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  On 06/10/2023 at 09:12, myglaren said:

Around here at least there are QR codes at all the bus stops.  Use your phone to read it and it will give you live info on busses due in the next half hour or so.

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IIRC reb's phone is from the last century so that wouldn't help him. We have the QR codes round here, seem to work well.

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  On 05/10/2023 at 09:14, davehedgehog31 said:

Last Monday morning the woman next door reversed into the Fabia with her Audi Qsomething. She came to the door to let me know and was very apologetic. No ill feeling and I had a look at options for getting it fixed. Local body shops were only interested in insurance work. I couldn't really be bothered going to the insurance and declaring it for the next five years.

A painted wing was £177 from eBay. I bought this and will fit it myself. Let her know this and gave her the receipt with my bank details written on it. Have saved her a pretty penny and potentially a lot of hassle. You guessed it, the bint still hasn't paid me, they're not short a bob or two either. 

The moral of this story, fuck people. Just get things done properly. As it stands I'm £180 out of pocket, have a bashed car which will shortly have a poorly colour matched wing and I'll have to spend my own time fitting it. I bet the liberty taking bastard sends me the exact amount when I eventually get it too. 

I'll be asking for insurance details after work, I'm sure this will hasten the transfer of funds. 

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This was the same sort of thing as that woman who stuffed her RAV4 into the front of my Landrover. She started off talking about avoiding using insurance, so I suggested about 800 quid to repair it myself (an insurance repair would have been several thousand at least). She then said she probably will go through insurance, then decided that she wasn't at fault and dragged the whole issue on for two years until her insurance finally agreed she was at fault and found in my favour. 

There is no sense of decency or honour with some people. I can remember backing my old Omega into the passenger side door of a Transit van in Wales once. I exchanged details, then the bloke rang up and said he could a secondhand door from a breakers for 80 quid. I presented him with the money the next day and we were all good. 

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Just received my first ever NIP, for 38 in a 30 on the way back from Stansted on Monday.

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20mins late this morning as I had to follow this big oversized heavy yellow thing F605D8F8-CD9B-4581-97E0-324DB53CDAE8.thumb.jpeg.91ead048396c1e07420da4e28d182cb9.jpeg

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  On 05/10/2023 at 09:14, davehedgehog31 said:

A painted wing was £177 from eBay. I bought this and will fit it myself. Let her know this and gave her the receipt with my bank details written on it. Have saved her a pretty penny and potentially a lot of hassle. You guessed it, the bint still hasn't paid me, they're not short a bob or two either. 

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Now present them with a bill that includes the damage to the bumper, at £500, with a comment that they either pay up, or you'll be following up with insurers.

The only bump I have ever had that was my fault, I sorted the damage to the other person's car myself.  Scrapyard bumper, and I fitted it that weekend for her.

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  On 06/10/2023 at 09:12, myglaren said:

Around here at least there are QR codes at all the bus stops.  Use your phone to read it and it will give you live info on busses due in the next half hour or so.

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We don't have that around here alas! The capability must exist because at bus stations there's screens with the info, but no way to see it yourself. 

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Sprog reduced to commuting in the Bini this morning as the FreeLoader FTP. Apparently it's been a bit hesitant of late?
It's pissing down all day and I cannot be arsed looking to see if it's just needing a clean up or a new sensor so I've stung her for one (sale or return) so I can look at the blighter tomorrow, or Sunday, or Monday - whenever the rain stops....

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Post office letter tracking ... the one time I use it , it's not working , and now I have notification the parcel has arrived off the receiver , as for the PO , still tits up ... 

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  On 06/10/2023 at 14:32, reb said:

We don't have that around here alas! The capability must exist because at bus stations there's screens with the info, but no way to see it yourself. 

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Have a look and see if there is an 'app' for your phone.  They have that option here that shows live data on the busses.

I haven't purely as I dislike the term 'app'.

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  On 07/10/2023 at 08:04, myglaren said:

I haven't purely as I dislike the term 'app'.

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Similarly, I have never eaten yoghurt because I don't like the way it's spelled.

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Went for a night with my my wife. 

We went to new pub in town - £8.50 for a pint and a glass of wine. Had a couple there then went back to our village and had the same round  - £13.80. Guess we won't be frequenting our local very much. 

 

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  On 08/10/2023 at 00:41, DavieW said:

Went for a night with my my wife. 

We went to new pub in town - £8.50 for a pint and a glass of wine. Had a couple there then went back to our village and had the same round  - £13.80. Guess we won't be frequenting our local very much. 

 

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Did you mention it to the landlord ?  

Is the place empty ? No understanding of schoolboy price vs demand curves? 

Or is the place full, and he's put the price up, because it doesn't impact the sales much. 

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Not really a grump more of a bemusement. ..

FIL's 70th Birthday today, MIL has booked a table for 12 at a local pub 8pm.

Turn up at 7 45 and the place is packed, outside on the car park a bloke is trying to stop three screaming women from clawing each other, we're pointed to a selection of tables close to the busy bar which had been put into a line, surrounded by burley blokes shouting at one another, we sat down and were looking at the menu when a full band started sound checking for a gig with what must have been at least a 10 piece drum kit, pa speakers, stage monitors, etc about 6ft from us.  The drummer doing full rounds on the drums, the guitarist doing his best Jimi Hendrix and male & female vocalists going 1-2, 1-2 for about 5 minutes as the guy on the sound desk tried to stop the feedback screeching...

Got up and went to the local Toby Carvery instead, you would think they would mention when taking a phone booking they would mention  they've got a live band on...

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This is why travelling on a motorway is shit these days. Ignorant fucking twats who don’t realise the inside lane is default lane and the other two are for overtaking only. On the M6 yesterday there were queues in lanes 3 and 4 whilst lanes one and two were moving perfectly! So many middle lane hogging bastards it’s unbelievable! 

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  On 08/10/2023 at 17:57, brownnova said:

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This is why travelling on a motorway is shit these days. Ignorant fucking twats who don’t realise the inside lane is default lane and the other two are for overtaking only. On the M6 yesterday there were queues in lanes 3 and 4 whilst lanes one and two were moving perfectly! So many middle lane hogging bastards it’s unbelievable! 

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Yeah, I now tend to sit in Lane one undertaking them all, occasional out to overtake a truck then back to lane one and carry on, that way you avoid all the knobs two foot off each others bumpers on the brakes every 5 seconds. 

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  On 08/10/2023 at 17:57, brownnova said:

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This is why travelling on a motorway is shit these days. Ignorant fucking twats who don’t realise the inside lane is default lane and the other two are for overtaking only. On the M6 yesterday there were queues in lanes 3 and 4 whilst lanes one and two were moving perfectly! So many middle lane hogging bastards it’s unbelievable! 

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Now days they've been redesignated  as follows

Lane 1 peasants/ lorry lane .

Lane2  lorry/giffer lane 

Lane3 van/self entitled lane

Lane 4 as lane 3

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lump

bastard

had a sore leg (being on the bike even tho not a 4 hour at a time jobbie) it was 50 miles stop 50 miles stop leg wouldnt complain doing that

hip/joints get sore so ok itll go away only this time its sore when pressed

not a spot or obv blemish not discoloured

spoke to special people they said speak to doc or haemo tomorrow to see who can see it quicker

fuck (work are gonna love me)

edit since the weekend the lump is bigger - good job i have an appointment tomrrow (their ask not mine)

fuck this week already

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  On 08/10/2023 at 18:50, sheffcortinacentre said:

Now days they've been redesignated  as follows

Lane 1 peasants/ lorry lane .

Lane2  lorry/giffer lane 

Lane3 van/self entitled lane

Lane 4 as lane 3

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Lane one is the loser lane.

Lane 2 belongs to the middle lane owners club

lane 3 is the Audi / BMW lane.

Lane  4 is “oh shit there’s my exit lane. Looks like I’m going to be on You Tube!”

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  On 08/10/2023 at 17:57, brownnova said:

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This is why travelling on a motorway is shit these days. Ignorant fucking twats who don’t realise the inside lane is default lane and the other two are for overtaking only. On the M6 yesterday there were queues in lanes 3 and 4 whilst lanes one and two were moving perfectly! So many middle lane hogging bastards it’s unbelievable! 

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I drove from Cheltenham-Kent via the A40, M40, M25, M2, yesterday and I had a situation like this almost all of the way back.  I'm very happy to sit in the inside lane doing 60 on longer journeys, especially in the BINI.

I don't know if this has always been a problem but many, many drivers just do not seem to understand that the inside lane is the lane that you are, by default, meant to be in and that the other two are for overtaking.  If you're doing 70, I can understand being in the middle lane if there's a train of lorries.  Because you're overtaking them.  Otherwise, get the fuck to the inside lane and use the motorway properly.

See also, people overtaking you when other cars are merging from the left at junctions (despite there being signs of an impending junction for at least a mile) and cars getting arsey and flashing you from 150 Yards back when you safely accelerate, indicate and pull over to let traffic in prior to a junction.

Case in point, there's a very marginal junction on the A2 just before you get into Canterbury whereby the traffic entering the A2 from the left gets a very short slip road and it's very hard to actually see the A2 until you're on the slip itself trying to merge:

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So, as a courtesy I always try and pull over to the right-hand lane (of two) about 400 yards beforehand as I've seen so many near-misses there.  Did that yesterday and a van that was in the right-hand lane suddenly decides to do 85, catch up with me and start flashing their lights.  They only realised what I was doing when they saw two merging cars nearly have an accident with two cars on the inside lane at the junction and backed off.

The lack of situational awareness on our motorways an A-roads is staggering.

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  On 09/10/2023 at 06:13, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I drove from Cheltenham-Kent via the A40, M40, M25, M2, yesterday and I had a situation like this almost all of the way back.  I'm very happy to sit in the inside lane doing 60 on longer journeys, especially in the BINI.

I don't know if this has always been a problem but many, many drivers just do not seem to understand that the inside lane is the lane that you are, by default, meant to be in and that the other two are for overtaking.  If you're doing 70, I can understand being in the middle lane if there's a train of lorries.  Because you're overtaking them.  Otherwise, get the fuck to the inside lane and use the motorway properly.

See also, people overtaking you when other cars are merging from the left at junctions (despite there being signs of an impending junction for at least a mile) and cars getting arsey and flashing you from 150 Yards back when you safely accelerate, indicate and pull over to let traffic in prior to a junction.

Case in point, there's a very marginal junction on the A2 just before you get into Canterbury whereby the traffic entering the A2 from the left gets a very short slip road and it's very hard to actually see the A2 until you're on the slip itself trying to merge:

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So, as a courtesy I always try and pull over to the right-hand lane (of two) about 400 yards beforehand as I've seen so many near-misses there.  Did that yesterday and a van that was in the right-hand lane suddenly decides to do 85, catch up with me and start flashing their lights.  They only realised what I was doing when they saw two merging cars nearly have an accident with two cars on the inside lane at the junction and backed off.

The lack of situational awareness on our motorways an A-roads is staggering.

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I was on the A2 a while ago, in lane two, overtaking. A grey van closed very quickly on me, really aggressively tailgating. When I was past the traffic I had been overtaking I moved back into lane one, and gave the van driver the Gareth Hunt hand gesture. Only then did the (unmarked) van put their blue lights on. There's a police vehicle compound at Nackington. 

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  On 09/10/2023 at 15:21, robinmasters said:

I was on the A2 a while ago, in lane two, overtaking. A grey van closed very quickly on me, really aggressively tailgating. When I was past the traffic I had been overtaking I moved back into lane one, and gave the van driver the Gareth Hunt hand gesture. Only then did the (unmarked) van put their blue lights on. There's a police vehicle compound at Nackington. 

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It was a grey van!  Police driver or otherwise, the occupant was indeed a bit of a Gareth.

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Agreed. In the early 00's in the Wood Lane area of West London, just further on from the BBC HQ, a metallic blue Rover 100, slightly jazzed up boy racer style used to hook around locally. The only issue being that it was an unmarked plod wagon. I was on my slightly loud TRX riding home from a shitty shift at Charing X hospital. I had stopped at the light on Wood Lane, pizza moped next to me. Next thing much horn blowing and this car forces its way through, thought it was going to hit the pizza guy. A few seconds later the lights changed and I rode off the same way as the dickhead in the car. I put my full beams on as I caught up with him, pulled alongside as the road was chocker and berated him verbally and loudly as his window was open. He shouted back that he was a police officer and waved his warrant card at me whilst shouting. I plucked it out of his hand, told him I didn't give a fuck, informed him that he drove like a fucking wanker and flung his card onto the pavement somewhere. I then fucked off by filtering through the traffic. I regret nothing. 

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  On 10/10/2023 at 14:49, purplebargeken said:

He shouted back that he was a police officer and waved his warrant card at me whilst shouting. I plucked it out of his hand, told him I didn't give a fuck, informed him that he drove like a fucking wanker and flung his card onto the pavement somewhere. I then fucked off by filtering through the traffic. I regret nothing. 

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Chapeau, Ken.  Chapeau... 😎

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  On 08/10/2023 at 17:57, brownnova said:

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This is why travelling on a motorway is shit these days. Ignorant fucking twats who don’t realise the inside lane is default lane and the other two are for overtaking only. On the M6 yesterday there were queues in lanes 3 and 4 whilst lanes one and two were moving perfectly! So many middle lane hogging bastards it’s unbelievable! 

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I will admit, in a situation like that I just do 70 along lane 1 and undertake the lot of them.  I'm past caring these days.

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  On 10/10/2023 at 17:55, Pieman said:

I will admit, in a situation like that I just do 70 along lane 1 and undertake the lot of them.  I'm past caring these days.

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In this picture MrsB was driving…. When I was driving on the way down what you describeis exactly what happened! 

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Just binned about £150 worth of dry stores, condiments, herbs etc from the cupboard as we got bloody pantry moths in it. Utter basterdz. I was on a mission to eradicate them by the end armed with two cans of cockroach spray from the corner shop. 

0/10, would not recommend. 

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The coolant bottle on my Stilo has developed a hairline crack, right were the rubber pipe joins on.

Just what I needed as I really needed the car tomorrow. Tried bodging it tonight, but can't seal it enough to stop leaking under pressure. So it will have to stay off the road till it's fixed. Great.

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  On 10/10/2023 at 20:54, Spurious said:

Just binned about £150 worth of dry stores, condiments, herbs etc from the cupboard as we got bloody pantry moths in it. Utter basterdz. I was on a mission to eradicate them by the end armed with two cans of cockroach spray from the corner shop. 

0/10, would not recommend. 

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You have my sympathies.  We had a grain mite infestation a couple of years back which wiped out basically everything in the kitchen.  Getting rid of them was an absolute pain!

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I suspect many know the phrase "You're good with computers" and the total despair that follows dealing with the terminally confused. I made the mistake of fixing the Mrs's mum's tablet when I was there so I am now the expert* 

Symptoms this time are, and I quote "There's something wrong with my google". 

Google what? Chuff knows.

Last time it was "Messenger isn't letting me login", which turned out to be she'd somehow stored her facebook password as the wireless password, so big surprise it wouldn't let her connect to the wireless. She has three tablets, and basically uses one until it's fucked up, then when she kills all three some lucky mug gets to sort them out.

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  On 10/10/2023 at 21:59, jakebullet said:

I suspect many know the phrase "You're good with computers" and the total despair that follows dealing with the terminally confused. I made the mistake of fixing the Mrs's mum's tablet when I was there so I am now the expert* 

Symptoms this time are, and I quote "There's something wrong with my google". 

Google what? Chuff knows.

Last time it was "Messenger isn't letting me login", which turned out to be she'd somehow stored her facebook password as the wireless password, so big surprise it wouldn't let her connect to the wireless. She has three tablets, and basically uses one until it's fucked up, then when she kills all three some lucky mug gets to sort them out.

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Oh god, run!

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