WhiskyLassie
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Not too bad then
Western Slope Rover
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Nope. It pays to have good kit.
WhiskyLassie
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It really does, I was on a mountain once and because it had a tourist resort someone said I'm a bit overdressed as I was in proper gear not brogues like he was. Guess who fell over..
Tenebreaux
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What tent did you get? I'm waiting on the sister in law to post my Durston Xmid from yankland. Buggered if I was paying VAT and import duties on it.
Tenebreaux
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And I just found out that the 2.7 diesel in the Jag is the same engine as the Disco 3. Which is handy, cos there's sod all S Type videos out there but shedloads of Disco ones.
Western Slope Rover
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It's a very affordable lightweight 4 person teepee style utilizing 2 trekking poles for the center pole. About 6 lbs. for tent and poles together. It's called the Trekker 3 made by River Country Products.
I have both the Trekker 3 and their ultra light Trekker 1.
https://www.rivercountryproducts.com/shop/
Totally get this.They dont make money if peeps pay credit with credit. Those that could (read all the scumbags) would just get a couple of 10k credit cards then just do credit card ping pong.
Haven't had a credit card for years (some would believe I cant be trusted
But not the case now, and along with a wallet full of cash a debit card gets me through. Also suits me as the balance is what you have
Plus we cant be bothered with saying "well spend it on credit and we save money with the interest we get" really
J
BUT
We earn points for using either W's John Lewis card or the Tesco credit cards. Plus we always pay them off in full.
Also the Halifax card doesn't charge for making transactions in Euros. (Which is why we have it, we use it for nothing else.)
The points we tend to spend at Christmas, and if you have a Tesco card you get lots of money off stuff when you shop with it.
So .......
Pluses and minuses.
But I honestly think the only minus is for those who end up paying interest.
Or going mad to the point where they go bust.
Tenebreaux
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And I just found out that the 2.7 diesel in the Jag is the same engine as the Disco 3. Which is handy, cos there's sod all S Type videos out there but shedloads of Disco ones.
Those are super cheap if the quality is any good. Never heard of them before.
Western Slope Rover
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The first time I used the Trekker 1 it rained for over 6 hours straight overnight. Not a leak. Then I sealed it further, so it is quite serviceable. That one weighs just over 2 1/2 lbs.
My son has one as well. He uses it for backcountry hunting.
if you have a Tesco card you get lots of money off stuff when you shop with it.
Oh oh I must get 1
.But I can sort of see your point
.J
Credit card companies do their best to get you to keep money out from one month to the next so they can charge you for it. When I pay mine online it pre populates the 'amount' box with the minimum payment, and the other option is the 'balance on statement date' which is usually a few weeks out of date. So to pay it off in full I have to go back to the previous page and make a note of the current balance and enter it manually. It's like those 'nudge' techniques that are so popular with policymakers, to make it easier to do what they want.
Just back from visiting my father. He is happy enough for a miserable bugger
Well obvs you get the money off when you shop in Tesco with it.Oh oh I must get 1
But I can sort of see your point
J
Many Tescos where you live?
Kinda doubt it!!
https://www.tesco.com/clubcard/clubcard-plus
Worth it just for the special offers on Whisky!!!
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-...out-whisky&viewAll=promotion&promotion=offers
We get paper bills and then pay by direct bank transfer so none of this nonsense!!!
Of course they are out to get you.
They don't make money otherwise!
Alive and miserable, well why not!Just back from visiting my father. He is happy enough for a miserable bugger
what happened to that prog on TV about miserable old buggres!
Always made me laugh!!
Have to admit I am a very happy old beggar!
Not that it stops me ranting, mind!!
He is 92 so a bit older than you. Don't worry, you will catch up and be as miserable as himAlive and miserable, well why not!
what happened to that prog on TV about miserable old buggres!
Always made me laugh!!
Have to admit I am a very happy old beggar!
Not that it stops me ranting, mind!!
If I live that long!!!He is 92 so a bit older than you. Don't worry, you will catch up and be as miserable as him
ExactlyIf I live that long!!!
they wrote him off at 56 saying he would be dead by 60. He is still waiting, he says they have to be right at some point!
Just spent quite a while trying to get a decent picture of the "snow moon" that is visible from the garden.
It is so frustrating to be able to make out the cratered surface of the moon easily with the naked eye but not be able to photograph it even with a long lense on my digital SLR.
I have had a little success, if I can find the time I'll put one up.
But I should have got prepared earlier with my fancy tripod.
Looking forward to dins, W's version of Boeuf Bourguignon
It is so frustrating to be able to make out the cratered surface of the moon easily with the naked eye but not be able to photograph it even with a long lense on my digital SLR.
I have had a little success, if I can find the time I'll put one up.
But I should have got prepared earlier with my fancy tripod.
Looking forward to dins, W's version of Boeuf Bourguignon
I guess they were wrong 36 years ago, give or take.Exactly
They also gave my mother 6 weeks to 6 months, so my ex and I put off going to see her, for the first time since we seriously fell out, until the end of term, which was 3 weeks away.
She died a fortinght later.
Idiots.
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