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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:54 pm
by the_priest
slowsider wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:46 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:29 pm
oooh bugger! You could not make it up. Phone I bought to replace my daughters nicked Iphone has gone missing in Royal Mail's Special Delivery tracked deliver in 24 hours service! So another Iphone in the wind... One very upset daughter and I have to wait two working weeks for this to be "investigate" and then I might get my money back!
Do you believe in god?
I believe in human failure.....
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:55 pm
by Nobby
slowsider wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:46 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:29 pm
oooh bugger! You could not make it up. Phone I bought to replace my daughters nicked Iphone has gone missing in Royal Mail's Special Delivery tracked deliver in 24 hours service! So another Iphone in the wind... One very upset daughter and I have to wait two working weeks for this to be "investigate" and then I might get my money back!
Do you believe in god?
I believe he does , but the question is , is it the right one ?
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:30 pm
by Yorick
the_priest wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:29 pm
oooh bugger! You could not make it up. Phone I bought to replace my daughters nicked Iphone has gone missing in Royal Mail's Special Delivery tracked deliver in 24 hours service! So another Iphone in the wind... One very upset daughter and I have to wait two working weeks for this to be "investigate" and then I might get my money back!
Did the insurance cough up in the end?
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:24 pm
by the_priest
Yorick wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:30 pm
the_priest wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:29 pm
oooh bugger! You could not make it up. Phone I bought to replace my daughters nicked Iphone has gone missing in Royal Mail's Special Delivery tracked deliver in 24 hours service! So another Iphone in the wind... One very upset daughter and I have to wait two working weeks for this to be "investigate" and then I might get my money back!
Did the insurance cough up in the end?
"Fraud Investigation" still taking place. In other words, they are taking the piss. I have spent far too much time on the phone to these shysters, so I've written it off. However, now that RM have lost the second phone, I have to wait for this investigation to finish (Royal Mail one) before getting my credit card to refund the cost as phone was not delivered.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:30 am
by Jody
The twat in the van behind me for way too long yesterday.
"why is he a twat Jody?"
because the prick had fitted about 10 blue lights to his radiator grill which
A, I thought was illegal
and
B, Should be as it was hugely distracting
because
C, they were really fuggin bright
Not what I needed when driving a flatbed, loaded to capacity, on B roads I don't know, when its pissing down with rain
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:47 pm
by Yambo
Jody wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:30 am
The twat in the van behind me for way too long yesterday.
Maybe you took way too long to give him an opportunity to overtake.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:49 am
by cheb
So pull over and let him pass.
Mine is discovering my new to me van has its speed limited to 70mph:gaaaaah: Should be easy enough to disable, but still:gaaaaah:
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:36 am
by Saga Lout
cheb wrote: Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:49 am
So pull over and let him pass.
Mine is discovering my new to me van has its speed limited to 70mph:gaaaaah: Should be easy enough to disable, but still:gaaaaah:
Why? Were you thinking of taking it on a track day?
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:26 pm
by cheb
No, I'm planning on going to Germany in it.
Apparently the company I bought it from aren't allowed to remove it, even though they added it in the first place, as that might been seen as them condoning speeding. I didn't bother suggesting they lower the limit to 56mph and then remove that lower limit.
I shall speak to my man at the garage tomorrow and if it can't be removed then I'll probably reject the vehicle under the sellers money back offer.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:26 pm
by Mussels
If it is limited to an indicated 70mph then the effective limit will be significantly under a real 70mph giving you a more legitimate reason to reject it.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:20 pm
by cheb
Decisions will be made tomorrow, based on whether I can get this removed by the local garage.
If not it's a trip to the mainland and either get it removed by a dealer or hand the vehicle back. The seller is being very reasonable about it, which is nice.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:29 pm
by Jody
BMP yesterday.....
Loaded my bike in the van and drove 6 hours + to Scunthorpe to swap for a DRZ400
Got to the guys's house, he's a scrawny little runt wearing tracky bottoms... we're not off to a good start when he says "just got to finish fitting the speedo cable"
Ohh great how long's this thing been running round with no speedo !!!
A cursory glance over the bike and it doesn't matter, fuggin thing is on a Q plate !!!
"Ohh sorry maaaate, I dinno now Q plate made a difference"
Fucking lying little prick
I get back in my van and drive the 6hrs + home
The only silver lining was waking up this morning, knowing I'd done the right thing by walking away
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:01 pm
by Wreckless Rat
Missus rings you up... "I'm broken down - help"
Rocks up... tyre is flat (smart car - no spare wheel)
Me: "where is your can of tyre weld"
Her: "In the conservatory"
Me:
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:20 pm
by weeksy
Jody wrote: Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:29 pm
BMP yesterday.....
Loaded my bike in the van and drove 6 hours + to Scunthorpe to swap for a DRZ400
Got to the guys's house, he's a scrawny little runt wearing tracky bottoms... we're not off to a good start when he says "just got to finish fitting the speedo cable"
Ohh great how long's this thing been running round with no speedo !!!
A cursory glance over the bike and it doesn't matter, fuggin thing is on a Q plate !!!
"Ohh sorry maaaate, I dinno now Q plate made a difference"
Fucking lying little prick
I get back in my van and drive the 6hrs + home
The only silver lining was waking up this morning, knowing I'd done the right thing by walking away
It sounds very much like you did the right thing yes !
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:35 am
by JamJar
Something really minor but it irks me, there is an ad on the telly for Jane Plan and one of the people in it says all the meals are pre-prepared ... as if prepared didn't mean made already!
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:46 am
by gremlin
Co-codamol. Love it as a painkiller as it's the only thing stopping me climbing the walls with the pain in my jaw at the moment, but fuck me, does it clog me up...
Just spent 25 minutes giving birth to a 9lb turd. At one point I thought I might need an emergency caesarean.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:23 pm
by Silly Car
ITV and fucking Ainsley Harriet!
Now, normally I don’t mind either but they have now shown the exact same episode of his new show on the idiot box for the last three days on the bounce. Surely they have some old inappropriate episodes of Alf Garnet they can drag out of the cellar rather than repeating the exact same shit day after fucking day...
Yes I know there are 999 other viewing options and an off button but that ain’t the point of this thread.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:16 am
by Lutin
JamJar wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:35 am
Something really minor but it irks me, there is an ad on the telly for Jane Plan and one of the people in it says all the meals are pre-prepared ... as if prepared didn't mean made already!
Or how about -
Pre-order
Pre-planned
Pre-booked
All linguistic and logical nonsense. But it persists.
One really obscene abuse of the English language was committed by a legal bod here in the Republic - "dis-improved". What happened to the good old reliable "worsened"?
And don't get me started on "signage". The plural of sign is signs. What's difficult about that?
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:40 am
by Horse
Lutin wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:16 am
And don't get me started on "signage". The plural of sign is signs. What's difficult about that?
Good point.
Although for the stuff I'm sometimes involved with, a single sign might also need a frame to support it, sandbags to stop it blowing over, a lamp to light it up and a cone to hang the lamp on.
"Signs, frames, lamps and cones"
Can't see the industry changing ....
Also, it tends to refer to the entire layout, perhaps for a lane closure or diversion route, which might require several signs of different types.
So, for a lane closure, you might have a 'paddy board', 4 'wickets' (all different), '610's, and a 'horse jump', some of the signs also having 'sup plates'. Plus associated gubbins as above, and a few more cones and other lamps.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:14 pm
by Saga Lout
Lutin wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:16 am
JamJar wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:35 am
Something really minor but it irks me, there is an ad on the telly for Jane Plan and one of the people in it says all the meals are pre-prepared ... as if prepared didn't mean made already!
Or how about -
<snip>
One really obscene abuse of the English language was committed by a legal bod here in the Republic - "dis-improved". What happened to the good old reliable "worsened"?
<snip>
But they don't mean the same thing. To dis-improve something you have to remove an improvement, there's no need to improve something before you worsen it.
Maybe.
