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Had my 8 month pregnant daughter-in-law on the phone at 11am this morning. My eldest son who is a copper was sent to London from his force at 2pm yesterday and she's not heard from him since. I know he'll be ok but it's hard to reassure her when she's 90-odd miles away in that condition.

happy birthday

the owner of Parkway also has a very tidy 260z and is a member of Z club.

Hello Russ and welcome. Stags Rule. As Martinmac says Zed Fest is just down the road at Calverton, we can include a Z4 if you haven't morphed by then.

there are lots of restrictions on classic insurance, eg annual milage, must be a second car, can't drive to work, must be over 25, plus others. I think he's going to struggle.

So are you all going to get together at Zed Fest and give us a tune or two?

just show up Friday. If you are going to be late i.e. arriving in dark let me know beforehand. IIRC you may need an adapter for your mains cable to convert to a domestic 3 pin plug.

there are pitches available with electric hook up. These are a short distance from our area (only about 100 yds) so you will be parked 'out of it' but no bad thing if it's a noisy night. If you don't want the hook up then you park with everyone else. I can't remember how much the charge is for a caravan but its not a lot. I think that last year the warden asked for a donation from those with a hook up. Pm me if there's anything else. BTW I can bring my preserved police car and park it beside your caravan with the lights and siren on if that will help prepare you!

well that's a NISMO bodykit we can all afford. Martinmac is selling them. Get yer munni out

Well done Martin, ably assisted by Liz, JK and Lexx plus probably others I don't know about. A superb weekend. A bit of rain never hurt anyone. Hotel was good, food ok, band noisy, I had a relaxing weekend, lost my glasses Sat, locked out of my car Sunday, got home Sunday night to find my van missing and a message from my son on the ansafone saying where he had left it with the clutch pedal broken. Great weekend. And for those who didn't make it having put their names down please remember to contact the organiser to say you won't be there. You don't need an excuse for not attending but it's common courtesy to let them know.

Keep it stock. There's a lot of expensive bodywork to do there. Ignore all the pictures of american dreamcars from folk spending your money for you. Leave the tripple webers alone they cost a fortune, are buggers to set up and just drink petrol unless you do all the headwork to go with them.

looks smart but pricey

Poor spelling bugs me. Text speak really annoys me. And those who feel the need to type an expletive such as the f word in every line really really annoy me.

That was cetainly the most entertaining race of the year so far until the red flag. then it was totally ruined by allowing the teams to work on the cars. If they are going to red flag the race and then restart the red flag area should be treated as parc ferme and no work allowed other than starting the cars engines. Unfortunately Hamilton once again let himself down. When he's winning he's on top of the world. When he's not it's everyone's fault except his. And his remark about being penalised because he is black is beyond the pail.

happy birthday everyone

major coup. Well done.

Japanese scientists have created a camera with such an immense shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed.

climbing wall will be available at Zed Fest if enough people interested.

also make sure you have the name and addy of anyone driving your car. My neighbour recently advertised his car in the local paper (only an old fiesta) test driver took it down the road, got zapped by a mobile speed camera, returned the car and cleared off. 14 days later my neighbour has a summons and ends up with a fine and points.

If the red one that martin is on about is available then you should think very seriously about it. Mark is a top mechanic, very good with nissans, and looks after his cars. I could never understand why it wasn't snapped up when he offered it for sale.

Being an ex traffic cop I can tell you that this is not an unusual way for people to get rid of old dogs. The worst offenders are the owners of old racing greyhounds which are now of no value and so are chucked out onto motorways and A class roads to be terminated as above. Bastards

He might be a scroat but if he's seen you then he's a brave one!

Tarmac is not far out. Lion poo can be purchased from most garden centres for this purpose. Sprinkle it round your garden and a cat won't come anywhere near. (It's the fear of bigger cats they associate with the pong).

It should be a very interesting event at North Weald with the special facilities they are allowing us for the heads up eliminator. Never been done before. The more that enter the better the chance of carrying it on in the future. Spectators also welcome.

Please note that this is not an attempt to 'pinch' members from this club but you will need to be a member of the Z club to compete. I understand a special membership rate will be available at North Weald in order to enter the challenge. full details of the rules of the challenge are displayed on www.zclub.net. Don't forget your crash helmet and I believe you will also need a long sleeve shirt to cover your arms. This is an attempt to further improve the good relations that exist between the UK Z Clubs. (and of course for the 'senior' cars of the marque to thrash the arse off you modern buggers