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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    My life is equally as rocknroll Z, I promise you - and I don't even have my own car!
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  • Serves you right for stooping to the level of wearing Croc (a-likes) if you ask me...! :p

    On the plus side at least you know that the car still has plenty of grunt... :D
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Serves you right for stooping to the level of wearing Croc (a-likes) if you ask me...! :p

    Given the choice is between putting my boots back on, or going out into the snow in socks...I'll be keeping the crocishes... :p
    On the plus side at least you know that the car still has plenty of grunt... :D

    With it being 4 wheel drive, it does not tart around when pulling away - especially when you've prepared the turbo.

    As you do...
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,019 Ambassador
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Given the choice is between putting my boots back on, or going out into the snow in socks...I'll be keeping the crocishes... :p



    With it being 4 wheel drive, it does not tart around when pulling away - especially when you've prepared the turbo.

    As you do...

    Have no idea what this means:rotfl::rotfl:
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  • I happy with the croc (a likes), very MFW in my opinion! Dare i say it very comfy as well...
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    Have no idea what this means:rotfl::rotfl:

    Which part?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    I happy with the croc (a likes), very MFW in my opinion! Dare i say it very comfy as well...

    I wouldn't go quite that far...

    They're quick and easy to get on, and they don't soak up water (and hence are easy to dry) - that's about as much faint praise as I'm willing to give them. :rotfl:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    And I've just unearthed an AGP interfaced graphics card... :eek:

    How long ago were they a thing?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,019 Ambassador
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Given the choice is between putting my boots back on, or going out into the snow in socks...I'll be keeping the crocishes... :p



    With it being 4 wheel drive, it does not tart around when pulling away - especially when you've prepared the turbo.

    As you do...

    Second paragraph.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,019 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I used to have a pair of blur crocs. The shame:rotfl::rotfl:
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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