The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 FFS. One day back at work after Boxing day..... Thought I would take the Minor to work as there doesn't appear to be any salt around and it hasn't been out much for a while. In fact the last fuel receipt is dated June. Walking past two known 100pc reliable motors I got in it at 4:45AM after opening the gates and emptying the crap out of the front footwell to be greeted with an apologetic cough from the starter motor. I was about to get the handle out when I thought I would try a scoot down the sloping driveway. It worked, luckily but I only narrowly avoided a reversing milk float coming round the blind corner in our close. Nine houses, only one has milk delivered and the chooses the precise moment I am coasting round a corner with the lights off... At 08:45 Mrs Rocker phones to say TV is dead and won't play. I file this under "meh....don't give a shit" but made the appropriate conciliatory noises. Get home at 3pm absolutely fucked after a hard day back at work and she has towels all round the washing machine which is now at a jaunty angle under the worktop. Seems to be a leak somewhere behind it.... They wonder why men are always fucking grumpy.... I saw two Minors in Sheffield today. A 1965 C plate Trafalgar blue 2 door parped past me whilst walking into town, and I saw an Almond green one parked outside a shop. They're great to see on the road. Mally, LightBulbFun and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The small crack in the corner of the Subaru's ultra-kingsize glass sunroof is no longer that small. It appears on a mission to visit its opposite corner, and soon. Banjax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfamale Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I saw two Minors in Sheffield today. A 1965 C plate Trafalgar blue 2 door parped past me whilst walking into town, and I saw an Almond green one parked outside a shop. They're great to see on the road.Was the blue one a slightly tatty, almost rat-look affair. If so it belongs to a youngish lad which is even more of a grin in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm a bit late to this and I will miss the shag thread . But, I am finding it quite amusing, reading rants about people being snowflakes, from people who are being dummy spitting snowflakes themselves over the loss of a thread on a forum... Cavcraft, mercedade, myglaren and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Apparently I can't get a phoneline set up at the new house because "the exchange is full", whatever the actual fuck that means. Odd, because there's a fairly recent openreach master socket on the wall, and the area's not exactly a heaving metropolis. FOR FUCKS SAKE.Ordered full piss BT fibre broadband a couple of weeks ago. 300mbit fibre to the premises job, no fucking about Brand new house with FTTP and an openreach fibre modem already fitted BT said they’d activate on 27th Dec (today) but almost immediately they said it’d actually be 2nd Jan. Phone call today - “we’ve just tried to activate your service remotely but it didn’t work, suspect the equipment in the house is faulty, we need to come and look at it and the first date is 2nd Jan” .... left hand, meet right hand drivewaymyway, chadders and AMC Rebel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Was the blue one a slightly tatty, almost rat-look affair. If so it belongs to a youngish lad which is even more of a grin in my book. Not tatty but 'used' with lots of stickers on the boot lid. Alfamale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 At least you only have to wait a week or so. I can expect an update on the 21st. Not any actual progress, just an update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Board games.My memory.My ability to decipher rules.I can't even start the damn things let alone get to board flipping tantrum stage.Not playing Monopoly, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 At least you only have to wait a week or so. I can expect an update on the 21st. Not any actual progress, just an update.That’s ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Ordered full piss BT fibre broadband a couple of weeks ago. 300mbit fibre to the premises job, no fucking about Brand new house with FTTP and an openreach fibre modem already fitted BT said they’d activate on 27th Dec (today) but almost immediately they said it’d actually be 2nd Jan. Phone call today - “we’ve just tried to activate your service remotely but it didn’t work, suspect the equipment in the house is faulty, we need to come and look at it and the first date is 2nd Jan” .... left hand, meet right handOver here in the land of super fast internet (Bulgaria),we ordered one of the combined tv/internet packages on a Friday afternoon8am the next morning we had workers knocking on the gates for us to let them in and finish running 400 metres of fibre optic cable to the houseMonday saw an engineer turn up with router and tv boxes,and was finished and away on his moped before lunchService so far has pissed all over anything that BT managed, we do get the odd drop out but nothing like when we're back in the UK Not bad for £12 a month Tayne, paulplom, Lord Sterling and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Hmm this could be the route of my shit running issue... somewhatfoolish, drivewaymyway and MikeR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I'm on the new Open Fibre network (OFNL), so my ISP is a bit of a weird one called Vfast. We don't have a BT line to our house. When we moved in, I gave Vfast a call and asked when I could be online. They said 'tomorrow, we'll send off a router now,' then they read my address back to me and realised that I was 5 minutes from their main office. They put a router aside from me and I popped in that evening to pick it up. Was up and running that night. Total turnaround from initial inquiry to working fibre (at advertised speed, no less) 4 hours. Can't say fairer than that. BT can do one. Rocket88, DeeJay, robinmasters and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The small crack in the corner of the Subaru's ultra-kingsize glass sunroof is no longer that small. It appears on a mission to visit its opposite corner, and soon. Banjax.A sheet of Christmas plywood and a roll of festive gaffa tape then! Tamworthbay, Datsuncog and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Over here in the land of super fast internet (Bulgaria) Do you know anybody who does quality lpg installs over there, speaking to people over here who have taken stuff home for conversion they are getting them fitted for less than I could buy parts for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I’m driving to Muscat in the morning with the family for a few days holoday, so i’ve just been and packed the truck full off bikes, scooters and that sort of shit. “Hmm, what’s that on the floor in the spot that only the truck ever parks in?” I wondered to myself. “Oh, it’s transmission fluid, and it’s dripping from the fucking bellhousing” Excellent. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I saw two Minors in Sheffield today. A 1965 C plate Trafalgar blue 2 door parped past me whilst walking into town, and I saw an Almond green one parked outside a shop. They're great to see on the road. They are expensive to see on ebay! mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Ordered full piss BT fibre broadband a couple of weeks ago. 300mbit fibre to the premises job, no fucking about Brand new house with FTTP and an openreach fibre modem already fitted BT said they’d activate on 27th Dec (today) but almost immediately they said it’d actually be 2nd Jan. Phone call today - “we’ve just tried to activate your service remotely but it didn’t work, suspect the equipment in the house is faulty, we need to come and look at it and the first date is 2nd Jan” .... left hand, meet right hand This is how my experience with BT fibre started, they pushed the date back with no plausible reason given, then again, then ended up just cutting all lines to my house without telling me because they couldn't be bothered fixing it, so terminated the contract and blamed my previous suppliers for holding the line (that still ran over BT even with them) hostage. Tried to talk to them, was passed to multiple people all called "Steven" at ever more ridiculous made up departments within the company (Hello, Level 7 Claims escalation department, Steven speaking, how may i help?), ended up in the hell of IT support via live chat email after the 4th Steven of the hour hung up on me, the live chat woman effectively told me to fuck off to another company and they were keeping all activation fees. Ended up contacting the company they'd accused, who just put the thing through legal, Got a massive apology from BT, who admitted their fuck up (likely pressured legally to undo the accusations) and gave a full refund. I went back to my old company, who were just starting to offer the service i wanted anyway and had no issues. BT are an absolute shower i'd never, ever go near again. Springer, GrumpiusMaximus, AMC Rebel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 All this stuff on the forum would never have happened under the old regime...... because the fucker would have been offline again for a weird essential upgrade. Not that anyone gives a shit what I think (and they are quite right) but I did feel we lost a certain something with the renaming of the question thread, less so the women we'd like to.... - I agree with the Moog - it had really run its course. One exceedingly good thing I have noticed is the plethora of twats who used to just post wanky memes and shitty gifs in response to almost anything seems to have disappeared. GrumpiusMaximus and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Actually I can't remember the forum being down for upgrading that much tbh.I do remember a lot of people moaning and saying it couldn't possibly cost that much to run a forum and demanding figures from Dave then disputing them. Oddly I think the amounts are roughly similar now yet no one is moaning about costs or slagging those who contribute. Memory is a marvellous thing though so I could be talking total bollocks. AMC Rebel and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 It's not worth dragging all that up again but that's not how I remember it. For balance. DodgeRover, Lacquer Peel, red5 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 so I could be talking total bollocks. I never talk anything else DodgeRover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laseraligningfoofooflanges Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 The like to shag thread could just have been renamed Pretty Ladies?This +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Actually I can't remember the forum being down for upgrading that much tbh.I do remember a lot of people moaning and saying it couldn't possibly cost that much to run a forum and demanding figures from Dave then disputing them. Oddly I think the amounts are roughly similar now yet no one is moaning about costs or slagging those who contribute. Memory is a marvellous thing though so I could be talking total bollocks. Sounds familiar from my time as admin elsewhereOn that site, we never, ever pestered anyone for contributions, in fact the largest bulk came from people giving over money at events/shows etc, we'd hold Barbecues etc that were free but left a jar at the side for people to contribute what they wanted. We also incentivised membership, offering packages that came with Stickers, a mug, calendar etc which helped, we also got the odd donation through the site... people don't really realise just how costly it can be to run something like that (or this), so you'd always get some form of dispute and to be honest, even with donations etc, we were still usually short and admin were clubbing together to cover the shortfall. But you'd still get folk accusing the site of profiteering, "It can't cost that much", you'd show them exactly how much it cost, they'd accuse you of manipulating it, say "Oh but you get all that money (not having a clue on the actual total) at events, donations, through merch etc without the blindest realisation that we actually have to pay to get merch made in the first place, t shirts, hats, calendars, mugs, stickers, hoodies etc, then pay for food, drink etc for the BBQ to actually get these donations and even if they see £80 in a jar, that isn't £80 profit, it's more like £15. But still, Andy, who'd donated £5 18 months ago would be eye poppingly livid when we'd put up new merch and accusing us of coining it in, as Admin were all backstage trying to scrape together an cover a shortfall for the third year running, contemplating how we could cut costs and keep the lights on another year. DeeJay, chadders, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 One exceedingly good thing I have noticed is the plethora of twats who used to just post wanky memes and shitty gifs in response to almost anything seems to have disappeared. HillmanImp, captain_70s, Brodders and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Which isn't what happened here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I really hope Joloke is OK. I hate seeing people in distress. Remspoor, The Reverend Bluejeans and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Hmm this could be the route of my shit running issue... ^Aye, that might do it... As an aside, back when I drove Ka's/Fiesta's I had a bit of a fetish for collecting those Ford coilpacks at scrap yards whenever I was there (They're known to break and will fit in your pocket). I had a collection of good Motorcraft/Beru ones that I listed on Ebay after swearing off any more blue oval stuff, all of which had a 1p start. Long story short none of them sold and they ended up getting binned around this time last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I really hope Joloke is OK. I hate seeing people in distress.What's happened to Jo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Which isn't what happened here. Never said it was, i wasn't here, i've no idea, i was only talking about my experiences as admin on another site in relation to people debating hosting costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 What's happened to Jo? She said she was on the verge of a breakdown because of a nuisance neighbour. Haven't seen nor heard from her in over a week. A few other members had expressed their concerns over the last few days. I have offered my services by PM as a shoulder to cry on if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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