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thefatfryer.bsky.social
David
@thefatfryer.bsky.social
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Leftish socially aware small business owner. (Yes a Chippy!) Living in Belfast. Loves politics, my husband and my French Bulldog Cybil. (In reverse order!) Hates Brexit and all those involved in it. Also love cars, any type any age. Yes I’m that sad.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3m
Fabulous. Have one for me mate.👍
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 43m
I had no tuition fees, a grant, subsidised accommodation and sponsorship from a company promising me a job when I qualified.

How did it go from that to this?

God I am old…
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 45m
A small phrase that sums up our situation perfectly…
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 46m
The only buzz was the silence. Few politicians, a few delegates and bored hacks and very few businesses.

Must have cost them a fortune.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 48m
Nope. At the moment the Conservative Party is irrelevant. It’s only being listened by the wonks and the few. Like you and I.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 50m
We can only hope.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 52m
The PM and LOTO are both hopeless at politics. Perhaps it’s the lack of experience (in the House of Commons) or the advisors are simply awful.

Both can be true at once.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 55m
You need both compulsion and incentive. The incentive is being badly handled (but im sore as I missed out…) Charging from home needs to be more seamless, like Tesla supercharger network is.

The compulsion will fall on the companies, just as the Chinese are coming.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 58m
Always worth a listen. Go for it!
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Andrew Clews @crackedwindscreen.bsky.social · 2h
Plenty of stories to draw our ire and scorn this week. Equally, an enlightening item about others exploiting charger operators but also, how bad they are at meeting regulations.

Really fascinating and clever Dacia concept.

Points of Interest has a UK success story, to read about.
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The Motoring Podcast @motoringpodcast.com · 2h
Latest News Show is out.

New car registration figures are disected.
Interesting concept from Dacia discussed.
Points of Interest has the Hot Wheels law being broken.

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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 1h
Perhaps she could have had a better start if she had apologised for the 2010-2024 debacle she could have had more of an impact.

Instead of looking at her P45.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
That’s not the first time. Irish politics must be filled with the same interns as the Conservative Party in UK.🙄
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
As I’m old I remember Thatcher did this to prepare for the miners strike. Planned hatefulness is more successful than unplanned hatefulness.

The rate cut will happen I’m sure and they will have a plan.

DPD drivers look for another job now perhaps?
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
All to justify Martial Law and dispense with his hated democracy.

That’s the end goal.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
It was my desperation not to have a Trump lite version here. The questioner asked how do we become like Qatar. My sarcastic answer was the result.

We seem to have exactly the same opinion😝
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
They were all the 3.2 V6 but did sit very low. You still see them today as gov cars!
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
So true, and it isn’t the preserve of the government either…
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
It’s as amazing to drive as it is to look at. The range is a real 250 and I charge, cheaply, at home.

I have never been stopped as often to ask about it.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 3h
I remember my first interview. Well chat. It was along the lines of would you work for £40k and this car. 36 years ago…

Went self employed, and earned £350 to £400 a day plus expenses. Those days have gone.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 9h
Saw this in Spain and thought of you!!
It says you are magic!🤣
Cleaner for metals
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
Fantastic. Glad at least it’s there. The baby is with me.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
You are just right. Pay peanuts get monkeys.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
Yes lots of them unmarked as government cars. Remembering our somewhat troubled past they were essential.
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
You know when something bad happens when the gold price booms. It’s a store of value without income…
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
Used round Belfast for many years. The bullet proof government cars still are. (Although they are replaced by Skoda Superbs and Disco models..
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David @thefatfryer.bsky.social · 10h
Another good news story. Shame it will get little coverage by the media.
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