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[Amarillo]

Land’s End to John O’Groats might be possible in three and a quarter hours.

 

[Ting Tong]

Man dies under his six-ton pile of porn magazines

The man's lowly death was revealed by a cleaner, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly after the man's landlord called in at the flat in Japan over unpaid rent.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Velma's Dad]

Land’s End to John O’Groats might be possible in three and a quarter hours

Ha, anyone can do that on a straight triple-lane road for a few minutes.

Stirling Moss won the 1955 Mille Miglia (public roads, longer total distance than LE-JOG) in 10 hours 7:48, at an average of nearly 160 kph. Given that he had to slow down (a bit!) through villages, he was doing up to 270kph on the open roads. An early attempt at pace notes, compiled by his insanely brave co-driver 'Jenks' Jenkinson, employed just a handful of bend descriptors ("saucy", "dodgy" and "very dangerous") that had to be communicated by hand signals - no intercoms in those days.

 

[The Pox]

Land’s End to John O’Groats might be possible in three and a quarter hours.

Why the heck would you want to go to John O'Groats at 417 Kmh? Surely it would make more sense to drive away from the place at that kind of speed... Just a thought!

 

[Amarillo]

Ha, anyone can do that on a straight triple-lane road for a few minutes.

Stirling Moss won the 1955 Mille Miglia (public roads, longer total distance than LE-JOG) in 10 hours 7:48, at an average of nearly 160 kph. Given that he had to slow down (a bit!) through villages, he was doing up to 270kph on the open roads. An early attempt at pace notes, compiled by his insanely brave co-driver 'Jenks' Jenkinson, employed just a handful of bend descriptors ("saucy", "dodgy" and "very dangerous") that had to be communicated by hand signals - no intercoms in those days.

Although impressive, it wasn’t the speed that inspired me to post. It was the number of vehicles driving very fast in reverse in the inside lane that really impressed me.

 

[subthree]

Land’s End to John O’Groats might be possible in three and a quarter hours.

All fine until someone moves a couple of feet into his lane and there is a death or two. What a selfish idiot.

 

[66tim99]

Ha, anyone can do that on a straight triple-lane road for a few minutes.

Stirling Moss won the 1955 Mille Miglia (public roads, longer total distance than LE-JOG) in 10 hours 7:48, at an average of nearly 160 kph. Given that he had to slow down (a bit!) through villages, he was doing up to 270kph on the open roads. An early attempt at pace notes, compiled by his insanely brave co-driver 'Jenks' Jenkinson, employed just a handful of bend descriptors ("saucy", "dodgy" and "very dangerous") that had to be communicated by hand signals - no intercoms in those days.

I'd struggle to find the nerve.

 

[andyinluton]

Suggested stopping distance even with the air brake on the back is 491meters from that speed & 9.3 seconds braking time. I wouldn't want to be stationary in a queue of traffic when that comes over the top of the hill behind me.

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Suggested stopping distance even with the air brake on the back is 491meters from that speed & 9.3 seconds braking time. I wouldn't want to be stationary in a queue of traffic when that comes over the top of the hill behind me.

And at £2.7 million price tag at launch, just imagine the repair bill for even a slight prang.

 

[Perfectos]

And at £2.7 million price tag at launch, just imagine the repair bill for even a slight prang.

Exactly VW know how to charge for repairs !

 

[andyinluton]

Exactly VW know how to charge for repairs !

Don't the tyres need changing every 2 years irrespective of mileage at £30k a set or 15minutes if being driven flat out, as they are glued to the rims, the rims need changing every other tyre change at an additional £50K.
Fuel tank which is rubber only lasts 4 years as well thats only £40k.

Makes the VW 4 services for £299 that I paid look like good value.

 

[Amarillo]

 

[WelshGas]

Good try?

Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office

Reports suggest a deceased pensioner was "propped up by two men" who tried to claim his pension.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Velma's Dad]

Good try?

Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office

Reports suggest a deceased pensioner was "propped up by two men" who tried to claim his pension.

www.bbc.co.uk

(In the voice of the Roddy Doyle character of your choice) Ah seems fair enough. He wouldn't be needing that money now, would he?

 

[WelshGas]

Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from hotel


A robot vacuum cleaner that escaped from a Travelodge hotel has been returned after a night outside.
The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday and was not recovered until the following day. Hotel staff made a plea for the safe return on social media, documenting its great escape. “Today we had one of our new robot vacuums run for its life,” the assistant manager wrote. “They normally sense the lip at the entrance and turn around, but this one decided to make a run for it.”
The device was safely returned after it was discovered under a hedge.

 

[s2bear]

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[Amarillo]

 

[Velma's Dad]

WRC support crew showing off - let's see him try that in a proper old school rally car, ie one without power steering.

 

[Ch1pbutty]

WRC support crew showing off - let's see him try that in a proper old school rally car, ie one without power steering.

Needs a better navigator by the looks of it.

 

[Velma's Dad]

Needs a better navigator by the looks of it.

Yep I was thinking that. But anyway a better driver would have gone on a bit further, spun it round on the handbrake and back down.

 

[The Pox]

Yep I was thinking that. But anyway a better driver would have gone on a bit further, spun it round on the handbrake and back down.

Not the first person to master the 30, 40, 50 point turn. Being able to do it should be in the Highway Code..

 

[Calimili]

Yep I was thinking that. But anyway a better driver would have gone on a bit further, spun it round on the handbrake and back down.

or it would have been quicker to just reverse down. Even reversing at 10mph he would have covered a quarter of mile in that 1m:34s....

 

[Amarillo]

So much more fun than Wordle!

Lewdle - The bad word game

The lewd, crude and especially rude word guessing game.

www.lewdlegame.com

Lewdle 09 4/6

 

[Amarillo]

 

[The Pox]

Wow! The IKEA in Moscow must get better stuff than the one in Warrington.

Two questions: I wonder what this table's called – "Bolshoi Billy" or something like that.

Second, how do you get the flat pack in your car? Presumably you need the special trolley called Hernia…