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    Yoss reacted to Aston Martin in Lazy spotters thread   
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    Yoss reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.   
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    Yoss reacted to TataBobu in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
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    Just the one I wanted to suggest! It's part of the same company as Hotel Sinaia across the street, the rooms are furnished the same, but it scores 2 starts and not 4 due to the fact it's an old really nice building,and as such the corridors are not at the width requirement for 3 stars. And it didn't had en suite bathrooms for all the rooms, but now it does, it's just that the rooms are smaller and the bathroom is not big enough. Then again, at a bit over half the price of the one across the street, you can't complain.
    The main road makes a 90 degrees right turn going from București towards Brașov right around Cerbul (that's the name, not "Cerbal", and it means "The Stag"). Over the road before the turn is Sinaia Hotel, over the road after the turn is the central park of the city, and next to it the Casino. 
    Just two hints: in the bus station in the park you'll find a non-stop shop, if you need a pack of cigarettes/biscuits/gum or some wine/beer at  0 dark hundred hours, and going towards Brașov right after Cerbul hotel (you'll pass it coming from the station) is a nice coffee shop with some lovely cakes.
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    Yoss reacted to TataBobu in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    Spring is rainy in the mountains, expect nice British weather (7-15 degrees, and most likely rain daily). It's 860 meter above sea level, where I took the picture is around 60 meters above the sea level. Look for yourself, tomorrow, as the cams are live. Circle trough more of them, you'll see it's mostly spruce, pine and fir threes (the webcams are from the road, to see the traffic, and from the slopes):  https://www.infoalpin.ro/live/webcam-sinaia-trafic-dn1/
    If you'll be staying at Sinaia hotel, and like it quiet, change your accomodations. It's the one hotel I know of that has a dance club, and at night you can hear the music from across the street.
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    Yoss got a reaction from RobT in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss reacted to reb in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    Go to new-ish coffee chain.
    Get there just as it's opening.
    Do you take cash says I
    No says barista
    I only have cash says I
    Free coffee? Says the barista
    Why yes, that would be lovely says I
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    Yoss reacted to Wack in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    I miss Fred, I don't know how you'd even get that built let alone stand on it 

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    Yoss reacted to TataBobu in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    Spring. Here to stay. Looking forwards to sunshine for two months, and then to scorching heat.
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    Yoss reacted to Wack in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    This made me laugh out loud 

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    Yoss got a reaction from The Old Bloke Next Door in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    That is the more obvious landmark, I'll agree. Probably one of the most famous in Germany after the Brandenburg Gate. I have walked to the top of one of the towers of the Dom (on the inside obviously, I'm not an idiot). 
    Interestingly* the Hohenzollernbrücke on the left of the picture was blown up by the Germans themselves in the dying days of the war to try and slow down the Allies progress if we got that far. In the end the war was over by the time we got there so it was the ultimate case of cutting your nose off to spite your face. 

     
    Two of the spans were rebuilt as quickly as possible as can be seen in the original picture...

    And it was finally widened back to the original three spans in the 1980s giving six lines into the Hauptbahnhof. 

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    Yoss reacted to Muniphobia in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
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    Yoss got a reaction from Three Speed in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss reacted to richardmorris in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    I’ve seen two on the list now, the other being the Ankerwycke yew at runneymede. Trees of that age, it’s quite amazing to sit and look at them and contemplate on all they’ve been through and “witnessed”. This crowhurst tree was probably around when the Egyptian Pharoes were building pyramids.
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    Yoss got a reaction from GeorgeB in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread   
    Poor man's 911 already existed long before the TT.

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    Yoss got a reaction from richardmorris in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss reacted to Rust Collector in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    Now all we need is a catchy name for the cruise around the oldest trees in the area, something like Autoshite Southeast Meet 2025: Operation Yewtree.
     
     

     
    On second thoughts…
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    Yoss reacted to egg in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    'Trouble with modern trees is there's just more to go wrong'
    AS tree hunting sounds like a thread in waiting.
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    Yoss got a reaction from Dyslexic Viking in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss got a reaction from egg in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss got a reaction from lisbon_road in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    This tour would have to include the Farringdon Yew, in the churchyard in the village of the same name near Alton.
    It doesn't look very well but it is still going.

    And according to this sign is thought to be one of the ten oldest in the country.

    The church itself is getting on a bit too.

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    Yoss reacted to RobT in Autoshite South East Meet, 24 March 2024 Flower Farm again   
    The tree tour sounds like a good plan.  A very AS thing to do.
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    Yoss reacted to Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.   
    vw touran 7 seater non runner | eBay
    'Also it’s a private plate spells touran'

    Even Squinty Mcsquinton who's just been dazzled by a Vauxhall Vectra with HiD lights down a very dark lane at midnight can't make that say Touran, FFS.
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    Yoss reacted to Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Citroen Berlingo 800LX pick up spares or repair | eBay
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    Yoss got a reaction from Erebus in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    A much smaller but probably more famous German bridge. 

    Gleinicker Brücke. More commonly known as the Bridge of Spies. 
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    Yoss got a reaction from 666jjp in Bus Shite   
    I'll admit I hadn't thought of that but the main problem is I don't know if I'll be on the same duty by then. It's looking more likely that I will be but there is constant talk of a resign before then but as each week goes by that seems less likely. I know they want to make our start and finish times an hour later by June.
    So at the moment I'm just marking my days off on the calendar a month at a time.
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