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Stutopia

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  1. Happy Birthday mate, have a guy 'un.
  2. Well there is a middle way, bit of light waterboarding for the accused wouldn't do any harm...
  3. It's the same isn't it? If you have multiple named drivers on the insurance and you all refuse to say who was driving you'd probably get the 6 points plus fine the same as this guy... but why would you do that when you can take the 3 points for speeding? I missed the 6 points!
  4. That sucks. Is it the same when you get caught speeding, pay £150 fee to not provide details?
  5. Love my DBA T2s http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/104188-dba-t2-discs-with-hawk-pads-new-combo-price-deal/
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    Quad Pipes!

    Looks good
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    2016 Calendar

    [quote name='Jp606' timestamp='1454352697' post='1581431'] Doh, missed this. Any calendars left? [/quote] All gone I'm afraid
  8. Get something with a W12 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201512259659704?atmobcid=soc3
  9. Typo on MOT 'Aug 2017'. Might want to add some pics
  10. I'd just go to my indie and get a quick look underneat to see if there's any leak.
  11. Approved with new pic
  12. I wouldn't worry about it. Firstly, it's fairly common. Secondly, if you really came under pressure to explain yourself you could say it was an effort to impress when asked about a new opportunity, or that you had something else in the pipeline on that wage, or you were due a raise, or that you misheard and thought you were asked what money you wanted. If they've offered you an amount, they can afford it and they want you. It's not like you've lied about qualifications or having a criminal record or something critical to the job. If you do really enjoy your current role, might be worth mentioning to your boss that an opportunity has come along at £XXXXX
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    2016 Calendar

    Excellent, glad it's gone down ok. Credit to Graham for the meet dates
  14. Got mine from Steve @ Redline on here, really pleased with it. It's stood up nicely to life at the rear.
  15. No, I wasn't saying that. I just strongly disagree that if something isn't right, people should live with it, rather than put forward ways to change it.
  16. Employers and universities are already looking at anonymous applications, to address both conscious and unconscious bias during selection processes. This is just another tiny step along the way. The more you repeat this mantra that "the world can't be equal" the more it sounds like it's an objective not an obstacle.
  17. Cool project, in for the re-build. Thanks for posting it up
  18. Did you come up with this on your own or read it on a t-shirt? Great attitude Something can't be made perfect, so it's pointless to try and improve it. If everyone thought like that we'd all still be living in caves, eating raw meat with a life expectancy of 23 All by myself thanks Its not an attitude, its just reality and whilst equality is a lovely thought, quite frankly, its bo$$cks, which you conviently avoided by not answering who she rather be, wealthy and black or white and living in a trailer park It is an attitude, plenty of people have made positive changes to the world despite the odds being against them. Votes for women and the end of apartheid spring to mind, but I suppose some people wouldn't see those as positive changes. I didn't address your question simply becuase it makes no sense. JPS is not asking to BE white, which is precisely what your question is asking. Why not ask something equally pointless like, "Would she rather be white with cancer or black with the flu?" Look everyone she said white, so she's actually the racist all along!
  19. Did you come up with this on your own or read it on a t-shirt? Great attitude Something can't be made perfect, so it's pointless to try and improve it. If everyone thought like that we'd all still be living in caves, eating raw meat with a life expectancy of 23
  20. Totally get your points Dan and I don't believe you can persuade anyone on this kind of thing. It's like people who don't believe in dinosaurs, once you reach a certain entrenched position - however much the weight of evidence suggests otherwise - it only makes people dig in harder. As you rightly say, educating kids is how the barriers will be broken down in the longer term. In respect to anyone being anything if they work hard enough, I'd like to get on board with that, but I don't really believe we're there yet. Doesn't matter how hard you work, you're never going to be King of England without the bloodline - unless they change the rules
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    2016 Calendar

    No problem, glad they've arrived Desktops arrived with me today, so shipped them out just now. Everyone who has paid has a delivery on the way to them. [b]Anyone who hasn't has a chase PM for payment.[/b]
  22. Impressive outrage over, "the heterosexual, white male having it tough now since the women, people of colour and non-heterosexuals have the audacity to voice their opinions in public". I'm sorry if this has come as a shock to you, but the world is very slowly redressing the imbalance of people having opinions and being in a position to get them heard. Expect more in future. Assuming you do genuinely believe the absence of nominations for people of colour is down to simply, "maybe they were just rubbish this year, so they didn't get nominated" you're either accidentally of wilfully ignoring the imbalance of leading roles, directors, producers and other key positions offered to/held by people of colour in hollywood film production. What % of hollywood movies were released this year had a lead black actor or director? Do you think this is more or less than the % of US population who are black? Do you think the difference between the two figures is 1 or 2 percentage points or perhaps higher? Do you think that difference is down to a fundamental difference in ability to be a good actor or director by one demographic over another? Even if 1% of all films made are good enough to be nominated, the lack of diverse output including cast and senior production staff of colour, means that fewer of these films are likely to be nominated for awards, with even fewer winners. You could apply the same principle to British TV, corporate boards, politicians and see the same effect. The only arena where there seems to be anything approaching a meritocracy is sport and even there you only have to look at the non-playing roles to see the same the exact same imbalances.
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