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Gumball

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  1. no seriously, i think you should..............
  2. if the lights still on i wouldnt blast it or run it on boost until someone gives you the right advice on what it could be. bit risky
  3. glad you were having fun on the track before that happened. im sure someone like squirrel will post telling you what it could be. lamda sensor, too much fuel getting in? i would only be guessing
  4. they wee aipples?
  5. "Tumbleweed," "Russian thistle" and "wind witch" are common names for this symbol of the American west. Russian thistle alludes to its Eurasian origin. Scientific names for tumbleweed include Salsola kali, S. pestifer, S. australis, S. iberica, and S. tragus. Salsola is derived from the Latin sallere, "to salt," in reference to the plant?s salt tolerance. There does not yet appear to be a consensus on the preferred scientific name, although S. tragus is the leading candidate for the inland variety of tumbleweed and S. kali, for the more coastal variety. Description Virtually everyone recognizes mature the Russian thistle, which looks like the skeleton of a normal shrub. Plants may be as small as a soccer ball or as large as a Volkswagen beetle. Most people, however, would fail to recognize the seedling and juvenile plant?s bright green, succulent, grass-like shoots, which are usually red or purple striped. Inconspicuous green flowers grow at axils (where leaf branches off of stem) of the upper leaves, each one accompanied by a pair of spiny bracts. Mice, bighorn sheep and pronghorn eat the tender shoots Habits/Habitats As it rolls down a desert road, a Russian thistle plants do what they do best, disperse seeds, which typically number 250,000 per plant. Seeds are unusual in that they lack any protective coat or stored food reserves. Instead, each seed is a coiled, embryonic plant wrapped in a thin membrane. To survive winter without a warm coat, the plant does not germinate until warm weather arrives. When moisture falls, the plant is ready to uncoil and germinate. All that is required are temperatures between 28 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It then quickly sends up two needle-like leaves and begins to shoot skyward. By autumn the plant has reached maximum size, flowered and begun to dry out. A specialized layer of cells in the stem facilitates the easy break between plant and root, and the journey begins anew. Like many invasive weeds, Russian thistle exploited the destruction of native ecosystems. When farmers removed prairie grasses, they created a perfect environment, smooth and flat, for a plant that could roll across the landscape dispersing seeds. Herbicides now control the spread of Russian thistle by disrupting the maturation process of the plant. Range Although tumbleweed is native to the arid steppes of the Ural Mountains in Russia, it is now ubiquitous throughout the western states, growing in disturbed soils such as agricultural fields, irrigation canals and roadside shoulders and ditches. Plants thrive in salty and alkaline soils but will generally be outcompeted by natives in undisturbed habitats. Elevation range is from below sea level in Death Valley to over 8500 feet. Tumbleweeds were first reported in the United States around 1877 in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, apparently transported in flax seed imported by Ukrainian farmers. Within two decades it had tumbled into a dozen states, and by 1900, it had reached the Pacific Coast. The peregrinating (highly traveled) plant also grows abundantly in Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa and Turkey. Notes The Sons of Pioneers made the song Tumbling Tumbleweeds popular in the 1940?s. They did not, however, write the song, which first appeared as a poem in a University of Arizona literary quarterly. A severe drought in the 1930?s in Canada led farmers to use young tumbleweeds as hay and silage for livestock.
  6. Ruby the Scooby asked in her thread if she should A- Heat the house this week or B- Put petrol in the car. She then deleted it, so i though i would help you understand whats happening here LOL blows through
  7. i LIKE THIS BUT............ I ALSO LIKE THIS
  8. that sounds like your asking santa to use employ the skills of a clever IT consultant?
  9. ehh. erm im not sure actually. try here if your local newsagent is fresh outa buntys
  10. do i have to go and buy this or will you tell me what the letter is about? i usually stick to the beano and bunty so would rather you told me
  11. lol i also believe that for some obscure reason the snibber is watching this thread. probably like me joining the JCB scotland club. wtf is the point?
  12. I touch goats
  13. << you ordered it already chris? If so, when is it arriving? >> not yet mate. i have another 2, maybe 3 max payments on the car until the shatty trade in price i get for the car that cost me £20k kinda balances out with what i owe the tick company. a 30k MY06 is quite a lot without having neg equity to add on. i will order it in Q1.
  14. i would have to agree with that. as much as i have eyed up the JDM C, i didnt look at the RA versions. Boyakashas brother in law has a white RA 55 plate i think. i got a spin in that and have to report... "its awesome"
  15. lol hahahah. from one side of the city to the other the same current mindset is thrown to a fro
  16. aye looks good mate, nice one
  17. exactly, your wrong and imagined i had posted about my next car without deciding first in a calculated manner what i am going to buy. that my friend is why your a goat. thanks Andy, i should have mentioned im buying it from lichfield but i assumed (ie made and ass out of you and me) that people would know where cool scoobie imports came from
  18. dont you worry about all the ins and outs. just pay some guy 50 quid and get your geometry done.
  19. im paid up too. lets have a whos paid up and allowed to vote on anything thread
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