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He was relatively young when they were making Dad's Army.
Ah well, soon there will be none left.
The vicar is really old, warden Hodges must be well into his 80's and Pike has had a heart attack.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Bill Pertwee is 86, Frank Williams is 81, and Pamela Cundell is 93.
Ian Lavender is 66, his heart attack was many years ago now. He's also survived cancer. Unfortunately he's still a Villa fan.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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Time to panic? No.
Time to give up? Yes. Shutting down.
I just had a long chat with my employees of eight years and past along the new. We are closing shop. While we've had our moments, the last several years have been a steady downward spiral. Between the massive tax burden we're under and trying to compete with low-cost (low-quality) sweat shops over seas (just west of China btw...) there used to be only one remaining incentive for success - to send my kids to college in comfort.
Now - with Obamacare looming and a line that goes 'round the block of 'citizens' with their hands out pleading with the Gov't, "Please give me even more because you all owe me" and a seemingly endless list of "Programs" designed to sponsor the super-lazy - I see no reason to continue trying to succeed.
Thank you Codeproject for giving my crew countless sources of inspiration. I wish you all the very best of luck and success wherever you are able to find it.
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Did you even read the message you're replying to? This is an "ageing British actor has died" thread, not a "why democracy sucks" thread.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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He used to live just around the corner from us.
RIP Granddad
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Not in time for this Christmas season but maybe next year's. I want two of these [^]
From the Oct 31st Ryno CEO's blog post:
Quote: We are continuing on a path with the limited funds we have to have early samples of the RYNO UEV (Unidentified Electric Vehicle) shipping by late April 2013 just in time for summer. Full production will be ramping up later in 2013.
The new UEV will be designed to look more like the original bike in all our videos. The red show bike on the web site was designed to be a street legal version but since then we have moved back onto the sidewalk and bike paths we need a lighter weight and more crowd friendly look. Plus it allows us to pack 4 HP of brute power into the wheel since we don’t have to meet the limitations to get on the street as a scooter or eBike.
We have doubled the battery capacity to 24 amp hours and will double it again later in 2013 as we get our cutting edge battery supplier on-line. The bike will have twin pull out batteries to allow them to be changed in thirty seconds and carried easily. Top speed is limited to 12.5 MPH, range may be about 25 miles. Trust me with 2,000 watts of motor power, this thing will climb a wall. We’re also still holding to a target retail price of $4,500.
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You want a stupid-looking scooter that goes 12.5 MPH?
Rock on. You go for it.
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I can be opened up to 25mph. Gee, that is opened up? The 50cc class legally go 35mph (depends on the state as to if it needs to be licensed, and need a m/c license). Of course I had a Derbi 50cc that I was able to get 70mph in colorado. Unfortunately on back roads that went up and down could only get up to 45 mph. A little slow for the traffic, unfortunatley.
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Want!
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Since you don't buy anything that your wife would also consider useful then I assume you are just dreaming 
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"Half the bike, twice the fun"
Top speed 12.5 MPH - so you can't get out of the way of that routemaster bus...
Range ~25 miles - so you can't get to and from work without a recharge (assuming you have time to get there and back at 12.5 mph in the first place)
$4500  A push bike is cheaper, quicker, recharges on bacon butties and you probably look a lot less stupid riding one...
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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My average speed to get to the train station by car is 20km/h i.e. 12.5MPH on a good morning. It is only a 10km trip to there. If the price drops, I could see myself get one.
Or I could just get myself a normal bike a and add a DIY motor to assist me...
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Or, you could just buy a normal scooter.
It has 2 wheels (double), goes 30MPH (double), doesnt look f***ing stupid (priceless) and costs much less (half).
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You can take this one into the office with you, not something you would want to do with a scooter.
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An eBike is your friend. Goes up to 45km.h-1, e.g. 10km would be something like 20 to 25min. Helps you stay fit since the motor only "helps", and don't "replace".
Plus you look totally awesomely cool on some of them[^].
Easter egg: for the interested, you could find out for which automotive company I am working for by analyzing the content of this page.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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The trouble is, that that is your Average speed - in a vehicle with a top speed of 100mph+, and thus almost certainly better acceleration than this RYNO. A top speed of 12.5 means you can't get out of the way of mopeds - and it probably takes a long time to get there!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Fairly certain that'd be illegal in the UK.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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Have to have two of em to stick together to make a two wheeler so I wouldn't kill myself.
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if you manage to kill youself at 12.5 mph in 25 miles, i'll provide your family with bacon for the rest of their lifes.
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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I'm old so I could kill myself walking down the road at 2 mph, where can I send my family information I want in on that bacon for life offer.
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What a selfless man, want to kill yourself to get your family a life-long supply of bacon! 
send it to me by pm togheter with a photo of you on the RYNO, I think that photo will be well worth the bacon
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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Sentenryu wrote: send it to me by pm togheter with a photo of you on the RYNO, I think that photo will be well worth the bacon
OK you called my bluff, how much bacon could I get without the picture?
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Imagine that you're riding down the street (at the amazing topspeed of 12.5 mph) and a kid runs out in front of you.
What happens when you brake really hard?
I can see two scenarios:
- You smack your face straight into the tarmack
- The Ryno Accellerates to make you lean backwards so that it can brake hard without breaking your face. In this process you break the kid instead.
I hope it gets forbidden on public roads.
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: You smack your face straight into the tarmack
I think I'll buy one for every member of congress. I'll call it a one wheel attitude adjuster.
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