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Holidays, property developments, winning the lottery.
What does 2013 hold for you?
I'm off to florence and Rome in July. Already counting the days.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:14, 203 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

"off to Florence"
As in, look at that flamboyant chappie he looks like someone who is "off to Florence"
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:36, Reply)

I love how the common thought of a gay man is a flouncy pouf.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:39, Reply)

I said FLAMBOYANT... as in that chappie who was in Dr.Who and now seems to have become a professional gay.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Might be going to Finland over the Summer to stay in a cabin for a few days as well.
Hopefully I'll permanently get the fuck out of Ireland too.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Just time to move on and get outta this company
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:18, Reply)

She's happy to be leaving too.
How bad is it?!
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:23, Reply)

Dublin might be alright
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:29, Reply)

getting made redundant.
Going to vegas
Two weddings
30th Birthday.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Wasn't enjoyable.
You have options?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:31, Reply)

Extending new house
Paying massive mortgage on new extended house
Death
Taxes
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Extending new house
Paying massive mortgage on new extended house
Death
Taxes
Still trying to sell house.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:21, Reply)

I spent 4 days there about 10 years ago and was agog at all the history there
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:21, Reply)

Im really looking forward to that.
Not sure what Florence has to offer, my mate has chose that part.
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Here's really great www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g187895-d1102253-Reviews-All_Antico_Vinaio-Florence_Tuscany.html
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:32, Reply)

You'll be undercharged more times than overcharged so don't worry about it.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:34, Reply)

www.illatini.com/illatini/ristorante/chi-siamo?lang=en#
You'll have to wait in the street, but it's worth it.
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Il Latini especially, the waiter just goes "are you alergic to anything?" and "white or red?" then orders for you.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:47, Reply)

and is considering twisting them off.
I'm hopefully skiing in a couple of weeks if I can sort it. Other than that I'm not really arsed about holidays.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:23, Reply)

Aside from that, no plans so far.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:28, Reply)

pronounce "Les" as in the quaint northern name and "Miserables" as in the emotion. That's well funny.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:36, Reply)

like they're going to see a miserable bloke called Les down the pub because they're way too manly to go to a moooosical.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:43, Reply)

who was well powerful despite being almost as short as Battered attacked the station.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:29, Reply)

Are we not the epitome of rock and roll life?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:38, Reply)

I'm looking for a focus estate and my main debate is whether to stick with the lower taxed 1.6 or go crazy and get a 1.8.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:39, Reply)

It has to be minibadger compatible, and probably new. I'm looking Honda CRV or Kia Sportage, fact fans. IMAGINE.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:56, Reply)

so I'm sticking with an estate in the hope that this will stop me becoming some sort of terrible boring dad.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:58, Reply)

one of the few things out there that can fit an adult between two child seats in the back. That, and Mrs B is keen to move back "to the country" in a couple of years and the last village I lived in up here used to average about a week every year cut off by snow.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:00, Reply)

But I appear to be able to get a 4 year old focus estate with about 60K on the clock for about 8K.
I'm hoping more will become available when the number plates change and all the fleet vehicles get traded in.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:02, Reply)

but I really want something new so I don't have to worry about shit breaking and unexpected costs. Although, in that respect we've also been somewhat aided by Mrs B getting a £16K pay rise just before she told them she was pregant. Maternity leave score.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)

a fair few of those faux-SUV things are two wheel drive, I'm given to understand.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)

The CRV is only 2WD on the low spec. As long as you buy the right model of the Kia, it's 4WD on demand, so it's FWD until the grip runs out, which means the fuel consumption stays low. You can lock it in 4WD if you need to if you stay under 25mph. Same system on the Hyundia iX35.
Problem with a "proper" 4WD is that the fuel costs are arse-raping for something you need for about 5 days a year, even up here.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:09, Reply)

and the one's that are "4wd" the rear drive only kicks in if the front wheels spin.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:09, Reply)

expensive parts, and only available from Kia dealers in some cases, according to mate in the trade and another one who has the big MPV they make.
Of the fake SUVs I like the Qasqai, though not a huge amount of passenger room considering the size of it.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)

the AA guy towing me had to stop and get one of those Kia people carriers. The thing was two years old and had blown the head gasket.
Could be a freak accident, but sounds like shitty parts.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:16, Reply)

not filled up with coolant/leaking, or lead-footed driver.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)

after two years pottering about no matter how roughly you treated it. Manufacturing defect, I'd have thought. Dodgy part or dodgy practice. Not a great sign, either way.
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based off no knowledge whatsoever.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)

I'm not saying they aren't shit, but unless you have multiple bits of evidence you're just spouting bollocks.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:38, Reply)

in a two year old car however it was treated. Which is true. The fact that it did go is indicative that something else wasn't up to scratch.
I don't have an opinion on the car.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)

that all Kia head gaskets are shit quality.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:47, Reply)

You don't seem to understand that breaking a two year head gasket is hard.
However I will, if it'll make it any better, say again as I did in the first post, that it "could have been a freak accident".
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:50, Reply)

any slight coolant leak and someone in the habit of clogging up the motorway at 100 or so every day could probably blow any car though.
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Never touch anything with a 1.4 K-series engine, they're shit.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)

It's the K series that's the problem. Iron block/ally head, and a head gasket made of metal. What's that you say? no flexibility in the gasket at all, and two metals that expand at different rates? Why, I can't see any issue there whatsover.
You can set your watch by 1.8 K series head gaskets going at 40,000 miles.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:36, Reply)

Like a motorbike engine, a sandwich with the head bolts all the way to the sump, so amy mistake in the tightening is a potential time bomb.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:39, Reply)

One mistake by the apprentice on the torque wrench and you've got a potential cracked block.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:46, Reply)

iirc there were 16 bolts to tighten to a certain setting in a particular sequence, then you had to tighten them a further quarter turn precisely in another sequence, or something like that, it was definitely two different stages. Immense potential for fuckup.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:53, Reply)

Once they were done they stood back and thought "yeah, that's reasonable, can't see any end user fucking that up".
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:15, Reply)

Four years of neglect would be understandable, though. Was it owned by somebody that hardly drove it? They need some oil around them to stop them drying out.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:37, Reply)

One lady owner, and only did about 18K in four years.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:38, Reply)

But it was more likely to have been manufactured in Coventry.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)

God knows, Coventry is *right* up there in manufacturing quality.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)

Quality does not seem to be a primary concern.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)

Even before I knew him he was trying to be a cunt to me.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)

It's the biggest problem with them. But I'm buying new and the fuckers have a 7 year warranty so I don't intend to still own it once I need to pay for parts. Ditto Hyundai, same parts issue.
My problem with the Qashqai is that it's skullfucking expensive for something no bigger than a focus with almost no kit on it, almost none of them are 4WD, and almost literally every cunt out there has one.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:34, Reply)

is if you buy an approved used one they put the same 7 year warranty on it from the date you buy it. That's some fucking faith in their manufacturing.
There is a fair bit of small print mind you, but it's pretty easy to make sure you stick to it if you are at least a little bit careful.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:38, Reply)

Used to use the Merc 2.9l Plant
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:39, Reply)

Seems OK. Fucking terrible fuel consumption though and a rancid auto box, but then it wasn't built for driving fun.
The new Kias have their own engine or a joint Kia/Hyundai job I think.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)

Live outside and commute in. Or, move to London but don't buy the car and put the money you would have spent into a savings account.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:40, Reply)

But I'll be all :( about it because shiny.
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Winders and I, being a pair of professionals, will merely nod, then studiously ignore each other whilst trying not to slap balls.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:44, Reply)

Was stuck in a meeting with my bosses boss about them potentially employing a lad who made my step-daughter's life hell at school
:o(
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)

and am less likely to wank into K's hair while she sleeps.
*Less* likely.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)

You don't want to stay with him without taking a shower cap.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:01, Reply)

So did you, Al.
Is my hair very sexy or something?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:10, Reply)

I wont be staying with anyone because I sleep naked. So unless you want to see that hot mess im staying in a hotel
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but have special sleeping clothes for when they stay with other people.
it saves on hotel prices.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:12, Reply)

It's a compromise that seems to work for everyone.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:14, Reply)

so I'll sleep topless, but I need my shorts.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:14, Reply)

Its rare that I can sleep at all when staying elsewhere, let alone adding uncomfortable clothing to the matter
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:16, Reply)

Or do you just get too excited?
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Or having someone put their had on your chest and shushing you?
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:21, Reply)

and a hotel room costs more than that.
but hey if your nudity is worth that much to you, who am I to point out basic economics.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:18, Reply)

And its nothing I havent tried before, ive always
woken in the middle of the night and kicked off my clothes, besides why would I wish to travel across the ocean to sleep at someone elses house when I dont even do that here
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:23, Reply)

It's okay if you don't want to stay, I'm not offended. Just ignore mental Wilf here.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:24, Reply)

you're the one with no money who wants to waste it all on hotels rather than let Al jizz in your hair.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:32, Reply)

Theres a difference between saving money for a trip and not having savings or money full stop
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:42, Reply)

Im just weird and would rather sleep in a hotel by myself
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:28, Reply)

We'll all take you out for a Tayyabs when you come over.
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if a girl wants to come and sleep naked in my front room, then as long as she's happy, I'm happy.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:15, Reply)

you can say you were just looking for change.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:17, Reply)

for valentines day and a tatoo convention. no plans beyond that.
oh, except for a cousin's husband's birthday in Chingford in 2 weeks.
all fucking glamour here.
Alt: what happened to alts? They're useful when the main Q is gash
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)

This year is buying a horse, probably finish the car and start a new project, maybe an old MG, or a BMW. Carry on thinking about getting out of the pub trade, but not doing anything about it. Just gotta wait and see what Ladypigs career is doing, and where she wants to go.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)

The 3.0 CSLs that came before are gorgeous, but so, so expensive.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:51, Reply)

But I imagine all the money will go on the horse, so I'll end up with a 70's Volvo 144.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:01, Reply)

two kids and luggage in a horse. I'd suggest Mrs Pig's priorities are all wrong. I bet she's saying stuff like "but you've already got an old car!"
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:07, Reply)

If you don't have your own stable it's about £90ish a week to use someone else's plus farrier's bills, and if it gets ill...make sure it's insured!
Our friend's comment "I need to find a way of converting horseshit into money, instead of the other way round!"
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:12, Reply)

Or friends' kids. Plus Dobbin won't have a hope of keeping up with modern motorway traffic.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:16, Reply)

in London it would be considerably faster, and no congestion charge to pay.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:19, Reply)

she sits in the garage with me reading while I work. but she misses riding, don't want to go in to much detail with the Rory around, but it's good for her to be back on a horse, and I'd be just as happy working on a scrappy old bl lump as I would on a full classic bmw really, so I let her have her thing.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:19, Reply)

"look, love, don't you worry about the transport. It's all oily nastiness and scary animals. You leave that to me. You just look after the house, eh?"
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:21, Reply)

shark nose 635i with M-sport trim or M635Csi. He did have a couple but only has 1 now I think. Bloody quick and a handful on wet roundabouts...
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:01, Reply)

Nearly bought a 5 a while ago. Wish I had.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:05, Reply)

She had a peculiar feeling.
She laid on her back.
Opened her crack.
And pissed all over the ceiling.
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as a result I'm hungover and some rough beast is slouching through my colon, waiting to be born.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:22, Reply)

The wee marn cancelled lunch too.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:34, Reply)

On the upside I have spent my time productively and booked an Easter holiday.
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:36, Reply)

Sad, sad times
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:39, Reply)

www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/instead-rolling-rovers-new-spiky-space-balls-will-hop-across-moons-and-asteroids
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Even the way the article is written is very 'Tomorrows World'.
Stuff like this makes me question the fact we were ever on the moon
( , Fri 4 Jan 2013, 13:39, Reply)

"Are they expecting to collect rings and chaos emeralds?"
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