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Re: [Multipla owners] Bloody badgers!

Hi Panda,

We've used Chips Away on new tractors at work, repairs we have had done are
invisible when they are finished, fantastic.

Regards Glen.

---- Panda <pandabloke@...> wrote:
> Briliant! Who do you use mate? Is it a National Franchise or a local company
to you?
>
> I am going to search the net, obviously, but prefer recommendations from
experience, such as yours, rather than picking from a list. I'm just trying to
avoid making an insurance claim, if I can and as I have a £150 excess it's well
worth looking into getting it repaired and paying for it myself. Or sueing the
badger..... But he is now kebab meat.....
>
>
> --- In multiplaowners@..., Nick Walton <nick@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Panda, we regularly have these sort of repairs done at school as the kids
> > damage the cars with footballs etc or from normal everyday driving scrapes.
> > I have seen a Merc, two Jags a Landie and a plethora of lesser cars all
> > repaired on site. I have never seen a bad repair yet. Its all done in
> > miniautre with small grinders, glue guns and sprayers. We are soon to have a
> > caravan repaired, not mine the caretakers, which has an awning dink in it
> > from a pole he wants removing. (They dont have access to the back of the
> > dent due to the sandwich construction.) I warn you though...it aint cheap
> > but it is better than a whole new bumper jobby.
> > Moriarty...
> >
> > 2009/7/4 Panda <pandabloke@...>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hit a bloody badger last night and split the front bumper! (2008 nosejob.)
> > > It hasn't gone on the main bumper shape but one of the little fins, or
slats
> > > if you like, has split. Too much damage to ignore but not enough to
warrant
> > > a new bumper really.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had any experience of having these bumpers repaired/plastic
> > > welded?
> > >
> > > Bloody wildlife!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheaper Car Insurance from Chris Knott Insurance. Dial 0800 917 2274 or
> > 01580 752961 & please don't forget to quote 'reference 904 – MULTIPLA
OWNERS
> > CLUB!" ( It works for friends and family too!)
> >
> >
> > "I truly believe it is harder for people to understand depression than it is
> > for them to understand the offside rule!" Panda 4/2/09
> >
> > Visit...the following useful/useless links if you please...
> > http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Ugly-Bug-Bits
> > http://www.multiplaowners.co.uk
> > http://www.3dmotorcycles.eu
> > http://www.yesits.me.uk
> > http://www.theguitarworkshop.co.uk
> > http://www.dudleyladies.co.uk
> > http://www.wombournecarnival.co.uk
> >
>
>




Sat Jul 4, 2009 9:22 pm

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Technically you cant pick up the Badger to use as Kebab meat as you hit it first. However, whom ever was directly behind you at the time gets "first dibs" on...
Nick Walton
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Jul 4, 2009
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Hi Panda, We've used Chips Away on new tractors at work, repairs we have had done are invisible when they are finished, fantastic. Regards Glen....
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Jul 4, 2009
9:23 pm

I did exactly the same a few years ago. I think you can pick up the badger, as it is wild and not owned like pheasant or deer are. Technically it is poaching...
Ian Helmschrott-Bowden
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Jul 4, 2009
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Munch munch munch, burp, excuse me, just finiched lunch and have just made meself the most magnificent pair of black and white mocassins. Now, have whizzed the...
Panda
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Jul 4, 2009
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All that and TB too,.......well if you listen to certain folk. Regards Glen....
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kargle2003
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Jul 4, 2009
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All that and TB too,.......well if you listen to certain folk. Regards Glen....
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kargle2003
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"It is illegal to possess a dead badger or any part of a badger" http://www.bucks-badgers.org.uk/badgers%20and%20the%20law.htm Just thought I'd clear that one...
Dave Pallant
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Jul 4, 2009
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Shoudn't be too much of an issue Panda has eaten most of the evidence now!! Glen....
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kargle2003
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Jul 5, 2009
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Hello The driver seat back adjuster has snapped so that the seat can no longer be adjusted The cord attached to the handle has snapped Can anyone offer any...
nicojo
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Jul 5, 2009
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If it is just the cable, you can get one from fiat, I think ours cost about a fiver. 2009/7/5 nicojo <nicojo@...> ... -- Tracy Hickson Divisional...
Tracy Hickson
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Jul 5, 2009
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Hi Tracy Thx for ur advice Did u manage to replace it yourself without removing the seat? nicojo :) ... From: multiplaowners@... ...
nicojo
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Jul 5, 2009
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ours was the middle front seat and the cost of getting it repaired was ridiculous (£250 to fit a £5 cable!) it is still on the list of jobs to do! Pete took...
Tracy Hickson
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Jul 5, 2009
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Pandas and the Law <grin> In order to put the protection of giant pandas and other wildlife under the law, the Chinese government put the protection of rare...
Karmark
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Jul 6, 2009
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" LOL - Right at the top it says QUOTE " Also, due to the nature of the crimes, there are relatively few successful prosecutions" so theirs a damm good...
Karmark
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Jul 6, 2009
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Karmark, that badger and the law stuff is brilliant. They even have their own act of Parliament! And this bit: "It is illegal to possess a dead badger or any...
Panda
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Jul 6, 2009
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I Muss point out that as much as I'd like to take credit for the Badger law Item - that was part of Dave's posting i replied to (see the bottom of this ...
Karmark
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Karmark, thanks for the honesty there mate and enjoyed the Panda link as well (felt quite at home.) Dave, humble apologies! Great link....
Panda
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Jul 6, 2009
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Hi Panda, Plastic welding for car bumpers has been around for many years. Its a lot less expensive than new and stronger! Insurance companies don't like them...
C Charlton
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Hi Colin. Unfortunately, the badger was in mid air when I clouted him. He leapt off a bank and I think he nutted the Fiat badge(r)on the grill cos that's got...
Panda
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For Your Further Info: To cook one badger you'll need: <http://weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/> ...
Karmark
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Blimey, all these ways to cook a badger! I just lobbed it on the barbie and gnawed on it. Pulled the fur out as I chomped. I have to say this has become,...
Panda
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Jul 6, 2009
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We here prefer a Bager con carni OR my favourite English dish... Badger tikka masala, rice and a hedgehog nan! Bostin'.......burp! Moriarty... 2009/7/6 Karmark...
Nick Walton
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Jul 6, 2009
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Sorry to here that, Badgers are indeed a heavy beast so you were lucky to have such little damage. A trick with cooking badgers is to add pineapple as it both...
C Charlton
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Panda... "Unfortunately, the badger was in mid air when I clouted him. He leapt off a bank" I think you have already presented the answer to the problem about...
Lance Haysom
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Jul 6, 2009
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Quote "It was obviously not a badger. I was clearly a very obese lemming." Possibly, but it looked like a badger, felt like a badger, smelt like a badger and...
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I live in France. After discovering this thread, I kindly request that the Brits and other islanders immediately retract any unpleasant comment on the French's...
Pieter Baasje
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... Tasso ai funghi... to be precise... since we've been quite picky lately... ;-) Giovanni ***************************************** Giovanni Guarnieri MITI,...
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Hi Lance, sorry I couldn't find any Lemming Recipes - perhaps the buggers are to fast to catch or all the Hunters fall over the edge of a cliff with them in...
Karmark
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To quote early Monty Python..."Easy on the lemming Vicar!" Moriarty 2009/7/6 Karmark <karmark@...> ... -- Cheaper Car Insurance from Chris Knott...
Nick Walton
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Apologies for the long post but….. Enjoy, Lance “CUT TO PUB SIGN. THE FOX AND HALF-A-BEE. FAIRLY PLUSH COCKTAIL TYPE BAR CHEERFUL BARMAN (GRAY CHAPMAN) AT...
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