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ANDYJDMSTI

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  1. << T e fin st c rs eve pr duced t res m le an I preza J st a pity th y le bl nd Cha lie fr m accou ts into th st ling dep f r the aft rnoon The "Teletext" has spoken >> PMSL
  2. Are you sure????...............or is it going to be on the bus off the bus!!
  3. There you go the "Oracle" has spoken!!
  4. ......apart from the still "chav" rear lights.
  5. i should be in the general vicinity of Scotland on that date, might take a nosey if the car is ready in time
  6. There is this bunch of guys Who think they're all so wise They each own a Scottish Scooby And they take the pi$$ out of Ruby It says shes a regular so she should handle the joke oh f@ck i can't rhyme am beginning to choke
  7. Washout for me too as i will be back in New Iraq!!
  8. The only blowjob he knows is the one to get rid of the dust off his sideboard!!!!!
  9. mmm......i am jolly well liking them apples!!!
  10. Tumbleweed or Russian Thistle Salsola kali Tumbleweeds entered this country by hiding among imported seeds, but they soon bounded their way from Coast to Coast. Perhaps the most well-known symbol of the Old West, the tumbleweed actually migrated here from Russia, but that was an accident. In about every cowboy movie and in images of the Wild West, you will see them - dry, spiny balls bouncing across the desert floor, rolling down the dirt streets of the old towns. Tumbleweeds get their name from the way they catch the wind and tumble along the ground, the ultimate icon of the desolate desert. But the plant, actually Russian Thistle, is not native to the United States, and was never intended to be brought here to begin with. Before the 19th century, not a single tumbleweed blew across the United States. But then Ukrainian farmers migrated to North and South Dakota, bringing with them bags of flax seed, a plant used to make linseed oil and linen. Mixed in with the flaxseeds were Russian Thistle seeds, and the farmers unknowingly planted what would in a few years become a great ecological disturbance to many farmers. The mobile plant took over, covering more than a dozen states in just two decades, and reaching the Pacific Coast by 1900. The plant?s ability to survive in most any climate, and its practically foolproof way of distributing seeds would soon become a problem for many farmers across the country. Tumbleweeds don?t begin life looking like the skeleton of some forgotten bush. Most people wouldn?t even know one if they saw it in the ground. Bright green, succulent grass-like shoots appear first sometime after winner?s chill. Mice, bighorn sheep and pronghorn eat the tender shoots. The plant turns colors with every growth spurt, leaving purple or red stripes down the branches. Wherever a leaf meets the stem a small green flower will grow, accompanied by its own protective bodyguards ? a pair of stiff spines. By the time the end of summer draws near, the tumbleweed has flowered and started to dry out. They could be as small as a basketball, or as large as a compact car, but the majority of tumbleweeds hopping the desert floors range from 1 to 3 feet high when standing still. Special chemicals in the stem allow the plant to easily separate from its roots once it has dried out. Now light and loose the tumbleweed bounces along with the wind. Being shaped like a ball makes for easy traveling. But they aren?t just bouncing for the fun of it. The journey is the tumbleweed?s way of survival. Tumbling and bouncing along the ground is the way the plant spreads its seeds. An average-sized tumbleweed can produce up to 250,000 seeds and toss them off during its many miles of wandering. It doesn?t take much for the seeds to grow either. They have no protective coating, only a small coiled embryonic plant wrapped in a thin membrane. Just a little bit of moisture, and the seeds can germinate in less than 30 minutes. Tumbleweeds grow all around the world and survive in elevations ranging from below sea level to more than 8,500 feet. They can drop their seeds just about anywhere and have a good chance of successful reproduction. This was what caused the tumbleweed to become an obnoxious pest to farmers. As farmers leveled and plowed the land, they created the perfect playground for the bouncing bushes. Pretty soon the crops were full of live tumbleweed plants, sucking nourishment out of the soil. Dead tumbleweeds bounced freely, and with those came different problems. The spines dried sharp and could be ruthless, even poking through leather gloves and lacerating horses? legs as they rushed and brushed by on the wind. Being very dry and light, it also posed a fire hazard. Tumbleweeds caught fire and burned quickly, and were light enough that the wind easily carried them over fire barriers. People tried all kinds of things to rid themselves of the bouncing pests, including forming fire logs out of them and selling them for fireplaces. It wasn?t until after World War II that a pesticide was developed that stopped the maturity of the plant. But Russian thistle won?t be disappearing anytime soon. In southern Nevada, where nuclear weapons were tested above ground, Russian thistle was always the first plant to grow again in the soil at the testing site. Like the cockroach, tumbleweeds will survive.
  11. I have been down to Greers afew times with Mr W and all i can say is that the engine is the poodles noodles, dogs danglies, mutts nuts!!! pics do not do it justice. BANG...... BANG!!!
  12. i will be running this with eleventy hundred of those things called horsepowers!! yeah right!!!....................i wish. BANG!! In all honesty just a fettled turbo and new wheels for me
  13. Looks like you have 2 choices 1. Get on with it and be thankfull you will be home at all over the period or 2. do something about it i.e get your cv in order and look for another job Everyone has control over the path they take and jobs they do in life, if you can't handle it/ don't like it then change it!!!! I have not been home for either xmas or new year for the past 6 years because of the paths i have chosen, i am just thankfull that i have a job that affords me the lifestyle i have.
  14. SHNEZlle my fajezzell!!!! Bit random i know, it has Snowt to do with anything
  15. anyone fancy a game of CONKers????
  16. rgr......................SEEN!!!!
  17. Punched my dad in the pods cos i saw it on the tv.............not one of my best tv re-enactments!!!
  18. are we gonna find out why they were so popular????
  19. when i had my classic i had what sounded like a knocking noise when braking or going over bumps.........turned out that the clip that holds the brake pad needed a slight adjustment as the pad was moving a small amount in the caliper.
  20. A-Plan or Bell get my vote.......both do pretty good quotes on imports
  21. STI topmount will handle 400. then it starts to get into realms of possibley looking for front mounts
  22. << I spent the last 3 months in that one !!! hint hint >> nuff said
  23. Did Seaman Stains and Master Bates show you the jolly roger???
  24. Is your bum still intact????
  25. £40 to fit plugs!!!!! who did it...................Dick Turpin????
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