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Hardware
Member Since: 28 Jun 2016
Location: Hiding under the M60
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Confession time.
When I was a kid, mum and dad had a shop. To get from bedrooms to family areas meant going through the "stock room".
Robertson's trademark figure was, for many years, a loose cutout tucked in the top of the label on the rear of the jar.
Very easy to remove... I had DOZENS of them.
Worse, do you remember the "keys" on tins of corned beef? Funnily, very few customers ever complained their tin didn't have one.
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Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer  ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
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 18th Nov 2024 8:54 pm |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
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LT wrote:The Golly branding was Robertson's. Their largest factory, the largest jam making factory in Europe at one time, was about 10 miles from me. 
Ah, typo time for me! Thanks for the correction.  Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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| 18th Nov 2024 10:46 pm |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13550
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Slow news day in Yorkshire it seems. The story is 2 years old judging by the dates in the article. 
The chap needed to be more clever in his approach, frankly, as his choice was always going to get goats up. Shame, for him, that he wasn't devoutly religious - probably could have claimed a religious angle to get around it. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:00 am |
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Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
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Yes agreed he was sacked for tying to beat the system rather than work it.
The sending of an email explaining that non-biological based pronouns offended him because of his religious beliefs would of at least caused somebody a bit of a headache. Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:16 am |
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RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13550
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Or claim to identify as a dog with pronouns "good boy!"/"clever boy!". 
Seriously, there are examples of people self-identifying as animals. Furries, I believe they're called. Or xenogender. I kid you not. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:45 am |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8138
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RRSTDV8 wrote:Slow news day in Yorkshire it seems. The story is 2 years old judging by the dates in the article.
I think various appeals are underway even though actual news two years old
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:46 am |
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astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8138
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at the large, well known, automotive company I used to work at there was a 'push' to get people to put pronouns on email footers and all the hip young people followed the order accordingly.
I wasn't going to do it and was just happy to leave it 'as was' with my name and professional job title, I didn't feel the need for anything else.
This was deemed 'unacceptable' and repeat follow up emails were received pushing the narrative, team meetings had it as an agenda item and my director took me to one side to ask me to 'just comply' for an easy life.
I wasn't argumentative, I just said I wasn't doing it and given it wasn't (and couldn't be) an 'instruction' that was the end of it as far as I was concerned. It was still a regular topic and in the end I said if I had to have 'something' on my email footer I was going to use the identifier of "Bob the Zebra" if they 'insisted'....
It wasn't discussed any more after that......
I'm still called 'Bob' by many ex-colleagues
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:55 am |
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Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
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Cold Plastic!
Every year, I seem to forget just how impossible it is to do anything with anything made of plastic in winter. I also forget how many of these things we do daily involve bits of sliding nylon/plastic that lock solid when it is below about 5C. Silicone spray is great, but with the best will in the world, you just never get to all the bits of kit that need attention before winter! Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
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| 19th Nov 2024 9:56 am |
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Icarus
Member Since: 15 Jul 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 97
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Went to an Italian restaurant last night. They’d advertised a “an evening of music from Italian Crooners”. So here’s me thinking Perry Como, Al Martino, Dean Martin, etc etc. sounds nice and relaxing for me & SWMBO to have a nice night out.
Sure enough, the “crooner” turned up, but proceeded to belt out the songs at ear-wrecking volume. Not just loud, REALLY LOUD.
What’s wrong with today’s singers? Everywhere I go, if there’s a tribute act in a restaurant, it’s so loud conversation over a meal is impossible. Barbaric. I’m a Disco 4 believer. What a vehicle!
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| 24th Nov 2024 10:24 am |
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Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
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I blame the talent shows. It’s all you ever get on those.
No one wants to sing like Joni Mitchell anymore . Gary
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Discovery 4 HSE 2016MY
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| 24th Nov 2024 11:24 am |
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Journeyman
Member Since: 27 Sep 2020
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 290
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Icarus wrote:Went to an Italian restaurant last night. They’d advertised a “an evening of music from Italian Crooners”. So here’s me thinking Perry Como, Al Martino, Dean Martin, etc etc. sounds nice and relaxing for me & SWMBO to have a nice night out.
Sure enough, the “crooner” turned up, but proceeded to belt out the songs at ear-wrecking volume. Not just loud, REALLY LOUD.
What’s wrong with today’s singers? Everywhere I go, if there’s a tribute act in a restaurant, it’s so loud conversation over a meal is impossible. Barbaric.
Just like my neighbours who we have massive problems with but when they have their family over, it seems to be a competition to all talk over one another and who can shout the loudest. It does my  head in! Cheers,
Jez
Discovery 3 HSE Stornaway Grey
MY 2008 2.7 TDV6
Discovery 2 2003 - gone
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| 24th Nov 2024 4:52 pm |
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Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 1668
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I blame the fashion for 'Power ballads ' Gary
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Discovery 4 HSE 2016MY
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