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I now have an EV

13 July 2026

It's official, I now own an EV.

A Tesla? A BYD? A BMW?

Nope.

I now have an e-scooter.

You might be wondering why on earth a 73 year old man would risk his life on such a potentially dangerous form of transport.

Well it's an unusual set of circumstances so let me explain.

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I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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