That's a good deal Duke and I'm genuinely pleased for you. However it does make a mockery of it all. BMW are the same if your car is over 5 years old they service it at a much reduced rate. I understand why but equally it's not fair to price something lower based on age as the work done and ...

... to the actual peoples. What we have now is a western version of the middle east, not to say they didn't have problems before. We then spent years funding and arming different dictators and wars in which millions of people have died. For what? A hand full of people got very rich out of selling ...

Two years later and he's not walking yet??

If he hasn't by now, he's not going to. Shame.

... for having them IMO. We spoke to a few of the other parents whose kids are taking the test. Some of them have had a tutor for the last couple of years, and are still struggling, which as you say defies the while point of it. The reason we decided to do the mock tests and other revision aids (which ...

... age of 12-13 or so they expected you to know what you wanted to do for a career for the rest of your life. I never got that. I already knew for years I was into music and other artsy-fartsy stuff.....AND....working in a trade...I always wanted to do skilled manual labour that didn't require ...

I passed the exam but chose to go to the local comp - big mistake on my part , I was about 2 years in front of most people I got bored and got a full time job at 14 in the local butchers

... This is crunch time for her as it will determine whether she gets into her school of choice or not. Essentially the result will dictate the next 7 years of her life. To quote my daughter... "So no pressure or anything!"

Mrs Kwacky has reminded me that we're away that weekend anyway.

I would be tempted to do it next year. Those prices are very reasonable and it's been about 30 years since I was last in Milan.

... split them when i had the chance Ok, before you go stripping everything mate I've had to address crankcase pressure loss dozens of times over the years, and by far the most common cause has been crankshaft bearing oil seal failure. If you're confident that the crankshaft bearings don't have play, ...

... Bike Insurer comparison site anyway. Bennetts, whom I had previously sworn off for good due to them increasing my premium to over 400 quid a few years back, topped the list at £86. For an annual premium!!! Okay, when I added helmet and leathers to the quote it ended up at £123, but clearly there's ...

... one is 30 (giggle) HAHA yes that would be nice. Our problem wasn't so much the number of kids, more the age of them as we had 4 kids within 5 years. When the twins were born Will was 5 and Lily was only 20 months old. It very nearly finished us off as a couple the pressure was unbelievable, ...

... so actually worse than my owner broker as that's without the sp2 and just the Ducati on its own. Old codger, bike garaged, alarmed, datatag, 18 years experience, 12 years NCB, clean lience where do they get the prices from when a zx10r is 200 quid :? I'm not buying a Ducati if that's the coin ...

I've got a pair of Italian made shooting boots which are over 25 years old. I paid a fortune for them but I've still got them. You can't beat quality footwear.

Shoes - one thing I'll never buy cheap. My wife gave up about 15 years ago asking me how much my new shoes were. She thinks I'm mad. I've given up trying to educate Mrs Gee regarding cost of footwear, apparently £20-£40 a pair is perfectly OK despite the ...

Shoes - one thing I'll never buy cheap. My wife gave up about 15 years ago asking me how much my new shoes were. She thinks I'm mad.

... the kids. The only downside is me being out of the house 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. We might have another think about moving in a couple of years when Alex has started and settled down at secondary school. We both agree that if we had a bigger house we would only fill it with more crap :D ...

Cheers Kwacky. We have been toying with moving for about 4 years now. We have out grown our current house and have 2 jobs so it's affordable and hopefully I can be mortgage free in another 5 years if I see a good return on some shares nd investments I ...

15th September 1975, I joined the Police service and started my first day of training. 41 years ago today. I remember it like it was yesterday and I am still in touch with a few who joined the same day as me (who went onto much higher ranks I hasten to add), but makes ...

... there are loads of factors taken into account including :- age postcode where it's parked security cost to repair costs to replace occupation years held full licence previous convictions (driving and criminal) previous claims previous bikes (stepping up from 600cc to 1000cc still makes a difference) ...

Nope, there are loads of factors taken into account including :- age postcode where it's parked security cost to repair costs to replace occupation years held full licence previous convictions (driving and criminal) previous claims previous bikes (stepping up from 600cc to 1000cc still makes a difference) ...