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Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30452) • Corsham, England 10 Mar 18

I do not enjoy driving. I learned when I was 54 because my mother was ill and needed transporting to various appointments. It took me five attempts to pass my test and the worst anxiety. However, I'm not a bad driver now apart...

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GranTurismoGuru @sprite1950 Funny you mention Enstone airfield; a friend of mine has an aircraft there too and we've flown out of there many times. It's only a few hundred yards from the (now) Renault F1 Team factory.. I quite miss Salisbury. My flat was really near the City...

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Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30452) • Corsham, England 10 Mar 18

I do not enjoy driving. I learned when I was 54 because my mother was ill and needed transporting to various appointments. It took me five attempts to pass my test and the worst anxiety. However, I'm not a bad driver now apart...

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GranTurismoGuru @sprite1950 Wiltshire's nice isn't it. I had a flat in Salisbury a few years ago and my job took me all over Wilts and Dorset. The people are very nice in Salisbury (asside from recent events in the media) and I loved it there - it was very calm and peaceful,...

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Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30452) • Corsham, England 10 Mar 18

I do not enjoy driving. I learned when I was 54 because my mother was ill and needed transporting to various appointments. It took me five attempts to pass my test and the worst anxiety. However, I'm not a bad driver now apart...

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GranTurismoGuru @sprite1950 Your experience is a case-in-point. I've seen footage of cars swerving around, and not stopping for, a man lying half in the road - suffering a heart attack ... in England not very long ago. Absolutely despicable behaviour - the drivers clearly...

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Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30452) • Corsham, England 10 Mar 18

I do not enjoy driving. I learned when I was 54 because my mother was ill and needed transporting to various appointments. It took me five attempts to pass my test and the worst anxiety. However, I'm not a bad driver now apart...

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GranTurismoGuru @sprite1950 Mistakes are inevitable - Heaven knows, I make many of them. The trouble is, as people become more and more insecure about modern life in general, they also become very defensive about anything they do personally. In the case of driving, they also...

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Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop) @sprite1950 (30452) • Corsham, England 10 Mar 18

I do not enjoy driving. I learned when I was 54 because my mother was ill and needed transporting to various appointments. It took me five attempts to pass my test and the worst anxiety. However, I'm not a bad driver now apart...

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GranTurismoGuru @sprite1950 No, not any more - it's just a chore now. I've had so much training - thousands of pounds spent on me over the years - to become as skilled as I needed to be, and now I find myself in the midst of countless bungling, incompetent idiots who are...

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marianne @ckciasigurl (2081) • Italy 27 Mar 17

One of the most important principles that we will ever discover when it comes to relationships is this: Marriage should be honored by all. Where do we find this principle? Hebrews 13:4: “Marriage should be honored by all and the...

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GranTurismoGuru I agree .. so, surely, it is very important to be sure about marrying your partner and never to rush into it.

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Last week, my dear old friend Colin Dexter passed away at his home in Oxford. Colin is the author of a series of books about a grump police officer in Oxford - Inspector Morse - played on TV by the late John Thaw. I first met...

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GranTurismoGuru @JohnRoberts John, please accept a belated welcome to our City and I hope you enjoyed it. I've not been fortunate enough (yet) to visit Los Angeles, but it's certainly on my bucket list,

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Last week, my dear old friend Colin Dexter passed away at his home in Oxford. Colin is the author of a series of books about a grump police officer in Oxford - Inspector Morse - played on TV by the late John Thaw. I first met...

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GranTurismoGuru Hi John, If ever you get to visit Oxford, take a beer or coffee in the Randolph - it's right in the City Centre and a breeze to find. All the older staff knew Colin too and they'll be only too pleased to remember him to you. He really was a lovely old...

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Ken Bruce - the highly popular BBC Radio 2 presenter in the U.K. recently played the famous song by ABBA with the title that sounds much like the title of this post. However, due to my laughing at the comment by one of Ken's...

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GranTurismoGuru @pgntwo Now you're talking !

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Ken Bruce - the highly popular BBC Radio 2 presenter in the U.K. recently played the famous song by ABBA with the title that sounds much like the title of this post. However, due to my laughing at the comment by one of Ken's...

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GranTurismoGuru ... you just stick to The Corrs eh !!

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Ken Bruce - the highly popular BBC Radio 2 presenter in the U.K. recently played the famous song by ABBA with the title that sounds much like the title of this post. However, due to my laughing at the comment by one of Ken's...

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GranTurismoGuru Tell you what; I could 'take them or leave them' when I was younger. But nowadays, to hear their music is a joy. They were so professional and the production on their records is outstanding. If they did a re-union tour, I'd be trying to get a ticket.

27 Mar 17

Ron Cooper @dwfox71 (4) • Monticello, Indiana 12 Sep 14

Just signed up -- cannot find any other members or any other posts!! The site appears to be totally devoid of any "member" activity whatsoever. Clicked on buttons at the left - to no avail - nothing happens except for empty...

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GranTurismoGuru @dwfox71 Ron, is your browser blocking cookies?

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 24 Jul 09

Could someone please explain, as concisely as possible, the Offside Rule in football (soccer). Whenever I listen to someone verbally explain it, it becomes very confusing, not only for me, but also the person trying to explain...

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GranTurismoGuru But what if the person on team A is also between the defender and goalkeeper of team B when he made the pass ?

24 Jul 09

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 24 Jul 09

For the last 18 months I have rented a really nice flat in an old English house in Salisbury, England (a few minutes drive from Stonehenge). Since about the end of my first month living there, I started to notice an un-savoury...

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GranTurismoGuru eaforeman6, Thank you for your words, and the request which I am happy to accept. I tend to err on the side of your thoughts about my landlord. After all, it seems to be the more diplomatic and authoritative approach to a delicate situation. However, my...

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GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 10 Oct 08

I often ponder that question. After losing that 'bond' that you have with your mother, through the involvement of a stepfather, I was never able to fully trust my own mother with something so delicate as a yound lad's deepest...

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GranTurismoGuru Hello there jstmarfz, I read a little from you yesterday - just finished house work, gonna spend all day on myLot etc. Regards what you say about hugging your mom next time you visit the Philippines, I hope that you do exactly that. I'm sure that you...

11 Oct 08

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 16 Sep 08

Have you ever made a last-second decision about something, then to discover that it had saved you a load of hassle, money, or even your life? Many people will tell us that we have our own spirit guide - normally someone related...

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GranTurismoGuru This is a common thought amongst many people isn't it. I think that it must be very comforting to understand that your mom is looking out for you. A very nice comment, thank you for sharing that, GTG

11 Oct 08

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

A thing which I have never understood. It is quite normal for the owner of a horse to add a pint of beer to a horses bran ... a 'bran mash', as we used to call it when I was a kid. To the horse, and I speak from owner...

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GranTurismoGuru Crikey me! She has enjoyed quite a good innings so far then! Where I used to live, there is a horse retirement centre at a place called Speen. It shot to fame under awful circumstances many years ago when, a bomb attack in London killed many soldiers and...

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