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The "one in one out" scheme with France has had its second migrant returning to the UK by boat.

The man was detained immediately having been detected by biometrics and will be sent back to France "as quickly as possible",...the Home Office has said.
 
My next door neighbour doesn't have to worry anymore about his Range Rover being stolen for a second time.

Last week he wrote it off....he was waiting at road works for the single lane to become clear....he saw two cars coming through....so pulled out to go through the single lane once they had passed....to be promptly hit by a third car coming through.

This third car was a Mini....it hit the front of the Range Rover at an angle....and of course was badly damaged....but the extraordinary thing was that the Range Rovers front wheels ended up facing sideways plus the engine unit being badly damaged.

How on earth can a little Mini cause so much damage to a Monster Range Rover ?......he has a feeling that he will lose his driving licence because of his age and because he admits that it was his fault.
 
Road vehicles aren’t engineered as tanks and the front end is a crumple-zone to absorb the shock of a head-on impact. That means sacrificing the body work to protect the occupants of both vehicles.
 
notDistantGreen said:
Road vehicles aren’t engineered as tanks and the front end is a crumple-zone to absorb the shock of a head-on impact. That means sacrificing the body work to protect the occupants of both vehicles.
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£40,000 written off just like that.....I think I was told that if a repair cost more than 60% of the value of the vehicle the insurer just writes it off.
 
Been reading an interesting story on BBC Sport how teams try to gain an advantage over there opponents.

1.....It is claimed that Sunderland moved the advertising hoardings nearer the touch line....to cut down Arsenal's long throw tactics leaving less room to wind up their throwing run up.

2.....It is claimed that Norwich have painted the away dressing room pink to give a calming down effect.

3.....It also has been known to only supply cold showers in away dressing rooms before matches.

4.....Also known to make dressing rooms too hot or too cold before matches.

5.....Also been known to warm up in hot water the footballs that the away team use in their warm ups (makes them heavier).

6.....Away coach parked a distance from the ground so that they have to walk.

7.....Home team allowing the grass to grow longer to stop quick-paced...short passing teams less chance of playing their natural game.


I mention this because I am trying to work out why Argyle wear pansy pink shorts at away games....is there something to be gained by the opposition being lulled into a calmer approach...?.......well for sure it ain't working.
 
Plym I do believe that within the law, people should be able to dress however they want and have sex with who (and to an extent what) they want.

I do however think the BBC was entirely wrong to talk about “pregnant people” and discipline their news reader raising an eyebrow and saying “I suppose they mean women”.

In other words, I think I take a fairly balanced view.

But even I find a reference to “pansy pink” as objectionable in the exteme.
 
I had to think why "pansy" was a problem....it has always been a flower for me ....just like being "gay" means being happy.

I do get annoyed that such words have been "taken over" and used for other meanings other than their original use.....but that's the world we have to live in in this day and age.
 
Thats your problem isn't it, you just plain don't get it. I have never seen a pink pansy as in flower. You did not mean the flower when you wrote it you meant gay. As for that word I will bet you haven't used the word gay in the context of being happy either ever or for a very very long time. I'm an ex matelot so have heard every homophobic expression ever invented and it doesn't bother me or offend me but it depends in which context it's said. As a joke which is obviously a joke then ok even if I might wince a bit but if said in a serious way then thats different.
 
When I was in my teens time trialing was a regular occurrence on a Sunday morning near me....it consisted of a course on main roads of 10...25...50...100 miles....and it was always on a course requiring an out and back section......and there could be over a 100 competitors starting at minute intervals.....starting at 6am when the roads where empty of traffic.

The case you mentioned was a tragedy and should never have happened.....at times drivers don't always consider that cyclist need to be away from the kerb because of drains etc and therefore do not give enough clearance,
 
At a time when motorists in their 000's are being persecuted for driving at perfectly safe speeds, sporting activities should not be allowed on public roads, unless the event is of sufficient importance to close the road. It wouldn't be allowed for a Boy Racers Club that fancied some fun.

Don't talk to me about careless drivers. I know all about it: I cycled hundreds (if not thousands over a period of years) of miles for fitness when that was an attainable end, until some daft old bint clipped my handle bar with her wing mirror and sent me flying. It was daylight, weather good, straight village road with excellent visibility, quite wide (generous for two cars, passable for three), no oncoming traffic, in fact no other traffic at all, 30mph limit, no excuse whatsoever. I was a bit battered but nothing serious but it was enough to put me off. She didn't even stop, probably didn't even realise she'd done it.

The roads are no place for sport.
 
notDistantGreen said:
At a time when motorists in their 000's are being persecuted for driving at perfectly safe speeds, sporting activities should not be allowed on public roads, unless the event is of sufficient importance to close the road. It wouldn't be allowed for a Boy Racers Club that fancied some fun.

Don't talk to me about careless drivers. I know all about it: I cycled hundreds (if not thousands over a period of years) of miles for fitness when that was an attainable end, until some daft old bint clipped my handle bar with her wing mirror and sent me flying. It was daylight, weather good, straight village road with excellent visibility, quite wide (generous for two cars, passable for three), no oncoming traffic, in fact no other traffic at all, 30mph limit, no excuse whatsoever. I was a bit battered but nothing serious but it was enough to put me off. She didn't even stop, probably didn't even realise she'd done it.

The roads are no place for sport.
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She could have been a Exeter fan ?
 
Unlikely given I was 200 miles from Exeter. Here is the scene of the crime...... How can you fail to see a cyclist there in daylight?

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Some action should be taken against that right wing rag, the Telegraph.

I knew it had broken the Trump Edit story, no doubt after high level leaks from within the BBC.

What I didn’t know was that at the time, the Telegraph was the subject of a takeover bid by US investment manager Redbird Capital together with the UAE, the world’s largest producer of natural gas and indeed per head CO2 emissions. With the dirty deed done, that deal has collapsed and the Telegraph remains in financial difficulty

The Telegraph, US ownership and Trump’s desire to silence media outlets critical of him - a marriage which looked made in heaven but they’ve been jilted at the altar.
 
Oh and in case you think this is far-fetched, Trump surprisingly took the time from his busy schedule to criticise this week’s decision to build a modular nuclear power station in Wales.

This will use multiple small reactors which will be factory built and assembled on site, which will hopefully avoid the vast cost overruns we’ve seen when we try to build bespoke large reactors out in the middle of what used to be a field.

Why would he be interested? Because American company General Electric were the most significant other bidder,

This plant will now use reactors built by Rolls Royce, who also supply the RN’s nuclear submarines.

Is there another connection? Oh yes. Trump was also unhappy about the future plan for the UK and Australia to go into partnership to build nuclear submarines, no doubt using RR reactors.
The intention was to spread the vast development costs involved over two navies not one and to enable Australia to provide a better challenge to China.

Trump is blatantly interfering in the affairs of sovereign states for America’s commercial gain as well as his own extremist political ideology. That sullies the office he holds and must be resisted.
 
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