roofman
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great idea but who's in charge of who stays and who goesOr, fewer people on the planet.
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great idea but who's in charge of who stays and who goes
The next major war will sort it out.
roofman
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Or Covid
Plus the problem with the war idea is that the strong healthy breeding stock get slaughtered first, like the 1st and 2nd world wars
I saw it with my own eyes and I still.dont know what the hell I saw.Or Covid
I am certainly far more Paranoid than before Covid appeared, and I had a major lack of trust of certain people before then.
Can't argue - but the the price for the same large number of heavy breathing horses under the hood in a European car is considerably more, for the same age/miles. With my Dodge there's a lot of stuff your usual owner would never see, as they wouldn't in a European built car, as it's behind other panels, trim, covers etc, but its left wrinkly, un-evenly trimmed, etc whereas my experience with older European stuff is that it's a lot neater behind he scenes.
Although, as I occasionally point out to USA owners of the same "American muscle" as mine . . . it's a Mexican drivetrain installed in a Canadian built shell . . .
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I've been saying for a while we're overdue a good 'rallying' war, The Falklands was the last 'proper' one, GW1 & GW2 were figments of that war criminal Blair's sucking up to the septics, Afghan was a 'security intervention' and as such held no great sway with the great unwashed - unless one of your family was sacrificed for the chance to give the locals time to think about what they wanted, turns out they didn't want change after all...
But yer, time to give someone a good tw@tting - see how much fossil fuel we can burn in the name of National Security, BEV WIMIC's just won't cut it....
Imagine this with solar panels as part of the leager....
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Those 5 vehicles will be replaced with 5 drones...5 hits with no casualties.
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Those WIMIC's can do a lot more than 5 hits - and don't have kids with joysticks commanding them - besides, where's the fun in that!
Trust me, there's nothing like laying down enfilading fire on your (politicians) enemy whilst they're attacking your mates in a fixed position...
The rest of the TF were busy taking out the supply lines, something that can only be acheived 'on the ground' with adult thinking, drones are a useful tool , but not the only one needed.
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Bit off with GW1 (assuming you mean op granby?) - Blair was still 6 years away from power and this one was actually probably well justified. I was out by GW2 so am not prepared to comment on that one
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Let nature sort them out. Nobody needs to die prematurely.great idea but who's in charge of who stays and who goes
What we need is a virus that renders at least two-thirds of the population sterile.
roofman
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there half way there now, just look what's walking down any high street.
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Whilst looking for a vehicle I read another dealer's review....all good 300+ except for two, who were slagging him for selling cars with engine malfunction DTC histories. BOTH turned out to be Fords. One was a Ranger.We are trading in the wife's Kuga before it goes the same waythey have offered £6k against a 2022 Mokka EV with 5k miles on it (£20k vehicle)
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There is world population org website that aims at 1/2 Billion as the correct sustainable number and then there's this...https://worldpopulationhistory.org/map/1/mercator/1/0/25/#Or, fewer people on the planet.
which is quite disturbing...this is the wrong thread though.
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No it's at the local garage after diagnostics that the decision was made. He's still trying to working out the bill. Car's worth £2.5K (running). I spent £700 or a ABS module repair already. The previous autoelec's comment was that Ford use cheap kit and to buy a good quality Jap i.e. Toyota. NOT Nissan. If he fixes it what's next? In fairness it is 14yrs old. Toyota 20 yr+ trucks are still good. It's reliability,then reliability and once more reliability that matter.I'm not saying it's the case here, but having known a few people who've done the same, what's actually wrong with it?
Just because it's stopped , doesn't necessarily mean it's terminal, and surely most cars are worth throwing a few £ worth of diagnostics at. If it's an easy fix, you don't have to keep it, and if it is more to fix than it's worth then so be it.
But sending it for scrap just because its got some lights on (which could well be interlinked) without knowing the actual cause, seems a bit crazy to me.
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Ok...you convinced me....I'm off to Switzerland.Or Covid
You do like flexing your Keyboard Warrior muscles & taking cheap shots eh?
There's no chips on these shoulders. I take full responsibility for my own decisions, mistakes, successes & life. I also use my brain, observe & do some independent thinking about where things are going, what policies and directions mean & how they are likely to affect different people in the not-too-distant future.... not just whether or not it its an issue for me.
My position financially & age means I'm less likely than a great many people to be hugely disadvantaged by the policies and hardships that are coming... but that doesn't mean I sit in an ivory tower & go "I'm alright Jack".
I live in rural Wales btw, where public transport is irregular, grossly inadequate and sparce. I do not need anyone telling me it heeds thinking through!
However - those who are forcing us out of the car..... 1, are based in Westminster & large conurbations in large part, & 2, have a great deal of our money (plus plum big salary positions gifted by organisations buying their influence etc) - and can easily afford cars I future when the majority won't be able to.... & demonstrably do not care one jot about anyone else.
Frankly, you are holier-than-though & pompous, & clearly view the world only from your comfortable (& short-sighted) perspective.
EV's (& the manner in which the change is being managed & directed) are an indicator of far bigger things and overall plans that affect the country, indeed the world (I mean politically & socially to be clear) - & you think you're so smart, & yet whinge that it's off-topic?
Maybe you're just nowhere near as clever & enlightened as your own high opinion of yourself leads you to believe huh?
(In general I try not to be rude - but seeing as you make no effort on that front.....)
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I made that comment and I live in the middle of nowhere. Seven miles from the nearest town. I need personal transport but the future is a long time coming. You do seem very narrow minded where the future is concerned. We will probably both be in the ground and not see the results of current affairs. It rarely has an effect in the short term but the long term is bleak for personal transport.
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