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Ccliveb replied to the thread 2025 Formula 1 season.Lauda/Prost 1984 (McLaren) Mansell/Piquet 1986/1987 (Williams)
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Ccliveb replied to the thread 2025 Formula 1 season.Only just seen the race. I think this might be McLaren's biggest strategy cock-up since losing Lewis the championship in 2007 by...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Random Irritations.If you're happy to watch YouTube on your computer/tablet, just use the Brave browser. Never get ads on that.
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Dummies guide to Belek.Just looked on Google maps and Crystal Tat is indeed next door to the National. Green fees will be lower in June/July as that is low...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Random Irritations.If that isn't illegal, it should be. Sounds like cars are just getting too complex. (Probably all in the name of squeezing the last...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Random Irritations.What disturbs me most about this incident is that a failed sensor could not be replaced, but instead a new gearbox was required. WTF...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Random Irritations.For a nice change, I got an email this morning from The Pi Hut (seller of Raspberry Pi and related stuff): "Today is Black Friday. 20%...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread The all things EV chat thread.The document states it'll be part of renewing VED, so presumably not all on 1st April, but speed (edit: SPREAD) over the year as each EV...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread The all things EV chat thread.Not sure if it was the same scheme, but in the early 2000s I worked briefly on the early stages of a road usage scheme specifically for...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread The all things EV chat thread.Duty on petrol & diesel is 53p a litre, so for a typical 10 miles/litre, that's about 5p a mile. So the EV charge of 3p/mile is a little...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Frost and temporary greens.Thanks for everyone's input. It looks to me as if there are a large number of clubs that are happy to continue playing on frost-covered...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Things That Gladden The Heart.There used to be a 3 hole par 3 layout above Siviez (bottom of the lift to Verbier) and you could rent clubs and a (yellow) ball in...
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CWhat's peoples thoughts on whether temporary greens are necessary after a frost? My current club insists on putting us on temps...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread The Whisky Thread.Talisker is my daily tipple. It's much more widely available than it used to be, and you quite often see it on offer in supermarkets...
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Ccliveb replied to the thread Random Irritations.I am somewhat reluctant to admit I once worked for McDonnell Douglas. The less said about the DC9 and DC10 the better. At least the...