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I often wonder at what stage in the design did they think about the roadster. Pete

They're now 10 days old and mum in her wisdom has moved them overnight into the corner of the hall. Probably the darkest place in the house so the photo is not the greatest. Their eyes are now starting to open and they're crawling around a bit too. Pete

That's impressive. The longest time I've had a cat is 19 years. We found her in our garden, pregnant and very friendly so presumably she'd been unkindly dumped somewhere close by. On this basis, she was probably a year old, so lived to 20. Most of our cats have lasted between 14 and 17 years which is about normal. Pete

Just needs a stubby really . Pete

A pretty average sort of race, Some interesting things though, having followed GP2 closely for the last few years Stoffel Vandoorne has a big future ahead of him, the best driver to come out of GP2 since Lewis Hamilton IMO. I was very impressed with the progress that Manor have made over the winter, instead of running 3 to 4 seconds slower than anyone else they are now battling with Sauber and Force India. Also, the Haas- Ferrari or should I say the Ferrari-Haas has made quite an impact, good effort from The American team. Pete

There was a ginger one at the Wales 2014 meet, looked a lot better in the flesh than I thought it would. Pete

Got me Pete

Certainly enough space. When I was in school in the 60's my geography teacher informed our class that if people stood shoulder to shoulder then you could fit the entire worlds population on The Isle of Wight . To define overpopulation is not an easy thing though. Countries in the arid parts of East Africa are clearly overpopulated because they are unable to feed themselves when the going gets tough, so I suppose you could declare a country overpopulated when people start starving to death (bit late then isn't it] However, despite the fact we still have plenty of space, the long term future is not that great, we cannot increase the population indefinitely, at some stage we will run out of space and natural resources and more importantly water. Although the earth may be close to 8,000 miles from pole to pole we can only tap into the first 10 miles or so of the Earths crust. Most people don't realize that we have already used up a significant amount of metals such as zinc and copper. http://www.visualcapitalist.com/forecast-when-well-run-out-of-each-metal/ Water is the most crucial thing though, yeah, it's renewable and there's plenty of it but 97% of it we can't drink. Desalinization is expensive and requires vast amounts of energy. Done on a large scale it would in time screw up our oceans and probably kill most of the fish that we eat. The dangerous thing though would involve wars over water, just imagine there is a river that runs through 2 countries and country "A" builds a dam which cuts off the main source of water for country "B" (and both countries have nuclear weapons). So we should be looking at a way of maintaining our way of life without further damaging the environment . It may well be that global warming, some massive natural disaster, pandemic or a war will shape our future in a different way. We may think that we are smart, but if we can't or are unwilling to control the Earth's population and our almost lemming like rush to use up the Earth's resources then we're not really that smart. Pete

Just changed the battery on Caroline's 2008 while my 2006 coupe is on its 3rd. Pete

When I got my first car, 1969, anything under 10 seconds was pretty quick. For example, affordable sports cars like the Triumph Spitfire and M.G Midget took around 14-15 seconds, a Lotus Europa around 9.5. If you were a pop or film star you could get a Lamborghini Miura which took a fairly pedestrian by todays standards 7.0 seconds. By the 80's quick had dropped to 8 seconds, like the Capri 2.8i which just broke the 8 second barrier and at the current rate sub 4 second cars should be fairly affordable in 25 years Pete

Welcome along Pete

They probably sell almost all of them to pre facelift owners Pete

Best I have at the moment. Pete

One of our Bengals gave birth to 6 kittens this morning, there are 2 snows, 2 silvers and 2 browns,sex unknown and pictures to follow soon, Weirdest thing though was the lead up to the birth. We'd been expecting the birth for a few days but this morning it was obvious something was up. She had selected a safe place for the kittens and was in there this morning, however, she kept coming up to me and crying, she's normally very quiet. She would then go back into her safe place with me following her but the minute I walked away she would follow me and cry. I eventually got the message that she wanted me to be there while she gave birth so I had to settle down on the carpet next to her for an hour and a half before she began to deliver her kittens. Everything looks O.K, kittens have been cleaned up by mum and are feeding really well. Pete

When I had my scooter back in the 60's getting stopped was very common. Anyway, I had a minor accident and was prosecuted for driving without due care and attention. I was fined £5 and had to hand my license in to be endorsed. A couple of days later I was stopped and given a ticket to show my license and insurance at a police station within 5 days. Of course, my licence wasn't returned and this resulted in me being summonsed for failing to produce my licence ....couldn't happen today. A couple of days before I was due in court the police dropped the charge. Pete

UK car as far as i'm aware, I've seen this GT4 badge, but from what i've read it's only on certain colours of the anniversary edition, i'm not to fussed either way, just hoping i had the better engine. 35th Anniversary Edition was released in The U.K as a GT4 in Ultra Yellow or Black. If you don't have the plaque between the seats then it could have been removed and I've heard of a few that never had them fitted. The easy way to tell is if it has the GT4 wheels, if it has the standard rays then its unlikely to be a GT4. Pete

We're building a Gazebo and an external extension to the cattery which will quadruple the space they currently have We've also got some outside lighting to wire up. Pete

Black O7 HR Roadster in Asda Queensferry, GM KY 04 *** with standard wheels in Aldi, Buckley and also in Buckley last night a Black 350Z that I only saw from the side. Pete

Hmm, I didn't want kids for reasons I'll explain in a minute, it just happened that one arrived on the scene when I was 40. So why didn't I want any? main reason was that I didn't think I could cope, in fact I didn't think I would make a good parent, didn't have what it takes. Being an only child meant I was a bit on the selfish side too. Then there was my Ex Wife, she was a deputy head teacher at the time and progressing her career was important to her. Thinking about it, we were together for 14 years and I don't think we discussed having children even once. Of course, when she started getting sick in the morning and a pregnancy test was positive, there wasn't a lot we could do (Birth Control failure I'm afraid). So we embraced it, went to the parenting classes at Chester Hospital, learnt all we could about babies, I knew absolutely nothing, learnt how to change nappies and feed the baby with milk her mother had expressed. All good fun really. Of course, the thing was that I worked a 4 on, 4 off shift system which meant that my 4 days off were quite different to what it was like before as my ex went back to work after 3 months, I just adapted, wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I would have been quite happy to have another one but my ex put her foot down . Now, 26 years later, I'm glad that I do have a daughter and one that's achieved so much in the last few years. Pete

I live in an area that has a high level of EU migrants mainly from Poland and Romania but many other Eastern European countries too. It's interesting that there are relatively few Commonwealth immigrants or British born Asians or Africans around here , ie North East Wales. Poles in particular are highly prized in the agricultural and food industries, they turn up for work on time and are regarded as good workers. The quarry near to us employs a dozen or so Romanians who live on site in mobile homes and the boss of the quarry tells me he's very happy with them. I've spoken to quite a number of the Romanians, they speak decent English and one guy who came to The U.K just 4 years ago with no English at all told me he learnt English from watching the TV and is now able to read fluently in English. Same goes for The Poles and The Hungarians I've met, their English is good and one of the guys local to me and on this forum has a Lithuanian G/F who speaks perfect English. The message is always the same, they come over here to have better lives much in the same way that the Scots, Welsh, Irish and English moved to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and The U.S (and still do) for a better life. I see nothing wrong in that. Of course, nothing's perfect and there are a few who exploit the system but then again there's plenty of British born people who do that. As far as economics go, they spend money, pay taxes, setup businesses and integrate well into British society. Another thing is that you rarely see any Eastern Europeans over the age of 45, they tend just to bring their wives and children with them. They are not disconnected with British society, unlike some commonwealth immigrants and most of them don't want to go back. There are issues with housing, schooling in some parts of the country but not around here, in fact, some schools would have been closed as pupil numbers had been falling until the Eastern Europeans arrived. They've also given a huge boost to church attendances in this area. One of the problems we face as a country is always putting the blame onto someone else, it's always someone else's fault. When the first immigrants arrived in numbers there were 2 arguments that the "someone else's fault brigade" put forward, "They're stealing our jobs" and "They're lazy and won't work", says it all really. Pete

You're right, the Nazis killed 40,000 civilians in London in just one month during the blitz and where I grew up there were many reminders (bombies we called them) of what my parents and people alive back then had to put up with during WW2. It didn't change anything back then and killing innocent civilians whether it be in Brussels, New York, London or Paris won't change anything now. Pete

I don't think prices have rocketed but they are certainly not going down any more. Good ones are getting harder to find which is something you would expect with most mass produced cars that are anything from 8 to 13 years old. For example, if I were to sell my 2006 prefacelift with 24k on the clock, immaculate, one owner and driven extremely sensibly I would expect at least 9k, probably up a grand or so in the last 12 months. Pete

Sure Pete

For the first time in years I didn't get up or even bother to record qualy. I predict the new system will be history very soon. Pete

Thanks, O.K, so Vista isn't supported, that leaves 2 laptops, one of those is actually a netbook. Pete