Viewing entries posted in March 2011
Posted by Chris Pollard <goosewhacker-at-googlemail.com> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 March 2011 10:29, Keith Bennett
wrote:
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>> http://www.gnsra.org.uk/gnsra_gallery_locomotives3.htm
>
> Is it only me who's waiting for Neil to post a YouTube link to a Squeeze track now?
Too obvious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T6rTmsn1Y
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Chris
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Posted by Michael Beaver <michael-at-visuals.ch> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
IanE:
> A few years ago I looked at setting up a bike hire company. IIRC it
> is perfectly possible to rent bikes to furriners,
According to the (more than ten) people I spoke to in various borkers,
until a couple of years ago, it *was* possible, and to add furriners to
existing UK policies for bike-borrowing. However, due to ensuing high
losses, at the present time the underwriting market does not entertain
the idea of bike insurance for non-UK residents.
One insco chap told me it often goes in waves, so that such cover may
indeed be available again in the future. Once enough underwriters have
taken a punt on a case like mine, and believe there is money to be made
in that specific area of business.
So they will cover all us nasty dirty furrin types once more, a load of
bikes will be trashed[1] a load of bikes and they will refuse to cover
again for a while, until the whole process starts again. I think it
just depends on where one is in the (motor?)cycle...
MWB.
[1] Ixie-owned bikes excepted, obviously :)
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Posted by Alan W. Frame <alan.frame-at-acm.org> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 Mar 2011, at 11:06, andy pugh wrote:
> On 31 March 2011 09:25, Paul Coyne
wrote:
>
>> Yes, but if she'd not lived in the uk her children would have issues
>
> Hence Boris Johnson has a Belgian daughter (neither he, his wife, or
> the daughter were born in the UK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis
IIRC, the pathological case is a child born in a British Ship in US waters with Irish, Israeli, Chinese and German grandparents, with one Swiss and one French parent who both lived in Britain for the previous ten years....
Technically Barack Obama could be British, and the US could join the Commonwealth.
rgds, Alan
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Posted by Sheridan Coulter <shez.ow01-at-googlemail.com> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 March 2011 10:39, Paul Hounslow
wrote:
> On 30 March 2011 23:23, Jack Stringer (m) wrote:
>> I'm with ADSL4LESS which is via hotchilli.net. They are London ish.
>>
>> I see on the BT site that several areas are effected. Seems like a good part of the internet is out tonight. Though my phone still has internet.
>
> Yes, I was suffering severe withdrawal symptoms last night.
Must have been selective exchanges, we are only a few miles apart and
I had no issues.
Shez
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Posted by Keith Bennett <keith.m.bennett-at-gmail.com> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 Mar 2011, at 09:56, swixie
wrote:
> On 31 March 2011 09:15, Paul Willis wrote:
>
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>
> It seems that our very own Keith/marvin has his own junction:
>
> http://www.gnsra.org.uk/gnsra_gallery_locomotives3.htm
Is it only me who's waiting for Neil to post a YouTube link to a Squeeze track now?
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Keith Bennett
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Posted by Paul Hounslow <kbdnooni-at-gmail.com> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 30 March 2011 23:23, Jack Stringer (m)
wrote:
> I'm with ADSL4LESS which is via hotchilli.net. They are London ish.
>
> I see on the BT site that several areas are effected. Seems like a good part of the internet is out tonight. Though my phone still has internet.
Yes, I was suffering severe withdrawal symptoms last night.
To anyone on Arsebook who did not feel sufficiently 'liked' last night
I can only apologies.
--
Paul Hounslow G4YFE DoD #0573 BOOF #18
Reading, England http://www.triagonal.co.uk/pmh/
UK Village Idiot The Smelling Pistakes are all mine :)
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Posted by Gordon Brown <gordon-at-ixion.org.uk> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
Frjack wrote:
> This is for the car, at the moment, but could apply to the bike, later.
>
> Anyone recommend any independent companies, not covered by the comparison
> sites, please?
>
> My renewal is about 225% above last year's price (clean record in all
> aspects, 13y NCB), so I think it's time to speak to humans again.
Try Bikesure / Adrian Flux - good prices, good service, and multi-bike
policies.
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Posted by Gordon Brown <gordon-at-ixion.org.uk> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
mike newton wrote:
> http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/2011-06/
>
> Sounds like a bad idea to me
> 1) more squashed cyclists (and presumably bikers too)
> 2) the idea that it will reduce lorry numbers seems unlikely
> 3) more damage caused by idiot drivers getting them in the wrong places etc.
I know - look at the carnage caused when they increased the maximum
length of buses from 12m to 15m a few years ago.
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Gordon
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Posted by Andy Cannon <andyc600-at-gmail.com> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 March 2011 10:28, andy pugh
wrote:
> On 30 March 2011 21:55, Paul_P wrote:
>
>> I must say, I'm still watching it and still enjoying it.
>
> I quite like it, partly because they seem a likeable pair of chaps.
AOL. Last nights episode was good. I especially liked the way the
young painter girl was obviously taking the piss out of him too. :-)
It's the light entertainment version of some of the series that Fred
Dibnah did.
Andy
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Posted by Paul Coyne <paul-at-gigglefish.org> on 31 March 2011 | 0 Comments
On 31 Mar 2011, at 15:47, Chris Pollard
wrote:
> On 31 March 2011 08:42, Neil The~Hippy wrote:
>> On 31/03/11 08:34, Chris Pollard wrote:
>>
>>>> Why isn't your wife allowed a British passport?
>>>
>>> Because she's not a British citizen.
>>>
>> Doesn't being wed to one count?
>
> Nope.
>
>
> --
> Chris
It actually gets more complex. If 2 British citizens have children abroad and those children never live in the uk their children will not have automatic right of abode....
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