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From: SteveH on 24 Dec 2009 12:36 Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > He moved to S.Wales so he could buy a better house for his money so > the only option left is to move north and even Steve has some > standards. Heh. Actually, I moved to Wales for a number of reasons - one of which was so we could pay the mortgage off before our 35th birthdays. -- SteveH
From: SteveH on 24 Dec 2009 12:42 sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > SteveH wrote: > > > I'm investigating plots of land and container based storage now. > > Have you seen the bike yet - repairable? No, not yet. It has been recovered to a salvage pound in Newport. So, 'prace bets now' on it still being there next week.... What worries me, though, is that if it's stood outside, the storage may do more damage than the pikeys did to it. -- SteveH
From: The Older Gentleman on 24 Dec 2009 12:58 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > What worries me, though, is that if it's stood outside, the storage may > do more damage than the pikeys did to it. I'd be more worried about the storage charges over the Christmas period. Biggest scam going, storage charges. A little bit of damage, storage at �x a day +_VAT, and they write off the bike and the storage company gets another cheap motorcycle. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: SteveH on 24 Dec 2009 13:14 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > What worries me, though, is that if it's stood outside, the storage may > > do more damage than the pikeys did to it. > > I'd be more worried about the storage charges over the Christmas period. > > Biggest scam going, storage charges. A little bit of damage, storage at > �x a day +_VAT, and they write off the bike and the storage company gets > another cheap motorcycle. Already cleared this one with plod - I won't be charged for storage. -- SteveH
From: JackH on 24 Dec 2009 13:17
On Dec 24, 9:31 am, ginge <the.gingeREM...(a)THISgmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:27:08 +0100, doetnietcomputeren > > <doesnotcomp...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >The point that most brits miss, is that in Merkia, garages are almost > >always *much* bigger than the space required by the actual vehicles. > >This is because a garage is not seen merely as a storage area, but > >often as a workshop too. In many cases they're often a thing of beauty, > >rather than just a dirty dumping ground. > > And the cost of land is far lower. You can pick up houses in certain, all but derelict, suburbs of Detroit for $10 at the moment. Admittedly they tend to be burned out and stripped of anything of worth such as pipework etc... and I'm sure the legal paperwork etc involved in buy it will bump the cost up by several grand, but it's still ridiculously cheap. -- JackH |