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RE: Schadenfreude


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  • Subject: RE: Schadenfreude
  • From: "Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:54:05 +0100
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I remember the Ford one and the I think the Fiat one went something like
Fix
It All the Time, does not quite work but hey....


There was a joke going round work a bit back,
"What is the difference between a Porcupine and a BMW driver?
the porcupine has the Pr**ks on the outside",

Sorry Tim, just class BMW drivers the same as Volvo drivers :-)

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2001 20:44
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
>
>
> FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
> FIAT - Fix It Again Tony
> BMW - Big Mans Willy
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:39
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> >
> >
> > Did you know BMW stands for "Broken Most Weekends"?
> >
> > Actually while on the subject,
> > Ford,	Found On Road Dead,
> > there is one for Fiat but I cannot remember it now, come on what
others?
> >
> > B.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:34
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ahhh ... but this is *TIM'S* beemer!
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:33
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've never had a car that did not have a scratch! or 2
or 3....
> > > >
> > > > Hey one van I owned you could see through the floor!
> > > >
> > > > Oh happy cheap days of motoring.....
> > > >
> > > > B.
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:24
> > > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately the scratches are too deep to use a
"chip away"
> > > service to
> > > > > fill and touch them in so it means a respray of
the whole
> > > > bumper. Metallic
> > > > > paint complicates it somewhat as does the fact
that it isn't just
> > > > > a case of
> > > > > ripping off the panel - it has to be taken apart
carefully. Two
> > > > hours have
> > > > > been allowed in the labour estimate for the
"mechanical" side
> > > of things.
> > > > > What I don't understand is that the materials
quote is 104 quid -
> > > > > its a big
> > > > > bumper, but it aint that big!
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll let them pay for the bumper, and I'll buy the
Marantz
> > > > myself - though
> > > > > given the way global markets are moving at the
moment, I
> > > might be in the
> > > > > poor-house by the time it is released :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > Tim.
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Shmern [mailto:shmern@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > > Sent: 20 September 2001 18:59
> > > > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well give them a choice, repair the Car or
buy you a new
> > remote ;o)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > D.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ?404 to get rid of some scratches! Jeez!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Phil
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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