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Buying A Used Car In France ... Or Take One With From The Uk

Hiya : Have any of your erudite members had personal (real life) experience of buying a used car in France? I'm going to be spending quite a bit of time over there quite soon and feel that this has...
14:07 Mon 18th Nov 20198 answers, last by JoanNash 06:28 Sat 16th Jan 2021
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Bringing A Car To The Uk From South Africa

Hi guys: does anyone have any experience of the requirements of bringing a car (a 2002 Mazda MX5) into the UK from Cape Town, South Africa (I've owned the vehicle for about four years). The shipping...
07:47 Sat 22nd Sep 201825 answers, last by tonyav 19:43 Sat 22nd Sep 2018
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Am Driving By Car To Malta Mid-April

Driving my car to Malta (London, start, through to Pazzolo in Sicily to pick up ferry to Valletta). Have lots of time and reckoning on about a week for the trip. Love to drive the Stelvio Pass; take...
21:16 Sat 24th Mar 201810 answers, last by DTCwordfan 22:40 Sat 24th Mar 2018
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Found A Good Use For Old Engine Oil ...

I've 'painted' it on the bottom of my car ... took about 1.5 hours and looks a treat. Have an elderly Mazda MX5 that I've owned for about 3 years ... decided to change the oil but didn't really know...
10:38 Wed 05th Apr 201711 answers, last by ToraToraTora 10:28 Fri 07th Apr 2017
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Mazda Oil Changes

For an oil change on a Mazda MX5 (2002 model) the manufacturer recommends using 10W40 ... is that still OK in warmer climes, i.e.: South Africa? Or should I go for something more suitable ......
10:11 Fri 24th Feb 20171 answer, last by Zacs-Master 10:21 Fri 24th Feb 2017
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How Does This Work?

Here's one for the clever people to consider ... seems I've been wrong all these years into thinking I knew basic Roman numerals(!) For close on three score years and ten I've been led to believe that...
12:08 Thu 19th Mar 201540 answers, last by joko 12:38 Sun 22nd Mar 2015
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Energy Gels : They Work, But Are They Safe?

Me and the missus are pensioners; she has diabetes, type II and occasionally gets it wrong and has a 'wobbly.' By chance some months ago we picked up a couple of the energy gels that are presumably...
14:35 Tue 25th Nov 20143 answers, last by methyl 16:04 Tue 25th Nov 2014
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Post To And From Rsa

Hi there: If you are perhaps wondering why there's no post (or very little filtering through) from or to South Africa, be aware that our two-legged runners (withand without their cleft stick) have...
06:11 Fri 07th Nov 20146 answers, last by Linotype 15:38 Fri 07th Nov 2014
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Deaf Missus And All That ...

The Deaf Wife Problem Bert feared his wife Peg wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to...
17:16 Mon 23rd Jun 20144 answers, last by zebo 20:10 Mon 23rd Jun 2014
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20 Years Of What?

Today, South Africa celebrates (if that's the right word) 20 years of democracy (in other words, the end of apartheid). Are things better now ... I don't really think so. We have virtually no police...
17:06 Sun 27th Apr 201411 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:20 Wed 30th Apr 2014
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Side Effects Of Having Shingles

Managed to contract Shingles nearly two years ago in the usual place (I know, I shouldn't have visited that place), what I meant was under the right arm, towards middle of spine and back around...
11:47 Mon 07th Apr 20147 answers, last by andy-hughes 10:41 Wed 09th Apr 2014
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Is there anybody in the Cape Town that collects Observer Pocket Books? Would love to know, maybe form our own book Club?
15:57 Tue 11th Feb 20143 answers, last by ricker53 18:24 Sat 10th Jan 2015
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Insulin Pens And Not Remembering If One Has Had An Injeciton

It's happened a couple of times, the wife (64) has forgotten if she's taken one her three-times-a-day dosage from her Humalog Kwikpen. This bothers me no end and decided to only start my meal (we...
08:18 Thu 23rd Jan 20143 answers, last by boxtops 11:20 Thu 23rd Jan 2014
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Returning To Uk With Pet Dog From South Africa

Am returning soon, probably around Easter, from South Africa to the UK. We want to bring our Yorkie back with us, anybody know the latest on quarantine regs for the UK? Help greatly appreciated....
08:09 Thu 16th Jan 20146 answers, last by Linotype 16:12 Thu 16th Jan 2014
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Dead Seals By The 1000 Near Walvis Bay, Namibia

A few weeks ago I visited Namibia – Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. The stench around Walvis was terrible – on investigation I found hundreds (nay thousands) of dead seals on the beaches between Walvis...
08:55 Mon 06th Jan 201416 answers, last by Peter Pedant 09:56 Mon 06th Jan 2014

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