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  5. Fuel

    in Anything goes

    Posted

    have a read of this its always the motorist who gets it in the neck

    A permanent 2p duty increase in fuel tax has been introduced in the pre-budget report, which despite being presented as revenue neutral, will mean that fuel prices will rise over the next year and beyond.

    The move to increase fuel duty by 2p has been introduced to offset the rate cut in VAT from 17.5% to 15%. However, although the VAT holiday will last 13 months, the 2p duty rise is permanent.

    When VAT returns to 17.5% motorists will still be paying the higher rate fuel tax of 52.35p per litre and the higher rate VAT, making tax 74% of the total cost of a litre of fuel, and instantly boosting the cost of fuel by 2p a litre.

    If the Chancellor had instead announced scrapping duty and VAT, a litre of petrol would cost just 25p.

    The changes are designed to be neutral, but calculations by PetrolPrices.com show that there will be a slight increase at the pumps of 0.4p a litre, or 20p per average 50 litre tank of unleaded when the changes come into effect on December 1st. The fact that fuel prices will increase at all is contrary to the message from the Chancellor that the changes will be revenue neutral.

    Motorists and businesses will effectively be bearing the brunt of the costs involved with implementing changes to help the UK as it heads into a recession.

    Fuel is taxed twice

  12. Wassell Bantam

    in Pre-65 Bikes

    Posted

    shocker i too have some pics of a wassell bantam!! i just need a day to find them ? there on a back up disc some where

    my old man runs vintage club trials in our area and one of the guys in the vintage club has got a wassell bantam and its a beaut

  13. Fridays Funnys

    in Anything goes

    Posted

    here's a few with all credit going to peter kay

    Peter Kay One Liners

    1) I saw a fat woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it. I said 'Thyroid problem?'

    2) When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn't

    work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.

    3) I've often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

    4) I was doing some decorating, so I got out my step-ladder. I don't get on with my real ladder.

    5) I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the

    Renaissance.

    6) A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Bypass. Motorists are asked to be on the

    lookout for 16 hardened criminals.

    7) Well I was bullied at school, called all kinds of different names. But one day I turned to my bullies and

    said 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me', and it worked!

    From there on it was sticks and stones all the way.

    8) My Dad used to say 'always fight fire with fire', which is probably why he got thrown out of the fire brigade.

    9) Sex is like playing bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.

    10) I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Aren't you going to help?'

    I said 'No, six should be enough.'

    11) If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?

    12) I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

    13) You know that look women get when they want sex? No, me neither.

    14) Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand,

    such as working for a living.

    15) I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

    16) Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before

    PETER KAY'S UNIVERSAL TRUTHS

    1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.

    2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.

    3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle

    gets synchronised with a complete stranger.

    4) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.

    5) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden.

    6) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.

    7) You never know where to look when eating a banana.

    8) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses.

    9) The smaller the monkey the more it looks like it would kill you at the first given opportunity.

    10) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee, flushed half way through and then

    raced against the flush.

    11) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.

    12) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.

    13) Old ladies can eat more than you think.

    14) You can't respect a man who carries a dog.

    15) Despite constant warnings when you're a kid, you have never met anybody who has had

    their arm broken by a swan.

    16) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir

    paint with.

    17) Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

    SOME GREAT QUESTIONS BROUGHT TO YOU BY PETER KAY

    1) Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed?

    2) If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?

    3) Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

    4) Is it possible to brush your teeth without wiggling your bottom?

    5) Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say,

    'My name is Peter and I am an alcoholic'?

    6) Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?

    7) Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

    8) Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?

    9) Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no one would eat?

    10) Is French kissing in France just called kissing?

    11) Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things

    here and drink whatever comes out'?

    12) What do people in China call their good quality plates?

    13) Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch

    when they ask where the bathroom is?

    14) What do you call male ballerinas?

    15) Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?

    16) If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

    17) If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is

    baby oil made from?

    18) Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe,

    you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch

    it to make sure?

  22. Froggy

    in Anything goes

    Posted

    A man takes the day off work and

    Decides to go out golfing.

    He is on the second hole when he

    Notices a frog sitting next to the green.

    He thinks nothing of it and is

    About to shoot when he Hears,

    Ribbit 9 Iron.'

    The man looks around and doesn't

    See anyone.

    Again, he hears, 'Ribbit 9 Iron.'

    He looks at the frog and decides to

    Prove the frog wrong, puts the

    Club away, and grabs a 9 iron.

    Boom!

    He hits it 10 inches from the cup.

    He is shocked.

    He says to the frog,

    'Wow that's amazing.

    You must be a lucky frog, eh?

    The frog replies,

    'Ribbit Lucky frog.'

    The man decides to take the frog

    with him to the next hole.

    'What do you think frog?'

    The man asks.

    'Ribbit 3 wood.'

    The guy takes out a 3 wood and,

    Boom! Hole in one.

    The man is befuddled and doesn't know

    What to say.

    By the end of the day, the man golfed the

    Best game of golf in his life and

    asks the frog,

    'OK where to next?'

    The frog replies,

    'Ribbit Las Vegas

    ' They go to Las Vegas

    and the guy says,

    'OK frog, now What?'

    The frog says, 'Ribbit Roulette.'

    Upon approaching the roulette table,

    The man asks,

    'What do you think I should Bet?'

    The frog replies,

    'Ribbit $3000, black 6.'

    Now, this is a

    million-to-one shot to win, but

    after the golf game the man

    Figures what the heck.

    Boom!

    Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.

    The man takes his winnings and

    buys the best room in the Hotel.

    He sits the frog down and Says,

    'Frog, I don't know how to repay you.

    You've won me all this money and

    I am forever grateful.'

    The frog replies,

    'Ribbit KissMe.'

    He figures why not,

    Since after all the frog did for Him,

    He deserves it.

    With a kiss, the frog turns into a

    gorgeous 15-year-old girl.

    'And that,

    your honor, is how the girl

    ended up in my room.

    So help me God

    Or my name is not William Jefferson Clinton.'

  25. British Experts Coverage

    in General Trials Talk

    Posted

    i have to agree with you !!! it seems a pity that no one came forward with the official results? and not just the experts, but all the riders, and all classes? i just hope its a one off glitch not to be repeated the next time they run the experts trial(if there is a next time?)

  
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