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Post by Smartbear » Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:03 pm

It’s a lot quieter round my new home in Somerset compared to the previous Smartbear Towers over in Essex,
This is what rush hour now looks like! :P
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Post by RustyZ4 » Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:14 pm

Is that the local taxi service I see :D
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Post by mmm-five » Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:33 pm

But people still park anywhere they like...blocking the roads for all the hard-working souls :poke: :P
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Post by buzyg » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:13 pm

Welcome to the SW Rob. :D :driving: Now stop telling every one else our secrets. :poke:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:59 pm

It looks like you are settling into a slower pace of life pretty well Rob. :thumbsup:

Just curious, did you go to Wales or head for the cider? :lol:
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:03 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:59 pm It looks like you are settling into a slower pace of life pretty well Rob. :thumbsup:

Just curious, did you go to Wales or head for the cider? :lol:
The cider of course! Can you see a pattern emerging yet? :P
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:04 pm

Smartbear wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:03 pm The cider of course! Can you see a pattern emerging yet?
Looks like it! But if you had put the roof up you could have got much more scrumpy in the boot! :rofl:
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:11 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:04 pm
Smartbear wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:03 pm The cider of course! Can you see a pattern emerging yet?
Looks like it! But if you had put the roof up you could have got much more scrumpy in the boot! :rofl:
I actually did raise the roof so I could fit more cider in there :oops:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:20 pm

Good plan - but you should really have made a trip in that Volvo you had recently. You would have got loads more in that! :lol:
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Post by buzyg » Mon Oct 15, 2018 10:28 pm

An object lesson in content over graphic design in those pics. Every one spotted the Cider sign and you knew where to park. :D :thumbsup:

Could teach the useless traffic committee on Plymouth council a thing or two.
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Post by firebobby » Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm

You will be talking like a worzel soon Rob :P
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Post by Smartbear » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:30 pm

firebobby wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:58 pm You will be talking like a worzel soon Rob :P
You can take the bear out of Essex, but you can’t take the Essex out of the bear :P
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Post by Nanu » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:40 pm

If you get stuck behind a tractor on those roads it will feel just like rush hour traffic :lol:
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Post by Smartbear » Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:15 pm

Nanu wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:40 pm If you get stuck behind a tractor on those roads it will feel just like rush hour traffic :lol:
I think that some of the difference is that I’m not in a hurry to get anywhere anymore :thumbsup:
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