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"harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... |
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Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... Red elswwhere (but not read the actual document) that they are going to clamp down on aftermarket HID conversions - even if the beam pattern passes the test. But as usual are behind the times, as it's LEDs which are being used these days. And are often worse for scatter etc than HID, depending on headlight design. -- *On the seventh day He brewed beer * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 25/01/2018 14:23, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... Red elswwhere (but not read the actual document) that they are going to clamp down on aftermarket HID conversions - even if the beam pattern passes the test. But as usual are behind the times, as it's LEDs which are being used these days. And are often worse for scatter etc than HID, depending on headlight design. That'll be interesting, as VOSA already issued a letter some years ago stating that they would not prevent the use of aftermarket conversions, as long as they had good beam pattern, as it would be unfair to hold aftermarket conversions to a higher standard that type approved vehicles - some of which had neither self-levelling nor wash. SteveW |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... Red elswwhere (but not read the actual document) that they are going to clamp down on aftermarket HID conversions - even if the beam pattern passes the test. But as usual are behind the times, as it's LEDs which are being used these days. And are often worse for scatter etc than HID, depending on headlight design. I hate those lights with a blue ting...I think it is the Polis and slow down .......... |
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On 25/01/2018 12:24, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:03:26 +0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-test-changes- May-2018-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... Ours is on Motability. They'll have to suck it up ... Do you have to declare it on your P11D as a benefit in kind (that the rest of the family also benefit from too) ?. People with company cars have to. |
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On 26/01/2018 16:29, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:03:43 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 25/01/2018 12:24, Jethro_uk wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:03:26 +0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote: "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-test-changes- May-2018-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. glad I have never owned one..... Ours is on Motability. They'll have to suck it up ... Do you have to declare it on your P11D as a benefit in kind (that the rest of the family also benefit from too) ?. People with company cars have to. Interesting question. The actual blurb states that the car has to be used "for the benefit of the PIP recipient" (and is registered in their name). Motability have confirmed to me that this includes the partner using it to/from work. After all, that's benefiting the disabled person ? I suspect if the use were restricted to solely carrying the disabled person *and nothing else* the need for second cars would rather make a mockery of any green credentials any government might want to parade. Bearing in mind there will be quite a few situations (like ours) where the recipient of the car is unable to drive it themselves. https://www.motability.co.uk/about-t...r-can-be-used/ QUOTE The car is used by, or for the benefit of, the disabled person. This does not mean that the disabled person needs to be in the car for every journey. In practice, this means other named drivers in the household can use the car for shopping and other routine activities, as long as the disabled customer will benefit ENDQUOTE As I suspected. One rule for company car users, and an entirely separate set of relaxed rules for motability. Unless the person on benefits cannot drive, surely it should be restricted to 'driver only' ?. I once watched that program on C5 when the High Court Sheriffs were trying to recover a debt owed by a young lady to a funeral director. Apparently ladies mother had died of cancer. She really put on the whole drama queen entertainment, telling the debt collectors that they were scum of the earth blah, blah, blah, that she was 'suffering' from agrophobia and stress and on disability benefits, so had no assets. According to lady the Sheriffs were 'picking' on her and her *wife* because were living in a rented house (quite new) which was all funded by housing benefit etc. When they checked her car, it turned out to be a motability car. They mused on camera, just what her disability was, since she had no problems giving them the 3rd degree on the doorstep. A Ford garage near my fathers house in South Wales has a big sign in their showroom advertising the motability deals they do. Apparently that, plus PCP loans are their entire business. |
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On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote:
AS I said, SWMBO cannot drive (eyesight ****ed). She is in receipt of the benefit which provides a Motability car (plus a few thousand non- refundable "deposit" from us) Thousands are in that situation, including Brian who posts here. Are you saying that they all get a motability car for the rest of their family to benefit from ?. A trip to Wilsons of Epsom is an eye-opener. Their forecourt is awash with 3-year old cars, and a great many 7 seater people carriers. All of them ex-motability, and few with an auto box. I think this indicates an unacceptable level of abuse, just like the infamous blue (free parking) badges. |
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On 29/01/2018 11:51, Andrew wrote:
On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote: AS I said, SWMBO cannot drive (eyesight ****ed). She is in receipt of the benefit which provides a Motability car (plus a few thousand non- refundable "deposit" from us) Thousands are in that situation, including Brian who posts here. Are you saying that they all get a motability car for the rest of their family to benefit from ?. I think only two people can be insured. And anyway, why not? It's a meagre compensation for a disability. A trip to Wilsons of Epsom is an eye-opener. Their forecourt is awash with 3-year old cars, and a great many 7 seater people carriers. All of them ex-motability, and few with an auto box. I think this indicates an unacceptable level of abuse, just like the infamous blue (free parking) badges. I'm sure we all have an anecdote or two - I certainly do. And it does annoy me when the non-disabled driver uses the car/badge to park in disabled spaces for themselves. Many a shouting match in my local Waitrose car park :-) But to my mind, there's a greater good. Even if a few thousand abuse the system, many hundreds of thousands benefit, deservedly so. -- Cheers, Rob |
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On 29/01/2018 11:51, Andrew wrote:
On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote: AS I said, SWMBO cannot drive (eyesight ****ed). She is in receipt of the benefit which provides a Motability car (plus a few thousand non- refundable "deposit" from us) Thousands are in that situation, including Brian who posts here. Are you saying that they all get a motability car for the rest of their family to benefit from ?. A trip to Wilsons of Epsom is an eye-opener. Their forecourt is awash with 3-year old cars, and a great many 7 seater people carriers. All of them ex-motability, and few with an auto box. I think this indicates an unacceptable level of abuse, just like the infamous blue (free parking) badges. What's auto got to do with it? The majority of disabled with motability cars probably can't drive them anyway. Maybe we should just give then twice as much every week so they can use taxis? You don't get many taxi journeys out of ~£60 a week. It would cost me a fortune as I have been going to the hospital 3-4 times a week for three months. Maybe they should give me a car and save me money? Or maybe I can get patient transport. that would cost even more for the NHS. |
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On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote:
I take it that it was an in-depth, medically knowledgeable discussion, where all forms of disability and their manifestation were examined ? Or (more likely) two blokes spouting ********. Funny, I bet there was no "balance" there. It was fly-on-the wall documentary and the two blokes were wearing body cams, so what we saw, was what they saw, heard and recorded. They checked for assets and asked their office to check the car for finance, and that was when it turned out to be a motability car, and having jusgt had a confrontation with the 'disabled' driver, quite rightly mused on the nature of her alledged disability. You are beginning to sound suspiciously defensive of your and this ladies 'entitlement'. She was not in any way physically disabled, so why and how did she obtain a motability car ?. If she she hadn't tried to avoid a funeral bill then she (and i suspect thousands more like her) would simply have stayed under the radar until someone dropped her in it to the benefits hotline. |
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Andrew wrote: On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote: I take it that it was an in-depth, medically knowledgeable discussion, where all forms of disability and their manifestation were examined ? Or (more likely) two blokes spouting ********. Funny, I bet there was no "balance" there. It was fly-on-the wall documentary and the two blokes were wearing body cams, so what we saw, was what they saw, heard and recorded. They checked for assets and asked their office to check the car for finance, and that was when it turned out to be a motability car, and having jusgt had a confrontation with the 'disabled' driver, quite rightly mused on the nature of her alledged disability. You are beginning to sound suspiciously defensive of your and this ladies 'entitlement'. She was not in any way physically disabled, so why and how did she obtain a motability car ?. At our railway station there is a large poster - the message on it is "Not all disabilty is visble." For example: People, who look quite normal, can get very short of breath when walking any significant distance. People with only one leg look quite normal when wearing trousers. etc, etc If she she hadn't tried to avoid a funeral bill then she (and i suspect thousands more like her) would simply have stayed under the radar until someone dropped her in it to the benefits hotline. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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writes On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:06:32 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote: I take it that it was an in-depth, medically knowledgeable discussion, where all forms of disability and their manifestation were examined ? Or (more likely) two blokes spouting ********. Funny, I bet there was no "balance" there. It was fly-on-the wall documentary and the two blokes were wearing body cams, so what we saw, was what they saw, heard and recorded. They checked for assets and asked their office to check the car for finance, and that was when it turned out to be a motability car, and having jusgt had a confrontation with the 'disabled' driver, quite rightly mused on the nature of her alledged disability. You are beginning to sound suspiciously defensive of your and this ladies 'entitlement'. She was not in any way physically disabled, so why and how did she obtain a motability car ?. I have no idea. Just like you. You judgemental prick. My wifes entitlement comes from filling out forms, providing copious evidence (100 pages of scans) and a formal interview with an assessor on behalf of the DWP. Twice. If she she hadn't tried to avoid a funeral bill then she (and i suspect thousands more like her) would simply have stayed under the radar until someone dropped her in it to the benefits hotline. Mysteriously, an awful lot of "reports" to the authorities merely result in confirmation that any benefits were awarded correctly. If you want to stop looking like you have a hidden agenda, I suggest you cast a glance over this https://syesworldview.files.wordpres...01/image38.jpg Benefit fraud: £1.2 billion (DWPs own figure) Tax avoidance: £30 billion (HMRCs own figure) There's no figure can be put on tax avoidance as it is legally not tax due. as it asks, where you *you* start ? The DWP start with benefit fraud HMRC should start with tax evasion. -- bert |
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On 29/01/2018 13:11, Jethro_uk wrote:
Benefit fraud: £1.2 billion (DWPs own figure) Which everyone knows is DETECTED fraud, usually as a result of someone phoning the hotline, and not because the DWP and all the other useless penpushers have done their job properly. The real figure could well be many times that amount, and probably is, if you are a typical example of the Britains endemic 'entitlement' culture. Are you claiming all these benefits because you actually *need* them, or simply because there is a juicy loophole and you can ?. If so you are no better than our MPs and local councillors who grab every penny they can. Are you now saying that Benefit fraud is socially and economically acceptable while (much exagerated) tax fraud is not ?. Trying to justify your position based on nonsense figures from the Grundian and the Inde, (all the usual suspects) won't help. The so-called tax fraud amounts that Grady, Corbyn and that lot regularly bandy about have been done to death by numerous commentators on the TV and radio and the figures are wildly exagerated. I once met a couple of not-very-old people at an RSPB cafe who were enjoying their retirement with their two gold-plated public service pensions. He was ex-fire chief retired well before 60, and she was a teacher, and very clearly left-wing and made the mistake of mentioning the original £120 Billion 'tax evasion', and then threw in all the names of the Coffee shops. 'Starbucks, Costa, ..' I stoppped her at that point and asked if she knew who Costa were ?. 'Oh its one of those multi- nationals who send their profits abroad'. Except that Costa are wholly owned by Whitbread PLC, who employ a lot of people in Costa, Premier Inns, and other leasure outlets and pay all their NI and corporation tax in the UK. This didn't cut the mustard with ex-teacher, she just carried on banging on and on about all those dreadful tax-evaders. |
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On 29/01/2018 11:31, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 10:41:59 +0000, Andrew wrote: 8 As I suspected. One rule for company car users, and an entirely separate set of relaxed rules for motability. Unless the person on benefits cannot drive, surely it should be restricted to 'driver only' ?. AS I said, SWMBO cannot drive (eyesight ****ed). She is in receipt of the benefit which provides a Motability car (plus a few thousand non- refundable "deposit" from us) There are plenty of motability cars that don't require any additional upfront payments. Its just a lease hire scheme where the mobility payment makes up part/all of the costs. I once watched that program on C5 when the High Court Sheriffs were trying to recover a debt owed by a young lady to a funeral director. Apparently ladies mother had died of cancer. She really put on the whole drama queen entertainment, telling the debt collectors that they were scum of the earth blah, blah, blah, that she was 'suffering' from agrophobia and stress and on disability benefits, so had no assets. According to lady the Sheriffs were 'picking' on her and her *wife* because were living in a rented house (quite new) which was all funded by housing benefit etc. When they checked her car, it turned out to be a motability car. They mused on camera, just what her disability was, since she had no problems giving them the 3rd degree on the doorstep. I take it that it was an in-depth, medically knowledgeable discussion, where all forms of disability and their manifestation were examined ? Or (more likely) two blokes spouting ********. Funny, I bet there was no "balance" there. If only they'd linked it to climate change. We'd have had to have a full panel of "views". Some disabled people are fine for days at a time and then suffer. A Ford garage near my fathers house in South Wales has a big sign in their showroom advertising the motability deals they do. Apparently that, plus PCP loans are their entire business. For PIP/DLA recipients at the *highest* rate, it is possible to sign over the entire mobility component to Motability as a monthly payment on a lease car. A quick look at government data suggests a total of 157,000 people are getting this award. Or c. 0.25% of the entire population of the UK. Eliminating that benefit with no replacement wouldn't even equal a days worth of uncollected *due* tax from business. You can sign over less if you go for a cheaper(1) car, however there isn't much saving. 1: Cheaper is the cost over the lease and a cheap to buy car may cost more than one with a better resale value. Quite often a better spec model of a car is cheaper on motability. The manufacturers also tend to throw in extras which make the resale value better. It's also worth knowing that the plural of anecdote is not data. |
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On 29/01/2018 13:46, dennis@home wrote:
Some disabled people are fine for days at a time and then suffer. Translation: When being observed or assessed they 'suffer', but the rest of the time they are fine. |
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On 29/01/2018 15:00, Jethro_uk wrote:
It's incredibly annoying that the single most useful "adaptation" - an automatic gearbox - isn't the baseline spec for*all* motability cars. You are claiming benefits based on your wifes apparently poor eyesight and have been since 1999, that's 19 years. Can we assume that she doesn't work, and has no need to be ferried to and from home ? In what way would a lack of auto-box 'annoy' her, if she isn't doing the driving ?. |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:05:35 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. "Other changes include checks to whether brake discs are obviously warn, oil contamination of the discs and how well they are securely attached to the wheel hubs. " To see how well discs are "securely attached to the wheel hubs" requires removal of the wheel in just about all cases In the case of inboard discs they are not even attached to the wheel hubs From https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...2018-draft.pdf Page 12 "The MOT test must be carried out without dismantling" -- |
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On 25/01/2018 13:15, The Other Mike wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:05:35 -0800 (PST), harry wrote: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. "Other changes include checks to whether brake discs are obviously warn, oil contamination of the discs and how well they are securely attached to the wheel hubs. " To see how well discs are "securely attached to the wheel hubs" requires removal of the wheel in just about all cases In the case of inboard discs they are not even attached to the wheel hubs From https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...2018-draft.pdf Page 12 "The MOT test must be carried out without dismantling" Its only a draft so it may change. |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:18:22 +0000, "dennis@home"
wrote: On 25/01/2018 13:15, The Other Mike wrote: On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:05:35 -0800 (PST), harry wrote: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. "Other changes include checks to whether brake discs are obviously warn, oil contamination of the discs and how well they are securely attached to the wheel hubs. " To see how well discs are "securely attached to the wheel hubs" requires removal of the wheel in just about all cases In the case of inboard discs they are not even attached to the wheel hubs From https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...2018-draft.pdf Page 12 "The MOT test must be carried out without dismantling" Its only a draft so it may change. Except the no dismantling thing has been in the MOT handbook for a very long time knocking up 20 years to my knowledge and maybe 'forever' Have a vehicle with undertrays that obscure the bottom of the engine, suspension parts and steering and the MOT document you get back makes specific mention of undertrays preventing inspection. Back in 1999, with the first tests of the Lotus Elise some garages refused to test without removal of the undertrays either by the owner or as a chargeable item. After a number of complaints VOSA got involved and sanctioned testing of those vehicles and many others since without any removal requirements. Testers do not remove the undertrays, they only make an advisory note on the MOT documentation they provide after the test. For example from one of my recent MOT's engine covers obscuring testable items. undertrays fitted obscuring testable items. Going back to the wheel, if they did remove them, then what torque setting would they use to reattach the wheels when the vehicle is not listed in any data handbook or the owner either refuses or is unable to provide that figure? What about the situation where three eared knock on wheels are fitted and the application of a torque setting requires a specialist spanner adaptor that is not, nor ever will be in the toolkit of the MOT testing station. I'll admit that such vehicles will now fall outside the 40 year rule but there is nothing preventing an owner of any vehicle of any age submitting it for a test. That ranges from something from the 19th Century to one straight out of the showroom. The public liability implications of removing parts to perform a safety test are huge. I would suggest the "securely attached to the wheel hubs" requirement for brake discs is inherent untestable for virtually all vehicles except those with 'flat discs' and removable disc bells, and for those vehicles with that arrangement of they have cooling air scoops feeding the hub to disc gap there is zero visibilty of the fixings. -- |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk
wrote: "The MOT test must be carried out without dismantling" So ? Just change the rules. The document I quoted that line from IS the (draft) rules from May 2018! -- |
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On 25/01/2018 15:41, The Other Mike wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk wrote: "The MOT test must be carried out without dismantling" So ? Just change the rules. The document I quoted that line from IS the (draft) rules from May 2018! It also shows that ABS systems fail major if the warning light doesn't work. Just proves that JWS talks BS all the time. |
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harry writes https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...changes-May-20 18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. So Advisory Notes now become Minor Faults. Big Deal Failures are spilt into Dangerous and Major to discourage drivers from driving away to get a "Dangerous" fault fixed, which is illegal at the moment if it renders the vehicle non-roadworthy. So just making that clearer. Diesel particulate filter must be present and doing the job it is intended for which will help keep the really stinking diesels off the road. As a diesel owner I don't have a problem with that. -- bert |
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On 25/01/2018 14:16, bert wrote:
In article , harry writes https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...changes-May-20 18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. So Advisory Notes now become Minor Faults. Big Deal Failures are spilt into Dangerous and Major to discourage drivers from driving away to get a "Dangerous" fault fixed, which is illegal at the moment if it renders the vehicle non-roadworthy. So just making that clearer. Diesel particulate filter must be present and doing the job it is intended for which will help keep the really stinking diesels off the road. It might catch the fake filter fitters out too. Ebay is full of particulate filter bypasses and other fiddles. As a diesel owner I don't have a problem with that. Only criminals should have a problem with that. |
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On Thursday, 25 January 2018 14:20:57 UTC, bert wrote:
In article , harry writes https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...changes-May-20 18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. So Advisory Notes now become Minor Faults. Big Deal Failures are spilt into Dangerous and Major to discourage drivers from driving away to get a "Dangerous" fault fixed, which is illegal at the moment if it renders the vehicle non-roadworthy. So just making that clearer. Diesel particulate filter must be present and doing the job it is intended for which will help keep the really stinking diesels off the road. As a diesel owner I don't have a problem with that. the stinky diesels don't have filters. NT |
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On 25/01/2018 14:16, bert wrote:
will help keep the really stinking diesels off the road. But those are pre euro5 and will carry on being used. |
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On 25/01/18 08:05, harry wrote:
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. Anybody else appalled by the spelling and grammar in that article? Oh, only me then... Nick |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:25:18 +0000, Nick Odell
wrote: On 25/01/18 08:05, harry wrote: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. Anybody else appalled by the spelling and grammar in that article? Oh, only me then... No, not just you, it's a POS. 'checks to whether brake discs are obviously warn' FFS Similar and almost identical text has been used in other parts of the press today. Makes you wonder who actually writes this crap and how much they get paid for it. -- |
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:45:13 +0000, The Other Mike wrote:
No, not just you, it's a POS. 'checks to whether brake discs are obviously warn' FFS At least they got "brake" right! Similar and almost identical text has been used in other parts of the press today. Makes you wonder who actually writes this crap and how much they get paid for it. You've only just started to spot that an awful lot of "news" is nothing but regurgitated Press Releases? Quite often a verbatim, copy 'n paste job, sometimes few words altered and may be a bit of intro. There *might* be a hint about a stories status depending if its from a "reporter" or "correspondant, the latter having written it, the former just reporting something. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 26/01/2018 01:38, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:28:56 +0000 (GMT) "Dave Liquorice" wrote: a stories status Whoops. :-) :-) |
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Is this not a little like shutting the stable door after the horses have all
left? Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "harry" wrote in message ... https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...18-diesel-cars Plus diesel emissions to be lower. |
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On 25/01/18 08:05, harry wrote:
Harry! Darren Osborne is doing life and the papers are crying out for action against the right wing internet bull****ters who wound him up into such a state of hatred. When the law have picked through his internet history, if they find he ever browsed ukdiy, you will be doing time with him. They will go for the small time creeps like you of course, not the journalists at the Mail and the Express. Best keep a low profile, no? Or why not **** forever? TW |
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TimW wrote: On 25/01/18 08:05, harry wrote: Harry! Darren Osborne is doing life and the papers are crying out for action against the right wing internet bull****ters who wound him up into such a state of hatred. When the law have picked through his internet history, if they find he ever browsed ukdiy, you will be doing time with him. They will go for the small time creeps like you of course, not the journalists at the Mail and the Express. Best keep a low profile, no? Or why not **** forever? It's very sad that someone can be influenced by hatred posted on the internet to the point of killing. Not the sort of thing you'd expect of anyone with a UK education and half a brain cell still working. But as an alcoholic, his brain had likely stopped functioning normally. -- *(on a baby-size shirt) "Party -- my crib -- two a.m Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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