Rant of the Day v2.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6981 Post by Wodrick » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:36 am

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Do they think that everyone in the world has post delivered to the door?
Don't see why not there are Spanish in the cities that don't realise that a postal delivery is a thing of wonder to some.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6982 Post by OFSO » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:32 pm

Six-weekly-deliveries to our front door up the mountain are a thing of wonder to our cleaner, the lovely Ms R., who lives a hundred yards from the post office and never gets anything stuffed in her letterbox.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6983 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:49 pm

OMG!
A reasonably-argued, informative article in the DM.
Not over-sensationalised!
Accurate!
Balanced!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... a-say.html
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6984 Post by llondel » Wed Mar 01, 2023 5:16 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:49 pm
OMG!
A reasonably-argued, informative article in the DM.
Not over-sensationalised!
Accurate!
Balanced!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... a-say.html
What is the world coming to?
Where will it end??
Someone's going to get fired...

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6985 Post by jimtherev » Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:14 pm

Some scroat nicked me catalytic converter last night. Car parked underneath the front window; we were in the room. didn't hear anything. Tried to take the car out half an hour later; 'orrible exhaust noise. Hmm, silencer has fallen off, sez I; sweety, can I borrow your car, I'll deal with mine in the morning.

Reported to police, together with a note that a car, reg no soand so was seen at the appropriate time. Interest was there none.
Thousand - plus of damage.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6986 Post by G-CPTN » Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:58 am

jimtherev wrote:
Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:14 pm

Pee Po Belly Bum Drawers!
Not heard that for several decades.

Commiserations on your loss (and the associated inconvenience).

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6987 Post by OFSO » Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:39 am

From myself also. Having a diesel for the main vehicle, less of a problem. Second petrol car locked in garage.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6988 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:29 am

Jim, what car is that? Is it worth getting a Cat lock as a deterrent?

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6989 Post by jimtherev » Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:24 pm

Auris Hybrid, PN. Yes, ordered.
Good job aftermarket exists, my garage tells me that Toyota have nil stock; back orders in 3 - 7 weeks.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6990 Post by Hydromet » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:17 am

jimtherev wrote:
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Auris Hybrid, PN. Yes, ordered.
Good job aftermarket exists, my garage tells me that Toyota have nil stock; back orders in 3 - 7 weeks.
My father worked in the spare parts department of a large motor dealer that was the Australian agent for Rolls Royce. The following story may or may not be apocryphal.
A gentleman came to the spare parts counter wanting a replacement hub cap for his RR, as one had been stolen. As you'd expect, the cost was exorbitant, but the chap who served him said that he could get a 2nd hand one a lot cheaper if he would wait a couple of days.
When the customer returned to collect his replacement, he was very cranky, as someone had stolen another hubcap from his RR😏.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6991 Post by OFSO » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:54 am

Back from day out in Small Car, found screw in tire of Big Car, repaired for €18, but tyre man said all four tires down to minimum and need replacing. Only done 82,000 kms too.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6992 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:56 pm

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Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:54 am
Back from day out in Small Car, found screw in tire of Big Car, repaired for €18, but tyre man said all four tires down to minimum and need replacing. Only done 82,000 kms too.
Gotta love it. Repairs your tyre €18 then charges you for 4 new ones including the repaired one. [Joke]

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6993 Post by OFSO » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:10 pm

No. Repair man pointed out that all tyres were down to the legal minimum, something I hadn't noticed. Annual inspection later this year would fail car. An accident would result in fines. I then drove around (tyre repaired) checking prices.

New tires on order for 24th March, after I return here.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6994 Post by OFSO » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:43 pm

I watched man repair tyre. Pity hernias and haemorrhoids can't be fixed the same way.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6995 Post by jimtherev » Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:28 pm

OFSO wrote:
Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:43 pm
I watched man repair tyre. Pity hernias and haemorrhoids can't be fixed the same way.
Are you sure about that. Seemed a pretty aggressive operation to me. And the language, my dears!!!

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6996 Post by 4mastacker » Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:17 pm

Latest edict from the bunch of taxpayer-funded idiots at the former British Wasteaways (aka Canal & River Trust) is that a survey must be conducted no more than 12 hours before we do anything on the canal which might affect the birds nesting. If these clowns think I'm going to walk along an unlit towpath in the middle of the night trying to locate nesting birds, they can ****ing whistle Dixie.
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6997 Post by llondel » Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:46 pm

4mastacker wrote:
Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:17 pm
Latest edict from the bunch of taxpayer-funded idiots at the former British Wasteaways (aka Canal & River Trust) is that a survey must be conducted no more than 12 hours before we do anything on the canal which might affect the birds nesting. If these clowns think I'm going to walk along an unlit towpath in the middle of the night trying to locate nesting birds, they can ****ing whistle Dixie.
You just walk along the towpath with a torch and note that you can't see any nesting birds. They should have specified 24 hours so you could at least do it at a sensible time the day before.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6998 Post by k3k3 » Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:04 pm

4mastacker wrote:
Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:17 pm
Latest edict from the bunch of taxpayer-funded idiots at the former British Wasteaways (aka Canal & River Trust) is that a survey must be conducted no more than 12 hours before we do anything on the canal which might affect the birds nesting. If these clowns think I'm going to walk along an unlit towpath in the middle of the night trying to locate nesting birds, they can ****ing whistle Dixie.
No more than 12 hours... 5 minutes before you start is also no more than 12 hours.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#6999 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:14 pm

But it might still be dark.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#7000 Post by 4mastacker » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:41 pm

k3k3 wrote:
Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:04 pm
.................

No more than 12 hours... 5 minutes before you start is also no more than 12 hours.

Good point, well made.

However, a lot of our work is in very rural and remote locations - our volunteers have to travel from various points. C&RT have mandated that each survey must cover the whole section between two bridges - three if we are working either side of a bridge - meaning we could have to check a three-mile stretch of canal for work that is covering perhaps 100 yards. Sheer bloody-minded bureaucracy for the sake of it - someone trying to justify their existence.
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