Forum: Idle Banter
08-07-23, 09:56 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Bloody weather, 2 weeks off from 17th and had a 3k trip home with an NC500 tossed in but with rain forecast almost every day and probably all day, am I nuts or just going senile to consider not just...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-07-22, 12:00 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Funny you should mention camera's, I went thru hell getting a £150 cashback back on a Sony lens I bought, you would have thought I was asking for a metric ton of gold.
Photo of receipt - nope a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-06-22, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
05-06-22, 06:54 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Have chatted with friends in both councils and local Government, there is absolutely no incentive for any council in England or Wales to ever build another council house as whomever gets one ends up...
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Forum: Idle Banter
01-05-22, 07:20 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
resistant to 50m is fine for most every day tasks, right up till you change the battery without replacing the seal, after that I'd avoid even doing the dishes with it on if it has any sentimental...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-04-22, 11:36 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
try Mastercard again and tell them you want to claim on a Section 75 - https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/area-of-expertise/cards/chargeback-and-section-75 rather than a straight chargeback. They have...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-01-22, 11:22 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Political News People and armchair pundits - Why are police not investigating!!! It's a cover up!!
2 days later
Political news People and armchair pundits - The police investigating - It's a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
24-01-22, 12:52 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
21-01-22, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 11,283
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
On my daily commute into the office (10 miles from SE9 to Westminster) dressed in armoured everything - Boots, gloves, jacket, jeans, lid more often than not riding at pretty much the same speed as a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-01-22, 02:40 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-01-22, 09:20 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Heated Gloves (https://gerbing.co.uk/collections/motorcycle-heated-gloves) :)
Work off battery packs too, might not be fashionable (not made of lycra) on a pushbike but hey, warm hands are warm...
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-01-22, 09:39 AM
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Forum: Idle Banter
13-12-21, 10:29 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
HMRC - Oh I agree with you 10 fold.
I enquired about how to claim back 'French Witholding Tax' on company share dividends, boy did they go to town on me after that question - Undeclared Foreign...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-10-21, 02:09 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I discovered Daytona boots after years of playing with different models of Sidi and others.
2 pairs of Daytona's in the past 12 years, the sole could do with replacing but seems like the gore...
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Forum: Idle Banter
06-10-21, 09:01 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
I watched an accident yesterday, I was coming up on the 5th petrol station in a hunt for the elusive and mythical Unleaded, I noticed 2 vans on the forecourt and an employee taking the out of service...
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Forum: Idle Banter
29-09-21, 10:47 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Lol, just got round to not having the windows open 24/7. close them up about bed time.
Yes it's getting 'not as warm as it was' but it's fine for me :)
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Forum: Idle Banter
02-09-21, 10:37 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Personally Id be a cnut about it and drop a complaint to hell to the chain head office and trading standards about them misrepresenting what's for sale and effectively tricking you into paying a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
20-08-21, 05:11 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Varifocals for me anyway work great, except for long VDU sessions, tend to use dedicated glasses for that these days.
Though the price is stupid to be honest 700 - 800 quid every couple of years...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-07-21, 01:03 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
For 10k it's either going to be parted or the visible damage fixed then exported and sold abroad with no mention of a drop in it's new history.
It's all about risk, just imagine the liability if a...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-07-21, 04:00 PM
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-07-21, 02:49 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Change of rules following Brexit.
And the whole Brexit thing has been done to death, at the end of the day we live in a democracy and the Majority chose to leave so that's that (democracy has it's...
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Forum: Idle Banter
12-07-21, 02:13 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
The import fees are all screwed up simply because the Government is lazy.
Instead of sticking with the old rules where goods come into the country and the 'Import Dues' are worked out and you...
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Forum: Idle Banter
04-06-21, 08:31 AM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Never again on PCP, if you want to keep it then it's the (pretty much) 2/3 of original price in cash now thanks.
Much easier to just do it on HP/Loan, least it's yours at the end and no stupid...
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Forum: Idle Banter
28-04-21, 10:08 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
As above, swap out all the extras for OE kit that it came with and sell the extras separately, if anything the dealer will mark it down for all the goodies.
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Forum: Idle Banter
14-04-21, 12:32 PM
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Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Go to the surgery and ask to speak to the practice manager, when asked what for, tell them you want a copy of thier Complaint's Procedure.
Follow the procedure to the letter and keep a copy of...
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