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1 hour ago, Tickman said:

He didn't pick them up and try and reunite them with their owners.

Is he obliged to? 

What if he can't find the owner? the police won't take lost property these days? 

Then someone finds out he's got it he gets accused of stealing it by not giving it back 

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14 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Is he obliged to? - 1

What if he can't find the owner?- 2  the police won't take lost property these days? - 3

Then someone finds out he's got it he gets accused of stealing it by not giving it back  - 4

1 - Why not at least try - we can't expect everyone else to pick up the slack - hence the downward spiral of ignorant selfish cunts we are often complaining about.

2 - Fair point - but could possibly keep it powered up so owner can find it perhaps? Worth a shot for a day or two

3 - Really? They won't? I had no clue on that one tbh - not very community/public spirited of them! Is that true across the UK? I've been away too long.........

4 - Has it gotten that bad? True that no good deed goes unpunished I suppose.

I'm more hopeful that just being a decent person and trying to do the right thing should prevail........ or as a species we're fucked - down that path lies eternal depression

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22 hours ago, Tickman said:

Glad everyone in the world doesn't have the same attitude as you and only does the decent thing to get thanks and praise.

What a world we live in!

I must defend my brother in law.  All he needed was "thank you for being kind enough to go out of your way to reunite me with my property, which I lost"  

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Well, the seat diaphragm replacement is going well.  Hadn't even got the new one fully fitted and the glued seams are failing already.  Followed the instructions on the bottle and bought a glue that should be suitable for rubber and fabric.  Test samples were okay too.  But apparently the tension it's under when fitted overcomes the bond of the glue and it lets go.

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Recommendations for a very strong glue or some way of bonding the fabric and rubber together (because you can't sew it as then it'll just tear) welcome.  The originals are done in a way that the fabric looks embedded in the rubber through either heat or an extra layer of rubber to bond everything together, but I've no idea how you'd do that at home.

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2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Well, the seat diaphragm replacement is going well.  Hadn't even got the new one fully fitted and the glued seams are failing already.  Followed the instructions on the bottle and bought a glue that should be suitable for rubber and fabric.  Test samples were okay too.  But apparently the tension it's under when fitted overcomes the bond of the glue and it lets go.

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Recommendations for a very strong glue or some way of bonding the fabric and rubber together (because you can't sew it as then it'll just tear) welcome.  The originals are done in a way that the fabric looks embedded in the rubber through either heat or an extra layer of rubber to bond everything together, but I've no idea how you'd do that at home.

Bit rough maybe but I have used paracord strung between the hooks to fix this on my cortina. It still has a bit of give in it, feels fine and can't be seen. Been like it for years and no issues.

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2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Well, the seat diaphragm replacement is going well.  Hadn't even got the new one fully fitted and the glued seams are failing already.  Followed the instructions on the bottle and bought a glue that should be suitable for rubber and fabric.  Test samples were okay too.  But apparently the tension it's under when fitted overcomes the bond of the glue and it lets go.

Recommendations for a very strong glue or some way of bonding the fabric and rubber together (because you can't sew it as then it'll just tear) welcome.  The originals are done in a way that the fabric looks embedded in the rubber through either heat or an extra layer of rubber to bond everything together, but I've no idea how you'd do that at home.

Would small eyelets through all the joining layers not do the trick? Popping them through both and then having a strong cord type rigging to back it up too?

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2 hours ago, Back_For_More said:

Would small eyelets through all the joining layers not do the trick? Popping them through both and then having a strong cord type rigging to back it up too?

It might, but I'm concerned that if I perforate the rubber I'll introduce a weak point and it may tear.

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1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

I pulled in there just over a year ago. Not impressed, didn't buy anything. Shite location.

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

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14 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

the shell in our village got done for overcharging

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28 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

Shop at downhill (exit) end IIRC. Unpleasant staff, would not visit again.

'You can be sure of Shell', tho...

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4 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Shop at downhill (exit) end IIRC. Unpleasant staff, would not visit again.

'You can be sure of Shell', tho...

Ah yes, just looked on google maps, it's there, where you say. 

Though it's covered in VOSA MOT signs which made me think it was a workshop rather than a shop, especially at a quick glance!

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Go abroad with friends, they said. It'll be fun, they said. First holiday abroad in 8 years and first proper holiday abroad without my folks.

Whoever they are, they didn't account for one of said friends completely losing control of a dodgy hired jetski, coming over the line into the swimming section of the beach and crashing straight into me in the process.

I'm fine, other than a sore shoulder, leg cramps from wild flailing to surface again, and a missing week old pair of prescription sunglasses. Fair play to the lad, he's absolutely mortified (and a bit bruised himself - I'm told while I was in the process of trying not to drown, he flew off rather spectacularly) and has offered to replace them when we're back in the UK, and the shoulder will heal. But come on, we'd maybe been in Turkey for 16 hours at this point, hopefully this will be the last of the near death experiences. Although we were on about hiring a car so maybe not!

Maybe this is Him upstairs' way of getting karma on me for the other week's shunt in London.

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32 minutes ago, Markeh said:

Go abroad with friends, they said. It'll be fun, they said. First holiday abroad in 8 years and first proper holiday abroad without my folks.

Whoever they are, they didn't account for one of said friends completely losing control of a dodgy hired jetski, coming over the line into the swimming section of the beach and crashing straight into me in the process.

I'm fine, other than a sore shoulder, leg cramps from wild flailing to surface again, and a missing week old pair of prescription sunglasses. Fair play to the lad, he's absolutely mortified (and a bit bruised himself - I'm told while I was in the process of trying not to drown, he flew off rather spectacularly) and has offered to replace them when we're back in the UK, and the shoulder will heal. But come on, we'd maybe been in Turkey for 16 hours at this point, hopefully this will be the last of the near death experiences. Although we were on about hiring a car so maybe not!

Maybe this is Him upstairs' way of getting karma on me for the other week's shunt in London.

Might be safer to just stay at a bar for the rest of the trip 😂

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