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Originally posted by Peter H Peter H wrote:

Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

Originally posted by Floody Floody wrote:

Just got back on line I see our hero has raisd his head


...pricked up his ears....

 

Ivan..you definately been spending way too much time with Rory...either that or you have Vulcan in you somewhere 

Can`t be, they use Logic, therefore it is not rational jim 

 

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Originally posted by Peter H Peter H wrote:

Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

I liked the old Alfasud and if memory serves right on the number designation, the 133 Cloverleaf, only let down by slightly dodgy bodies.

They were using Cheap steel for bodies, not galvanised or anything, more like compressed cardboard, Probably Sourced & supplied by their sisillian friends

 

Wasn't it also down to the British Steel strikes of the early 1980's that also caused some seriously bad bodies to come from Ford and the other manufacturers?

Cheaper imported steels that weren't the same quality of ours?
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Serious question amongst all this mirth.....

WASPS

 

How do you get rid of a wasp nest that is about 30ft long and 10ft wide and that is underground, please?

 

I got one this big behind my chalet, the little so'n'so's keep digging holes in the ground to reach their warrens and they are very stroppy too.

 

Any ideas, please?

Soil is mainly sand and very soft.
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Originally posted by Goldryder Goldryder wrote:

How do you get rid of a wasp nest that is about 30ft long and 10ft wide and that is underground, please?



Are there no pest control services on the Isle of Wight?

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In a word....

 

NO
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Ally

This might be of help

Wasp nests are used for one breeding cycle and wasps never return to a nest once the queen has flown away.

Contact the Environmental Health Department of the Isle of Wight Council on 01983 823000. They should be able to deal with the problem for you at a reasonable cost.
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Thanx Kevin, shall give them a call in the morning.  The council doesn't advertise their pest control section very openly.  The cost will have to be spread amongst all the chalet owners which, thankfully, I only rent mine.

 
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Problem solved, methinks.

This just leaves me with the problem of whether to have my exhausted exhaust replaced in stainless steel....

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Problem solved, methinks.

This just leaves me with the problem of whether to have my exhausted exhaust replaced in stainless steel....
I thought from your post about this that you were just going to get the two sections welded back together again as it was just the joint that has failed. If the rest is ok then that would be the most cost effective.

How much is a full stainless system?
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The exhaust system is perfect on my car, it just still attached to the car which is sat with flat battery on my driveway....
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Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

I thought from your post about this that you were just going to get the two sections welded back together again as it was just the joint that has failed. If the rest is ok then that would be the most cost effective.



You'd better look at my posting again, as I have added two rather telling photos of what I've found underneath. Would it still be worth bodging a repair?

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How much is a full stainless system?



This is what I'm trying to find out.... (he said, as his wallet retreated into somewhere inaccessible...)

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The exhaust system is perfect on my car, it just still attached to the car which is sat with flat battery on my driveway....


....whilst the salt air circulates around it....

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the grass is so high, the sea air can't get near the car at the moment.

I hope I won't have to send the car to the big carpark in the sky, but if it doesn't go soon, I may have no alternative

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Originally posted by Nigel Nigel wrote:

Right you lot...stand by your beds ......


I've just waded through five pages of this.........I'm losing the will to live here........find something to talk about for gods sake !!!!!


Well this is one less thread for you to monitor
The way thing's are going they have exhausted themselves

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The way thing's are going they have exhausted themselves
speak for yourself...

Do you see Croft was shown on Top Gear?
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Pug Diesel leading Radicals, Front looks OK they ran out of ideas at Rear ?
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Good evening Mark..and Kevin...and Peter...
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Originally posted by kevin kevin wrote:

Originally posted by Floody Floody wrote:

The way thing's are going they have exhausted themselves
speak for yourself...

Do you see Croft was shown on Top Gear?

????Run that by me again?????
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