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    British Brands

    Background: In 1960 TI Group (formerly Tube Investments) bought Raleigh. In 1987 TI sold Raleigh to the Derby International company, later Derby Cycles gmbh, Germany. In 2001 the management of the UK Raleigh operation bought the Raleigh group companies from Derby Cycles, but still leaving...
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    Giant Lafree Motor overhaul

    It's never been possible I'm afraid, Panasonic's policy has only been repair by replacement. Accordingly they's never made any motor unit spares available and the internal circuit board is heavily encapsulated and sealed into the R/H crankcase half so components not accessible. If the speed...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Actually I think BBC 1 defines trash TV these days. They seem to have surrendered their primary channel to the lowest common denominator in entertainment, Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice before ITV nicked it, Mrs Brown's Boys, The Wall, The Sheriffs are Coming, Eat Well for Less and of...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Even slapstick has its funny moments. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Good! I like offending the sort of people who keep this sort of trash on TV paid for by my licence fee. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    To me this show is as low as trash TV can sink, less entertaining even than the ads on the minor independent TV channels. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's Schrodinger's cat. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No. He's here because these days we have to accommodate the mentally ill within the community. It's a bit like the Black Lives Matter thing, nutters matter too. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So how do you think I feel being forced into Tier 2 at an infection rate of under 23 in 100,000? And it's the same for three quarters of London who don't have a problem. Dumping all 400 square miles into Tier 2 was idiotic when we don't mix across London. North and South London are different...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So they'll run out anyway, even with a lockdown by Friday. A lockdown this late won't change the infection rate course in 8 days. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That tells me Andy Burnham is right and that the Covid infection rate in Manchester is going down. So the authorities resort to a change of subject, different areas and a fiddled number to try to show things are worse than they are. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yep, a friend checked and found it doesn't know all of London has been in Tier 2 since midnight Friday. So that's nearly a fifth of the country wrong. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You don't seem familiar with the younger generation of Asians. Maybe download and watch "East is East" again? ;) .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Nowhere near enough to be sure, but if so there's is no excuse. .
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    Way of charging externally without power point

    I suspect banging is used here in a similar context to the use of "Wicked" by youngsters some years ago, to express how good something is. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But all irrelevant in this context Danidl. The faith in Karma and the Hindu belief in the absoluteness of free will means mankind's laws often take second place. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder if any of you shouting about this realise that there are cultures and religious beliefs involved. Southall is a predominantly Asian area and I have no doubt the wedding attracting some 100 guests was an Asian one, that being both normal and important in their cultures. Here's a view...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I travel to other areas to get away from people, all people, and I've done that all my life. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The tiers don't start until Saturday, they're just gathering second wind. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Every cloud has a silver lining, we can all be Harold Shipman now and get away with it. .