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Reminds me of a martial arts obsessed Barclays banker I knew at college 30 years ago. Always flexing his muscles, giving it the Jean Claude van Damme when the birds were about and mentioning that he was a 3rd dan black belt in Karate. He got battered one night by a 16 year old mugger.

Is this one of those 'my mams hairdressers best made knew a fella who did car repairs for Barry Manilow's budgerigar's cousin' type things?

I've been keeping fish since I won a goldfish at the fair in 1974. My second wife had never kept fish now she loves it. We don't bother with marine (salt water) tropical and just stick to freshwater tropical. The latter is less work involved. You should be able to obtain a decent tank...

Italy......rampant organised crime, corruption at all levels of local and national government....if you need to get your mam into a hospital bed it'll cost you a 1000 Euros backhander....cops paid off by the Camorra....the list is endless

We're into the seventh series of this gripping tv show and I love it. Episode 3 last night, however, contained an unbelievable error. Donovan (Liev Schreiber) was in the psychiatrists chair talking to his shrink (the excellent Alan Alda, Hawkeye in the MASH series in the 70's) and talking...

I've had great results from JLM dpf cleaner. Add it to a tank of diesel then take the wagon on the motorway for a good run at 1500-1800 rpm. Usually the 120 miles to visit one of my daughters. Not a cheap additive (about £25 a can) but spot on).

I always use Eurocarparts to source a cam belt kit. INA or Contitech are German makes and I've never had a problem with them. If you go to a VW dealer the cam belts in those brand new cars in the showroom are usually INA brand.

A warning to site users and anybody doing an internet search on Transmech clutch kits. Very poor. Seven thousand miles after fitting and the clutch is slipping, needing replacement. It was a three part kit (including the central slave cylinder) fitted last year on a Focus 1.6 TDCi. Rubbish...

Yes Big-All my owd it does come with a nice carry case. Today the newly acquired Ryobi cordless surpassed my expectations. I'm fastening 3mm stud plastic wall membrane to bare brick interior walls to address a damp issue. Those familiar with the system will know about the numerous wall fixings...

Thank you for the above posts lads. As of this morning I have bought a cordless drill. Ryobi 18 volt 4.0 Ah, hammer action, two speeds, with two batteries, charger and a case. On sale at B & Q at the moment for £140 which I didn't think was too bad as the 4.0 Ah batteries are £75 each on their...

I want a battery powered drill capable of drilling into brickwork (not into blues but common red brick) at least 50mm. Any suggestions or feedback on suitable drills would be welcomed. I've seen a De Walt 4.0 Ah and a Milwaulkee 4.0 Ah in Screwfix both for under £200 which meets the personal...

Just do the job bud. I've got a neighbour building a wall at his property frontage which is well higher than the Permitted Development Regs allow and he definitely needs planning permission. I'm not going to dob him in though because it looks a lot nicer than what was there before. As has...

I was driving through rural Staffordshire recently and saw the aftermath of where someone had stacked a bonfire around the base of a Gatso and torched it. The Gatso was toast. Someone mentioned the driver awareness course. I had to go on one two years ago and despite the ninety or so quid it...

Lovely neat job. The new hardstanding/ drive doesn't need planning permission as it falls well within the Permitted Development rights applicable to residential dwellings. I don't care what the council website says about contacting them I wouldn't bother. If it doesn't need planning permission...

I've got a German made Focus estate. Made at the Ford Plant at Saar Louis in Southern Germany where they used to make the Granada and Capri. It's mint. Quality of build is superb. I gather a lot of the Foci on British roads are German made models. Peugeot diesel engine mind (the 1.6 tdci as Ford...

The Skoda Fabia is a dreadful little car. Design-wise it's a basically a VW Polo but the Skoda quality of build is appalling (with the Fabia I mean). Plastic rattly dashboard, tinny bodywork, the cylinder heads on the diesels go regularly).

Said Gerald as he ran naked down the street brandishing a meat cleaver.....

Fireman my owd. Get a felt a large indelible ink marker pen and in your bestest ever ever handwriting write 'TROLL' on your forehead in reverse so you can remind yourself when you're looking in the mirror.

Job done for the price of a takeaway. Glad it's all worked out.

Thank you for your reasoned point of view Opps my owd which I accept and respect. At the end of the day it's personal choice. I have the brown wood grain type uPVC windows which, to not everyone's taste, I rather like. In my world, in my opinion, where I am making a judgement on what I like...