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Title: ashes to ashes
Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 21:24:59
any one watching ashes 2 ashes all the old cars from the 80s takes me back a bit  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 21:26:25
 :y :y
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 20 April 2009, 21:46:22
Your all living in the past..... get a grip  :P
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 21:51:03
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Your all living in the past..... get a grip  :P
;D ;D ;D :y
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Post by: Tony H on 20 April 2009, 21:51:29
Sh*t forgot it was on is is on later tonight?
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Post by: waspy on 20 April 2009, 21:59:14
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Sh*t forgot it was on is is on later tonight?

BBC i-Player :y
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 21:59:18
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Your all living in the past..... get a grip  :P

May be, I do remember the Audi Quattro when it was new ;D
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Post by: tunnie on 20 April 2009, 22:02:31
just watched it, good stuff  :y
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 22:06:04
sd1 rover loved them cars 3500 v8 what a nice sound on that motor . just the body was a bit prone to rust  :y :y
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Post by: waspy on 20 April 2009, 22:07:30
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sd1 rover loved them cars 3500 v8 what a nice sound on that motor . just the body was a bit prone to rust  :y :y

Yup had a few of these :y :y
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Post by: HolyCount on 20 April 2009, 22:09:33
Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:11:18
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sd1 rover loved them cars 3500 v8 what a nice sound on that motor . just the body was a bit prone to rust  :y :y

Yup had a few of these :y :y

A Chrysler Alpine and an Austin or Morris J van.  Not much of a selection.  ::) The bike looked like a 4 cylinder, but don't think it was a Honda, forks too long, any idea?
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 22:13:11
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y
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Post by: HolyCount on 20 April 2009, 22:15:43
Ah yes, the CB radio and the ....erm ..... illegal antennae. On the subject of which, remember those whip aerials you had to clip to the gutter ... if it came loose in motion it could decapitate several pedestrians  ;D :o
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Post by: waspy on 20 April 2009, 22:15:49
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:18:23
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)

Does anyone use the AM band these days, still have on in the Garage :y
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Post by: bob.dent on 20 April 2009, 22:19:01
Just watched it - excellent series, and oh.......Keeley Hawes!! :-* :-* :y
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Post by: waspy on 20 April 2009, 22:20:29
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)

Does anyone use the AM band these days, still have on in the Garage :y

Set it up & have a listen ;)
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:21:29
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)

Does anyone use the AM band these days, still have on in the Garage :y

I think this was the last Military campaign that actually brought the Country together. This is my own opinion, but may be because the Country was so very different then. :-X
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 22:23:14
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y
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Post by: HolyCount on 20 April 2009, 22:23:50
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I think this was the last Military campaign that actually brought the Country together. This is my own opinion, but may be because the Country was so very different then. :-X

I know what you mean there ... but I am in great danger of starting to sound like my dad, so I will shut up !!!!!
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:26:35
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y

Still a radio wave though? 27mhz so would it not still work :-/ May have to get an ariel and give it a worl one day :D
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:28:25
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I think this was the last Military campaign that actually brought the Country together. This is my own opinion, but may be because the Country was so very different then. :-X

I know what you mean there ... but I am in great danger of starting to sound like my dad, so I will shut up !!!!!

Apparently I get more like my dad every day, tis a worry, then again perhaps I am beginning to have a better understanding of him, at my age :)
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 22:31:59
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y

Still a radio wave though? 27mhz so would it not still work :-/ May have to get an ariel and give it a worl one day :D
those cb ariels are about 6ft long i think . they used to fly around evry where when dring the car about  ;D ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 20 April 2009, 22:33:39
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y

Still a radio wave though? 27mhz so would it not still work :-/ May have to get an ariel and give it a worl one day :D
those cb ariels are about 6ft long i think . they used to fly around evry where when dring the car about  ;D ;D

I remember them well, was one of the first to have one and one of the first to get caught :'(
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Post by: miggcddave on 20 April 2009, 22:42:32
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y

Still a radio wave though? 27mhz so would it not still work :-/ May have to get an ariel and give it a worl one day :D
those cb ariels are about 6ft long i think . they used to fly around evry where when dring the car about  ;D ;D

I remember them well, was one of the first to have one and one of the first to get caught :'(
yea same here mate i was fitting my new ariel out side my dads garage . just tuning the radio in with a swr meter  and a van pulls up behind my car and out jumps a guy from the gpo then it was called now its called bt . the tinker took my cb of me / or he was going to take me to court  :'( i was only 17 then if it was now i would tell him to break off ;D ;D
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Post by: Tony H on 20 April 2009, 22:46:38
Is nostalga a thing of the past ???? ::) ::) ::) ;)
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Post by: hotel21 on 20 April 2009, 22:57:30
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Is nostalga a thing of the past ???? ::) ::) ::) ;)

No, its just not what it used to be.....   ;D
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Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 21 April 2009, 14:44:25
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!

Yes that may be very true, but in terms of the subject of this series; the police, it was just prior to PACE of 1984.  In modern times it has been unfortunately proved that in all too many cases the wrong person was imprisoned for somebody elses crime.  This was due, no doubt, to the police practices at that time of "we will get somebody for this", and if the evidence seemed to fit........ ::) ::)

It may have gone all too much the other way now in the PC culture, but I would never believe it was right for a "fit up" to take place :o :o.
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 21 April 2009, 15:25:17
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Watched it too -- great  :y  Might be looking through rose tinted specs -- but it was a happier time ( even with the Faulklands). Life was less ... complicated. You just got on with it without all this PC crap  :y

And those SDIs weren't so much a body prone to rust, as a rust heap with a bit of car thrown in -- but I loved them too -- eventually, after getting over the loss of the P6 !!!!
yea the best thing we had was the old CB radio what a good laugh we had on them . the good days ;D ;D :y

I still have a Multi Mode II in my attic :)
i wonder if you powerd it up will it pick any channels up ? i think its all digital now . the truckers still use cbs ive had to fit a few when i was working in the garage for a hulage firm  :y

Nah there FM, CEPT spec or 27/81 (for 27mhz legalised in 1981!). No licensed requried as of 2006.

So on AM your only likely to get the US on a good day.
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 April 2009, 16:25:12
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Nah there FM, CEPT spec or 27/81 (for 27mhz legalised in 1981!). No licensed requried as of 2006.

So on AM your only likely to get the US on a good day.

The next good day on 27MHz will be in another year of two when the sunspot cycle picks up so there's no hurry to get it down from the loft.  ;)

Kevin