PicantoJon Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: The bit that's got toasty is just a quarter inch male crimp connector; easy and cheap to replace, the round thing it attaches to is a high temperature cut-off sensor. Any other bits that have obviously had smoke trying to escape? Not that I could see, shall take another look. I just saw that and thought it didn't look good, or at least above my limited skill level... 😅 myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, PicantoJon said: Not that I could see, shall take another look. I just saw that and thought it didn't look good, or at least above my limited skill level... 😅 🙂 I'm all for people staying in their comfort zone when dealing with mains voltage, only have a go if you feel safe doing so. myglaren, Talbot and PicantoJon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 11 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: 🙂 I'm all for people staying in their comfort zone when dealing with mains voltage, only have a go if you feel safe doing so. Wise words. myglaren, PicantoJon, richardmorris and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 29/06/2023 at 22:30, New POD said: Insurance job ? Nope. I may get around to butchering the sink unit and repairing it, one day. Did have to put a new floorcovering in for her, pulled the ruined 'hardwood' floor up and replaced with vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 This lot need an adult to watch over them. paulplom, richardmorris and 3VOM 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Curry’s latest ad on TV. New Dyson from  £849! £849 for a vacuum cleaner!? FFS! Can’t be long before there’s a £1000 one. sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 44 minutes ago, Metal Guru said: Curry’s latest ad on TV. New Dyson from  £849! £849 for a vacuum cleaner!? FFS! Can’t be long before there’s a £1000 one. There has been a vacuum cleaner over £1000 for at least 20 years. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Metal Guru said: Curry’s latest ad on TV. New Dyson from  £849! £849 for a vacuum cleaner!? FFS! Can’t be long before there’s a £1000 one. Not just me then, should come with Philippa Forrester in a maids outfit too at that price. myglaren and 5speedracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 3 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Not just me then, should come with Philippa Forrester in a maids outfit too at that price. Sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 One less Fulvia Zagato... paulplom, Doctormop, AnnoyingPentium and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/29/2023 at 7:06 PM, hairnet said: michael vaughan can fuck off and take that maxwell cunt with him too  So can the entire Australian team after the Bairstow incident jakebullet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Clamped the tailstock on my lathe, except it didn't lever has no resistance. Took it apart and the weld holding the cam bit on the shaft had failed. Which arse welded that? Oh, me, 15 years ago. Snotted it again and back clamping. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 10:43 PM, Metal Guru said: Sold! Get your own fantasy. High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 At work we have a Volkswagen van that needs some warranty work. I drive past the dealership so I've dropped it in. They said it'd be 30 minutes so I agreed to wait for it, now they're saying it'll be a couple of days. I don't really want to sit in the dealership that long.  There's some cunt here whose purpose isn't obvious to me. He is a customer but doesn't seem to be buying anything. Instead he's telling everyone in earshot how much his daughter's school costs, how much his company turns over (and that he owns it) and how many staff it employs. 64, although I didn't want to know that.  He's also British and describes himself as a CEO, which I always thought was American for MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said: how much his company turns over (and that he owns it) and how many staff it employs. I know an MD who always says 'turnover is vanity, profit is sanity' when the subject comes up, but in day to day business fixates on turnover anyway 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 28 minutes ago, Rust Collector said: I know an MD who always says 'turnover is vanity, profit is sanity' when the subject comes up, but in day to day business fixates on turnover anyway 🤣 Profit as a % of investment is where it's at. Not as a % of turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 minute ago, New POD said: Profit as a % of investment is where it's at. Given the last few years and that it's a small manufacturing business, I'm not sure that they would like to look under that particular stone 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Top fucking wankers. "Oh, be nice you were a new driver once." Â I also didn't do 38-40 mph on a fucking empty dry motorway. It's not a free pass to drive dangerously. sierraman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Rust Collector said: Given the last few years and that it's a small manufacturing business, I'm not sure that they would like to look under that particular stone 😅 I used to think people who were directors of a company must be mega rich and have lots of power, until I became one. My wife who works in IT did a year contracting and so had to set up a company. I was just a convenient way to reduce the tax bill. When she returned to employed status, I was sole director , so CEO /MD. My only duty was to pay myself every month until the money ran out and apply for a  VAT rebate every quarter from our accounting software subscription. Best job I ever had. Remspoor, twosmoke300, scdan4 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Rust Collector said: Given the last few years and that it's a small manufacturing business, I'm not sure that they would like to look under that particular stone 😅 If they valued the assets, the buildings and the land the car park sits on and it turns out that they are basically a nit fir profit job creation scheme, that's when you've got to worry.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 14 minutes ago, Metal Guru said: I used to think people who were directors of a company must be mega rich and have lots of power, until I became one. My wife who works in IT did a year contracting and so had to set up a company. I was just a convenient way to reduce the tax bill. When she returned to employed status, I was sole director , so CEO /MD. My only duty was to pay myself every month until the money ran out and apply for a  VAT rebate every quarter from our accounting software subscription. Best job I ever had. When I went permie, I made my wife's role as Executive Responsible for Director motivation and welfare, redundant. She keeps asking where the redundancy pay went. On the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Rust Collector said: I know an MD who always says 'turnover is vanity, profit is sanity' when the subject comes up, but in day to day business fixates on turnover anyway 🤣 Don't forget the last line "Cash is reality" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 7/2/2023 at 4:26 PM, Metal Guru said: Curry’s latest ad on TV. New Dyson from  £849! £849 for a vacuum cleaner!? FFS! Can’t be long before there’s a £1000 one. I do know of people that would buy a £1,000 hoover for no other virtue than to tell people they’ve got one. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, sierraman said: I do know of people that would buy a £1,000 hoover for no other virtue than to tell people they’ve got one. Oscar Wilde has the saying:  ‘a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.‘   RoverFolkUs and sierraman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, sierraman said: I do know of people that would buy a £1,000 hoover for no other virtue than to tell people they’ve got one. My wife would buy a £1000 hoover just to use it til it's completely full, carry on using it til all the pipes are blocked solid and then say "dave this new hoover is rubbish" twosmoke300, GrumpiusMaximus, Shite Ron and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, cobblers said: My wife would buy a £1000 hoover just to use it til it's completely full, carry on using it til all the pipes are blocked solid and then say "dave this new hoover is rubbish" 'Josh, the hoover isn't working' is what normally precedes me stripping the thing apart and finding the hose blocked solid with stuff a sane person wouldn't think to try and hoover up. GrumpiusMaximus, cobblers, RoverFolkUs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Just now, Rust Collector said: 'Josh, the hoover isn't working' is what normally precedes me stripping the thing apart and finding the hose blocked solid with stuff a sane person wouldn't think to try and hoover up. Oh man don't get me started!!!!!!!!!! 10 metres of string? Fuck bending down to pick it up, we've got a dyson for that!!! Cotton buds? Hair pins? an entire broken pint glass? HAVE AT IT Coprolalia, Weird Car, CaptainBoom and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 The wife is quite fastidious with the hoover. The structure of the house, garden and the car can just go to hell in a hand cart though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 £850 for a new Hoover*? Think I'd just buy a new carpet instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 £1600 but it mops, hoover and empties itself.   GrumpiusMaximus and RoverFolkUs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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