Things you've always wanted to know......

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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......

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The Old Man of Storr wrote: Thank you , Hammerdivone , I think I get what you're saying , is it then possible to quote 2 or 3 seperate quotes , not a quote that's been added to someone else's as in the example you've given , if you get what I mean , say for instance I wanted to quote what you had said along with a seperate quote of say Mushy's and Johnny Byrne's Boots , 3 seperate quotes , is that possible ? If so , how would I go about doing that ?

Thank you for your patience .
Yes.

Right click quote on each post you want to add, open in new tab. Copy and paste into your new post or into the original quoted post you opened
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I'm not sure if any of you guys have seen this where you live, but some people round here seem to have cut the front end (near the grill/bumper) of the car bonnet and have replaced it with some kind of flap. The flap looks to be made of plastic or rubber.

Why is this? What is the purpose?

Sorry I have no idea about cars.
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I have a Twitter account. I follow accounts related to West Ham, work, and some comedians. I tweet occasionally.

I'm now being followed by Harold Lefty Williams, a Harlem Globetrotter (apparently).

Why would he do that?
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The Old Man of Storr wrote:How do you make a double quote or a triple quote on Kumb ?

I see many people using this method of quoting but wouldn't have a clue how to do it myself .
hammerdivone wrote:If you have a look at how someone else has done it, by clicking quote on the post it should be obvious, but this is how you do it...

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Yeah that works
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hammerdivone wrote:Yes.

Right click quote on each post you want to add, open in new tab. Copy and paste into your new post or into the original quoted post you opened
Joyeux Marteau wrote:I'm not sure if any of you guys have seen this where you live, but some people round here seem to have cut the front end (near the grill/bumper) of the car bonnet and have replaced it with some kind of flap. The flap looks to be made of plastic or rubber.

Why is this? What is the purpose?

Sorry I have no idea about cars.
That works too! Bit of a pain if using your phone though.
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Apologies but had to try those out
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Joyeux Marteau wrote:I'm not sure if any of you guys have seen this where you live, but some people round here seem to have cut the front end (near the grill/bumper) of the car bonnet and have replaced it with some kind of flap. The flap looks to be made of plastic or rubber.

Why is this? What is the purpose?

Sorry I have no idea about cars.
Could be a car bra, to protect the front end from road chips...
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or, if you live somewhere really cold, it could be a way of blocking the very cold air from reaching the radiator and ensuring it does not freeze and that the engine runs at the right temperature. The 2cv had this as it is an air cooled car and would run too cold in sub-zero temperatures.

Or it could just be idiots wrecking their cars .
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Car bra. :lol:

Does it lift and separate..?
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delbert wrote:Car bra. :lol:

Does it lift and separate..?
Believe it or not you can also get a "tank bra" for motorcycles. Looks something like this ...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kFMAAOxy ... -l1600.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I used to have one on my old VN2000 and made the mistake of telling a non-biking mate what it was called. The abuse was merciless and carries on to this day.
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Does cooking burgers on a George Foreman grill reduce the calories in the burger?
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It's designed to allow the fat to run off into the little tray, rather than say in a frying pan where the burger will soak it back up. There will be some calories in the fat that you aren't consuming.
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We_are_BML wrote:Does cooking burgers on a George Foreman grill reduce the calories in the burger?
Not by as much as swerving the burger in the first place, fatty.
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-DL- wrote:If you're going down the road and something hit and damaged your vehicle after being kicked up by another vehicle and it's caught on a dash cam, can you make a claim against the insurance company of the vehicle that kicked the object up, or can you make a claim against the council/highway's agency? Or is there no claim at all?
Probably only if the object itself fell off the car rather than being kicked up. The piece of metal that fell off a Continental DC-10 was deemed responsible for the Concorde crash:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... crash.html
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BalaamBoy wrote:I have a Twitter account. I follow accounts related to West Ham, work, and some comedians. I tweet occasionally.

I'm now being followed by Harold Lefty Williams, a Harlem Globetrotter (apparently).

Why would he do that?
Yes, same has happened to me, I am hardly followed by anyone apart from the occasional US sports star.
I assume there is a some automatic program that runs that makes them a follower of you, the idea being I assume that you follow them back as a matter of courtesy which increases their followers to such an extent that they make money from advertising etc...
I cannot fathom any other reason.
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I use a GEORGE FORMBY grill - always turns out nice (again)

I'll get my coat
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:lol: Nicking that
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uptonparkhurst wrote:I use a GEORGE FORMBY grill - always turns out nice (again)

I'll get my coat
What do you get if you cross George Formby with Eddie Murphy?

(in a high pitched northern accent) Turned out nice again motherf*cker.
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Where's me washboard
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Why 18/19 year olds (daughter and niece included)want to sit in cars til 2am EVERY night, even in shitty, cold, stormy nights!?
I do remember heading out in cars at that age on Sunday evenings for few hours, but every bloody night....
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mental hamster666 wrote:Why 18/19 year olds (daughter and niece included)want to sit in cars til 2am EVERY night, even in shitty, cold, stormy nights!?
I do remember heading out in cars at that age on Sunday evenings for few hours, but every bloody night....
They're dogging obviously
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