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59 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Have to admit to being able to count on one hand the number of times I've seen the fuel light on in most of my cars...I'm one of those people who starts twitching if the gauge ever drops below 1/4! 

The Lada was the exception, as the low fuel light in that would start blinking at you when cornering from about 2/3rds of a tank.  The frequency just increasing as the fuel level dropped.  The gauge itself only really gave a useful reading when stationary on level ground due to a lack of any damping or baffles in the tank.

Most of my vehicles have the fuel light on most of the time unless I'm going somewhere specific that is more than two gallons away.  I worked out years ago (admittedly when the fleet was larger and fuel prices higher than now) that if I brimmed every vehicle I owned, I would be over £1,000 poorer.  Since then I've only ever stuck a tenner in at a time - this eases the cash flow and also means I don't have to worry about siphoning 60 litres of fuel out when a vehicle eventually shits itself.

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3 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

I moved here about 5 years ago from Aberdeen.  Grew up in the back end of nowhere in rural Aberdeenshire, wasn't a fan of living actually in the city but it wasn't bad.  90% of the people you met still were nice at least.

Even before COVID it was like night and day and I felt that moving here was the worst decision of my life (albeit made for all the right reasons).  The sheer degree to which self centred assholery is part of every day life here just baffles me.

I have it.  Every time I have to set foot out of the door.  Cannot wait for the second I can flee back north of the border.

The further South, the more selfish and ignorant twats generally, IME.

Hi, from the North East.

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The ones I use go from full to warning light, and then to full again. The other ones have what's left in them. The one I hate most is the Cielo, which broke down with the LPG tank full, and half a tank of petrol.

Once I had a car that "forgot" to put on the warning light, it was burned-out due to so many times being on. And that's the last time I've got stranded by the side of the road, actually right in the way of trolley-buses, on the corner of an intersection.

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5 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

It's Halfords...Not a chance!  Remember the self-destructing fuel line that started rotting out <4 months after it was fitted?  Zero interest whatsoever.  They couldn't have cared less and just told me the error was with how I'd fitted it.

Given the current situation there's no way I'm going back out there for the sake of a £7 refund as that's absolutely *not* an essential journey.  I felt picking it up in the first place was enough of a stretch.  Had planned to just grab one actually at the fuel station but they didn't have any fuel cans.  Which I'm sure more than one driver would have felt was enough of a grump in itself!

Speaking of...this is the grumpy thread...I try to avoid ranting often, but sometimes it's necessary in order to not explode.

 

Why are people so FSCKING STUPID AND/OR SELFISH?!?  We're in the middle of a bloody pandemic, and are meant to be keeping our distance from each other.  So when I meet you coming the other direction on one of the footpaths around Linford Wood etc when I'm walking the dogs and there are three of your walking abreast...Would it really be too much to expect you to drop into single file and move to one side of the path for THREE BLOODY SECONDS while we pass?  Apparently yes.  Over and over, and over, and over, and over again...Yes I know I take the rules very literally.  Sorry, I'm autistic and that's just how my brain works...but based on what I've seen when I've been out with the dogs and when I've actually had to venture into stores over the last couple of months...My local area bloody well deserved to be put into full and complete lockdown months ago.  People just don't seem to give a damn.

Second "while I'm out" grump.  Cyclists.  I'm wondering if this is just a "what was normal where I grew up" sort of thing.  I was always taught that when you were out cycling, especially if it's a shared footway/cycleway (as most of the Milton Keynes footpaths are), that when you were cycling up behind someone that unless it was absolutely blindingly obvious that they were aware of you, that while you were still a decent ways, ten seconds or so out, that you'd sound your bell so they knew you were coming.  That way you don't scare the bejeezus out of them and/or their dogs when you appear out of nowhere in their peripheral vision. 

Star is a very, very nervous dog.  She is a rescue dog who was abused as a puppy, so she'll always be nervy.  She really doesn't like things appearing out of nowhere behind her - which is a pain in the tail at times as if she realises that there's someone walking behind us she will sit down, engage ground-anchor mode and then refuse to move until they've passed us.  As such having a cyclist appear out of nowhere and zap past us at 30 odd mph scares her half to death.  Heck, half the time it scares ME half to death.

Is it really too much to ask for those of you on two (or three) wheels to just let me know you're there?

I've actually taken now to walking such that me and the dogs occupy as much of the footpath as physically possible because of this - so they more or less HAVE to let me know they're there.  I've heard of driving defensively, but never thought I'd have to WALK defensively...The moment anyone lets me know they're there (unless of course they do so by screaming "****ing move you ****ing ****ing asshole!" of course), I'll immediately move fully over, bring the dogs onto the short lead so they can't get in the way (they're trained such that they keep fully to the left anyhow so that's really not an issue) and will stay there until whoever it has passed me.  Takes me about 1-2 seconds to do that, so well before the cyclist has reached my location if they've rung their bell at a sensible distance.

Rant over...I'll go back to hiding quietly in the corner now.

I had a chap like that at the bank , old guy as well shitting himself about being out in the wild with Covid about , stood in the middle of the exit ignoring the fact it was wrong and had ages to get out of the way  ...just ignored him and pushed past , he probably went home and had a full decontamination and threw his clothes on the fire ..

and joggers , out on the fresh ice this morning , like one slip , broken bone , A& E , covid , dead .... for trying to keep fit  !! , he even had a bad ankle , nothing like resting it !!

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22 hours ago, doobietoo said:

Sorry to hear that Vince makes my grumpy a little first world but Samsung, the new black combi oven looks great all bar the bright yellow sticker on the top telling me it might be hot! I know it might get hot I am an adult and it is an oven. At least make the sticker easy to remove rather than half an hours work and half a bottle of white spirit.   🤬

Next time try a hair dryer. It may be quicker.

Never use a hot air gun.

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Injections. I have a phobia of needles. I have to go to a dentist (specialist) in the Netherlands as they use gas to completely knock me out. It is not cheap.

God knows what I will do if I am offered a vaccine. Here in Spain they want to keep a register of those who are not jabbed. That list will be shared with other EU countries. Not that I have heard if other EU countries want the list or will give a list of who they have not jabbed. The likes of Germany, Netherlands, Nordic countries are all for privacy and this is a huge anti privacy thing.

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1 hour ago, Out Run said:

The further South, the more selfish and ignorant twats generally, IME.

Hi, from the North East.

I agree somewhat. I moved from the Isle of Wight to Devon and people are so different and ignorant. I know the Isle of wight is south aswell but it seems to largely have nicer people. God I cannot wait to move back home.

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Turns out 2020 wanted one last go at fucking something up. I'm on brewdog punk alcohol free version tonight. 4 pm Idiot sister phones up. She was putting her horse away and it kicked her in the head. Er, that sounds serious. We will come and collect you and go to A&E. Oh no, it's only smashed my specs and broke a few teeth I'm fine* to drive, and she puts phone down.

5pm she turns up here, and the only way she could have looked more like she'd been kicked with a horse would be a comedy U shape dint. We're going to A&E. Left her there, and after 3 hours they scientifically* felt her head, and they think she'll be ok apart from the tooth that fell out, but hey if you feel like you're dying in the night come back. We must not have x rays yet in Yorkshire.

So I'm waiting for dying dying! or not to occur. Given previous horse smashed her foot to a pulp I'd think about sacking the useless fucking things off. Maybe take up speedway instead.

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20 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Sadly wouldn't help in the Xantia...There's enough room for about four of them in each of the rear footwells unless I made a point of digging a load of stuff out of the garage to use as wedging material.IMG_20171116_122304.thumb.jpg.61a62365a9b0205906419ad309c7c4ad.jpg

I've got a few of the flat and stubby shaped ones I've had for years which never topple (nor leak if they do!), I'm just going to label one of those for diesel and be done with it.  At least I have one "spare" I can do that with.

It's just the irritation of buying something that's supposedly made to all kinds of safety standards blatantly obviously not being fit for purpose that hacked me off. 

I don’t understand. Just stick it behind the passenger seat then move that seat back until the can can’t roll forwards. It’s never going to fall over sideways due to the shape of it, unless you’re driving like a loon.

Oh, edit are you saying that is the seats all the way back? By Jove there’s a lot of space in the back. 

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6 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

I don’t understand. Just stick it behind the passenger seat then move that seat back until the can can’t roll forwards. It’s never going to fall over sideways due to the shape of it, unless you’re driving like a loon.

Oh, edit are you saying that is the seats all the way back? By Jove there’s a lot of space in the back. 

Think there's a couple of inches of travel available still but yeah - seat base stops just short of level with the centre console fully back I think - the amount of cabin space in the back of the Xantia is better than many cars that are far larger.  Not quite CX levels, but impressive nevertheless. 

In sharp contrast even with the seats in the normal position in the Jag you can't fit a fuel can behind either of them as the gap is too small!

Next time I'm just going to be sensible and stick the can on the back seat with the seatbelt holding it in place...problem solved.  Even with Xantia Activa cornering loads in the picture.

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It really annoys me much much more than it should when people post pictures like this one all over the Internet which have been altered to suit the context of the page and might have been slightly amusing if only they had bothered to even try and match the font. 

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The word Motorcycle might as well have been scrawled in green crayon. 

 

There are hundreds like it and I get sent them all the time. I don't know why I care but I can't stand it. 

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My neighbours decided to have a big new year's party last night. They took the precaution of covering all the windows up with car frost screen protectors! I think they were most miffed when the police arrived and closed it down. Early twenties couple, who obviously don't give a fuck about the fact we're in tier 4. Impressed with the police though.

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3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

This sort of thing seriously pisses me off.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-55506681

There really are some utter cunts out there.

Let's hope karma catches up with them. However, those types seem to slither through life continuing to get away with being bellends. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for - the people who run the church, or the police who had to deal with the oxygen thieves.

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1 hour ago, taranaki said:

Facebook is royally getting on my tits. 24 hour ban for posting this. Apparently, I'm posting drug-related content.

 

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pass some of that to Miseryrail , local trains are off ,, on ,, bus service on , err no off ....  just a bit of frost on the cars this morning FFS

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14 hours ago, dean36014 said:

My neighbours decided to have a big new year's party last night. They took the precaution of covering all the windows up with car frost screen protectors! I think they were most miffed when the police arrived and closed it down. Early twenties couple, who obviously don't give a fuck about the fact we're in tier 4. Impressed with the police though.

That wouldn't have protected against a few anonymous bricks being thrown through their windows.

If there hadn't been any restrictions no one would have had these parties in the first place, they're just doing it because "fuck you you can't tell me what to do".   Whereas I am scared to even spend time in the same room as those I live with in case I infect them.

Infect all those breaking rules on purpose and let them snuff it.

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40 minutes ago, Pieman said:

That wouldn't have protected against a few anonymous bricks being thrown through their windows.

If there hadn't been any restrictions no one would have had these parties in the first place, they're just doing it because "fuck you you can't tell me what to do".   Whereas I am scared to even spend time in the same room as those I live with in case I infect them.

Infect all those breaking rules on purpose and let them snuff it.

Anyone breaking Covid rules in this manner.... 50 hours unpaid cleaning work in an NHS hospital, wearing full PPE

 

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On 31/12/2020 at 12:00, Zelandeth said:

Sadly wouldn't help in the Xantia...There's enough room for about four of them in each of the rear footwells unless I made a point of digging a load of stuff out of the garage to use as wedging material.IMG_20171116_122304.thumb.jpg.61a62365a9b0205906419ad309c7c4ad.jpg

I've got a few of the flat and stubby shaped ones I've had for years which never topple (nor leak if they do!), I'm just going to label one of those for diesel and be done with it.  At least I have one "spare" I can do that with.

It's just the irritation of buying something that's supposedly made to all kinds of safety standards blatantly obviously not being fit for purpose that hacked me off. 

Too little, too late but I keep a plastic box in my boot, and some bungees, to stop stuff floating about and tipping over.

That said, the 10L bucket of white emulsion took no notice of that and ruined the pristine boot of the Civic.

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