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No offence inteded ifraz!! I do not care what colour a face is, it's the attitude that is important. Maybe it's a London thing then, but I was not speaking on an assumption. Bad drivers are all colours - but most of the illegal drivers appear to foreign.

I fear that the problem is manyfold; 1) Driver education - the driving test is far too easy. 2) No Driving licence - I work in an area that is predominantly Asian, and it appears to be that as long as you know someone with a licence - that's good enough. If you don't know someone then you can buy one. The standard of driving in Manor Park, East Ham or anywhere around there is unbelievable- surprise surprise. No offence intended to any law abiding Asians. 3) Foreign drivers - nuff said!

Seems to be the way it is nowadays Claire. Politeness died aroundabout the same time as Englishness

........and my fingers are nearly bitten off too........ Our supplier of the carbon fibre air scoops have let us down again last week. Sorry Guys :( Hope to have them this week. I will let you know

How many Nigerian scams do you see? We have been getting them for about 15 years. It used to be a letter in a scruffy envelope hand written by someone with the literacy age of about 5. Now we get at least 5 emails a week. They are now also coming out of South Africa. They are normally from someone with the name of Dr, Lord, King, Chief or whatever, Ngomongmodoluo or whatever, who has heard of your venerable reputation and eminant discretion........blah blah..... He knows someone in the Royal Family or Ministry of Appropriations who has secreted away about 25 million US Dollars, and of course he wants to share it with you (like you were born yesterday). All you have to do of course is send over enough cash to grease some palms...................blah blah Apparently some greedy loonies have actually fallen for this

..........honest Nurse, I wasn't watching any p.o.r.n on there... :D

Is Michael Jackson a misguided fool or a dangerous looney? Should he be reported for child abuse (again)?

In our firm we have a bonus that is related to our profits which is distrubuted equally, ie the management and techies all get the same bonus. I think this is very fair as we all play our part in making the firm profitable at the end of the day :)

Mat I can help on all but the last bit :)

It seems to me that (excluding Europe) people tend to work until the job is done regardless of pay. I know that in my firm and in many others that there is a culture of responsibility towards the customer, and an awareness that if the customer is not happy and walks away - you're history.

Welcome to the club Mat Hope you enjoy your car :)

Did you know that ALL email and telecommunications are monitored by GCHQ? Scary stuff eh?

Is there still a place for the Royal Family in this day and age?

Hello Mr dazzab69 Maybe you are right and I am an idiot, or maybe you are wrong - no doubt we will find out sooner or later. There is no doubt that our economy is stronger than Germany or France at the moment, but this will not be allowed when we join the Euro becuase we will no longer have control. Brussels in totally opaque - there is no tranparency. You may have heard of the several corruption charges against those in control. What happens if you don't like they way they are governing us - nothing - tough luck - there is nothing you can do. You may have seen my thread about our glorious leader. In my view they are treacherous, incompetant criminals. But at least they can be voted out. You may have seen Der Bilt recently - there is a growing belief in Germany that Churchill should be hailed as a war criminal - more self interest and no harmony there. One of the things I have learnt in my many years in business is that there should always be a get out possibility if you don't like what you get into. I am not aware of any get out possibility for the EC or the Euro. What about Gordon Browns ecomomic tests? These tests have not been met yet, so how do we know that they will stay met after we join? - we don't. I agree that it is easier to work in Europe than the rest of the world, but it is still possible. I personally would make it harder for foreign nationals to come here - but we can't now because of Brussels. Personally I do not have any emotional attachment to the Pound, but I do have an objection to being railroaded into something I see as very bad and irreversable. I think I'll join you with my green card - don't forget to turn the light off :)

Looking good Si, looking very good

I'll get my coat then

Now come on chaps - you KNOW you know you're not allowed to work more than 35 hours per week - just wait until the Fun Police in Brussels gets ya.

The MBNA customer help line is 0800 9172626 - they should be able to help. Sad I know, but I still think it looks nice with the Lexus logo.

Did anyone else get a Lexus affiliated MBNA Gold Visa card? I got mine about 10 years ago - seems to work OK :)

Anyone notice the unusually enormous amount of roadworks in London over the last few months? Anyone think that they will all miraculously dissappear in Feb next year when the congestion charge rolls out? Is Ken our Lord and Saviour or an idiot to think we can't see whats going on? Will he get another term in office - doubtful methinks

What do you do to earn your crust, and how many hours a week do you work? I think everyone knows what I do, and I work at least 54 hours a week. Mark

I don't think I'm 100% with you on that. There will never be harmony in the EC becuase of the self interest of the individual countries- which is right and fair in my view. Look at the French and their arrogant policies of self importance and disregard to EC law. We were sold a lie when we went into the "Common Market". We were told that it would be good for trade and jobs. We were not told about the loss of sovereignty, our laws or our money. I do not see how we can have joined too late. Compare our economy to that of Germany or France who were the first to join. Who is doing better - we are - and they hate it, which is why they want to make us like them. 1) War is entirely conceivable, especially when the good citizens of Europe wake up and see what is happening to their countries. 2) You can but food from all over the world. You don't need to be in the EC for that. 3) You can go and work anywhere in the world. You don't need to be in the EC for that. 4) We have been booming whilst Germany and the rest of them are suffering, so how can you say that being in the EC is good for the economy? 5) Partly true, but as soon as we join the Euro (which we will) we will be totally stuffed through no fault of our own as soon as the currency falls, instead of the Pound being able to stand on it's own merits and pitfalls. 6) Prices will never stabilize because my house costs more than a farmers house in the middle of Greece. Being able to buy your Lexus cheaper in Calais is a wonderous thing, but my concern is about the knock on implications for this economy. The bottom line is that we are now ruled by Brussells, who we did not elect and cannot get rid of. That is not freedom - that is incarceration. At least we can get rid of Blair. That's the difference. That yummy human rights act is fantastic - it gives the right to murders, kiddy fiddlers - you name it, to appeal about their treatment and conviction. That just what we need - more compensation and freedom to the vermin of the world - thank you very much Brussels. If you think you are being exploited by working 80 hours a week - change your job. Rant over - phew!!

Unless you are using rocket fuel you won't see more than about 6-8 hp from e-tuning :)

You guys will be the first to see it - don't panic :)

From us, surprise surprise ;)