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Well to be honest Bullet, I did wonder if that was it. I know unleaded fuel, ermm, loses its det properties, (for lack of a better phrase) over time more than 4 star ever did. . May just be the old fuel as you say

Ok guys, I'm ashamed to admit this. Today, for the first time in 10 - 11 months I started my Zed. Now I had to jump start it, and she fired up without any problems. However; what I did find is there was really no power in the engine. I was hoping to take her for a 30 - 60 minute run. But when reversing out of the garage, over a slight lip, I was closing to stalling. Despite applying throttle, I was barely getting over 12-1500 revs. So I decided to pop her back in the garage. So ok, she's been stood for a long time. She is brimmed with fuel, I left the ha brake off, so no brake binding / snatching issues. Just no power at all. She is due for a full shakedown service tomorrow as well as clutch master cylinder replacement. Think I'll have to get it towed to the garage. But any thoughts around the lack of power, gratefully received.

I've already started looking at armoured vehicles for sale, just in case

Nay, my eyes!

TT350, I just wanted to come back to you and say the following. What an amazing and resilient and special and strong person you are. I'm in awe of your posts, your responses and I'm seriously impressed by your approach. Clearly you are working very, very hard to accept, deal with, manage and handle your circumstances. It's obvious that you are still facing some ongoing difficult times. However; the one of the most powerful things you have done is to start this thread. Air your stresses, worries, concerns, dispair, lay bare your humility. I believe I may understand some of the challenges that may have been on your plate / in your mind. Coming here talking about what you're facing is a very brave, very intelligent and very powerful thing. I know you will have things in mind in terms of building and lifting yourself out of this situation. Take it from me, you will do it, it will happen, you will overcome this situation. And even more amazing, Is that what you have done / are doing now.It'll be the first part of that journey to meet and beat your challenges. You have friends here, please continue to come and visit.

Yeah the mouth noise ones are weird. I don't listen to those. I like the hair cut ones, or massage etc. There's hundreds of role play ones. How are you feeling these days bud? Me? Well when I think sh1t can't get any worse it does. So I console myself by saying "you're not at rock bottom yet" lol. Plus mega knee pain and stress migraines which doctors will prescribe nothing for. All in all, fair to middling lol. Thanks for asking mate I've had counseling in the past and I'm going through another set now. Always been an extremely consistent, happy, relaxed, stress free kind of guy. I am also extremely, beyond belief, resilient, I let nothing phase me. That's partly the trouble though, I found I can absorb so much and then more, and then more, then more, more, more, more etc. Then the sponge becomes full, and I get signs which give me a clear indication something is not right, like wanting to bin the car on the motorway whilst on the way to the office. Once those thoughts appear I act on it pretty much straight away, counseling, relaxation therapy, massage, de-stress - re-evaluate, apply a bit of mindfulness. I honestly thought it was that bad this time that I was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Things have dramatically improved for me by taking that positive action, which I know is not easy.

Indeed, the guys your talking about can stay solvent for far longer. And that's sometimes what it comes down to, who has the biggest pile of mad loot to floss across the market

But Adrian, just remember, paper gold and physical GBP is not always what you're after. Sometimes it's the other way around

Or a nice AMG Merc

Mmm my Brexi concerns could be about to take an interesting turn. Today I recieved the following contact via email and linkedin. "Dear Bockaack, We are looking for an exprienced Change Manager,fitting the specifiaton below to fill a permanent position for a large Automotive customer based in Stuttgart...." Could be very convenient for obtaining German residency / citizenship and a passport

Yes Adrian, dawning on me this morning that Cameron has just played a political blinder!

I agree Dan. Whatever people voted for, in or out. I respect it as part of the democratic process, even if I don't agree with it. I'm quite willing just to get rolling. That being said, I am very nervous about what the future may bring. I hope, that my worries may be groundless, but I fear they will be. I couldn't be happier if my doubts are proved wrong, but I'm not convinced that will happen, if it does, fantastic, I'll be grateful and happy. However; I will work my arse off to try and make sure whatever comes. That it doesn't change the nature of the street, city or country that I live in for the worse

Couldn't agree more, let's crack on right now, bring it on Bozza!

If they believed is so much Col, if they were so convinced. Where is their plan? What's the timelines, what at a high level can we expect the process to be? They can't even tell us, they don't know because they did no research. Because they didn't expect to win the vote. They can't even do us the courtesy of saying - "Once article 50 is invoked the process follows this timeline, with the following checks and balances. Of all the significant legislation which may be more immediately impacted, the following 'X' are the priority. Our plan is to......" They should have been able to give us that, as a high level timeline, yesterday lunch time. Because surely, they have a plan behind which to guide us through Brexit? With all that thinking they've done, all the checking of laws, trade engagement and all that background work they've done.....you know, for when the thing they wanted us to vote for happens? And they can tell us how it's going to work...

Yes lets get on with it, although I do genuinely believe they do not know what to do next. Interesting you refer to it as a majority? Imagine lining up 30 people in a row, put a gap halfway then get one person to step across that gap. The swing was tiny in % terms, it was a marginal win really. Col, I voted remain, I desperately wanted to stay in the EU. Voting out, IMPO, is a disaster, a 5h1t decision IMPO, with no serious thought put in to it by those who supposedly are going to lead us in to this glorious Brexit world. I'm bloody glad I took some decisions to protect myself from the financial and economic shocks that will come. However, I see it as my personal goal in life, to do what I can to apply the maximum and most relentless ongoing and critical pressure. To those political powers that promised so much to deliver what they promised. Either they will do that, and I demand that they deliver it. Or I will do what I can to see their political careers ground in to dust! I am f'in lividand im likely to stay livid for the rest of my life as a British citizen.

The vote's been taken, the decision by the majority was to leave the EU. Let's just get on with it, get article 50 moving now. I see no reason to mess around, let's get cracking and do it asap. The longer we wait, the more uncertainty there will be. In the meantime. I will continue to look at opportunities to get the maximum benefit from the circumstances. Whether that be dual nationality, investment avenues and employment opportunities in the UK and elsewhere.

What we should be doing now is being typically British. We should pull our socks up, roll up our sleeves and just get on with it. There's nothing to be gained by sitting still, we need to get moving and get moving quickly! What I'm worried we'll get, is a Japan style deflationary spiral. Which may end up impacting us for many years

Not a good start, the Union Flag is upside down. blame the University of Liverpool

I found this video interesting and helpful in terms of providing some background to some of the pro's / cons of leaving / staying in the EU. It's a short lecture by Professor Michael Dougan, from the Liverpool Law School, an expert in European Law, about 20 mins long He's an independent academic who's professional career has been based on the EU, its laws and regulations and how they don't or do work.

I'm still weighing up the data, the information, trying to get in to as many facts I can. I genuinely believe this may be the most important thing I will ever have to cast a vote on. For me there are many arguments for each side, both good and bad. There are certainly risks and potential benefits for remain and leave. For me it's not just about economics or trade. Neither is it about the negatives or positives of immigration. Only part of it is about sovereignty, self determination or the commitment to work collaboratively with other nation states. For me, as someone of mixed heritage, although born and bred in England / The United Kingdom / Great Britain. As much as anything, it's about what is and what will become the prevailing social and political views / leanings of my fellow countrymen/ women. Should we remain or leave. I think that has become what wil be the biggest factor in my vote. What sort of country do I want to live in and with what kind of people. It requires a great deal of long term thought

Escape rooms or a car based treasure hunt, where people have to actually get out of the car, looking for clues etc

"It is helpful to be old, for in my lifetime I have seen world population increase threefold; a stable seasonal climate become wildly unstable with drought, forest fires and floods; the pollution by humanity of the planet’s earth, air and waters to a stage where all life is threatened; and violence become a permanent, continuous tragedy in a world of great uncertainty. The only stable community in this universal upheaval has been the European Union, formed from the wreckage of a continent for which I and millions of others fought six years of war. I write as a former airman, having flown well over 2,000 hours against three despotic enemy nations. That victory for the democracies has given Europe 70 years of peace and security in a widely unstable world. The “leave†chancers are campaigning to abandon this steady progress, citing values false or irrelevant, while they have no plan of what to do after jumping ship. If the nation should fall for this deceit I can only conclude that the lives of my comrades – Irish, Scots, Welsh and English – were lost in vain. They will be rattling their bones, wherever in the world they fell, at the loss of the beliefs for which they fought. Britain in Europe will enhance progress to higher values in the greater world; Britain out means a return to the early-20th-century chaos of warring states against each other. I am 96. I remember how far we have come. I know what we stand to lose." Franklin Medhurst, DFC (RAF 1939-46) Carlton, County Durham

Just had this from CityIndex: ====== Ahead of an expected increase in market volatility around the UK’s EU referendum on the 23rd of June, 2016 we’re writing to let you know about changes that will affect your account. Changes to our margins Our margin requirements will change temporarily to reflect the increased market uncertainty around the referendum. From the 19th June, 2016 these changes will include: GBP related currency pairs and UK Indices will move to 3% base margin as a minimum EUR related currency pairs and European and US Indices will move to 1% base rate margin as a minimum UK 100 Equities will move to 8% base rate margin. ======= If Britain leaves EU is going to be a disaster on the stock exchange, FTSE companies will have serious value wiped off the market, GBP vs any currency will simply dive, I'm predicting 1GBP = 1 USD... Lots of prices will go up for anything imported. 100% agree, the last ten years has been plate spinning from a money, economy, banking, debt perspective. Our economy, the world economy is collapsing. Look at the increase in personal debt, not just here but globally. The Chinese dragon is faltering, puffing whisp's of smoke rather than fire. The Baltic Dry index has been catastrophically low, as have interest rates for record periods. Somethings got to give. Whatever the vote in or out, the times they are a changing. The EU vote will simply be an excuse to cover the failure of governments and regulators to act when they should have done. Back in 2000-2003. Putting Glass Steagal back in place and reigning in a financially speculative debt binge.

From an economic perspective it's interesting in terms of the EU in / out vote. The BREXIT campaign and those leaning to support it are keen to point it the following. That the British economy is strong, among the strongest in Europe. We are leading the way out of the economic turmoil. Our trade position is solid, we have a good footing to set ourselves up, outside the direct influence of the EU. Strong enough to make our own way. The stats, the reports, the data shows this clearly. We don't need the EU! What interest me particularly is that a lot of this data, this vision of economic strength, growth, prosperity comes from organisations like the CBI. Who are keen to point out the benefits of being part of the EU. More importantly, a lot of this data, this information, this rosey picture. Comes from government department reports, from the department of trade and industry for example. Departments for a government who are telling us how strong our economy is, how well we are doing, we are leading the way. So I would ask the question of the BREXIT camp. How is it that you trust the governments figures in economic growth, strength and sustainable economic power. Which reflects the current status of our economy now. Supporting the basis for your "we'll do fine if we leave the EU, look how well we are doing...". Yet you don't trust the same government when they report the significant negative economic impact, which will occur. Should we leave the EU and its economic agreements, treaties and arrangements? How does that work, it's a contradiction surely? Also, if you accept the government stats and reports on economic growth, strength etc as an argument for leaving. Yet you don't trust the reports / stars for the negative impact of we leave. How can you really trust the stats relating to the strength of our economy? They have to be wrong, surely? And if the positive economic data is wrong, then we really aren't that strong economically as a nation at all are we? Then economic strength is not a reason for leaving the EU. Which begs the question, if economically we are so week. Would we maybe not benefit from the support of the EU, rather than being cast adrift from it?

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