rainagain Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, 5speedracer said: Are you in Aberdeen and do they have a white office building on a hill? Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk No, that’s not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, yes oui si said: Most people were equally useless forty years ago. Perhaps if they’re 41 now then you’d be right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, DeeJay said: Leave a spare set of keys in the porch. That's just what my sister said last time. But who ever does what their sister says? But seeing as it has now been said on here, I'll act upon it when I get home. Cheers! Yoss, myglaren, DeeJay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Gutted. Just went to look at a 318is with no MOT on Facebook market place. I asked if it's still available, he said yes, give me the post code so I said great I'll set off now. Gets there, only some other fucker had beaten me to it, would have preferred when asked if its still available, that someone was on the way to view it. I knew he'd bought it as the listing changed to sold in front of me. myglaren and yes oui si 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, sierraman said: Perhaps if they’re 41 now then you’d be right there. Nope. It is utter bollocks that people today are any less competent than people of the past. The majority of the population has always been and will always be completely feckless and technically incompetent. I must stop and help people change tyres or similar six or eight times a year, and most people just don't know how to do it or are too nervous to try. There is no generational difference - people in their sixties are as useless as people in their forties or twenties. It is also utter bollocks that people today are distracted by electronic devices whilst people of the past had no such hinderances. Before smartphones, people ignored each other by watching TV. Before television, people ignored each other by reading. GrumpiusMaximus, Cheggers, myglaren and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Exactly! chaseracer, paulplom, Tickman and 12 others 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 No, that’s not me Just wondered as that exactly describes the company I work for.Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk rainagain and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, yes oui si said: .... It is also utter bollocks that people today are distracted by electronic devices whilst people of the past had no such hinderances. Before smartphones, people ignored each other by watching TV. Before television, people ignored each other by reading. They generally didn't have those distractions back then whilst driving. alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: They generally didn't have those distractions back then whilst driving. Reading a broadsheet behind the wheel is a bit trickier than checking the news on your phone, to be fair. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: They generally didn't have those distractions back then whilst driving. You're right. These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647 DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, yes oui si said: You're right. These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647 We were mostly too poor to have a telly in the car. Maybe you were different. BorniteIdentity, alf892 and chadders 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: We were mostly too poor to have a telly in the car. Maybe you were different. We didn't even have a phone until the nineties. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well, of course, we had it tough. We used to 'ave to get up out of shoebox at twelve o'clock at night and lick road clean wit' tongue. We had two bits of cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at mill for sixpence every four years, and when we got home our Dad would slice us in two wit' bread knife purplebargeken, stonedagain, GrumpiusMaximus and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 All sorts of (legal?) distractions go on as a taxi driver. The dash mounted PDA and dash mounted smartphone using Google maps being two. I do my best to pull over whenever one or the other of them require attention but it's definitely difficult. The Bluetooth earpiece takes care of the incoming phone call distraction...... Finding number 52 Blah Street in the dark whilst the customer is ringing me to ask where I am is definitely distracting. Especially when Blah Street is a posh area with long drives and no visible house numbers. Trying to find 'The Ferns' on a road two miles long in the dark with busy traffic is definitely a distraction. Springer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Bobthebeard said: All sorts of (legal?) distractions go on as a taxi driver. When I did it (late 1980's) we used our knowledge rather than a satnav. No mobiles back then either. Of course then it was perfectly legal* to continually have the radio mike in one hand whilst the other was (usually) on the wheel. Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, sierraman said: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-51529207 Whatever happened to having your own thoughts but not enforcing them on other people? I’d be eating meat every day at work if I worked there. Grrrrrr.........if you want to be vegetarian/vegan fine it is your choice. If I want to eat meat it is my choice. Stop fuckin trying to dictate. Deep breaths....... High Jetter and Springer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, jamiechod said: Gutted. Just went to look at a 318is with no MOT on Facebook market place. I asked if it's still available, he said yes, give me the post code so I said great I'll set off now. Gets there, only some other fucker had beaten me to it, would have preferred when asked if its still available, that someone was on the way to view it. I knew he'd bought it as the listing changed to sold in front of me. Upside - you don’t own a 157k mile MOT-less E36. I can understand the “first come first served” thing tbh, Facebook Marketplace is full of time wasters who won’t turn up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Kiltox said: Upside - you don’t own a 157k mile MOT-less E36. I can understand the “first come first served” thing tbh, Facebook Marketplace is full of time wasters who won’t turn up! Oh yeah absolutely, I didn't go kicking off because there are so many time wasters on fb. Just one of those things would have been nice as its a 318is M sport but ideally no where to put it and Cba finding out its a sieve on the mot ramp. Kiltox and Timewaster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well the tough old bird lasted the night.Despite losing plenty of blood.I'm guessing the thing we're all thinking is coming, but when I'm not sure.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk13:15 xSent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Supernaut, Springer, myglaren and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, 5speedracer said: Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk Did these have tapatalk? Tamworthbay, Supernaut, iainrcz and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 3 hours ago, yes oui si said: You're right. These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647 I have a BNIB car stereo purchased from this very site (I think it was anyway) that has a small TV built in. Japanese made and from the 70s or early 80s. I am still waiting for the perfect car to fit it into. I was going to put it in the Capri but it would be criminal to cut the dash to fit as mine is a rare unmodified version. MarvinsMom and yes oui si 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, iainrcz said: 13:15 x Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Condolences iainrcz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 hours ago, yes oui si said: Before television, people ignored each other by reading. Domestic Management would argue that this is a daily occurrence at Chaseracer Towers. And she would not be wrong ? yes oui si and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 6 hours ago, jamiechod said: Gutted. Just went to look at a 318is with no MOT on Facebook market place. I asked if it's still available, he said yes, give me the post code so I said great I'll set off now. Gets there, only some other fucker had beaten me to it, would have preferred when asked if its still available, that someone was on the way to view it. I knew he'd bought it as the listing changed to sold in front of me. No offence, but it's hard to fault him for that, as Facebook is about 98% timewasters who don't show up. Not saying that about yourself for a minute, but he wouldn't have known. Timewaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I'm not sure who coined the phrase "there's nothing as affectionate as a wet dog" but imagine that multiplied by four. I love them, but they're annoying me at the moment. It's not their fault, god knows why they're pleased to see me and want to be with me, but I've not had a good day and wouldn't mind five minutes peace. Never, ever, have four dogs, you just feel guilty all the time. While typing this with one finger, they have settled a bit, only one wet dog on this sofa, he is grunting happily as I rub his belly with my other hand. The other three are watching waiting for their turns. Roobarb, chodweaver, Yoss and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 40 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: No offence, but it's hard to fault him for that, as Facebook is about 98% timewasters who don't show up. Not saying that about yourself for a minute, but he wouldn't have known. yeah i know, doesnt stop me being grumpy about it lol Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 5 hours ago, Marsh said: Grrrrrr.........if you want to be vegetarian/vegan fine it is your choice. If I want to eat meat it is my choice. Stop fuckin trying to dictate. Deep breaths....... How would a company get on if they said they would only reimburse expenses for meals containing meat? You can only imagine the outrage from vegetarians and vegans, and the vilification of the company across social media It's a mad World xtriple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 From what I can tell nobody at tree hugger.org or whatever it was called is upset about it. Frankly I'd be quite pleased to get lunch on expenses even if it didn't have meat in ? Meanwhile we've had something to make us grumpy. That's our 15 plate minibus. It was sat in 6" of water. By the time we'd fetched the keys the water was over the dash and 2' deep inside our warehouse. Fortunately the customers are being quite reasonable about all their stuff getting destroyed ? Datsuncog, Supernaut, Yoss and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abelw44 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 "You're through to the parts department how can I help?""Hi, I need to get 4 subframe bolts and captive nuts for a Corsa C please""Okay, Vauxhall sell them in packs of five so you'll have to by five""Riiiight... Okay fine - how soon can you get them?""Oh we're past the cut off point for the weekend now so won't be til Monday" "Brilliant ""The total for your order is £39.50"For four sodding bolts. Or rather five and one that I don't bloody need. Grrrrrr.Sent from my Nokia 7 plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Arse. Added that the same side rear tyre goes flat, the other rear has 2mm tread left and the spare is the original from 2002 with some nice cracks in it, that’s the best part of 200 quid I need to spend immediately as opposed to getting some cheap rubber mail order and having it fitted as and when. Oh. And a question to the complete and utter piece of bumwad driving the Merc GLA through the bit of flooded road I was broken down in. Would you like me to create a bow wave with my car showering you with muddy water and shout out “Un-fucking-lucky” while you were stuck at the roadside your conked out motor. No. No you wouldn’t. Your card is marked sir, and quite frankly you deserve a huge phallus drawn on your car’s bonnet and tailgate with brake fluid or etched in with a stanley blade you complete and utter goat felcher. purplebargeken, stonedagain, Christine and 5 others 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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