Pieman Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: I feel totally fucked. Aches all over, fatigued, sore throat, banging headache. Not fun I feel like that most of the time and have done for at least three years on and off, regardless of viruses. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: And that's me positive this afternoon Negative yesterday eve, felt fine this morning, started feeling a bit rough after lunch and now I feel totally fucked. Aches all over, fatigued, sore throat, banging headache. Not fun On the plus side paracetamol seems to be making some effect Oh well, good excuse for a few days off I suppose Isolate! Hope it's gentle. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: And that's me positive this afternoon Negative yesterday eve, felt fine this morning, started feeling a bit rough after lunch and now I feel totally fucked. Aches all over, fatigued, sore throat, banging headache. Not fun On the plus side paracetamol seems to be making some effect Oh well, good excuse for a few days off I suppose Both me and the wife work with the great unwashed in the NHS and had somehow dodged it up until attending my uncles funeral last Friday where at least 14 people and counting have caught it, I've honestly never felt so ill ( same symptoms as above) and am pissing more sweat out than I thought was humanly possible. I've found alternating Ibuprofen and Paracetamol every 4 hours has helped somewhat but jeeesus it's kicking our arses. myglaren, RoverFolkUs, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 The entire country is fucking disintegrating and all anyone gives a shit about is Love fucking Island. Seriously, just kill me. I've had enough and I want out. Astrawally, AnnoyingPentium, Supernaut and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 19 hours ago, Ghosty said: Why would you take a flap disc to a brake disc to remove a 1mm lip, then fit new pads? They'll be ruined in no time. My dad does some fucking stupid things when left to his own devices. Thank fuck it's not my car he's working on. Assuming he's only removing the wear lip and not sanding the entire face of the disc, there's nothing wrong with doing that. Even doing the face of the disc isn't the worst thing, the main issue being is that you can very easily introduce run-out by sanding one area too hard. Assuming the disc thickness is still above minimum, I'd always remove the wear lip. Same on brake drums.. grind the wear lip off (and sometimes even introduce a bit of a chamfer on the non-wearing area) makes it much easier to re-install. myglaren, DavieW, Andyrew and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Talbot said: Assuming he's only removing the wear lip and not sanding the entire face of the disc, there's nothing wrong with doing that. Even doing the face of the disc isn't the worst thing, the main issue being is that you can very easily introduce run-out by sanding one area too hard. Assuming the disc thickness is still above minimum, I'd always remove the wear lip. Same on brake drums.. grind the wear lip off (and sometimes even introduce a bit of a chamfer on the non-wearing area) makes it much easier to re-install. Yup, perfectly acceptable DavieW and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 13 hours ago, High Jetter said: Isolate! Hope it's gentle. No option but to! Every bone and muscle feels broken, couldn't go out if I tried! Dizziness and brain fog. I thought that bit was a load of shite but it's true, I keep forgetting words and get easily confused! Feel a bit better than yesterday, so that's something 13 hours ago, omegod said: Both me and the wife work with the great unwashed in the NHS and had somehow dodged it up until attending my uncles funeral last Friday where at least 14 people and counting have caught it, I've honestly never felt so ill ( same symptoms as above) and am pissing more sweat out than I thought was humanly possible. I've found alternating Ibuprofen and Paracetamol every 4 hours has helped somewhat but jeeesus it's kicking our arses. I've had plenty of very narrow misses, surprised it's taken this long to actually catch it. I haven't been this ill for years though, normally I can muster enough strength together to keep going but not this time. It's not like me to have to take time off. I think this is the first time for a few years I've had to take a sick day Paracetamol worked wonders yesterday, trouble with ibuprofen is that it very rarely agrees with me so I try to avoid it if I can 12 hours ago, Pieman said: The entire country is fucking disintegrating and all anyone gives a shit about is Love fucking Island. Seriously, just kill me. I've had enough and I want out. Too damn right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 having just spent 6 months wondering if the mark on my lung was cancer , and just getting the all clear , it was prob all down to the ones who sent their offspring into the work place last year with a "bug" , its only a little cough , he only threw up once etc and given the minimal protection , we all got a dose of the wonderfull virus they brought in .. and then you read comments like this in the local rag ...... Not paying nearly 10 quid for tests i dont need. I say i dont need them because even if i do test positive im not putting my life on hold again and self isolating, not a legal requirment so it wont get done. Will continue to send kids to school and continue working and shopping spread my covid all over, everyone else does it. Thanks !!! , glad I am in my house retired and not dealing with some of these wankers anymore , they have no thoughts about other peoples health and what they have to work with .. Datsuncog, myglaren and RoverFolkUs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, MikeR said: having just spent 6 months wondering if the mark on my lung was cancer , and just getting the all clear , it was prob all down to the ones who sent their offspring into the work place last year with a "bug" , its only a little cough , he only threw up once etc and given the minimal protection , we all got a dose of the wonderfull virus they brought in .. and then you read comments like this in the local rag ...... Not paying nearly 10 quid for tests i dont need. I say i dont need them because even if i do test positive im not putting my life on hold again and self isolating, not a legal requirment so it wont get done. Will continue to send kids to school and continue working and shopping spread my covid all over, everyone else does it. Thanks !!! , glad I am in my house retired and not dealing with some of these wankers anymore , they have no thoughts about other peoples health and what they have to work with .. I think it kind of depends how long you expect to live. If you plan to live more than a short time, there's little point in worrying about it as you WILL catch it, just as you've caught cold and flu every so often throughout your life. For the future, the only real practical solution is to treat it like cold and flu and just accept that people do have it in public. In many ways, catching it sooner rather than later is beneficial (if you're vaccinated) as it's a boost to immunity/resilience. It's not so clear cut and really does depend on so many individual circumstances. Catching covid is inevitable, though. It will happen to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Talbot said: Assuming he's only removing the wear lip and not sanding the entire face of the disc, there's nothing wrong with doing that. He's a cack handed moron at the best of times and he's faced the disc, it's really uneven. He often does stupid shit when he's not being supervised - I don't let him touch my cars any more. Found new discs for £30/pair (dad never looks further than ECP/Autodoc) and ordered them for him. He got the grinder out cause new discs were too expensive apparently - he wasn't willing to pay more than about £20 on the grounds that I got a pair of Pagid discs for my Civic for £10 once in an ECP sale. Rocket88 and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Nyphur said: I couldn't possibly count the number of posts of yours where you report back your Dad has helped you by doing xyz while you were at work, helped you with HG swaps and various other bits on your cars over the years. I wouldn't touch the fucking things either if I was him, you come across as right ungrateful twat. I'm not at all, he's an excellent helper, but if you leave him to his own devices he cuts corners or bodges things, and this is an example of that. I can't be there 100% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 52 minutes ago, MikeR said: having just spent 6 months wondering if the mark on my lung was cancer , and just getting the all clear , it was prob all down to the ones who sent their offspring into the work place last year with a "bug" , its only a little cough , he only threw up once etc and given the minimal protection , we all got a dose of the wonderfull virus they brought in .. and then you read comments like this in the local rag ...... Not paying nearly 10 quid for tests i dont need. I say i dont need them because even if i do test positive im not putting my life on hold again and self isolating, not a legal requirment so it wont get done. Will continue to send kids to school and continue working and shopping spread my covid all over, everyone else does it. Thanks !!! , glad I am in my house retired and not dealing with some of these wankers anymore , they have no thoughts about other peoples health and what they have to work with .. It amazes me that the slightest sniffle used to be grounds to skive off work and let the kids skive off school, yet when they're told/advised to with Covid they refuse and think their liberties are on the line! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 One lad who stayed , turn out not to be testing , even when he had a cough he had not tested , only when we (staff) offered to walk out or he go home , testing got done .... !!! 8 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: It amazes me that the slightest sniffle used to be grounds to skive off work and let the kids skive off school, yet when they're told/advised to with Covid they refuse and think their liberties are on the line! RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, MikeR said: One lad who stayed , turn out not to be testing , even when he had a cough he had not tested , only when we (staff) offered to walk out or he go home , testing got done .... !!! I just think it's selfish if people don't consider how other people feel about. If I'm well enough I'll go out, but I won't go into a pharmacy as there's probably vulnerable people in there, I won't go to the shops, I'll order online for this week, if work don't mind me being in when I'm well enough then fine, equally fine if they want me to keep away until I'm negative. I'm not going to storm into places like a dickhead saying "I've got Covid and you can't stop me!!" Just common sense and courtesy applies. Although that is mostly absent these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: I'm not at all, he's an excellent helper, but if you leave him to his own devices he cuts corners or bodges things, and this is an example of that. I can't be there 100% of the time. I’ve frequently found best policy is sometimes to get people worry about their own shit. If he wants to fart about saving a shilling I’d let him get on with it. twosmoke300 and RoverFolkUs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 The euro thing Nein nee non nie Cos I don't lose this till Tuesday woulda been going tomorrow or sat chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Oh that doesn't look good. Where is the end of the red tube? timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 under me arm theres a rectangular thing attached to me under the plaster holding on the tube cant lift arm too much dont wanna move it so no bike wont have enuff time from tuesday to make SF on friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 11:10 AM, Talbot said: Assuming he's only removing the wear lip and not sanding the entire face of the disc, there's nothing wrong with doing that. Even doing the face of the disc isn't the worst thing, the main issue being is that you can very easily introduce run-out by sanding one area too hard. Assuming the disc thickness is still above minimum, I'd always remove the wear lip. Same on brake drums.. grind the wear lip off (and sometimes even introduce a bit of a chamfer on the non-wearing area) makes it much easier to re-install. This I personally only replace brake discs in these scenarios: - below minimum thickness and pads are also due - warped - cracked through the middle if vented - worn by metal to metal brake pads I often grind wear lips down on both discs and drums if there's nothing else wrong with them. Sometimes even scuff up the faces by hand with Emery cloth to somewhat deglaze them. DavieW and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 7:58 PM, RoverFolkUs said: And that's me positive this afternoon Negative yesterday eve, felt fine this morning, started feeling a bit rough after lunch and now I feel totally fucked. Aches all over, fatigued, sore throat, banging headache. Not fun On the plus side paracetamol seems to be making some effect Oh well, good excuse for a few days off I suppose Could probably move to the grin thread now.. Seems to be over and done with apart from a lack of taste (well I've had that for years clearly, hence now being on Autoshite 😜) and feeling a bit blocked up still Maybe those 3 jabs have done their job after all! Wibble, AnnoyingPentium and Dan29 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 5 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: Maybe those 3 jabs have done their job after all! It's here to stay and I know folk who've had it more than once but it does seem that the mass inoculation programme has had the desired effect. *Touches wood* I still haven't knowingly had it but the general opinion now is that while being far worse than just 'a bad cold', it's certainly not putting people in hospital with anything like the ferocity of the initial wave a couple of years ago. Glad you're over the worst of it. Celebrate your life by buying something silly and unnecessary... 😛 AnnoyingPentium, myglaren, Wibble and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 3:38 PM, Ghosty said: Why would you take a flap disc to a brake disc to remove a 1mm lip, then fit new pads? They'll be ruined in no time. My dad does some fucking stupid things when left to his own devices. Thank fuck it's not my car he's working on. Car on axle stands - in gear so disc spins . Use flap disc on edge . Ultimately pointless but I’ve done it and and seen it done many times . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 hours ago, twosmoke300 said: Car on axle stands - in gear so disc spins . Use flap disc on edge . Ultimately pointless but I’ve done it and and seen it done many times . The only way to do this properly is with a lathe designed for the purpose. You can skim the disc down to true it provided you don't go below the minimum thickness allowed for the disc. IIRC Eric the Car Guy has one. Ghosty and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I’ve used on car brake lathes and for 99% of cars it’s just not worth the time as discs are so cheap . I wasn’t meaning skim the whole disc surface - just take the wear / rust lip off DavieW and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 As a car enthusiast and Norwegian I have to apologize. This also makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 ^^ He is far too annoying to have to endure that, interesting as it may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Move into social housing which is the appropriate size for your family, then have three more children and moan to the paper that you're overcrowded because (shock) your landlord doesn't have a supply of three / four bed homes sitting empty for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Just now, neil1971 said: Move into social housing which is the appropriate size for your family, then have three more children and moan to the paper that you're overcrowded because (shock) your landlord doesn't have a supply of three / four bed homes sitting empty for you. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 hour ago, myglaren said: ^^ He is far too annoying to have to endure that, interesting as it may be. I agree. But I pushed myself through it. Very little about electric cars is interesting and this was the same, but in short, this was about how Norway forces its citizens to drive electric and has led the world in this. So we have set up the template how other countries can do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: I agree. But I pushed myself through it. Very little about electric cars is interesting and this was the same, but in short, this was about how Norway forces its citizens to drive electric and has led the world in this. So we have set up the template how other countries can do the same. Huge incentives for the already wealthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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