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JohnG

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About JohnG

  • Birthday 09/04/1951

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    Chelmsford
  • Cars Owned:
    2 Triumph motor cycles, then;
    A mini traveller (1963 I think, reg; 1321 PG) then, a 1965 mini 850, rebuilt with 1000 engine and 1100 gold seal g'box and diff assembly - sold

    1969 1600 Cortina, rebuilt with 1600 GT engine and 1600E diff assembly - sold

    Then some newer stuff, a 2.0S MK Cortina, a couple of 1.6i Ghia Orions, in the days when the 'i' was important, and including a Mondeo, an SRi Cavalier, 2 Rover 600's an S-Max and finishing with a Honda Accord 2.2 TDi; a very nice car for cruising long distances.

    We had a Ford Kuga for comfort, carrying capacity and the grandchildren but that's now gone
    A Mercedes SL500 (via an SLK200AMG and a Boxster) for long distance comfort travel, also gone.
    Next was a late 2012 black SL350 AMG followed by a mistake . . .an XC60.
    12 weeks later I bought a MB GLc 250D AMG, which was promptly stolen
    Now have another GLc, a 250D sport Premium Plus

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  1. I say it regularly Ian It's a business Their sole objective is to maximise profit, not help customers Independents like Just Answer as no different to Neff or any other business Work on the basis that the primary objective is to screw you over and you won't go far wrong
  2. It would, yes, but it would be boring Roger. Toddy and blackcurrant in the bottle and you have a twofer Heat and refreshments
  3. Simple remedy Hot water bottle Hot blackcurrant Hot toddy Result Healthy happy Joe back in action Win-win
  4. Jerry It's quite simple; Loyalty is a one way street, a customer stupid enough NOT to shop around will have to expect to be ripped off. We are a value stream, nothing more. The insurance companies are businesses and are in business to make a profit for their share holder(s) Keeping premiums reasonable and paying legitimate claims are not what they want. What they want is bigger profits for less work
  5. Nor can you cure it Roger Once caught there is no answer, stupidity is there to stay
  6. JohnG

    Sad news

    That's a real bugger Pete, but on the bright side the Stag is a lovely car
  7. Thank you all I'm not sure that completing 73 years is so much a celebration as a remembrance. I met up with kids and grandkids for a really nice meal Many pressies and much wine Right up my street
  8. JohnG

    Any Ideas?

    U R a Star thanks
  9. JohnG

    Any Ideas?

    Looks like a Bentley to me, but, as its 8 miles away, I can't go and look
  10. I'm seriously impressed OK, it took a while, for a variety of reasons, but even so . . . . I think its brilliant
  11. Unfortunately Hamish, Tom finally stopped his regular 'watching' of the forum a couple or three years ago
  12. Yep, Skydrol or hyjet for civilian and civilian derivatives, but mineral oil for military aircraft hydraulics. The RAF still use our unmodified kit for running In line particle counting today. If the military were using phosphate esters we would have had to supply the modified style of particle counter used by the civilian aviation industry
  13. Interestingly when working with the RAF, when condition monitoring was introduced for aircraft high pressure hydraulic systems; control surface actuators, undercarriage operation etc, they use OM15, a standard "super clean" mineral oil. On the Tornado, it was cooled by running yhe hydraulic lines through the fiel tanks. Sorry about the thread drift . . .ignore me, its late
  14. And that's my point No brackets The sum is 2+3x4 The sum us simple You add 2 to 3 and multiply the answer by four IF there are brackets then the whole sum changes, but, how on earth can 2+3x4 be the same as 2+(3x4) or 2x4+3? The sum is NOT 2x4+3, it is not 2+(3x4) The sum is 2+3x4
  15. Ignoring my dunce like example, working from left to right is the way I was taught, the exception being where bracketed section always takes priority. I wa given this very simple example; If you have a table, set for 4 people, with each setting being 2 knives and 3 forks, 1 Place setting is 5 pieces 4 settings is 20 pieces 2+3 = 5 5x4 = 20 2+3x4 Here 2+ (3x4) doesn't work There are 20 pieces on the table BIG maths is wrong Or am I missing something
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