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I'm back from a weekend away and have had a miserable time. Could possibly be reanimating the single & sad thread soon.

Went to bed Friday and she wakes me up at 4 am clomping about going to the loo. No problem, back to sleep. I turn over and must have pulled more than my share of the duvet as she starts shrieking. 5 mins later she's at it again 'cos I let one go. FFS shut up and let me sleep! So she announces we're going home in the morning and flounces off to the sofa.

I don't react very well, and am grumpy for 2 days or so. Possibly not helped by anticipation that holiday was going to be shit as she is guaranteed to have 3 topics to reinforce constantly. (She can breathe SO much BETTER at the coast. Why in Leeds you have to shovel the soot out of your lungs every day! / This is so much better, because there's no students. She saw one smoking walking past her block of flats last week. What a bastard! / Why are people not wearing masks? It's all that twat Boris's fault!)

Also a bonus grump, I'm going to have to disconnect the battery to reset the radio, as she decided that you don't turn the volume down by turning the big round knob, you randomly stab buttons until you've changed the display language to Russian. Or maybe Turkish. Something with lots of Z's anyway.

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That Mary Berry will never get rich making cakes if she bakes them one at a time.

She needs a big commercial oven so she can do hundreds at once.

It's almost as if she was more interested in making programmes for the telly than in profitable baking.

I bet they don't even eat them all. Ridiculous!

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Something is wrong with the throat and I can hardly swallow  food. Think it's tonsils. Damn I hate doctors hope it goes over so I do not have to go there.

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  On 19/10/2021 at 16:45, jakebullet said:

I'm back from a weekend away and have had a miserable time. Could possibly be reanimating the single & sad thread soon.

Went to bed Friday and she wakes me up at 4 am clomping about going to the loo. No problem, back to sleep. I turn over and must have pulled more than my share of the duvet as she starts shrieking. 5 mins later she's at it again 'cos I let one go. FFS shut up and let me sleep! So she announces we're going home in the morning and flounces off to the sofa.

I don't react very well, and am grumpy for 2 days or so. Possibly not helped by anticipation that holiday was going to be shit as she is guaranteed to have 3 topics to reinforce constantly. (She can breathe SO much BETTER at the coast. Why in Leeds you have to shovel the soot out of your lungs every day! / This is so much better, because there's no students. She saw one smoking walking past her block of flats last week. What a bastard! / Why are people not wearing masks? It's all that twat Boris's fault!)

Also a bonus grump, I'm going to have to disconnect the battery to reset the radio, as she decided that you don't turn the volume down by turning the big round knob, you randomly stab buttons until you've changed the display language to Russian. Or maybe Turkish. Something with lots of Z's anyway.

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Do you find this happens occasionally - maybe every 28 days or so?

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  On 19/10/2021 at 18:23, High Jetter said:

Do you find this happens occasionally - maybe every 28 days or so?

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It's not that. She just appears to spend more time being angry about something / anything all the time, and it's not fun any more. I go there filled with dread about what today's rant is going to be. So I'm probably giving off negative vibes too as I'm expecting problems. We're just not happy any more.

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  On 19/10/2021 at 15:47, wuvvum said:

Prelude is closer to the Accord in size.

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  On 19/10/2021 at 12:48, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Looks a bit wider than an Acclaim

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I've referred to that accurate* source of facts*.......... wiki. Both comments above seemed reasonable and wanted to know how far out I was.

There's nothing in it between Acclaim and Prelude

9mm in wheelbase,  1mm in length, 35mm in width. Acclaim being smaller . . .  You are both right that the Prelude is bigger (unless you count height🙃 - the Prelude is shorter giving it a better 'stance').

The Accord isn't much bigger either - just 350mm longer and an extra 120mm in the wheelbase.

Surprised how close these all are.  Prelude is all Accord under the skin too, it seems.

 

An Acclaim was my grandfather's last car - in gold. Only ever remember him buying a new car after he crashed the old one🤣

 

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  On 18/10/2021 at 18:59, Remspoor said:

The TV has gone. Now looking at all of the "options" for a new one. The choice is  a bit confusing.

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Don't be a cheap cunt like me and buy a Hisense. 

If you have problems with it you'll spend WEEKS back and forth with their customer support team only to be told "not our problem m9". 

I have one of their 65" jobbies and it will not play UHD content through Netflix or iPlayer without it flickering intermittently.... software issue that isn't covered apparently (telly has a Netflix button on the remote FFS).

Then there is the issue with bluetooth headsets regularly losing audio stream / stuttering (even though they work perfectly fine with my other TV/Phones)...they don't guarantee compatibility. 

Make sure your telly is also backed by a reputable warranty from the likes of Richer Sounds. This fucking thing would have been thrown back at Costcos front desk if it wasn't for the fact I'll need to hire a van to take it back 😂. Going through the rigmarole of an online return just now.🤞

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MrsR is ill.  She had a scan last week, for which they needed to inject her with some "contrast dye."  She also started some new medication.  She's suffering a reaction to one thing or the other (can't tell which) consisting of a major and sudden rash, swollen and puffy eyes, loss of what little appetite she has, complete loss of sleep and inability to manage the pain she was already in anyway.  Not to mention the lack of energy.  She's phoned the doctor this morning and got an appointment with someone this afternoon, so that's something I suppose.

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People overtaking a queue on a dual carriageway to then indicate in at last moment. What the fuck do these people think we are all in the lane for? What pisses me off further is when people in front capitulate and let them in. 

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Bollocks!  I've just typed out a four-paragraph tale of criminal damage and it's disappeared because I clicked "show new post" in case it was relevant.

@sierraman I totally agree!  I could get quite worked up about that when I was driving trucks, and often had the widest ERF in Lancashire!

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  On 20/10/2021 at 09:10, eddyramrod said:

Bollocks!  I've just typed out a four-paragraph tale of criminal damage and it's disappeared because I clicked "show new post" in case it was relevant.

@sierraman I totally agree!  I could get quite worked up about that when I was driving trucks, and often had the widest ERF in Lancashire!

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Maybe I should buy an ERF and run the fuckers into the barriers. 🤣

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  On 20/10/2021 at 09:10, eddyramrod said:

Bollocks!  I've just typed out a four-paragraph tale of criminal damage and it's disappeared because I clicked "show new post" in case it was relevant.

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Absolutely hate it when that happens... though I've sometimes found that if you navigate back to the main forum, and then click back on to the topic you were responding to and hit 'Reply', your previously lost text reappears in the box. Not always, mind!

This was one of the reasons I had to sack off my 'Live from the Tat Market' postings - after the text vanishes during the third time of typing, there's just no way of staying chill...

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I had the misfortune to go into Morrisons in Widnes - I only wanted a bottle of spirits.

The total opposite of Aldi - customers emptying their trolleys at speeds that would suggest they had been lobotomised before entering. Disinterested staff.

The bottle went back on the shelf.

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  On 20/10/2021 at 12:16, Bren said:

I had the misfortune to go into Morrisons in Widnes - I only wanted a bottle of spirits.

The total opposite of Aldi - customers emptying their trolleys at speeds that would suggest they had been lobotomised before entering. Disinterested staff.

The bottle went back on the shelf.

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OAP hour, was it?

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I am developing a very special hatred for people who treat the right turn lane on roundabouts (where it IS a right turn only) as their own personal overtaking lane.

Especially when the twats don't even have the decency to put their foot down to get out the way - no, muggins here has to slam on the anchors to avoid getting sideswiped.

Three times it's happened today, third of which nearly resulted in me getting driven into by the bus that was behind me.

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No news from the garage about the car. Anxiety skyrocketing by the minute.

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  On 20/10/2021 at 08:48, eddyramrod said:

MrsR is ill.  She had a scan last week, for which they needed to inject her with some "contrast dye."  She also started some new medication.  She's suffering a reaction to one thing or the other (can't tell which) consisting of a major and sudden rash, swollen and puffy eyes, loss of what little appetite she has, complete loss of sleep and inability to manage the pain she was already in anyway.  Not to mention the lack of energy.  She's phoned the doctor this morning and got an appointment with someone this afternoon, so that's something I suppose.

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They'd only booked her in for the rash, with a nurse.  Nurse escalated us to nurse-practitioner, who did a couple of routine obs and then booked us into A&E.  So that's where I've had to leave MrsR.  NP reckoned it was sepsis, which is a worry.  Not a clue when I'll get her back.

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Nasty stuff, Eddy - though if it is sepsis, with any luck they'll get her some IV antibiotics tout de suite and that should stabilise things.

MrsDC ended up nobbled back in July with it; wouldn't wish it on anyone. Not even Top Gear producers who do amusing* things with Morris Marinas and pianos.

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  On 20/10/2021 at 05:53, Gerrymcd said:

Don't be a cheap cunt like me and buy a Hisense. 

If you have problems with it you'll spend WEEKS back and forth with their customer support team only to be told "not our problem m9". 

I have one of their 65" jobbies and it will not play UHD content through Netflix or iPlayer without it flickering intermittently.... software issue that isn't covered apparently (telly has a Netflix button on the remote FFS).

 

Then there is the issue with bluetooth headsets regularly losing audio stream / stuttering (even though they work perfectly fine with my other TV/Phones)...they don't guarantee compatibility. 

Make sure your telly is also backed by a reputable warranty from the likes of Richer Sounds. This fucking thing would have been thrown back at Costcos front desk if it wasn't for the fact I'll need to hire a van to take it back 😂. Going through the rigmarole of an online return just now.🤞

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Bought a TDsystems. It turns out to be a Spanish brand. Never hear of them before. Only a LCD of 32". Sound is crap and that is to be expected. It is a "smart TV". However, there is no keyboard and you ave to enter logon details for apps using the  remote arrows and on screen pointer. That is so flipping hard. The prices was good 179€

looking around found that what appears to be the same TV  has a slightly different model number. But the differences in the set are not so great or clear. I do not like that. Somehow feel as if there are not very trustworthy.

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Went to shut the front windows and one of the black runner guys broke.

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  On 20/10/2021 at 16:36, iainrcz said:

Went to shut the front windows and one of the black runner guys broke.

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You're not allowed to say that anymore - they've got names too.

 

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  On 20/10/2021 at 16:42, Garythesnail said:

You're not allowed to say that anymore - they've got names too.

 

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I think it was Dave.

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  On 20/10/2021 at 15:59, eddyramrod said:

They'd only booked her in for the rash, with a nurse.  Nurse escalated us to nurse-practitioner, who did a couple of routine obs and then booked us into A&E.  So that's where I've had to leave MrsR.  NP reckoned it was sepsis, which is a worry.  Not a clue when I'll get her back.

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Well it won't be tonight.  They're keeping her in at least one night, possibly more, because there was talk of me bringing in a bag in the morning with stuff she will need.

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An unopened pine cone decided it was going to land on my truck, putting a big old dent in the hood. Sakes. 

Heavy bastard of a thing, too, about the weight of a cricket ball and the length of a good size banana.

I might be able to massage the dent out, I'll have a look when it's light.

I'm getting fed up with all my vehicles getting dented up.

 

Phil

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  On 20/10/2021 at 14:47, Zelandeth said:

I am developing a very special hatred for people who treat the right turn lane on roundabouts (where it IS a right turn only) as their own personal overtaking lane.

Especially when the twats don't even have the decency to put their foot down to get out the way - no, muggins here has to slam on the anchors to avoid getting sideswiped.

Three times it's happened today, third of which nearly resulted in me getting driven into by the bus that was behind me.

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Do you drive in Birmingham? Was it a white Astra GTC? Was it me? I keep getting in the wrong fucking lane and my attempts to make it right seems to activate people's most aggressive nature. 

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The new Android 12 has turned my phone's fonts and styles into this.

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Naturally, you can't customise it.

 

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  On 21/10/2021 at 08:20, Fumbler said:

The new Android 12 has turned my phone's fonts and styles into this.

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Naturally, you can't customise it.

 

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Course you can! Welcome to the world of icon packs, background changes and new fonts 👌 You can even go as far as building your own custom ui launcher and home screen, pixel by pixel! 

Or, download the free nova launcher and go wild! (but it will cripple oneui if you like it... I can't use it on my flip as it stops alot of the flip stuff working but my note 10 lite looked like a cartoon without it) 

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  On 21/10/2021 at 08:56, beko1987 said:

Course you can! Welcome to the world of icon packs, background changes and new fonts 👌 You can even go as far as building your own custom ui launcher and home screen, pixel by pixel! 

Or, download the free nova launcher and go wild! (but it will cripple oneui if you like it... I can't use it on my flip as it stops alot of the flip stuff working but my note 10 lite looked like a cartoon without it) 

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Tell me moar! I'd like to remove the cartoon-ness from it.

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But... Who's Smiling Now?

My Churchill renewal has just come through @£196 FC.

Confused gives me cheaper but without Motor Legal Cover (£145 + £31 for MLC)

I phoned Churchill and asked if they could do anything [even, mebbies delete my MLC if poss] ..... "Let's have a look..." ..... "We can adjust you to £156.80 & MLC is std in all our policies"

Nice lady = that'll do 4 me 👍😎

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