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RoaryRati
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20k - but I'm limited to 7.5k a year because of insurance - so that's three years provided you do nothing - which I sincerely hope isn't the case.........
RoaryRati
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Nice - and it's probably sunny like that in Switzerland where we were now
RoaryRati
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Another day of surprises - didn't quite know how to cope with this
In the Lorraine region.
Around Verdun we came across this WW1 bunker - very eerie and surreal in such a peaceful woodland
Then this sobering site - a memorial to all those who lost lives in the Battle of Verdun - some you WW1historians may be aware of
In the Lorraine region.
Around Verdun we came across this WW1 bunker - very eerie and surreal in such a peaceful woodland
Then this sobering site - a memorial to all those who lost lives in the Battle of Verdun - some you WW1historians may be aware of
Phil H
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So £2k wouldn't even have bought 'that much' of a Maserati?
zagatoes30
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Stretching the term "Sportscar" with the Spitfire not much more than a Herald in a cheap Italian suit
Today a nice Spitfire will probably cost about the same as a nice 4200.
philw696
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For the cost of a MK2 Escort you will get 3 4200 and a 3200 some Classics have got up to stupid values it seems.
lozcb
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Dont be silly , Morris Traveller starting from the outside in
lifes2short
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at the risk of sounding dim, what's the photo about ??
RodTungsten
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The Ossuary. A sobering place indeed in the late evening. And all the Islamic headstones with roses and oriented to Mecca. Used to go on school WW1 battlefield trips with the (historian) Wee Woman and have never forgotten the areas and the carnage. Then it started again…..
BennyD
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Ah yes, the Ossuary. It’s quite eerie looking into rooms full of bones found on the battlefields. I’ve been to Verdun a few times over the years, and the carnage never ceases to amaze. There are literally millions of unexplored shells still lying undisturbed in the fields and forests, so it pays not to poke around too vigorously.
BennyD
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In 1918 the American General Abrams was of the opinion that if the Allies didn’t keep going on to Berlin the Germans wouldn’t accept that they’d been beaten, and if that was the case we would have to go through it all again in 20 years. It took 21, and it was an even bigger blood bath.
RodTungsten
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At the risk of serious thread drift compare and contrast WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles with WW2 and the European Recovery Plan ( Truman’s Marshall Plan).
doodlebug
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My insurance limit is 12k pa. I'm not doing as many miles as I'd like this year because so far I've spent about a third of the year abroad, unfortunately not in the Maserati. I was planning on taking it to the Rugby World Cup in France in September and October but all of the games I'm going to see are in Crit'Air zones, so I'm flying instead.
Just get the crit air stickers. Bit of a faff but don't cost much. Just take a while so order them now
Eb
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Quite simply, the treaty of Versailles was pretty much a blame game and Germany had to pay, the Marshall plan was a patch up and mend ALL of Europe from lessons learnt. It also countered the domino effect of communism. There's more nuanced etc but I haven't got all day.