Dave

Spend a Penny

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On March 13th 2018 Philip Hammond made possibly the only sensible suggestion he has ever made while in government – to scrap the 1p and 2p coins. One day later Theresa May overruled him following hysteria in the tabloid press.   When I was around 8 or so I used to be sent to the … Read more

Nuevo Power Use Management – Part 5

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Four years on It’s around four years since I wrote the last article on the electrics. The mods have worked very well, we have used the van two or three times a month without any problems. But the Banner Leisure battery was starting to struggle. Sometimes we would see the lights flicker as the water … Read more

R65 – The old girls history

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She came off the production line in December 1983 according to BMbikes, but she was first registered in February 1986. So she was built before 1 Jan 1984 and I can stop paying vehicle tax after 1 April 2024. I don’t know what she was doing between February 1986 and 12 December 1991, but she … Read more

The Ambassador

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They came in different ways, but all spectacular.

In China, a three mile wide spaceship blotted out the sun over Beijing and the ambassador flew down in a small craft. In Moscow a ship landed in red square. In London, a beam of light shot down from a ship in stationary orbit and the ambassador transported down it.

In Washington a ship landed…. Read more