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  On 28/02/2021 at 14:02, louiepj said:
  On 28/02/2021 at 12:22, Jenson Velcro said:
After over 6 months of inactivity and vegetating due to a major dose of CBA the sun is out today, so I thought I’d give the old Polo a quick oil and filters change, as well overdue.
That went well*. Undid the sump plug and the threads came out with the plug. Bollocks. Car now up on ramps blocking the drive whilst I consider my and it’s options.
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If its an ally sump the Vw sump plug repair kits work well.

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Yes it is. Thanks I’ll get one ordered.

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  On 28/02/2021 at 14:20, Rovorsche said:
Did this get fixed ?
I have had hands on with these meter pit units, mostly on a work bench rather than a muddy trench..
The meter itself is screw seated onto a rubber gasket so it may just need a nip up
Anglian water are coming in the next day or two apparently.
They've frozen the usage, or something. We're still turning it off though, no point in letting water pee in to the foundations of the kitchen!

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  On 28/02/2021 at 17:45, iainrcz said:

Anglian water are coming in the next day or two apparently.
They've frozen the usage, or something

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They'll do a leakage allowance once it's been fixed - basically take a meter reading after it's fixed, then x period later, work out usual usage and deduct from the erroneous usage to decide how much has leaked, then credit your account with the ££ difference.

DM me your account number and I'll make sure they've "stopped" the account. (I'm a Resolutions Manager for the shower of shite)

Posted
  On 28/02/2021 at 20:00, chaseracer said:

Welcome back, Bob

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Cheers Dave

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I r disapoint

3 Years to the day and it shows me this

Was supposed to be there again this week

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Oh FFS.

Nothing like just going to tidy up and then finding that halfway through the wiring run you just pulled, unnoticed by you, it tangled and snagged.  In the one bit you didn't check because it's a pain to get to while in the garage.

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Arse.  I don't like having unnecessary connectors (especially under the car) but sod it.  I'm not re-doing half the work, and if it fails all it's running is the clock.  Hardly mission critical.

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I bought an old Hoover off eBay ( @beko1987 is a bad influence).  It was collection only or arrange your own courier.  Against my better judgment I went with Herpes, as they were the only ones who would pick it up from the seller's house and didn't need it sealing in a cardboard box (which the seller didn't have).  It's just been delivered, and the cunts have managed to break off and lose the rear wheels, thus rendering it basically unusable.  It's not the money I'm angry about (it wasn't expensive), it's the fact that something can survive 70-80 years in full working order and then get completely ruined in a matter of seconds by some fucking gibbon in a warehouse.  Hermes really are the absolute fucking pits.  Never again.

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  On 28/02/2021 at 14:11, chaseracer said:

Try an AS weekend at the Field of Dreams.  We can provide a different (and much better) class of wanker...! 😎

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You called?

Posted
  On 01/03/2021 at 18:07, wuvvum said:

 completely ruined in a matter of seconds by some fucking gibbon in a warehouse.

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No help now obviously but anything even slightly breakable I send out whether it's by post or courier gets wrapped with the assumption that it's going to be lobbed out the back of a van onto solid concrete many times during its journey and used as a football. 

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  On 01/03/2021 at 18:07, wuvvum said:

 Hermes really are the absolute fucking pits.  Never again.

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I'd never use them myself but I can attest that my local father and daughter team of Hermes delivery drivers are ace.

A now departed friend of mine once said, much as Spiny Norman has said, to pack things with mechanical handling in mind, e.g. falling off an inclined conveyor. If you think your packing's good enough, pick the item up to chest height and drop it.

For something like that Hoover I'd have gone to Shiply, but sadly it's too easy to be wise after the event.

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I wrap things on the principle that the courier will deliver them out the back of a Hercules at about 200' and 150kts.

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  On 01/03/2021 at 18:07, wuvvum said:

I bought an old Hoover off eBay ( @beko1987 is a bad influence).  It was collection only or arrange your own courier.  Against my better judgment I went with Herpes, as they were the only ones who would pick it up from the seller's house and didn't need it sealing in a cardboard box (which the seller didn't have).  It's just been delivered, and the cunts have managed to break off and lose the rear wheels, thus rendering it basically unusable.  It's not the money I'm angry about (it wasn't expensive), it's the fact that something can survive 70-80 years in full working order and then get completely ruined in a matter of seconds by some fucking gibbon in a warehouse.  Hermes really are the absolute fucking pits.  Never again.

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Oh dear, welcome to the dark side. I've got thousands* of pounds of vintage rare vacuums in the loft but am too scared to post them! 

What vac is it? 60/70 puts it at 1334/a/612/262 territory... And I've got oodles of parts and wheels for that era spare

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Packing up is always scary. There's a Lux 345 in the tall box, probably a fivers worth of bubble wrap in there, inner boxes, struts, braces etc. Aquamaster is a bit more resilliant and has all its original packaging so that was a bit easier. 

Got to kick the shit out of it whilst packing. If it fails in the front room it won't last the depot! Even so every box is insured for the value I was paid (you need the corresponding financial transaction for a parcel monkey claim I've found) so their now detached from my collector bit of my brain and into the practical 'if they get fucked they get fucked, refunds all round' bit

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As alluded to in the Miniature thread, MrsR's instinctive reaction to any and all new arrivals for my model cabinets.

The recent posting in the Scottish Hunter thread, showing it "For Parts."

The Matrix, which I'm trying to watch now: impenetrable, with inaudible dialogue, as fucking usual.

Grumpy?  Darn tootin'!

 

Stop press!  I've given up on The Matrix and gone over to the old reliable: Dave.  +1 at the moment, QI XL is about to start.

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At work I have to collect really expensive stuff from customers every day, I bet we get about 10k a week worth in 20/30 parcels. We have the occasional breakage but it's always down to poor packaging - I always tell the customers to package something up well enough that they would happily throw the parcel as far as they can into the air and have it land on a concrete floor. They'll usually laugh at me, but I'm not joking! That's exactly what will happen to every parcel, it'll get thrown as far as someone can be arsed to throw it. You can't pay people enough to care even slightly when you're only charging 6 quid to ferry 10kg of something across the country.

Insurance is 100% useless, it will never pay out properly and would cost us more than I pay myself in wages, so we just have to take the chance.

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this was happening in 69 hours from now

in their home country

 

not happy - and yes non obvious track ftw

hoping for june *crosses fingers

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  On 01/03/2021 at 21:09, beko1987 said:

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Packing up is always scary. There's a Lux 345 in the tall box, probably a fivers worth of bubble wrap in there, inner boxes, struts, braces etc. Aquamaster is a bit more resilliant and has all its original packaging so that was a bit easier. 

Got to kick the shit out of it whilst packing. If it fails in the front room it won't last the depot! Even so every box is insured for the value I was paid (you need the corresponding financial transaction for a parcel monkey claim I've found) so their now detached from my collector bit of my brain and into the practical 'if they get fucked they get fucked, refunds all round' bit

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Hermes dropping off Wuvvum's hoover earlier.

 

 

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  On 01/03/2021 at 21:06, beko1987 said:

Oh dear, welcome to the dark side. I've got thousands* of pounds of vintage rare vacuums in the loft but am too scared to post them! 

What vac is it? 60/70 puts it at 1334/a/612/262 territory... And I've got oodles of parts and wheels for that era spare

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It's a 375.  Not sure exactly what year it is but assume 1940s.  It wasn't in bad nick until Hermes got their hands on it, although I don't think the bag is original.  Even the rubber handle isn't too bad.

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Jings, I remember those, my granny had one just like it. The rubber handle was a godsend as you used to get a slight 'tingle' from the metal bits when it was running but granny didn't care, it worked well into the 1980s when she got some newfangled thing with a light on it.

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  On 02/03/2021 at 00:49, Spiny Norman said:

Jings, I remember those, my granny had one just like it. The rubber handle was a godsend as you used to get a slight 'tingle' from the metal bits when it was running but granny didn't care, it worked well into the 1980s when she got some newfangled thing with a light on it.

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Yea it shouldn't have done that lol. Probably toughened the old girl up over the years... 

1980s - Light - Hoover Turbopower? 

 

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  On 02/03/2021 at 00:37, wuvvum said:

It's a 375.  Not sure exactly what year it is but assume 1940s.  It wasn't in bad nick until Hermes got their hands on it, although I don't think the bag is original.  Even the rubber handle isn't too bad.

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Ouch, that's fucked beyond a pair of non matching wheels... 

I have put word out of your plight, she may be saved! Have you tried a mini skateboard and epoxy? 

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  On 01/03/2021 at 19:03, somewhatfoolish said:

I wrap things on the principle that the courier will deliver them out the back of a Hercules at about 200' and 150kts.

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Years ago when I worked at Lucas, our customer (Lucas diesel), gave us the spec for a solenoid, they wanted us to quote on. 

It had a flying lead and it was attacjedvto a DPC in line pump.

The spec for the flying lead was the equivalent of someone picking up.the pump with the lead, and swinging.it around their head, whilst singing.the French national Anthem.  

Its almost like workers of the world have an in built desire to see if they can break anything they can, if it looks a bit fragile. 

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  On 02/03/2021 at 00:37, wuvvum said:

It's a 375.  Not sure exactly what year it is but assume 1940s.  It wasn't in bad nick until Hermes got their hands on it, although I don't think the bag is original.  Even the rubber handle isn't too bad.

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Can't quite see the serial number, but

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Practically, if it still runs and whatever that broken bit is hasnt smashed the switch I'm sure I have a spare 119 rear wheel set

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Which should sit behind the smashed hood, bit of epoxy and a bend up of that bottom bracket should hold it. Looking at the service manual youll need a whole back end to repair, and that's going to be cheapest attached to an entire other 375. Which will be better than yours, so youll take pity on it and refurb it instead with a nice store of spare parts! (look for a black original bag! You may be able to hepamod it like you can a 119 too...)

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Posted
  On 01/03/2021 at 18:07, wuvvum said:

I bought an old Hoover off eBay ( @beko1987 is a bad influence).  It was collection only or arrange your own courier.  Against my better judgment I went with Herpes, as they were the only ones who would pick it up from the seller's house and didn't need it sealing in a cardboard box (which the seller didn't have).  It's just been delivered, and the cunts have managed to break off and lose the rear wheels, thus rendering it basically unusable.  It's not the money I'm angry about (it wasn't expensive), it's the fact that something can survive 70-80 years in full working order and then get completely ruined in a matter of seconds by some fucking gibbon in a warehouse.  Hermes really are the absolute fucking pits.  Never again.

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Hermes are the absolute worst of the worst. Awful. The lowest of the low. Satan's fucking armpit. If I see anything I've ordered is being delivered by them I just assume it isn't coming

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