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Post by amie8 on Jul 8, 2012 22:13:03 GMT
It's a Japanese car and therefore very reliable. Your reputation remains intact Nice wheels  |
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Post by trustme on Jul 8, 2012 22:22:34 GMT
Thanks for the compliments! I'm definitely getting hooked on it being a convertible and will surely miss that aspect of it come January. As to the reliability, that is a point well made and hopefully will keep my credibility level high  |
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Post by amie8 on Jul 8, 2012 22:30:56 GMT
You can still drive it with the hood down in January.
People will laugh and point, and you will probably have to be chipped out of the driving seat with an ice pick, but it's entirely your choice. ;D
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Post by trustme on Jul 8, 2012 22:32:50 GMT
Hahahaha! Love that thought! Wonder how many sweaters I can put on before I can't move my arms to shift gears anymore?
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 8, 2012 23:42:32 GMT
Good for you Trustme! Always admired the mx5. I'm sure you'll get many years of pleasure from it. One day I hope to do something similar. ;D (I've been coveting an mx5 around here in metallic midnight blue with cream upholstery...v. v. nice  |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jul 9, 2012 0:49:31 GMT
Congrats! I had a green Miata back in 1990-something or other. I'm sure you'll enjoy yours. Try auto-cross if you haven't.
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Post by xjsarah on Jul 9, 2012 14:06:54 GMT
That's one hell of a view! I love weeping willows too. I guess that's the next best thing to having a garden big enough to own one! True! Well, you and your OH, and of course Wyvern and all of our friends, are very welcome to visit as soon as my OH and I have properly settled in, so you can see the house and the view for yourselves. I do hope you will. Trustme, that's a great car!  My dad has one just like it, in his case an 09 model in black, also with the hard top convertible roof. He and my mum absolutely love it, so much so that they have the roof down as much as possible, even on cold days!  ;D I hope you have a fantastic time with your new car. |
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 9, 2012 17:55:28 GMT
As I'm going to have to let my beloved Gerald go at some point (unless I win the lottery), a part of me is hoping that an MX5 will be on the horizon for me in the future - all the fun of my little Herald with far fewer drawbacks So pleased things have worked out so well for you XJ - the view from your new living room is, it has to be said, far prettier than from your old one! Really lovely - once you've settled in I'll definitely be up for a visit, if only to make sure Angel Troll gets safely returned! |
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Post by liverbird on Jul 9, 2012 20:56:21 GMT
Happy days for little ol' me today. Tutor has just emailed me to say I have successfully completed my management course. :-)
I really should find a proper hobby next time I look for something to keep me out of mischief of an evening.
The milky bars are on me!!!!
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Post by amie8 on Jul 9, 2012 22:20:27 GMT
Congratulations, Liverbird. Does this management course lead to anything? Promotion, new job, huge wealth, dictatorship of a small country? Anything like that?
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 9, 2012 23:30:14 GMT
Well done you Liverbird! |
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Post by dit on Jul 9, 2012 23:38:32 GMT
Excellent news, Liverbird! I guess now we'll all get reorganised on here, be told to optimise our opportunities and fulfil our targets. Go easy on us Boss, please?
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Post by pie on Jul 9, 2012 23:44:00 GMT
Congrats Liverbird!! |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 10, 2012 2:32:51 GMT
Congratulations, liverbird!! ;D
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Post by liverbird on Jul 10, 2012 7:31:56 GMT
Thank you, everyone. I might get around to organising May's Britain. This will be after he has fully "inducted" the faithful to the cause. Alas there is no promotion, new job or huge wealth attached to my achievement. When I do rule the world, I am buying a DB9 |
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Post by louize on Jul 10, 2012 7:32:41 GMT
I'm just a couple of days late in the conversation, but better late then never, right?  That's fantastic news Sarah! And a fantastic view indeed! Congratulations liverbird! |
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Post by louize on Jul 10, 2012 7:34:43 GMT
Nice car! Someday I'm gonna have a sports car of my own as well... |
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Post by antonia on Jul 10, 2012 11:07:53 GMT
Brilliant car Trust Me.You live it up in your mid life crisis.I'm 37 and full hold my hands up to going through one.
I don't want to do 'safe' anymore.Bugger it your a long time dead.So you go girl.
Liverbird excellent news on the promotion.We need more strong women in the work place and I recon you qualify for that honor.
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Post by From Afar on Jul 10, 2012 16:30:46 GMT
I love coming in here and reading everyone's happy news  |
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Post by louize on Jul 12, 2012 18:55:23 GMT
I'm all excited and happy this evening! For the next three and a half year I'm gonna study to become a preschool teacher! Now I'm officially leaving the health care to do something all different! |
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Post by jacqui on Jul 12, 2012 20:17:00 GMT
Good luck with that hope it goes well for you!
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Post by dit on Jul 12, 2012 21:06:02 GMT
Congratulations, Louize! Be prepared for hard work, but it will be really, really satisfying.
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Post by eshalda on Jul 12, 2012 22:03:18 GMT
I've been there and got the tee-shirt, Louize, you'll love it. As Dit says, there is a lot of hard work involved.
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 12, 2012 22:57:17 GMT
Good for you Louize! Hope it goes well for you.
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Post by trustme on Jul 13, 2012 3:01:14 GMT
Thanks everyone, for your kind words about my new car It's a real pleasure to drive, especially as nothing's creaking and groaning on it. My old car was due for new struts and expressed its displeasure with even small bumps in the road quite loudly  Well done, Liverbird! Hope you celebrated your excellent achievement in proper fashion. I like your thought about James "inducting" the faithful to the cause -- it's management skills like that that make you such a vital member of this board ;D Louize, congratulations on embarking on your new field of study! Will you miss the health care field (and its endless paperwork!)? |
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Post by louize on Jul 15, 2012 11:47:39 GMT
Thanks everyone! I'm really looking forward to go back to school and all the work it means to be a student. And yes trustme I am gonna miss the health care despite all the d*mn paperwork and despite that it feels like it's more about politics and money then actually helping people...  To work with and helping people is (for me anyway) a very satisfying job. It's either that or work with children I wanna do. So when I get this great opportunity to study to be a preschool teacher I couldn't say no |
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Post by xjsarah on Jul 15, 2012 20:25:56 GMT
As I'm going to have to let my beloved Gerald go at some point (unless I win the lottery), a part of me is hoping that an MX5 will be on the horizon for me in the future - all the fun of my little Herald with far fewer drawbacks So pleased things have worked out so well for you XJ - the view from your new living room is, it has to be said, far prettier than from your old one! Really lovely - once you've settled in I'll definitely be up for a visit, if only to make sure Angel Troll gets safely returned! That's true! I'm happy for you to look after AT for a bit longer, though. Congratulations to Louize and Liverbird. Great news all round! |
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Post by eshalda on Aug 1, 2012 16:41:44 GMT
!st. August - it's Yorkshire Day. I heard the declaration read out from the Market Cross in Knaresborough this morning, and, of course, I was wearing my white rose. greetings to all from God's own county.
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Post by dit on Aug 1, 2012 18:05:25 GMT
Speaking as a half-Yorkshireite (on my dad's side), congratulations on Yorkshire Day. Unfortunately, I'm also a half Lancashire Lass (mum's side) so I'm my own built-in war of the Roses.
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Post by amie8 on Aug 1, 2012 21:55:04 GMT
Hmm..wonder when Essex day is
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My dad has one just like it, in his case an 09 model in black, also with the hard top convertible roof. He and my mum absolutely love it, so much so that they have the roof down as much as possible, even on cold days! 
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I love a man who can handle a gun 
To work with and helping people is (for me anyway) a very satisfying job. It's either that or work with children I wanna do.