jakebullet Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Sounds like evasion of debts tactic.... A few years back they had a member of staff robbing them blind, and by the time they sussed it a big chunk of cash had gone. The tax man wanted his money and they didn't have it. Since then it's been all sorts of silly, director buying the assets from the administrators, then not paying up, everything owned by the mrs, bankruptcy, 4 or 5 variations on the company name. I do cross my fingers every time I send them money. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Won something on eBay earlier for a little less than anticipated, messaged seller immediately for an idea of collection time. No response in 5 hours. Yeah yeah they might be at work etc but I've got a suspicion they don't want to sell it for that much, or in this instance, little. Sake. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Saab goes in for Mot today. Not usually much of a problem there but it chooses THAT MOMENT to shit its steering rack an piss all of its fluid out into the testers pit. YOU FUCKING ARSEHOLE! It gets better. My tame tester is ff for Christmas after tomorrow so won't be able to do anything until the new year (he doesn't really do anything like this normally - he's more of a general service and MoT man and avoids more involved jobs. Okay, I'll try and get it over to my tame Saab wrangler then. Checks MoT to make sure the fail hasn't flagged up on the system. IT FUCKING RAN OUT ON THE 7TH. I swear it was the end of the month. So now I have an immobile car that can't be repaired soon and will cost to get sorted. At Christmas. When I need the car. When I need the money. FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK. Needless to say, I'm a bit miffed (and reasonably stressed out about it).Welcome to borrow my 9-3 for a while if it helps..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk strangeangel, myglaren, Lord Sterling and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Driving home on the back roads as the bypass is fucked again, I suddenly hear a very loud aggressive sounding whistling... Some panic over the next few miles as it rose with speed, decreased with speed... Clutch and brakes didn't change the note. Steering felt fine. Dropped the windows incase it was the tyres, the works! I got into my head that it'll be alright, cars driving fine and just get home then have a look. Fucking Land rover 90 infront of me turned off the road 4 miles later and the noise stopped... jakebullet, High Jetter, Datsuncog and 11 others 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Driving home on the back roads as the bypass is fucked again, I suddenly hear a very loud aggressive sounding whistling... Some panic over the next few miles as it rose with speed, decreased with speed... Clutch and brakes didn't change the note. Steering felt fine. Dropped the windows incase it was the tyres, the works! I got into my head that it'll be alright, cars driving fine and just get home then have a look. Fucking Land rover 90 infront of me turned off the road 4 miles later and the noise stopped... I’ve done the same- what’s that smell? Is something burning / overheating /melting only for it to go away when the modern car in front turns off. beko1987 and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I’ve done the same- what’s that smell? Is something burning / overheating /melting only for it to go away when the modern car in front turns off. Wafty fires with tyres on it shit me up, especially when it lingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 'Cos I am in horrible pain (slightly dramatic there David!) I didn't sleep at all last night. By 9:00a.m. this morning I had sorted out no1 son out as a member of the AA (for £2 a month as my joint member... which sounds dodgy!) done all the Christmas shopping online for delivery on Thursday, sorted out the requests for extra meds for both me and Phoebe for the Christmas period (which sounds like Tampax with tinsel) and sorted out a return of goods to the USA. I felt properly productive. spent the rest of the day wondering what to do! I did consider cleaning the flat but dismissed the idea on the grounds that I'm not that bored yet! myglaren and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Oh and it seems my washing machine might catch fire... Fab! The recall site isn't working either. Luckily it's not my washing machine... somewhatfoolish and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Luckily there's still a launderette nearby... FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Nope, no laundrette here! Mummy has offered her services though. But the above image shows my model number, but plugging it and the serial of the machine into the Hotpoint website shows all as being fine There's another site being bandied about by the media from indiset, but it's dead atm as their development team must be a pile of wank. I've flicked it off at the wall for now, will still use it tbh, although maybe when I'm home. Although the prospect of free washing is appealing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Calculated and agreed with my line manager at my previous employer, using the Bank's prescribed calculator that they owed me 2.5 days holiday as at my leaving date which I took. However she left before I did and the horrible cunt that ran the department I used to work for and whom subsequently got a new role as head of my then current department (avoiding a deserved redundancy) wanted to recalculate all this but wouldn't tell me the outcome. Got my P45 and final pay. £38. He's ripped my cunt for £570. FIVE HUNDERED AND SEVENTY QUID. They were not content with making me redundant. It's beyond fucking words. myglaren and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 36 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Calculated and agreed with my line manager at my previous employer, using the Bank's prescribed calculator that they owed me 2.5 days holiday as at my leaving date which I took. However she left before I did and the horrible cunt that ran the department I used to work for and whom subsequently got a new role as head of my then current department (avoiding a deserved redundancy) wanted to recalculate all this but wouldn't tell me the outcome. Got my P45 and final pay. £38. He's ripped my cunt for £570. FIVE HUNDERED AND SEVENTY QUID. They were not content with making me redundant. It's beyond fucking words. @chaseracer to the beige worker’s phone please. Ps. That’s awful! My company would pay people to the end of the month regardless as it saves the bloody hassle. myglaren and Split_Pin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: Nope, no laundrette here! Mummy has offered her services though. But the above image shows my model number, but plugging it and the serial of the machine into the Hotpoint website shows all as being fine There's another site being bandied about by the media from indiset, but it's dead atm as their development team must be a pile of wank. I've flicked it off at the wall for now, will still use it tbh, although maybe when I'm home. Although the prospect of free washing is appealing... My machine is on that dreaded list too plus can't get on their site. Supposedly not meant to use machine at all! The wife says "that ain't going to happen!". It only took them a year to get to us to *modify the tumble dryer. Won't be buying anything whirlpool/indesit/hoover ever again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said: My machine is on that dreaded list too plus can't get on their site. Supposedly not meant to use machine at all! The wife says "that ain't going to happen!". It only took them a year to get to us to *modify the tumble dryer. Won't be buying anything whirlpool/indesit/hoover ever again! My hotpoint washing machine was new in Feb 2003. I think If it was going to catch fire it would have done so by now. My landlords bought it new for me when I moved in in 2003, and I paid them £50 for it in 2010. beko1987 and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, richardmorris said: My hotpoint washing machine was new in Feb 2003. I think If it was going to catch fire it would have done so by now. My landlords bought it new for me when I moved in in 2003, and I paid them £50 for it in 2010. Luckily our machine is only 2.5 years old. WCPGW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Yea im still going to use it! I only do a load a week! Ill stop setting the timer so it washes and stops half an hour before I get home though... If I can get onto the list I'll register it. I'll also fire off an email to the letting agent as as a bit of a bonus it's not mine! I won't go shouting though, I'll ask if they've heard of it, and did they want to deal with it, or me, and also what the time line is for repair/replacement as it's part of my tenancy blah blah. I know it's been fine as I kicked the door in anger during a row with Amy and punched the lock into the machine. I lied to the agent and the bloke came round and opened the machine up and screwed it back in and it's been fine. Was apart 4 months back to replace the pump too. But if I take my washing round to mummy's I'll save leccy and water, and she hasn't stopped fucking going on about it, she'd be happier if I booted it into the garden now I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Also I should say that the screenshot from the Hotpoint site I posted is bollocks. Its from an earlier recall (lol) and is still active. Got to wait for the indishit site to worm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Which has proper FTP'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Which has proper FTP'd Perhaps it’s caught fire? LightBulbFun, beko1987, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 why is it, that the interview for the job what i really wanted was a friggin' car crash, and the interview for the ob that i do not want, went really well. well enough for them to offer me the bloody thing? shit. and why don't i want it? well its in Dudley, which is a fuckin' shit hole (even compared with Stockton or Hartlepool) and that its more than 4 hours drive from home. i think i'll pass, thanks..... stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 30 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: why is it, that the interview for the job what i really wanted was a friggin' car crash, and the interview for the ob that i do not want, went really well. well enough for them to offer me the bloody thing? shit. and why don't i want it? well its in Dudley, which is a fuckin' shit hole (even compared with Stockton or Hartlepool) and that its more than 4 hours drive from home. i think i'll pass, thanks..... You've always got the Black Country Living Museum though, that's worth a visit for the trolleybus alone... stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: You've always got the Black Country Living Museum though, that's worth a visit for the trolleybus alone... the road signs also mentioned Dudley Zoo - i didn't realise it was a safari park type thing you drive your car through...... the chance of riding a trolleybus, i'm not sure that will compensate for been away from home, the other half and our kitty cat.! plus the FiL is ailling, and SWMBO is having some medical issues of her own. another good reason why i don't want to be so far from home stonedagain and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: @chaseracer to the beige worker’s phone please. @Split_Pin Did you get that agreement with your previous line manager in writing? myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovorsche Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, chaseracer said: @Split_Pin Did you get that agreement with your previous line manager in writing? Or was it quoted in an Email ? Emails can be requested if you go to Acas or similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: the road signs also mentioned Dudley Zoo - i didn't realise it was a safari park type thing you drive your car through...... the chance of riding a trolleybus, i'm not sure that will compensate for been away from home, the other half and our kitty cat.! plus the FiL is ailling, and SWMBO is having some medical issues of her own. another good reason why i don't want to be so far from home When my folks were first married, they lived in Dudley over the road from the Living Museum (just after it had opened) and had good things to say about it. Dudley Zoo circa 1981, however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 18 hours ago, Inspector Morose said: Saab goes in for Mot today. Not usually much of a problem there but it chooses THAT MOMENT to shit its steering rack an piss all of its fluid out into the testers pit. YOU FUCKING ARSEHOLE! It gets better. My tame tester is ff for Christmas after tomorrow so won't be able to do anything until the new year (he doesn't really do anything like this normally - he's more of a general service and MoT man and avoids more involved jobs. Okay, I'll try and get it over to my tame Saab wrangler then. Checks MoT to make sure the fail hasn't flagged up on the system. IT FUCKING RAN OUT ON THE 7TH. I swear it was the end of the month. So now I have an immobile car that can't be repaired soon and will cost to get sorted. At Christmas. When I need the car. When I need the money. FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK. Needless to say, I'm a bit miffed (and reasonably stressed out about it). If you're local and gan canny you can lend my volvo. Or (just noticed) @Floatylight's saab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Looks like the oval track, go-kart facility and general motorsports venue Birmingham Wheels is set to be sold off to developers very soon. This is on top of several oval tracks and Shakespeare raceway drag strip that have fallen under the developers axe recently. from what I’ve read the demise of Birmingham wheels has been especially underhand, the site is owned by Birmingham city council and leased to a charity set up by Birmingham city council called The Birmingham wheels company, over the past few years the Council has increased rent to an unsustainable level and is now attempting to evict BWC.... so the Council is evicting itself pretty much. There’s also a 98 year lease on the site which is seeming meaningless. The council have been trying to develop the site for around 20 years, using various creative methods to evict the tenants, this time they look like they might’ve got their wish. Many brown envelopes are possibly changing hands. Two independent studies have suggested they need to relocate the current activities to another council supplied site but obviously the council have told them to FRO regarding this. Depressing. Amishtat and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Just seen about this on FB, you can buy fake currency on eBay that is clearly intended to be passed off as real, so be careful accepting cash folks!! Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 This is why I only take PayPal m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 There’s a few scams like this on FB, fake money, driving licences etc. I don’t think you get anything in return, what can you do, phone trading standards? myglaren and stonedagain 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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