myke pocock
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 09:01 AM |
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Brilliant, just brilliant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7518493.stm
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NigeEss
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 09:41 AM |
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Doh ! 
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 12:20 PM |
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I have a sat nav, and it's very useful - but they still require the user to engage his/her brain!
[Edited on 6/3/09 by David Jenkins]
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clairetoo
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 04:22 PM |
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What a total muppet
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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chrisg
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 04:52 PM |
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Just don't ring some of these silly sods up while they're ironing
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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carpmart
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 06:05 PM |
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You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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quinnj3
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 06:45 PM |
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That is something worth putting on the news!
Sat navs require a good sense of direction and a rough idea of where you are going before they can be really useful. On work trips to the mainland
mine has saved me hours of wrong turns and asking directions.
my aim is to build my own locost wether it takes me a week or 10 years to get started, i'm sure i will sometime
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 07:03 PM |
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I find mine useful on the motorways, especially the M25. The junctions I use the most (A12 and M4) come up all of a sudden, so it's nice to
have them shouted out a few miles in advance - I don't have to be distracted through looking for signs.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 14/3/09 at 09:22 PM |
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Mine has sent me down some little country roads before now. Didn't fill me with confidence at the time until I looked at the map and it was the
most direct route
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 14/3/09 at 11:03 PM |
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When I first got mine (quite some time ago) ... she told me to "continue straight on", so I did ... straight across a crossroads where I
didn't have priority. I went through at about 50, realised what I had just done and shat myself (almost).
They do take a bit of concentration still 
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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Simon
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 12:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
... she told me
"She!!!"
Hasn't SHE got a name
ATB
Simon
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 10:36 AM |
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I have John Cleese telling me where to go and sometimes end up arguing with him as he does try to send me wrong way down our one way street when I get
home. He very often says now turn left when I'm sat at traffic lights so you do have to use your own observation and not blindly follow. Also
don't use Shortest route setting as it does some stupid things like take you down farm tracks with no tarmac and through fords in flood (good
job I was in a high vehicle)
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 11:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
... she told me
"She!!!"
Hasn't SHE got a name
Ours is called 'Nagging Nora'
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Liam
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| posted on 15/3/09 at 09:10 PM |
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When on holiday in Malaysia a few weeks back, ours decided to take us on a 'short cut' through some large quarry/cement factory type
place. Dead interesting it was too but we did get some funny looks from the lorry drivers and a few other workers! Had to give up stubbornly
following the GPS when it looked like we might have a good chance of getting squashed by heavy plant.
The Malaysia GPS maps we have are put together by an online community sort of effort. I couldn't help but imagine some quarry worker driving
through the site with the GPS tracking turned on, and eagerly contributing his track to the community - as if that would be really helpful. Wonder
how many other tourists have been lured in there...
Liam
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