they did against the French then we'd be in for another pasting.
back to the job in hand, my new acquisition (SRX #10!) is coming along nicely, i fixed all the problems the previous owner had mentioned,, and a few more, put the reg plate from #1 on it and had a tootle, engine is like a sewing machine, brakes a bit wooden, front forks like a pogo stick. so now it's the strip down, clean, wheels powder coating, fit new clipons, new rearsets, repaint (which i shall get done professionally). new tyres (hey, this little beastie has a single disk 17" front wheel, nearly caught me out. and the wheels are the later trispoke) seat reupholstered, forks resealed and oiled. and hopefully she'll be the keeper and i will wave goodbye to old #1 :'(
pip pip
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or maybe rugby's answer to gary lineker :'(
pip pip
🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh how I laughed 😉
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Thought we were out of the Fecking EU >:(! Looks like they still rule us or does this ruling only apply in the EU
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Well-done folks! How refreshing to see an online bike forum where a polarising issue (climate change, Brexit, Scottish Independence, asylum) comes up, but then DOESNT end up in threats, flouncing off, or the use of the phrase ‘keyboard warrior’.
Maybe a dansak could smooth the solving of more of the worlds problems? What a brilliant group.
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Agreed.