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[High Jetter]

32 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said:

 

Going for three pages of A4 on the failure sheet.

Anyone taking bets? 

[Craig the Princess]

59 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Anyone taking bets? 

? Only one page, front tyres, a front suspension Bush and a couple of deep links.

[captain_70s]

6 hours ago, Spurious said:

So I got stopped by the plod on the way home tonight. Having finished 5*12hr nights, I'm a bit shattered and very tired. 

Went to the little Tesco tonight up a mile up the road. Picked up milk and bits. 

Ran out of Tesco in the hail and pissings of rain straight into the car. What did I forget to do? Put the headlights on. GMP in a van pulled out behind me. I realise my fuck up and flick the headlights on. I get pulled anyway. 

Copper was lovely. I wonder if he spotted my paramedic jacket thrown on the passenger floor and asked was I coming home. Just mentioned that I'd finished nights and got a smile, "ah we're just starting our run of nights" was the reply. Checked licence and insurance and had a quick chat about work and away I went. 

I was shitting myself as I can't have many points on my license as the job will get fussy. Is there even a lighting up offence? 

Could have been worse. ?

 

I got pulled for the same many years ago.

The copper said it was getting more and more common with new cars having permanently lit dashboards and that my MK2 Yaris was a common offender...

[yes oui si]

Did the same going back to my mk1 metro after a weekend of driving a new Seat - was completely used to auto lights, didn't notice that the headlights weren't on in the metro due to being in a bright supermarket car park, got pulled as I left. Quick attitude and detail check and I was on my way. 

[Spurious]

11 hours ago, New POD said:

That is what's called correct policing. Every person in this country has forgot to.put lights.on. Every plod, ambulance driver, doctor, nurse, pissed up hardened gangsta, every student, mother, son, father, male escort, drug push8ng pump, pharmacist on call in Salford hospital, engineer etc etc etc.

Good excuse to do the attitude test. Smell your breath, check your documents, and send you on your way, or search your car, find 3 guns and a stash of coke or bresthalyse you cause you are stinking of booze. And.are all slury.  This is why we need less speed cameras and more police. Policing. 

Absolutely agree. If it'd had been a jobsworth on the roads policing it might have been different. 

I've a lot of interactions with GMP with my job and they're always a pleasure to work with.  Majority are tolerant and patient people who we get along just fine with. Maybe it's the mutual disdain of the water fairies (Fire) who've a nice warm station to sleep in and cook fry ups on a Sunday morning. 

[Cavcraft]

New personal best at work, only my 3rd day in and they keep telling me it's not as busy as usual...

 

[Floatylight]

New personal best at work, only my 3rd day in and they keep telling me it's not as busy as usual...
 

Hospital porter?

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[busmansholiday]

13 hours ago, Spurious said:

Is there even a lighting up offence? 

Lights must be on half an hour before sunset until half hour after sunrise. In 30 zones I think sidelights are still ok otherwise headlights. 

Years ago, they used to tell you these in local papers and on the news.

[busmansholiday]

Last night, after a few beers, I checked on AutoTrader in the sub 500 squid section. Usually it's by price, for some reason I decided to use distance.

Today, Mrs BMH has a new runabout.

Tested to May, piles of paperwork with it, just needs a bit of tape over the flashing EML. Still think 325 was worth it.

Big problem is my car is now on the street in the council estate behind us so something has to go. Looks like that will sadly be the Merc, thinking about a roffle at £6 (which is what I won it for from JohnK), or 300 coins.

It's this one. (I'm actually in that pub typing this!).

 

 

[New POD]

Tell us more about the merc.

 

A ticket by the way. 

[Cavcraft]

18 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Hospital porter?

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Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

[New POD]

Just now, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

You at PAS in Ellesmere port ?

[anonymous user]

21 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

You're the chap who swaps stuff around, so everyone gets the wrong bits, at that spares suppliers

[dozeydustman]

Found this while chodspotting at work.

Excellent* Barryage

[Asimo]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Nope! I'm behind enemy lines at everyone's favourite* motor industry related company.

[Timewaster]

19 minutes ago, Asimo said:

Iveco Retail

That would explain all the walking! 

[chancer]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Found this while chodspotting at work.

Excellent* Barryage

Hope to fuck it was in a bin ??

[Timewaster]

Is that a wheelie bin lid glued to the bonnet? 

[dozeydustman]

22 minutes ago, chancer said:

Hope to fuck it was in a bin ??

Certainly belongs in one

18 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

Is that a wheelie bin lid glued to the bonnet? 

It certainly looks like it.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Lights must be on half an hour before sunset until half hour after sunrise. In 30 zones I think sidelights are still ok otherwise headlights. 

Years ago, they used to tell you these in local papers and on the news.

And yet at 7 am this morning for instance I still saw several cars on DRLs  only. So no rear lights,

[busmansholiday]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

Tell us more about the merc.

 

A ticket by the way. 

It's this one.

Serviced it since I got it, fixed the radio and heater and fitted the rubber grommet to the selector. It still isn't happy selecting gear when cold (turn the lights on so you can see when it actually selects D) but after that it's OK. Odd, occassional rumbling from back that again disappears when been running a bit. It's not getting much use, Mrs BMH banned the dog from it (so the modern is now internally covered in sand, mud and dog hairs) and wanted a smaller car. Tested to August located S73 in the People Republic. I'll miss it, it's my preferred weapon of choice but the drive is overflowing and there are double yellows outside the house.

[Cavcraft]

57 minutes ago, Asimo said:

 

  

Thats got to be the hardest job ever as it’d be impossible to make them any worse. 

[Broadsword]

2 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Last night, after a few beers, I checked on AutoTrader in the sub 500 squid section. Usually it's by price, for some reason I decided to use distance.

Today, Mrs BMH has a new runabout.

Tested to May, piles of paperwork with it, just needs a bit of tape over the flashing EML. Still think 325 was worth it.

Big problem is my car is now on the street in the council estate behind us so something has to go. Looks like that will sadly be the Merc, thinking about a roffle at £6 (which is what I won it for from JohnK), or 300 coins.

It's this one. (I'm actually in that pub typing this!).

 

 

Well played. I'll take a ticket for the Merc.

[stuboy]

the merc is a fine steed there.

[brownnova]

Been in Scotland for a few hours. Haven’t seen any proper Volvos... think I might complain to Nicola Sturgeon. 
 

Although did park next to another Saab... 

[yes oui si]

3 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

It's this one.

Serviced it since I got it, fixed the radio and heater and fitted the rubber grommet to the selector. It still isn't happy selecting gear when cold (turn the lights on so you can see when it actually selects D) but after that it's OK. Odd, occassional rumbling from back that again disappears when been running a bit. It's not getting much use, Mrs BMH banned the dog from it (so the modern is now internally covered in sand, mud and dog hairs) and wanted a smaller car. Tested to August located S73 in the People Republic. I'll miss it, it's my preferred weapon of choice but the drive is overflowing and there are double yellows outside the house.

Lovely thing. Would have a brace of randoms but my roffle fund is out for this month

[wuvvum]

It's unnecessarily early in the morning, I have the day off work and I'm about to set out on a collection mission.  Heading west first, then south.  It's going to be a looong day...

[Craig the Princess]

With the Multipla awaiting repairs the back up is doing station duty today.

[paulplom]

Just broke my favourite cup while washing the dishes. The cup has always been ironic. The irony being, it was bought for me by the biggest cunt I've ever had the misfortune to meet.

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[High Jetter]

46 minutes ago, Craig the Princess said:

With the Multipla awaiting repairs the back up is doing station duty today.

That is a really nice looking Allaggro.