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    • GilesG
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

      https://mercedesblog.com/20-years-since-mercedes-a-class-elch-test-scandal/

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • ChapC
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        @Giles:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

        https://mercedesblog.com/20-years-since-mercedes-a-class-elch-test-scandal/

        I know  😃 my father worked for Svenska Kullagerfabriken and Volvocars during that time and laughed a lot about the moose test failure with the Mercedes

        God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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        • RoxRocks86R
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          Awesome way to start the day @neph93 almost thought The_Bourbon_Denim_Guy/denim_rambler (whatever his forum handle is  😃 ) posted those pics.

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          • louisboscoL
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            in perth, we have this amongst many more. i've never seen this sign in it's intended way, just saying.. i believe they kinda gave up on fixing it..

            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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            • steelworkerS
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              @Chap:

              @jordanscollected:

              @Chap Moose are one of the worlds most dangerous animals if they feel threatened by humans.

              I see… their sheer size alone makes them dangerous. But I thought they would flee like deer when humans appear. My father worked in the automotive industry and was many times in northern parts of sweden where the winter testing grounds are... he was always adviced to drive very carefully up there not to have an accident with a moose.

              They can be quite surly.
              Difficult to see on the road they're so tall that the legs are at eye level and you get 1200lbs. of moose in the face.  ???

              Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
              Well, I have others.

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              • neph93N
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                Moose crashes are a serious problem. On our 2000km round trip through Norway this summer I saw three elk in stretches of road that are windy and have a 80-90km/h speed limit. Luckily didn’t meet one on a bend. However we did come upon a elk that had been clipped by a car and had to wait in a queue for an hour while a vet came out to put it down and remove it.

                As for their attitudes to humans the males just walk around like they own the place and don’t give a fekk. Mothers with their calves are the problem though, which was why this morning was tricky. Some of my idiot neighbours came out of their houses to take pics and boxed them in. The mother got super stressed and charged a woman but broke it off when the woman legged it.

                “Some of those that work forces
                Are the same that burn crosses”

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                • GilesG
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                  Two Mooses, one photo…..

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • KasiK
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                    In my town Rochdale… something every day is happening here.

                    Today..
                    My kid uses wise pay for his school money, got hack online, my wife credit card got done over..

                    Took three payments out...

                    Pending investigation..

                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                    The world's insane
                    While you drink champagne
                    And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                    • louisboscoL
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                      @Kasi:

                      In my town Rochdale… something every day is happening here.

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                      typical northern day innit

                      "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                      • KasiK
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                        Well well well
                        Health bosses have reportedly recommended moving Greater Manchester into Tier 3 this evening.

                        Am moving to the moon…  ::)

                        The government is becoming a  😞 bloody joke...  :o

                        The world's insane
                        While you drink champagne
                        And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                        • GilesG
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                          https://www.facebook.com/groups/477979622772403/permalink/807999849770377/

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          • GilesG
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                            A friend sent me a document of how the 2nd world war affected Royal Clarence Yard, the former Royal Navy Victualling Yard, where we live.  We live in the Superintendent's House….

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • organisysO
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                              @Giles:

                              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test

                              Interesting that that old Citroen has the record for the test, beating 911RS etc. Shows how much grip in sudden changes of direction a softly sprung car can have…

                              In my neighbourhood a Honda Jazz had it Catalyst 'recycled' last night..

                              Pride of Japan :-)

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                              • GilesG
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                                It's probably down here by now…..

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  @Giles:

                                  A friend sent me a document of how the 2nd world war affected Royal Clarence Yard, the former Royal Navy Victualling Yard, where we live.  We live in the Superintendent's House….

                                  Wow. So much cool stuff associated with that house.  Though I suppose nearly getting blown up is only cool 70 years after the fact. More like terrifying at the time…

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Armed Robbery Gosport Styley….

                                    Last night, our taxi driver from Heathrow to Gosport regaled us this brilliant story of an armed robbery that occurred at a betting shop in Gosport whilst we were away.

                                    At about 3PM  last Sunday, 2 local smackheads went into the local Coral betting shop and asked what time they closed. Not at all suspicious.

                                    A few minutes before closing time, they reappeared, but there was a customer placing bets, so they started playing the fruit machine to kill time.  Once the other person had left, assailant #1 pulled out a gun and demanded that the cashier "hand over the cash".  She refused, assailant #1 brandishes the gun and asks her if she wants to die.  The cashier (a proper Gozza lass) replies "not bothered".  Assailant # 2 pulls out a machette and inserts it under the small slot between glass and counter and sweeps it left to right (no other motion being possible), apparently, it got to almost within 3 feet of the cashier.  Said cashier repairs to kitchen and locks herself in.  CCTV then catches the perps, looking at each other in a smack-induced haze of confusion, basically asking each other WTF now?  They decided to flee.

                                    The beautiful irony of it all is that they left credit in the fruit machine.

                                    International drug barons, watch, learn listen....

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • Clint_DC
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                                      Be glad you have dumb criminals @Giles!  The new thing around home is catalytic converter theft and bank jugging.  My neighbor withdrew $2400 in cash to pay off guys to do some construction work.  He popped in the grocery store for 5 minutes and came out to a busted window (on the car he bought the day prior) and the cash was long gone.  Apparently, they're following their targets from the bank and robbing them face to face or breaking in if they get the opportunity.  Catalytic converter theft is getting so prevalent that many muffler shops are offering to install anti-theft cages.  Toyota Prii are the easiest targets and quite a few neighbors have had theirs sawn off.

                                      ATX IH Hoarder

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Wow….

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        • Clint_DC
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                                          Yeah, things are getting wild.  For as large of a city as Austin is, our crime rates are even quite low compared to comparable cities.  I don't know if this is just the new normal but it's alarming either way.

                                          ATX IH Hoarder

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                                          • O
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                                            Catalytic converter is a big "business" here in the Great White North as well.  Easy to steal and sell them for scrap metals.

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