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Well, thaw or no, its a long walk/swim from here, so I'm afraid that's another spot open... Sorry to have to miss ANOTHER year... 1. STI Pretender 2. Greersport 3. Greersport 4. Burgy_51_ 5. Burgy_51_ wife 6. Mr badbaz 7. Mrs badbaz 8. scooby222 9. Mrs scooby222 10. empty heed 11. empty heed 2 12. bigbob 13. miss bigbob 14. terzo neil 15. Midnight21 16. gbsti 17. Mrs gbsti 18. bobbyc 19. Mags 20. Des 21. Des's Mag 22. Dougs Scoob 23. Mrs Dougs Scoob 24. Joe G 25. Mrs Joe G 26. And Joe G Junior 27. jimser 28. caitlin 29. gary d 30. leslie 31. craig 32. loopy lou 33. Irish Al 34. Lynsey 35. Kebab Nemesis 36. burgy_51_ brother 37. burgy_51_ brothers patner 38. Meercat 39. Meercat 40. 41. marky.t.s 42. scary mary 43. marko72 44. Karps 45. Mrs Karps 46. s25yme 47. Mrs 5yme 48. Scoobymark 49. Scoobymark Wife 50. Scoobymark Scooby mad wean 1 51. Scoobymark Scooby mad wean 2 52. Scoobymark Scooby mad wean 3 53. 54. 55.

Ha! I'd forgotten that I'd seen you on Union street! That had been a looooonnnnng day... Been drinking free beer since 11am, and never actually made it to eat after lunchtime... the Cheezeh burger was just not nearly enough! didn't even end up going into the place I was going either, just had a chat outside and went home... Nice! Oh and thanks for the fishes folks! Looking forward to what Blair has planned for us!

I certainly agree that it's so easy to use the online service! I always hated going into the post office to do the tax thing...

Curious, it's definitely been longer than that... perhaps that's when I became a paid member? but I was definitely on the board before that... I've had the turbo for 4 years, and the shed for 2 years before that... Anyways, ROs have always been on a volunteer basis, when I became RO, I just stepped forward and said that I would do it... I actually asked Blair if he fancied doing it, because I think that he will do a good job for the area, and I honestly believe that! You are always welcome to help out though Dunk! Speaking of which, I haven't seen you at any meets in well over a year... how you keeping?

Have you ever seen a vote for an RO? I never have in 6 years...

Evening boy and girls, with me now moving up to the committee, it's come time for me to step down as Aberdeen's RO. I wish to give my personal thanks To Blair for stepping up to the post of RO, I know that he is well liked in the area, and I have no doubts that he will be great for the local area! and finally, I'd like to give many thanks for your support for my time in the post, it's been a pleasure! :biggrinsanta:

Think the offical line is that you CAN use 95RON, but the higher number is preferred... Sure that by law it has to be able to run on 95 in the UK... (Standard cars) I think if you go onto the lower grade fuel I would be less inclined to push it out on the road though, with the lower octane, the burn temp is a little higher, and there is a little more chance of knocking... Although, as said, should be OK if you get it mapped for 95, but then would resetting the ECU, and letting it learn not do the trick? Sure if I'm talking crap I'll be corrected like...

Yeah, as with anything, you need to check the small print on the flyer mate... Again though, I do hope that this is something that we should be looking into Kenny...

Which is fine if you live south of the border, that protection is not available outside england and Wales at the moment unfortunitly... Great to see all your thoughts on this guys, keep em coming!

You may even if you are really unsure, perhaps ask if someone nearby could come and look at it with you, that knows a bit more about the cars... Certainly that's what I did when I bought my first impreza in Elgin years ago, a 1.8 GL! One thing to check is rust, on the roof mainly, right behind the windscreen... I've had rusty roofs on both of my cars, and in fact, this one has actually started bubbling again... (Was resprayed a few years ago) But as above, just check around for oil leaks, in the engine, and also look under the back too to the rear diff for leaks (when you look under the car from the back, its the box with the drive shafts in the middle) Hope this helps in some way! As for membership. Should be some cool announcements comming really soon, and it might be worth waiting till then to join!

Thanks very much guys, just hope that we cna do everyone proud!

Remember, that we were not on the committee before the vote, this is the point I was trying to make, I can't answer for the old committee, only for what we know. I've asked to see said email. End of the day, I haven't done anything to you guys only stood to do a task, with the fresh eyes that it needs. Please, by all means explain what exactly it is that we have taken away. But please, not here, email me your number and we can talk, things are much easier to deal with this way. And I don't see why this all needs to be done in front of everyone like this. No one wins when things happen like this... dale@sidc.co.uk Cheers, Dale.

OK then, answers. Firstly, I've NO idea where this question of a 3 way vote has come from, in fact, none of us had heard ANYTHING about it untill Kaz brought it up, so my guess is that it was simply crossed wires and/or miscommunication on her part. That happens, It's easy done. But as an aside, there was no 3rd way to vote. There was 2 options, either Kaz, or Glyn & myself. There was no 3rd option, and there never was. Members voted and the rest is history. Secondly, the locking of the thread, to be honest I was going to lock it earlier, for exactly the same reasons as Rob, and as Andy said, it was a rock and a hard place decision. It's done now, whether that's right or wrong, I don't know, I have my own opinions on it that I'll keep to myself, but I certainly don't see it being a feature of how the management is going to be running anything... Just not how we roll... I am glad though, that there are some voices of reason in the crowd, like has been said, whether you voted for us or not, please give us a chance before you put us down so quickly, all that any of us want to do is to take the club forward, but we need your help to do it. 3 posts, OK, I'll explain that one. originally, we were putting our names down for club secretary, the Glyn suggested that perhaps we should take on membership secretary, as it was do-able by working together, really, we live not too far apart, and it wouldn't be unrealistic for us to do the work between us. Taking on the 3rd post of RO Cordinator came about because we felt that really, that fit in very well with the Club Secretary post. It really was that simple. Effectively it is being absorbed into the Club secretary post, because realistically, it's who should be doing it anyway. And finally, are we really talking us and them again? Seriously, its one of those things that by just talking about it, you are letting it live, please let sleeping dogs lie. THERE IS NO US AND THEM, ONLY SIDC!!! (The NATIONAL club - that means all of us TOGETHER) Just for the record also, and because we've been bashed openly for this a couple of times already, so far today, we have asked for Karen's number TWICE, so that we can get the handover sorted. We got no reponse both times. We also called the main SIDC number early on tonight after Glyn finished work, to sort the handover. It rang out, but there was a post later telling us that its being ignored. We are trying to get things sorted, even if you cannot see it in the open forum... I have appealed for Karen and Dave to be reasonable. We physically cannot get to them to collect anything whilst the weather makes the journey treacherous like it is. My fear is that it is only the members who will suffer because of this. Sorry it's long winded, I'm not known for short uninformative posts unfortunitly. Thanks for your support. Dale.

Hi ho... I've stood completely out of this conversation untill now, for good reason, but now that it appears to have calmed a little... Karen, I am dissapointed, I asked you a while ago, that should the vote come our way, we might be looking to split the shop off from the membership secretary post, and that we would actually like you to continue running that side of things, should we be able to sort out the franking machine. I also said that I would also have been happy for you to remain on the committee. As far as I am concerend, that remains my stance on the matter. See no one is trying to oust you, no one is trying to stab anyone in the back we just want to move the club forwards, TOGETHER. Nothing has been done underhandedly in this while process, every club member had the right, and the oppertunity to put themselves forward for any of the committee posts, every member had the right, and the oppertunity to vote. I for one am Thankfull for all the hard work that Karen has done over the years, and yes, I am also sorry to see her go IF THIS IS HER CHOICE. Now can we please put this to bed. As I don't think anything else good can come from continuing this thread any longer.

Hahaha Seen that before, think I had a loan of the original videos, it's awesome!

Holy Thread resurrection Batman!!!! I have to say though about the speed cameras, that I don't feel that they do any real good at all, except in a VERY VERY few cases, such as in towns, when speeding is inappropriate, but even then, you see the camera, you slow down if you are speeding, you pass the camera, you go back to speeding... OK, so where is the education in that? What exactly do you achieve by making a car slow down for 50 yards? Gennerally speaking, a lot of speed cameras, taking the Aberdeen - Dundee road as an example, are situated in places that are not accident blackspots, (except that patch of 50) they are generally located in big open stretches of road. and if anything, I think that they were causing more accidents as drivers would see them and suddenly brake! You can imagine what happens next... Whilst I don't know if these accidents happen so often these days, for various reasons, people just give them the wide berth and carry on what they were doing before... As just said, no need to imagine, it was better before they were introduced, because you would always see the cops on the road EVERY time you traveled on it, and if you were being naughty, then you got a talking to, you were educated... a tin box can't do that...

cheeky Barstewards! Yeah, lap it up, you don't see it like that very often!

What a clown...

Welcome to the fold mate!

Awesome night, absolutely awesome! Although I think that 3rd bottle of wine may have been my undoing.... :biggrinsanta: Looking forward to doing it all again next year!

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Super, thanks for your thoughts Stephen...

I'm after a part for me laptop, I've done a combat repair to it tonight, but could do with something a bit more permanent... It's the sound board/Mic/headphone jacks/wifi switch/volume dial... It's 2 very small boards linked by 4 wires. The part number on the ribbon is: NBX12002100 Basically, what I'm looking for, is for someone who does this regularly, who can tell me of a good reliable/reputable parts supplier that will be able to stock the bit that I'm needing... So far when I've fired the Part number into Google, all I get back is a few American places, and fleabay, for which I don't have an account... To be honest I don't really want to buy from either... I know that there are people who work for computer repairers, so I'm hoping that someone is able to help me? Cheers, Dale.

Said this to you the Other night G, It's a lot of b******s. Hope you get somewhere with your CC, but I can't say that I'm surprised about PayPal, I have never trusted them as far as I could throw them, and as Such, I've never had an account, and I've always been weary of using their card handling services (Which Brewdog used to use)... Still, now that you know, you can get things sorted, and make plans to get the car finished!