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What Shocked You Today
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My two youngest girls are the car owners and will check and know what they are doing , but do need reminding at times.
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I know weird isn’t it lolWho knew being part of an evil mega corporation would have benefits beyond not going bust?
What made me laugh was the response I got when I told the Fiat parts guy what car it was for, you’d think I had phoned curries and asked for parts for a Betamax video recorder
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Nope it is a stellantis thing they have parts "hubs" so all parts ordered across the company come to one hub in one area then are distributed from there out to the other dealers. So in this area, the Vauxhall dealership is the hub, all parts go to them, then they send them out to the local dealerships, covering Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep etc. like the main royal mail sorting office in a town, then sending the letters out to the little towns and villages.
In Swindon, we have the Fiat dealer opposite the Vauxhall dealer. Peugeot and Citroen a mile or so away. Never needed to buy parts from any of them, so no idea which will be the hub.
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Driving in the car today, our little-un has developed a taste for the lightning seeds (that band off of the 90s)
We have an Amazon best of play list on and as is to be expected the 3 lions song comes on, when my wife shockingly points out that in two years from now it will be 60 years of hurt !!
WTF
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN !!!!
We have an Amazon best of play list on and as is to be expected the 3 lions song comes on, when my wife shockingly points out that in two years from now it will be 60 years of hurt !!
WTF
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN !!!!
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Because in Scotland we know we are rubbish, but laugh at the English because they've not figured that out yet!!WTF
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN !!!!
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You misunderstand, I couldn’t care less about the “hurt” bit but the song was an anthem in my formative years so it’s somewhat depressing that a song about something that happened 30 years prior is now 30 years old itself
Nothing that hammers home the passage of time like kids .
Remember the tiny baby you shared first Christmas with 10 minutes ago? She starts secondary school next week.
Word of warning do not re-watch beloved 80s films without a quick rewatch first..
Trading places...I'd entirely forgotten Dan Akroyd blacked up and went full Rasta..also the Indian scientist in Jonny 5 is problematic in the modern era as well..
.Remember the tiny baby you shared first Christmas with 10 minutes ago? She starts secondary school next week.
Word of warning do not re-watch beloved 80s films without a quick rewatch first..
Trading places...I'd entirely forgotten Dan Akroyd blacked up and went full Rasta..also the Indian scientist in Jonny 5 is problematic in the modern era as well..
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Oddly, Gene Wilder seems acceptable in Silver Streak.
In terms of "teachable moments" I'd imagine not putting the idea of blacking up into the head of 5 year old in the internet era where nothing is forgotten is probably a good idea.
Regardless of who it is
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Strangely enough there seems more violence and offense taken in the current diverse aware society than there ever was back in the past when everyone of all persuasions took the pi** out of everyone else. Or is that just me being old?
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And that's why films have age limits, as should the internet
Yep, hence the original post being more of best have a quick look at any films you watched as a child before sharing the joy as they may well not be like you remember from those days...
Oddly enough my boy has seen neither of them...but interesting to revisit.
Oddly enough my boy has seen neither of them...but interesting to revisit.
The sad thing is they see much worse than dubious old films on the phones.
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Just watched the last episode of the newest series of Car SOS an old Citroen H Van which I absolutely love they are such cool and clever vans.
What I wasn’t prepared for was the story and that it was bought to give to a woman who was killed on the Manchester arena bombing and now the woman’s husband/partner was wanted to give it to the woman’s 19 year old daughter who was the reason her mum was at the arena she was unharmed but her mum was killed picking her up, horrible story
What I wasn’t prepared for was the story and that it was bought to give to a woman who was killed on the Manchester arena bombing and now the woman’s husband/partner was wanted to give it to the woman’s 19 year old daughter who was the reason her mum was at the arena she was unharmed but her mum was killed picking her up, horrible story
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Then watch this episode, no messing about trying to interview anyone, no stupid playing around with suppliers pretending the suppliers don’t like them, they get on with it and it’s for a girl who was horribly traumatised by her mother being brutally murdered by a terrorist at an event her mother would not have been at if not for her. They literally pull together dozens of companies to do the restoration.
I know what you mean when they try to make out some illnesses are far worse than they are while restoring someone’s 100k classic car for them, but there are worthy people amounts the dross they’ve had a least 2 people die before giving cars back.
I’d much rather they did it for worthy people than Dave who put his back out in 1976 and hasn’t worked since and wants some old hot hatch restored
What shocked me today ? The moss growing on this MOT’d, taxed and used daily Mitsubishi, owned by the guy who works in my local mini Tesco.
I’ve not posted a picture of the inside, as people may be eating
needless to say it isn’t pretty. The most recent MOT advisory includes, rear seat belts not tested due to vehicle condition !
It did have a for sale sign in it for a while. Unsurprisingly, in its current state it didn’t sell …..
I’ve not posted a picture of the inside, as people may be eating
needless to say it isn’t pretty. The most recent MOT advisory includes, rear seat belts not tested due to vehicle condition !It did have a for sale sign in it for a while. Unsurprisingly, in its current state it didn’t sell …..
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