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Aug 10, 2017 12:35:45 GMT
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 10, 2017 12:35:45 GMT
I can be in the toilet whilst on the train...... ...or on the toilet whilst in the train...
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Berlin
Aug 10, 2017 12:40:27 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 12:40:27 GMT
Well, quite.
Glories of demotic English.
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Aug 10, 2017 12:45:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 12:45:09 GMT
He is not traveling on the train, he is living in it. In much the same way you might say "I'm currently on the train, having a G&T *in* the buffet car", Idris is traveling on the train and lives *in* it. Actually inside it.
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Aug 10, 2017 12:57:16 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 12:57:16 GMT
That is precisely what I'm saying. I do not deny his "in-ness", whilst maintaining his "on-ness". At no time does saying anything about him being on the train imply that he's on the roof in the rain.
Have another peeershchtikuff.
I think I need to buy another shonky car against all good advice to get this forum back on track.
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Aug 10, 2017 12:59:04 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 12:59:04 GMT
Please do, I need distracting from the PPOS which I still have done nothing about and which disgraced itself again yesterday.
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Aug 10, 2017 13:00:07 GMT
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Post by tyrednexited on Aug 10, 2017 13:00:07 GMT
Just buy any other car....it will naturally turn out to be shonky.
It is your destiny!
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Aug 10, 2017 13:07:21 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 13:07:21 GMT
Sadly, the only thing on the cards is the prospect of a brand new leased Nissan Leaf. It will probably be Dog's Cock Red if I go for it, no cost lease option, see? You even have to pay extra for white. Even I can't be unlucky enough to get a lemon, surely? But don't forget, despite the recent spark plug hoo-ha, my Mazda 6 is the exception which proves the shonky destiny rule.
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Aug 10, 2017 13:08:28 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 13:08:28 GMT
Please do, I need distracting from the PPOS which I still have done nothing about and which disgraced itself again yesterday. Do tell.
I think of you every time I see one of the plastic bumpered monstrosities attempting to park at Caversham Waitrose.
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Aug 10, 2017 13:21:07 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 13:21:07 GMT
Nothing much, the alarm went wrong. The alarm doesn't actually do anything, it just makes a lot of noise. [Its Chilean]. But I had to drive all the way home with the alarm going off, predictably in traffic, while being stared at by open-mouthed Chileans who had seemingly never heard a car alarm before - I mean, its not like the things are going off day and night all over the city. Oh, no, wait....
Anyway, got home, disconnected battery, kicked it, and had a drink.
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Aug 10, 2017 13:32:43 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 13:32:43 GMT
Sad to think Toyota quality has bombed so badly. Maybe that's why they're slipping down the global rankings in terms of size.
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Aug 10, 2017 13:47:07 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 13:47:07 GMT
I don't know that the quality has slipped particularly, perhaps it has but I don't drive their cars. I think of more significance to teh state of the PPOS is that they have changed their target market; they are now aiming at the school run, not at the mountains.
Consequently for those who, like me, have had Landcruisers for a while its all gone a bit wrong. I am sure that if the PPOS had been used only on the school run in a nice urban environment then it would be doing just fine, but I expected it to be capable of more.
What they are clearly *NOT* is rough, tough vehicles for rough, tough environments.
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Aug 10, 2017 14:25:21 GMT
Post by Alanović on Aug 10, 2017 14:25:21 GMT
Yeah, fairy nuff, that sounds more likely. I suppose they're aiming the Hi Lux for the roughty toughty market.
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Aug 10, 2017 15:22:22 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Aug 10, 2017 15:22:22 GMT
Yeah, fairy nuff, that sounds more likely. I suppose they're aiming the Hi Lux for the roughty toughty market. Well the Taliban and IS look like they are running short on dosh, and the Yemen warlords cant get them, so Toyota have to diversify.
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Aug 10, 2017 15:49:02 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 15:49:02 GMT
>> I suppose they're aiming the Hi Lux for the roughty toughty market.
You'd think. However, I drove an 18m old one the other day, they're all plastic as well. English country farm is about as tough as that would manage.
I don't know what you do drive if you want proper rough and tough. But these days it isn't a newish Landrover or Toyota, that I do know. Most people here keep their old 4x4s, such as old Landrovers, Hilux and similar running as long as possible. Its not just that they're tough, it is that they can also be mended "out there". What in God's name you'd do with a new Range Rover if it broke down up in the mountains I cannot imagine. Or a new Landcruiser, come to that.
I think some of the US stuff is still quite butch. That lack of a viable replacement is why I still haven't done anything about the PPOS, though I really should.
Maybe I'll go for a mooch later.
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Aug 10, 2017 16:19:06 GMT
Post by Humph on Aug 10, 2017 16:19:06 GMT
On a train, on a bus ( or into one for some I suppose ) on a plane, on a motorbike but in a car. On a boat or ship but in a restaurant. At work or at school, in bed, in a house and even in a field, but on a running track or on a football pitch. In a swimming pool or in a gym, but conversely, on a squash court, or on a tennis court, you put your feet in your shoes to put them on, and your wallet in the pocket of the jacket you have just put on, by putting your arms in it. You put on a hat or put on a helmet, but if seen wearing either, you may be described as having one on or to have been seen in one or the other. You, of course get on a horse, even if it's still in a stable, but you also still get in a car even if it's in a garage, in a parking space or in a car park but then you take it out on the road while still being in it. And indeed may end up in traffic. Unless of course the road is in a tunnel, which you'd be in. You arrive in time for your meeting if your train is on time, but if the traffic is bad on the way the station, or in the rush hour, you may have got to the train just in time to get on it.
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