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Add that shit about travelling and then factor in travelling for work. 

We have some warranty issues with a customer in Belgium. We've tested all the returns and the vast majority pass our tests, so myself and a technician who can't drive need to go with some valves.  It was suggested last Tuesday before I broke up for a short holiday to Budapest that we could drive, from Birmingham, yesterday morning. 

I calculated that if I did the driving and took sensible stops I would leave the house at 6 am get to work at 8:30 am, get in the car again at 9:30, drive to Folkestone which must be 5 hours plus stops. Of which I would insist on having 3. So 6 hours. Then wait at least an hour for the train. Plus 2 hours drive the other side. I reckon 10 hours. 

I sent off an email with my suggestion, that we send the parts in a lorry, and fly next week on Monday 

All agreed, but he's just asked if we can get a later flight back from Brussels. On the Wednesday.  There is no direct flight back after 5pm so I'm waiting for him to suggest a flight at 8pm via frankfurt. I may counter that with a flight via Amsterdam on Thursday morning. And spend the morning in Bruges. 

 

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7 hours ago, Rustybullethole said:

Sorry boss having trouble getting materials this morning.

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Defo not sitting in the cafe in Selco. 

Brilliant!

I had to look that product up and have ordered a similar one from Toolstation.

Since my new boiler was fitted eighteen months ago there has been a gap round the flue where it passes into the attic.

It wouldn't bother me but woodlice keep falling through it and into the boiler cupboard and unfortunately woodlice are a pet hate.

I was going to cut a suitable hole in a biscuit tin lid, cut it in two and fix it to cover the gap but now I can bodge it with that stuff.

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9 hours ago, New POD said:

Add that shit about travelling and then factor in travelling for work. 

We have some warranty issues with a customer in Belgium. We've tested all the returns and the vast majority pass our tests, so myself and a technician who can't drive need to go with some valves.  It was suggested last Tuesday before I broke up for a short holiday to Budapest that we could drive, from Birmingham, yesterday morning. 

I calculated that if I did the driving and took sensible stops I would leave the house at 6 am get to work at 8:30 am, get in the car again at 9:30, drive to Folkestone which must be 5 hours plus stops. Of which I would insist on having 3. So 6 hours. Then wait at least an hour for the train. Plus 2 hours drive the other side. I reckon 10 hours. 

I sent off an email with my suggestion, that we send the parts in a lorry, and fly next week on Monday 

All agreed, but he's just asked if we can get a later flight back from Brussels. On the Wednesday.  There is no direct flight back after 5pm so I'm waiting for him to suggest a flight at 8pm via frankfurt. I may counter that with a flight via Amsterdam on Thursday morning. And spend the morning in Bruges. 

 

Bruges is definitely worth a visit. 
spent a long weekend there just before lockdown. 
I will be back. 

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1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I prefer Antwerp. Way less touristy, thus  not over priced. 

https://visit.antwerpen.be/en

 

This is a recommend beer stop right by the cathedral. 🍻  https://elfdegebod.com/

Strangely enough, we were staying in Antwerp but spent a few days in Bruges. 
 

Both are on my return list. 
 

The Concentration Camp was a sombre place, but not to be missed. 

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2 hours ago, 108 said:

Bruges is definitely worth a visit. 
spent a long weekend there just before lockdown. 
I will be back. 

I spent a week there with my family about 10 years ago. 

The night before we watched In Bruges. It was like a fucking fairy tale. 

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2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

 Spanish airport.

They still have restaurant table spacing as per Covid regs. That means they are spread out. This one is right beside the entrance to the toilets. Yes it was in use even though tables with a better location were available.

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Using airport facilities is usually so awful that having a cup of coffee by the toilet entrance makes it very little worse on a percentage basis. 

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34 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Using airport facilities is usually so awful that having a cup of coffee by the toilet entrance makes it very little worse on a percentage basis. 

Also, if it's the furthest table from all the others it may be a good way to get away from other humans and their behaviour. 

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34 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Using airport facilities is usually so awful that having a cup of coffee by the toilet entrance makes it very little worse on a percentage basis. 

Actually the coffee is good in this Spanish airport. I have never had a bad cup in any Spanish airport.

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On my one and only foreign work trip I managed to convince the boss to let us stay in Bruges rather than Dover on the way back (after driving to Berlin in one 19 hour hit the previous day).

Being the summer of 2020  tourist numbers were well down so he got us a 3 star hotel in the centre for about the same price as the travel lodge would have cost.  I was well pleased but my girlfriend was a bit jealous.

We got back a bit later the next day but were paid the same and were far better off with an evening somewhere nice than an afternoon at home, too knackered to do anything.

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25 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

On my one and only foreign work trip I managed to convince the boss to let us stay in Bruges rather than Dover on the way back (after driving to Berlin in one 19 hour hit the previous day).

Being the summer of 2020  tourist numbers were well down so he got us a 3 star hotel in the centre for about the same price as the travel lodge would have cost.  I was well pleased but my girlfriend was a bit jealous.

We got back a bit later the next day but were paid the same and were far better off with an evening somewhere nice than an afternoon at home, too knackered to do anything.

It's a lovely place, Bruges, we did the mini cruise from Hull about 15 years ago, overnight crossing, docked at 8am, 30m bus into bruges, full day, bus back, overnight cruise 

Luckily it was a flat calm when we went 

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I was googling something else and stumbled across Vallejo California on Street view, which looks like a slightly down at heal neighborhood harbouring a huge amount of old shite.

all of these must be within 1-2 miles.

Mercedes SL (quite tidy) and old Ford Ranger

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Don't know

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Cadillac Cimaron? with background Lexus GS

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Up the hill a Mercedes S Class. Pretty sure someone is living in this

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Marty McFly pickup

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Double toyota, one crashed one pink and brown

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On the same street at a later date an old C10

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240Z

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Don;t know, chevy Van and iROC Camero?

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You can tell what kind of car they have by the state of the street

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Duelly C10 pickup

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Triple threat

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Old Ford F250 ? plus 2 vans with homemade roof extensions. Nice.

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Abandoned what looks like Auction S5

 

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Nice old chevy pickup

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Turn around and this old Ford is here

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If you go a bit further out there so much more shite its unreal.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0857194,-122.2428749,3a,75y,320.47h,70.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQrmDEY7l5LQ6Qc3wIJOQUw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

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11 hours ago, cort16 said:

 

8 hours ago, cort16 said:

 

 

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Just on the corner behind that accident survivor truck that's used as an (im)mobile skip there's a garage that apparently mostly deals in accident repairs. The grin? It's on Lemon street: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0867578,-122.2453623,3a,75y,295.23h,64.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7rnF8ULuB9AZuaDL7pPPwQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

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