The grumpy thread

[pompei]

Cav and VA:- you need to get Evil Warren onto the case

[willswitchengage]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

?

 

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

[willswitchengage]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

?

 

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

[Cavcraft]

No offence to Mr Claim but his services will not be required!

[Cavcraft]

No offence to Mr Claim but his services will not be required!

[tonedepear]

I'm properly annoyed about this.

 

I recently fitted a wiring loom to a beetle, as a call out job done on the customer's driveway. I quoted £50, and because he's a fairly regular customer I didn't charge any more than that despite the job not exactly being as described (car was a stripped shell, "new" loom was in fact old and damaged) and it taking 2 1/2 days instead of a couple of hours - I'd quoted £50, so that's what he paid. Loom was fitted, everything worked at the time.

 

That's not the annoying bit.

 

2 days ago, I got another call from him asking if I would come out and make the engine run as he was having fuel problems and couldn't get it to go - he said it was urgent, and he had money waiting so I went straight over and spent over an hour sorting out the mess (fuel pipes back to front on the pump, pump didn't actually work, and the fuel cutoff solenoid on the carb had lost its spade connector. First replacement pump worked, but leaked like a sieve, second one did the job) so the car ran. Then I spent another half hour putting right some of the wiring that "someone" has played with since my last visit (different steering wheel) and made the horn work again. I charged him £40.

 

Again, not the annoying bit.

 

This afternoon I got a phone call. His son and son-in-law have been round to see him, and tried to convince him that I'm ripping him off on the grounds that I only charged £50 the first time so £40 for 3 hours of professional time and a 20 mile round trip must be too much - they also believe that the £50 loom fitting should include a lifetime warranty on all electrical items on the car and also they say that I should get the car to MoT standard for free to make up for it. Thankfully, he's a sensible old fella and isn't doing that, but he did feel that he needed to phone me and tell me what they were saying.

 

That's the annoying bit. Cheeky beggars. Try getting "ABC auto-electrics" or whoever else is first in the yellow pages to a/ work on a beetle or b/ do anything beyond pointing and laughing for £50. BAH!

 

Jesus. And here's me worrying I take the piss!

 

/holythreadresurrectionbatman

[tonedepear]

I'm properly annoyed about this.

 

I recently fitted a wiring loom to a beetle, as a call out job done on the customer's driveway. I quoted £50, and because he's a fairly regular customer I didn't charge any more than that despite the job not exactly being as described (car was a stripped shell, "new" loom was in fact old and damaged) and it taking 2 1/2 days instead of a couple of hours - I'd quoted £50, so that's what he paid. Loom was fitted, everything worked at the time.

 

That's not the annoying bit.

 

2 days ago, I got another call from him asking if I would come out and make the engine run as he was having fuel problems and couldn't get it to go - he said it was urgent, and he had money waiting so I went straight over and spent over an hour sorting out the mess (fuel pipes back to front on the pump, pump didn't actually work, and the fuel cutoff solenoid on the carb had lost its spade connector. First replacement pump worked, but leaked like a sieve, second one did the job) so the car ran. Then I spent another half hour putting right some of the wiring that "someone" has played with since my last visit (different steering wheel) and made the horn work again. I charged him £40.

 

Again, not the annoying bit.

 

This afternoon I got a phone call. His son and son-in-law have been round to see him, and tried to convince him that I'm ripping him off on the grounds that I only charged £50 the first time so £40 for 3 hours of professional time and a 20 mile round trip must be too much - they also believe that the £50 loom fitting should include a lifetime warranty on all electrical items on the car and also they say that I should get the car to MoT standard for free to make up for it. Thankfully, he's a sensible old fella and isn't doing that, but he did feel that he needed to phone me and tell me what they were saying.

 

That's the annoying bit. Cheeky beggars. Try getting "ABC auto-electrics" or whoever else is first in the yellow pages to a/ work on a beetle or b/ do anything beyond pointing and laughing for £50. BAH!

 

Jesus. And here's me worrying I take the piss!

 

/holythreadresurrectionbatman

[Cavcraft]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

?

 

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

 

If I can get a shed load more practise in first it'd be a good laugh to do this, I'll see how it goes and let you know nearer the time if ok? I'm bloody brilliant at going down hills, not quite so good at going the other way!

[Cavcraft]

The Ryedale Rumble has been cancelled

 

http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/cycling ... cc-Monster

 

?

 

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

 

If I can get a shed load more practise in first it'd be a good laugh to do this, I'll see how it goes and let you know nearer the time if ok? I'm bloody brilliant at going down hills, not quite so good at going the other way!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I've got a knackered old LTI Fairway taxi I use for dump runs and general toting about of shite. Went to use it the other day, couldn't find the keys. Spent a swarf filled hour of fun drilling out the steering lock, and hot wiring the ignition. Found the keys about 16 nano seconds after I'd finished.....................

 

You make it sound like you walked up to the car and patted your pockets before shrugging and grabbing the drill.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I've got a knackered old LTI Fairway taxi I use for dump runs and general toting about of shite. Went to use it the other day, couldn't find the keys. Spent a swarf filled hour of fun drilling out the steering lock, and hot wiring the ignition. Found the keys about 16 nano seconds after I'd finished.....................

 

You make it sound like you walked up to the car and patted your pockets before shrugging and grabbing the drill.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'm again pissed off at jobhunting. This has become ridiculous. I had an interview with a council yesterday and they said they'd call today. Amazingly, they did, but somehow I couldn't hear them. So I rang them back an hour later, spoke to the second person who interviewed me (not the one who was doing the calling), and you could hear in her voice that she was trying to hide something. "We are very sorry, you made the grade but, erm, other people did better, but hmm, uh-oh it was good to meet you and...oh, I can't get to the paperwork to give you feedback, my colleague will e-mail you later on". This ties very nicely with the person administering the "Excel test" part of the assessment having told me that I did very well as pretty much everyone else had ballsed it up completely (they'd been interviewing all day and it was already past 3pm).

 

INBRED TWATS. I hope you die a slow and painful death.

 

(disclaimer: No generalisation intended towards everyone working in a council or the entirety of the public sector)

[vulgalour]

I too have a job-hunting related grump. Called the agency today to find out what's happening with the induction I went for to find out I'll be waiting at least 2 weeks before any work is offered as all the relevant folks are off on holiday. Great. I told them to call me if any work comes up between now and then and they'll be getting regular calls from me asking them if they have any work for me. They did mention there was a vacancy in Bradford, but we both agreed that was far too far away and probably wouldn't cover travel costs from the work available. Oh, and that call centre place never did call me back and I've managed to lose their sodding number to be able to chase it up and most likely to be told "Oh yeah, you weren't successful, we found some orange faced twat in a shiny nylon suit that can do the job better for less money".

 

Back to job hunting afresh then.

[vulgalour]

I too have a job-hunting related grump. Called the agency today to find out what's happening with the induction I went for to find out I'll be waiting at least 2 weeks before any work is offered as all the relevant folks are off on holiday. Great. I told them to call me if any work comes up between now and then and they'll be getting regular calls from me asking them if they have any work for me. They did mention there was a vacancy in Bradford, but we both agreed that was far too far away and probably wouldn't cover travel costs from the work available. Oh, and that call centre place never did call me back and I've managed to lose their sodding number to be able to chase it up and most likely to be told "Oh yeah, you weren't successful, we found some orange faced twat in a shiny nylon suit that can do the job better for less money".

 

Back to job hunting afresh then.

[pompei]

My 18 y/o stepdaughter is starting full time college in September. Jobsworth Centre Pare making her go for an interview at Poundland or somewhere tomorrow. I mean, what is the point? No-one is going to offer her a job for a month and I guess there will be dozens, if not hundreds of suitable applicants. It's a waste of everyone's time, yet JCP are unyielding. Idiots

[pompei]

My 18 y/o stepdaughter is starting full time college in September. Jobsworth Centre Pare making her go for an interview at Poundland or somewhere tomorrow. I mean, what is the point? No-one is going to offer her a job for a month and I guess there will be dozens, if not hundreds of suitable applicants. It's a waste of everyone's time, yet JCP are unyielding. Idiots

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Pompei, this is anything but stupid. It's sinister. Have you ever heard of WORKFARE? Poundland are a well-known user of slave lab...erm I mean of ambitious young people who want to gain some valuable work experience.

 

The Tories have never believed in free markets. They just use them as a pretext for introducing schemes that are geared towards benefitting their mates (just like Labour do with the construct of 'social justice').

 

For more info on this sordid stuff, have a look here: http://www.boycottworkfare.org/

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Pompei, this is anything but stupid. It's sinister. Have you ever heard of WORKFARE? Poundland are a well-known user of slave lab...erm I mean of ambitious young people who want to gain some valuable work experience.

 

The Tories have never believed in free markets. They just use them as a pretext for introducing schemes that are geared towards benefitting their mates (just like Labour do with the construct of 'social justice').

 

For more info on this sordid stuff, have a look here: http://www.boycottworkfare.org/

[willswitchengage]

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

 

If I can get a shed load more practise in first it'd be a good laugh to do this, I'll see how it goes and let you know nearer the time if ok? I'm bloody brilliant at going down hills, not quite so good at going the other way!

 

On it! I couldn't do a press up a couple of weeks ago and now I can do about five consecutively so clearly training does work

[willswitchengage]

Belated AS cycling event? YES!

 

If I can get a shed load more practise in first it'd be a good laugh to do this, I'll see how it goes and let you know nearer the time if ok? I'm bloody brilliant at going down hills, not quite so good at going the other way!

 

On it! I couldn't do a press up a couple of weeks ago and now I can do about five consecutively so clearly training does work

[pompei]

Thanks for the link, Luxo. I've long had reservations about this practice. It seems to have crept back upon us after Tesco and a few others received some bad publicity a few months ago and tried to distance themselves from it.

 

The fact that JCP aren't even being selective about who to send for these "positions" shows a level of contempt for the people involved.

[pompei]

Thanks for the link, Luxo. I've long had reservations about this practice. It seems to have crept back upon us after Tesco and a few others received some bad publicity a few months ago and tried to distance themselves from it.

 

The fact that JCP aren't even being selective about who to send for these "positions" shows a level of contempt for the people involved.

[willswitchengage]

BMW says this is a "Gran Coupé"

 

 

IT IS NOT A COUPÉ*! FFS! It is a five door family hatchback or saloon, depending on the boot operation, with reduced rear headroom. Mercedes have pulled it off well with the CLS but that^ has not.

 

*I had to hold down ctrl, alt and shift to do that. I impressed myself.

[willswitchengage]

BMW says this is a "Gran Coupé"

 

 

IT IS NOT A COUPÉ*! FFS! It is a five door family hatchback or saloon, depending on the boot operation, with reduced rear headroom. Mercedes have pulled it off well with the CLS but that^ has not.

 

*I had to hold down ctrl, alt and shift to do that. I impressed myself.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Coupé = Pillarless. What part of that do they not understand?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Coupé = Pillarless. What part of that do they not understand?

[M'coli]

Hmm. Saloon

Coupé

[M'coli]

Hmm. Saloon

Coupé

[RedSparrow]

I always thought it was a bit cheeky of Rover to call that a coupe. Any other cosmetic differences apart from a squished roof? I have never seen any.