Ohdearme Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 7 hours ago, andy18s said: I wonder if the owner breeds rabbits.. A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us. I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down. Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties. Dan29 and grogee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 ^^^ Paw Ohdearme and grogee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 9 hours ago, Ohdearme said: A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us. I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down. Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties. Ouch.... Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Lost my job after a month, and only 2 days in the field, as I'm 'not a good fit'. I know there's more to it, I've done fuck all wrong and just been shit on so they could give an excuse to fire me. Better get the Civic running, then. grogee, Supernaut, mercedade and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 4 hours ago, andy18s said: Ouch.... Yeah - had to dust my old 1001 jokes for kids off to rehash that... always thought it was odd to be in a kids book as quite how many 6 year olds knew about myxomatosis in the 80's I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinkwheel Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 11/04/2024 at 18:07, wesacosa said: Some dreadful news from the classic Citroen community Paul was a nice bloke, generous with his time, knowledge and spare parts and a big reason a huge amount of XMs and Xantias are still on the road RIP Oh thats crap, I knew Paul a bit but im well out of Citroen Circles really nowadays beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, Ohdearme said: lways thought it was odd to be in a kids book as quite how many 6 year olds knew about myxomatosis in the 80's I don't know. It was rife in the 50s, apparently. I heard / learnt about it at school in the 60s/70s so it would have been current in the joke* writer's mind. Wibble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 11 minutes ago, High Jetter said: It was rife in the 50s, apparently. I heard / learnt about it at school in the 60s/70s so it would have been current in the joke* writer's mind. Watership down ( the bunny snuff movie) was out in 1978. High Jetter and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 14/04/2024 at 11:46, Datsuncog said: PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT If anyone's looking for @eddyramrod, it seems his laptop's gone on the blink and he's unable to access his AS account temporarily - so if you're needing to get hold of him, drop me a PM and I'll relay it via other channels! Thanks all. For anyone following this farce: my laptop went down (in a meeting) in Friday afternoon. Saturday I was able to get it into my local repairer. In the afternoon I got a phone call, come and get it... when I got there, I found they'd called the wrong customer. Oh great. So we went away as planned on Monday, having a couple of nights in Manchester for my birthday. This morning I had an experience day booked, with a flight simulator. But ten days ago I got an email: gone into liquidation, all bookings cancelled. And now we're home, and I've picked up my messages etc. Rust Collector, RoverFolkUs, High Jetter and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 16 hours ago, Ohdearme said: A rabbit opened a breakfast cafe near us. I went a few times but every time I ordered hot food, he got the order wrong, it happened to other people too and eventually it closed down. Sad to think his business was finished off by mixing my toasties. Business Peter'd out? wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Polished before it rains. eddyramrod, BorniteIdentity, CGSB and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: So we went away as planned on Monday, having a couple of nights in Manchester for my birthday. Sorry things went awry, hope you still enjoyed your birthday trip. Oh, and welcome back. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 We replaced the simulator with a visit to the Imperial War Museum which is near Old Trafford. That was really interesting, and free except for the parking. Also, later met up with a handful of current and ex Shiters, including @Ghosty and @Junkman so a rather jolly evening ensued. Ghosty, RayMK, mk2_craig and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Brake caliper and airbag module for the Z4 only arrived today despite supposed to being here yesterday. Today is a gym day so I haven't had much spare time to do much on it. However I stuffed the left airbag module into the car to see if the car could talk to it. Yes is the answer. This is good as it means the wiring is good. There are a whole lot of errors in it as not paired to the car and it thinks it's a E65 (6 series convertible). I need to sort an old laptop out and install some BMW specific software to properly code it in. tooSavvy and Stinkwheel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 4 hours ago, eddyramrod said: We replaced the simulator with a visit to the Imperial War Museum which is near Old Trafford. That was really interesting, and free except for the parking. Also, later met up with a handful of current and ex Shiters, including @Ghosty and @Junkman so a rather jolly evening ensued. bring back @Junkman cort1977, eddyramrod, puddlethumper and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 spent the day, spraying weedkiller, hedgecutting, and bining stuff from the shed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 14/04/2024 at 12:59, vulgalour said: being in my early forties, This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago). It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself. I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure. Good luck. Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life. Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong. Good luck! goosey, Dan29, S2000 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just been taken out for a spin in this. Fucking gorgeous interior. Mate has paid £2.5k for it which seems fair. The electrics survived the drive to the pub. Matty, Vimesy, JMotor and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 No. Must resist... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said: This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago). It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself. I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure. Good luck. Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life. Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong. Good luck! Identity change? chadders and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 We had a visit from the Saharan Dust Monster last night,who promptly shit over everything.... egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 9 hours ago, HillmanImp said: Just been taken out for a spin in this. Fucking gorgeous interior. Mate has paid £2.5k for it which seems fair. The electrics survived the drive to the pub. Those seats are magnificent. I think a v6 one of these might be something I need to get across in the near future. EyesWeldedShut, HillmanImp, Dan29 and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan29 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, cobblers said: Those seats are magnificent. I think a v6 one of these might be something I need to get across in the near future. I had one exactly like this in 2001 - possibly my favourite car ever and I wish I'd never sold it. The engine sounds (and looks) amazing. HillmanImp and RoverFolkUs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan29 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 14 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: This was exactly WHY I made a change (just a few weeks ago). It is a million times easier to A) Get hired now and 2) Adapt yourself. I wouldn't want to be 'starting again' at 50, of that I'm sure. Good luck. Sometimes you have to say YES to things you'd previously have said NO to - but that's life. Always focus on the positives, and I don't think you'll go far wrong. Good luck! Totally agree with this - 49 year old here who spent 30 years working in radio and tv. No idea what to do next, and no idea who'd have me..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Yaris. MR2 wheels fitted have finalised the look for now, staggered 6/6.5j with 195/50/15 Rainsports all round. I might space out the rear 10mm when I'm not broke. It still needs a passenger driveshaft, but it's now had: rear beam polybushes (before I got it) rear ARB front strut brace new dampers/Eibach lowering springs all brakes replaced MR2 wheels and tyres stainless exhaust K&N washable panel filter a fancy delrin gearknob OEM under seat subwoofer. At some point, the only thing left to really do is add upgraded front wishbones, and maybe 10mm spacers on the rear wheels, but otherwise it's ready to just drive and drive. I want to see it to 200k - I started at 106420 in December and I'm up to 113k. mercedade, Pat Earrings, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I’m having a lovely long weekend away. I’m in Mittenwald, Bavaria, almost on the border with Austria. Colin is also here making his usual demands. „Gib mir Vögel und Kastanien, Frau.“ mercedade, Dyslexic Viking, Oi_Oi_Savaloy and 11 others 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 4 hours ago, dozeydustman said: I’m having a lovely long weekend away. I’m in Mittenwald, Bavaria, almost on the border with Austria. Colin is also here making his usual demands. „Gib mir Vögel und Kastanien, Frau.“ Mittenwald is lovely. I only did it on a day trip from Munich but it looked like somewhere you could happily spend a lot of time doing nothing. It's a very pleasant train ride from Munich down to Mittenwald too. Rust Collector and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Denso got less dense today (maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 On 14/04/2024 at 12:59, vulgalour said: Today I made my first application for regular work in 17 years. Rejection letter achieved! That's actually impressive in and of itself, I wasn't expecting anything on the first attempt. Found a vacancy at a local bakery that would suit so I'm going to try that out next, they want applicants to go to the bakery in person, which is a bit old school and suits me fine. Pretty sure I won't get it though, it's for the front of shop work and I can't remember going into a single bakery where that role was done by anything other than a woman of a certain age, which I am not. Perhaps it's my absence from the mainstream workforce for so many years, or perhaps it's the area, but the requirements on a lot of vacancies are a bit moon-on-a-stick. Minimum wage means minimum effort, right? It doesn't mean the employee is expected to be working 'continental shift' which is a thing I thought had gone out of fashion and am horrified seems to be back again. It's also weird how many employers expect a part time minimum wage monkey to be driving between multiple locations without any offer for covering that cost. All your wage is going to vanish on fuel and insurance before it even gets to the rent. Let's not even get started on the duplicitous way that wages are actually listed on a lot of vacancies, with things like 'pro rata' being an NHS favourite to obfuscate what you actually earn. Not sure what the deal is with the 'must speak English properly' and 'must have permission to work in the UK' statements on the vacancies is either. It could be good old Lincolnshire racism, that's been an abiding memory of the county since I was a child, or it could just be England being England. I don't feel particularly optimistic about getting a job I actually want to do, I will say that much. It's early days still, we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Changed a failed side lamp bulb on this shitheap today. Even a 2 minute job like this turned into a half hour battle, bulb holder seized so out with the jack/brace/pliers and wrench the damn thing out after taking the wheel off. Anyway, eventual success, and a free fix thanks to the box of reusable bulbs salvaged from scrap shitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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