Lord Sterling Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 7:43 PM, Kiltox said: Halfords/Yuasa batteries can get in the sea. Massive, expensive one from my van is dead after about 18 months. Took it back today and they won’t do anything until they charge it (aparrently going to do so tonight) and test it. Sounds like the 5 year warranty isn’t worth the paper and they’re going to say “it’s fucked m8 but it’s not our fault”. On 10/11/2019 at 7:58 PM, Andyrew said: As long As you remind them that you DO loads of miles daily and long trips it should be fine. It's battery season now too, so months of people getting shirty because we won't fit a battery (as a free favour if we can) in the pissing rain or snow. Ah yes. The battery season ? It would be quite busy on the French team right about now. Plenty of French people moaning about thier battery not working. Sadly, batteries are built down to a price no matter the make. Bosch and Varta are built in the same factory. We regularly saw batteries that didn't last beyond 4 years. It is right thay they need to recharge the battery to test it and it can take up to 24 hours to recharge as batteries are run down to the absolute minimum when faulty/or when used with a faulty appliance. I think it'll pass the test and they'll replace it. Unfortunately the warranty states that a battery must be tested to see if the battery is at fault or whether it has been run down by a faulty alternator or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Struggling a bit at the moment with the damp weather, it really makes me ache but I didn't think I was 'THAT' bad that I needed a chair brought out for me while waiting at the chemists! There were actual old people there, they didn't get offered, just me. also, I was sat with a friend while supposed to be walking the dogs (Phoebe busy in the hedge, couldn't disturb her) said friend thought it was hysterical that after 9 months I am stil avoiding the same woman! I have told her more than once I am not interested, she won't listen... I saw her car coming down the road and hid behind a bush/dog/bad attitude, forgetting completely the big silver dollop parked just by that sort of gives my presence away! myglaren and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 4 hours ago, volvov70 said: It is the B word along with the new ludicrous affordability criteria - yes you can shell out 50% of your salary on rent but the same for a mortgage? oh no sir Nobody is buying all over the country. my parents house has been up for sale at a very reasonable price for 18 months now without a single offer - 2000+ square foot 4 bed bungalow in a 6th of an acre for less than 300K. Rentals on the other hand are booming Lots of land lords consolidating their assets and selling enough to pay off the mortgages on the others. This means that the rental properties that are left are often at the lower end of the market where short term yields are higher. So demand on nicer properties of which there are less available is higher. If you can save up a deposit, convince a bank to lend you the money, it will be cheaper than renting. But if you are renting, explain how you intend to save the deposit. Well done to the government for screwing the tax system for buy to lets. You got what you wanted. Space for big business to come in and screw everyone. somewhatfoolish, stonedagain, SiC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 5 hours ago, SiC said: House sale looks to be falling through again, for the fourth time in a year. Truly fed up trying to move now. What happened? Anything with a chain is a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, New POD said: What happened? Anything with a chain is a nightmare. First gave up waiting for us to find a house after a month. Second had his buyer pull out because "he couldn't make the rental yields work". Fuck that, it's because you hoped we'd brexit and the prices drop. We lost the house we wanted on this one. Ended up having to pay £90k more to get what we want as it was a good price. All that extra money I have to pay off scares the shit out of me at times. Third pulled out as her financial situation changed. Fourth has been told by her solicitor to not do any work until her mortgage is thru. Ended up coming through this evening in the end and also our threat of going back on the market meant she started solicitor work earlier today too. Hopefully she'll put her foot down a bit more. Massive shit show basically. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, New POD said: Lots of land lords consolidating their assets and selling enough to pay off the mortgages on the others. This means that the rental properties that are left are often at the lower end of the market where short term yields are higher. So demand on nicer properties of which there are less available is higher. If you can save up a deposit, convince a bank to lend you the money, it will be cheaper than renting. But if you are renting, explain how you intend to save the deposit. Well done to the government for screwing the tax system for buy to lets. You got what you wanted. Space for big business to come in and screw everyone. But if you are renting, explain how you intend to save the deposit. This, it's impossible, I have £24 before food and fuel a month left, yea course I can save £20k for a deposit on a shit box blakey79 and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, beko1987 said: But if you are renting, explain how you intend to save the deposit. This, it's impossible, I have £24 before food and fuel a month left, yea course I can save £20k for a deposit on a shit box I used the word IF. If you can save a deposit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 A boy can dream! Id be happy to save up enough for a decent shit personally, much more achievable New POD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 As far as I can see, the only people my age and younger who have bought houses on their own (i.e. not with a partner / spouse) stayed living with their parents well into their 20s, or even later, paying minimal rent, and were able to save a deposit that way. People like me who are single and left home at 17 have no fucking chance. At least not south of the M62. Short of a lottery win, the only time I'll ever be able to afford a place is when my parents peg it, and assuming (hoping) they have at least 20 years left, I'll be past 60 and it'll be a bit late. That's if they haven't had to sell everything they own to pay care home fees. jumpingjehovahs, RobT, Eddie Honda and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Totally agree, Wuvvum. The only reason we can afford to buy our place is because of the 'right to buy' scheme, combined with a very hefty discount and my redundancy. We missed the boat many years ago because of shit wages/our financial situation (credit history) etc. It's not the end of the world, but having something to leave for the kids was a major factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: At least not south of the M62. Nailed it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 The mother in law has just died.Shit.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk puddlethumper, wuvvum, myglaren and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Screw in a tyre on my van last week , stone hit the windscreen Monday and cracked it , luckily right at the bottom , crack seems to be progressing along the bottom. Just got to Manchester, front tyre other side got a big screw in it so I'm sat in Costco waiting to get it fixed Hopefully that's the 3 shit things for this month They don't work fast here, it's just taken them an hour to put 4 tyres on a car , in Blackburn theyd have had that done in 15 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I don’t know if I’ve moaned about this before... but for clarity I’ll moan again. Sheffield is bringing in a clean air thing, so basically buses and taxis not meeting the EURO whatever limits will be charged an additional £50 a day to enter the city centre - which unsurprisingly enough is passed on to the customer - that’s me. Anyway the complaint I have with it is that it takes me an hour on the bus to travel 7 miles. Sometimes more. The arterial route into the city is absolutely clogged with cars. Applying a charge to buses won’t stop this, in fact the rise in fares will cause people to use the bus less. I never thought I’d say this but realistically they need to levy a charge on cars instead coming into the city. Not just the older cars, charge the lot, I don’t agree with billing older cars as it’s penalising the people who probably can’t afford it, it needs to be a billed across the board to people with new cars as well. That’s the only way that traffic will reduce and people will be persuaded into the bus/tram/train. New POD, TataBobu, jumpingjehovahs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 48 minutes ago, Wack said: Screw in a tyre on my van last week , stone hit the windscreen Monday and cracked it , luckily right at the bottom , crack seems to be progressing along the bottom. Just got to Manchester, front tyre other side got a big screw in it so I'm sat in Costco waiting to get it fixed Hopefully that's the 3 shit things for this month They don't work fast here, it's just taken them an hour to put 4 tyres on a car , in Blackburn theyd have had that done in 15 minutes If you're a tyre fitter come to Costco, they e done 4 thres and a puncture since 10am , just getting my van back now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, Wack said: If you're a tyre fitter come to Costco, they e done 4 thres and a puncture since 10am , just getting my van back now "Alright lads, we need to take as long as possible with this so they get bored and go in and renew their membership and gorge themselves on cheap hot dogs" timolloyd, stonedagain and myglaren 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Fuck , my membership is due and I had a hotdog myglaren, Mally, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 3 hours ago, sierraman said: I don’t know if I’ve moaned about this before... but for clarity I’ll moan again. Sheffield is bringing in a clean air thing, so basically buses and taxis not meeting the EURO whatever limits will be charged an additional £50 a day to enter the city centre - which unsurprisingly enough is passed on to the customer - that’s me. Anyway the complaint I have with it is that it takes me an hour on the bus to travel 7 miles. Sometimes more. The arterial route into the city is absolutely clogged with cars. Applying a charge to buses won’t stop this, in fact the rise in fares will cause people to use the bus less. I never thought I’d say this but realistically they need to levy a charge on cars instead coming into the city. Not just the older cars, charge the lot, I don’t agree with billing older cars as it’s penalising the people who probably can’t afford it, it needs to be a billed across the board to people with new cars as well. That’s the only way that traffic will reduce and people will be persuaded into the bus/tram/train. I went to Sheffield once. Used the tram to go and visit the university. Didn't notice any.congestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Filled 944 with fuel and the bastard didn't want to restart - backfired! What is that about. Managed to drive it slowly home where it sits in disgrace. I've phoned the local specialist who has so far failed to return my call... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, New POD said: I went to Sheffield once. Used the tram to go and visit the university. Didn't notice any.congestion I must be hallucinating then myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I've been to Sheffield twice, to buy cars - a Mk1 Jetta and a Rover 825D. When I collected the Rover I took the tram to the seller's house. I cannot remember whether or not I encountered any congestion. HTH. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I had to go to Sheffield Hospital a couple of years ago, when it was snowing. Traffic was fine. Parking at the hospital was, however, challenging. My brother was in Norway that day. It was not snowing. I found that funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 2 hours ago, New POD said: I went to Sheffield once. Used the tram to go and visit the university. Didn't notice any.congestion Same here but it would have been 1953. We went to Lewis' and I was very impressed with the pneumatic system for sending payments to the finance offices, and the escalators. Santa's grotto was wonderful, lined with shiny blue foil. As we were ascending on the escalator someone dropped some metal thing that rang loudly throughout the building. Apparently I said "Someone's dropped a clanger" - one of my dad's favourite sayings. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, myglaren said: ....We went to Lewis' and I was very impressed with the pneumatic system for sending payments to the finance offices.... Whiteley's in Bayswater used the same system. Can't remember the last time I saw it in action anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 7 hours ago, sierraman said: I must be hallucinating then Sheff traffic is fucking shit because the road layout was done by a drunk ant walking through ink. I've been a few times, most recently to kollect a car for brother SWF. catsinthewelder, sheffcortinacentre, fairkens and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Whiteley's in Bayswater used the same system. Can't remember the last time I saw it in action anywhere. They use one like that in costco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 I've seen it used somewhere within the past few years but can't remember where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 15 hours ago, iainrcz said: The mother in law has just died. Shit. Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Sorry for your loss. Just be there for whoever needs you at home. iainrcz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Unless your a student there's no real reason to visit the city centre & the council road planners made sure around the time the tram was installed that they did there best to make it a pain for motorists to go there. They are also doing there utmost to lure snowflakes to live there in "luxury city centre apartments"That only a few years ago were rundown tower blocks that you couldn't pay locals to visit nevermind buy to live in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 clever clogs kids who fiddle with network cables whole building was off the air this morning , no internet or networking maintenance were stuck , other parts of site worked ok so I got an old hub and tried that , the lights blinked and the network came up until I put the last cable in .. some one in the play room had plugged two ports together on a hub with a cable .... despite denying it he got his ears burned ... by me , by staff , teachers etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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