View Full Version : Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Adam Ef
07-04-19, 04:48 PM
Dangerous pages these. It's the sort of thing that encourages vigilantes to do their own thing
That page was made and posted by a vigilante group in Bristol who are already trying to take action. A crap situation, but they felt after a year or so of no action that they needed to take matters into their own hands. There's quite a large group of people active in Bristol trying to combat it. Not sure how they go about it, but I think they are now working with the Police.
Adam Ef
07-04-19, 04:51 PM
PS - any of the little angels on that list could probably sue you for defamation of character for posting the document LOL
It's not my page... I'd never have time or incilination to go to the efforts to collate all that!
+ Little Angels is exactly what the relatives of one who died on a stolen bike called him at the memorial they set up for him in the street where he crashed. Although she spelt it Angle instead of Angel. The memorial then got set fire to and the biykerrtakrrz gang families raised hell about how disrespectful that was... which raised a few interesting questions.
Adam Ef
07-04-19, 04:53 PM
I do recognise one of the faces in that document though as a kid who tried to attack me for being in his way on his stolen motorbike on the Railway Path when I was cycling home a couple of years back.
timwilky
09-04-19, 09:36 AM
My daughter and her bloke live in a terrace house probably 120 years old and she is persuading him to refurb. He has owned it for 12 years, moved in last year and done nothing with it since he bought it.
In other words.... Dad can you.
So last night I measure up for the new skirting in the front bedroom. Width 4.04m. length 4.32m. No problem I will buy 5.4m lengths so no horrid joints.
Something at the back of my mind kept me awake half the night.
OK the radiator will need to come off.
OK I will need to splice a bit of wood into the door frame where someone has split it trying to hang a door .
Then I realise. The stairs run across the back of the front room. Bricked in. So doorway followed by 90 degree turn. NFC of anything longer than 2m getting round that. It is all going to have to come in through the bedroom window. Need to now check the bugger will open sufficiently. He wont be happy if ought breaks.
Luckypants
09-04-19, 01:12 PM
He wont be happy if ought breaks.Tell him to it himself if he's so picky then. Simples.
zsv650s
09-04-19, 01:27 PM
Tell him to it himself if he's so picky then. Simples.
If he's not asked for it too be done then I can see where he's coming from.
Adam Ef
10-04-19, 12:22 PM
Drift Ghost X camera. Only a few months old. Turned off when the battery ran out and now won't turn on with either of the fully charged batteries I have. Drift customer service is very.... very .... slow... to respond.
zsv650s
10-04-19, 12:27 PM
Drift Ghost X camera. Only a few months old. Turned off when the battery ran out and now won't turn on with either of the fully charged batteries I have. Drift customer service is very.... very .... slow... to respond.
Bit crap was looking at those will steer clear if they don't sort you out.
New carpet fitted today. Fitters turn up late and then chip all my new paintwork.
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Sir Trev
10-04-19, 06:25 PM
New carpet fitted today. Fitters turn up late and then chip all my new paintwork.
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Check the carpeted area carefully. When we had a new sitting room carpet put down last year the fitters left a pen underneath it... Carpetright was not pleased with them when we grumbled and I dare say they were not pleased as they were not going to get paid to come and retrieve and make good again. Muppets.
Adam Ef
10-04-19, 09:04 PM
Bit crap was looking at those will steer clear if they don't sort you out.
I've been pleased with it in the few months I've had it and it's been working. The best bit for me was the battery life. I've had easily 5 hours out of the normal battery and have the larger capacity too, though rarely need it. It only records 1080, but I don't have huge computer space to store large files anyway. Car DVR loop mode works well recording 10 minute segments for use like a dashcam.
All useless though if it just won't turn on. I've had one reply from customer services that just told me to try all the things I've already done (reset button, take sd card out, other battery etc). I replied telling them I've tried all that and haven't heard anything back for the last two days. Got a feeling it's going to be a very drawn out process at this rate. Annoying as I have the return trip back from Cornwall tomorrow and was hoping to get a bit of footage.
Luckypants
11-04-19, 02:16 PM
Perennial problem, bally insurance companies!! Car insurance renewal time (2 cars on a multi-car) was £678. A few searches later and I have a quote for £482.... I then ring Admiral about my renewal and within 5 minutes they knocked £134 off my renewal. FFS! Just give me your best price first time!! why do we have to do the dance every year?
Perennial problem, bally insurance companies!! Car insurance renewal time (2 cars on a multi-car) was £678. A few searches later and I have a quote for £482.... I then ring Admiral about my renewal and within 5 minutes they knocked £134 off my renewal. FFS! Just give me your best price first time!! why do we have to do the dance every year?I know it was a rhetorical question but most people just won't bother to dance and I've been guilty of that in the past.
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maviczap
11-04-19, 03:12 PM
Isn't this something the Government is trying to stop, only given the best price to new customers, and not rewarding loyal customers until they decide to change?
I'm guilty of this with my motorbike insurance, but its only £120, although I was going to check this years renewal, but didn't get round to it.
I've got to do it with Sky, because they don't reward loyal customers
Isn't this something the Government is trying to stop, only given the best price to new customers, and not rewarding loyal customers until they decide to change?
I'm guilty of this with my motorbike insurance, but its only £120, although I was going to check this years renewal, but didn't get round to it.
I've got to do it with Sky, because they don't reward loyal customersI'm much more proactive these days, but then I've got more time to do the research.
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Paper straws. I know we are trying to cut down on plastic but it's just not the same.
Adam Ef
19-04-19, 09:10 AM
Paper straws. I know we are trying to cut down on plastic but it's just not the same.
Plastic straws are very easy to wash through and reuse too.
daktulos
19-04-19, 09:26 AM
After moving office, we're now using VegWare compostable cutlery, rather than metal. The problem is, the on-site composter can't take them, so they're just going to landfill where they'll last an estimated thousand years.
Adam Ef
19-04-19, 12:56 PM
I used to work for a conference company setting up AV equipment, PAs, microphones and projectors for energy conservation conferences. They often used to hire us to travel from Bristol to London in a LWB van to collect all the kit and then drive to Edinburgh or York fully loaded to set up. Then take down the next day and do the journey in reverse. Not sure why they never hired local companies.
The conferences themsleves were lavish affairs with lots of waste (eg if a bottle of sparkling water was opened for just one glass to be drunk the rest was poured away. At the end of each conference most tables had two types of water and three types of squash opened with just an inch or two missing from the top. They must have thrown away a lot of bottled water and fruit squash.) Food from lunches was thrown despite me asking if I could take some home to have when I got in late... health and safety, it wasn't allowed. One went as far as to tell me that the asparagus quiche would be thrown or fed to the deer they had in the grounds of the hotel. We didn't ask about the fruit squash and just smuggled it out in our backpacks as it seemed so wasteful. Another guy in my shared house worked with me at the time and between us we developed a pretty impressive stash of bottles of squash in our kitchen.
The biggest irony was that all delegates were trying their best by using solar powered calculators, but they didn't work in the dimly lit rooms. So we always had to turn lights on and open blinds, then ramp up the brightness on the projectors so they could be seen. That kind of summed up the whole farce for me.
Littlepeahead
21-04-19, 09:02 PM
Sri Lanka. A country I love and where I have friends. I'm so sad and angry to see the violence inflicted on this beautiful country and people.
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Adam Ef
21-04-19, 09:26 PM
Looking at my dead Drift Ghost X camera again. I was hoping if I left it a while it would magically come back to life. It hasn't. And I've had no reply in two weeks beyond the initial cut'n'paste response from Drift. I don't think they'll be geting back to me. The more I try to find out what's wrong with it the more it just leads to lots of stories of similar problems of their cameras just dying for no reason. £130 plus the extras I've invested in down the drain. Not impressed with Drift at all.
Edit: Minor grip I know compared to the horrors of the world (as LPH mentioned above) that people are going through.
people who expect you to read their minds and then suggest its your fault for not understanding why situations unfold. Logic dictates every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately, they insist on bringing you down to their level and beat you with their stupidity :)
maviczap
24-04-19, 12:05 PM
As usual, after travelling in a confined space with other humans, I've managed to pick up a bug. Probably on the outward flight last week, when another human was coughing & spluttering away.
Not so bad its laid me up in bed, but enough to make me feel crap on the last day before the weather turns carp again. Plus I have to go into work & give a presentation, so I'm not at my best
SV650rules
24-04-19, 04:05 PM
As usual, after travelling in a confined space with other humans, I've managed to pick up a bug. Probably on the outward flight last week, when another human was coughing & spluttering away.
Not so bad its laid me up in bed, but enough to make me feel crap on the last day before the weather turns carp again. Plus I have to go into work & give a presentation, so I'm not at my best
When you find out how many times the air is passed around the cabin in an aircraft it scares the living daylights out of you - very little fresh air makes its way into the cabin during a flight, and your have to worry about engine fumes as well - and the cabin air gets very dry, which drys your mucus membranes ( sinus etc) and leaves you well open to be the host / venue of a bug party... I used to regularly fly Sydney - LA or SF and than on to East coast ( business ) 14 hours non-stop and then change planes for another 5 or 6 hours - I used to pick up all sorts of maladies even though I drank all the water I could get my hands on... Ah, happy days ( bl*0dy glad I don't do travel like that any more :p ).
maviczap
24-04-19, 04:10 PM
When you find out how many times the air is passed around the cabin in an aircraft it scares the living daylights out of you - very little fresh air makes its way into the cabin during a flight, and your have to worry about engine fumes as well - and the cabin air gets very dry, which drys your mucus membranes ( sinus etc) and leaves you well open to be the host / venue of a bug party... I used to regularly fly Sydney - LA or SF and than on to East coast ( business ) 14 hours non-stop and then change planes for another 5 or 6 hours - I used to pick up all sorts of maladies even though I drank all the water I could get my hands on... Ah, happy days ( bl*0dy glad I don't do travel like that any more :p ).
Indeed, same for me when I travel on the Euro Star, I always pick up :( some bug
SV650rules
24-04-19, 05:50 PM
The latest roadside plant in our area is oilseed Rape ( Canola ) - every road I have driven along in the last week or so is lined with the blooming ( LOL ) things, originally seeds dropping off tractors to start with then every time the weeds flower traffic blows the seeds along the road. Pretty soon every road in the UK will be lined with the yellow weeds. The more yellow fields I see the worse my hayfever seems to get....
Yep, it's becoming very noticeable round here too. This year there seems to be much more along the roads than I ever remember.
punyXpress
25-04-19, 10:14 AM
. . . and the oil produced by vehicles crushing the seeds makes an ideal lubricant for the Queen's Highway ! :mad:
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 04:24 PM
Just found out what it's like when your chain snaps the wrong side of 70 mph. Thankfully I still have both feet.
SV650rules
25-04-19, 04:34 PM
Just found out what it's like when your chain snaps the wrong side of 70 mph. Thankfully I still have both feet.
Nasty, how old was the chain ?
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 04:37 PM
Less than a year. Fitted 12th October.
garynortheast
25-04-19, 05:49 PM
Just found out what it's like when your chain snaps the wrong side of 70 mph. Thankfully I still have both feet.
Sh!t!! That must have been a bit of a brown trouser moment there Martin! No other damage to you or the bike I hope?
Chris_SVS
25-04-19, 05:54 PM
I saw a similar incident on twitter this morning, can't find it now but it was nasty and lucky in equal measure
maviczap
25-04-19, 06:10 PM
I've not had a chain break today, but I haven't managed to cure my Curvy of its refusal to run on the front pot. Plus I dropped my tank and put a big dent in it, my fault entirely. I have another one, but that just topped my day off.
Not feeling the love for my curvy right now
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 07:16 PM
Im about ready to burn my ****ing bike where it stands by the road.
Rant mode on sorry about the profanity mods but I'm really ****ed off now.
OK so I have breakdown cover for such occasions. I ting them, it happened around 5pm. I have issues getting though so ring my missus who sorts it out. They ring me to confirm I need them. I say yes I do. They say my breakdown is logged and someone will ring.
I get bored so start pushing. 35 mins goes by they ring back a different person who confirms my location blah blah ****ing blah. Someone will ring. I push again. 45 mins later some useless ****ing **** sucker tells me it'll be another 2 ****ing hours. Jesus ****ing christ. I am on a 60 mph single lane ****ing country road. No ******* pavement. I have pushed the ****ing heavy lump up several massive ******* hills, covered 8 miles so far, still have 3 to go if I don't pass out from exhaustion or get ****ing run over. AND I'm paying these ****ing **** suckers for the privilege. ******s.
Rant mode off.
Sorry.
Sir Trev
25-04-19, 08:10 PM
Don't be sorry. Let it all out - it will help you summon the energy to carry on as we'll be here sympathising. I once waited over five hours for the RAC to recover me and the people in the nearby houses were starting to wonder why I was there for so long and inevitably had a visit from the Rozzers after about four hours. Not nice to be left in the lurch when you pay so much for what turns out to be rubbish service. Name and shame!
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 08:19 PM
Hastings Direct Premium, but the recovery is RAC.
Still pushing, I think my body is now more broken than the bike........
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 09:28 PM
And home 5 hours after I left work, what a ****e evening. I have never been so knackered.
Edit looked on Google - 10.2 miles.
shiftin_gear98
25-04-19, 09:32 PM
No idea what damage lurks under neither I'm far too tired and ****ed off with it to care right now. However my number plate is destroyed and it looks like the chain came to blows with the rear plastics. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47699728401_12e7bbfe31.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fF4zqn)Chain rub. (https://flic.kr/p/2fF4zqn) by martin cockerell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155901659@N02/), on Flickr
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 08:55 AM
Wasn't all bad last night, at least it wasn't raining.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47703161191_a6211efc6f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2fFnaSp)Rest stop (https://flic.kr/p/2fFnaSp) by martin cockerell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155901659@N02/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40736701713_bb5de63824.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/254Lfb6)Another rest stop (https://flic.kr/p/254Lfb6) by martin cockerell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155901659@N02/), on Flickr
garynortheast
26-04-19, 11:43 AM
Nice pictures! Good job you didn't try pushing the bike that far around here. You'd have had the views ok, but you'd also have had non stop hills. There's no such thing as flat here!
Nonetheless, that was a pretty heroic push. Did you hear anything more from the RAC in the end?
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 12:38 PM
This was my push. Plus the bit I've missed off to my drive.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/51.8844536,0.0037466/51.9035885,0.2003559/@51.88616,0.1097647,13.25z/am=t/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en
There were more hills than I cared for, but having seen your elevation gain on your runs I'm glad I wasn't there!
No nothing from RAC.
DarrenSV650S
26-04-19, 02:26 PM
Did you at least get to free wheel it down the hills?
What brand of chain was it? I wonder if it was a counterfeit, it is unusual for one to fail. Although, I don't remember chains on my first bikes going rusty which newer ones seem to do.
I've had a split link clip drop off, the split link fall out and the chain drop to the floor but that was on a 175cc and I was only doing 30mph (and I had a spare).
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 03:31 PM
Darren, thankfully yes.
Seeker, Trofeo? It was the first time and last that I hadn't bought a DID chain.
SV650rules
26-04-19, 04:16 PM
Darren, thankfully yes.
Seeker, Trofeo? It was the first time and last that I hadn't bought a DID chain.
I always get DID, for the lovely gold colour sideplates contrasting with dark, if nothing else :D
( but they are great quality as well ).
I invested in a link remover / riveter tool a while ago, a Laser 4191, very well made and works well
Got it for less than £50 ordered from local motor factor, price on Laser website was almost double that.
Do chains still come with split links ? Thought they were a no-no these days.
I don't remember chains on my first bikes going rusty which newer ones seem to do.
I notice car brake discs seem to go rusty a lot quicker than they used to as well, maybe the materials they use.
Never had a chain badly rust though - but dry riding only and garage is dry..
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 04:26 PM
Just took the sprocket cover off, thankfully the sprockets still there. The gear actuator rod, if that's what it's called on the other hand isn't. Well two bits of it are. The return spring is also fubar. Oh and I found a teenie tiny bit of chain lurking around.
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 04:27 PM
https://flic.kr/p/2fAVikN
https://flic.kr/p/2551exz
DarrenSV650S
26-04-19, 04:32 PM
Ouch, hope it's not too expensive to fix
Adam Ef
26-04-19, 06:00 PM
Headlight gremlins are back on the SV. Time to get the front off again and just replace the connector block this time. Strangely they only seem to not function when it's first turned on. Sidelights come on but no headlights until the engine is running.
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 06:34 PM
New chain, sprockets, rod and spring ordered.
Now just to wait.
garynortheast
26-04-19, 07:04 PM
Damage could have been much worse. Main thing is that you weren't injured!
Craig380
26-04-19, 07:56 PM
My gripe is the ****e weather forecast for the weekend :-|
shiftin_gear98
26-04-19, 08:00 PM
Damage could have been much worse. Main thing is that you weren't injured!
Indeed. I am rather thankful of that.
Adam Ef
28-04-19, 10:46 AM
Still at a stalemate with the Drift camera. They've now asked me for feedback on their customer service!
My response...
"It's taken nearly three weeks to get two replies, the second of which has asked me to send the same things I sent in reply to the first. It's also taken me asking on social media via comments sections to get any response in the last couple of weeks as the numerous email replies I've sent have not been responded to. When I eventually found a phone number to actually try and talk to someone rather than endure the frustration of waiting weeks for a reply that I was fairly sure wasn't coming, the number on the Drift Innovations website got me through to a company called Mesh Computers who have no knowledge of who Drift Innovations are. The other contact number is for Nevis distribution who say they can't help as they are just the distributor.
My camera is still not turning on. The problem is still unresolved and I feel I have no way of making contact with anyone. Totally frustrated, very dissapointed and angry that an expensive Christmas present that my wife bought me is now useless. All round very unimpressed with the camera and total lack of customer service response or help from Drift.
It ranks up there with some of the worst customer service I've ever experienced. Looking around the interent I can see I'm not the only one who feels this either. I won't be buying the second Drift camera I was looking at getting and I will be recommending to anyone who asks to stay well away from Drift cameras."
Re Drift camera
Remember your contract is with the retailer, not the manufacturer nor distributor etc. If it's within guarantee period just go back to the retailer for refund or replacement.
You could always seek advice from Trading Standards. Surprising how quick things move with them involved.
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Adam Ef
28-04-19, 07:45 PM
Re Drift camera
Remember your contract is with the retailer, not the manufacturer nor distributor etc. If it's within guarantee period just go back to the retailer for refund or replacement.
Agreed. My gripe though is that they offer a way to contact their customer service va the website that then gets next to no response and no useful response at that. The frustration that creates and the time it has wasted is ridiculous. They've asked for feedback on their customer service. I've given it. The problem with the camera is almost becoming secondary to the problem of trying to get them to respond in any meaningful way.
Adam Ef
28-04-19, 07:46 PM
+ unfortunately the "retailer" is no longer around.
BanannaMan
05-05-19, 11:54 PM
Americans (yes again)
The same Americans who support Trump.
The same Americans that chant 'build the wall'.
The same Americans who support separating families at the border and keeping children in cages.
Along with the ones who openly claim on Facebook that we should open fire on immigrants approaching the US/ Mexico border....
Are all out today celebrating Cinco De Mayo, calling their friends 'Amigos' and saying they are celebrating Mexican culture in the US.
:rolleyes:
maviczap
06-05-19, 07:02 AM
It was 7: degrees when I got into my car to go to work this morning. We have a heater on in the office!
Fed up with this cold weather, and fed up with the after effects of the lurgi I picked up.
Americans (yes again)
The same Americans who support Trump.
The same Americans that chant 'build the wall'.
The same Americans who support separating families at the border and keeping children in cages.
Along with the ones who openly claim on Facebook that we should open fire on immigrants approaching the US/ Mexico border....
Are all out today celebrating Cinco De Mayo, calling their friends 'Amigos' and saying they are celebrating Mexican culture in the US.
:rolleyes:
we have our fair share of hypocrites too, you're not alone. Wasn't there a Trump supporter telling a native American to go home? (I may have dreamt that :rolleyes: )
Happy (belated) Cinco de Mayo!
(Mexico's celebration of victory over France at battle of Puebla for us Limeys)
zsv650s
06-05-19, 12:41 PM
Americans (yes again)
The same Americans who support Trump.
The same Americans that chant 'build the wall'.
The same Americans who support separating families at the border and keeping children in cages.
Along with the ones who openly claim on Facebook that we should open fire on immigrants approaching the US/ Mexico border....
Are all out today celebrating Cinco De Mayo, calling their friends 'Amigos' and saying they are celebrating Mexican culture in the US.
:rolleyes:
Swallow some msm you'll be fine:rolleyes:
Chris_SVS
10-05-19, 01:29 PM
Spotted 4 different drivers blatantly using their phone whilst driving - yet as a cyclist I'm dangerous
:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused:
maviczap
10-05-19, 01:45 PM
Spotted 4 different drivers blatantly using their phone whilst driving - yet as a cyclist I'm dangerous
:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused:
Well if David Beckham can use his phone at the wheel, it must be ok, must'un it???????
Two close passes on my ride this morning
Chris_SVS
10-05-19, 01:51 PM
Well if David Beckham can use his phone at the wheel, it must be ok, must'un it???????
Two close passes on my ride this morning
:smt119:smt119
My wife got her PIP transition letter. This is gonna be a fun ride. [emoji35]
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The boiler has packed up and I've broken the rear light off the push bike.
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garynortheast
12-05-19, 02:52 PM
Mmm, you're having an eventful few days there John, and not of the best sort either by the sound of it!
Adam Ef
12-05-19, 04:21 PM
Finally a reply from Drift about the broken camera. ... asking me to send a photo of the camera, exactly the same as the first (and only) email they sent me at the start of this saga over a month ago now.
Mmm, you're having an eventful few days there John, and not of the best sort either by the sound of it!You've got to be pragmatic about it. The boiler is old and we've been expecting the PIP application for sometime. It's just a complete waste of her time and theirs. People with MS don't get better, sadly.
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Boiler fixed. Just a broken plastic fan which then seized. Enquiries are ongoing with regard to new boiler. Sometime this summer I think...
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garynortheast
13-05-19, 10:37 PM
One less thing to worry about then.
garynortheast
14-05-19, 04:48 AM
Full blown anxiety attack at 3.30am. Gave up at 4am and got up to do some work to distract myself. Going to be very tired later.
Full blown anxiety attack at 3.30am. Gave up at 4am and got up to do some work to distract myself. Going to be very tired later.I suffer from that myself. I'll be fine during the day but in that state of semi-consciousness when you're half asleep the demons take small worries and blow them into major catastrophies.
I hope whatever is bothering you evaporates.
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A flyer for the Brexit party arrived in the post addressed to my 22yo son. Nothing for me or the wife. I think I can see who they're targeting. Now in the shredder.
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One less thing to worry about then.Indeed, but I'll find something else to replace it [emoji6]
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Adam Ef
14-05-19, 07:39 AM
Full blown anxiety attack at 3.30am. Gave up at 4am and got up to do some work to distract myself. Going to be very tired later.
Have you ever tried any grounding techniques?
garynortheast
14-05-19, 08:09 AM
I suffer from that myself. I'll be fine during the day but in that state of semi-consciousness when you're half asleep the demons take small worries and blow them into major catastrophies.
I hope whatever is bothering you evaporates.
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It's a right bugger isn't it? Lying there feeling completely trapped in this horrible cycle of pointless worry. It was largely about money (or the lack thereof!). Somewhat alleviated by getting up and working, and further by discovering that I am actually entitled to my state pension from next March rather than 2021 as I previously thought. It's not a vast sum but the regular weekly amount should go some way to making my precarious and meagre self employment a little more secure.
A flyer for the Brexit party arrived in the post addressed to my 22yo son. Nothing for me or the wife. I think I can see who they're targeting. Now in the shredder.
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Good job you didn't do this (https://www.facebook.com/pantstobrexit/photos/a.419466888417313/839312873099377/?type=3&theater) then John!
Indeed, but I'll find something else to replace it [emoji6]
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Sadly yes, always the way.
Have you ever tried any grounding techniques?
What's that Adam? Do you fancy explaining it a bit?
Adam Ef
14-05-19, 09:13 AM
What's that Adam? Do you fancy explaining it a bit?
To simplify it slightly...
You find something else to focus on to take you out of the loop of anxiety.
I use the 54321 technique sometimes.
Think of 5 things you can see, 5 things you can hear, 5 things you can feel.
Then 4 things (they can be the same from the 5 things repeated if you can remember them), then 3, then 2, then 1.
It can slow you down and help get you outside of your own head and grounds you again in the real world.
Anxiety can often be a self fulfilling loop. If you can break that loop or calm it you can get yourself into a more rational place. Especially in the middle of the night when we're least rational. It's about giving youreself a slight break and then allowing yourself to come back to your worry (if real) in a calmer more productive way. Preferably after you've had some sleep!
Anxiety is horrible. A lot of people will dismiss it as hippy-ish, but we really need to be kinder to ourselves. If it was someone else talking to us the way we treat ourselves sometimes we'd tell them to bugger off!
There's loads of other techniques and ideas and when you start to get to grip with using them they start to work fairly quickly each time you use them.
garynortheast
14-05-19, 09:43 AM
Thanks Adam. I'll try and give that a go the next time it happens. I think I have possibly read somewhere about this technique before some time ago.
shiftin_gear98
14-05-19, 09:57 AM
Small gripe for last Friday and last night.
Although my bike is working after it threw the chain I decided to bodge my slightly cracked number plate to run it for a few days just to make sure everything would be ok. So I found a sheet of 3mm plastic at work and cut out a backing for said cracked number plate, fixed them together - no nails. And I was happy with my bodge. The number plate looked fine from a few feet away.
This brings me to my commute home from work on Friday. And a slight clonk feel. Again whilst on the A10 - so dual carriageway speeds. I glance down and spot the plastic backing lodged by my swingarm. Obviously I pull over as soon as safe. Yep bent plastic backing - no sign of the number plate that was no nailed to it!
I guess the extra weight caused it to flap about more than normal?
So I have 10 miles to ride with no plate on - I am in exactly the same spot I started pushing a few weeks ago.
I get home and ring my local Halfords who can sort out a new plate. So get in the car and £16.00 later I have a new plate. Yay.
This brings me to yesterday. Get to work all peachy. Riding home from work again on the A10, I hit a bump that crosses both lanes. I then recognise the clunk sound, look in my mirror to see the car behind me running over my 1 trip old number plate. I come off at the next junction double back and can't see any sign of it. Poo.
£16.00 not well spent.
So I guess my tail tidy was more bent than I realised and when I hit the bump the rear tyre ripped the plate clean off.
I then had 20 miles to ride with no plate. The look a fellow rider gave me as he came alongside was classic.
I'm not sue how he pulled off a WTF expression so well in full riding gear.
I had to take the car again this morning - with my tail tidy in hand as it's improvement time at work today.
Sod £75.00 for a bent bit of metal to hold the plate on when the bikes worth about £500.00.
shiftin_gear98
14-05-19, 10:05 AM
Gary, just read the last few posts - I hope you can get a good nights sleep tonight.
Adam's technique sounds good - I might try that myself next time I am lying there staring at the ceiling stressing.
I really need to get out for a run, maybe you should too.
garynortheast
14-05-19, 11:38 AM
Gary, just read the last few posts - I hope you can get a good nights sleep tonight.
Adam's technique sounds good - I might try that myself next time I am lying there staring at the ceiling stressing.
I really need to get out for a run, maybe you should too.
You're right Martin, I do need to go for a run. Have to nip onto town on the bike first but when I get back I have a good excuse for getting out for a run. My new Inov8 shoes have just arrived.
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shiftin_gear98
14-05-19, 12:45 PM
Nice.
Adam Ef
15-05-19, 10:00 AM
Back pain. In the middle of the night. It's only happening after lying down for an hour or two. So it's been waking me up about 3am the last couple of nights. Feels like someone has put a long bar under my shoulder blade and is twisting it. Nearly throwing up it's so painful. If I stay upright for an hour or so it subsides slightly but not ideal in the night. I (half) slept (drowsed?) sitting up for a few hours last night. Gave up at 5am as the urge to lie down was too much and the pain came back with a vengeance when I gave in and lay down. Drifted into sleep for the occaisional 5 minutes at a time and woke up in agony each time I did.
Had similar but on the other side of my back a couple of years ago and physio sorted it. But that was after a year long wait for an appointment and various doctor and even one A&E appointment (as it affected my ability to breath in) where each time I was told to just keep taking as many pain killers as possible until I get physio. So, not sure it's even worth visiting the doctor about it. And doctors appointments have three week waiting lists at our surgery anyway.
Luckily daytimes when I'm upright are a lot better.. apart from being totally exhausted.
garynortheast
15-05-19, 10:27 AM
Back pain. In the middle of the night. It's only happening after lying down for an hour or two. So it's been waking me up about 3am the last couple of nights. Feels like someone has put a long bar under my shoulder blade and is twisting it. Nearly throwing up it's so painful. If I stay upright for an hour or so it subsides slightly but not ideal in the night. I (half) slept (drowsed?) sitting up for a few hours last night. Gave up at 5am as the urge to lie down was too much and the pain came back with a vengeance when I gave in and lay down. Drifted into sleep for the occaisional 5 minutes at a time and woke up in agony each time I did.
Had similar but on the other side of my back a couple of years ago and physio sorted it. But that was after a year long wait for an appointment and various doctor and even one A&E appointment (as it affected my ability to breath in) where each time I was told to just keep taking as many pain killers as possible until I get physio. So, not sure it's even worth visiting the doctor about it. And doctors appointments have three week waiting lists at our surgery anyway.
Luckily daytimes when I'm upright are a lot better.. apart from being totally exhausted.
Adam, I don't know about England but here in Wales you can self refer for physio. May be worth looking into.
Adam Ef
15-05-19, 10:32 AM
I've tried with another pain I've had more recently (which thankfully went away) and all I could get was a place on a group session about how to manage pain. That took a while to come through too.
Really hoping this fades away in the next few days.
keith_d
15-05-19, 10:57 AM
Went out this morning and my bike didn't start on the button. Worse still after about three tries the battery gave out. So I had to take the car on a perfectly good biking day.
I'll put it on charge when I get home, but I'm expecting to need a new battery.
Adam Ef
16-05-19, 11:21 AM
After weeks and weeks of time wasting I've actually managed to get a few replies from Drift in the last few days. Got final confirmation today that they won't do anything about a 4 month old camera dying. They're not willing to accept it back. Absolutely appalled at their lack of help and run around they've given me the last month+
I could push it further, but quite honestly I've wasted so much time on it already. I'm cutting my losses at this point and selling the bits and accessories and looking at cheap second hand Gopros.
So that's a definite recommendation to not buy a Drift camera from me. Shame as there were things I really liked about it. But those things are irrelevent if it doesn't even turn on.
Just caught up on this thread.
I wish I'd seen that Brexit link earlier. I would definitely not have sent it back to Farage without a stamp.
Sleeping, the distraction technique works for me. I lay there thinking about a process such as striping down an engine or similar. Another one is slowing my breathing down. You have to concentrate on it plus it calms you down. I guess it's just a form of meditation.
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Chris Grayling MP
cabinet minister.
salary £141505
Screw ups to date:
Euro-tunnel lawsuit-£33m
•Brexit ferries-£0.8m
•Virgin trains bailout-£2bn
•Gatwick drone scare-£60m
•Train timetable debacle-£38m
•Compensation charges-£32m
•Investment in failed GPS tech-£23m
•Failed criminal tagging system-£60m
...and he's still got a job!
garynortheast
17-05-19, 07:19 AM
Hard to see why any of the bunch of criminals making up the current administration are still in a job. Although when one takes into account public gullibility and media complicity, maybe it's not so difficult to understand.
The knob Grayling is a particularly useless specimen though I agree Seeker.
andrewsmith
17-05-19, 07:27 AM
Chris Grayling MP
cabinet minister.
salary £141505
Screw ups to date:
Euro-tunnel lawsuit-£33m
•Brexit ferries-£0.8m
•Virgin trains bailout-£2bn
•Gatwick drone scare-£60m
•Train timetable debacle-£38m
•Compensation charges-£32m
•Investment in failed GPS tech-£23m
•Failed criminal tagging system-£60m
...and he's still got a job!
Brexit ferries is now at £50m
Part privatisation of probation services £500m estimated
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maviczap
17-05-19, 08:23 AM
Chris Grayling MP
cabinet minister.
salary £141505
Screw ups to date:
Euro-tunnel lawsuit-£33m
•Brexit ferries-£0.8m
•Virgin trains bailout-£2bn
•Gatwick drone scare-£60m
•Train timetable debacle-£38m
•Compensation charges-£32m
•Investment in failed GPS tech-£23m
•Failed criminal tagging system-£60m
...and he's still got a job!
He's just passed his qualifications to join the House of Lords with that list of small mistakes :-)
shiftin_gear98
17-05-19, 11:53 AM
Got home last night and noticed my right fork leg is weeping quite badly. I think my bike is trying to tell me to go find the matches.
garynortheast
17-05-19, 11:55 AM
Time for a fork rebuild! New seals, dust covers and bushes, about an afternoon of tinkering in the garage I reckon. Annoying though!
Got home last night and noticed my right fork leg is weeping quite badly. I think my bike is trying to tell me to go find the matches.
maybe it's just sad because you keep threatening to kill it. It just wants a hug.
Adam Ef
17-05-19, 05:58 PM
Got home last night and noticed my right fork leg is weeping quite badly. I think my bike is trying to tell me to go find the matches.
Have you tried cleaning it with a Seal Mate or similar? Sometimes dirt under the seal makes it leak rather than the seal needing changing.
Got home last night and noticed my right fork leg is weeping quite badly. I think my bike is trying to tell me to go find the matches.Check you don't have any pitting on stanchions before you replace seals. If you do then you'll just rip the new ones.
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