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macplaxton
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by macplaxton » 12 Feb 2011 03:04 pm
What's the point in having a dukebox in the house?
Keep it with the cars, in the shed / garage / secret barn.

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trabitom99
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by trabitom99 » 12 Feb 2011 05:17 pm
filthyjohn wrote:Get rid of the stinking aveo! If the 340 is so reliable let the wife use it and drive a lada if that's what makes you happy.
If your wife doesn't allow you to do what you want then leave her.
FJ: man of little compromise

Agree fully about the Aveo.
Tom
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by Evoman » 12 Feb 2011 06:21 pm
Buy yourself another car, cheer yourself up man.
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by Ian Mac » 13 Feb 2011 12:06 am
macplaxton wrote:What's the point in having a dukebox in the house?
I've had a jukebox in the house for several years but sold my previous City 2 to free-up some cash when we got married a couple of years ago. I have a huge collection of vinyl and quite simply nothing comes close to a properly set-up jukebox for sound quality and they're much better than a television as a focal point in the lounge. The volume can be set to literally shake the walls or you can turn it as low as you like for normal listening. They're an immediate talking point for parties and family gatherings and they tidy-up the record collection much better than loads of boxes. I'm also planning a wall mounted CD jukebox which holds 100 discs and has a play capacity of 35 tracks per disc so a potential of 3500 selections and it looks a whole lot better than an Ipod...
To be fair to my wife she's extremely easy going and more tolerant than anyone I've ever met. She's also the one who'll be paying for the Samara (and the jukebox) so I have to meet her half way every now and then....

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sven360
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by sven360 » 13 Feb 2011 12:10 am
Ian Mac wrote:
To be fair to my wife she's extremely easy going and more tolerant than anyone I've ever met. She's also the one who'll be paying for the Samara (and the jukebox) so I have to meet her half way every now and then....

Does she have a sister?
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Ask no more and give no less than honesty,courage,loyalty,generosity and fairness.
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Ian Mac
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by Ian Mac » 13 Feb 2011 12:15 am
sven360 wrote:Ian Mac wrote:
To be fair to my wife she's extremely easy going and more tolerant than anyone I've ever met. She's also the one who'll be paying for the Samara (and the jukebox) so I have to meet her half way every now and then....

Does she have a sister?
She has three, currently all single but nowhere near as easy going and one of them is a total loony tune, believes in fairies and dances naked at Stonehenge...

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by V6 Man » 13 Feb 2011 12:16 am
...hurriedly fills car up with fuel and drives to Stonehenge........
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sven360
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by sven360 » 13 Feb 2011 12:26 am
Yeah,the loony sounds good.
Naked gardening,could catch on in suburbia.
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Write it in your heart.
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Ask no more and give no less than honesty,courage,loyalty,generosity and fairness.
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by Speedy88 » 13 Feb 2011 01:45 am
Ian Mac wrote:sven360 wrote:Ian Mac wrote:
To be fair to my wife she's extremely easy going and more tolerant than anyone I've ever met. She's also the one who'll be paying for the Samara (and the jukebox) so I have to meet her half way every now and then....

Does she have a sister?
She has three, currently all single but nowhere near as easy going and one of them is a total loony tune, believes in fairies and dances naked at Stonehenge...

Goddamn hippies.
I'm so there.
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by filthyjohn » 13 Feb 2011 02:09 am
Replace jukebox with spotify premium subscription and a picture of elvis. Job done.
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macplaxton
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by macplaxton » 13 Feb 2011 02:27 am
filthyjohn wrote:Replace jukebox with spotify premium subscription and a picture of elvis. Job done.
Yeah, just think of the space saving.
What you need is a secret nuclear bunker to store your stuff

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Ian Mac
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by Ian Mac » 13 Feb 2011 10:36 am
macplaxton wrote:
What you need is a secret nuclear bunker to store your stuff

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You're not kidding - a guy called Sam Glover who writes for Practical Classics uses an ex-MOD hangar close to Greenham Common. We visited there last year during an East European car tour and I thought "yes, this is what I need..."

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by nvdw » 15 Feb 2011 12:05 am
Well since an Aveo is sort of a modern day Samara, why not replace it with the real stuff?
Lada sold by the boatloads in both the UK and the Netherlands, yet there are hardly any left. Just those later 110 series and three-door Samaras, the rest have all been shipped back to their homeland...
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by trabitom99 » 15 Feb 2011 05:15 am
I am really looking forward to the film "Ballada" - it's airing on German TV this week - an "hommage" to the Lada. Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx3XIgQtYz0
Cheers
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988