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carelesschucca
09-12-14, 04:46 PM
just been caught in one hellish rainshower. water was flowing 3inches deep down the streets. but what makes it worse is theres obviously some sorta carp in the rain...

The good winter coat now all looks like this...

NTECUK
10-12-14, 10:36 AM
Not being able to get the day off to get mum up the hospital tomorrow because work has diagnosis jobs booked in...

Bluepete
10-12-14, 07:50 PM
Ripping my hamstring whilst chasing from a stolen Audi Q7. I didn't even catch the **********ing c***.

Home feeling sorry for myself.

Pete :(

maviczap
10-12-14, 08:17 PM
That's poo Pete

Bluepete
10-12-14, 08:21 PM
It is indeed.

Benefit is, I can sample my new whiskey and Christmas sherry!

Merry 10th December! (It will be merry soon!)

Pete ;)

Red ones
10-12-14, 08:24 PM
Unexpected tooth extraction.

maviczap
10-12-14, 08:26 PM
It is indeed.

Benefit is, I can sample my new whiskey and Christmas sherry!

Merry 10th December! (It will be merry soon!)

Pete ;)

Hopefully that'll dull the pain Pete :santa::santa:

maviczap
10-12-14, 08:26 PM
Unexpected tooth extraction.

Ouch, but hopefully you'll be pain free once its healed up?

Red Herring
10-12-14, 08:30 PM
Ripping my hamstring whilst chasing from a stolen Audi Q7. I didn't even catch the **********ing c***.

Home feeling sorry for myself.

Pete :(

The trick is not to have to get out of the car to chase them.....haven't you worked that out yet! I've lost track of the number of drivers doors I've taken off with the nearside wing. ;)

dizzyblonde
10-12-14, 08:34 PM
House viewers.

Go find something else, I'm not bartering!

maviczap
10-12-14, 08:34 PM
Yes, but if he did that and it appeared on Twitter, he'd loose brownie points

Bluepete
10-12-14, 08:38 PM
The trick is not to have to get out of the car to chase them.....haven't you worked that out yet! I've lost track of the number of drivers doors I've taken off with the nearside wing. ;)

I'm not in a traffic car now! Tactical contact not allowed in transit connect vans.

I was nowhere near his abandon point so had a hell of a sprint.

Feckin fecker.

Pete ;)

andrewsmith
10-12-14, 08:51 PM
So none of this

http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/30130/BTCCOultonPark_Scott-3-L.jpg

Red Herring
10-12-14, 08:52 PM
Tactical contact not allowed in transit connect vans.


Sod the rules, our vans must have had crap brakes...;)

Just remember, they have you be lucky all the time, you only need to be once. They ALWAYS come again!

GWS. :D

chris8886
10-12-14, 10:59 PM
It is indeed.

Benefit is, I can sample my new whiskey and Christmas sherry!

Merry 10th December! (It will be merry soon!)

Pete ;)



gives you more time to admire that nice award you got! :p

The trick is not to have to get out of the car to chase them.....haven't you worked that out yet! I've lost track of the number of drivers doors I've taken off with the nearside wing. ;)

I have just genuinely laughed allowed at that and got some very strange looks as a result! :smt044

maviczap
11-12-14, 07:21 AM
Being woken up by the alarm again when deep asleep. I don't sleep that well so when i do sleep this well i could do with waking up naturally.

Roll on the holidays, only one more week of work. Body says it needs a rest.

DarrenSV650S
11-12-14, 07:44 AM
Being woken up by the alarm again when deep asleep. I don't sleep that well so when i do sleep this well i could do with waking up naturally.

Roll on the holidays, only one more week of work. Body says it needs a rest.


You need to get that app that detects if you are in a light or deep sleep. It only wakes you if you are sleeping lightly

Sleep cycle alarm clock it's called

NTECUK
11-12-14, 08:28 AM
You need to get that app that detects if you are in a light or deep sleep. It only wakes you if you are sleeping lightly

Sleep cycle alarm clock it's called
I'd always be late for work if I had an alarm like that.

maviczap
11-12-14, 09:07 AM
You need to get that app that detects if you are in a light or deep sleep. It only wakes you if you are sleeping lightly

Sleep cycle alarm clock it's called

I'd always be late for work if I had an alarm like that.

Its a nice idea Darren, unfortunately kids have to be fed & dressed ready for school :smt079

Wifes on nights so I have to be up, otherwise like NTECUK says we'd all be late :smt015 :smt015

I always sleep better in the winter, due to the dark mornings, but I always seem to be over tired.

Perhaps I'm a bear and should hibernate until Spring?

DarrenSV650S
11-12-14, 09:21 AM
Na you set a start and finish time. The earliest and latest you want to wake up. It picks the time when you are sleeping lightest

maviczap
11-12-14, 09:22 AM
Ah, ok, I'll check it out

Littlepeahead
11-12-14, 09:52 AM
I've bought Mr LPH one of these for Christmas after reading good reports about them. Our alarm goes off at 5.30am and I'm gradually awoken by 'Farming Today' on Radio 4 but then get shocked awake by Stu's alarm. The idea with this is that the light gradually brightens like a sunrise making which makes your brain come out of deep sleep. In summer we have full on black out blinds as the sun rises at an angle that dazzles our room in June/July so even in summer I don't have gentle sunlight to wake me - it's either total darkness or searing sunlight burning my retinas. I'll tell you how good it is in mid January.

http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/HF3500_01/wake-up-light

maviczap
11-12-14, 09:55 AM
I'll wait to see your review with interest.

Littlepeahead
11-12-14, 10:40 AM
I'll wait to see your review with interest.

Of course none of this will stop the shock of being woken up by 7.5 kilos of fat idiot cat jumping on me then poking me in the eye with his claws out. He normally saves that for when I'm, trying to have a weekend lie in.

ophic
11-12-14, 03:47 PM
Of course none of this will stop the shock of being woken up by 7.5 kilos of fat idiot cat jumping on me then poking me in the eye with his claws out. He normally saves that for when I'm, trying to have a weekend lie in.
That is a fat kitty! Ours is only 3.5kg and if she jumps on us we can barely feel it.

Of course the 150kg combined weight of dogs chasing her is a different matter.

Littlepeahead
11-12-14, 03:51 PM
He's not fat! He's just a big cat. Well I actually have two of them that size but Iggle is the morning menace whereas Piggle harasses for cuddles on the sofa in the evening.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/11/40d32613f4841fa7de8c493bb74af167.jpg

ophic
11-12-14, 04:15 PM
You mean you get a seat?

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/14871869816_43144d29f8_z.jpg

and even when you do...

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/15272402466_8c9580bef9_z.jpg

Littlepeahead
11-12-14, 04:51 PM
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/11/3db5503d65445dbb0bed8a6fc94fb9c1.jpg

dyzio
11-12-14, 04:57 PM
Sorry this user is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her

Littlepeahead
11-12-14, 08:57 PM
I must be getting old because I'm watching the BBC music awards and think One Direction and Ed Sheeran are totally rubbish.

And I don't recognise any of the others.

On the upside I'm getting the Blur 21 box set for my birthday. To replace various lost CDs.

NTECUK
11-12-14, 09:10 PM
God bless the iPlayer (Deep Purple: Made in Japan).
[other online streaming services are available ].

maviczap
11-12-14, 09:14 PM
H'mmm I don't mind Ed, although most of his stuff isn't to my taste.

As for oneD, don't get me started.

My gripe is I can't access the Org on my PC, I'm using my mob data to access this thread.

What's going on

Kenzie
12-12-14, 09:09 PM
The weather! Got delayed at Folkstone getting the Eurotunnel then got caught in traffic around Antwerp. What should have been a 5pm arrival turned into 9pm in Dusseldorf. Left Ipswich at 8am.

Sent from my Kindle Fire

NTECUK
12-12-14, 10:56 PM
The weather! Got delayed at Folkstone getting the Eurotunnel then got caught in traffic around Antwerp. What should have been a 5pm arrival turned into 9pm in Dusseldorf. Left Ipswich at 8am.

Sent from my Kindle Fire

I guess the shops were shut by then ;)

timwilky
12-12-14, 10:57 PM
Thought puppy had peed on kitchen floor, cleaned up and 10 minutes later another puddle.

No the joint on the toilet cistern inlet has failed, water tracked along the pipe from front to back of house, hallway ceiling soaking.


Fortunately I had installed a check valve so able to isolate water to bog for tonight. bloody cheap plastic inlet, I just know If I attempt to tighten it it will fail, so in the light of day I guess it will be a new fibre washer and some ptfe.

BanannaMan
14-12-14, 07:33 PM
First day of decent enough weather to ride on a weekend in a month and I've got a formal Christmas do to attend this evening.

maviczap
14-12-14, 08:23 PM
First day of decent enough weather to ride on a weekend in a month and I've got a formal Christmas do to attend this evening.

Same here Bill, but I was at work all day. It was gorgeous :smt019

A perennial gripe, and as a regular cyclist, I cannot understand why some ride in darkness, with no lights & black clothing. I couldn't see this guy riding his bike between the street lights this morning. :smt104

This guy was old enough to know better

Sir Trev
15-12-14, 12:43 PM
Idiots driving too close on the M25. Could just see the top of a van in lane 4 "jolt" as it collided with the slowing car in front and then it was brake lights a go-go. Except the car in lane three beside me was clearly not paying attention and slammed into the car in front that had slowed to let cars in who were avoiding the first bump...

Littlepeahead
15-12-14, 01:01 PM
Arriving in my office to find the builders have casually thrown my things everywhere and are drilling holes in the wall without any dust sheets. My offices houses our photographic archive which should not be getting covered in dust! Thankfully I'd taken my cameras home for the weekend.

I told them politely but very firmly to get the hell out of my office and not come back until the Head of Estates had called me and arranged a suitable time.

Rather sheepish Head of Estates sends over the building project manager to apologise. So I am going to slope off at 2.30 today while they do their drilling, but not without dust sheets.

Luckypants
15-12-14, 01:31 PM
Hanging out the washing in lovely sunshine, then looking up from working to see it has been raining. :mad:

Littlepeahead
16-12-14, 02:11 PM
Getting emails from agencies. I don't do brand, marketing etc. at Lord's so if they bothered to check they could direct these to the right person. But what's worse is they all try so hard to be clever in their emails.

Here's today's offering...

I work at [company name] - a team of creatives, planners, brand experts & stargazers who do things a bit differently to help brands fulfil their true potential and grow.

[Bit of blurb about how wonderful and creative they are blah blah]

It is what we’ve done for the likes of Sudocrem, Bic and Clarks.

You see I can't take seriously an email from someone who works on cream for nappy rash and frumpy shoes yet calls themselves a 'stargazer'.

Nutsinatin
16-12-14, 03:01 PM
Getting emails from agencies. I don't do brand, marketing etc. at Lord's so if they bothered to check they could direct these to the right person. But what's worse is they all try so hard to be clever in their emails.

Here's today's offering...

I work at [company name] - a team of creatives, planners, brand experts & stargazers who do things a bit differently to help brands fulfil their true potential and grow.

[Bit of blurb about how wonderful and creative they are blah blah]

It is what we’ve done for the likes of Sudocrem, Bic and Clarks.

You see I can't take seriously an email from someone who works on cream for nappy rash and frumpy shoes yet calls themselves a 'stargazer'.

Would you want to look at the stars with a sore ars and no shoes? Makes perfect sense to me!

Geodude
16-12-14, 04:42 PM
Humans.

Bluepete
16-12-14, 05:30 PM
Humans.

That's where I'm lucky. I work in Bolton where humans are a rarity.

Pete ;)

Geodude
16-12-14, 05:43 PM
Lol pete :)

Phoenix22
16-12-14, 06:55 PM
That's where I'm lucky. I work in Bolton where humans are a rarity.

Now that made me laugh but how so true. :cool:

NTECUK
16-12-14, 09:35 PM
People who walk on unlit back roads all dressed in black.

Teejayexc
16-12-14, 09:53 PM
People who walk on unlit back roads all dressed in black.

That's not a gripe, that's roadkill !

Corny Gizmo
19-12-14, 12:50 PM
The fact that this thread and its sister thread look so similar except for the 'w' on the smile of the day one, its not a capital like this thread's 'w'

Someone fix it, my OCD isnt letting me sleep!

andrewsmith
19-12-14, 03:47 PM
That's where I'm lucky. I work in Bolton where humans are a rarity.

Pete ;)

what like ;)

http://www.threedonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moose-knuckle.jpg

BanannaMan
19-12-14, 04:22 PM
My Eyes!!!!!


No one really needs to see that

garynortheast
19-12-14, 11:23 PM
Bloody hell, you could get lost in there!

maviczap
20-12-14, 03:23 PM
Pulled calf muscle.

Ironically done during my annual fitness test :-?

Ch00
20-12-14, 03:39 PM
Pulled calf muscle.

Ironically done during my annual fitness test :-?

Not at the dizzy heights of 5.4 like the Police?

maviczap
20-12-14, 04:02 PM
Similar I suppose, measures our anaerobic fitness or is aerobic fitness :smt017

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/fitness/chester-step-test

Ch00
20-12-14, 04:55 PM
Similar I suppose, measures our anaerobic fitness or is aerobic fitness :smt017

http://www.fireservice.co.uk/fitness/chester-step-test

Yours sounds harder.

We run (jog) up and down a 15 metre course until we get to 5.4 which is about 5 mins of moving about I think.

Littlepeahead
22-12-14, 10:15 AM
Migraine. I knew it was coming this week, and by having it today it avoids my birthday and Christmas but still annoying. I'm trying a new treatment regime but it hasn't worked this month :(

maviczap
22-12-14, 10:42 AM
:(

BanannaMan
22-12-14, 03:03 PM
Work, temps just above freezing and raining.
And its' Monday.



Hope the headache is gone soon LPH.
Not the time of year to be suffering and such

maviczap
22-12-14, 08:12 PM
God damn EGR valve on the Zafira.

NTECUK
22-12-14, 08:22 PM
God damn EGR valve on the Zafira.
Blank off?
Can you re program the ecm in to forgetting it's there??

maviczap
22-12-14, 08:44 PM
No not on the 2.2 diesel engine, otherwise i would have.:(

It's been cleaned once by the garage, but ive seen how to on Youtube now. So im going to do it this time.

It always get stuck when the weather gets cold.

Red ones
22-12-14, 10:15 PM
You sure you can't on the 2.2? You can in the 1.9 diesel, but it means you also need to remap.

Did it earlier this year.

DarrenSV650S
22-12-14, 10:18 PM
You're griping about 1 part ? Your post should be in the smile thread Mavi. Trust me

Bibio
22-12-14, 10:53 PM
i just happened to be watching the news (which i never do) and BBC news implying that the bucket lorry driver in Glasgow was a terrorist. these kind of statements pizz me right off as i could have a backlash on the resident Asian community.

give it a fekin rest BBC not everyone is a furkin terrorist.

andrewsmith
22-12-14, 11:09 PM
Self centred, arrogant *****s!
God help me on Christmas day

maviczap
23-12-14, 07:30 AM
You sure you can't on the 2.2? You can in the 1.9 diesel, but it means you also need to remap.

Did it earlier this year.

Yep pretty sure you can't, got any pictures of your EGR, just wondered if its the same. There's no info on mine. Even on Ebay there's no blanking plates for my engine.

You're griping about 1 part ? Your post should be in the smile thread Mavi. Trust me

Yes Darren i can see why you might say that, but when this stops working it puts the car into 'limp' mode, which can happen when you're in the outside lane, so you loose all power and acceleration. Which is bloomin scarey with the kids in the car, because you don't know when its going to happen.

The engine doesn't need it to run, it was just to pass the emissions test.

My engine can't be adapted to run without one, so a new one is £200

Littlepeahead
23-12-14, 07:32 AM
I think we all should stop stressing about Christmas and think of the families of those killed or injured, and the driver who it sounds like had collapsed at the wheel. If he survives his illness and injuries he'll probably never get over it.

maviczap
23-12-14, 09:19 AM
i just happened to be watching the news (which i never do) and BBC news implying that the bucket lorry driver in Glasgow was a terrorist. these kind of statements pizz me right off as i could have a backlash on the resident Asian community.

give it a fekin rest BBC not everyone is a furkin terrorist.

Yep, but I put it down to it being a poor time for news stories, so they have to add spice to the story, otherwise what will they fill their 24 hour news channel with?


BBC have even dragged the 1st minister in to talk to her about it :smt017

I think we all should stop stressing about Christmas and think of the families of those killed or injured, and the driver who it sounds like had collapsed at the wheel. If he survives his illness and injuries he'll probably never get over it.

Yep, poor guy & poor families.

maviczap
23-12-14, 09:21 AM
Since when does Boxing Day start at 4pm on Christmas Day

Amazon have time shifted it to this new time, to star their Boxing Day sale. WTF just move it to June 16th ya greedy feckers

kaivalagi
23-12-14, 10:30 AM
I think we all should stop stressing about Christmas and think of the families of those killed or injured, and the driver who it sounds like had collapsed at the wheel. If he survives his illness and injuries he'll probably never get over it.

Personally I'm not going to think about anyone else except my family over Christmas, sympathies for others can take a back seat for a change

My only gripe is the cost of this time of year, some things will never change :)

maviczap
23-12-14, 01:13 PM
My only gripe is the cost of this time of year, some things will never change :)

Mate do what I did this year & get a Cashplus sterling card. Post office & Co-Op also do these cash cards.

I paid £50 a month into it and then gave it to the missus to use for Christmas presents.

Its a Christmas Club that no one can run away with :santa:

Its not a credit card, as you can only spend whats on it, but you can still use it online.

Saves getting mahoosive credit card bills after Christmas.

I've been sensible not to link it too my EBAY account :D

NTECUK
23-12-14, 02:37 PM
I think we all should stop stressing about Christmast.

who's stressed!

think of the families of those killed or injured, and the driver who it sounds like had collapsed at the wheel. If he survives his illness and injuries he'll probably never get over it.
Bad time my Nephew lots two friends in the triple fatal at gosfield

Red ones
23-12-14, 07:40 PM
Since when does Boxing Day start at 4pm on Christmas Day

Amazon have time shifted it to this new time, to star their Boxing Day sale. WTF just move it to June 16th ya greedy feckers


When I left work tonight the shops were already sale prepped and discounted.

maviczap
23-12-14, 07:52 PM
Was the stock available for sale, or just ready for Boxing Day?

NTECUK
23-12-14, 08:40 PM
Getting the NHS runaround re the surgery.
Next move???

Trev B
23-12-14, 09:07 PM
Agree there Mavicap,our great grandfathers fought and fought to get holidays for the working man,and bit by bit we've gone backwards to the 1920s,my sister in law has got to work Boxing Day and she's got kids at home,no choice told to do it!!!

maviczap
23-12-14, 09:31 PM
Yep, couldn't believe it when i also heard that my local Morrison's is open on Boxing Day as well.

If you haven't got enough food & drink to last until Monday the 29th, then what have you been doing the last month.

Food shopping on Boxing Day!!!

I know some people might be happy working on Boxing Day, but why do families break up and why is Christmas no longer special.

If the Germans had won the war, then perhaps we would have worked to their ethics, they dont open their shops on public holidays, and probably most of Europe either.

Its nuts IMHO

Heorot
24-12-14, 02:21 PM
In Germany, shops are not allowed to open after 16:00 on Saturday or at all on Sunday. The only exceptions are bakers and ice cream parlours (wierd eh!).

NTECUK
24-12-14, 03:35 PM
Walking around the shops, you overhear quite a few people who say. Oh can't drink, got to etc because I'm working boxing day..
Sad really.

Amadeus
24-12-14, 04:09 PM
Walking around the shops, you overhear quite a few people who say. Oh can't drink, got to etc because I'm working boxing day..
Sad really.

(being unreligious) I find it more sad that people think that they need to drink to have a good time!

kaivalagi
24-12-14, 04:15 PM
I think it's more a case of the fact they're having to work on boxing day really....it wouldn't hurt for shops to be shut then too

Littlepeahead
24-12-14, 05:36 PM
Loads of shops are opening at 7am on Boxing day. We've become a nation obsessed with bargains. It's sad.

NTECUK
24-12-14, 05:46 PM
Yes its also ment to be a day of the big returns.
.
Me I'm not getting out of bed till 10 am.it's going to be too cold to go out on the bike. May as well lay in .

kaivalagi
24-12-14, 06:12 PM
No such luck for me, the kids will wake us up at 5ish I'm sure!

maviczap
24-12-14, 06:34 PM
Rohypnol is your friend here

Littlepeahead
24-12-14, 07:45 PM
I may go to Portobello market on Saturday, but that'll be it.

andrewsmith
24-12-14, 09:14 PM
I'll not be bargain hunting, but I need to get a fridge for the flat at some point

punyXpress
25-12-14, 11:04 AM
The turkey's off! :(

Never mind - break out the beef :)

maviczap
25-12-14, 11:06 AM
Bloomin packaging, especially toys

maviczap
25-12-14, 11:10 AM
The turkey's off! :(

Never mind - break out the beef :)

Turkey's over rated i'd rather have a nice bit of beef any day

punyXpress
25-12-14, 11:13 AM
. . and peccadilloes are better than pigs in blanket

kaivalagi
25-12-14, 11:38 PM
Turkey's over rated i'd rather have a nice bit of beef any day

Had a lovely leg of lamb and silverside of beef today, sod turkey, gave up on it years ago! Chicken and pork for new years :)

Just having a sneaky read after family movies and before the spirit drinking really kicks off :) Merry Christmas!

maviczap
26-12-14, 06:54 AM
Ham on Christmas Eve, as we celebrate Christmas to the German tradition on the 24th at the MIL's.

Chicken yesterday, also at the MIL's.

So i haven't had to do any cooking :D

The ham was my favourite

Kenzie
26-12-14, 12:33 PM
Not being able to get online and try out my new PS4. DDOS attack has left both PSN and Xbox offline.

orose
26-12-14, 06:02 PM
I know we've all been griping about the Boxing Day sales, but I suspect the older people like myself can remember when they were January sales...

maviczap
26-12-14, 06:50 PM
Yep, which meant the shop staff used to get a proper Christmas break

Kenzie
28-12-14, 10:52 AM
Unjustified use of high beams. Was travelling back from London last night and the amount of nuggets using their high beams on the A12. Also, what happened to catseyes in the road? Some stretches without a single one!

Tigerrrr.......
28-12-14, 04:41 PM
Parents who let their children stand inside their supermarket trolley! Other people have to put food in there, you know. Don't really want to potentially have sh1te or anything else all over my cornflakes box. It's so inconsiderate.

Red ones
28-12-14, 06:00 PM
You haven't seen the trollies left outside for pigeons to poop over them?
Or the mice running over the cornflake boxes out the back?