MarvinsMom Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 the recent high winds have apparently shredded the cover thing we had over the slightly broken car on Kerry's drive. what a shock, not. i am so fuckin' sick of shitty, ungrateful, needy, broken shitboxes i have gone and listed the little turd for sale. i am fed up of the "old car" thing as it has stopped been fun, in fact it stopped been fun along time ago. i cannot wait to see the back of all of these crappy cars that i have ended up with. Remspoor, adw1977, Coprolalia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 davehedgehog31 ^ not worth the hassle with police etc. (After being hit by a car and getting a letter from police basically saying 'Well you're still alive so we've left it at that' ... I lost a lot of time for them) Just remove his tyre valves if you ever see his car parked up. Sidclark96, Remspoor and davehedgehog31 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 At worst they'll do nothing, at best he'll get fined for driving without stopping. Personally I'd report it and you've got pretty clear eveidence of him being in the wrong there. That's my view anyhow. Did a long drive yesterday. Golf has been doing fine lately but yesterday it started making a nasty noise at full lock when manouvering. That'll probably be the power steering, then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 14 hours ago, High Jetter said: I take it that wasn't sheep-related? Bailing press actually. If you need more detail I could pass on the name of the person who applied a ratchet strap to the stump. And the court details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 12 hours ago, davehedgehog31 said: Encountered this top tier fuckwit earlier this evening. He proceeded to hurl abuse at me. I'd report it and submit the video you have. I'd also report that he hurled abuse at you as that changes the nature of the incident from a slip up or mistake to agressive/dangerous driving. Some police forces are beginning to make good use of dashcam footage for prosecutions as it's easy work for them. If nothing else, it will be additional evidence for the next person who submits dashcam footage of the same bellend wiping someone off the face of the planet. It's incidents like that that make me want my old RR classic with a fecking great nudge bar on the front again. You don't bother swerving for tossers like that, you just punt them off the road. Lord Sterling, timolloyd, davehedgehog31 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Mouse No7 has departed this planet this week . Wondering if we will make double figures , little nipper and butter is a deadly setup . Talbot and New POD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 04/04/2021 at 02:26, Mally said: Yes it has been changed, afaik used to be your problem up to the main sewer. Now once outside your property its the Waterboard. I had United Utilities out because the sewer shared by our 4 flats (building looks like semi-detached houses, but is actually 4 flats) was blocking up and coming up through the rainwater drains. The access point is in my back garden and it was my drains that stank like shite for a few days. Free free free to resolve, and they said if it ever happens again they'll be back out quicker this time. BIG approve. myglaren, BorniteIdentity, Mally and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Finally got an appointment at the top today. Went to start loading the car up. Boot won't open...oh c'mon! Have never had the slightest issue with that before, but today it's not interested. So have had to load things through the rear doors. My back loved that. Then my oil transfer pump decided to not work...so had to decent the 20-ish litres from the catch pan into bottles with a not-really-big-enough funnel, and predictably spilled it all over the place. Then went to pick up the dead battery from the BX and the handle snapped off and it landed square on my right foot. Yeah...this is going to be one of *those* days isn't it... R1152 and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 People who put "asking for a friend" on the end of every question they post online. It's not fucking funny any more. myglaren, R1152 and BorniteIdentity 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Why does it annoy you so much? Asking for a friend. Supernaut, camryv6, Tickman and 15 others 1 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 This bloke dying, although it raises the question; will @Jim Bell be making a move on the merry widow? Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Yep...they have arranged things at the tip in a way to make things about as awkward and inefficient and to maximise the degree to which you have to walk around people as far as possible. Which given prior experience with that place on a normal day I fully expected. Carting 40 odd litres of oil from one side of the site to the other was fun...as was carrying about 2/3rds of a bootload of rotten chipboard halfway around the site, and getting shouted at for dropping things. Really enjoyed getting told to hurry up when my 15 minute window was nearly up too. Seriously...just let us park up near to the bloody bins... especially as you're only letting half a dozen cars at a time into the site at a time. Would vastly minimise the amount of time people were there and the amount of walking around they'd be doing. Think I saw one person other than me there with a mask on, which given the signs plastered everywhere and red bold letters in the appointment email saying they're mandatory just hacks me off. Remspoor and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Our tip is like that , sort of arrange the shite in the car to be in order for unloading at each skip , then they change the order of the skips , now i tried using each door for different classes of shite , only for the doors to be in the way , so i bag the shite and in it all goes to the same skip .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 @MikeRcheck before you go. https://www.veolia.co.uk/merseyside-and-halton/formby MikeR and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Totally unrestricted tip at my parents so it seems. Told them I'd booked an appointment for Sunday and they were surprised I had to even book. They're in Exmouth and I'm in Kent, for context. One time I went, the bloke checking the car registrations started telling me how he'd had a car like mine and liked it until he wrote it off, merrily holding up the queue. Made me laugh. Nice chap. I try and get there at the beginning of my time slot, park near the bin where I am likely to shove the most crap and walk the rest around. It's not too bad as the tip is a 'U' shape anyway. Don't even bother trying to get near the cardboard section most of the time as someone always gets there first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I went non Sunday morning at 8.30 as my allotted slot was 8.30 to 9.00 Drove to the mixed recycling threw my dodgy chemicals in there first. Reversed to the metal, threw on the old exhaust and brake discs, and then reversed to the wood, where I deposited bits of old wood. I could have put them.on the chiminea, but some of it was old fence coated with engine oil and it fucking stinks when it burns. Strangely I have was the only customer they had at that time in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: Why does it annoy you so much? Asking for a friend. It's things like this make me wish I had the brains to invent FoIP - Fist Over IP. You click on a poster's name and they get a smack in the gob from their screen/monitor. GrumpiusMaximus and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Renting a car to replace the E60 for a couple of days. I had to reject the Vauxhall Crossland as it was pre-broken (a rhythmic rattle coming from under the bonnet/OSF wheel) so I was given a black Merc A Class. With a black interior. And gangsta glass. It's like driving around inside a pillar box and makes a Bini seem light and airy. It has an excessive amount of tech, and the last time I drove a car with steering that over-assisted it was my godfather's 1982 Datsun Laurel. I should be grateful it's going to allow me to earn some coin that, hopefully, will pay to get the E60 back on the road again. But that A-Class is a cancerous dog's cock of a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I am a severe asthmatic. I need specialist treatment - every two months I need an injection of an antibody. Last year I was put on new meds which were nothing short of a miracle - sadly over the last few weeks they have wore off - I have rescue steroids as a back up. As these were running out I put in a repeat prescription last week. In reply I got a text message saying a telephone consultation would be needed first and to ring at 830 am today. Finished night shift ( late) - rang thirty five times but could not get through. Gave up and went to bed. Rang up at 1330 when I got up - I was told to ring back at 830 in the morning or complete an e consultation! By now my roids had ran out and my peak flow was 370. I rang the walk in centre in Widnes - got an appointment within an hour and a rescue pack of steroids. The NHS has kept me going - without them I would more than likely be in the ground. My youngest has down syndrome - Whiston hospital were brilliant when he was born. Unfortunately I cannot offer the same praise for my GP - hospitals and walk in centres still offer a service - unlike many doctors it would appear. I am very fucking angry. R1152, myglaren, twosmoke300 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 7 hours ago, Talbot said: I'd report it and submit the video you have. I'd also report that he hurled abuse at you as that changes the nature of the incident from a slip up or mistake to agressive/dangerous driving. Some police forces are beginning to make good use of dashcam footage for prosecutions as it's easy work for them. If nothing else, it will be additional evidence for the next person who submits dashcam footage of the same bellend wiping someone off the face of the planet. It's incidents like that that make me want my old RR classic with a fecking great nudge bar on the front again. You don't bother swerving for tossers like that, you just punt them off the road. That's exactly what happened to me about 10 years ago on the winwick link road where it crosses the M6; only I took his back door off Didn't even see him until he hit me , I was going straight on so in the left lane , knobhead was in the right lane but turned left for M6 north but fast He got out of the car , his first words were , not again Well if you keep driving like a cunt you're going to hit people Then he said , "but there's two lanes" like it wasn't his fault so I had to point out left lane is left and straight on , right lane isn't Insurance said it was 100% his fault myglaren, Talbot and timolloyd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 How much would you expect to pay for a replacement valve from a tyre place on a tyre they fitted 4 months ago In 40 years of driving I've never had a failed valve but yesterday I came out to a flat tyre Took it down to them where they replaced the leaking valve and charged me £25 for the 15 minutes it took them Is that the going rate to change a valve at a backstreet tyre place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Wack said: How much would you expect to pay for a replacement valve from a tyre place on a tyre they fitted 4 months ago In 40 years of driving I've never had a failed valve but yesterday I came out to a flat tyre Took it down to them where they replaced the leaking valve and charged me £25 for the 15 minutes it took them Is that the going rate to change a valve at a backstreet tyre place On a side note for future, it might of been worth removing the core and replacing which could of been done diy. I've had to do this with bicycles that I has slime sealant in the inner tubes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VALVE-KEY-WHEEL-TYRE-INNER-TUBE-VALVE-REMOVER-REMOVAL-TOOL-TWO-FREE-CORES-/124476965212?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Only had duff valves once, less than 24h after new tyres. The valve covers held the air until SWMBO went back the following Monday and they were all changed with apologies. Guess each wheel and tyre has to come off and on, that's the cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I pay about 10 to 12 at our local garage if I take it to them and that's not on a tyre that they supplied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Wack said: How much would you expect to pay for a replacement valve from a tyre place on a tyre they fitted 4 months ago In 40 years of driving I've never had a failed valve but yesterday I came out to a flat tyre Took it down to them where they replaced the leaking valve and charged me £25 for the 15 minutes it took them Is that the going rate to change a valve at a backstreet tyre place Its €15 here as i found out when I had a slow puncture. First thing the fitter did was look at the valve. He told me that the rubber used now seems to be destroyed quicker by the sun than they used to. Yep, it was cracked to buggery, and no foreign object stuck in the tyre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 The valve was faulty , the dust cap was pressurised but when he moved the valve side to side it leaked, it wasn't even the right type of valve as it was far too short, no point in arguing with them because if I get up tomorrow and it's flat again it's just more aggro if I have to go back Anyway,their loss,I've got 6 vehicles, the smart needs 2 tyres which I was going to ask for a price on but I just handed the £25 over, got my receipt and left never to return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 7 hours ago, mercedade said: I had United Utilities out because the sewer shared by our 4 flats (building looks like semi-detached houses, but is actually 4 flats) was blocking up and coming up through the rainwater drains. The access point is in my back garden and it was my drains that stank like shite for a few days. Free free free to resolve, and they said if it ever happens again they'll be back out quicker this time. BIG approve. Water board just turned up, Landlady must have rung them. "Have you rodded the drains , Done a good job it's all clear now". Our responsibility from that manhole. Fiirst one outside my fence, which is one down, but not far. Responsibility changed in 2011. They took the bucket full of smelly rags as well. So no more grumps from me. Coprolalia, Jerzy Woking, myglaren and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1152 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Yeah...this is going to be one of *those* days isn't it... If it's any consolation Zel, mine went little better. Here's a song to cover it all. 3VOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 5 hours ago, Pieman said: People who put "asking for a friend" on the end of every question they post online. It's not fucking funny any more. What about asking for a fiend? R1152, LightBulbFun, Noel Tidybeard and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Wack said: How much would you expect to pay for a replacement valve from a tyre place on a tyre they fitted 4 months ago I'd presume that they fitted a new valve at the same time as the tyre (my local tyre specialist Estd 1925 and still run by the same family always does), so £0.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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