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We are feeding a semi-feral cat and were trying to get it litter box trained. We kept it in overnight with the litter box. In the morning we found it had crapped on the carpet and pi$$ed on the bed - twice.
Littlepeahead
22-09-16, 01:03 PM
A migraine yesterday. So today I saw my GP and she said I should try preventative drugs so Prozac, Proprananol and Naproxen it is. I'll rattle soon.
On the upside, the first few weeks of Prozac I always wake up really early with loads of energy. Downside is it gives me weird dreams and makes me dribble in my sleep - sooooo attractive!
Downside is it gives me weird dreams and makes me dribble in my sleep - sooooo attractive!
That's what I need. Prozac. A great excuse.
carelesschucca
22-09-16, 10:30 PM
Not really a gripe but it's never good standing at the side of the road and watching a fellow biker end up flying over some stupid woman's bonnet.
Ends up he's fine and the bike wasn't too bad. Shame it was damaged in any way it had a lovely Rothmans Honda colourscheme.
Still not nice to watch it all happen...
punyXpress
23-09-16, 08:48 AM
. . at least he had an unbiased witness. ;)
maviczap
23-09-16, 10:33 AM
A migraine yesterday. So today I saw my GP and she said I should try preventative drugs so Prozac, Proprananol and Naproxen it is. I'll rattle soon.
On the upside, the first few weeks of Prozac I always wake up really early with loads of energy. Downside is it gives me weird dreams and makes me dribble in my sleep - sooooo attractive!
I'm not one for alternative meds, but if this works than its better than taking all those pills :p
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Littlepeahead
25-09-16, 06:47 PM
Still having a migraine. Yesterday I had to miss Coolgirl's fundraising yoga class. Today I drove all the way to Thorpe Park for an Org day out. Didn't even get out of the car, by the time I got there I felt so rough I just handed over the tickets and drive home. This means I have done a full circuit of the M25 then spent the rest of the day in a darkened room. What a waste.
maviczap
25-09-16, 06:58 PM
:-( :-( :-(
BanannaMan
25-09-16, 07:09 PM
Sorry to hear LPH.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Blapper
25-09-16, 08:20 PM
Argh, I feel your pain - unfortunately I am a fellow sufferer. Hope it leaves you soon.
shiftin_gear98
29-09-16, 09:05 AM
Fruit Flies - ****ing things... where do they come from!
Someone's left an apple core in the bin near my desk. Now there's thousands of the *******s!
Littlepeahead
29-09-16, 10:22 AM
Still being off work sick. This is no fun.
maviczap
30-09-16, 03:09 PM
For the last 3 years I've had the flu jab to avoid getting really ill, i usually get knocked out for a week or more.
Rang the surgery to see if they're doing this years clinics.
Receptionist goes to book me in, and asks me why i qualify, which I've not had to justify before as my GP has recommended it, and it been the case for the last 3 years.
But now i don't qualify for the jab and must go private and pay for it. WTF, i don't go to the GP at all, and this jab prevents me having to go, so whats the sense in stopping the one thing that makes me ill and having to use the doctor?
It's the old problem of preventatives being impossible to judge in terms of effectiveness.
That and budgets being cut.
maviczap
30-09-16, 03:46 PM
Yep the old budgets being cut. But then if i didn't have the jab, and got ill, how much would it cost for my treatment?
I haven't had a bad episode during the winter since having the jab.
Yep the old budgets being cut. But then if i didn't have the jab, and got ill, how much would it cost for my treatment?
I haven't had a bad episode during the winter since having the jab.
So you might have caught something and saved money with the jab, or you might not. And unfortunately it's a policy that includes a lot more people than just you.
Hence the impossible to judge bit. It's all what-ifs. You're probably right and it'll cost them more in the long run, but it's impossible to prove one way or another until it happens.
maviczap
30-09-16, 04:13 PM
I see where you're coming from. Its just frustrating, as my records would show that I always come down with some version of the flu and with an associated chest infection, hence the preventative jab every year for the last 3 years.
Guess I'll just have to get ill and book an appointment, which again won't be possible, as they're always full.
I'm not defending the decision btw. Just trying to provide some insight as I perceive it. I think if you can immunise people then it's money well spent. The costs to business and society of illnesses are immeasurable - way more than just the £££s they think they're saving.
Red ones
30-09-16, 04:42 PM
Just pay your £10 at the pharmacy and be done with it.
My gripe is the woman who keeps phoning me on my mobile phone to tell me that Virgin Media will give me some rewards all I've got to do is first off give her a whole bunch of personal information. She seems perplexed when I asked why she isn't calling me on my virgin phone.
maviczap
30-09-16, 06:43 PM
I'm not defending the decision btw. Just trying to provide some insight as I perceive it. I think if you can immunise people then it's money well spent. The costs to business and society of illnesses are immeasurable - way more than just the £££s they think they're saving.
:thumleft::thumleft:
Just pay your £10 at the pharmacy and be done with it.
£12.99 :) Going private
Red ones
30-09-16, 07:06 PM
£5 in ASDA
£7 in Lloyd's
£8 in Tesco
maviczap
30-09-16, 07:14 PM
£5 in ASDA
£7 in Lloyd's
£8 in Tesco
None of those in my town :(
yokohama
30-09-16, 07:30 PM
Should be free. Your NI contributions probably paid for production.
I seem to remember doctors complaining last year that the take up on flu jabs was well down on previous years and that there were left over vaccines that would just be binned.
maviczap
30-09-16, 07:36 PM
Should be free. Your NI contributions probably paid for production.
I seem to remember doctors complaining last year that the take up on flu jabs was well down on previous years and that there were left over vaccines that would just be binned.
Hence my gripe :mad:
yokohama
30-09-16, 07:48 PM
In complete agreement with you.
Littlepeahead
30-09-16, 08:39 PM
The last place I worked we had an outbreak of flu and people were off for several weeks. After that they gave us all the flu jab free.
When I started at MCC I suggested to the CEO that we offer the same to the staff here. He agreed, set it up, sent me 6 bottles of champagne for the idea, and now we have one day every October where we can get it done on site. If we're not in that day there's a drop in clinic in Fleet St. I always have it.
But I seem to get ill at this time every year. Maybe it's the end of the cricket season but in the last few years I've managed to get guardia and shingles. This year I think I'm just knackered and the stress of an impending heel op has caught up with me. Still, got a week walking in the New Forest starting tomorrow, as I'm having my heel bone sawn in two the week after better walk while I can! Picked up my wheelchair today so Mr LPH can push me around post op.
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andrewsmith
30-09-16, 09:51 PM
Being lied to by new employers and now being out of work again
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Mrs DJ Fridge
01-10-16, 12:33 AM
My leg still hurting after being kicked by youngest's horse before dressage in July. Fed up with it now.
yokohama
01-10-16, 11:03 AM
Insurance companies refusing to take my money!!
I'm going abroad for a while, insurance expires while I'm away and I want to renew now. I don't want to rely on the auto renew as it's usually grossly inflated. My insurer and others won't cover me; they will only quote 28 days (or less) in advance.
Littlepeahead
01-10-16, 09:38 PM
My car deciding to break down as I was pulling out of my road to go on holiday. Just left it on the drive and rented one for the week. Now driving a Vauxhall Insignia. It's ok I guess, the bucket seats are not that comfy, it's got no memory seats or parking sensors, I am required to switch the wipers on when it rains and the road noise on it is awful. But it got me to Hampshire.
Mav, my wife works in co op pharmacy, says its £9.99
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maviczap
02-10-16, 07:10 AM
Ok, I'll see if my local one does the jab. It's not worth my while for time and petrol to go into Ipswich to get it done, if I can get it done in Felixstowe
Red ones
02-10-16, 08:13 AM
We argued for it to be paid by the business a few years ago. Corporate jabs are £8 in Boots and are cheaper than the risk of even only a couple of us being off with flu.
Wife says most local pharmacies will do it. She works in Felixstowe.
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maviczap
02-10-16, 08:03 PM
Ok, I'll go ask at the co-op pharmacy
spreading ignorance is no excuse .. just read up and overcome your own rather than using it as an excuse for others.
:smt075
Red ones
03-10-16, 09:09 PM
Day one of launching a whole new bunch of systems and working practices. By 10am we already had someone trying to prove how they won't work - not bad- they give the systems almost an hour to bed in. Then I found they started planning the failure the day before.
andrewsmith
04-10-16, 06:08 AM
Day one of launching a whole new bunch of systems and working practices. By 10am we already had someone trying to prove how they won't work - not bad- they give the systems almost an hour to bed in. Then I found they started planning the failure the day before.
Can you prove what they did?
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Red ones
04-10-16, 01:52 PM
Yes, bit of course it wasn't their fault. The instructions weren't clear. Tosh!
And today's gripe. Office moaners.
They got to me so i decided to leave early before I exploded.
"Someone else has moved their desk" "the fridge has moved" "my computer won't work but it's not my job to phone IT" and the best of the lot (considering I'm the client and this was said by the contract manager of the successful contractor) "this contract will never work" (said repeatedly)
shiftin_gear98
05-10-16, 06:13 AM
Woke up this morning with man flu - ie a cold. At the feel like **** stage. Don't think I've miss shifted as many times in my life. Bed is calling but at work now. Gonna be a long day. Burger.
maviczap
05-10-16, 07:28 AM
There's one going round, I'm sitting in a van next to one of my team, who has a cold. Given to him by one of my other team members who came in at the weekend with a cold.
That's because we have a sicknesses policy that makes people come in when they are sick.
Another team member also has symptoms!
Red ones
05-10-16, 09:34 AM
Sound like the sickness policy is working well.
Yet another puncture! 3rd one in about 6 months now, really rotten luck!
Luckily, I have a PR4 in the garage ready to go on, so it's not quite as bad as it could have been
timwilky
06-10-16, 02:04 PM
Ignorant sod. I don't know or care who he is, that takes exception to my dog barking at him whilst he is stood outside my house and starts shouting obscenities at the dog. As if the poor little rat understands "Shut the f*** up". and besides which he only takes instructions from me (and very rarely actually follows them out)
He is doing his job. Stranger! Alert. End of. I have talked with all my immediate neighbours, 2 of which have in the past been victims of burglary. All agree he is a pain in the **** at times. But would rather he barks at strangers than wag his tail.
I live in a small cul de sac. It is a road to no where, with no paths off etc. Nobody could justifiably claim that they are simply passing by. They need to be visiting a resident. So we see very few "strangers" and he reacts accordingly.
Sir Trev
06-10-16, 02:30 PM
Ignorant sod. I don't know or care who he is, that takes exception to my dog barking at him whilst he is stood outside my house and starts shouting obscenities at the dog. As if the poor little rat understands "Shut the f*** up". and besides which he only takes instructions from me (and very rarely actually follows them out)
He is doing his job. Stranger! Alert. End of. I have talked with all my immediate neighbours, 2 of which have in the past been victims of burglary. All agree he is a pain in the **** at times. But would rather he barks at strangers than wag his tail.
I live in a small cul de sac. It is a road to no where, with no paths off etc. Nobody could justifiably claim that they are simply passing by. They need to be visiting a resident. So we see very few "strangers" and he reacts accordingly.
As you say, the little chap is doing his job quite correctly. If this oddball is hanging about with no good reason sounds like a good time to report him to the Rozzers - they're unlikely to be able to do anything if there is no crime being committed but you will have a record of it should you need to report him/similar in the near future. Repeat oddballs shows a possible pattern and is a little more likely to get a response from the boys in blue.
timwilky
06-10-16, 02:46 PM
A few years ago I was having a lazy day and still in bed when the wife walks in to say some one is behaving strange. They have been to the house over the road with the 4 rotties, talked to the old lady and left, but gone up another neighbours drive.
I obviously didn't see anything, but armed with the wifes description get dressed and walk up the neighbours drive to the fence for the rear garden and cannot see anything and leave.
How embarrassed am I a few hours later when the police are outside the neighbours and it turns out they have been burgled. I had drawn the line at not going into my neighbours rear garden from their drive at which point I would have seen the forced patio doors and been able to stop the burglar. We were at least able to give descriptions. Pity the old lady with the rotties had not let them loose.
Lesson learned and all neighbours agree. Any suspicions. You are quite welcome on our properties.
DarrenSV650S
06-10-16, 02:51 PM
There's a lane behind my house and the first time I walked down it a dog barked really loud at me from behind a garden fence. I had no idea it was there. It gave me such a fright my natural reaction was to say "shut the f up"
Think about it from their point of view Tim. The guy probably sht himself
Red ones
06-10-16, 09:29 PM
People who swim breaststroke with a screw kick.
phi-dan
07-10-16, 07:34 PM
Colleagues that call you at home time and ask if xyz system is fixed yet. No, because you didn't tell me it was broken in the first place.
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maviczap
13-10-16, 09:14 AM
Despite my flu jab not hurting at all when the needle went in yesterday, it has been aching like a ******* all night. So much so I got up at 03:50, because I couldn't get back to sleep & I was hungry.
No pain, no gain, but fed up with it aching so.
Littlepeahead
13-10-16, 10:59 AM
I've got 2 weeks of injecting Clexane to prevent blood clots. It always hurts when the needle goes in and then stings like mad for about half an hour before coming up in a bruise. I have to inject in a different part of my tummy each day. I'll be like a dart board by next Friday.
you can tell it was private. The NHS haven't heard of preventative maintenance.
punyXpress
13-10-16, 11:09 AM
. . they just put wafarin in your porridge ?
maviczap
13-10-16, 11:34 AM
I've got 2 weeks of injecting Clexane to prevent blood clots. It always hurts when the needle goes in and then stings like mad for about half an hour before coming up in a bruise. I have to inject in a different part of my tummy each day. I'll be like a dart board by next Friday.
Ochio!
Funnily enough I don't have a bruise this year.
Last year I was virtually stabbed with the needle. I'm sure my hurtio comes from my body fighting the new strain of flu they've given me
BanannaMan
14-10-16, 02:21 AM
I've got 2 weeks of injecting Clexane to prevent blood clots. It always hurts when the needle goes in and then stings like mad for about half an hour before coming up in a bruise. I have to inject in a different part of my tummy each day. I'll be like a dart board by next Friday.
Been there. You have my deepest sympathy. :(
I had those for some 200+ days in row.
Took the last one in January of this year. Still have the bruises today.
The lower part of the belly seems to be less painful in terms of bruising.
The stinging is the same.
However if you have any type pain meds take them a few mins before the injection and that can reduce the stinging down to as low as 5 mins. depending..
Littlepeahead
15-10-16, 09:19 PM
For some reason it seems to hurt more on the left than the right side.
I've decided to come off codeine. I was only taking a quarter of what I'd been prescribed anyway. They tried to give me Tramadol too and I said no to that as well.
So instead I've just had a couple of man up pills today, also known as paracetamol, and taken my wheelchair to Waitrose to buy cheese and nice ginger beer. The crutches are hard work, the left one presses on my elbow scar tissue which is still very sore even 8 years later.
Spent the evening watching old episodes of House series 3. Now that's enough to put anyone off getting hooked on opiates!
Mrs DJ Fridge
16-10-16, 10:46 PM
Eldest, he is welded to the sofa, it makes me so angry that he is wasting his life.
Littlepeahead
17-10-16, 05:45 AM
Eldest, he is welded to the sofa, it makes me so angry that he is wasting his life.
I'm not able to leave my sofa or bed right now and it's driving me mad. I've been watching TV, listening to podcasts and Radio 4 all weekend but I'm still going bonkers with boredom. Today I'll be getting my laptop out and doing as much work as I can as I don't feel I should be taking two weeks sick leave even though my boss said I'm quite entitled to it.
Send your son round to mine, he can put away the laundry, tidy the garden, empty the dishwasher, clean the cat litter tray and vacuum the house - all the stuff I can't manage right now! Faced with that lot he might fancy getting a career. [emoji3]
maviczap
17-10-16, 10:19 AM
My new postman who pre prepares the 'I tried to deliver your package' card.
Me and my wife were both in & downstairs when he put it through the door with 2 other letters. No knock or ring of the doorbell.
Sir Trev
17-10-16, 12:18 PM
Recruiters from big reputable companies who tantalise you with a great sounding role nearly a week ago and then never answer their phone. Where are they today then: at a client again, in a meeting, on a training session, on another line? Fine, I'll leave another message requesting a callback that will be ignored like the last two. Been between contracts now for a month and I'm getting seriously bored.
Think yourself lucky Trev. When I was contracting, I twice went a year between contracts. You get new hobbies.
Littlepeahead
17-10-16, 05:02 PM
Recruiters from big reputable companies who tantalise you with a great sounding role nearly a week ago and then never answer their phone. Where are they today then: at a client again, in a meeting, on a training session, on another line? Fine, I'll leave another message requesting a callback that will be ignored like the last two. Been between contracts now for a month and I'm getting seriously bored.
How much do you charge for cooking and emptying dishwashers? See my earlier post.
Littlepeahead
17-10-16, 06:24 PM
Phil Collins coming out of retirement. Surely there should be a law against it.
DarrenSV650S
17-10-16, 06:33 PM
Virgin media increasing my contract amount, 3 months in to a 12 month contract to a higher price than they are advertising the same package for. Surely a contract should be unchangeable by both parties
Red ones
17-10-16, 06:39 PM
Virgin media increasing my contract amount, 3 months in to a 12 month contract to a higher price than they are advertising the same package for. Surely a contract should be unchangeable by both parties
I thought you get a break clause if that happens.
DarrenSV650S
17-10-16, 08:36 PM
I thought you get a break clause if that happens.
To be honest there isn't another provider I could go to who is cheaper. They shouldn't be able to just up the price to whatever they want though
Red ones
18-10-16, 07:21 AM
People at work who expect you to continue using software on the basis of "it used to be the best software for the job"
Handing out memos and faxing documents used to be the best too. Please let us use the best software and apps.
timwilky
18-10-16, 09:24 AM
People at work demanding the latest tech.
We have over 100,000 employees worldwide. Allowing one part of the organisation to change tools can render the processes in another part incompatible. Therefore we co-ordinate and move when all are capable of using a tool.
Good examples are we need to use certified hardware platforms for engineering tools. Latest workstation hardware requires new OS versions not certified for the applications. But if we upgrade the application for a batch of 10 new workstations over 4000 users need their apps upgrading in order to be compatible with their peers. But their existing hardware is not certified by the app providers so we have to give them an unbudgeted upgrade. Ain't going to happen. So recycle old hardware to the 10 who need workstations.
But, we do plan huge role outs and everyone moves. and those with incompatible platforms are upgraded. But not simply because a few want the latest wizz bang.
Luckypants
18-10-16, 09:31 AM
Phil Collins coming out of retirement. Surely there should be a law against it.Does he have another divorce to fund? :smt016
To be honest there isn't another provider I could go to who is cheaper. They shouldn't be able to just up the price to whatever they want though
i'm buying a KODI box to see how it goes with Mrs B. if its not too confusing for her then i'll be dumping the TV package at the end of my contract.
if the KODI box is not suitable i'll be getting freeview and still dumping the TV package. Mrs B only watches a few TV stations and i watch on occasion about two as the rest of the time i'm watching films.
if it were not for Virgin having the best broadband i would dump them completely.
Timwilky,sorry mate didn't understand one word of it,but it does sound annoying !!!
maviczap
18-10-16, 05:04 PM
Virgin media increasing my contract amount, 3 months in to a 12 month contract to a higher price than they are advertising the same package for. Surely a contract should be unchangeable by both parties
i'm buying a KODI box to see how it goes with Mrs B. if its not too confusing for her then i'll be dumping the TV package at the end of my contract.
if the KODI box is not suitable i'll be getting freeview and still dumping the TV package. Mrs B only watches a few TV stations and i watch on occasion about two as the rest of the time i'm watching films.
if it were not for Virgin having the best broadband i would dump them completely.
You have my sympathy Darren, its a pity you cant change providers.
As I'm looking after my mum's finances and banking, I've seen how much she's paying Virgin for tv, phone and broadband. Last bill was £116 for a month, and i don't think she has any of the tv packages. which is scandalous for a pensioner to pay, she's paying more than i do to Sky!
Virgin know what you watch, and i know my mum doesn't watch movies or sports
So next week they'll be getting a cancellation call, mum will use freeview or freesat, and a change in phone and broadband provider.
DarrenSV650S
18-10-16, 06:02 PM
i'm buying a KODI box to see how it goes with Mrs B. if its not too confusing for her then i'll be dumping the TV package at the end of my contract.
if the KODI box is not suitable i'll be getting freeview and still dumping the TV package. Mrs B only watches a few TV stations and i watch on occasion about two as the rest of the time i'm watching films.
if it were not for Virgin having the best broadband i would dump them completely.
I've only got Virgin for broadband. Sky for tv. I'm really not a fan of online tv. Too much quality variation and reliability issues.
You have my sympathy Darren, its a pity you cant change providers.
As I'm looking after my mum's finances and banking, I've seen how much she's paying Virgin for tv, phone and broadband. Last bill was £116 for a month, and i don't think she has any of the tv packages. which is scandalous for a pensioner to pay, she's paying more than i do to Sky!
Virgin know what you watch, and i know my mum doesn't watch movies or sports
So next week they'll be getting a cancellation call, mum will use freeview or freesat, and a change in phone and broadband provider.
Wow that's a lot. I don't have a phone line or any sport channels
DarrenSV650S
18-10-16, 06:06 PM
Bibs do you use the virgin hub? I had mine replaced because it kept losing connection and restarting. The new one has done it a couple of times. Oh and the UI is painfully slow to load!
my entertainments and telecommunications consist of virgin 100mb and med TV £57, Lovefilm £8 and Vonage (VOIP) £7 which is £72 a month for all three. with Vonage its free calls to landlines which includes a whole host of country's and mobiles are 5p min. Lovefilm is two discs at at a time which gets me 4 films a week if my timing is right, i dont download or stream films as the quality is shizz. my mobile costs me ermm practically fek all (£10 every 3-5 months).
i dont have a traditional landline. i have been with Vonage (originally Freecall) for around 13 years and never had a problem apart from when the broadband goes down which is about once a year if that. its exactly like using a landline.
when i go freeview i'll dump the Virgin TV and save £20 a month.
We have a Kodi box in Turkey. Our internet connection is quite good and we have an excellent router but there are problems watching TV via Kodi. Constant breaks while the box buffers and picture breaking up on some channels.
Bibs do you use the virgin hub? I had mine replaced because it kept losing connection and restarting. The new one has done it a couple of times. Oh and the UI is painfully slow to load!
if your on about their wireless router then yes and i have never had a problem with it but i do have a degree in networking.. lol
why are you using a the UI?
DarrenSV650S
18-10-16, 06:31 PM
Well when it kept losing connection I was using it a lot. But just trying to load up the main page there and it thought about it for a few seconds then displayed a blank page. It's just slow at loading each setting page. I just don't understand how it can take more than a few milliseconds when I am hard wired to it. Eventually when I get this placed wired up with network cables I will be putting it in modem mode and using my own router
clear your cookies and history on your comp. also use the ip addy not address. if you have wireless on your comp make sure its disabled as it will sometimes jump to using that rather than lan.
even using wireless the page loads super fast with me.
oohhh and turn that shizz WPS off there is no need for it.
Red ones
18-10-16, 06:50 PM
I have VM 150meg something connection. Stream stuff upstairs via Kindle Fire stick thingy and have no buffering issues, but...
I better everything else off the VM wireless connection and use an Apple AirPort for everything else. I found connection reliability improved dramatically.
I have VM 150meg something connection. Stream stuff upstairs via Kindle Fire stick thingy and have no buffering issues, but...
I better everything else off the VM wireless connection and use an Apple AirPort for everything else. I found connection reliability improved dramatically.
yup.. you cant expect a single hub to do a whole house. find the dead spots and put a repeater/access point there. those plug in ones are superb (you can also set them up as a NAS) for easy install. best are wired with power over ethernet. homeplug are pretty darn good as well but can cause issues with expensive hifi as i found out. TBH most people will be just dandy with homeplug and they are silly easy to use.
Littlepeahead
19-10-16, 12:55 PM
I asked Stu to pop into the beauty salon to grab me a price list as I want to treat my mum to a manicure. I waited in the car.
He was gone for ages.
When he gets back he's been chatting to a couple of the therapists and managed to get himself a course of facials at a discount, and a massage as this salon needs bodies for training purposes.
Last time he popped in they gave him 4 free sessions of reflexology.
He's way too metrosexual.
And he forgot to pick up a price list!
Littlepeahead
19-10-16, 10:06 PM
Am I allowed 2 gripes today?
Selasi got voted off bake off. He's a biker baker. Though I've no idea how he transports the cakes to work on his Ducati as I have enough trouble getting mine anywhere on a GS with a top box.
Red ones
22-10-16, 04:44 PM
The car is due it's MOT this week.
Airbag warning light came on today. Typical!
dirtydog
22-10-16, 08:27 PM
Having to change an outside tap without turning the water off, I got a little wet!
Littlepeahead
22-10-16, 10:43 PM
Having to change an outside tap without turning the water off, I got a little wet!
You could have posted pics to give the rest of us a laugh
Having to change an outside tap without turning the water off, I got a little wet!
Had to do this inside a couple of years ago. Fortunately the kitchen was completely stripped out and the water pressure is rubbish. The stop tap didn't stop.
carelesschucca
24-10-16, 10:25 AM
Hmm thanks guys... This has just reminded me I need to go and switch the outside tap off under the sink..
Previous owners hadn't bothered one year and left it so it leaked in the cavity once the frost got too it... What made it even better is the idiots got the wall fixed but not the blooming pipe inside.
maviczap
24-10-16, 10:33 AM
Turn the house water off at the mains supply by the meter?
I don't know where the stop **** is for it, the main one for the house doesn't stop the supply in the loo, so I had to turn it off at the mains to work on the outside tap, as the isolating valve in the pipe doesn't work
Took bike in for 4000 mile service at suzuki dealership in Valencia; collect bike and gearbox feels clunky, engine feels heavy. Park up to check oil level and yup they've overfilled it. Gonna go back there and get them to remove some oil....
Turn the house water off at the mains supply by the meter?
There is no meter. Our outside stop tap is in our neighbours garden and was buried, so I unburied it and turned that off. However our other neighbour is on a shared supply with us. Either that tap is broken as well or water was backfeeding from somewhere because after trying to drain the pipes, after well over 100L I gave up and resolved to get wet while fitting another stop tap inline with the old one.
The whole street has a water supply arrangement best described as "comedy".
maviczap
29-10-16, 07:42 PM
Trying to figure out if I've got to pay tax on my pension contributions/savings, just going round & round in circles on various Gov websites.
Don't think its helped by not having a pension statement for the year ending March 2015 when the rules changed.
Its all mumbo jumbo.
Red ones
29-10-16, 09:18 PM
Trying to figure out if I've got to pay tax on my pension contributions/savings, just going round & round in circles on various Gov websites.
Don't think its helped by not having a pension statement for the year ending March 2015 when the rules changed.
Its all mumbo jumbo.
Phone them, it's so much easier.
Normally you get 20% rebate paid back automatically but have to claim the extra if youre a higher rate tax payer.
I have the same conversation every year with them
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carelesschucca
30-10-16, 07:24 AM
I'd guess no maviczap, but this year's calculations are a complete pita... To get a Pension increase tax charge you need to have breached in this year by a huge amount to not have enough carryover from previous years to balance it off. For the 3,500 people we check I'd say we get maybe 20/25 breaches.
M11 this morning at 0630 - I went past one, yes one car which had its fog lights on, seeing as there was probably 50-100m visibility at the time it would have been more comforting to see a few more.
Ironically, once I got onto the North Circular there were a lot more cars using their fogs, but the visibility was much improved to the point of almost not needing them!
Sir Trev
30-10-16, 12:35 PM
This, taken out of the offside front of my Focus this morning by the guys at Kwik Fit.
http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/Sir_Trev/IMG_4515_zpsurziudmw.jpg (http://s1210.photobucket.com/user/Sir_Trev/media/IMG_4515_zpsurziudmw.jpg.html)
The macro closeup does not help you know it is a one inch self-tapper that had only just penetrated the tread layer.
Shows the importance of checking your pressures regularly - I noticed a decrease when I did my normal Sunday morning lookround and when I felt round the tyre sure enough there it was. Luckily (ish) I was down to just over 2mm on the fronts so decided to just replace them. One of the two Kwik Fits in Wycombe had the Michelins I wanted on the shelf so off I went.
!!WARNING!! Kwik Fit and doubtless other fasfit places know you may be desperate and/or in a fix in situations like this and their walk-in price for the same tyre was £40 quid more, each! The four wheel alignment was also violently expensive. Whenever you can use a pre-book or pay online option with these guys.
Now if you'll excuse me I think my wallet needs to go for a lie down in a dark quiet room...
DarrenSV650S
31-10-16, 08:20 PM
I got a new fan belt fitted to the car on Friday and the new one is now squeaking even more than the old one! My neighbours are gonna hate me. I was already the d**k with the loud bike, now I'm also the d**k with the PoS squeaky car
Littlepeahead
31-10-16, 08:23 PM
Are you sure it's the car and not your knee joints?
DarrenSV650S
31-10-16, 08:24 PM
They're really more of a distant cement mixer type of sound
BanannaMan
02-11-16, 02:53 AM
American politics.
Each day we sink to an embarrassingly new low.
Both candidates are carp.
The Russians are trying to influence the elections.
The FBI is trying to influence the elections.
Everyday i hear people i thought were normal now speaking as if they were Nazi's, consumed with hate.
Nationalism could easily get out of control here.
There is a real threat that the elections may throw the entire country into violence and civil unrest.
Because i do not discuss politics at work was taken aside by the boss today and asked what party
I would be supporting in the elections.
He wanted to "make sure I was on the right side".
I had to lie. I need the job worse than I need to be right.
I wonder to myself if that's how it started in Germany. :(
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