View Full Version : Gripe of the day - What is yours?
garynortheast
28-03-17, 04:28 PM
I've got to get my wife a birthday present, and I don't know what to get
Box of chocolates and a good book?
a bike :) , a large bottle of fizzy french wine works in our household
maviczap
28-03-17, 05:42 PM
Box of chocolates and a good book?
a bike :) , a large bottle of fizzy french wine works in our household
Those are 'break glass in case of emergency' options :p
Sorted she's getting a shed :smt098
Sir Trev
28-03-17, 06:09 PM
The squits and vomiting, from the dog, not Lady Poppy. It's all been thoroughly cleaned and the many areas disinfected but the whole of Trev Towers stinks of it!
She's very old (again, the dog, not Lady Poppy) so we can't be too cross with her.
Red Herring
29-03-17, 03:16 AM
Box of chocolates and a good bonk?
Sounds like a plan.... :D
garynortheast
29-03-17, 06:47 AM
Sounds like a plan....
Splutter...!! :D
maviczap
29-03-17, 10:52 AM
Sounds like a plan.... :D
Splutter...!! :D
If you'd read it quickly it could have been misconstrued as bonk ;)
Red ones
29-03-17, 12:35 PM
17,531 hours of inane and relentless press and TV news coverage of Brexit negotiations.
maviczap
29-03-17, 12:58 PM
17,531 hours of inane and relentless press and TV news coverage of Brexit negotiations.
Plus adding to the fear factor by speculating on what's going to happen.
In truth who knows what's going to happen until the negotiations are done & dusted, that's my view?
Red ones
29-03-17, 02:30 PM
And probably not for another 10 years after that.
maviczap
29-03-17, 02:36 PM
Yep, and so many things can change in that time, so who knows?
Fed up with might,could,may and possibly in the papers and TV,just a load of speculation and bean counters giving their view,NO ONE knows as it's never happened before, but this will start the implosion of the EU destruction!!
maviczap
29-03-17, 07:43 PM
Fed up with might,could,may and possibly in the papers and TV,just a load of speculation and bean counters giving their view,NO ONE knows as it's never happened before, but this will start the implosion of the EU destruction!!
Exactly
timwilky
30-03-17, 02:46 PM
My new tablet.
It was shipped yesterday. Good communication, tracking number due for delivery today.
But according to ukmail. It has been sat in the local delivery centre for the past 12 hours. Since 3:45 this morning. Surely enough time for them to have put it on a van this morning. Glad I didn't have to take a day off expecting it to arrive.
maviczap
31-03-17, 09:51 AM
Online courier quotes. How can it be that yesterday I got a quote, which included Royal Mail, then using the same portal then that quote doesn't show up?
Today's quote is double :mad::confused:
Online courier quotes. How can it be that yesterday I got a quote, which included Royal Mail, then using the same portal then that quote doesn't show up?
Today's quote is double :mad::confused:
Delete your cookies, that may help
BanannaMan
31-03-17, 11:16 AM
Mobil phone updates.
Thanks to my provider my phone updated itself last night.
This morning i turn it on to find every single thing on the phone (Galaxy 7)has changed. Everything.
I need to stay at home today to figure out how to use it again.
I need to stay at home today...
that's a gripe? :eek:
That the Head of our oil and gas division here in the UK changed the 2pm finish, on Fridays, to a 4pm finish. I really must give myself a good talking to.
Littlepeahead
31-03-17, 04:21 PM
Getting half way home and realising I've left the meal I bought this morning in the fridge at work.
Breville toasties for me tonight then.
BanannaMan
31-03-17, 04:42 PM
that's a gripe? :eek:
I said 'need to' not 'going to'.
Just like getting a new phone.
I dont have the time or the desire to sit around playing on the phone so it will likely take a few weeks to get it all sorted again.
garynortheast
02-04-17, 11:47 AM
There are days which start out in promising fashion, but by mid day I find myself wishing I just hadn't bothered.
shiftin_gear98
03-04-17, 06:37 AM
Cone Fairies. ****ing lots of the blighters by the look of it this morning.
A10 - near Ware - whatever it's called viaduct.
If you are in a car - shame on you - and you're also well and truly ****ed.
If you're on a bike, then it's still a mare.
For the next 12 ****ing weeks....
For the next 12 ****ing weeks....
Is that what the signs say? :laughat:
Red ones
03-04-17, 12:31 PM
That's exactly what the signs say. I passed an illuminated sign last night that said "A10 near Ware viaduct. Cones for the next 12 f***ing weeks. "
maviczap
03-04-17, 05:15 PM
Text & email from my sister to say my mum had a fall at home and fractured her hip, not good when she's also suffering from early onset dementia :-(
2 weeks in hospital, which isn't going to help
maviczap
09-04-17, 07:19 AM
I've learnt the translation of Bistro means feck all food
SV650rules
09-04-17, 08:42 AM
I've learnt the translation of Bistro means feck all food
Very true, learnt a long time ago that the more the food costs you the less of it you get on your plate (and normally the bigger the plate as well, so it looks even less). Love it when they make a small tower of triple cooked (why couldn't they get it right first time like others do) chips so that you only get about four in total, but artistically arranged.
SV650rules
09-04-17, 08:53 AM
That's exactly what the signs say. I passed an illuminated sign last night that said "A10 near Ware viaduct. Cones for the next 12 f***ing weeks. "
Would make it a bit easier to understand them closing roads at a moments notice for months at a time if they actually bothered to put signs up telling you what they were doing (apart from closing the road because they felt like it), and why it is that a lot of time when you are negotiating the cones, temporary traffic lights and contra-flow there doesn't seem to be anybody around working - unless somebody forgot to order enough pipe or cable and they are waiting for the rest to arrive from Australia on a slow boat. There has gotta be a better way of installing services than burying them under roads (would get rid of those horrible steel manhole covers as well). We have a building site nearby and they have closed road about 4 times in last couple of months to dig the road up for different services.
I know you can go on local council website and trawl through roadworks to find what people are doing, but why bother as some of out local ones weren't even listed ?
I know you can go on local council website and trawl through roadworks to find what people are doing, but why bother as some of out local ones weren't even listed ?
Well TFL just said "ceremonial event" for the closures of half of London on Friday. No diversions, no warnings, the usual. Just police blocking the roads.
garynortheast
16-04-17, 09:18 PM
Fell through a bridge. Ouch!
DarrenSV650S
17-04-17, 04:01 PM
Another bin to add to the collection on my drive. That's 6 now
I'm tempted to get rid of the lot of them and just go to the skip with a black bag every week
Oh and they're only coming for paper/cardboard once a month now. My bin is normally full after two weeks and it's only me in the house
Littlepeahead
17-04-17, 05:38 PM
My conservatory is like a council tip there's so rubbish in there each week.
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Red ones
20-04-17, 09:50 PM
Had a meeting at work with a couple of people from another business today. Surely it is poor form for one of them to be sending text messages throughout the meeting? Especially as he put his phone down and it was obvious he was sending dirty messages to his wife.
Only yesterday he sent an email to my boss suggesting I don't take him seriously. I wonder why not.
Littlepeahead
21-04-17, 06:13 AM
That's very poor form. If I go into a meeting and for example I've got a film crew on the other side of the ground who might need to call or text I politely explain to the meeting attendees the situation and say that I may need to answer a call or send a reply. I'd step out of the room, keep it to a minimum and wouldn't be answering messages from anyone else. It's just unprofessional and rude otherwise.
I'd suggest sending a message to the guy's manager requesting that next time a meeting is arranged could he please ensure it is scheduled for a time when his employee is able to be fully in attendance and that should he have another urgent family issue that needs to be dealt with the meeting should be rearranged. That way the boss can ask his employer 'what family crisis' which will make the idiot aware you know what he was up to.
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andrewsmith
21-04-17, 06:26 AM
This!
Done it as someone was not getting their own way so started doing email's in a meeting.
The said person didn't like it when another firm threatened to pull their investment and move it to another company in the room.
Guys a grade A large male chicken
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SV650rules
21-04-17, 07:43 AM
The normal rules of what is rude have gone out of the window with mobile phones and laptops, people think it makes them look more important if they use their mobile devices during meetings, as though they are indispensable and have to be contactable 24/7 or the world will stop.
I think he wants shaking warmly by the throat in a quite room !!!
Red ones
21-04-17, 10:49 AM
Sadly the guy is the business owner so there is no manager to go to. He loves to try to put me down when he speaks to my boss.
I don't make a habit of demanding respect at work, but on this occasion I may make an exception.
Littlepeahead
21-04-17, 11:34 AM
Sadly the guy is the business owner so there is no manager to go to. He loves to try to put me down when he speaks to my boss.
I don't make a habit of demanding respect at work, but on this occasion I may make an exception.
Does he supply to you or the other way around? If he is the supplier I'd say take this up with your boss and say that if he pays that little attention in meetings then what service can you really expect from his company.
I apply the same rules when I'm out with friends. The mobile stays away unless I really have to take a call - then I apologise in advance and keep it brief. I'm sure a friend doesn't mind if I have to take a call from someone that is genuinely important, but just playing with your phone the whole time you are out with people is unacceptable. If Stuart does it when we are out for a meal he gets a right b011ocking unless it's something like on holiday and we are looking up where to go the next day!
Red ones
24-04-17, 08:30 PM
He's a tenant and pays the rent.
My gripe today though is anyone who is self righteous, arrogant and usually wrong who posts YouTube videos of other road users errors. Specifically those who use the phrase "I have a camera, it's all on camera, you're on cameraaaaaa" To which the correct response should be "Why do you have a cameraaaaaa? Does this sort of thing happen to you a lot? Or is it in a vain hope that I will choose not to slap you, you tw***?"
Really wish I hadn't let my MOT elapse this week and now can't find anywhere within a reasonable distance to get one done on a weekend. :(
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R1ffR4ff
30-04-17, 10:41 PM
Really wish I hadn't let my MOT elapse this week and now can't find anywhere within a reasonable distance to get one done on a weekend. :(
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I know how you feel.My M8 Adam who had a great little bike shop/MOT station only about half a mile down the road from me has retired and sold his shop.Next year I'll have to find somewhere new.This guy was the danglies.Built custom Harleys as a hobby and road them.Real,"Old School".Always strict but fair,no BS.When I needed the old TAX disc holder wouldn't even take a quid off me.
If I had a noise on one of my engines I couldn't figure,he'd suss it in seconds<sigh> :/
Looks like I will either have to take a day off or book it well in advance for a Saturday, or just don't forget it's about to elapse!
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R1ffR4ff
30-04-17, 11:01 PM
Looks like I will either have to take a day off or book it well in advance for a Saturday, or just don't forget it's about to elapse!
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You've got an Android phone.I use a great free Calender app called,"S-Planner" but can't find it on Google play now.I can send you the .apk if you want it.I put reminders in like a week or two before I need to do things like MOT/Insurance etc.
I use a midi music file of the,"Average White Band" ,"Pick Up The Pieces"as the ring tone<grin> :smt003
I'm also a musician so like to funk with tings :drink:
Ah yeah S planner, is that the standard Samsung calender with reminders? I use it sometimes but must get more organised
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R1ffR4ff
30-04-17, 11:08 PM
Ah yeah S planner, is that the standard Samsung calender with reminders? I use it sometimes but must get more organised
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You might be right.There's not a lot of Samsung stuff I use so I out thought myself<grin>.I strip the O/S just like on my PCs.I root my phones etc.
I've been hacking guitars and bikes for over forty years and PCs since win 3.11<BFG> I miss DOS:smt097 :)
Sir Trev
02-05-17, 06:58 PM
The weather. I picked up my new bbq on Saturday and after spending over an hour swearing at the rubbish instructions it is now built and the cast iron grill plates are properly seasoned and ready for use. Trouble is it has been flippin freezing and/or drizzling ever since...
DarrenSV650S
02-05-17, 08:48 PM
lol you're expecting a bit much in 3 days
If you get 3 BBQ's a year be grateful :)
You might be right.There's not a lot of Samsung stuff I use so I out thought myself<grin>.I strip the O/S just like on my PCs.I root my phones etc.
I've been hacking guitars and bikes for over forty years and PCs since win 3.11<BFG> I miss DOS:smt097 :)
I miss DOS too, particularly DRDOS. What I don't miss is trying to work with PDP-11. VMS was bad but PDP-11 was a nightmare. I never really got a handle on it.
timwilky
05-05-17, 08:21 AM
I miss DOS too, particularly DRDOS. What I don't miss is trying to work with PDP-11. VMS was bad but PDP-11 was a nightmare. I never really got a handle on it.
Cut my teeth on PDP-11 using RT11 to control data loggers. Spent many a happy time with VAXs, started with a 750, ended with an 8810. Company still has a 6610. I was coding in Macro32, Fortran, Basic+. but ended up running Oracle 7 with forms 3.
I am currently running 8600 emulation on simh from a bsd jail of my freenas server but struggling to get ipv6 on multinet running cleanly, lots of opcom messages regarding invalid configs, but think they cascade out of the simh rather than the 8600 emulation, will need to try my freeaxp. Although we did move to alpha it was for a small project that never took off and the machine was scrapped before I could pinch it for my own use.
God bless Ken Olson. He had vision and produced some wonderful kit in its day.
R1ffR4ff
05-05-17, 08:35 AM
I miss DOS too, particularly DRDOS. What I don't miss is trying to work with PDP-11. VMS was bad but PDP-11 was a nightmare. I never really got a handle on it.
Yeh.DRDOS got me out of a few scrapes in the old-days in win95/98 :D
My Win7 machines are boringly stable.Can't remember when I had to re-install<grin> :smt026
and even if I do I have the install on a super fast USB stick :bball:
Littlepeahead
05-05-17, 04:52 PM
On the phone waiting to speak to EE retentions department and I've had to suffer the same Ed Sheeran song 3 times.
I've got nothing against him, he seems like a decent chap, and he's ginger, but you can't get away from his music.
R1ffR4ff
05-05-17, 06:35 PM
Bloody Vivaldi's,"Four Seasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTSTGTTS :smt070:confused:
+1 for 4 seasons. When I was a claims handler I had to listen to it every time I had to call a 3rd party insurer. Several times a day. Hated the bloody thing.
shiftin_gear98
08-05-17, 06:08 PM
40,000 miles rolled by on the way to work.
BanannaMan
08-05-17, 09:45 PM
40,000 miles rolled by on the way to work.
Wow that's one heck of a commute! ;)
Red ones
08-05-17, 10:20 PM
🤣
Bloody car. Suddenly making an awful noise. I was planning on replacing it later this year, not 2 weeks before a mammoth weekend of driving. Haven't had time to save the deposit for a replacement. Looks like leasing is the answer.
Sir Trev
13-05-17, 09:28 AM
The scumbags that wreaked havoc on the NHS systems have probably stopped me having a test ride later today. The whole of the .GOV domain appears to be down including the page where you get a licence code that some dealers insist on before they let you out. Car hire companies also need them now there is no paper counterpart to the driving licence so I can imagine there are lots of unhappy people on both sides of the desk at Hertz/Alamo/etc all over the country.
If it's not back up before 1pm it will be two weeks before I have time to try again :(
Red ones
14-05-17, 07:27 AM
Developed a stye. Bloody pain and hoping it doesn't affect my vision as I'm riding and driving millions of miles in the next few weeks.
timwilky
14-05-17, 12:29 PM
The world does not revolve around the US.
I bought a 2 ring camping stove for my daughter to use with the local scouts as they have big pots but not a suitable cooker. I fitted a propane regulator to one of their burners and gave them the use of one of my 47KG bottles. (Bet they loved shifting that from my van (Yes they borrowed that too) to the kitchen tent) But they can only fit one pan on the little stove.
Well the new burner eventually arrived yesterday. Not from Ireland as stated in the ad, but China. So too late for them to take fortunately. As when I opened it the fitted regulator is US GCC1 20PSI.
I did think about ripping off the supplied regulator, But I cannot find a POL (UK) regulator of equivalent pressure. 20PS = ~1.3 Bar. I can get 1 or 2 bar. But 1 is slightly undersize and 2 is well oversize.
So I have opted to buy an adapter to convert between UK bottles and US regulators hoping that the 20PSI is optimised for the burners 8KW each.
So my gripe. When a vendor is selling into the UK. WTF can they not making their stuff UK compliant?
Red ones
14-05-17, 01:39 PM
Motorbikes
Took the front off the SV to sort the intermittent indicator. Sorted it,cleaned contacts etc put it back together. Tested fine.
Parked in the garage and the indicator didn't work.
Wasted hour.
Red ones
14-05-17, 02:04 PM
OMG. I'm a retard.
I haven't checked for a fault with the lamp.
maviczap
14-05-17, 08:49 PM
Developed a stye. Bloody pain and hoping it doesn't affect my vision as I'm riding and driving millions of miles in the next few weeks.
Pharmacist told me to rub my golden wedding ring on a stye to get rid of it. Does seem to work
andrewsmith
14-05-17, 09:15 PM
It does
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timwilky
15-05-17, 10:11 AM
Weekly BT Infinity junk mail through the letterbox.
I can only get <512K ADSL (aluminium cable 6 miles from exchange) and no Infinity. So why do they keep annoying me telling me to go Infinity when their infrastructure will not deliver.
Pharmacist told me to rub my golden wedding ring on a stye to get rid of it. Does seem to work
Better value to take it to a jeweller tho :p
My gripe is my broadband is down. Anyone else having trouble with Virgin Media?
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Red ones
17-05-17, 07:55 PM
No
Ok for some. Big outage down here and probably won't be fixed until tomorrow.
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Ours is slow as hell all the time and drops out come about 10.30 most evenings
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R1ffR4ff
17-05-17, 10:30 PM
I live in Hull.The only closed circuit telephone system in the UK,neigh Europe.All telephone/broadband providers have used this unique situation to test their equipment for years but it also meant we were held ransom to the KC Mafia.For years we could only get KC Internet.
However it wasn't all bad as for many many years we had cheaper phone calls,line rental and installation than the rest of the country.We also got ISDN and then ADSL and fibre optics before anyone else.
But then around four years ago a small independent entrepreneur started a Wi-Fi broadband called,"Pure Broadband".
http://www.purebroadband.net/
I got rid of my land-line in 2010 anyway and used those crappy USB dongles as I knew things were changing then around 2013 the Wi-Fi internet came.I have a dish on my chimney.
£15 a month,no long term contract.Fast enough to stream videos or download and watch later.50gig a month limit but for £22 a month unlimited and very very rarely off-line.
My point is check out if there are any small companies in your area offering/Starting up Independent Wi-Fi internet and dump your landline and the,"Big-Boys".
timwilky
18-05-17, 11:18 AM
When my mum was in local retirement village. she had massive problems. The complex operator only installed for Kingston Communications. When she ordered a BT line so we could install a couple of IP cameras to ensure she was alright, they discovered that the wiring was dedicated to a KC frame and no bridge was installed to enable the BT feed to get to the residents apartments. KC refused to set up ADSL, copper wiring to the apartments, no fibre. We have internet in the library, we are not putting it to the apartments attitude. In the end we had to move her to a home as we could not guarantee her safety in her own home as no way to check beyond carers visits. KC. What a joke.
The joke I have is that I have a virgin service, 300Mb that is fairly reliable. I also buy TV to 2 boxes and a useless telephone. That useless that the wiring is not even connected. I pay for it as it is cheaper to buy a telephone line package than just to buy tv and internet.
I then buy two sip lines, I have one to the office and the end of the garden and a second to the home. I then also have a 3 line sip trunk to the office Asterisk appliance. This gives me fax and tel that I advertise to work, a private office number and a general purpose office number for non work. The 3 sip line trunk cost me a fiver a month plus negligible call costs as all outgoing is on the mobile call plans. The sip lines are call costs only and probably in the region of £2/month as used for incoming.
RIP Chris Cornell
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SV650rules
18-05-17, 01:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by maviczap http://forums.sv650.org/images/ca_morpheus_gray/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=3069325#post3069325)
Pharmacist told me to rub my golden wedding ring on a stye to get rid of it. Does seem to work
Better value to take it to a jeweller tho :p
The only way to properly get rid of a wedding ring is divorce.
The only way to properly get rid of a wedding ring is divorce.
That doesn't quite work. I'm divorced. Still got the ring.
*heads off to jewellers*
Internet is still down. Probably won't be fixed until tomorrow. Stupid thing is, not everyone is affected. Seems people with the newer super hub are not affected.
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Littlepeahead
18-05-17, 07:45 PM
RIP Chris Cornell
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I heard first thing this morning when my phone started going mad. Had a really busy stressful day at work and then read on the train home that he may have hanged himself which just made me so sad I got really quite upset.
Soundgarden and Audioslave are my go to 'get up and get on with it' soundtrack. Badmotorfinger was on repeat on my New Zealand road trip and I had a Cornell compilation on my Thailand journeys. I saw Audioslave two nights running in London then got offered guest list in Manchester a day later and just jumped on a train and went because they were so good. I always had a massive crush on Chris Cornell. He was beautiful and talented, he shouldn't be dead.
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We took our two oldest kids to see Soundgarden in the Manchester Apollo a few years back. I spent my youth trying to look like Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder, my two idols.
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R1ffR4ff
18-05-17, 09:03 PM
When my mum was in local retirement village. she had massive problems. The complex operator only installed for Kingston Communications. When she ordered a BT line so we could install a couple of IP cameras to ensure she was alright, they discovered that the wiring was dedicated to a KC frame and no bridge was installed to enable the BT feed to get to the residents apartments. KC refused to set up ADSL, copper wiring to the apartments, no fibre. We have internet in the library, we are not putting it to the apartments attitude. In the end we had to move her to a home as we could not guarantee her safety in her own home as no way to check beyond carers visits. KC. What a joke.
The joke I have is that I have a virgin service, 300Mb that is fairly reliable. I also buy TV to 2 boxes and a useless telephone. That useless that the wiring is not even connected. I pay for it as it is cheaper to buy a telephone line package than just to buy tv and internet.
I then buy two sip lines, I have one to the office and the end of the garden and a second to the home. I then also have a 3 line sip trunk to the office Asterisk appliance. This gives me fax and tel that I advertise to work, a private office number and a general purpose office number for non work. The 3 sip line trunk cost me a fiver a month plus negligible call costs as all outgoing is on the mobile call plans. The sip lines are call costs only and probably in the region of £2/month as used for incoming.
Ah yes.We love the KC Mafia in Hull :nomore:
Try saying anything negative about them in the local rag and it won't get printed.I wonder who owns the most shares in it<grin> :smt019
If you don't hear from me again,you know why :smt051
timwilky
19-05-17, 07:55 AM
The joke with this one, Is that the retirement village is in Lancashire. Not Hull. The operators decided to run their own internal telephone system contracted to KC and the residents cannot get a provider of their own as all the internal wiring is to the KC frame.
Red ones
19-05-17, 08:34 AM
Here's a good gripe
My wife has to wear two hearing aids, but she has a cold this week which is making her hearing worse still. She says she can't wear the aids because of the cold. The result is we all have to shout louder than normal.
I'm in the doghouse at the moment. "Why?" I asked, and was told it's the way I speak. So I said, "Not my fault I'm shouting!"
Her response? "It's the way you shout at me"
Imagine the simple convo, "Would you like a cup of tea?" My reply is "YES" (don't add a please as I get asked what I said and then I have to explain)
This is at the top of my voice.
I've considered flash cards but don't think I'll get far with them.
R1ffR4ff
19-05-17, 09:39 AM
Here's a good gripe
My wife has to wear two hearing aids, but she has a cold this week which is making her hearing worse still. She says she can't wear the aids because of the cold. The result is we all have to shout louder than normal.
I'm in the doghouse at the moment. "Why?" I asked, and was told it's the way I speak. So I said, "Not my fault I'm shouting!"
Her response? "It's the way you shout at me"
Imagine the simple convo, "Would you like a cup of tea?" My reply is "YES" (don't add a please as I get asked what I said and then I have to explain)
This is at the top of my voice.
I've considered flash cards but don't think I'll get far with them.
"If a man is in a Forrest and his wife is not there,is he still wrong" :smt005
timwilky
19-05-17, 09:42 AM
I sympathise with her. I know I am getting a cold days before the symptoms hit when my ear canals narrow and my hearing deteriorates.
Being moaned at because the tv/radio is too loud. Being called ignorant because I didn't hear what somebody behind me, in another room etc has said. And I am the one who is accused of shouting. I was visiting one open plan office when my boss phoned me. They shoved me in a plant room as my call was disturbing everyone.
Hearing issues are horrid, nobody can see you are having problems the worse for me being you loose other peoples conversations in the background noise, so pubs, football, plant rooms etc become unpleasant venues.
But in your case you indicated the root cause on your second line with the one word Wife. She is having a miserable time and needs someone to blame. That is one of the hidden items on the marriage contract. Give her a cuddle, a mug of lemsip etc and tell her you will talk to her without shouting when she feels better and can hear again. Until then if she entitled to leave you in the dog house, so long as she throws you the occasional bone.
DarrenSV650S
19-05-17, 03:33 PM
Aprilia. What a nightmare this bike is to work on. So much stuff crammed in to the smallest space. No tank prop. Wiring tangled around other looms, connectors rubbing on metal. Barely enough room to take off the air box cover to change the filter. I was about to change the oil and filter too, but the filter is so close to the belly pan you can't get a socket type filter wrench on it. And the belly pan houses the ABS stuff so that won't be coming off.
Apparently these do the job
http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-tools/halfords-oil-filter-pliers-300mm-12
Ha ha...Didn't you have an SV!
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DarrenSV650S
19-05-17, 04:47 PM
Yeah I did. I miss its simplicity. I knew how to take apart everything on it
chris8886
19-05-17, 09:51 PM
Yeah I did. I miss its simplicity. I knew how to take apart everything on it
it was just putting it back together that was the challenge......... ;) :o:smt100 i'm sorry, but you left that door wide open! :p
DarrenSV650S
19-05-17, 10:06 PM
haha yeah tbh that is my life story. I like taking things apart to see how they work, but find it difficult putting them back together XD
chris8886
19-05-17, 10:57 PM
I like taking things apart to see how they work, but find it difficult putting them back together XD
likewise, but I do then get quite bored really quite quickly putting things back together so I just save hassle and usually pay someone to do it for me..... :(
maviczap
21-05-17, 05:37 AM
Because of all the things going on in my world I managed to forget my wedding anniversary for the first time in 23 years. I knew it was due, but it's been a busy week, so it crept up and I only knew when my wife wished me happy anniversary this morning.
Time to get off this rollercoaster and have a rest.
I forgot today was my daughters 37th birthday. Fortunately Facebook reminded me in time.
Red ones
22-05-17, 06:19 PM
Passive aggressive coworkers.
Massage him gums with your fists
Littlepeahead
22-05-17, 08:35 PM
Nicky Hayden dying. So very very sad. He was such a gentleman. Called me ma'am all day, dashed to open the door for me, happily posed for photos. He asked how I'd injured my arm, when I said I'd come off my motorbike on a road he said he didn't like taking any bike on the road, it was just too dangerous with all the cars and other hazards.
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=592&pictureid=4509
Sad news. My gripe is a learner rider filtering very fast in slow moving dual carriageway traffic. I signal to move back to lane one and I check my mirror before I move, next thing I know the bike is on me. Let him by and then see the same thing happen again a few cars up. Now I have nothing against filtering but not at that speed.
BanannaMan
22-05-17, 09:44 PM
Nicky Hayden dying. So very very sad. He was such a gentleman. Called me ma'am all day, dashed to open the door for me, happily posed for photos. He asked how I'd injured my arm, when I said I'd come off my motorbike on a road he said he didn't like taking any bike on the road, it was just too dangerous with all the cars and other hazards.
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=592&pictureid=4509
RIP Nicky Hayden.
I met Nicky and the entire Hayden family back when he raced US Superbike. (I was a reporter at the time)
I remember when he went to WSB, he would still fly in and watch his brothers (Roger Lee and Tommy) race
the final race of the year.
They were a close family and his Mom was always at the track with them.
Very sad that something like this would happen to such a nice family.
They were all so nice and never minded stopping for a picture or an interview.
Nicky was always the most talented, he was a great rider and a great person. So sad.
RIP Nicky.
SV650rules
23-05-17, 07:02 AM
Sad news. My gripe is a learner rider filtering very fast in slow moving dual carriageway traffic. I signal to move back to lane one and I check my mirror before I move, next thing I know the bike is on me. Let him by and then see the same thing happen again a few cars up. Now I have nothing against filtering but not at that speed.
Yep - some people have no sense of self-preservation, even slow filtering will get you through the queue in a short time, fast filtering will get you to A&E even quicker. Drivers have a habit of changing lanes very quickly if they think another lane is moving even 1mph faster than the one they are in, and will not expect / notice a bike coming down the white line.
timwilky
23-05-17, 07:25 AM
So for years I have been complaining about my grade. My boss and immediate director plus UK HR all agree I am incorrectly graded. But a regrade request was turned down as the UK operation was to be closed down. but in fact the whole organisation was taken over and I am still here a few more years later still incorrectly graded as grades were mapped into the new owners scheme
A couple of weeks ago I agreed to take over a new role. Meaning I had to give up all my UK responsibilities. Great my boss and I thought. Now the regrade/promotion can happen.
No. HR now say the new job I have taken on has to be advertised and I must apply for it. The line management all say it is mine. But I have been back stabbed more than once over the years. Having given over all I was previously doing. If I do not get the job. I have no job!
There used to be a system where promotion was automatic merit based. I have been on the top increment of my current grade for the past 6 years. Now you have to be promoted into a defined role. The role cannot be created for you. Grrhh HR trying to stop jobs for the boys etc.
maviczap
23-05-17, 10:48 AM
Floor tiles, next time I'll pay the fitters to remove them, although I can't see it being done again in my life time.
Stuck down with Lucifer's tile adhesive, and they split, explode and self destruct, rather than lift easily, even with an SDS tile chisel. Blessed is the sound of a hollow as these ones are the nice ones
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