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Thats the Focus gone . the local garage took it off my hands . Cash in hand ..

they put it up on the ramps for a "MOT"   , nothing that could not be fixed , but with totting up all the jobs

the resultant bill was not the way to go !!!

certainly had my moneys worth out of it , 400 notes 5 years ago

So it may live on helping other cars stay on the road rather then just being dumped in the fragging machine to make bean cans ..

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Fscking tradesmen.  Just been stood up by the fourth roofer who's failed to turn up when they said they would to look at our roof.

I'm not inclined to accept the quote from the first guy because his business doesn't officially exist, and I seriously expect that the same is true of the public liability insurance etc.  Also the quote didn't contain the promised photos of the trouble areas (which I've never seen myself), and in general looked like it had been penned by a three year old.  Just inspired precisely zero confidence.  It also seems about ten grand too cheap!

Never would have expected it to be so bloody hard to give someone money.

This is not a small job, probably £20-30K worth of work.  You'd kind of think they might be at least vaguely interested.

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1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Fscking tradesmen.  Just been stood up by the fourth roofer who's failed to turn up when they said they would to look at our roof.

I'm not inclined to accept the quote from the first guy because his business doesn't officially exist, and I seriously expect that the same is true of the public liability insurance etc.  Also the quote didn't contain the promised photos of the trouble areas (which I've never seen myself), and in general looked like it had been penned by a three year old.  Just inspired precisely zero confidence.  It also seems about ten grand too cheap!

Never would have expected it to be so bloody hard to give someone money.

This is not a small job, probably £20-30K worth of work.  You'd kind of think they might be at least vaguely interested.

I do know a good roofing company but it’s in north wales and specialise in Welsh slates.

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5 minutes ago, reb said:

Apparently it's the start of a migraine. Great.

Yep, ocular migraine. Fucking shite they are! I get em now and again.

Get some paracetamol down you now cos there's a good chance you've a headache coming.

Stay somewhere dark and stay away from screens for a while.

The day after I have one I feel totally wiped out, I lose about 50% of my IQ, so don't plan owt for tomorrow.

Stress and eye strain can bring them on. If you wear glasses, get your eyes tested to make sure your prescription is right. If you don't wear glasses, get your eyes tested cos you might need to. 

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I'm a cyclist and I live near a road junction, I would probably rather be run over by a lorry than hear any more "beep beep, stay clear, this vehicle is turning left" warnings that trucks now have fitted that wake me up all fucking night.

If you are on a bike, on a road, stay out of the way of anything really big like a truck. If you need a loud tannoy message to remind you of this, then I'm afraid that natural selection has chosen you to do something very noble. 

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I'm a cyclist. 

But I'm not brave or stupid.

There's a Road on my way home from work, goes down a hill called Marchington Cliff.  STEEP. WITH A BEND OR TWO.

It's not smooth either. 

I followed a cyclist down there yesterday. 

At the end he's  doing 45 mph.  Luckily there is a long straight that flattens out a bit before it reaches a tee junction. 

Brave or stupid ? 

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8 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'm a cyclist and I live near a road junction, I would probably rather be run over by a lorry than hear any more "beep beep, stay clear, this vehicle is turning left" warnings that trucks now have fitted that wake me up all fucking night.

If you are on a bike, on a road, stay out of the way of anything really big like a truck. If you need a loud tannoy message to remind you of this, then I'm afraid that natural selection has chosen you to do something very noble. 

I have the same logic and method about staying away from lorries and trucks and anything bigger than me in the car and I've never had a horrifying crash j volvo g any of those things yet 🤔

Must be the common sense 😂

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"I am unsubscribing as I'd rather not be reminded of how your other customers are ruining old vehicles with fake patina, lo rider stances, bogus roof racks, stretched tyres and ill advised camber angles, because undoubtedly once any of this has been done, the venerable motor is at the end of its life, the market for such molested cars being non existent. A perfect example being your current Customer's car of the month, which saddened me."

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18 hours ago, reb said:

I'm currently stuck in Tesco car park because I have a great big shiny blob in my vision straight ahead. Not a clue what's caused it but I can hardly see my phone screen. I hope it fucks off soon because I want to go home and go to bed.

Hope you're feeling better mate.

I had one like this a few years ago where I gradually lost my vision as I was driving.  Usually mine are just fuck-off headaches with a sore neck.  I was quite grateful to have something else for a change but it wasn't much fun at the time.  I just slept it off in the end.  I've had one where my arm tingled before as well.  But out of the hundred or so that I've had, those are the only two times it hasn't had the headache.

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22 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea.

KN95 masks are great at keeping the pollen out when you get nagged into cutting the grass. Super cheap now too. Only snag is you attract clever cunts who like to tell you covid is over.

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3 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

KN95 masks are great at keeping the pollen out when you get nagged into cutting the grass. Super cheap now too. Only snag is you attract clever cunts who like to tell you covid is over.

Cheers, will keep that in mind. It's more the issue of existing outside (washing cars for a living) that seems to be the biggest issue.

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5 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Cheers, will keep that in mind. It's more the issue of existing outside (washing cars for a living) that seems to be the biggest issue.

Which antihistamines are you taking - cetirizine or loratadine? Might be worth switching to the other type for a bit. 

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10 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea

A couple of hay fever tips which you may or may not know - but it was many years before anybody told me, and I've had it all my life.

Don't blow your nose too much as it causes more inflammation.  Of course it's not nice sniffling all the time, but actually if you do the irritation will reduce.

Snort some lukewarm water up your nose to clear it.  Takes practice but works really well - one nostril at a time, just a splash of water in the palm of your hand.

I don't take antihistamines as I don't like them, but I find  a couple of paracetamol helps calm things down when I start sneezing.

HTH. 

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6 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

A couple of hay fever tips which you may or may not know - but it was many years before anybody told me, and I've had it all my life.

Don't blow your nose too much as it causes more inflammation.  Of course it's not nice sniffling all the time, but actually if you do the irritation will reduce.

Snort some lukewarm water up your nose to clear it.  Takes practice but works really well - one nostril at a time, just a splash of water in the palm of your hand.

I don't take antihistamines as I don't like them, but I find  a couple of paracetamol helps calm things down when I start sneezing.

HTH. 

Ta. I tend not to blow my nose anyway, just suffer and be crabbit. 😂

I'll keep the paracetamol thing in mind. Ta :)

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