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Jörgen Andersson1-Mar-16 5:05

1-Mar-16 5:05

Going from an Opel to a Renault is having balls the size of watermelons in my book.
It's either that or a being a complete pillock. Smile | :)

A vintage sportscar sounds a lot more interesting.
How vintage is it?

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Nagy Vilmos1-Mar-16 5:42

Nagy Vilmos

1-Mar-16 5:42

It's only 1971, but it has a custom body and looks like a 1930's Aston Martin - NG TA[^] Cool | :cool:

veni bibi saltavi

Jörgen Andersson1-Mar-16 6:09

1-Mar-16 6:09

That's an officially cool car! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

But is it really from 1971?
According to the german wikipedia the company was founded in 1979.
I can't find any english wikipedia entry.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Nagy Vilmos1-Mar-16 6:19

Nagy Vilmos

1-Mar-16 6:19

Thanks. She started life in 1971 as an MGB and was rebuilt [in 1981 IIRC] as a NG TA, but kept her original paperwork hence she's a '71. We bought her in 2006 and love her to bits, now we're waiting for some good weather again so we can take her out.

veni bibi saltavi

Jörgen Andersson1-Mar-16 6:27

1-Mar-16 6:27

OIC.
I will have to admit I'm more than just a bit envious.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Revon1-Mar-16 6:19

Revon

1-Mar-16 6:19

iirc age is derived from the donor car, so even if the kit was built this year the new car is given the identity(reg plate, age, exclusion from taxation) from the donor vehicle

Jörgen Andersson1-Mar-16 6:29

1-Mar-16 6:29

I see, I wasn't aware that it was working that way. Makes sense though.
Thanks for clarifying.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Richard MacCutchan1-Mar-16 2:20

Richard MacCutchan

1-Mar-16 2:20

Nagy Vilmos wrote:
to rhyme with dodge

Or todge(r).

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Mar-16 1:55

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Mar-16 1:55

[ˈnɒɟ][^]

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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

ZurdoDev1-Mar-16 1:27

ZurdoDev

1-Mar-16 1:27

chriselst wrote:
If you cannot be bothered signing off with you name

Because you aren't sure who it is from? Poke tongue | ;-P

chriselst wrote:
I'm in a grumpy mood today.

Why did the superhero flush the toilet?

Because it was his doody.

You're welcome. $Shucks | :-\$

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

chriselst1-Mar-16 1:29

1-Mar-16 1:29

RyanDev wrote:
Because you aren't sure who it is from?

It's respect innit.

Love from Chris x

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

ZurdoDev1-Mar-16 1:37

ZurdoDev

1-Mar-16 1:37

chriselst wrote:
Love from Chris x

I see your point. Big difference. I shall amend my ways.

James.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

Slacker0071-Mar-16 1:27

Slacker007

1-Mar-16 1:27

Well said. Feel better now? Smile | :)

Sascha Lefèvre1-Mar-16 1:29

Sascha Lefèvre

1-Mar-16 1:29

chriselst wrote:
I hate ones that have a fax number like it's the 1990s.

Don't know about other countries, in Germany a fax has the legal status of a letter, an email has not. So I let my customers send me faxes(?) as purchase orders.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

chriselst1-Mar-16 1:34

1-Mar-16 1:34

Sascha Lefèvre wrote:
So I let my customers send me faxes

I cannot remember the last time I saw a fax machine (yes, yes, I know you can fax from a computer).

I had a job, many years ago, where we had a central server that faxed a summary of stuff each morning to around a hundred customers around the country.

People liked the faxes because they could walk in, pick up the fax, and read the summary whilst making the coffee, generally getting ready for the day ahead.

We wanted to save money on all the faxing.

All these customers had their own server, we wanted to transfer the data and let them print if the wanted or view on screen.

They liked the faxes.

So I transferred the data to the local server, and then made it fax the fax machine that it was often sat next to.

Moved the cost of the faxes from us to the customers.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Mar-16 1:37

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Mar-16 1:37

Never heard of digitally signed documents?
We have a special server for our customers that enables to upload documents - or fill one online - and sign it digitally...It has legal status of letter...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Sascha Lefèvre1-Mar-16 1:41

Sascha Lefèvre

1-Mar-16 1:41

Most of my customers would be challenged to send me a signed document on their own and I CBA to set up such a server Laugh | :laugh:

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter1-Mar-16 1:46

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

1-Mar-16 1:46

Actually we were happy to set up such server and get rid of the fax machine - our customers had serious problem to decide when and what to send on fax so we had a huge warehouse for paper and toner only...

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

Jacquers1-Mar-16 1:37

Jacquers

1-Mar-16 1:37

What about the ones that end with: Sent from .... (e.g. my fancy mobile phone)

chriselst1-Mar-16 1:39

1-Mar-16 1:39

Ah yes, people who can't change the default on their phones. Good catch.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Nagy Vilmos1-Mar-16 1:55

Nagy Vilmos

1-Mar-16 1:55

They're really annoying

--
Sent from Chris's Smart Fridge

veni bibi saltavi

PompeyThree1-Mar-16 1:43

PompeyThree

1-Mar-16 1:43

Agree with you on everything apart from

chriselst wrote:
I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.

You know who it's from before you open the e-mail so why do they have to sign off? Are you going to forget by the time you get to the end? I'm a team-lead of a team that consists of members in 3 differnt Countries and deals with departments in another 2, so I receive/reply to around 100-150 e-mails a day so it would bug the hell out of me to do this (that's what the sig is for).

A bug-bear of mine is if I'm in an e-mail chain with 1 other person and they insist on starting each individual message with "Hi Scott". E-mail chains between two people should follow this format.

Hi Scott

Hi Neil

<reply to="" message="">

and then any further messages should just be the body of reply with no "Hi Scott/Neil"

chriselst1-Mar-16 1:48

1-Mar-16 1:48

PompeyThree wrote:
and then any further messages should just be the body of reply with no "Hi Scott/Neil"

Agree entirely there, establish the formalities in the first exchange and then they are not needed from then on. I just think the formalities should contain the senders name at the bottom that first time too.

Even worse when they bother typing Regards or some such and then let the sig pick up the rest. There is no regard there.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Bassam Abdul-Baki1-Mar-16 2:03

Bassam Abdul-Baki

1-Mar-16 2:03

Hi PompeyThree,

Only the first email instance should say Hi. The rest can start with the person's name to let them know where to start off next. No need to Hi them every time.

Bassam

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