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    Day Boats

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

    The area in which I live is The Broads but for my wife and I to drive to Potter & back, with no detours, is getting on for fifty miles. Local, maybe, but is that a reasonable distance or within the spirit of the guidelines?

    Let us say the pubs were open again, now you can`t call a pub in Potter your local by any stretch of your imagination can you?

    Car Talk

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    1 minute ago, thunder said:

    We've had an Octavia since 2006 we did a trouble free 142000miles with it , my daughter is still using it daily now with 189000 trouble free miles, only routine servicing and mot costs, great cars 

    Only have to look at what Taxi & Private Hire drivers use other than hybrid of course. 

    Car Talk

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Mouldy said:

    Yeah, go on - what do you call a Skoda with a sunroof . . . . . . . . . . A skip!!

    Ive heard them all over the past 13 years since buying my first one.  A friend of mine calls them ‘a thinking man’s Volkswagen,’ as many of the internal parts are shared and they’re usually cheaper, but it’s surprising how mud sticks and some people will still not buy one, due to past reputation.

    In case of any misunderstanding, that joke was from what? The 70`s or 80`s maybe and long before VAG group took over in `91. I would agree with the thinking mans VW friend of yours. 

    PS Once saw one with VW badges applied - Sad git fooling nobody or somebody making a point?

    Car Talk

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Skoda has come on in leaps and bounds since being taken over by VAG group as expected however a joke from before this time;

    Man walks in to a car accessory shop and asks Can I have a sunroof for my Skoda?

    Shop owner replies Yes,sounds like a fair swop!

    :default_coat:

    Moving To Norfolk No

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    On 09/03/2021 at 15:39, Hylander said:

       I think we are now accepted , although some still blank me when I say good morning.  

     

    Nothing to do with the hoodie and "Hell`s Grannies" on the back!  :default_rofl:

    Moving To Norfolk No

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, marshman said:

    Local surgeries are a bit of a lottery - certainly at Blofield they are going to be building more rooms in quite a large extension and it is quite noticeable that the number of Dr's on the notepaper grows ever longer. I hope its a good sign - to be quite honest some seem to be much better run than others I am afraid!!!

    That is useful to know, now I`ll be looking around next time I`m there thinking "Is that marshman over there? :default_biggrin:

    Moving To Norfolk No

    in Broads Chat

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    1 hour ago, addicted said:

     I  love Norfolk but don't think a move  there would be a good idea. It's just that bit too far from family and I was  rather dismayed to overhear a local resident in the Brundle post office complaining about how long it takes to get a doctor's appointment and this was before covid. So it looks like the bungalow that I still don't feel ready for is on the horizon.

     

    Carole

    As a recent "Blow in" from a large town I have learnt that people who have lived in villages for some time do not like changes, now sometimes their views are correct and often aired on local resident websites, things like the new housing estate being built will ruin "our village" and blaming McDonalds for the rubbish being dropped by their customers are common themes and god forbid the closing of a road for water pipes to be layed or the opening of a new takeaway with bright colours in the logo however that said I understand that some have nothing to do and all day to do it in.

    Coming to the Brundall resident bemoaning the problem getting a doctors appointment in the post office, yes they are correct and it will become worse as new houses are built. I may well have been the person standing behind them in the queue and pulling my hair out whilst they had their discussion but I am learning what village life is all about compared to the faster pace of life of living in a large town. 

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    Friday Night Quiz 2021

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    2 minutes ago, grendel said:

    circle = 2 inside and outside

    cars wheels, too many, 4  + spare, plus steering wheel, flywheel, then the wheels for the belt tensioners, probably every different make of car is different.

    Ok, both obviously far to easy.

    Correct.

    Stop at six as you are over thinking it now! :default_biggrin:

    Friday Night Quiz 2021

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said:

    I advise you to put your helmet on AND hide behind the sofa for that one FTM, I think there may be some who will suggest that chemical symbols are not in fact words, and that the answer might go down like a PB balloon.

    PB balloon :default_icon_clap:

    Beer Gardens

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    3 hours ago, NorfolkNog said:

    I'm quite interested in how it will work, assume table service? Will you need to book? Social distancing? 

    Pent up demand? I'm in the starting blocks already! :default_beerchug:

    There was a pub on the news which claimed to have taken hundreds of bookings the day the latest timeline was announced.

    Beer Gardens

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    18 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

    Probably be easier to name the pubs without beer gardens. 

     

    15 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said:

    As Peter said its probably easier to list the pubs without  a beer garden.

    Might be easier but it would be unhelpful to the OP asking.

    Lots Of Questions.....from A Newbie

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    17 hours ago, annv said:

    And Paul access under all bridges depending on beam, although a fly bridge princes is great on south rivers for the view over the marches it But it wont go anywhere else except to sea. John

    A boatbuilder on the southern waters recently converted a flybridge on a Sealine to be lowered and raised very quickly, proper piece of work it was.

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