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by BiGGuy
Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:06 pm
Forum: Cars for Sale
Topic: V-Reg Volvo S70 2.3Turbo T5
Replies: 4
Views: 399

Re: V-Reg Volvo S70 2.3Turbo T5

TBH I bought the car with the DV on it, but it only makes a squeak, been meaning to take it off. I spoke to ILS who done the calibration, and whilst they couldnt confirm much, they did state that the mileage was about right. The car definately has been remapped. It is the fastest T5 I have ever had....
by BiGGuy
Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Cars for Sale
Topic: V-Reg Volvo S70 2.3Turbo T5
Replies: 4
Views: 399

V-Reg Volvo S70 2.3Turbo T5

I have a s70 volvo that sadly has to go now due to a company car Currently producing approx 280BHP. Average of over 30 miles per gallon at a steady 70. The more you put your right foot down, the more it drinks!!! Good Points MOT till end of February 2009 Mechanically sound Mileage : 97772 Currently ...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:23 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Whats does everyone think to this? work related.
Replies: 61
Views: 2127

Tescos are expanding a tad bit too rapid, and whilst I appreciate that 1 in every 3 pounds in retail is spent at Tescos, I can see that changing, after all isnt the monopolies commission looking into Tescos??? Yeah, Tescos management might be highly regarded in the retail sector, but it wont look th...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:52 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Whats does everyone think to this? work related.
Replies: 61
Views: 2127

Section manager £24k+/year Senior Team 40k+/year Store manager 80k+/year To be honest I don't care if you see it that way, the pay is hardly crap not to mention all the benefits you get along with the fact tesco being bought out or going bust is highly unlikely Not now I agree, but I wouldnt be so...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:52 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Whats does everyone think to this? work related.
Replies: 61
Views: 2127

Section manager £24k+/year Senior Team 40k+/year Store manager 80k+/year To be honest I don't care if you see it that way, the pay is hardly crap not to mention all the benefits you get along with the fact tesco being bought out or going bust is highly unlikely Not now I agree, but I wouldnt be so...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:32 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Whats does everyone think to this? work related.
Replies: 61
Views: 2127

[quote="Mr_James] Do I really? Please explain how I managed to get to management with safeway and currently working towards it with tesco, Will be a team leader by summer and will make section manager within 1 1/2 years :wink: Oh and by the way I'm 21[/quote] Well I am 37, and TBH I have been w...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:13 pm
Forum: PC/Mobile Phone/SatNav Chat/Tech Questions
Topic: Solidworks CAD
Replies: 9
Views: 1055

shaggy wrote:How do you register for that site??
TBH if you are not a member, it will be hard to get in.

If this is the file you are looking for, I can download it and post it to you if you want.

I wont charge anything for the serive :)

SOLIDWORKS V2008 X86 RETAIL-MAGNiTUDE
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Whats does everyone think to this? work related.
Replies: 61
Views: 2127

Or you could look at it as the people that bust their balls at work are much more likely to go places in any reasonable size company :wink: Oh dear, you have a lot to learn :( :( I know from experience, this is most definately not the case, its all about 'politics', does your face fit?, are you a '...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:17 pm
Forum: PC/Mobile Phone/SatNav Chat/Tech Questions
Topic: Solidworks CAD
Replies: 9
Views: 1055

Have you got access to some torrent sites, like torrentleech, as its on there :wink:
by BiGGuy
Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:18 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: New Admin? and Dr Dave? (Read me, that means YOU!)
Replies: 290
Views: 15768

I'm just concerned that there won't be a Rovertech come a months time, I've never seen so much ill feeling towards one person taking over, in fact I think Gavin would have a warmer welcome! I personally can't see many people sticking around TBH, as I think you'll find a lot of members come here to ...
by BiGGuy
Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:28 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: New Admin? and Dr Dave? (Read me, that means YOU!)
Replies: 290
Views: 15768

SteveChilds wrote: The same will apply with RT, I won't get involved, I won't change any rules, RT will be run by the same mod team, in the same way. Nothing will change.
Then please tell us why you bought it?????
by BiGGuy
Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:02 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: New Admin? and Dr Dave? (Read me, that means YOU!)
Replies: 290
Views: 15768

To be fair Craig, it was going to be announced later this week, but an eagle eyed user spotted I had admin status. It wasn't anything under hand or anything like that. Wouldnt it of been better to announce the change BEFORE being added as Site admin??!!?? Secondly, If you are really just concerned ...
by BiGGuy
Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:04 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: New Admin? and Dr Dave? (Read me, that means YOU!)
Replies: 290
Views: 15768

I havent been here long and TBH I dont even own a Rover at present!!! I have has several performance rovers and sold them when things have gone wrong, because I couldnt obtain the knowledge to put them right. I have now found this place and am looking for another, that when issues arise, I can look ...
by BiGGuy
Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: HPI sort of check over a mobile phone.
Replies: 1
Views: 215

HPI sort of check over a mobile phone.

I hope someone can help me. I am looking at a car this evening, which seems stupidly cheap, and he is offering me a lot of money for mine as a part ex as well. Being cynical, I think there could be something wrong with the history of this car. Before I leave to see it in Birmingham, I remember there...
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:56 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: 4 naked birds in a hot tub.
Replies: 10
Views: 535

walshy.walsh wrote:
victor3 wrote:No chance of a bit of head there!! :oops:
or a gobble! :P
No but think, there are 4 birds to stuff
by BiGGuy
Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: police?
Replies: 60
Views: 2712

Re: police?

Of course, those who give the finger to authority for relatively minor offences are worth stopping as they are statistically likely to be committing more serious offences as well ;) I really do hate this statement with a passion!!!! Just because we all see on TV that Pat & Karl has stopped a dr...
by BiGGuy
Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:13 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Friends and morality.
Replies: 58
Views: 2125

Re: Friends and morality.

A friend i've known for a good few years i don't see that much since we moved house recently admitted to driving with no insurance or as good as, after a pretty weak arguement that someone in a company he does part time work for ''forgot to insure him '' even though he owns the van he had the accid...
by BiGGuy
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:56 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: R.I.P Jeremy Beadle
Replies: 44
Views: 5261

get a life the Beadle jokes have been doing the rounds for years and years...there's not many jokes about how he died or making fun of the fact..the McRae ones were specifically about how he died. Totally different. And I totally disagree!!!!!! Whatever way you dress it up, the end result is the sa...
by BiGGuy
Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:55 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

So how do you work out where the meat you eat was killed to then??

I dont see labels on the back of packets telling you where it was killed???
by BiGGuy
Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:44 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

rcrossco_1 wrote: Its basic ethics and morality.
And so is, not wanting to burn people to death
by BiGGuy
Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:40 am
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

So lets get this right then. You are happy for a human to be burned to death, as animals were here first. You are happy with animals being killed for meat. But not for fur. So if I killed a mink to eat it, and sold the fur, where would you stand on this. Lets not forget that the methods for killing ...
by BiGGuy
Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:55 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

Lets just hope you never need life saving medicine then. After all, I would not want to see you choose between your life or your morals.

Can I ask you are you a vegan vegetarian then???
by BiGGuy
Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

Nothing wrong with the fur trade, either. Errrrr. do some research dude. Why do you think theres an international effort to bring it to a halt... (well, invoving decent countries) So lets get this right, you advocate the burning to death of human beings, but want to keep the welfare of fluffy anima...
by BiGGuy
Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:28 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

Well admittedly we dont harpoon Whales anymore, but we used to. Im not condoning the ALF, but I would have little sympathy for a Fur trader who was killed in an Arson attack. Edit:- Your statements do provide some positives at least within the testing environment anyway. Fantastic!!!!! So its ok to...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Anyone a member of the A.L.F ?
Replies: 49
Views: 1822

Used to work for a company that supplied life sciences and we were targetted by the ALF, and TBH it was pretty scary at times, therefore, I know what I would like to do to any member of this group :x :x All for animal testing for advancement in medicine, but not for beauty products, or anything not ...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:16 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: What an ungrateful whingeing git
Replies: 33
Views: 1126

Blaming BA on the basis of a five paragraph news article isn't really fair. ... So I'll wait for the post-mortem on the situation before apportioning blame. But who is blaming BA? I guess I cannot help but (try to) put myself in the shoes of someone in that position, rather than simply dismissing t...
by BiGGuy
Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:07 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: What an ungrateful whingeing git
Replies: 33
Views: 1126

He's just a complainer. Ok, the could have probably provided tea and coffee. But do they have fercilitys to provide enough for 300+ ppl? Did he ask before or after he'd been checked by the dr? I don't think he really was that consirned about the safety of anyone else once he was safe. So in the all...
by BiGGuy
Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:18 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: a PROPER english car-chase-tea-and-toast bank job movie
Replies: 15
Views: 409

Unfortunately, it is the one from 2007, is it the VoMiT release??

I have looked everywhere, and it deffo is not out, sorry :(
by BiGGuy
Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: PC/Mobile Phone/SatNav Chat/Tech Questions
Topic: 360 elite
Replies: 17
Views: 1527

I have just purchased one as mine suffered the rrod. The difference is that it supports true HD as HDMI output is built in. They also come with a 120Gb Hard Drive. They have also got the second phase GPU and processors that are smaller, and apparently will not suffer the rrod, however, I personally ...
by BiGGuy
Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:51 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Contractor as limited company - what does it mean?
Replies: 24
Views: 1843

I touched on this a couple of months ago, and there are benefits and downsides to this. Most 'umbrella companies' will take a % of your money and do all of your paperwork/PAYE/NI, factor your invoices, effectively do all of your admin. One of the main reasons for opting for this solution is the IR35...
by BiGGuy
Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:19 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: motorway cops
Replies: 58
Views: 2901

I can see both sides of the argument here: - The original build up until they pulled him over and the way the copper ran up to the car and treated him heavy handed was OTT. BUT his reaction to this was wrong imo. When you then saw him in the car, his attitude towards the police was a disgrace, after...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Serves me right....
Replies: 155
Views: 6385

look at some of the other MR2's this guy has tried to sell: - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-TOYOTA-MR2-GT-BLUE-NO-SWAP-OR-P-X_W0QQitemZ200188024482QQihZ010QQcategoryZ18290QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem or http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-TOYOTA-MR2-BLACK-NO-SWAP-OR-P-X-300BHP_W0QQitemZ200188001917QQih...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Serves me right....
Replies: 155
Views: 6385

:? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? Really really confused now!!!! Found the car you bought: - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1990-TOYOTA-MR2-RED-REV-3-ENGINE-NO-SWAP-OR-P-X_W0QQitemZ200188029443QQihZ010QQcategoryZ18290QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem You said you paid 1240 after he knocked the 200 off, bu...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:22 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Serves me right....
Replies: 155
Views: 6385

2 things I dont really get with this 12 years lark are as follows: - A. Any serious crime that would attract a 12 year sentence would probably mean he would of been remanded in custody to await his court appearance. B. Would you tell anyone you were going down for 12 years, what a bargaining tool fo...
by BiGGuy
Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:48 pm
Forum: The Living Room (Posh man's lounge)
Topic: Import Duty
Replies: 10
Views: 779

richard moss wrote: Second hand goods should be VAT and duty free if EU taxes were paid originally.
If the seller is VAT registered within the EU, then VAT is still payable on the goods whether they are secondhand or new

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