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Driving to and from the NEC
I find that driving to the NEC is easy, but I always get lost and take the wrong road when we leave in the dark. The signage to the M42 north is dreadful.
andrewsmith
12-12-15, 07:26 PM
People not driving properly in the snow
Good fun as I was able to get through it
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Council's who screw up the lively hoods of there constituences.
Power to Matlock Bath http://m.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/local/peaks-mecca-for-bikers-will-become-ghost-town-if-council-pushes-them-out-1-7617107
(http://m.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/local/peaks-mecca-for-bikers-will-become-ghost-town-if-council-pushes-them-out-1-7617107)
kaivalagi
12-12-15, 09:48 PM
Council's who screw up the lively hoods of there constituences.
Power to Matlock Bath http://m.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/local/peaks-mecca-for-bikers-will-become-ghost-town-if-council-pushes-them-out-1-7617107
(http://m.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/local/peaks-mecca-for-bikers-will-become-ghost-town-if-council-pushes-them-out-1-7617107)
Has anyone asked how much a ticket would cost for a bike? And is it for all the parking spots or just the prime area ones?
Hunstanton have done it right, there's a bike park on the sea front, in a prime spot, and on a sunday you can choose to pay a quid for the privilege of a parking spot there. There's maybe room for one hundred bikes or so and it gets very busy in the summer months. There are other parking spaces that aren't far away and that are free too, which I use more often than not....could it not be modelled like this in Matlock Bath?
Yes it could.
Still if the proposed demo ride goes ahead.no gessing were I'll be that weekend.
And dropping in on Sarah's old bosses Indian on the evening too.
carelesschucca
14-12-15, 10:25 PM
TALKTALK! Bunch of no good bar tenders.
I phoned them up to cancel something and I wanted a fight. Blooming annoyingly the girl on the phone was lovely and did a great job, I just couldn't get angry... GRRR!!!
Teejayexc
14-12-15, 10:37 PM
TALKTALK! Bunch of no good bar tenders.
I phoned them up to cancel something and I wanted a fight. Blooming annoyingly the girl on the phone was lovely and did a great job, I just couldn't get angry... GRRR!!!
Shouldn't this be in smile of the day ?
BanannaMan
14-12-15, 11:34 PM
He's gone off his meds again. ;)
Why don't spouse's keep the kitchen cupboards logically set out.
Should women be allowed to cook without supervision.....
garynortheast
15-12-15, 12:07 AM
Humph! There are three options.
1. Don't use computers.
2. Use a computer but don't learn the basics.
3. Use a computer and learn how to get the best from it.
Don't moan at me because you went for option 2. and then had to pay someone like me to come and deal with the mess you made because you didn't bother to learn how to use the machine.
Humph! There are three options.
1. Don't use computers.
2. Use a computer but don't learn the basics.
3. Use a computer and learn how to get the best from it.
Don't moan at me because you went for option 2. and then had to pay someone like me to come and deal with the mess you made because you didn't bother to learn how to use the machine.
yes and you will find that these same pool of people think that they can do nothing wrong and they are always right. i always found the middle class to be the worst moaners out there.
poor people.. just happy to have things fixed instead of having to buy something again at twice the price.
rich people.. understand the importance of the serf''' industry.
middle class.. fur coat nae knickers. worst payers out there including a certain ethnic minority. learnt very quickly to double my prices then give a discount after haggling :rolleyes: and always CASH.
Specialone
15-12-15, 06:37 AM
Ok, I don't publicly moan much but here goes.
Bloody cyclists (or at least half of them), they wear the brightest Lycra replica riding kits in the summer but the moment the dark winter days arrive they wear the darkest of clothes and the put dim token gesture lights on.
Also the amount of cycles I've seen on the road with no lights at all is frightening.
maviczap
15-12-15, 08:21 AM
Ok, I don't publicly moan much but here goes.
Bloody cyclists (or at least half of them), they wear the brightest Lycra replica riding kits in the summer but the moment the dark winter days arrive they wear the darkest of clothes and the put dim token gesture lights on.
Also the amount of cycles I've seen on the road with no lights at all is frightening.
I agree with you, but an explanation of the different types.
As far as i know the lycra clad MAMILs i know spend loads of money on the brightest lights and hi viz gear. People are moaning that the lights are too bright :rolleyes:
Another species the commuter is more likely to skimp on poor quality cheap lights and just wear their normal dark clothing, or not bother at all.
Theres another species, the child or teenager who's parents haven't botherd to equip them with any lights.
In my days of doing newspaper rounds at this time of the year, i had to put up with crappy everready lights, but i still had them, as there were still Policemen around who'd give you an almighty bollocking for no lights and speak to your parents.
That's whats missing these days isnt it?
That and public information films on the tv, 'cyclists, be seen, be safe'
BernardBikerchick
16-12-15, 07:15 PM
queue in the post office!!
maviczap
16-12-15, 08:29 PM
Bloody Flickr sign in issues & 2 accounts!
Red ones
16-12-15, 08:50 PM
Young lads in very shiny Mercedes.
3 times today I've been cut up by these twits. Every time they changed lane without indicating or looking out for me and squashed my space. Horn. Revving exhaust. Main beam lights. I get the finger back.
maviczap
17-12-15, 12:04 AM
Still awake, cant sleep.
Mrs DJ Fridge
17-12-15, 11:44 PM
British Telecom need I say more
timwilky
18-12-15, 09:55 AM
New company has transferred my mobile to their provider and I am to get a replacement sim.
3 weeks ago, I told the telecoms manager and his assistant that I am now home based again and to send me the sim at home. He told the provider. But no they have gone by the master list originally provided and sent it to the local office.
So now no phone and waiting for the local office to get it in the post. I only knew as they emailed one of my colleagues asking who Tim Wilkinson is, as they have received a sim for him.
Red ones
21-12-15, 11:23 PM
The wife thinking she's helpful when I have every single one of my work shirts in the washing basket.
Sends me out while she does the washing...and tumble dries all of them.
100% cotton Jermyn Street shirts.
I better go and sweet talk someone into a chunky discount tomorrow.
:(
andrewsmith
22-12-15, 07:07 AM
The wife thinking she's helpful when I have every single one of my work shirts in the washing basket.
Sends me out while she does the washing...and tumble dries all of them.
100% cotton Jermyn Street shirts.
I better go and sweet talk someone into a chunky discount tomorrow.
:(
So your shirts would fit a kid now?
Band t-shirt today
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Littlepeahead
22-12-15, 08:09 AM
100% cotton should be ok in the tumble dryer.
Mr LPH washed a cashmere jumper of mine at 60° once. I'm small but it would have just about fit a budgie when it came out.
Red ones
22-12-15, 11:44 AM
I'm walking around like Lurch today.
I have some Van Heusen 100% Egyptian cotton shirts. They have always been tumble dried and are still as good as new.
Sir Trev
23-12-15, 05:15 PM
The wife thinking she's helpful when I have every single one of my work shirts in the washing basket.
Sends me out while she does the washing...and tumble dries all of them.
100% cotton Jermyn Street shirts.
I better go and sweet talk someone into a chunky discount tomorrow.
:(
My Charles Twit Jermyn Street 100% cotton work shirts are fine after a tumble dry. What are yours like?
maviczap
23-12-15, 05:18 PM
Hey how are you, how was your days drive, did you get there ok, is your mum ok, would you like a cup of tea, you must be tired after all that driving.
Red ones
23-12-15, 06:51 PM
My Charles Twit Jermyn Street 100% cotton work shirts are fine after a tumble dry. What are yours like?
Mine are Hawes & Curtis and a little smaller than they were. She admitted to the hot wash after a few drinks last night.
garynortheast
23-12-15, 10:14 PM
Hey how are you, how was your days drive, did you get there ok, is your mum ok, would you like a cup of tea, you must be tired after all that driving.
Sounds familiar Mav. :(
maviczap
23-12-15, 10:16 PM
Unfortunately :(
yokohama
24-12-15, 01:39 PM
Tesco this morning. I only went in for some milk. Absolute carnage. It's only closed for a day!!
maviczap
24-12-15, 02:19 PM
Yes, but there might be a nuclear war or plague arrive tomorrow. Then where would they be.
Did mine on Monday, no way I was going in their over the weekend, but there were still far too many people wandering around not knowing what they wanted. Same in Lidl on Tuesday.
littleoldman2
24-12-15, 03:23 PM
Tesco this morning. I only went in for some milk. Absolute carnage. It's only closed for a day!!
Never mind Amazons Boxing Day sale starts Christmas eve at 4pm. Phew we are saved;)
littleoldman2
24-12-15, 03:24 PM
Tesco this morning. I only went in for some milk. Absolute carnage. It's only closed for a day!!
We did ours Monday but many of the sell by dates where prior to Boxing day, so my better half popped out for the perishables today bless her.
Red ones
24-12-15, 03:31 PM
I did Tesco and Asda today. I was up for a fight over the last can of squirty cream.
Bluepete
24-12-15, 11:55 PM
We did our Tesco dash on Wednesday. The bill was £209 and change. We paid £21 and a bit.
My wife is AWESOME! The club card vouchers have been saved up yet again.
Pete ;)
maviczap
25-12-15, 05:23 AM
Children who can't behave themselves and annoy my children who do know how to behave.
Littlepeahead
27-12-15, 10:27 AM
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This lot parked on my drive.
No idea what is going on with my neighbours. Sounds like him screaming in pain, her yelling at him, the teenage daughter taken away by the grandparents.
Now he's been taken away on a stretcher.
Someones having a 999 party!!!
maviczap
27-12-15, 06:55 PM
Someones having a 999 party!!!
All that's missing is the big red fire engine, bomb disposal & the coastguard :D
andrewsmith
27-12-15, 07:51 PM
All that's missing is the big red fire engine, bomb disposal & the coastguard :D
And the helicopter above
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maviczap
27-12-15, 08:16 PM
I assumed it was out of shot, hovering above :D
andrewsmith
27-12-15, 08:35 PM
I assumed it was out of shot, hovering above :D
Touche
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MrMessy
28-12-15, 09:47 AM
Been charged £40 admin fee by Carol Nash for a mid-term policy adjustment!
maviczap
28-12-15, 09:48 AM
They all do that, its in the T&C of most insurance policies. Annoying mind
Bluepete
28-12-15, 11:31 AM
PS3 failing on Christmas morning. It's only two years old, the HDD has corrupted during an update. Just managed to borrow an external SATA dock from a mate and the disk is getting formatted. Fingers crossed!
Either that or a new PS4 with the Star Wars game included...
Pete ;)
garynortheast
03-01-16, 10:03 PM
There is no weather but wet weather. There is only rain. :-(
dirtydog
03-01-16, 11:24 PM
Changing head light bulbs on an Astra H, poor access and you can't see what you're doing. Stupid design!
Red ones
04-01-16, 09:49 AM
Had to change the headlamps on my Zafira B. You're right, access is awful. In convinced car designers don't change their lamps in the dark, when it's raining and a public car park.
I paid Halfwits £7.
allantheboss
04-01-16, 12:04 PM
Started raining in Rome today. Won't stop for a few days now.
In Rome they hate big shops and branches, love little beaurocratic unorganised offices. My local bank branch is under construction so they are operating in a room next-door. I go to pay my rent due latest tomorrow, but I see tools on the ground and the security guard says it's not open (both the normal office and the substitute next door) with a pretentious attitude (all Italian bank security guards have this because they get to hold a weapon). I can see the machine I need inside, on, and playing the screensaver and say that I quickly need to use the machine, and he says "it's not working". Nothing I can do so have to walk to the next branch in the rain and let this guy carry on smoking his fag and chatting to his mate (that's how hard Italians work).
Man, maybe it was bad I discovered this thread, I have something Italian to complain about every day.
timwilky
04-01-16, 12:30 PM
back to work after 3 weeks away.
the 10 steps from the bedroom to study were one hell of a stressful commute.
I even had to convince myself it was good practice to get dressed in order to go to work.
allantheboss
04-01-16, 12:34 PM
Fizzy drinks come in max 1.5 litres.
No grocery shops or supermarkets are open after 9pm. Petrol station shops don't exist. No 24h chains.
Roads are atrocious. Pot-holes you can fit a beach ball into and they are very unkept so lots of litter, gravel, and spilt fuel to slip on. The roads in the centre are still cobbled which over several thousand years becomes VERY bumps (violent shaking of the bike) and the stones become VERY smooth; worse than road paint. I've had 2 accidents in 1.25 years here due to wheels locking on these roads under light braking.
Drivers are indescribably ****e. At least 15% are talking on the phone (that's not an exaggeration), there are no lane markings so it's a free-for all, traffic lights are optional for scooters, signs are unorganised, unclear, disjointed or not there. Car drivers have no concept of giving space and will blitz past within inches (again, no exaggerations here) of you. Indicators completely unused 97% of the time,
Beaurocracy.... no end. Won't start.
Insurance is crazy. I have 5 years NCB and third-party (not fire and theft) for a XT660X was 1050 euro, cheapest. Plus fire and theft 1700. Comprehensive almost 3000 euros.
Italians do NOT have the best food. Tourists come and go "oooo Italian pizza and pasta nom nom nom nom" but it is literally stuff they eat every day. There are 4 pizza places within 100m of my apartment.
Public transport is random. I've never waited less than 2 hours for a nightbus (starting after 11pm) because the drivers tend to chat at a station then drive in tandem to the following stops. Day buses have no time schedule, so it's pretty hit-and-miss. Also, the ticketing system is flawed. You pay 1.5 euro and upon activation of the paper ticket (at machines which aren't on every bus/tram) you have 150 minutes of transport overground. If you use the ticket in the metro, the 1.5 euros will take you from A to B, whether than be 1 stop or 30.
Everything is pretentious. Apart from McDonalds you can't find a hamburger under 8 euro, for example, and that's pretty cheap. They love charging 7+ euro for "artisan" beer, which I see on the shelves in tesco for a quid. Portions are tiny.
90% of restaurants close from around 3-7pm and are only open a few hours either side of that.
There is a "the customer is always wrong" policy, generally.
In the apartment buildings we pay a lot for the "portiers", whose sole job is basically to recieve our packages. The office for my block is outside my room and I see them chatting and standing doing nothing all day, every day. Each apartment pays 45 euros a month to these two guys, and there are probably over 500 apartments in this block.
Litter and graffiti, everywhere.
The main tourist attractions like Colosseum are under scaffolding 90% of the time, with nobody ever working. I have never seen a construction worker on the Colosseum, and drive past it most days. Been like that for years.
Governmental corruption by the mafia is a real thing. The paradigm in papers is about 90% of higher-ups are corrupt.
Police cars always have their lights on with no sirens so they never have to wait in traffic, use hard-shoulders liberally, park anywhere including in the lane, text while driving, driver erratically and at speed for fun, and break red lights.
Hospitals are totally dysfunctional. Nurses have a "not my problem" attitude. I went at 2am once for a check-up of my broken leg because I lose sensation in my foot. I waited 4 hours in an almost empty room. All the nurses were on their phones, one was on facebook on the computer, one was making out with her bf in the ward, and they were all chatting whilst an old woman was screaming in agony behind them. My mum (who is Italian) approached them and told them to address the old woman. One nurse stood up, wheeled the old woman's chair behind a curtain, and went back to her seat and playing on her phone.
If you want to see a specialist for free (using public healthcare), don't bother. I had my foot shattered in an accident, and when I went to my local doctor for a check-up, they said the waiting list to see a podiatrist is 3 months. I would be healed in 3 months' time! I want to see someone NOW because my foot looks like a balloon!
Medicine is alarmingly expensive. I had dry hands and eyes and spent 50 euros on three small bottles of creams, which didn't even work.
Italian businesses don't have any grasp of "the internet" yet, so most websites are HTML, information is 98% unreliable, none are up-to-date regarding opening times or location; stuff which you don't realise you take for granted in the UK. To see when something is open (especially during holidays) you have to literally go there and ask, which kind of defeats the point.
Collection of trash is random. Sometimes the bins are all empty, sometimes bags overflow into the streets.
Public parks have no maintenance standards except the very posh ones which government officials live around.
That's it for now.. I need to do some studying.. I'll be back.
It's just the same here in Spain,if you don't try to speak to officials in Spanish,they shrug their shoulders and send you on a paper trail all over the place.they are the most beaurocratic,form filling,official loving people in Europe,everything needs a licence and an official stamp of approval or it can't be done,you ask 5 people one question and you get 7 answers back,but hey ho,after 14 years I've learnt to drop down a few gears and lay back and wait,frustrating yes but in a good way,,,,
I was only going to say I had found 3 grey hairs on my head at 34 but its small fry compared to the 2 gripes above me !!!!
Bluepete
04-01-16, 01:27 PM
I was only going to say I had found 3 grey hairs on my head at 34 but its small fry compared to the 2 gripes above me !!!!
That is a quality gripe isn't it! Some real vitriol there.
My wife and kids all take turns to point out the grey hairs in my beard! Gits.
Pete ;)
Sorry allantheboss,we must have been typing at the same time,in reply to your last rant,most of the roads in Spain I've driven on are decent,but drivers and indicators seem the same as yours,beaurocracy .as mention is crazy here,insurance is pretty much on par with UK,(home,car etc).Spanish food actually OK,restaurants are generally open lunch time and from about 7pm till late,but we also have an Iceland down the road( I kid you not) so if you want a pork pie or English bacon it's always available.Three course menu del dia around €9 with wine or small beer,wine as cheap as water,national beer cheap,imported a bit more expensive Don't use public transport much but the other week a bus from Benalmadena to Malaga (50 mins) cost 1.65 cents,cheap!!customers are treated as equals if your prepared to argue in Spanish.Don't have porters,but mailman pretty good,anything larger than an envelope has to collected from the Correos office,as for litter all depends what way the wind blows and graffiti no worse than normal.Main tourist attraction ok except in summer,and a lot are free( museums and art galleries) after a certain time of day.Government corruption is horrendous,a mayor or politician seems to be in court every day,but only a few are sent to prison( much like the UK).Police much the same blue light on constantly,we have 3 levels of plod here,local,national and guardia civil( the big boys).Hospitals and doctors fantastic here,my wife diagnosed with cervical cancer T2 ,3 1/2 years ago,,she was in within 3 weeks,full gearbox and transitioned removed,her own room with WC and shower,nurses only nurse,so I had a bed and did the looking after bit,aftercare and radiotherapy fantastic,medicine is quit cheap,asthma inhalers only€3.50,generally much cheaper than UK.Spanish pretty savvy with Internet but have not used any for business,Collection of trash here done 6 out of 7 night,all large bins at end of streets,usual re cycling bins for just about everything,we also have a tip for larger items,public parks and areas not too bad,generally get a good spruce up before any religious festivals,All in All a fantastic place to live,frustrating at times yes but if like me you are retired fine, but Shyte if you've got to work,I won't be back until the TT,that's my yearly indulgence.but I will just say as much as we love it here,the UK is still the greatest country in the world!!!
MattCollins
04-01-16, 01:56 PM
Haha... Mine fell out years ago and what's left gets done with a razor when I have a shave.
Red ones
04-01-16, 03:10 PM
Windows 10
Bluepete
04-01-16, 03:17 PM
Windows 10
Agreed. I updated from 8.1 with the Freeby from Microsoft. I had to revert it back to 8.1 cos the computer malfunctioned and reinstall 10. Now, it says Windows 10 needs activating. Can't figure it out for love nor money!
Pete ;)
DarrenSV650S
04-01-16, 05:21 PM
The whole freakin city decided to go to Asda at 4pm today. Everyone. Not even buying anything. Just chatting, slowly weaving side to side down the isle. Parking trollies sideways, next to prams, next to shelve stacker baskets to stop anyone getting past. Kids tripping people up. All the food was hidden at the back of the shelves behind empty boxes. People doing laps of the car park at 0.1mph. Only half the tills open, with the tannoy constantly shouting for queue-busters. Oh and that b**** who ran in front of me and stole the last trollie
I hate this place so much
BanannaMan
04-01-16, 05:40 PM
Back to work today. 2 blokes called in sick and it's snowing.
(thankfully it's to warm to accumulate)
Hope your ok bill,don't go at it like a bull in a china shop!!!
The whole freakin city decided to go to Asda at 4pm today. Everyone. Not even buying anything. Just chatting, slowly weaving side to side down the isle. Parking trollies sideways, next to prams, next to shelve stacker baskets to stop anyone getting past. Kids tripping people up. All the food was hidden at the back of the shelves behind empty boxes. People doing laps of the car park at 0.1mph. Only half the tills open, with the tannoy constantly shouting for queue-busters. Oh and that b**** who ran in front of me and stole the last trollie
I hate this place so much
this is why i go at 4am ;)
garynortheast
04-01-16, 06:25 PM
Back to work today. 2 blokes called in sick and it's snowing.
(thankfully it's to warm to accumulate)
Ease in gently Bill. Don't want the next post to be telling us you're back in hospital!
BanannaMan
05-01-16, 11:13 AM
Hope your ok bill,don't go at it like a bull in a china shop!!!
Ease in gently Bill. Don't want the next post to be telling us you're back in hospital!
Thanks lads! Yes I over did it a bit yesterday. :rolleyes:
Going to take it a little slower today.
Adverts on TV. Mainly gambling and pay day loans oh and sell your car ads!
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Adverts on TV. Mainly gambling and pay day loans oh and sell your car ads!
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dont go there. son #2 had too sign on recently and a 'pay day' loan letter was received in his name on the very same day he got his first letter from the job centre.
now you might say that he has given his details out at some point.. well you would be wrong, he is worse than me (thats saying something) about his private data and absolutely nobody else has any of his details.. put a tin hat on me and call me paranoid. this is the kind of person that does not have a mobile phone, fackache account, etc.etc.
Mrs DJ Fridge
10-01-16, 12:22 AM
Just knocked my favorite glass off the side now need to get on to fourhands.co.uk to order new ones, I am not advertising for them, I just love their glasses, it is what we give everyone we can as Christmas presents
maviczap
10-01-16, 08:35 AM
Adverts on TV. Mainly gambling and pay day loans oh and sell your car ads!
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Along the same lines, but adverts that use well known songs that are sung deliberately slowly with only a guitar or piano as the only musical accompning the sad forlorn singer.
There's a whole rash of them.
A cheap and quick way to use someone elses material, to flog us something we don't want or need, but lureing us in with this seductive tune. The Barclays Bank one with the horses comes to mind.
Banging on about Right to Bye.
Its all about your public schoolboy pals private landlords ripping off the workers.
Over borrowing so banks have control of the country again.
Look how well that worked out last time
Red ones
10-01-16, 10:23 AM
Car designers yet again.
Simple battery change. Terminals accessible, cables marked and room to work in. Great.
12mm bolt to secure the battery to the car? Needs special tool to reach it.
Once again. Cold morning, middle of nowhere useful and chances of getting the "special tool?"
What's this car! Some kind of Chinese puzzle... But
Red ones
10-01-16, 11:20 AM
It's just a Zafira and all I want to do is replace blown lamps and flat batteries. I'm not trying to gas flow the flux capacitor or shizzle my shims so why can't these jobs be designed to use fairly standard diy tools?
Don't even start me on the costs to do these things. Halfwits charge £80 - £100 for a battery, the RAC, with discount, charge £122 for supply and fit. The battery at the local parts store was £34.79. I could buy the tool and still 'save' against the overinflated pretend cost of fitting, but I end up with a tool I only ever use once.
I'm waiting for the day some motor manufacturer evil sadistic dictator designer pr*ck decides the tyre valve needs to be hidden behind a load of body panels, or inside the engine head behind a heptagonal headed bolt.
Red ones
10-01-16, 11:23 AM
NTECUK please do not suggest this at work, especially as the wife is talking of getting a Nissan instead.
punyXpress
10-01-16, 11:43 AM
Adverts on TV. Mainly gambling and pay day loans oh and sell your car ads!
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Gambling, especially the biggest of the lot: the Lottery!
Advertised by none other than the BBC
Also charities. The sob stories may be real but when charities sell donors' details to their mates 'in the trade' it's nothing but a scam. How much of your donation actually benefits those the charity is supposedly working for?
Um probably need to fit anti tamper torque valve caps on micras.
I'll put it on the next Tec call.:smt074
MattCollins
10-01-16, 11:49 AM
British Fords (edit: not a slur btw) and oil pumps... I've never had one that hasn't packed it in (the last was 30 years ago though) and it is usually expensive.
The Transit's packed it in out in the middle of nowhere yesterday... It was towed, the guys driving it were flown home and the van should be on a truck tomorrow.
kaivalagi
10-01-16, 11:53 AM
How much of your donation actually benefits those the charity is supposedly working for?
That's the reason they can all get lost as far as I am concerned, there is someone at the top of these charities with a much much richer life than the donators!
I'll continue to fund my in-laws overseas with what could go to local charities, atleast I know the only bugger getting some of it is western union for the transfer
Car designers yet again.
Simple battery change. Terminals accessible, cables marked and room to work in. Great.
12mm bolt to secure the battery to the car? Needs special tool to reach it.
Once again. Cold morning, middle of nowhere useful and chances of getting the "special tool?"
What special tool?
Did a battery on a friends Zafira no issue with a 12mm socket/spanner. Granted the space is a bit tight but doable.
the new Star Wars film... ermmm WTF... i sat there thinking NOT AGAIN. they had the chance to do something new but.....
Yeah, we watched it last night. On the way home we were discussing what bits had been lifted from the previous films.
Littlepeahead
11-01-16, 10:41 AM
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A cheap and quick way to use someone elses material, to flog us something we don't want or need, but lureing us in with this seductive tune. The Barclays Bank one with the horses comes to mind.
Shows how well the advertising works as that ad is for LLoyds!
We have the best adverts in the world in the UK, some of the most creative minds work for agencies.
Go to the USA where the ads are generally along the lines of [cut to chubby bloke with tash standing in front of a load of used cars] 'Hi I'm Bob and I own Bob's car lot. Come to Bob's for the best used cars'. Followed by 4 more almost identical ads in quick succession with identikit car salesman called Brad, Bill, Brian, and Ben. They grate pretty quickly.
maviczap
11-01-16, 09:06 PM
But these ads grate on me, and if we've got the best minds in the world how come so many of our ads are of a similar theme, which isnt that dissimilar from Bobs car ads? They're all following the same formula?
maviczap
11-01-16, 09:14 PM
the new Star Wars film... ermmm WTF... i sat there thinking NOT AGAIN. they had the chance to do something new but.....
Yeah, we watched it last night. On the way home we were discussing what bits had been lifted from the previous films.
I tried my best to like it, but i couldn't. It wascok, better than the last ones, but nothing new. My youngest liked it.
You can't appreciate how good the first one was to people of our generation, the opening sequence was like nothing youd ever seen before, so anything else doesnt cut the mustard.
Littlepeahead
12-01-16, 09:51 AM
Neck pain, but not in a normal way. When I'm up and about I'm fine, about 3 hours after going to sleep I'm woken by searing pain in my neck that then gives me a terrible headache. I sit up and it goes, lie down, it comes back. Strong anti-inflammatories both in tablet form and gel nor codeine make a jot of difference. Tried 3 different types of pillow and in the end used all three and have to sleep sitting up. It's been like this for about 10 days. Lack of sleep is not making me a cheery person. So I'm going to the doc today and I bet they say 'take 2 Nurofen'.
LPH,try putting a small ice pack on the affected area,an old bloke told me years ago,sometimes cold works better than hot.My wife had terrible back pain the other week,fine when she was stood upright but getting down or up from a chair she was like a robot for 30 minutes and was treating it with Ibropofen gel and anti inflammatories to no avail,went out and got her some Deep freeze spray and was 100% better in a couple of hours,after 3 days it was gone,good luck !!!
maviczap
12-01-16, 10:32 AM
Lph go see a physio or similar, it sounds like a musclar problem. Meds will dull the pain, but not cure the problem.
TrevB's treatment is better than meds
timwilky
12-01-16, 11:26 AM
Neck pain, but not in a normal way. When I'm up and about I'm fine, about 3 hours after going to sleep I'm woken by searing pain in my neck that then gives me a terrible headache. I sit up and it goes, lie down, it comes back. Strong anti-inflammatories both in tablet form and gel nor codeine make a jot of difference. Tried 3 different types of pillow and in the end used all three and have to sleep sitting up. It's been like this for about 10 days. Lack of sleep is not making me a cheery person. So I'm going to the doc today and I bet they say 'take 2 Nurofen'.
Nice to know the voodoo doll is still working :smt019
Littlepeahead
12-01-16, 12:45 PM
Lph go see a physio or similar, it sounds like a musclar problem. Meds will dull the pain, but not cure the problem.
TrevB's treatment is better than meds
All three of my physios are away at the moment - I think one is in South Africa with England, the other is doing a TV show - probably The Jump - and the other is also abroad. Normally I'm lucky enough to just be able to pop in to see them for coffee and a quick treatment at work.
I have far more faith in them than my GP.
LPH, thats sounds like stress induced.
have you been sitting at a computer more often lately?
OA just a pain in the knees
Littlepeahead
12-01-16, 02:45 PM
Not really, in fact it started when I was off work for the holidays, so no carrying camera bags, or sitting at a desk.
congestion charge - money grabbing toerags.
Pootling along into london about 5:59 and not sure exactly where the demarkation is around aldgate ( digging up the road for stupid cycle lanes). No where on the website does it say whether you are liable for the charge for the day. But if you dont pay they will send you a fine. On top of that to get a refund they will charge you £10 admin fee. It has the hallmarks of speculative invoicing with pay up or else.
Considering I have paid just in case, it feels like Ive been shafted
Littlepeahead
13-01-16, 02:01 PM
My dinner 'date' has cancelled on my for the second night in a row after we'd spent weeks getting a day in the diary when we were both free. OK, to give him credit he did work late last night to cover the junior doctors' strike as he's a senior consultant at St Thomas's. And today he's got to fit in an additional operation on a member of the Wasps ruby team who has injured himself. But honestly, strikes and sportsmen - I've no time for them. Grrrrr.
timwilky
13-01-16, 02:03 PM
30% redundancies, but no names.... Months of worry, is my name in the hat.
Sarah taking on another flipin dog...Well cat thing what ever thing.
Red ones
13-01-16, 07:27 PM
Retards who give sod all notice of needing in depth analysis of the years finances of £8m and then go whinging to the boss for not getting their wishes fulfilled in 1 hour. They always seem to forget to tell the boss about the lack of notice bit.
Red ones
14-01-16, 08:30 PM
People who wish small children happy birthday on Facebook.
The child doesn't have a Facebook account, so how do they log in. The child can't f***ing read even if they magically logged on to their imaginary Facebook account.
And, no, when they are bl**dy old enough to have a Facebook account they either will think Facebook is like a Betamax video, or they won't be ar**d to trawl through someone else's timeline to see if they were wished a happy bl**dy birthday anyway.
Rant over.
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