artdjones Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, New POD said: Irish AutoTrader? But a shitter for €350. Scrap it at the end ? You obviously don't know anything about the Irish insurance market. Basically, no short term insurance at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Who knew this happened ,the whole container comes off ,I have been removing the lid ,turning it upside down over the bin and shaking it ..... myglaren, Tenmil Socket and paulplom 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 3 hours ago, New POD said: Irish AutoTrader? But a shitter for €350. Scrap it at the end ? The Irish don't like putting prices in their ads, for some reason. Cheapest on Carzone is a €600 Hyundai Accent with 123k miles. 4 hours drive away. Buying a shitter over there would not be easy, or without risks. 1 hour ago, artdjones said: You obviously don't know anything about the Irish insurance market. Basically, no short term insurance at all. Thanks, that idea is fully kyboshed then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 15 hours ago, PhilA said: Filled up the pickup. Yay. Mostly a grump because that's over twice the price it was 9 months ago. That sharp a hike when you've been budgeting is a pain in the ass. Forgive me if I've got my maths wrong but that works out at about £0.90 a litre!? Hasn't been that low for what, 15 years now?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Cheapest on Carzone is a €600 Hyundai Accent with 123k miles Carzone are long past their best.Done Deal is the place now, followed a distant second by Cars Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 4 hours ago, High Jetter said: Car hire, Ireland. In 2018, it cost £350 to hire a car for a week from Knock airport. Quotes for this August are north of €1,300! Apparently they sold the fleet due to covid and are struggling to get new stock. Not sure how we're going to get round this, flights already booked. will be cheaper to ignore the flights and bring yer own car Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 that radio 2 mong in the afternoons replaced by another mong oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, hairnet said: will be cheaper to ignore the flights and bring yer own car Maybe, but I need a rest, not a roadtrip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, High Jetter said: Maybe, but I need a rest, not a roadtrip. You are flying in 2022 No rest there either.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 I'm sick of courier services telling me I can help save the plant by collecting my parcel from one of their collection points. Fuck off I've paid for the item to be delivered to my door plus what you really meen is 1. You only have to make one drop to an easy location ( where you'll be picking up from too). 2. You'll use less fuel ( I'll have to use more negating my saving of buying online). 3. You'll have less outlay (more profit) wages , time, etc. If you can't make a big enough profit get into a different business you where happy to undercut royal mail to get into it. Jazoli, Remspoor, GMcD and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 55 minutes ago, Remspoor said: You are flying in 2022 No rest there either.😁 Yup. If it works right, flying is 7.5 hours door 2 door inc picking up shopping. I' ve driven it in the past, 12 hours min. It's the ferry time that gives me the problem. Not confident I'd trust the MG yet either. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 58 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said: I'm sick of courier services telling me I can help save the plant by collecting my parcel from one of their collection points. Fuck off I've paid for the item to be delivered to my door plus what you really meen is 1. You only have to make one drop to an easy location ( where you'll be picking up from too). 2. You'll use less fuel ( I'll have to use more negating my saving of buying online). 3. You'll have less outlay (more profit) wages , time, etc. If you can't make a big enough profit get into a different business you where happy to undercut royal mail to get into it. Sometimes it's easier picking up from a locker, especially if it's a gift for her. (Or yourself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Sometimes it's easier picking up from a locker, especially if it's a gift for her. (Or yourself) Yup, when I'm buying something I don't want my wife to find out about (she works with me and does all the goods in) I get it delivered to the spar shop across the road from our house. It's probably saved our marriage. mitsisigma01, loserone, GrumpiusMaximus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Star headline: SHOCK HORROR SPAR SHOP SAVED OUR MARRIAGE! 4 figures at least, shirley? beko1987 and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, High Jetter said: Sometimes it's easier picking up from a locker, especially if it's a gift for her. (Or yourself) I have used this for a couple of high value items over the last couple of years. Mainly from Amazon, but purely because their idea of "delivered to householder" is knocking on the door once then buggering off, leaving the parcel sitting on the door step. Despite the sign we have on the door saying "Please ring bell" and any special instructions fields saying the same. Maybe 1 in 10 times the dogs will hear a knock at the door, but unless we have the door to the conservatory open (unlikely as it's the temperature of the surface of the sun in there in summer and about 3 degrees above absolute zero in the winter) there's no chance of us hearing someone knocking on the door. We've had several things disappear from the step following that happening...annoying when it's something low value and not mission critical, but a real ball ache if it's something valuable or time sensitive. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 6 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: Forgive me if I've got my maths wrong but that works out at about £0.90 a litre!? Hasn't been that low for what, 15 years now?! Something like that but even if something's cheap, the unexpected percentage hike is still a pain. RoverFolkUs and GMcD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 7 hours ago, PhilA said: Something like that but even if something's cheap, the unexpected percentage hike is still a pain. Yup. The average driver in the USA does twice the miles of a UK driver in his car that typically has worse fuel consumption so it stings just as much as it does here when prices climb. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gerrymcd said: Yup. The average driver in the USA does twice the miles of a UK driver in his car that typically has worse fuel consumption so it stings just as much as it does here when prices climb. Is that because sometimes we actually walk to our local shop 😂😂 twosmoke300 and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, andyberg said: Is that because sometimes we actually walk to our local shop 😂😂 Yeah but in America there are no pavements and the local shop is a supermarket 4 miles down a 6 lane road. It's impossible to be a pedestrian there! wuvvum and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 16 hours ago, artdjones said: You obviously don't know anything about the Irish insurance market. Basically, no short term insurance at all. I was making a suggestion without facts. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 25 minutes ago, cobblers said: Yeah but in America there are no pavements and the local shop is a supermarket 4 miles down a 6 lane road. It's impossible to be a pedestrian there! Stayed at a conference hotel about 20 miles from Chicago. 4 times over 4 months. Flew in on Saturday night. Flew home Friday night. Sunday, I got the hotel to drive me to the station and I got a return train ticket to the windy city. Got back to the Station, and thought I'd walk. Only about 2 miles. Wasn't too bad, but there was about a mile with no sidewalk. Got back to the hotel and the reception staff were horrified. One of the guys on our course flew in from Texas. Rented a mustang for the week. Parked it in the car park. And then drive it back to the airport. Only drove it 30 miles.. beko1987 and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 40 minutes ago, New POD said: I was making a suggestion without facts. Insurance is the bane of business in Ireland. With the Irish, if there's pain, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching. People are finally realising that it's ripping everyone else off. A TD(MP) recently lost her career when she sat on a swing at the pub while holding a beer bottle in each hand, then fell off and sued the pub. Not helped by her claim that she was incapacitated but had actually done a 10k a few weeks later. chadders, myglaren and 108 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 After 2 and a half years of narrowly dodging it, Covid has finally reared its ugly head in my household I'm negative so far, and the affected person only has very mild symptoms but we'll see how things pan out Fuck sake AnnoyingPentium, myglaren, Remspoor and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 *looks out window and it's quite clearly scorchio* Okay good, I'll get to replacing that brake servo hose. *goes outside* *it rains* myglaren and Remspoor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Yeah, been dodging rain showers all afternoon here too... mightily frustrating! AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 2:05 PM, High Jetter said: Car hire, Ireland. In 2018, it cost £350 to hire a car for a week from Knock airport. Quotes for this August are north of €1,300! Apparently they sold the fleet due to covid and are struggling to get new stock. Not sure how we're going to get round this, flights already booked. Just managed to book for a shade under £800. I do wonder how they're going to try to shaft me on collection though. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Another Canute ran the stop sign and drove into this poor Canute who then crashed into the power pole. And that's why the Canuting power is out. Driving is hard wuvvum, AnnoyingPentium and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 10:54 PM, sheffcortinacentre said: I'm sick of courier services telling me I can help save the plant by collecting my parcel from one of their collection points. Fuck off I've paid for the item to be delivered to my door plus what you really meen is 1. You only have to make one drop to an easy location ( where you'll be picking up from too). 2. You'll use less fuel ( I'll have to use more negating my saving of buying online). 3. You'll have less outlay (more profit) wages , time, etc. If you can't make a big enough profit get into a different business you where happy to undercut royal mail to get into it. when we first stared using Amazon here in Spain we use to get phone calls to ask us if we would pick up the package at the local pick up point. A fuel station. We refused for the reasons you have posted. Some would say we do not live at our address because t5hier sat nav could not find us. It took a while, but in the end all couriers can now find us. We are in a village in the only occupied house. There is around 10 other buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 4 hours ago, PhilA said: Another Canute ran the stop sign and drove into this poor Canute who then crashed into the power pole. And that's why the Canuting power is out. Driving is hard I occasionally watch RR&BD Driving School on YT. I cannot believe how hard it is in the USA to drive and some of the laws covering insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 21 hours ago, Zelandeth said: I have used this for a couple of high value items over the last couple of years. Mainly from Amazon, but purely because their idea of "delivered to householder" is knocking on the door once then buggering off, leaving the parcel sitting on the door step. Despite the sign we have on the door saying "Please ring bell" and any special instructions fields saying the same. Maybe 1 in 10 times the dogs will hear a knock at the door, but unless we have the door to the conservatory open (unlikely as it's the temperature of the surface of the sun in there in summer and about 3 degrees above absolute zero in the winter) there's no chance of us hearing someone knocking on the door. We've had several things disappear from the step following that happening...annoying when it's something low value and not mission critical, but a real ball ache if it's something valuable or time sensitive. Amazon is engaged in a race to the bottom and their drivers are run ragged. cobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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