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Those old 50s buses were one of the highlights of our holiday in Malta a couple of years ago.
Very cheap basic transport around the island. Reminded me of the old school buses we used to have back in the day. Now being replaced with Euro poo. |
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My licence came back today, it was posted on Wednesday so I can only blame the post man for the delay but then he is nearly as old as Delta and takes two days to walk up our road.
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Getting back to those bendy buses didn't some of them have a massive flywheel that is activated when they put the brakes on and then the stored energy is used to pull away ?
I think I saw these in Holland years ago, obviously a forerunner of KERS Maybe it's my brain getting old ! |
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I was told that to do your driving test in Malta, you drove around various cones in a car park. and if you hit the cones, the examiner moved them farther apart!
My old man bought a wee place in Stella Maris St, St Pauls Bay in 1971 when I was about 14. I learnt to windsurf there, out to St Pauls Island and back, great stuff. |
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10 Dec 2011, 20:17 (Ref:2998159) | #268 | ||
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Just checking! Well done that man.
New Instructors license is on its way John,its now possible to do it on-line. |
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We can't renew our clerks/stewards licences 'on line' ....... probably because its beyond our capabilities?
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11 Dec 2011, 07:59 (Ref:2998298) | #270 | ||
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As an Instructors license is issued as an Officials license,that it a bit odd.Surely they all come from the same source?
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On a totally separate note, there are quite a number photos representing 'our' racing in the site's photo comp this year, so worth a look to those who don't normally bother!
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It may be odd but we're talking about the MSA here. Our renewal is purely a paper based system which has to be completed by the end of August each year --- or you're 'struck off'. Don't know why it's like that and never bothered to ask!!!
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Probably for the best!
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11 Dec 2011, 17:13 (Ref:2998462) | #274 | ||
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All this blue book stuff is blooming boring. I am reading "No Angel". Bernie Ecclestone book. Thats not boring.
Been karting at Shennington today. I was leading the finnal two laps to go and some young upstart with all the karting gear on and fancy painted crash hat put me in the barriers.Still came third and fastest lap,then the cheeky wot not took my "fastest lap "trophie. Whats the world coming too. |
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Recently taken delivery of a new HTC Radar Windows7 phone, one word, awesome. What a piece of kit dont believe anything you may have read about the Mango operating system, its simple to use and has never crashed once in a week of ownership.
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