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  On 05/11/2023 at 11:17, Unlucky Alf said:

And I have now discover its got a sealed drum,  you cant get it apart as its all plastic welded together.  Bastards.

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If it's any consolation, most are sealed plastic drums now. If you google the make & model number along with 'bearings' (or similar) you might find a work-around but no guarantee.

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Just been clearing the front garden of dead annuals and there's 3 lots of dog shite on the grass. 😡

If I find out who's dog's doing the doo, I'll post it's presents through their letterbox.

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After spending a small fortune, to me, getting the 75 through the MOT in August it has repaid me by deciding it no longer needs both track rods😡 properly loud clunks over every bump and a nice wiggly front wheel. Good job it's such a nice place to be or I would be getting all Basil Fawlty on it.

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  On 01/11/2023 at 21:36, Wack said:

Public transport is really shit 

Drove to blackburn from warrington , door to door 40 minutes 

Came back on public transport 3:15 door to door , what a fucking joke 

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This is what's wrong with public transport in the UK 

I looked at how much for a 2 hour trip to London on a clackety clack train 1st class booked in advance  for two people £493.60 !!

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Tomorrow I'm taking a Spanish bullet train from seville to granada , same kind of time , 2 hours , so i applied the same timeframe booked in advance for Wednesday 1st Class 2 people £64.17 

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  On 05/11/2023 at 21:07, Wack said:

This is what's wrong with public transport in the UK 

I looked at how much for a 2 hour trip to London on a clackety clack train 1st class booked in advance  for two people £493.60 !!

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Tomorrow I'm taking a Spanish bullet train from seville to granada , same kind of time , 2 hours , so i applied the same timeframe booked in advance for Wednesday 1st Class 2 people £64.17 

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Maybe different peak hours? Yours does seem excessively high, which route?

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  On 06/11/2023 at 00:05, High Jetter said:

Maybe different peak hours? Yours does seem excessively high, which route?

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Book it quick! Price rises in 3 days.

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  On 06/11/2023 at 00:22, Metal Guru said:

Book it quick! Price rises in 3 days.

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No, threepence. :)

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  On 06/11/2023 at 00:05, High Jetter said:

Maybe different peak hours? Yours does seem excessively high, which route?

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That was warrington to London express , no stops , not even peak time   a day return to London for two 1st Class is the price of a foreign holiday 

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the Spanish train is 200mph , there are even  cheaper but slower trains in Spain.

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I agree, that is pricey. A later train would be £104 return each, but cattle class.

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I thought I had got away scot free after the recent storms, like I have for the 40 years I have lived here. The last week or so, whilst sitting in the living room, there have been more than the normal amount of creaks and settlement, but nothing really more than you would expect from a 200+ year old house built with 24" granite walls. Yesterday I was fitting a new outside light and noticed a crack running down one of the side walls. A check on the other side of the house showed a similar crack in roughly the same place. Looks like my gable wall is making a break for freedom :-( 

This is probably the last bit of peace I will have for a while as I now have to start the misery of dealing with my insurance company.....

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  On 06/11/2023 at 08:42, Saabnut said:

I thought I had got away scot free after the recent storms, like I have for the 40 years I have lived here. The last week or so, whilst sitting in the living room, there have been more than the normal amount of creaks and settlement, but nothing really more than you would expect from a 200+ year old house built with 24" granite walls. Yesterday I was fitting a new outside light and noticed a crack running down one of the side walls. A check on the other side of the house showed a similar crack in roughly the same place. Looks like my gable wall is making a break for freedom :-( 

This is probably the last bit of peace I will have for a while as I now have to start the misery of dealing with my insurance company.....

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I'd advise first step - get a decent structural engineer with historic/traditional building experience to advise/diagnose what is  happening. 👍

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  On 06/11/2023 at 06:28, High Jetter said:

I agree, that is pricey. A later train would be £104 return each, but cattle class.

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There must be cheaper tickets somehow? No one would use the trains at those prices.

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  On 06/11/2023 at 09:06, lesapandre said:

I'd advise first step - get a decent structural engineer with historic/traditional building experience to advise/diagnose what is  happening. 👍

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Ta. Insurance company have appointed a surveyor who should be here "in 7 days" but I have also arranged for a friend who is a traditional builder to come and have a look. Apparently it is quite common at the moment, the ground has become so waterlogged that the weight of the gable wall causes settlement, he has several on the go at the moment.

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Sounds right. Maybe try also to direct water away from that part of the building by putting in a new land drain or soakaways. See what the builder says. If it's not continuing to move and not dangerous - grouting and monitoring may be effective etc. I'm sure the builder will have the gen. Good luck.

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Birmingham New Street ticket turnstiles.

Could I make a connection with a four minute gap on two platforms 200 feet apart?

Nope 😠

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Nearly bought a bag of dog food today ..

But long q of people 

Prick at till 

Left it on a shelf and walked ...

Go the local pet shop soon .

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Made the effort to make a lovely soup earlier. Chopped everything up, put it in the soup maker, came back to it 20 minutes later. Smells lovely, but the colour seems a little off compared to the recipe...

Of course I remembered to put the tomatoes in...

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Looks like I may need to revise my "the wiring in this car seems surprisingly free of bodgery" to "the wiring at the *front* of this car is surprisingly free of bodgery."

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Hoping a crappy audio and tow bar install account for all of this at least...but investigation of that is a job for another day!  Have neither the time nor energy for it today.

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Various reasons to be miserable.  Primarily at the moment is the fact that I have a stinking cold and feel like utter shite.  Sore throat and blocked nose have gone, but I've not felt this shit in a fair while.  Lateral flow says not Covid, but I am unconvinced.

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  On 06/11/2023 at 18:05, Talbot said:

Various reasons to be miserable.  Primarily at the moment is the fact that I have a stinking cold and feel like utter shite.  Sore throat and blocked nose have gone, but I've not felt this shit in a fair while.  Lateral flow says not Covid, but I am unconvinced.

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We should start a club!

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  On 06/11/2023 at 18:05, Talbot said:

Various reasons to be miserable.  Primarily at the moment is the fact that I have a stinking cold and feel like utter shite.  Sore throat and blocked nose have gone, but I've not felt this shit in a fair while.  Lateral flow says not Covid, but I am unconvinced.

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GWSm8

EDIT: And you, Zel!

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  On 06/11/2023 at 09:58, Metal Guru said:

There must be cheaper tickets somehow? No one would use the trains at those prices.

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You would probably be amazed at how many train travellers are public servants*  on expenses.

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  On 06/11/2023 at 21:25, artdjones said:

You would probably be amazed at how many train travellers are public servants*  on expenses.

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Well I realise that’s what 1st class is for.

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It's always worth checking 1st class though - when I took a trip from MK up to Glasgow a few years ago I checked the price for giggles...it was £2 more than standard!  Yes the free coffee was crap, but it was worth the £2!

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  On 07/11/2023 at 00:09, Zelandeth said:

It's always worth checking 1st class though - when I took a trip from MK up to Glasgow a few years ago I checked the price for giggles...it was £2 more than standard!  Yes the free coffee was crap, but it was worth the £2!

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I’d always fly rather than take the train, (London -Edinburgh),  it’s nearly always cheaper sometimes incredibly low. Even if I wanted to go tomorrow it’s about £115 return, two weeks ahead it’s £32 if you can stand Luton.
Getting to and from the airports or parking  is probably going to cost more.
 

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Another Tuesday trip into Liverpool , and again the speed police out hiding at the side of the road , the amount of camera work is getting beyond a joke .. time to make noises and suggest moving the meet up place .. 

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  On 07/11/2023 at 00:09, Zelandeth said:

It's always worth checking 1st class though - when I took a trip from MK up to Glasgow a few years ago I checked the price for giggles...it was £2 more than standard!  Yes the free coffee was crap, but it was worth the £2!

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The Friday afternoon Trains. From Hemel Hempstead to Runcorn changing at MK and Crewe was cheaper 1st class advance than a second class advance. No idea why. On the train from MK to Crewe I got lunch free, and a scotch and coke. Drank the coke. Took the scotch home in its tiny bottle and saved them up for Christmas. 

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Some years ago I received this lovely item in an AS secret santa, it's £5 worth of 10p pieces welded together, it has adorned my work desk since. 

As you will see there is sadly an issue with weld penetration and it is now only £4.90 

I feel there should be a warranty for this sort of thing 

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