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Do you remember when: If your battery was flat you used the starting handle: If the car won't start it was simply that the points were closed: Windows were opened by a handle on the door: No engine management system to bombard you with unnecessary details: Parts were compatable: You could tow without problems: No parking problems: No speed cameras: Petrol was affordable and a garage attendant would fill you up:  Driving was a pleasure rather than a game of cat and mouse with the authorities: Ahhh thoes were the days.
Why is there only one monopolies commission??
Rob B.
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I remember three gallons for under £1.
I also remember front wheels coming off Minors and Heralds.
I remember dangerous rusted structures, and criminally negligent MOTs.
Smoke filled pubs and offices, and drunk drivers.
On balance, even though the roads are stupid busy, I would say things have improved.
Dog shite is still a problem though.
DaveW
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'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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I remember walking to the local garage to pick up 4 spark plugs for my dads 100E and them costing £1 a set.
BR
Colin
BR Colin
Who used to be a Spanner Juggler
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I remember walking to the local garage to pick up 4 spark plugs for my dads 100E and them costing £1 a set.
BR
Colin To be honest I can get a set of 4 x NGK BPR6ES for just over £8 now. In real terms, that is cheaper then they were in 1975.
2011 Morgan 4/4
1932 Austin 7 Chummy
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£1 was a good night out with 8 pints or 7 pints and a fish supper on the way home. Now a decent fish supper is probably about twice the cost of the pint and the 7 pints (not that I could handle that now) and fish supper will be the best part of £30.
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[quote=DaveW Dog shite is still a problem though.[/quote]
But its not white anymore.
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Not certain if I am old enough to add anything here? Cadburys Fudge for 3p ?
Everyone loves a Morgan. Even me, unless it's broken again.
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Not certain if I am old enough to add anything here? Cadburys Fudge for 3p ?
Sorry Alistair but I think your wrong. 3d perhaps? Gosh! I am feeling old.
Regards
Geof
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[quote=DaveW Dog shite is still a problem though. But its not white anymore.[/quote] Yea...that was a weird thing wasn't it....never see it now
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