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That's a good point. He wrote and sang some real classics but they are all well over 50 years old and some over 60 years. You would have to be in your 70's to remember his most prolific period. Pete

Hopefully you'll get it sorted soon and be back to your usual self . I don't know if anyone else has heard this or its an urban myth but gall stones used to be called the "3 F's"...ie Female, Fair and Forty , don't think you're any of these though . Pete

Watch out for the W-Brace, they're very liable to corrosion. Pete

Good Lord!! Pete

That's a shame, he had such a massive influence on the 60's rock music scene that I grew up with. Pete

I usually nip down to ASDA and get a French stick, slice it up, butter it then lightly smear Marmite on it . On occasions I'll slice up some Cheshire cheese and put that on top of the Marmite Pete

Still for sale. Due to a lot of visits to various hospitals the mileage has risen to 33k and the rear tyres will need to be replaced soon, consequently I've reduced the price to £9,400. Cheers, Pete

Unfortunately, the first few races are in the middle of the night and I won't be getting up or staying up to watch them. Used to love settling down on a Sunday afternoon but too many of the races are at inconvenient times for me. Pete

New colour scheme for Force India

Nismo spoiler fits into the existing holes, the ones that attach the lip spoiler. My Nismo spoiler is a replica and needed one of the holes widening in order to get the spoiler square onto the boot. Pete

I had a P3 service at Lookers, Chester back in 2010. Cost was somewhere around £245 including VAT. Just check they're doing a P3 and VAT is included. Pete

Not the easiest of jobs for sure. I had a garage remove the old spoiler for me and they made a right mess of the paintwork around it (although they eventually put it right). I believe there are some bolts to undo then you have to tackle the bonding holding the spoiler on which needs to be done very carefully. I don't know how the bonding ages but my Zed was 3 years old when the spoiler was removed and the bonding was like concrete. Hopefully, someone who has actually removed one themselves will be along to give you some advice. I know ChrisS removed his old spoiler but he doesn't appear to be that active on the forum these days. Pete

+1 Pete

Hmm, I wonder if the seats are removed when it goes in for its MOT? Pete

Yes, the law states, All vehicles manufactured since 2001 must have seat belts fitted for each passenger. If you have added seats (via a campervan conversion) you are outside of this law.

Behind passenger seat.... Michelin Digital Tyre Pump Torque Wrench together with wheel locking key. Nissan Manual, Service Book, etc Tyre depth gauge Book to read in case I get stuck Small hand torch. Ashtray..... £20 note for emergencies plus a bit of loose change. Boot..... Some empty ALDI shopping bags Drivers Door.... Pen Spare set of reading glasses Pete

Back on topic, were the House of Lords right to amend the Brexit bill. We can certainly argue about the make up of the Lords, but as I understand it there is an agreement not to block government bills that were on that party's manifesto and Brexit was not on anyone's manifesto (apart from UKIP's). That's why we have a second chamber, to stop governments pushing through bills at will, I mean what is the point in having a second house if it just rubber stamps every bill it's presented with? Anyway, can anyone seriously believe that Germany of all countries will expel U.K citizens? The reasons that people go to Germany isn't to work on farms picking fruit or to get a suntan. Most Brits in Germany work in skilled jobs such as engineering and many are married to Germans. While its true that the majority of Brits who leave The U.K go to places like Spain, Portugal, France (Brittany is very popular) and Italy, these people contribute to the local economy in a significant way. Most E.U citizens come here to work or have married Brits, you would have to off your rocker to come here to retire . So can anyone envisage us sending E.U citizens home, for a start you would need some serious manpower to track down and forceably remove the estimated 2 million E.U citizens and the cost would be astronomical. So IMHO, what the Lords did was well within its authority but in reality looks like nothing more than a delaying tactic. Pete .

They can usually make an act of Parliament to push things through, that's been done a few times, like with the hunting bill, however it won't apply to this legislation as it wasn't in the Governments manifesto, so you're right, if the Lords dig their heels in then a years delay would be the result. Pete

Major reform of The House of Lords was in The Labour Party manifesto.............in 1964!! They've been in power for over 20 years since then and all they have done is to reduce the number of hereditary peers, who were in the main Conservatives. The problem is that if you had an elected second house it would lead to similar problems they have in The States with one party blocking the other. If you held the election on the same day as a General Election then it'd most likely go the same way with the same party winning both the Lords and the Commons. If you held the election mid term then it would on most occasions result in the opposition winning and blocking legislation...not good. Anyway, The Lords have limited powers and can't block things indefinitely. Pete

Indeed, Caroline has been pretty down had lost her appetite, couldn't sleep and was in a constant state of anxiety. I've had some worrying times but I've remained positive throughout. In some ways its helped that we've had a different attitude to the whole thing, me being positive, Caroline being negative, that way we seem to have balanced each other out. Who knows what the future holds but the outlook is good with long term survival rates being very high for this type of cancer. Pete

Good News!! After a series of scans and X-Rays Caroline has been given the all clear. We met up with the surgeon yesterday in Wrexham and he gave us the good news and plenty of information regarding the future. First of all, the cancer was a form of skin cancer called "squamous cell carcinoma" which is a non-melenoma cancer, slow growing and not prone to spreading. The surgeon also recommended that Caroline undergoes 6 weeks of radiotherapy which he described together with the surgery as a belt and braces approach. This will initially cause some discomfort and swelling of the skin graft but will help the healing process once the treatment is finished. He gave us a timeline of 12-18 months before the graft will be fully integrated into her surrounding skin. He also said that depending on the final result of the graft he could do some trimming of the graft but he was very happy with progress so far. Of course, Caroline will need to be monitored for quite some time but overall things couldn't really be more positive . Pete

Probably was built then. Although the facelift didn't go on sale until April 2006 it was introduced in Japan in September 2005 and I can't imagine that they made both models at the same time. They probably stockpiled them for a few months. Pete

Against the odds he survived in Apollo 13 Pete

The new 2017 Sauber has been launched. There are also some images of The 2017 Williams knocking about, here's one of them. 2017 cars look a lot lower than in 2016. Pete

Genuine Nissan ones as supplied by Alex don't need any cuts to the connectors. Went straight on to my DE. Pete The plug has been changed at some point in the life of LEDs. I bought genuine from Abbey that they removed from an HR and needed the plug tab filed down. No biggy though, just add 5 minutes. Weird, I bought mine in January 2011, they were 2nd hand but supplied by Alex just a few weeks earlier. The original owner fitted them for me while I watched on, it was bloody freezing and he did the job in next to no time. I do remember previous posters also saying that the block needed trimming down but I also remember a post by Alex saying the ones he supplied fit all. I don't really understand why Nissan would change the plug on a car that hasn't been made for almost 9 years but someone with more knowledge may know the reason? Pete