Forum: Idle Banter
28-02-24, 03:44 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Meaco, the final chapter in my dehumidifier story. I received an email from them today saying they don't sell parts to the public (I wanted to buy a regen fan motor). So they wouldn't look at my...
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Forum: Idle Banter
22-02-24, 10:01 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
The Meaco dehumidifier story last chapter aka "what is wrong with UK customer service".
After emailing PayPal and loveshopping direct and finding the original dispatch note I approach Meaco again...
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-02-24, 10:15 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Thanks @SV650Rules - I hadn't realised when I posted that Ebac were compressor dehumidifiers and I need a dessicant type for its lower temperature functionality.
Meaco are awful to deal with...
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Forum: Idle Banter
15-02-24, 01:11 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My garage dehumidifier has bitten the dust with a C1 error (overheat). The standard response from Meaco is to clean the filter but I dismantled the machine and it's not a dirt issue. I'm waiting to...
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-01-24, 07:02 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
27-01-24, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,045,934
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My best friend and ex-roommate in the US passed away this morning. Talmage Bartlett came into my life after my divorce when I needed a roommate and I came to rely on his judgement. He had an...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-01-24, 08:41 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
19-01-24, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,045,934
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Have you thought about having a dominatrix walk across your back with stiletto boots? (or is that just my fantasy :) ). Might not fix the problem but it will definitely take your mind off it.
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-12-23, 07:57 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-12-23, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,045,934
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Kissinger - I remember, as a kid, this man being on tv a lot (this was the Vietnam era) - I recall he had a thick accent but I didn't realise what an evil man he was. His advice (to Nixon) to bomb...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-11-23, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Does your Honda have a Fuji nut on the rear axle? I first encountered these on my XSR700 but Suzuki have now adopted using them too. They are a type of locknut that has two thin metal "blades" that...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-11-23, 09:03 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-11-23, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Car insurance.
I am with DirectLine, never claimed, 10+ years of NCB (only been back in UK 10 years). Last year I drove 984 miles in my car but I have told them I want to cover an estimated 3000...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-10-23, 11:08 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Don't forget how America was founded. The Pilgrims left England, not because they were persecuted (as is often told) but because England was too soft and they wanted the right to persecute non...
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Forum: Idle Banter
30-10-23, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
You probably haven't heard of Mike Johnson, he's the new Speaker in the US Congress, If anything happens to the President and Vice President he becomes the leader of the US. He's from Louisana and...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-10-23, 07:20 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Windy here on the Humber estuary and about to get much wetter.
Here's a pretty, active map showing wind directions and speeds:
https://www.windy.com/?53.219,-4.417,6
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Forum: Idle Banter
16-10-23, 10:32 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
My house inside rear door lock jammed with the handle in the "up" position and wouldn't go down, locking me out the house. Resorting to brute force and ignorance I forced it and managed to get back...
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-10-23, 08:28 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I have a gripe about Meteo (they supply the BBC's weather forecasting). On the Humber estuary, at least, it's hopelessly optimistic.
Yesterday's Meteo forecast - sunny all day 21°C
Met...
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Forum: Idle Banter
08-10-23, 08:18 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-10-23, 03:53 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
03-10-23, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Jeremy Hunt has just said without smiling: "Sound money under the Conservatives or run out of money under Labour".
A tweet soon followed regarding our national debt as a percentage of GDP:
2010...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-10-23, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Well, it has been over a 10 year period. Austerity, covid, BoZo, brexit, collapsing infrastructure, the constant changing of policy over onshore wind turbines, unethical behaviour, privatisation...
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-10-23, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I have been emailing my (Tory) MP endlessly - I didn't really count them but I was looking for a URL in my sent emails folder and noticed there were (several) hundreds. He never responds but I find...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-09-23, 06:43 AM
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Replies: 11,270
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Russell Branded to death.
If the allegations are true he should be punished because they are horrific but the media seem to be falling over themselves to dig up every old interview and say: " see,...
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Forum: Idle Banter
07-09-23, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 11,270
Views: 6,045,934
Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Manufactured potholes. I know potholes form naturally through weathering and/or usage by too many (heavy) vehicles. No one talks about the manufactured ones. Top dressing may be a wonderfully...
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