New POD Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 hours ago, PicantoJon said: This carbuncle irritates me to no end... I get that it houses a forward-looking camera gizmo and rain sensor gubbins, but why does it have to extend so bloody far down the windscreen? The rain sensor needs to be cleared by the wipers, otherwise in the rain, they'd always be on. nomiST, twosmoke300 and PicantoJon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 4 hours ago, horriblemercedes said: Bloody does if you have gigabytes of them! He's my brother in law, and most computer savy in the family so I'm sure he'll work out a solution. Plus he's retired, so what else has he got to do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, New POD said: The rain sensor needs to be cleared by the wipers, otherwise in the rain, they'd always be on. Now why didn't I think of that... 🥴 It's an auto Vauxhall Crossland, one of the motability cars that I have the pleasure* of driving at work... @barefoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 20 hours ago, Pieman said: Plus it says "lug nut" and we don't call them that in the UK (unless I have misunderstood completely and you're in the US, in which case I apologise). He does sometimes use American terminology. He has spent a lot of time in the US and was married to one of their females for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Depressed Biscuit time Remspoor, PicantoJon, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 If you look back through the history of the automobile it’d be fair to say there’s been some outstandingly shit ideas and designs. However, the unrivalled king and taker of the title of the most utterly fucking shit idea ever installed on any vehicle ever is without doubt the sunroof! How much of a total cunt do you have to be to think cutting a hole in a cars roof is ever going to be a good idea!? Honestly, if I could go back in time and beat the living shit out of someone to stop their future infliction on humanity it’d be the inventor of the sunroof. Why all this hate and harsh language? Because the sunroof has leaked, again, on the Volvo. Headlining is soaked and ruined, carpets are soaked, passenger seat wet… absolutely shit! sheffcortinacentre, Dyslexic Viking, myglaren and 6 others 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, hairnet said: Depressed Biscuit time Excellent choice, the biscuits that is not the depression! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 26 minutes ago, hairnet said: Biscuit time You mean cake time, shirley? Floatylight and Lacquer Peel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 handheld = biscuit Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, hairnet said: handheld = biscuit You can hold a jam sponge with your hands. Think I'll use that excuse actually. myglaren, GrumpiusMaximus, BorniteIdentity and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 36 minutes ago, hairnet said: handheld = biscuit Handheld = fairy cakes & muffins (unless yer really posh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 1 hour ago, hairnet said: handheld = biscuit It says "cake" right there on the packet! chaseracer and crad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Cakes go dry when stale, biscuits get soggy. And not because they're in a public school dormitory. Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 PicantoJon and GrumpiusMaximus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Just found this tied to a lamppost on my delivery. Don't try reading it, I'll summarise. It's about proposed 20mph speed limits in Southampton. It covers a big area as you can tell, most of western Southampton in fact. The 20 limit itself is not the main grump here, a lot of the above are small residential roads where you would struggle to reach 30 anyway. Although Shirley Road is the main bus route to the western side of Southampton and Hill Lane is a lovely straight wide road that has The Common on one side and big well spaced houses on the other so that seems daft to me. The grump is in the small print at the bottom that says any objections should be sent to the relevant address within 21 days of this notice, i.e. the 23rd of December, and sure enough the letter is dated 2nd December. This notice was printed on standard photocopier paper, not laminated or protected in any way. There is no way this notice has been here since the 2nd of January let alone the 2nd of December, it obviously hasn't been there any longer than since it last rained, in fact it has started raining again now so I imagine it is slowly dissolving as I write. I doubt any objections would make any difference anyway, they've decided they are going to to do it and that's that but they could have at least gone through the motions of doing it properly. GrumpiusMaximus, Angrydicky, Datsuncog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 The validity of the notification process could be questioned, shirley? (pun intended). Might hold things up enough for more people to object. As you say though, unlikely to make a huge difference in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Talbot said: It says "cake" right there on the packet! levenshulme is 150% not posh - they wouldnt know what cutlery and crockery were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Dropped my e60 at the dealers today just after 8am. Was told it would be here all day. By 1750 I had heard nothing. So I went - most of the admin staff were leaving. Explained why I was there and that nobody had called me. A member of staff told me the boot floor needed " work" and that the repair to the cable had been done. The word " welding" was mentioned as well as waiting on a part. E60's dont need welding. I have no idea what is going on. AnnoyingPentium and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 hours ago, Yoss said: Just found this tied to a lamppost on my delivery. Don't try reading it, I'll summarise. It's about proposed 20mph speed limits in Southampton. It covers a big area as you can tell, most of western Southampton in fact. The 20 limit itself is not the main grump here, a lot of the above are small residential roads where you would struggle to reach 30 anyway. Although Shirley Road is the main bus route to the western side of Southampton and Hill Lane is a lovely straight wide road that has The Common on one side and big well spaced houses on the other so that seems daft to me. The grump is in the small print at the bottom that says any objections should be sent to the relevant address within 21 days of this notice, i.e. the 23rd of December, and sure enough the letter is dated 2nd December. This notice was printed on standard photocopier paper, not laminated or protected in any way. There is no way this notice has been here since the 2nd of January let alone the 2nd of December, it obviously hasn't been there any longer than since it last rained, in fact it has started raining again now so I imagine it is slowly dissolving as I write. I doubt any objections would make any difference anyway, they've decided they are going to to do it and that's that but they could have at least gone through the motions of doing it properly. When I lived and worked in the area back in the late 70s Shirley Road use to have a national speed limit. I recall that may be this was dropped to 40. With hindsight the national limit may have been a bit too high for such a road. When i worked in road design, not national highways more estate roads, it was a thing to design a road with the intended speed in mind. ie straight roads = higher speeds. 20 is just too slow for this road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 The Zanussi has collected a puncture in the left rear. It is a Bridgestone runflat in 225/50x18 flavour. No spare, obvs. I'm glad I was sitting down when I found out the price. TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF BRENDA. Fitted, so that's OK* then. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, chaseracer said: The Zanussi has collected a puncture in the left rear. It is a Bridgestone runflat in 225/50x18 flavour. No spare, obvs. I'm glad I was sitting down when I found out the price. TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF BRENDA. Fitted, so that's OK* then. flash bugga gonna flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, chaseracer said: The Zanussi has collected a puncture in the left rear. It is a Bridgestone runflat in 225/50x18 flavour. No spare, obvs. I'm glad I was sitting down when I found out the price. TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN PORTRAITS OF BRENDA. Fitted, so that's OK* then. How much are 2 non run flats 🤔 chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Talbot said: It says "cake" right there on the packet! It was decided in court (I kid you not, there's a VAT difference between chocolate covered cakes and chocolate covered biscuits) in 1991 that Jaffa Cakes are indeed cakes. https://www.astonshaw.co.uk/news/jaffa-cake-tax/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Whatever they are , one packet just ain't enough .... unless Remspoor and adw1977 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 43 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Whatever they are , one packet just ain't enough .... unless I'd have a crack at that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 48 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Whatever they are , one packet just ain't enough .... unless one packet usually lasts about 30 seconds i was given the long tube that happens at xmas i thought there were 3 packs in it - nope theres four - thats how off me food i am they usually be gone in a coupla days chaseracer and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, adw1977 said: It was decided in court (I kid you not, there's a VAT difference between chocolate covered cakes and chocolate covered biscuits) in 1991 that Jaffa Cakes are indeed cakes. https://www.astonshaw.co.uk/news/jaffa-cake-tax/ So glad you remembered that, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Ugh, just had to send a fairly sternly worded email to the company who had been doing our roofing work. Having basically vanished into the aether in mid November, they just emailed me the invoice for the completed job (all £31.6K of it). However there are a whole bunch of things they've not finished yet. Maybe they'll be apologietic and just crack on and sort it...I'm not going to hold my breath though. While I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised, I'm *expecting* this to turn into a complete farce. myglaren, Popsicle, Tenmil Socket and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Tonight I’m Staying the night at a Hotel just me and the wife as the kids are at the in-laws, just gone down to the restaurant to have Tea and a Company I worked at 7 years ago are having their Christmas Party in one of the Function Rooms and have pretty much booked most of the rooms in the Hotel for the Staff. What are the bloody odds ? horriblemercedes and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Recent Skoda and Hyundai adverts are boiling ma pish.Sent from my SM-A127F using Tapatalk chaseracer, AnnoyingPentium and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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