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UK insurance premiums set to sky-rocket.
« on: September 10, 2004, 06:50:44 PM »
...Punk sis just passed her driving test!  :-P
 

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Re: UK insurance premiums set to sky-rocket.
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2004, 08:12:31 PM »
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Good to see that Dale's a mosher too :-D


Old-school, too. Even too old-school for me! :-D

I'll pass on everybody's congratulations. And thank you on her behalf! :-)
 

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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2004, 09:36:24 PM »
@Karlos

I don't know if it's just a glitch on my machine, but I can see DirectX overlays through your avatar! :-)
 

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Re: UK insurance premiums set to sky-rocket.
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2004, 11:33:40 PM »
I think she's responsible enough not to do that.

A so-called "friend" of mine once left me with no choice but to ride my moped home after a couple of drinks, which was scary.
 

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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2004, 10:24:04 PM »
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So does it look any good? (I wonder how it happened?)


Well, here it is running over the top of an AVI of 'Mental'. :-D



I've managed to create the same effect using the old PrtScrn to clipboard key. I have to say Windows colour allocation is a mystery to me... The GIF in your sig isn't affected. :-?
 

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Re: UK insurance premiums set to sky-rocket.
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2004, 12:48:51 PM »
So... Here's a run-down of my sister's road use to date:

A couple of months on the road, getting increasingly {bleep}y, she drove past a speed camera and flash flash! Three points! If she gets caught again, that's it, bye bye license. So she started driving particularly carefully and was offered the chance to go on a speed awareness course and IIRC thus avoid getting the points on her license.

All was well, until the last couple of weeks when all semblance of camera-weariness seemed to have vanished. Last night I was in the car with her and Mum, and Mum was complaining that Becky drives too fast. In response, Becky suddenly floored the accelerator and screamed, "Wheeeeeeeeee!"

A couple of times later during that drive I saw dry stone wall hurtling towards my face far too quickly on a couple of occasions. "Becky," we said, "it's no joke. You have to start being more careful."

This morning on the way to my house, Becky had a little accident involving the previously mentioned dry stone wall (rather, the wall on the opposite side of the road) and now needs to buy two new wheels for her car. I honestly couldn't help but laugh. I'm kinda glad something's happened that will hit her in the pocket and perhaps give her cause to mellow out a bit without injuring herself...