wesacosa Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 decent turn out at Ace Cafe Red Oktober meet this morning Supernaut, mitsisigma01, catsinthewelder and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Oops, I may* have done a buy... HillmanImp and Cookiesouwest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 3 hours ago, brownnova said: Doing some tidying up of things and found all the Yugo documents, I was picking through a couple of things when this fell out of the service wallet. Had no idea that was tucked in there, So that’s now on the keys! brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, andyberg said: Oops, I may* have done a buy... is it just me or does that can look too long nice trumpet tho louiepj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: is it just me or does that can look too long nice trumpet tho I thought that, but it's a genuine triumph can. I think if it was angled up more it would look better? However I think they are that low for the panniers boxes, which I have acquired some of. So I'll put them on and see how it looks. Failing that a free'er (louder) shorter can my be required 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 2 hours ago, andyberg said: Oops, I may* have done a buy... Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Cookiesouwest said: Well done Thanks mate. Been a while since I had a proper bike but it was the right price and my Chinese scooter has become a bit troublesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 New dampers, top mounts and spark plugs for the Type R this weekend. The difference is significant, it's running better and sounds healthier, and the suspension is vastly improved. The offside damper would have served a better purpose as a slide whistle... The spark plugs had a decent innings to say the least... SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Got a quote for a skip today, thought it’d be easier than a load of trips to the tip £220 for a 6 yard skip, Jesus fucking Christ Maybe not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustybullethole Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: Got a quote for a skip today, thought it’d be easier than a load of trips to the tip £220 for a 6 yard skip, Jesus fucking Christ Maybe not! We’ve got a big arse tipper trailer on my (building) firm. Hardcore and dirt are a free tip at our local place though have to pay to dump the other crap. Saves a bundle on skips mind and also avoids the permits required in some places. Where are you? The trailer is mainly always in use though could work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 That's about the going rate. When we had a huge clear out, it unexpectedly filled the skip right to the top. So that would have been van hire for a weekend as none of our cars are particularly big , fuel and what would almost certainly have been 20 runs to the tip, loading and unloading and most importantly, having to deal with the truly awful local recycling centre, where we would have had to queue for 20 minutes each time, and the same again inside just to get to the relevant skips. There would also probably some sort of fee payable to the council as we were bringing a van. I'm sure some on here would pretend to be heroes and do it in a van borrowed for free but I'm not one of those and would rather cough up and give someone money for a skip. As such our clear out was very therapeutic. JJ0063 and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: That's about the going rate. When we had a huge clear out, it unexpectedly filled the skip right to the top. So that would have been van hire for a weekend as none of our cars are particularly big , fuel and what would almost certainly have been 20 runs to the tip, loading and unloading and most importantly, having to deal with the truly awful local recycling centre, where we would have had to queue for 20 minutes each time, and the same again inside just to get to the relevant skips. There would also probably some sort of fee payable to the council as we were bringing a van. I'm sure some on here would pretend to be heroes and do it in a van borrowed for free but I'm not one of those and would rather cough up and give someone money for a skip. As such our clear out was very therapeutic. For household waste in the Falkirk dumps you can get a free permit to use a van. Agree that a skip saves messing about if you have loads to shift. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said: We’ve got a big arse tipper trailer on my (building) firm. Hardcore and dirt are a free tip at our local place though have to pay to dump the other crap. Saves a bundle on skips mind and also avoids the permits required in some places. Where are you? The trailer is mainly always in use though could work out. It’s ok, it’s one of those things that as @Split_Pinsays does actually compute if you break down the cost and cost inconvenience of a million tip runs. I just didn’t think it was that much for some reason! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Aye, skips aren't that awfully priced all things considered. I did the "9 million tip runs" job when we did loads of work on our old house, the tip was only 2 miles away. My best count was 18 trips in one morning getting rid of hardcore. I'd have bloody loved to get a skip, but it was a terraced street so we'd have ended up with the skip halfway down the street and the bloody thing would have been filled up by the neanderthal neighbours by the next morning. mitsisigma01 and JJ0063 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I could in theory do it by trips to the tip but it’s the type of shit I need to move that makes a skip easier. For example when we moved in, we made a compost bin out of 7 wooden pallets, I need to dismantle it and get rid of the pallets plus the contents of garden waste/soil out of it. That would be a nightmare by car. Then there’s 3 sheds of random stuff I need to sort, plus the house. The idea of having a skip I can just lob stuff in makes things way more convenient. I don’t know how long you get a skip for though, I’ll have to ring and ask. Ideally I’d want it a few weeks so I can sort on evenings and weekends but I guess it’s more like 7-10 days. Once we get an exchange date, I’ll try and book a skip for a couple of weeks before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 They're not usually in a rush for the skip back, a few weeks is no bother JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 41 minutes ago, cobblers said: They're not usually in a rush for the skip back, a few weeks is no bother indeed getting them to go away can be a lenghthy process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Just now, Noel Tidybeard said: indeed getting them to go away can be a lenghthy process Yup! Mate of mine hired a skip, filled it with stuff and the company just stopped answering the phone and all the doors were locked at their premises. 3 months later companies house showed they'd gone bust, so he rang another skip hire company, told them the story and they happily came and collected the skip FOC. They'd collected dozens in the same situation and were happy for a free skip. another 2 months after that, one of the original directors of the skip hire place came belting on my mates front door angrily asking "what have you done with my fucking skip?" Crackers, catsinthewelder, Fumbler and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 59 minutes ago, cobblers said: They're not usually in a rush for the skip back, a few weeks is no bother Just checked and the one I enquired with said up to 10 days, if I can get it delivered at the end of a week and get 2 weekends with it that should be doable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I start my new job today. I'll let y'all know how it goes. That is all. BeEP, AnnoyingPentium, beko1987 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Good luck Reb. reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 My stepson starts his new job today. He's been back from his masters in aerospace engineering about six weeks and I was sick of him hanging around the house and not contributing. The graduate jobs don't come out till next summer apparently. I was at my mates yard pricing up a wood burner and radiators for a bar that he built on site. I asked him if he had owt going stepson went for an interview with him on Saturday morning. He's put him on the ground works team. http://www.hffce.co.uk/ High Jetter, GrumpiusMaximus, mercedade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Graduate jobs? You need to be applying 6 months before you graduate. I'd suggest that if he wants to get ahead in Engineering, he tries to get any role in any manufacturing company. There are loads of temp shop floor level jobs available at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, New POD said: You need to be applying 6 months before you graduate. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just now, reb said: lol Obviously I still live in 1989, when there was the "milk round" which got me offers at Britsh Aerospace, Lucas, Austin Rover and another I can't remember the name of. All required getting a Desmond. Lucas staring salary was £200 a year more than BAe. And £1800 a year more than Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 He wanted proper hard graft for gains. He's a bit of a fitness freak. Did 65 miles on his pushbike yesterday. New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, paulplom said: He wanted proper hard graft for gains. He's a bit of a fitness freak. Did 65 miles on his pushbike yesterday. https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-63227490.amp Perhaps he could work in a ship yard. Don't know what the split between agency and premie will be, but it will be decent money. (Mind you the security clearance takes a few weeks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, paulplom said: He wanted proper hard graft for gains. He's a bit of a fitness freak. Did 65 miles on his pushbike yesterday. If hes a fitness freak the company I work for are always looking for staff, he'll probably get to lift 5-8 tons of car panels a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Hexham achieved, lovely place! Spending the day here and then off into the wilds of Kielder.... paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, DVee8 said: If hes a fitness freak the company I work for are always looking for staff, he'll probably get to lift 5-8 tons of car panels a day Where is it? He hasn't passed his test yet. Is it near a metro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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