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[wuvvum]

2 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I got a phone call from a lady who said her name was Karen and she would be handling our case. We got an £850 refund including a £175 'goodwill' gesture

She probably marched into their offices demanding to speak to the manager and refusing to leave until she got what she wanted.

[Yoss]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

She probably marched into their offices demanding to speak to the manager and refusing to leave until she got what she wanted.

I think that is exactly what they do, metaphorically. I couldn't believe how effective they were. I was expecting them to be like another sub department of government (which I think they sort of are) and to get passed around from one place to another for months on end, but quite the reverse. 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Coprolalia said:

I mean... They're kids. 

They scream like they’re being murdered when they’re playing , so I can only imagine what it’s like if they’re faced with real terror. Having said that , 99% of adults would have reacted the same if not worse. Stiff upper lip, keep calm and carry on, has long gone. 
 

[wuvvum]

Adults would have been posing for panic-faced selfies to post on Instagram for sympathy likes.

[New POD]

5 hours ago, Coprolalia said:

I mean... They're kids. 

As I said, I know I'm being harsh, but we need to teach people* to stop, look around, think, and not scream, in moments of adversity.  

*when I say people, I mean kids and adults. 

Perhaps instead of screaming we could all say. Oh dear. That wasn't a good thing that just happened. 

 

[wuvvum]

They should have taken the opportunity to sit down on the bank and enter this week's Rice Krispie consumption into their spreadsheets.  That would have kept them calm.

[horriblemercedes]

11 hours ago, EspenO said:

I don’t think any E60 or E61 M5 were ever delivered with fake leather.

It may not have been the übernice nappa leather, though.

 

Are you sure?

 

I'm pretty sure it would've been offered. Plenty of people (for example many Hindus) would not want real leather.

[wuvvum]

And vegans.  We mustn't forget vegans.  (Not that they'd let us.)

[chadders]

27 minutes ago, New POD said:

As I said, I know I'm being harsh, but we need to teach people* to stop, look around, think, and not scream, in moments of adversity.  

*when I say people, I mean kids and adults. 

Perhaps instead of screaming we could all say. Oh dear. That wasn't a good thing that just happened. 

 

As you do when you moan about the state of your marriage.

There's more than a bit of hypocrisy here. 

[horriblemercedes]

I assumed it was figurative - people don't actually just stand and scream, do they?

It's an evolutionary thing. If you're alone in the woods with your back against a tree and a bear is growling at you, you scream to try to attract attention and help. If you're in a group, you wouldn't actually scream, would you?

 

It's a bit silly to suggest that they should be adept at first aid and competent to tend to the wounded.

[Rust Collector]

1 minute ago, horriblemercedes said:

I assumed it was figurative - people don't actually just stand and scream, do they?

You’ve obviously never seen me out on the driveway fixing my XM.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, chadders said:

As you do when you moan about the state of your marriage.

There's more than a bit of hypocrisy here. 

I thought everything was rosy in PODland these days, at least on that front.  Lots of overseas holidays and regular sex (from 15:00 to 15:05 on the third Saturday of every month).

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

I assumed it was figurative - people don't actually just stand and scream, do they?

I prefer to sit and scream when Mad Wife in the Attic is driving.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, chadders said:

As you do when you moan about the state of your marriage.

There's more than a bit of hypocrisy here. 

I stopped and read what you put and decided you aren't really the kindest person on here are you?  Not sure why you choose to target my posts specifically.  I tried to see positive intent in that, but I can't see it. 

Here's an idea. Try to be more kind. It doesn't cost much.

[New POD]

19 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I thought everything was rosy in PODland these days, at least on that front.  Lots of overseas holidays and regular sex (from 15:00 to 15:05 on the third Saturday of every month).

I think the timing is out, and the word regular is probably a bit too optimistic, but we are doing better.  More good days than bad. 

[chadders]

3 minutes ago, New POD said:

I stopped and read what you put and decided you aren't really the kindest person on here are you?  Not sure why you choose to target my posts specifically.  I tried to see positive intent in that, but I can't see it. 

Here's an idea. Try to be more kind. It doesn't cost much.

As you did criticising the kids?..

[richardmorris]

[New POD]

1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

 

It's a bit silly to suggest that they should be adept at first aid and competent to tend to the wounded.

Why ?  What do they learn on Instagram ? 

  In the 70s whilst in the scouts we did a first aid badge.  Never used it until my friend ran over a pedestrian about 10 years later.  Unfortunately 7 hours of surgery didn't save him, but I stopped him from choking on his own blood, so that the professionally could have a go. 

Those who  choose to do the D of E award scheme did first aid training before the expeditions.  My wife's friends had to administer first aid after she fell off her bicycle and smashed her eye socket and broke her arm.  Apparently nobody screamed. They just got on with it. 

[hairnet]

more 2cv ffs

[horriblemercedes]

7 minutes ago, New POD said:

Why ?  What do they learn on Instagram ? 

  In the 70s whilst in the scouts we did a first aid badge.  Never used it until my friend ran over a pedestrian about 10 years later.  Unfortunately 7 hours of surgery didn't save him, but I stopped him from choking on his own blood, so that the professionally could have a go. 

Those who  choose to do the D of E award scheme did first aid training before the expeditions.  My wife's friends had to administer first aid after she fell off her bicycle and smashed her eye socket and broke her arm.  Apparently nobody screamed. They just got on with it. 

I have no idea - was Instagram something to do with the crash?

Maybe some of those children are/were in the Scouts. They're probably a bit too young to have been in the Scouts in the 1970s, but I don't think that should be an issue.

 

I really doubt there was mass screaming. It's something from films - I don't think it really happens.

[Christine]

3 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

You’ve obviously never seen me out on the driveway fixing my XM.

There's a self employed  fella up the road a bit  ,  that had his older  Transit truck up on axle stands , for about a week .. He was out at 7am until dusk every day  working on it . Hammering and swearing , trying again and again to start it ...no dice ..The previous week he changed a diff on the drive  ... I was going to offer him a hand but he seemed to know what he was doing and he had better tools than me , and anyway i know fuck all about diesels .... Come Friday afternoon , i hear the fucker start up and rev up, looking from my window ,  a  cloud of black exhaust ..... Suddenly , he gets out of the cab .   And he's  won the lottery or scored for West Ham ....Arms above his head , dancing in and out the road laughing,   shouting YES YES YES !

  Amazing !  I know the elated feeling well.  

[loserone]

Hope you took him a beer.

[Christine]

No , i did go out and clap though

[Christine]

Rust collector  , weird car , Kiltox  ,  Me ,   Renault Clio mot'd , all legal again  now.  

 

Have a pic ..

[EspenO]

4 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Are you sure?

 

I'm pretty sure it would've been offered. Plenty of people (for example many Hindus) would not want real leather.

Well, no, I can’t be 100% sure. But I’ve never seen one without (unlike say the E46 M3 which had a gorgeous cloth interior), and I can’t find any reference to it by googling.

Perplexity.ai says no, and the reference links it gives seems sound enough. This one is kind of cool, I think 🙂 

People who didn’t want leather for whatever reason, probably had to order through the Individual division? I seem to remember Paul McCartney’s velour trimmed Lexus was an one-off as well.

[Mally]

2 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

 

 

I really doubt there was mass screaming. It's something from films - I don't think it really happens.

I'd have been swearing a little*.

I've heard screaming on a plane that went round 4 times.

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

I have no idea - was Instagram something to do with the crash?

Maybe the driver was making a Tiktok and became distracted?

[Bren]

My local petrol station has a hand car wash at the rear of the forecourt. I have just seen somebody welding a bench while customers put fuel in their cars.

I have left the area and I am waiting for the bang.

[MJK 24]

🤦🏼

 

[artdjones]

A Doblo* takes more than you'd think.

Like a whole tree.

*Maxi.