Rovorsche Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Are you sure they are not making another Fantastic Four sequel in London ? Maybe The Thing has a dose of the squits paulplom, HarmonicCheeseburger and Supernaut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 My mates BMW garage in Hoylake burnt down the other day. Inside were some customers cars, including a 993 Porche 911, and a number of his own cars. The Ducati he had in his office survived with some smoke damage. Very sad, as Chris had built the business up from nothing due to hard work. Luckily the unit he has next door was unaffected, so he and his team can still work. And sad for his customers who lost their cars - all insured, but still going to be a massive ball ache for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggersdog Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 When my glamorous assistant's car was up for mot last year the offside headlamp aim was obviously wrong.The car is a Citroen C4 Picasso which we bought a couple of months earlier and some cars (mainly French ) have two Allen screws holding the bulb holder in place.The idea is to undo these screws slightly, turn the bulb holder until it is free then remove the holder and bulb complete.Fit a new bulb to the holder and refit then tighten up the Allen screws.The reason for no aim was some chump didn't do the job correctly at all and just siliconed the bulb in place and hoped for the best.It took me flipping ages scrapping all the silicone out of the headlamp through a small hole not big enough for three fingers so I could fit a bulb flat to the headlamp surface.Today the nearside bulb went out.Guess what ......The same fucking chump did the same to both sides...What a twat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I washed 3 cars today All I had were 2 buckets, a sponge, meguiars gold class and an old shammy... The 2 buckets and megs gold were the only good things about the whole thing. Didn't really give much of a shit about the zx, dad's car wasn't too bad but my stpemums yaris thing is such a fucking toy with such soft paint I can see the damage I've inflicted on it. Luckily my dad and stepmum aren't 'car' people so don't see it but I've vowed to return with all my gear and do them properly later in the year! The yaris is so fucking flimsy too, all the panels move about, as does one of the rear windows even though it's fully up. My stepmum hit a pheasant the other week apparently and the wing fell off and needed clipping back on and despite both being hybrid, the yaris makes a very loud motor-ey noise when turned on. I peeled the gb sticker off the zx too and wished I hadn't... Who is it who sells the AS stickers? I need one for structural body panel repair reasons... myglaren, HarmonicCheeseburger, The Moog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 House we were supposed to be buying, before our chain fell apart, has had an offer accepted. We're not sold yet nor had any offers. Fuckity fucking fuck. I'm really having a shit lot of luck the last year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 so according to the Italians where I live does not exist... first time iv had this happen, and I have had plenty of parcels delivered here in the past its going to be fun resolving it cuz its all in italian does anyone know what courier "SDA" use in the UK? (its a bundle of rare lightbulbs from italian ebay im partly relaying to the US for a friend, for those wondering LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I washed 3 cars today IMG_20190418_155934.jpg All I had were 2 buckets, a sponge, meguiars gold class and an old shammy... The 2 buckets and megs gold were the only good things about the whole thing. Didn't really give much of a shit about the zx, dad's car wasn't too bad but my stpemums yaris thing is such a fucking toy with such soft paint I can see the damage I've inflicted on it. Luckily my dad and stepmum aren't 'car' people so don't see it but I've vowed to return with all my gear and do them properly later in the year! The yaris is so fucking flimsy too, all the panels move about, as does one of the rear windows even though it's fully up. My stepmum hit a pheasant the other week apparently and the wing fell off and needed clipping back on and despite both being hybrid, the yaris makes a very loud motor-ey noise when turned on. I peeled the gb sticker off the zx too and wished I hadn't... IMG_20190418_142350.jpg Who is it who sells the AS stickers? I need one for structural body panel repair reasons...Never pick at a structural GB sticker!! purplebargeken and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Never pick at a structural GB sticker!!No, lesson learnt! It shall be stuck back with the finest sellotape and something found to replace it! Not fucking about finding another tailgate, I don't care that much! Kiltox and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 and of course I make a pissing typo... (I meant to say without) ill blame it on this head ache i have woken up with, where it feels like the fluid in-between my ears is disconnected from the rest of myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Plumb it in with a new account then switch it to a local account (presuming windows 10)Got his password and it rejects that account, wants a microsoft account.Of course he has gone to work and won't be back until 07:00. Never get this kind of shit from Linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Never get this kind of shit from Linux With Linux, instead you'll just be still trying to get the Audio or WiFi driver working. LightBulbFun and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 You can just click Skip on the Cortana stuff and set up a local account. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 With Linux, instead you'll just be still trying to get the Audio or WiFi driver working. That has never happened.That was what I was told when I first got SuSe Linux twenty years ago. Turned out to be far simpler to set everything up, including networking and setting up the modem that Windows 95 didn't want to know anything about.Not filled with snoopy stuff either. Lacquer Peel, scaryoldcortina and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I had to download drivers for Windows 7 to work yesterday. My granny was very confused and thogght I was going to break her desktop as I downloaded the drivers and stuck them on my USB stick. On her vista pc... Which hasn't seen anything regarding updates for a decade! Did the ones I could and hacked the chrome nag screen away which confused her even more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I think someone's sat on the front of my car squashing the drivers side light. Gits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Actually, thinking about it I wonder if the culprit is about 110cm tall, loves Citroën Visa's and BMXing? *Its not me, I might be short but I'm not that short. barefoot and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianRetro Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Bastard BMW keys. Bastards!.... I mean really. Send me the EWS module and I'll give you chip and board you can put into the case. A couple of years ago I picked up a Diamond-shaped BMW key identical to mine off the bed of an old car-transporter trailer. I thought I could gut the scrap key to repair my own key. Turns out it's a bit harder than I thought. The transponder bit is wrapped in copper wiring, easy enough to remove no worries. Unfortunately, the copper wiring in the scrap key has snapped in a tight place where it is supposed to be held in. I could try and shove a bit of wiring on there but knce the key is back together the chances of it coming loose is too high. 20190415_193843.jpg20190415_194013.jpg The reason for the failure is the battery track which conducts the leccy between battery and board has snapped. Everywhere it's £30 to get the key sorted, £25 more than I usually have. I am getting fed up this. Plus the BMW now just opens all windows when I use the remote on the other key. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 will be in usa in september was looking for omd gigs here - all sold out apart from a couple i cant make as theyre the opposite end of the country on weeknights found out theyre on same time as im in usa three grumps - its an outdoor venue i have to fly from alabama to philiadelphia omd arent the headline - thats the b52s (barf) but berlin are also on the card.......... this also happened last time I saw them simple minds were the headline omd were the support - who were far better oh well more time in north carolina then paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfred Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Gorgeous glorious day to be off work. And I’ve been stuck indoors all day writing an application for the permanent version of the job I’ve been doing for the last 12 months. I hate writing applications at the best of times, but particularly when it’s for a job you’re already doing, to be reviewed by people you work with for an organisation you’ve worked for for years and years. All being well I’ll be interviewed next week. When I’m off on leave. If this one isn’t successful I’ll then have to interview for my own permanent job because we’re going through a structural redesign. Also means I have to complete a skills and experience document separate to the application process as there’s a risk I’ll be displaced. Sodding thing has to be in for 8am on Tuesday. I was going to do it today to get it out the way but after writing that application by brain is fried so it can feckin well wait. paulplom and New POD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Motivated myself to get out with my metal detector for the first time this year, got a cracking signal and in my excitement knelt down into a load of nettles in my shorts, ouch ! Fucking signal was just an old car thermostat ! Going to try to find the WW2 incendiary bomb I discovered last year in local parkland and get the bomb guys to sort it , had my little one with me so reburied it and I haven't been able to find the fucker since GrumpiusMaximus, somewhatfoolish and Sir Snipes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 M6 traffic bollocks . car even had a few moments spewing out clouds of oil smoke after idling for f in ages 5 hours to do a 1.5 hour journey !!! Via the scenic route ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Gorgeous glorious day to be off work. And I’ve been stuck indoors all day writing an application for the permanent version of the job I’ve been doing for the last 12 months. I hate writing applications at the best of times, but particularly when it’s for a job you’re already doing, to be reviewed by people you work with for an organisation you’ve worked for for years and years. All being well I’ll be interviewed next week. When I’m off on leave. If this one isn’t successful I’ll then have to interview for my own permanent job because we’re going through a structural redesign. Also means I have to complete a skills and experience document separate to the application process as there’s a risk I’ll be displaced. Sodding thing has to be in for 8am on Tuesday. I was going to do it today to get it out the way but after writing that application by brain is fried so it can feckin well wait.What is the point of this administrivia? I'd be giving them one line, "I am eminently suitable for this job as I'm already doing it" and put whoever the line manager is as reference. Unless the job is filling in application forms it's not wrong. Redfred and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfred Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 What is the point of this administrivia? I'd be giving them one line, "I am eminently suitable for this job as I'm already doing it" and put whoever the line manager is as reference. Unless the job is filling in application forms it's not wrong. Frustration levels are high with this process. What’s even more stupid is that if I’m appointed in to the permanent post I have to go through the whole proving identity and eligibility to work in the UK thing, even though I’ve worked for this organisation for *years*. Oh and will also have to get another disclosure check done and reapply for security screening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 A random and inconsequential grump, nonetheless, but one I feel aggrieved about...... Watching Pointless tonight on t'telly (it is literally the only thing I watch) and there was a question about Roman Britain. I understood the questions well enough and even knew one or two answers but who the flippity fuck has renamed BC and AD as BCE and CE? More to the point - Why? Is it a problem to understand or accept the meaning of Anno Domini? Or, more likely, just another attempt to re-write history? I haven't been so narked about Pre-Arthurian Britain on a game-show since that bloody Icelandic bloke started calling Boadicea "Buddica". That was c. AD 1989 by the way.... hennabm, NorfolkNWeigh, Uncle Jimmy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 The lazy fucking wankers on other shifts.Leaving shit for others to do. Pisses me right off. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 A random and inconsequential grump, nonetheless, but one I feel aggrieved about...... Watching Pointless tonight on t'telly (it is literally the only thing I watch) and there was a question about Roman Britain. I understood the questions well enough and even knew one or two answers but who the flippity fuck has renamed BC and AD as BCE and CE? More to the point - Why? Is it a problem to understand or accept the meaning of Anno Domini? Or, more likely, just another attempt to re-write history? I haven't been so narked about Pre-Arthurian Britain on a game-show since that bloody Icelandic bloke started calling Boadicea "Buddica". That was c. AD 1989 by the way....Ask them in church this Sunday whose fault it was, you do go to church don’t you? mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Some fucker has nicked the spare wheel from under my works van. Bastards. It'll need a wheel (£50), tyre (£130) and the hanger mechanism replacing. (£100?) That's kinda ruined my weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 The lazy fucking wankers on other shifts.Leaving shit for others to do. Pisses me right off. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk I hear that. Ticket opened at the start of day shift, it sat for 12 hours with no updates and was passed to me on night shift. It was a piss-easy ticket to sort, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Unless you get earache for the 12 hours' latency shirley that's a win? Or are your superiors just huge members about everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 It is half past three in the morning. As of approximately half an hour ago I have a rather violent case of the hiccups. I. AM. NOT. AMJSED. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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