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Yes, people don't seem to understand the concept of self-reliance these days. What? Your house or flat has burned down and you've lost everything? Don't worry your insurance will cover it. You've got no insurance? Don't worry, kick up a big stink, appeal to the papers and the council will sort you out. Start a Go Fund Me Appeal for good measure. 

I'm sure the owners of The Hartside Cafe will be insured.

Seems late to be dismantling everything, it’s about half way to the next race. Unless the circuit is used for anything else?

Isn't it The Manchester Pusher? Surely that one has been trotted out a few times.

Had a ride from the airport in the back of an F10 520i yesterday, interesting comparison (for me only I expect...). Ride is definitely better in the estate thanks to the self levelling air suspension, but it didn’t really feel any different to the newer cars. The rear seats are more comfortable, it’s another backward step in the new 5 and the Mercedes seats were very similar so not as good either.

A lightly used 6 cylinder F10/F11 is a great buy.

I looked at the price of a 520i saloon in Singapore, because I know cars are expensive here but even so it made my eyes water....£150k!!

I saw a relatively recent M6 GC earlier, £330k!

At the other end of the BMW scale, a 116d SE would cost you £80k.

What are salaries like?

I take it cab fares are equally ouch inducing. Bus and walking it is then.....

Not particularly, as Chris has said, the public transport network is excellent and reasonable value, although it’s significantly more expensive than Kuala Lumpur.  Getting a Taxi/Uber is probably slightly cheaper than at home.

Our Uber driver this evening has a decent job during the day, but does the Uber thing after work for a few hours and at weekends to help pay for the car.  

Just been in a car that’s uglier than the Nissan hire car we had....the airline sent a Toyota Vellfire to pick us up from the hotel which looks like Darth Vader’s helmet on wheels!   Loads of space, but you’re basically riding in a van.




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It’s a renamed Alphard. They make good camper conversions and are much better to drive than a Bongo equivalent apparently.

Spotted last week, pictured this morning; Tesco shopping trolley 'Black' Edition.

The Latest (true) News From Hull...





Buttock Tattoo Terror Lands Hull Pair in Hospital


A furious row has broken out between a local tattoo artist and his client after what started out as a routine inking session, left both of them requiring emergency hospital treatment.



Vintage film fan and part time plus size model Tracey Munter (23), had visited the Black Ink Tattoo Emporium in Carr Lane last week to have the finishing touches applied to a double buttock representation of the chariot race scene from the iconic 1959 film, Ben Hur. Tattooist Jason Burns takes up the story.



“It was a big job in more ways than one.” he told us “I’d just lit a roll up and was finishing off a centurions helmet. It’s delicate, close up work. Next thing is, I sense a slight ripple in her buttock cleavage area just around Charlton Heston’s whip, and a hissing sound – more of a whoosh than a rasp – and before I know what’s happening, there’s a flame shooting from her arse up to my roll-up and my beards gone up like an Aussie bush fire.”



Jason says he rushed to the studio sink to quell the flames, only to turn round and see Tracey frantically fanning her buttock area with a damp towel. The flames had travelled down the gas cloud and set fire to her thong which was smoking like a cheap firework.



“To be honest”, said Jason, “I didn’t even realise she was wearing one. You’d need a sodding mining licence and a torch to find out for sure. She could have had a complete wardrobe in there and I’d have been none the wiser.”



Jason and Tracey were taken to Hull Royal Infirmary A&E where they were treated for minor burns and shock. Both are adamant that the other is to blame.



“I’m furious” said Jason, “I’ve got a face like a mange-ridden dog and my left eyebrow's not there any more. I don’t know about Ben Hur – Gone With The Wind’s more like it. You don’t just let rip in someone’s face like that. It’s dangerous.”



But Tracey remains both angry and unrepentant;



“I’m still in agony,” she said, “And Charlton Heston looks more like Sidney bloody Poitier now. Jason shouldn’t have had a fag on the go, and there’s no way I’d guff on purpose. He’d had me up on his bench on all fours for nearly an hour. I can only put up with that for so long before nature takes its course. My Kev knows that. I give him my five second warning and I’d have done the same for Jason, but I didn’t get chance – it just crept out.”



Ted Walters from the Humberside Fire and Rescue service wasn’t surprised when we told him what had happened “People just don’t appreciate the dangers.... “he told us, “We get called out to more flatulence ignition incidents than kitchen fires these days, now people have moved over to oven chips. We have a slogan ‘Flame ‘n fart – keep ’em apart’. Anyone engaging in an arse inking scenario would do well to bear that in mind in future.”

That had me in tears RR, the line about needing a sodding mining license to find her thong almost floored me! Great story whether true or otherwise  😂