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The National Day 2012
In response to all the feedback gained through the various surveys. I am pleased to announce that the National Day 2012 has been CONFIRMED!
It will be at BLYTON PARK on Saturday 28th July 2012!!
Next years event is going to be THE BIG ONE given that it's the 10 Year Anniversary of the RTOC's first National Day.
It is planned to make the event appeal to every club member and not just market it as another Track Day! These plans are still in a state of flux so please feel free to add any (sensible) suggestions to this thread to make sure it's the most succesful day yet!
In the mean time, make sure you put the date in your diary!! ;)
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That is going to be an awesome drive to and from the venue :agree:
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absolute brilliant news steve :)
i defo think we need a few stores there eg car cleaning products etc etc, an organised autojumble (id be prepared to run this), mobile rolling road and some activities for the kids that attend.
on another note iv seen that there is a few track days coming up at blyton this year and wondered if a few fellow members fancied going to check the place out?
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Originally Posted by
Big Steve - Raider
In response to all the feedback gained through the various
surveys. I am pleased to announce that the National Day 2012 has been
CONFIRMED!
It will be at BLYTON PARK on Saturday 28th July 2012!!
Next years event is going to be THE BIG ONE given that it's the 10 Year Anniversary of the RTOC's first National Day.
It is planned to make the event appeal to every club member and not just market it as another Track Day! These plans are still in a state of flux so please feel free to add any (sensible) suggestions to this thread to make sure it's the most succesful day yet!
In the mean time, make sure you put the date in your diary!! ;)
Super dooper you great lump of a man.
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Originally Posted by
BluntyR5GTT
absolute brilliant news steve :)
i defo think we need a few stores there eg car cleaning products etc etc, an organised autojumble (id be prepared to run this), mobile rolling road and some activities for the kids that attend.
on another note iv seen that there is a few track days coming up at blyton this year and wondered if a few fellow members fancied going to check the place out?
This is one of the reasons we wanted to get it booked sooner rather than later Andy. We can now set about asking various companies if they'd like to attend. It comes across a lot more professional if we give them a date thats 12 months down the line rather than 6 or 7.
We can now also give our European colleagues the date so they can plan their trip over. We are really hoping this is a BIG success with it being the 10th birthday of the day.
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Originally Posted by
TNT ANDY
Super dooper you great lump of a man.
Thanks you, you Shiney Headed Genius! :D
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Looking forward to it already! :cool:
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10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
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woho alot closer for me, lets hope i make this one and have no ******* car trouble :mad:
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Adam 005
10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
That has to be the cheapest excuse in the UK! :cooter:
It's a year away. More than enough time to save up a couple of hundred ££ :rolleyes:
Good job by getting somewhere booked up nice and early. It'll be good to try a new venue as well. Lets just hope the day's as big as it could potentially be :cool:
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Originally Posted by
Adam 005
10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
£175 / £1.36(per litre of fuel) = 128.67 Litres of fuel
128.67 litres is 28.30 Gallons
500 / 28.30 Gallons = 17.66 mpg?! :eek::eek::eek:
Does your car only have 3 gears or is the fuelling a tad off?? :scared: :laugh:
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Originally Posted by
Big Steve - Raider
£175 / £1.36(per litre of fuel) = 128.67 Litres of fuel
128.67 litres is 28.30 Gallons
500 / 28.30 Gallons = 17.66 mpg?! :eek::eek::eek:
Does your car only have 3 gears or is the fuelling a tad off?? :scared: :laugh:
Maybe he's just a :rob: u know a :beer: and likes to :burnrubber:
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Originally Posted by
Adam 005
10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
Thankfully our European friends aren't in the same frame of mind
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Good work guys :cool: Blyton will make a great venue for our ND, and hopefully I'll be sorting a pre-ND taster in the shape of a trackday there before this year is out :agree:
Sure, the current price of fuel doesn't help matters, but as Bill rightly said, there's the best part of a year to save up for the ND weekend, so there shouldn't be any excuses really, and if the Euro guys can put the effort in, that in itself should warrant a mega turn-out from the UK rtoc'ers.
500 miles-£175 - Some fuelling issues there! :D
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Originally Posted by
Adam 005
10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
Thats about the same as POD from me, don't be so soft!!
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great venue...:agree:, blimmey though id best stay the week then....:laugh:, couldnt it just be a coombe....:wasntme:, where ever it is , me an the cup shall endevour to get there...:D
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Originally Posted by
Lomo
This is one of the reasons we wanted to get it booked sooner rather than later Andy. We can now set about asking various companies if they'd like to attend. It comes across a lot more professional if we give them a date thats 12 months down the line rather than 6 or 7.
We can now also give our European colleagues the date so they can plan their trip over. We are really hoping this is a BIG success with it being the 10th birthday of the day.
brilliant mate if you want me to try and get a few people to attend with a stall ill do all i can for the club.
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Gives me a date to have the Maxi Megane Turbo totally finished and tested for as I want to burn up the track like previous years but with a bigger toy! :D
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Cant wait, venue looks fantastic, do we have many french/enlish translators in the club? wouldnt want them to feel left out after a massive trip. (if they can make it from abroad no-one in this country has an excuse!!:agree:
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hope they have a good supply of fencing, picnic benches and trees
http://fire-forums.com/forums/images...es/devils1.gif
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I recon lots of organised Convoys
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Originally Posted by
Big Steve - Raider
£175 / £1.36(per litre of fuel) = 128.67 Litres of fuel
128.67 litres is 28.30 Gallons
500 / 28.30 Gallons = 17.66 mpg?! :eek::eek::eek:
Does your car only have 3 gears or is the fuelling a tad off?? :scared: :laugh:
i would say i get around 20mpg from the car fueling is a little rich. On the flip side of that it never leans out at high boost and i havent had any problems with the engine in the four years since i built it.I know in my hart it runs a little rich but it all seems to work fine.
Anyway i was only saying it looks like i will not be able to make next year.I did not mean to offend anyone. i will now return to under my stone:laugh:
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Originally Posted by
Adam 005
10 years that will be a good day/weekend.
:cry:Sadly i will have to miss this event as it will be a 500 mile round trip for me and the best part of £175 worth of fuel:(:(:(:(
Do me a flava:sad2:
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Originally Posted by
Big Steve - Raider
Party :)
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Karlos
Party :)
Shall we? <----Click.......
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:agree: :agree: :agree: :)
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Is that Brigsy at 5 minutes 29 seconds.....:eek::laugh:
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Lomo
Cool with the old skool :)
... not like this new stuff >2000 Ha http://www.youtube.com/user/darbopro.../2/_zgwtxUEssI
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Karlos
My ears hurt....:crap:
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Lomo
My ears hurt....:crap:
My ears are full of hair Lol
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Good stuff im at Blyton park 2nd October for a japspeed event if any pics info or track issues need answering;)
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Can I be the first Gay to say...." I dont fink my kar is gonna be ready".....
Pll ur fingr out.............:boring::boring::boring::boring::b oring::boring::boring::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tut tut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::smash pc::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolley es::rolleyes:
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Eugein Offord
Can I be the first Gay to say...." I dont fink my kar is gonna be ready".....
Pll ur fingr out.............:boring::boring::boring::boring::b oring::boring::boring::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tut tut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::tuttut::smash pc::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolley es::rolleyes:
Have you made any progress with your cup Huge Jeans?:coffee:
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Alastair
Have you made any progress with your cup Huge Jeans?:coffee:
oh yes....small progress..........i've worked out it will cost about £3000 to fix.............what a doughnut i've been....................:rolleyes:.. it will be back... later rather than sooner i fear.... no track days before christmas..................2011..............
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Eugein Offord
oh yes....small progress..........i've worked out it will cost about £3000 to fix.............what a doughnut i've been....................:rolleyes:.. it will be back... later rather than sooner i fear.... no track days before christmas..................2011..............
Sorry to hear that mate, i thought most of the damage was superficial? Have you considered a quick re-shell? That would be much cheaper?
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oh yes ive thought of almost every possibility .. i would like it back how it was .. it was running so well.........although the nut behind the wheel was broken:cry:
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well done guys for getting the ball rolling early doors....will check out the track b4 end of year for sure...........but the big warehouse/barn oh yes........where do i buy tickets now!!!!:agree::laugh:
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Lomo
To bloody right, say the word, my 1200s will come and 3 boxs of 12"l with loads of oldskool 88-93 just like the old days :D
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hopefully i will be there as the last time i went to a national day was way back in 2009....must get me another gtt first as i dont wanna roll up in my focus st
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IvanClio172
hopefully i will be there as the last time i went to a national day was way back in 2009....must get me another gtt first as i dont wanna roll up in my focus st
Good man Ivan be good to catch up long tome no speak:agree: I will be there in 2012 no stupid engine conversions a few weeks before this time:wasntme:. Will prob camp aswell 2012 due to the 4.5hr's drive which I am not looking forward to.
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James5
Good man Ivan be good to catch up long tome no speak:agree: I will be there in 2012 no stupid engine conversions a few weeks before this time:wasntme:. Will prob camp aswell 2012 due to the 4.5hr's drive which I am not looking forward to.
Same as matey, hopefully the 19 will be up & running by then :scared:
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really looking forward to this im just making sure her indoors dont book us a holiday for that time
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for any of you on fb heres a link to a trak day apex are putting on at blyton next month
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=256710614341135
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what an awsume looking track!!!!
seriously thinking of bringing the Trophy out to play there!!
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Maka
what an awsume looking track!!!!
seriously thinking of bringing the Trophy out to play there!!
You best do dude its been to long
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Lomo
Is that Brigsy at 5 minutes 29 seconds.....:eek::laugh:
Looks like it to me :laugh:
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cant bloody wait for this thing !!! , I personally think get flyers out super early,, get the whole ball rolling early on, End of the day its mostly the people that make these events great so get more involved.
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djinuk
cant bloody wait for this thing !!! , I personally think get flyers out super early,, get the whole ball rolling early on, End of the day its mostly the people that make these events great so get more involved.
Can't wait either, nothing will stop me missing this, work can do one! :D:agree:
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I'm well up for this what are the prices to get in and use of the track? Mat.
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Originally Posted by
Bumblebee1990
I'm well up for this what are the prices to get in and use of the track? Mat.
:)
They will be announced in the New year.
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Brilliant :) best bring a spare engine and box ;) will you be running the track tuition again?
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Originally Posted by
Bumblebee1990
Brilliant :) best bring a spare engine and box ;) will you be running the track tuition again?
Its looking likely but will be confirmed again in the New Year :)
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argh! its my other halves birthday that day...
:cry:
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markey b
argh! its my other halves birthday that day...
:cry:
What a great present for her! :D:agree:
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Will there be any log fires?
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1 hour away from me :)
Its been 3 years since my last national day
Ive got ALOT of work to do even for 7 months!
Looks like a great little track ;)
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first disagrement with the wife of the new year she wants a holiday for our first anaversery on the 16th wants 2 weeks away no chance will be busy preppin she can have a weekend if ready priority ND 2012
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Are we getting Steve h involved again? Pax laps and tuition would be good:agree:
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Looking forward to this especially with the change of venue!
Don't know of this is the correct place to ask but is there a pod day this year? I need to get my holidays booked up when back at work :)
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Adey aka Ewok
Are we getting Steve h involved again? Pax laps and tuition would be good:agree:
Yes :agree:
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track layout.......... from a birds clio.................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRFFM44SQTQ
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It's easy enough to find. After you turn off the main trunk road (A159), onto the B1205, go past the row of houses, then there's pretty much nothing else along the road, until you get to the entrance gates on the left, with a large Blyton Park test circuit (or something like that) banner on show.
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Eugein Offord
Looks quite flat, and very narrow?
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Hmmm I'll be in a bigger car this year, might just spectate tbh
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Phone yourself up & have a word, Ewok :dearme:
The last trackday there, Jaffa was having enough fun in his M3, as was Alex in his, as was moi in the Jap taxi.
Fair enough, it's not a power track/there aren't long straights, therefore you probably won't hit top gear, but it's still a good technical track for sure, and although it might be more suited towards GTT's, Clio's & the such like, you'll still have fun driving your 'bigger' car there, trust :agree:
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That looks like fun, defo gunna favour the cars with lots of low down punch and those with big turbos and lag might have trouble keeping with the pace
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Here's a 'big' car having fun at Blyton...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHqMUWL8A8
;)
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Os8472
That looks like fun, defo gunna favour the cars with lots of low down punch and those with big turbos and lag might have trouble keeping with the pace
us laggy lot will just have to take the corners faster :)
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Mart
Fair do's, it was more for the fact I'd actually like to take some time to pax lap and spectate. Keep doing all these track days and missing a lot of what going on elsewhere? Plus I'm sure u still owe me a few laps in the heavho
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Tony Walker
us laggy lot will just have to take the corners faster :)
Hehe cue trips onto the grass ;)
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:) gotta get my moneys worth outta the roll cage one day.
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Got a T25 on it's way now so should have some fun. :burnrubber:
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Tony Walker
:) gotta get my moneys worth outta the roll cage one day.
Lol to be fair looking at the pics and vids if ya did come off there wouldn't be anything to hit, just lots of grass to carry straight on on
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well if one is to do this in a campus all the way from weston super mare trying to keep up whit matt aka jeus its going take me 3 hours, 27 minutes, 57 seconds thats what it says on rac :laugh:
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wiggy-wsm
well if one is to do this in a campus all the way from weston super mare trying to keep up whit matt aka jeus its going take me 3 hours, 27 minutes, 57 seconds thats what it says on rac :laugh:
You'll be fine! Jesus will be towing the Coupe there i guess so if you break down, kick the old Rowan Atkinson off the trailer & Drive that! :laugh:
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bigdur
Got a T25 on it's way now so should have some fun. :burnrubber:
Got a t28 fitted . No doubt Ill understeer into the nearest field / run off / tyre wall with power UNDERSTEER :D
:burnrubber:
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Any news yet on what's what for the day, Committee peeps? :)
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I take it attendance in a non Renault Turbo is ok then? probably frowned upon I know but the odds on my R5 being finished anytime soon is slim...
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Mart
Any news yet on what's what for the day, Committee peeps? :)
what he said... need to start filling out my calendar
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Im going to miss this, i booked my holidays and the dates clash, pretty peed off to be honest as i have missed the last two aswell :crap:
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We'll update you asap on this guys, we're currently pulling all the info together for you :)
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Looking forward to it hopefully will have my brake pipes fixed so I can stop before the tyre wall.
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SirSamuelOfBuca
Looking forward to it hopefully will have my brake pipes fixed so I can stop before the tyre wall.
That would preferable as tyre walls are a ball ache to put back together again
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hello steve
or in and the organization for this meeting ?
highly at the end of July!! ;)
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Yo commitee - It's all gone rather quiet. No tickets in the shop yet, and a few people asking me if there's any track time available. Everything all going to plan?
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Yeah, a few teasers wouldn't go a miss :(
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Can the date be put into the events section? Also pod date if its been confirmed?
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Right you 'orrible lot! :wasntme:
I've started the offical 2012 Renault Turbo UK Festival thread.
The date is confirmed so all of you who work weekends should get the date booked off!! ;)
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Big Steve - Raider
The date is confirmed so all of you who work weekends should get the date booked off!! ;)
:laugh:
You obviously don't know my work :cry:
The whole month is already fully booked off! I'm going to have to do some serious grovelling :D
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The new Bill J
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You obviously don't know my work :cry:
The whole month is already fully booked off! I'm going to have to do some serious grovelling :D
We're not bothered about you Billy! :cooter:
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Originally Posted by
MATT C Ringworm Tuning
Also pod date if its been confirmed?
POD EVENT has also been posted onto the Events Board also now!!
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Ashy
We're not bothered about you Billy! :cooter:
I couldn't give a turd. I don't go to see you, and your latest mish-mash mobile :cooter: :laugh: