The grumpy thread

[reb]

9 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Cheeky fucker, that's one step up from a Bob Mugabe era Zim Dollar.

I have this

I think the £3 I paid for it is actually more than it was worth at the point they shitcanned the whole currency.

[somewhatfoolish]

I have some trillion ones kicking about somewhere. I was going to stick them in the christmas crackers the year I bought them but I forgot.

[Barry Cade]

30 minutes ago, reb said:

I have this

I think the £3 I paid for it is actually more than it was worth at the point they shitcanned the whole currency.

That's mad, just looking through some of my Dad's old stuff- found Reichsmarks and Guilders from 1938. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

That's mad, just looking through some of my Dad's old stuff- found Reichsmarks and Guilders from 1938. 

I have some prewar German postage stamps with Hitler on them. Millions of marks to post a letter. Makes Royal Mail look good!

[Remspoor]

Following on from the merge in turn conversation.

Highway code has to say.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/multi-lane-carriageways.html

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You should follow the signs and road markings and get into the lane as directed. In congested road conditions do not change lanes unnecessarily. Merging in turn is recommended but only if safe and appropriate when vehicles are travelling at a very low speed, e.g. when approaching road works or a road traffic incident. It is not recommended at high speed.

What speed is low or high?

[Rust Collector]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

What speed is low or high?

I would interpret that as high speed = flowing traffic at or around the posted speed limit, low speed = queueing or crawling traffic.

[Mally]

Someone wiped the drivers door mirror off my 75 last night. On the bright side the glass didn't break and no other damage so I Gorrilla taped it back on for now and set off to Chester to pick a Yaris up.

Got to Chester, Car was as described except they forgot the rear axle sub frame was hanging on by a prayer and the anti roll bar had been gas cut through for some unknown reason. Also described as running, but wouldn't start, so we left it there.

Kia next door, mirror was wiped off at the same time, but their mirror is smashed to bits.

[High Jetter]

22 minutes ago, Mally said:

Someone wiped the drivers door mirror off my 75 last night. On the bright side the glass didn't break and no other damage so I Gorrilla taped it back on for now and set off to Chester to pick a Yaris up.

Got to Chester, Car was as described except they forgot the rear axle sub frame was hanging on by a prayer and the anti roll bar had been gas cut through for some unknown reason. Also described as running, but wouldn't start, so we left it there.

Kia next door, mirror was wiped off at the same time, but their mirror is smashed to bits.

Happened to mine to, used the gide on the MG&ZT forum to sort it - pics are on my on my thread - search for 'pogweasled' should find it

[chaseracer]

20 hours ago, vulgalour said:

After the fun and games of the NHS overpaying me £900 just before Christmas which I then immediately paid back because of how it might fuck up my Universal Credit, and several weeks of runaround trying to get the Job Centre and the NHS to talk to each other to resolve a problem caused by them not me, today I got an invoice for overpayment of wages to the tune of £250 for a job I left several months ago.  Whether or not I really do owe them that money remains to be seen, and I can't call the understaffed payroll department until Monday to be able to find out.  What fun!

 

 

Use email from the outset, to ensure a record of communication.  They will need to provide evidence of overpayment; the 'invoice' is not sufficient.

Don't call them, unless it's to get the email address of a named person.  Then email them.

If it turns out you do owe them something, pay it back over the longest possible period.  It's their fuckup, and you don't work for them any more.