320touring Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 “Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back” So that’s quite good I think!Excellent:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Managed to get my local tyre fitter to price match Halfords autocentre, so £87.99 each for 225/45/18 Bridgestone Potenza S001 Fairly happy with that, so off to get 4 of them fitted tomorrow morning along with hunter alignment - it had better drive like brand friggin new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 That is a good price, £159 at the place i use who is normally pretty cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Crikey, average price from the likes of blackcircles etc was £96. So it’s not a massive saving, £32 on 4 but better in my pocket than theirs. Is £159 for runflats or something? I also wanted it to go to this place because they have hunter alignment and the internet says it’s the bestest ever. So despite my reservation that “alignment is alignment innit” I thought I’d give it a go, since having the broken spring replaced it has felt miles out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 “Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back” So that’s quite good I think! Wahey dude - best of tidings. Looking forward to hearing of mega paid uber easy job installation forthwith..... you got a date for going back yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just had the shopping delivered (I am not going into a supermarket with 'common people' ) and I was casting around Sainsbury's site to find something extra to buy... have to spend £100 to get free delivery and I ain't paying! I ordered some Quorn nuggets which I suppose are supposed to be like chicken nuggets... Just had some, and they taste good, not sure if they are like chicken (can't remember) but they taste alright to me, as a bonus, the dogs don't like them so I actually got to eat them myself! DeeJay and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Mrs fp is venturing into a business venture alongside regular work, a wedding and prom dress boutique, she is starting small from home to see if it takes off, well we went to collect stock earlier from a lady who can no longer run hers due to getting full custard of her 3 year old granddaughter (long story bless) but she works full time as well, the granddaughter is called...... Sierra yes Sierra, spelled like the car and of course I asked the question after the car, to which she smiled and said I think so, I did say to mrs fp I think it's an omen Also I saw this beautiful motor on the services, as I walked past to take the picture I could smell the glorious interior MorrisItalSLX, wuvvum, danthecapriman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Browsing for details Alpine toll roads & found those crazy Austrians using a Spitfire to advertise one of them https://www.goldeck-panoramastrasse.at/gp/en/motorsandtyres/motorsandtyres Ah... that sort of Spitfire. To be fair, strafing motorists would probably discourage use of toll roads.. skattrd and AlabamaShrimp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Had to click the link after that comment, I'd assumed a plane too. My second chance was some shit ale.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Our work computer is always chock full of shit clickbait but todays was quite good. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/how-today’s-cars-might-have-looked-in-the-past/ss-BBL4MrP?ocid=spartanntp#image=1 Lord Sterling, Sloth in a bowl, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Also I saw this beautiful motor on the services, as I walked past to take the picture I could smell the glorious interior 20180730_142925.jpg Nothing like the smell of a Micra's interior DeeJay, HMC, Lord Sterling and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Nothing like the smell of a Micra's interior Usually piss and werthers original for a Micra, then as they get older they smell like take away dozeydustman and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I'd rock a whole load of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 WOOD. Big Corniche fan here. Is that Corley southbound? rantingYoof 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 “Hello Parky, Margaret here, anyway that job interview last week. They liked the cut of your jib and thought you had good ideas. Anyway, upshot of it is that there will be a second interview but you are the only one of the five candidates who has been invited back” So that’s quite good I think!FUCK ME. no. I wouldn't waist you're Tyne. Insulting cunts. If they didn't work out that you were the only candidate that they Need after the first interview then they are just wasting resources. And on a fucking power trip.Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job. This is my initial reaction to these things. I then attend the second interview and fuck it up. I prefer interviews where there are 3 jobs and 2 candidates oldcars, DeeJay and Tickman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job. I think in 99% of cases the reply to actually saying this to a potential employer would be a polite version of: "Fair enough, piss of then". Certainly in a non-specialist field. Not sure what area of work Parky is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Shocked and gutted about Dave numbers but the grin is reading through a load of his posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hey Frogchod, how did you get your Reliant onto French numberplates?It's registered as a motorcycle as are all light weight trikes, so no CT needed. Certificate of conformity came from FFVE. (FRench classic vehicle federation ) Very simple and cheap to do ☺ Mr_Bo11ox, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Lord Sterling and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 WOOD. Big Corniche fan here. Is that Corley southbound?It is indeed corley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Gotta say, I’ve definitely felt a bit quiet today over the Dave numbers thing. I still find it surreal that a stranger from inside the computer feels like an old acquaintance. Such a sad loss. Quickly getting back on point though, and on a positive note, I was tickled to receive my Autoshite mug earlier today. It’s greyhound approved as well, which can only be a good thing. DVee8, catsinthewelder, cobblers and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 FUCK ME. no. I wouldn't waist you're Tyne. Insulting cunts. If they didn't work out that you were the only candidate that they Need after the first interview then they are just wasting resources. And on a fucking power trip.Tell them to make a decision this week or your gonna take another job. This is my initial reaction to these things. I then attend the second interview and fuck it up. I prefer interviews where there are 3 jobs and 2 candidatesJust got to do the grubby stuff. Bit of basic negotiation. I won’t be a dick if they aren’t dicks. Otherwise the trump card comes out... This afternoon one of their rivals offered me a job too. Not quite as good a job as option one but useful leverage. Even better, both companies are rivals to my previous company who are being utter dicks about a useful sum of commission owed. Already I have formulated a plan to extract as many of their customers over to a far better arrangement with the new one. I have even commissioned a new shirt for the new job.... Tickman, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Datsuncog and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I think in 99% of cases the reply to actually saying this to a potential employer would be a polite version of: "Fair enough, piss of then". Certainly in a non-specialist field. Not sure what area of work Parky is in.Moist of that was tongue in cheek. I have had experience of a great first interview and then at the second finding out that My personality had pissed than off from the 3rd second in the room. You either love me or hate me which means 50% Chance of instant failure with each and every interview. If i am interviewed by a panel th erm there will be one who loves me and one who hates me. And the rest will be confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Moist of that was tongue in cheek. I have had experience of a great first interview and then at the second finding out that My personality had pissed than off from the 3rd second in the room. You either love me or hate me which means 50% Chance of instant failure with each and every interview. If i am interviewed by a panel th erm there will be one who loves me and one who hates me. And the rest will be confused.I think I am ok. Margaret mentioned in my previous note is a brutal recruiter, if you weren’t much good at the interview she would say so and it seems the company liked the fact I knew who they were, what they did, and turned up with a business plan ready. The boss had also just done an interview for a pensions magazine so making sure I had a copy of that with me was sensible. Still plenty of chances for it to fall over and nothing is signed until it’s signed but I have done the hardest bit. Should know more by the end of the week DeeJay and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Moist of that was tongue in cheek. I have had experience of a great first interview and then at the second finding out that My personality had pissed than off from the 3rd second in the room. You either love me or hate me which means 50% Chance of instant failure with each and every interview. If i am interviewed by a panel th erm there will be one who loves me and one who hates me. And the rest will be confused. Fair do's. I didn't mean to dismiss what you're saying, dspite how it might have come across. I'm newly redundant as the company I worked for went into liquidation, but did not work in a specialist field. There are plenty of "me" about so I would be unlikely to get away with being so bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Mrs fp is venturing into a business venture alongside regular work, a wedding and prom dress boutique, she is starting small from home to see if it takes off, well we went to collect stock earlier from a lady who can no longer run hers due to getting full custard of her 3 year old granddaughter (long story bless) but she works full time as well, the granddaughter is called...... Sierra yes Sierra, spelled like the car and of course I asked the question after the car, to which she smiled and said I think so, I did say to mrs fp I think it's an omen Also I saw this beautiful motor on the services, as I walked past to take the picture I could smell the glorious interior Welcome to the wedding industry.We have been in it around 12 years now..Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Lovely evening in Oban.Just had plenty of food and ale. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Skizzer, CGSB, privatewire and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Aha - I had seen you post in r/France earlier while I was looking for some information, and I wondered who it was....Nope, that was someone else, to whom I sent a picture of Jim and my new Suzuki So who is it wants suzuki pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 It's registered as a motorcycle as are all light weight trikes, so no CT needed. Certificate of conformity came from FFVE. (FRench classic vehicle federation ) Very simple and cheap to do ☺ Fantastic!!!! Nice work. Tell us a bit about what its like driving one of these in France!!! I bet you get loads of interest do you? DSdriver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Was feeling like crap today, so went out for a drive - an hour later was smiling again. Spending time sitting here seems to pretty unwaveringly make me grin. Couple of weeks in, has the novelty worn off? Nope...not in the slightest. I love the driving position, the weighting of the controls, the gearshift, the dash layout, the noise and the smell... it's just *right* as far as my tiny mind is concerned. Also amused at the fact that I'm shocking at parking cars...always takes me a few shots. However I can pretty repeatably pull this off first try... Simple fact I guess...I was made to drive big stuff. ...the fact that the first thing I ever drove was a LWB 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser may have had something to do with it. GrumpiusMaximus, catsinthewelder, chodweaver and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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