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Old 26th March 2020, 09:57 AM
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Old 26th March 2020, 11:02 AM
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If you think of my username as initials you might notice it stands for something (something that equals 42). I've always been a big fan of Douglas Adams' work.
Well, well, well!

Meaning Of Life, The Universe And Everything. *=42 ASCII AKA anything/everything. I don't think that I realised that until tonight. Thanks for leading me to that.
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Old 27th March 2020, 07:27 PM
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:I've always been a big fan of Douglas Adams' work.
Beverley and I remember sitting listening to it first being broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978!
Pre-children, we had no TV (too busy socially to ever watch it) and lived in a nice 2-bed basement flat in central London (NW1) near Baker Street, Marylebone Station and Regents Park.
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1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Congrats on completing the fuel pump job. I haven't been driving my S8 as I need to do some maintenance work to it and replacing the fuel pump is one of them which I'm not looking forward to do.
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Old 30th March 2020, 07:54 AM
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Beverley and I remember sitting listening to it first being broadcast on Radio 4 in 1978!
Pre-children, we had no TV (too busy socially to ever watch it) and lived in a nice 2-bed basement flat in central London (NW1) near Baker Street, Marylebone Station and Regents Park.
I never caught the radio show -- I was only 8 years old at the time --but I do remember it. The TV series, about 3 years later, was great though and very true to the book. You should watch it if you've never seen it. It's very dated now but I think that only adds to the entertainment. If you do watch it, look out for the Magrathea scenes, which were filmed at the Eden Project's site (a former clay pit).
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Default You can play it online at he BBC.

I am doing that now, with my vast amounts of spare time

Click here to play. Harder than you think!
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