jakebullet Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Cunt next door was walking past my car when I parked, so I enquired what he intends to do about my car he damaged. Big surprise he claims it wasn't him and it's pure coincidence that my car has white paint and his pikey truck has green paint on it. On the bright side it looks like they're struggling financially, as instead of the slab of strongbow he had 4 3l bottles of tramps cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 We have struggled with very poor telephone signal coverage in the area here and this has now had tragic consequences. 500m down the road is the nearest permanent neighbour. He is an old bachelor living in a dilapidated house alone and has little contact with people so lives very isolated. The ambulance was there a few days ago and has now learned that he had a bad fall and was lying for a long time without getting in touch with help due to the bad phone signal coverage. This is really bad, have been told that he will survive but can't live at home anymore. And as the nearest neighbour, I feel bad. Doctormop, Remspoor, Wibble and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Bought another spare wheel today for the car , I can leave one at the static then for when is needed , normally on a Sunday afternoon when the world is shut ... Gets home and decide to check tyres and yes we have a nail in the back offside , new spare gets fitted as it's to hand , back to tyre shop to part with more dosh .... Then I can fit other spare and I have 2 new matching tyres on the back ... The part worm backs go on the front , and the worn fronts become decent spares.. that's the plan ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 For some reason fecking midges seem to love me nowadays. 🤬 Remspoor and fairkens 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 What a farking shitpile of a day... Spent way too much of it in A&E with the small brother, he's autistic and struggles talking to unfamiliar people so as a responsible older sibling I've been with him. Messaged my boss asking for tomorrow off, seeing as we're still sat in the waiting room with no sign of anything happening, and got told that I couldn't and I would be responsible for covering my shift. Erm, pardon? AnnoyingPentium, GrumpiusMaximus, RoverFolkUs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, PicantoJon said: What a farking shitpile of a day... Spent way too much of it in A&E with the small brother, he's autistic and struggles talking to unfamiliar people so as a responsible older sibling I've been with him. Messaged my boss asking for tomorrow off, seeing as we're still sat in the waiting room with no sign of anything happening, and got told that I couldn't and I would be responsible for covering my shift. Erm, pardon? Never make the mistake of asking for time off (in the case of sickness/other unpaid leave) - tell them you won't be there instead. Huge difference between the two.. sounds silly but assert dominance and don't sound too passive or apologetic for "letting them down" Again, don't tell them you are going off work because you need to take your brother to an appointment, because they could twist that into misconduct if it means you didn't show up at short notice, then you won't have the inherently strong sickness defence. Say that your brother is unwell and you've had to take on additional family roles which has led you to feeling stressed/overwhelmed and you need a day or two to recuperate. You don't have to be placed in intensive care to be deemed as "truly sick" !! 🙂 Depends on the sector but if it's an employee deficit sector, no employer will seriously want to lose an employee or indeed sack them over something like that so all you need to do is make them know who's boss when it comes to you deciding on your ability to go to work. If they can't account for staff sickness in the way they run their business/manage shifts then that's solely their problem and not yours. Maybe I'm just sheltered by having pretty much always worked for numerous very relaxed independent/family run businesses who are actually human, and treat their employees as humans as well 🤷 chaseracer, PicantoJon, twosmoke300 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 6 hours ago, Fennec said: For some reason fecking midges seem to love me nowadays. 🤬 I say this with the greatest respect Welcome to being a woman. All the women in my life are attractive to things that bite and sting, and have skin reactions ranging from "bit bloody ugly" to "fuck, I think my arm. Might fall off" None of the men in my family are similarly affected. I put it down to hormones sending off chemicals to attract them and said hormones making the immune system more sensitive. I could be wrong. Amelia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 7 hours ago, PicantoJon said: What a farking shitpile of a day... Spent way too much of it in A&E with the small brother, he's autistic and struggles talking to unfamiliar people so as a responsible older sibling I've been with him. Messaged my boss asking for tomorrow off, seeing as we're still sat in the waiting room with no sign of anything happening, and got told that I couldn't and I would be responsible for covering my shift. Erm, pardon? Jon, are you your brother's carer, formally or otherwise? The relevant sections of this may be of interest... https://workingfamilies.org.uk/articles/discrimination-against-parents-and-carers-in-the-workplace/ Mally, PicantoJon, Floatylight and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicantoJon Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 46 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Jon, are you your brother's carer, formally or otherwise? The relevant sections of this may be of interest... https://workingfamilies.org.uk/articles/discrimination-against-parents-and-carers-in-the-workplace/ I am aye, and while I don't get carers allowance I do get paid for it through direct payments. Going into work tomorrow is going to be fun... richardmorris, chaseracer, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 18 hours ago, Fennec said: For some reason fecking midges seem to love me nowadays. 🤬 well if you will wear such a short skirt...😁 myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 A frequent user of eBay but not a seller. With good reason it turns out. Had my Triumph Dolomite 1850 HL Auto project with the Sprint engine and running gear on there and.... The lunatics homed in. 🙄 Needless to say I removed it from sale and still have it. Never again. Remspoor and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 6:27 PM, New POD said: I say this with the greatest respect Welcome to being a woman. All the women in my life are attractive to things that bite and sting, and have skin reactions ranging from "bit bloody ugly" to "fuck, I think my arm. Might fall off" None of the men in my family are similarly affected. I put it down to hormones sending off chemicals to attract them and said hormones making the immune system more sensitive. I could be wrong. twosmoke300, Amelia, catsinthewelder and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, warren t claim said: Kinda wish they were, maybe they'd leave me alone. 🤣 Rubbed myself in clove oil this week to deter the little twats, it seems to have worked. 😊 myglaren and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 12 hours ago, Fennec said: Kinda wish they were, maybe they'd leave me alone. 🤣 Rubbed myself in clove oil this week to deter the little twats, it seems to have worked. 😊 Back in 1988 I was celebrating getting my XR3i company car by going out for a night time thrash around the local lanes with a couple of mates. I took a wrong turn down a dead end and was forced to do a three point turn. I reversed a lottle to far and got stuck in a ditch that was also home to a wasps nest. All three of us got out to try and free the beached Escort and despite the other two getting dozens of stings each, the wasps totally left me alone. One of my mates was acting like he'd been attacked by rattlesnakes and the other thought that the wasp stings hurt no more than a nettle sting. It took me until 2011 to finally get a wasp sting and that was caused by me squashing one on my arm while I was driving a wagon through Telford. I thought it was a fly and the sting made me feel nauseous with a badly swollen arm. In conclusion. I offer the theory that wasps only sting the humans that are the least affected. And the XR3i? A bunch of stoners driving a Maxi turned up and towed me out for a fiver. Amelia, myglaren, Rust Collector and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Had my first FTP for donkey's years on Sunday night coming home after watching the F1 at my mate's house. I'd just pulled onto the straight bit of slip road onto the motorway and gave it a bit of a poke to wind it up to 70 and POOOF!! EML of doom and drastically reduced power. I managed to limp along the hard shoulder at 10mph with it sounding rough as fuck and luckily the next slip road off was less than a mile away and downhill so at least I wasn't going to get shafted for a tow off the M8. Called the RAC from the side of the road and was given an ETA of 4:30. Fuck. Right. Off. So I managed to chug back to my mate's place and reschedule the RAC for the next day, so £40 down for two taxis and I joined the RAC man who confidently said, 'Misfire Cylinder #4 and cam sensor' Notwithstanding the later Saab 9-5s don't actually have a cam sensor I suggested it had felt like a vac pipe somewhere blowing off, such was the suddenness of the fault but he was sure his diagnosis was correct so I had to go with it. My RAC basic membership is free with the insurance and only covers a tow up to 10 miles so I was relieved of £90 to get towed the 11.2 miles back to the wee garage round the corner from me. They only looked at it yesterday and found the fault almost instantly, the clip holding on the intercooler pipe had failed and the pipe had indeed blown off causing sudden massive extra bonus free air for the engine. I don't grudge the garage charging me an hour's labour, the bill for £70-odd including a new hose clip was much less than I had feared might be the case but I can't help wondering if they spotted the rushing air sound within minutes, why the hell didn't the RAC man? Think I'll go with Auto Aid, despite the price increase. myglaren, Remspoor, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 @Spiny Norman I had a very similar fault last year with my Golf. Intercooler pipe into the EGR came off (worn lugs in this instance) on my way back from Brighton - around 80 miles from home. I limped it into Pease Pottage. Imagine my joy* when the AA informed my that my MOT had expired and they wouldn't come out to fix it. In the end I paid £450 for the recovery. For a £20ish part that took around 15 minutes to fit. I can't begrudge the AA, they were absolutely correct but it did rather sting the wallet. Spiny Norman and MrGTI6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I’m surprised they checked if you had an mot tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, sierraman said: I’m surprised they checked if you had an mot tbh I'm figuring maybe their call centre software or in the cab gizmo does it automagically - pings DVLA and gets MoT/Tax/V5 info like weights up on the screen for them? GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 They actively record it, if you have the app it displays your tax and mot expiry date. So even if you don't use the app, I assume it's still monitored on their system GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I am a bit pissed off. I had a second interview planned on Teams, yesterday. This is my Target job. Closest to home, pays the most money, product is expensive and clever. (carbon ceramic disc brake rotars for people like Mcclaren and Austin Martin) I planned to work from home yesterday morning. As it was only 30 mins. The recruiter screwed up and failed to get it into the hiring managers diary. Anyway, they rearranged for this morning. As I have another interview somewhere else, this afternoon, I decided I'd be as well to take the morning off. I then had another interview last night for a truck manafacturer in Bamber Bridge. Anyway, they've just cancelled saying they had a H&S incident overnight and the hiring manager has to investigate. Now it may well be true. I've offered them any lunchtime next week. Now to prep for this afternoon. (2nd interview with a site tour) GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 4/19/2023 at 11:46 PM, Metal Guru said: Supermarket special prices for club cards etc. WTF? Got to carry round a load of extra cards or pay a couple of quid extra for everything. I’m making a point of boycotting them. So far it’s Tesco, Sainsburys and Co-op. If you've an Android phone you can store them all in your Google Wallet, no cards necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 13 hours ago, Fennec said: Kinda wish they were, maybe they'd leave me alone. 🤣 Rubbed myself in clove oil this week to deter the little twats, it seems to have worked. 😊 The misses makes up her own anti mozzie cream. I cant give you the full recipe as it is in Dutch. Basic include cedar oil, bees wax, lavender oil, Small bit of olive oil and a few other "smelly stuff". I don't get attacked so much as the misses. also have the jar open when there is an annoying fly near by. They eventually find somewhere else to buzz around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Possibly not the best solution health-wise but my Dad would often fire up a nice fat cigar when the Argyll Midge Brigade decided to visit us on holiday. Worked a treat and I grew up quite liking the smell of cigar smoke. auntiemaryscanary and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 6 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: They actively record it, if you have the app it displays your tax and mot expiry date. So even if you don't use the app, I assume it's still monitored on their system I didn't even use the app but they ask for your registration and pop that in. So it must flag up as part of their ticketing system. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I've calmed down a bit now... By 1pm today I had decided that I didn't want to go out in the car again! People have been randomly throwing themselves across the road in front of my car (and then taking all fucking day to cross the road they've just jumped onto), or with a vehicle at their disposal, appearing from nowhere in droves to fill up any road I might be trying to join. It would be very, very easy on the evidence of today to assume that I'm being deliberately targeted. Doctormop and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 1 hour ago, eddyramrod said: I've calmed down a bit now... By 1pm today I had decided that I didn't want to go out in the car again! People have been randomly throwing themselves across the road in front of my car (and then taking all fucking day to cross the road they've just jumped onto), or with a vehicle at their disposal, appearing from nowhere in droves to fill up any road I might be trying to join. It would be very, very easy on the evidence of today to assume that I'm being deliberately targeted. Sorry Eddy I had a wander around Barrow centre today and drove around for a bit checking a couple of buildings out, sorry for the inconvenience I wasn't paying a great deal of attention 😀 myglaren, Doctormop and eddyramrod 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Made the mistake of having a poke at some grot on the Renault 6. Oh dear. Turns out that a section of floorpan which I had thought was solid had actually been lovingly sculpted out of wob. sdkrc, Back_For_More, adw1977 and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Double grump. One is my fault, one isn't. We've had a slow puncture on the BINI for a couple of weeks and the fronts were getting a bit low, so I took it to the local tyre place having ordered a pair of Falkens online. Got there and had forgotten that it needs run-flat tyres (ideally) so it ended up costing me £25 more a corner than I originally thought it would. Not their fault and they're really good - just annoying. Against my better judgement I then took it to the hand car wash in Morrisons. I usually avoid these places for a number of reasons but I didn't have the energy to give it a clean and my other half was paying as she's taking friends out in it in the week and our dog is a shedder. When it came out, the airbag warning light was on. Twats there fobbed me off (no point in arguing with them) and only wanted to be paid in cash (so are on the fiddle because they definitely have a card machine). The best I got out of them is that the under-seat connector may have got wet when they steam cleaned the car. Other than that they just shrugged and tried to claim that it could happen 'at any time'. Yeah, fuck off pal. Now, that can happen and they might be completely correct - but that doesn't help. I wasn't in the mood to argue about a refund, etc. because I would have just got angry but from reading, it looks like the airbag warning can only be reset with a code reader. So I've had to book it into a garage on Monday morning. I'll get shafted for that too, probably. Not a garage I'm familiar with but they're the only ones with availability (probably a bad sign). So we'll see. My other half won't drive it with the airbag light on (they'll be switched off) so I had to fix the driver seat in my Golf and then clean the inside and out. I wouldn't have usually bothered but she's been invited to go and meet with a potential new employer on Monday after applying for a job with them and arriving in my filthy Golf will set a terrible first impression. I'm now absolutely fucking knackered now, probably dehydrated and I wasn't exactly feeling a spring in my step when I woke up this morning to begin with. Fucking cars. At least it got me out of mowing an overgrown and damp 1/3rd of an acre. Rust Collector, myglaren and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I wish someone did home delivery breville sandwiches, no fucker eats them all the time but everyone gets a craving sometime, yeah that's me tonight and we threw our breville out a year ago adw1977, GrumpiusMaximus and AnnoyingPentium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 You can say that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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