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Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Defender vs Bus Shelter

Obviously not a busy news day on the island

http://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/land-rover-collides-bus-shelter

18th Dec 2014 11:34am

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Isle of White...Exciting times.

That would have made page 2 coming second to the 'Dawn Breaks Again This Morning' headline on page 1.

If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

18th Dec 2014 11:54am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17858

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

I don't really understand with this kind of reporting why there is a specific mention that a "blue Land Rover Defender" has collided with the bus shelter, but (almost as an afterthought) it is stated that another vehicle was involved and that it was "a van". Why not the same leverl of details - a "white Ford Transit" or whatever?

Is it somehow worse that it is a "Land Rover Defender"? Perhaps it is news-worthy because there are accidents involving "vans" everyday, but rarely those involving "Land Rover Defenders". Wierd!

I suppose that it is more likely that the sloppy level of reporting (and the widespread inability to write proper English!) we've come to expect is the result of incompetents having infiltrated that industry, just as they have most others.

18th Dec 2014 12:31pm

williamthedog

Member Since: 29 Dec 2012
Location: south wales
Posts: 3441

I wonder what the front of the defender was like ?
As long as it didn't have its original swiss cheese bumper it should be ok.

18th Dec 2014 12:32pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

Most of the 'Islanders' have trouble writing I am led to believe....It's a bit like Portland I think it has something to do with evolution and the presence of a second thumb!

No offence meant to 'Isle of Whiters' but Portlanders you know it's true!

If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

18th Dec 2014 12:36pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17858

williamthedog wrote:
I wonder what the front of the defender was like ?
As long as it didn't have its original swiss cheese bumper it should be ok.

Here you go, damage to o/s wing. Not sure why the r/n/s tyre's flat though.

http://iwradio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...40x420.jpg

From http://iwradio.co.uk/news/bus-shelter-dama...collision/

It's a dangerous place, full of bizarre happenings, the IoW!

http://iwradio.co.uk/news/road-reopens-sta...rriageway/

18th Dec 2014 12:44pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

This headline also caught my eye:

CAR ROLLS INTO GATE IN YAVERLAND

18th Dec 2014 6:15pm

shaggydog

Member Since: 12 Aug 2012
Location: Kent
Posts: 3347

1991 Defender 110 200 Tdi USW Arles Blue

Looks like a nice 200tdi there. Hope it gets repaired and put back on the road. Running Restoration Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/post323197.html#323197

Self confessed mileage hunter

18th Dec 2014 9:41pm

paulnb57

Member Since: 18 May 2011
Location: Isle of Wight UK
Posts: 38

If you are going to take the pi55 out of Islanders, at least spell Isle of WIGHT correctly!

I still never cease to be amazed at what makes the news down here!

19th Dec 2014 10:43am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17858

A very good friend of mine lives on the IoW, and he always refers to it as "the South Island". In his mind I live (in Dorset) on "the North Island".

19th Dec 2014 2:32pm

paulnb57

Member Since: 18 May 2011
Location: Isle of Wight UK
Posts: 38

Quite a few IoW residents refer the South and North Islands

Theres is only one short length of Dual Crriageway down here that the locals refer to as "The Motorway"

Its a great place!

19th Dec 2014 2:42pm

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