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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

#2541 Post by ricardian » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:50 pm

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#2542 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:24 pm

tango15, knowing the highway route from Athens to Thessaloniki (LGTS) particularly the southernmost segment and back I feel Volos provides an excellent stop-over place. As a matter of fact I would try to find a reason to stop there particularly the small tavernas by the seafront.

OFSO, stay with the band 4 as long as you can, I connected the band 6 and I feel there are too much functions most of then not to easy to use. It is comfortable to wear though just like the 4.

I had a nice today with a coffee at an open air cafe.

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#2543 Post by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:38 pm

Mince and tatties tonight - very welcome on this cold night. SSEN have just updated when they think the site that supplies our wireless internet will be back online….. tomorrow night at 2200, three and a half days since the storm hit. So lucky not to have lost our electricity at all…..
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#2544 Post by 1DC » Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:55 pm

Groundgripper... I had the same issue with the winter fuel allowance when my sister died. I telephoned the revenue to tell them she had died and they said that as long as she was alive in the third week in September which was when they decide who was to be paid she was entitled to the money. They just said keep the money and add it to her estate!

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#2545 Post by 4mastacker » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:14 pm

Senior daughter's car wouldn't start yesterday so she called the breakdown man who duly attended. After attaching a battery charger, the car still wouldn't start; wouldn't even turn over so he diagnosed a replacement starter motor (££££s many) was required. Told senior daughter he would tow the car to a garage on Monday morning. Senior daughter currently working from home, so not duly worried about a drive to work.

Breakdown man phoned her this morning to advise her that his battery charger had a fault and could he revisit today with another charger. Duly arrived, attached charger and car fired up first time. He recommended she take the car for a long drive, have the battery checked and if need be, change the battery - cue huge sigh of relief from senior daughter. Senior daughter decided to drive to our house and make a surprise visit - just happened to arrive as the roast chicken was being put into the oven!! Took her to the local Halfords who diagnosed a failed cell, so she got a new battery as well as a mum-cooked Sunday roast. A happy senior daughter has returned to her place in Louth where she is currently watching the snow fall.
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#2546 Post by llondel » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:40 pm

I had a failed starter motor on my current car. Bought a new one and fitted it myself after watching a YouTube video on the subject (good way to assess the difficulty level). All was fine apart from forgetting to reconnect the radiator fan. In a traffic jam a few days later and noticed a bit of steam, knew immediately what the problem was and so just opened the windows and turned the heater and fan up to max to extract the heat that way. It was good enough to get me home, at which point I let it cool down, reconnected the radiator fan and checked the coolant level. Oops.

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#2547 Post by Groundgripper » Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:32 pm

Thanks for that explanation DC, I'll let the solicitor who's orchestrating this know. We seem to have reached the happy stage that everyone wants to pay us. I bet it doesn't last.

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#2548 Post by OFSO » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:47 am

Morning, all. Very cold and slight breeze, Tramontana 6-8 forecast later. First cuppa being drunk before the chota hazri. Then gym.

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#2549 Post by Ibbie » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:10 am

Morning folks.

12c here and a clear blue sky. Some say a high of 18c is possible.

Seem to have been fortunate in the timing of my trip to UK last week.

It appears we had a quake last night.

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#2550 Post by Undried Plum » Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:49 am

-5.8°C overnight. -2.6° right now. No further precip and none forecast for the day.

Glad to have winter tyres on the car. They make a tremendous difference in this sort of wx.

The heat pump is working its socks off to get some heat into the walls.

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#2551 Post by Woody » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:00 am

OAT -2 at 0630, fortunately due to management incompetence I’ve not been cleared to drive on the ramp, so I have to stay in the nice warm baggage hall :D
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#2552 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:23 am

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#2553 Post by Wodrick » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:33 am

Good Morning,
Just reaching 14c from overnight low of 8c
Crystal and cloudless, gusting to 42 km/h at times.

Taking SM to Ugencias she is deteriorating.

That'll be the day gone.
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#2554 Post by k3k3 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:39 am

Wodders, hope SM can find some competent medical help this time. Is this still from the wound that wouldn't heal?

Max Trabb to her.

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#2555 Post by Wodrick » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:45 am

k3k3 wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:39 am
Is this still from the wound that wouldn't heal?
More or less, the incision has mostly healed, there is still a small hole, but now the infection has gone it will heal in time.
She still has a small hernia however which is giving her bowel problems, that is why we are going.
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#2556 Post by handsfree » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:09 am

All the very best to SM, Wodders. Hope it gets sorted quickly.

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#2557 Post by OFSO » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:15 am

No fillings, then? I've got titanium straps where my gallbladder used to be. They don't provide gastric juices, though.

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#2558 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:17 am

Sorry to hear that Wodders. Your good lady has suffered enough.

Do you get to keep the bits and pieces as souvenirs HF? Hang them on the Christmas tree maybe.

Tiz a bit too warm here but breezy.
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#2559 Post by tango15 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:26 am

Rwy in Sight wrote:
Sun Nov 28, 2021 7:24 pm
tango15, knowing the highway route from Athens to Thessaloniki (LGTS) particularly the southernmost segment and back I feel Volos provides an excellent stop-over place. As a matter of fact I would try to find a reason to stop there particularly the small tavernas by the seafront.

OFSO, stay with the band 4 as long as you can, I connected the band 6 and I feel there are too much functions most of then not to easy to use. It is comfortable to wear though just like the 4.

I had a nice today with a coffee at an open air cafe.
Yes, I agree RiS. However, there was little to commend it on this particular occasion. To be fair though, I have been there in the summer, and it is as you describe. One of the ladies who worked in the office was from Volos and on one occasion I arranged to be there at the same time as her and was treated like a king.

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#2560 Post by Wodrick » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:34 am

Ex-Ascot wrote:
Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:17 am
Sorry to hear that Wodders. Your good lady has suffered enough.
She has, we have a written complaint lodged with the head of surgery, completely NFI. But now we have the complaint registered we can escalate it.
We have a Gestoria on the case.
We don't want anything, although it would be nice, just an apology that would be a start.
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