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Another day, another incorrectly- sized o-ring for the A8's top coolant hose.

If the next one isn't right I might as well go to Audi, but I'm loathe to travel all the way to Stirling for a tiny part.

Still, I've now got a lovely expanding collection of the things now 😂

Luckily the leak isn't bad so I can still drive it mean time .

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Idiot sister rings up, and is yapping to Ma for longer than the usual "there was this horse and it had a really big shit" conversation. Ma then starts telling me IS is going playing donkeys next weekend, and moggy is going into moggy storage, and you can only retrive moggy between 10 - 4, and she won't be back by then on Sunday.

We can all see where this is going can't we?

So I cut it off in advance by saying "Unlucky. Guess she's paying for an extra day moggy storage then. Expensive game this animal lark".

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In my workshop leaning against some racking is a stainless steel sink from a poxy caravan. In my mind it is unwanted scrap but to her indoors it might come in useful (it won't).

So earlier I am crouching down retreaving a pair of mole grips in the bottom tray of my welding cart and as I straighten up I head butt the corner of the sodding sink.

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How about a nice inch long puncture wound to the front left of my head and worse still fuck me where's all my hair going.

To be fair it didn't bleed for all that long and I didn't think i needed stitches or anything but then again I'm no doctor so I took myself to the minor injuries unit at the hospital expecting to have to wait hours to be seen but no.

Although they were really busy I was seen to and glued back together within the hour, everyone who dealt with me was super friendly and efficient so well done to the NHS and Medway hospital.

I think her indoors is feeling guilty as she has now removed the sink from my workshop.

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Bugger. Took Ma & Mrs out. Came back and hmm, something smells hot. Let's touch all the wheels until I find the scorchio one. NSR which has been freed* off before, so think that wants a new caliper pronto. So that's me out of working cars.

Going to be a fun convo tomorrow, are you ever going to sort my C1 clutch, and would you like a disco too?

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Driving to Birmingham last night, young bloke in a Fiesta next to me slings a banana skin out of the window as we're about to pull onto a roundabout.

1) we're not playing Mario Kart and 2) although it's not McDonald's detritus, you're still a litter-lout prick.

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Another rejection letter.  I'm getting good at getting these now.  I'm waiting to hear on three applications but since one was for an agency I shan't hold my breath on that.  I did experience the joy that is a fully automated application process with Whitbread (Beefeater front of house vacancy) where you submit your CV, they confirm they've got it, and then they tell you they don't want you pretty much straight away.  At least I didn't end up waiting very long for the disappointment, so that's nice.

Just going to keep trying as and when I find stuff.  I'm not in a mega rush and the artwork is still ticking along okay.  Just a bit frustrating really.

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Ordered oil, air freshener automatically added to basket. Removed because I prefer the smell of my own farts in the car. Order arrives, contains "freshener" anyway.

Fuck me.

 

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  On 27/05/2024 at 13:43, Split_Pin said:

Another day, another incorrectly- sized o-ring for the A8's top coolant hose.

If the next one isn't right I might as well go to Audi, but I'm loathe to travel all the way to Stirling for a tiny part.

Still, I've now got a lovely expanding collection of the things now 😂

Luckily the leak isn't bad so I can still drive it mean time .

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If you go on Catcar.info they have the genuine Audi parts diagrams that give the actual sizes of o rings.

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  On 28/05/2024 at 17:01, artdjones said:

If you go on Catcar.info they have the genuine Audi parts diagrams that give the actual sizes of o rings.

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Thank you, very useful, I'll have a look now 😃

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  On 28/05/2024 at 13:40, Pieman said:

Driving to Birmingham last night, young bloke in a Fiesta next to me slings a banana skin out of the window as we're about to pull onto a roundabout.

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Makes a change from the road cyclists doing just that around here. Mountain bikers are much better - they just drop chocolate wrappers up on the mountain :-(
I'd have thought both lots would have been more in touch with nature than a Fiesta driver.

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I was really enjoying owning this again… 

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Smooth, lovely to drive, comfy and the kids (even the teenager) loved it.

Sadly it’s off back to its previous owner as the C4 we helped her buy to replace it has shat its gearbox in less than two weeks… 

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No Merc, and a C4 with a borked gearbox to deal with.

Fucking great. 

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Not your problem, shirley...? 🤔

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  On 28/05/2024 at 16:34, Kringle said:

Ordered oil, air freshener automatically added to basket. Removed because I prefer the smell of my own farts in the car. Order arrives, contains "freshener" anyway.

Fuck me.

 

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I'd send the lot back saying won't be doing business with you again.

Saying I can see a big prick when I go for a piss.

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Other people's parental skills.

Visited Caernarfon Castle. Took my youngest, Charlie who is eight.

I held his hand tightly as some of the ramparts are pretty high and an unremarkable metal handrail is all that stops you falling.

Imagine my horror when a toddler comes walking towards us - no more than three years old with a fifty foot drop on one side. I hearded him back to his mother who let him walk ahead again.

Some really are as thick as pigshit.

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  On 28/05/2024 at 20:22, Bren said:

Other people's parental skills.

Visited Caernarfon Castle. Took my youngest, Charlie who is eight.

I held his hand tightly as some of the ramparts are pretty high and an unremarkable metal handrail is all that stops you falling.

Imagine my horror when a toddler comes walking towards us - no more than three years old with a fifty foot drop on one side. I hearded him back to his mother who let him walk ahead again.

Some really are as thick as pigshit.

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The tightness with which we held our little one’s hands at Caernarfon!! It’s very high! 

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  On 28/05/2024 at 16:34, Kringle said:

Ordered oil, air freshener automatically added to basket. Removed because I prefer the smell of my own farts in the car. Order arrives, contains "freshener" anyway.

Fuck me.

 

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I presume it smells of bullshit?

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Trying to get a shower under a Mira shower. This is the third one I've had the joy of using.

I'd get wetter asking the Mrs to spit at me.

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  On 29/05/2024 at 08:22, iainrcz said:

Trying to get a shower under a Mira shower. This is the third one I've had the joy of using.

I'd get wetter asking the Mrs to spit at me.

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It’s no wonder when you look at the power of them. Some are as low as 7.5 kW, most around 9 and the best you can get is only 13. My shower comes direct from a gas combi boiler rated at 32kW , so there’s no comparison.

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Not so much grumpy as annoyed/angry. 

A  1 mile section of an A road near me was "surface dressed" with chips last week. Already there are big bald patches where the chips have come off. What a bloody wate of money. 

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  On 31/05/2024 at 08:26, DavieW said:

Not so much grumpy as annoyed/angry. 

A  1 mile section of an A road near me was "surface dressed" with chips last week. Already there are big bald patches where the chips have come off. What a bloody wate of money. 

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I was once waiting my turn in the barbers when the guy in the chair told the barber he worked for Autoglass . The barber jokingly says “ oh , I expect you go out at night spreading stones to drum up business”. The guy replied “don’t have to, the council does it for us”.

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  On 29/05/2024 at 08:22, iainrcz said:

Trying to get a shower under a Mira shower. This is the third one I've had the joy of using.

I'd get wetter asking the Mrs to spit at me.

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  On 31/05/2024 at 09:38, artdjones said:

 

 

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My favourite Simpsons episode ever - every line in that one is gold!

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  On 31/05/2024 at 11:17, Pieman said:

My favourite Simpsons episode ever - every line in that one is gold!

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The first ten years were great, they've been flogging a dead horse for decades.

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Apparently, banks don't/ won't give you bags of coins anymore.

Or at least, Nationwide doesn't - I was just after a bag or two of pound coins to use as a cash float for a car boot sale tomorrow morning.

But no, coins aren't a thing they keep on the premises anymore. I mean, it's been a couple of years since I last tried to flog a load of assorted tat, but I don't recall having difficulty in making a withdrawal in coin bags before.

I also had to wait in a queue for twenty minutes in order to make this discovery, which annoyed me even more.

I ended up in Tesco on one of their self-serve machines, buying individual bananas with a series of £10 notes in order to get some pound coins and a couple of 50ps in change.

If some twat rocks up early doors trying to buy a 10p comic with a £20 note, they may find themselves involuntarily eating it...

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