Your right Jock, VHS I must be suffering from "old timers disease.
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That would be the ball park yes...
We only moved our VHS up into the loft about 2 years ago. We realized the only stuff we watched on it was videos of the kids weddings and we hadn't watched one for longer than we could remember! I tried it out with the original Star Wars cassette before "retiring" it and it still worked perfectly although the quality of picture was pretty poor compared to the picture I've become used to from my Blu Ray player!
Collectable now due to all the awful Lucas later edits
I've got a few like this - being an SF fan. Definitely got "The Fifth Element" some Star Trek, Blade Runner and others. Strangely, where the big spaceship lands outside the temple/pyramid in The Fifth Element, The sound track on the VHS produces much more base effect than the Blue ray disc. I have a quite sophisticated Yamaha AV amp with good speakers and a quality sub woofer and this has always surprised me.
Oh deary me. It's my sad duty to inform you all that my boy's Punto is no more. The damage resulting from the crash when another car pulled out of a stationary queue into the side of the Punto has done a lot more than panel damage so it's been declared beyond economic repair. I've toyed with the idea of buying it back but it's pretty obvious that there's probably chassis/suspension damage because the steering wheel is no longer centred when driving in a straight line. Then there's the Blue and Me fault, so time to cut the ties I think. I wasn't listening too closely - he was talking to his Mum on speaker phone - but I think they've offered him around £3,000 for it, which seems about right I'd say?
probably more than fair in the current market.
Definitely worth giving one car a go, even if they get a couple of months and then give up, gives more time to look for a decent car and the market is on its way down but it's absolutely starting at the top.
A lot of second hand dealers have stock they've paid handsomely for and are not wanting to drop prices but it's slowly being forced down by new cars being discounted.
They might get away with one car...sold the Mazda October 2021 and the original plan was either sack off the C3 for something bigger or replace the Mazda within 6 months. Neither of those looks like occuring any time soon.
A lot of second hand dealers have stock they've paid handsomely for and are not wanting to drop prices but it's slowly being forced down by new cars being discounted.
They might get away with one car...sold the Mazda October 2021 and the original plan was either sack off the C3 for something bigger or replace the Mazda within 6 months. Neither of those looks like occuring any time soon.
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Thanks Andy, I wasn't sure but it sounded good enough to me.
My boy says that it's his youngster who'll suffer most. His Mrs works almost entirely from home, she's editor, or assistant editor, with a large newspaper group and seldom needs to travel - unlike when she was a lowly local reporter rushing around covering court proceedings and all manner of other stuff when a car was essential. My boy works shifts, some of them unsociable hours, when public transport doesn't work for him so needs the car. His youngster finds his own way to and from school but is involved in after school activities which is when it's easiest to just collect him. When that clashes with my boy's work he'll just have to jump the bus home.
The Panda Nut
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Be aware such tapes may well go off, get them transferred to DVD asap.
Could you do a deal that you pick the boy up on occasions for the price of petrol that way you’re not out of pocket and it’s way cheaper for you son than running a whole second car.
Also saves your bones from crawling around under another of the family fleet servicing it and getting them ready for MOTs so sitting in a warm car is traffic is probably far more comfortable
Agree with Andy, occasionally I end up on a bus or in a taxi...but compared to a whole other car that stands round a lot it's a lot better.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Me too. I am slowly coming around. But we need two for when they are serviced.
Thanks. I didn't know that. I knew old film could actually be dangerous as we had a lot of old 16mm cine film shot by my grandad. I suppose it's obvious though if you think about it
Brilliant idea Andy! It would also mean the car gets a regular run as at present it can sometimes sit for several days without turning a wheel which is not best practice for a modern stop/start type battery.
That's one reason why my car tends to get intermittent use. The bus service is really good in Edinburgh and, of course, I have my free bus pass, so I only use the car when going out to one of our boy's houses or longer journeys. Parking in the town is so hellish anyway and with all the traffic calming and roads permanently close due to the council's LTS - Low Traffic Neighbourhood - schemes, taking the bus is the best way to go unless you've got something bulky to transport. However I'm too mean to take a taxi!
Edit. If the Panda wasn't so much of a plaything for me, we probably should sell her on.
Having the Fabia for business use, although I can, and do use it presonally, keeping the Panda was an emotional choice. Now having bought the Doblo, for easier wheelchair transport, with three vehicles, the Panda would be the obvious first casualty. But it is the one I use the most, just because I enjoy it so much. So as long as I can afford it, all three will stay.
I live in the sticks so sometimes unless you're an absolute glutton for punishment to save a few quid sometimes the taxi is best option.
Only times I've taken it were when I was going somewhere that required me to get a bus to town..to get a bus back from town in a different direction. It was a choice between about 6 quid on the bus across the different buses and an hour or 7 quid odd and a direct taxi that took 7 minutes.
Our 2 used to cover 12k between them..with the Citroën doing 4 of that...then COVID and home working happened and the Mazda would just stand round. If anything I was using it as a weekend car for the sake of using it.
Oddly enough the Citroën now does about 12k a year..but one set of car bills is nice rather than 2.
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