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ChrisW wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:55 pm Image
My Dentists called toffees his pension plan! :D
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Went out drinking last saturday and my F-i-L got really drunk! I've never seen him drunk before, let alone really pissed! I had to help him out of the pub and into and out of the car and then drag him up the steps into his place. I have crippled my back because of this and its marred Xmas somewhat which has BMP.

To further BMP I have the chance to see an old friend of 40 years that I haven't seen for a few years now, but I probably cant go as walking and standing is uncomfortable to say the least. The meet up was planned for NYE afternoon so the pubs will be busy and the chance of getting a table slim. :thumbdown:
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cheb wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:04 am Who told you they weren't legal? Someone who actually knows the law or just someone?
I've had one on every 4x4 I've ever owned, so much easier for reversing with trailers. And I fitted one to my truck for work.
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That the spark who wired this house used the disco ball function on his laser level. Even sockets next to each other are on different levels
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cheb wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:13 pm That the spark who wired this house used the disco ball function on his laser level. Even sockets next to each other are on different levels
Diversity innit.

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cheb wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:13 pm That the spark who wired this house used the disco ball function on his laser level. Even sockets next to each other are on different levels
I don't think I've met a sparky that owned/used a laser level. :lol:
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People who brake every time they see headlights or the slightest curve in the road!
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Demannu wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:52 pm People who brake every time they see headlights or the slightest curve in the road!
This 1,000,000%.

There's a road on my commute, on the way home I can coast for about a mile and a half, no need to touch throttle or brakes... unless there's a Yaris or a Jazz in front, then you're on the brakes every 15 seconds.
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Someone on here called it "comfort braking", which I think sums it up perfect. No braking force is applied but people are comforted by having a foot on the brake pedal.
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It's an eyesight thing too.

There are lots of old folk driving here with very poor eyesight,especially night vision. I know one particular bloke with cataracts and he really should not be driving. He's a prime example of the 'see lights and brake' brigade.

They don't have camera vans for that,unfortunately.
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I get it a lot on the smaller rural A roads around here - it's difficult to distinguish the older drivers from the slightly pissed ones.

And they all carry on at 43 through the 30s.....
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Had a new CH system installed at the Step Dads recently. We had it set up with a NEST thermostat so he could voice control the temperature using the Alexa thing we we're getting him for Xmas. I went round to set up the Alexa today and of course add the NEST Thermostat to it. Should have been a simple task but lets just say my piss was well boiled by the end of it!
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Mussels wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:02 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:48 am On the knobs (not the tourist drivers :angelic-green: ) I was told they 100% weren't legal in my Transit as I wasn't registered disabled! But if I had big bus or a lorry they would be fine :lol: :lol:
Is that even a thing?
Here you can claim DLA or get a blue badge but there's no official register, having one of those helps prove a disability but is not essential.
Pretty sure people are registered disabled there!?! Maybe it’s called something different - I have no actual experience if it in the uk ans left before I knew how bad my shoulder is.

Over here, I’m registered disabled for work but not totally (so no blue badge for parking 🙄) - I have an official letter to give to any employers and in 2025 I have to be assessed to confirm if I’m as bad/better, then they’ll give me another letter, or not!!

But I really don’t want to push the disability thing as want to take my bus test in the summer! I probably could push it but I don’t want to risk not being able to take the bus test or the possibility of losing my bike licence 😳

But, for driving, I don’t need one of the knob thingies as steering isn’t the issue - don’t think there’s a thing for changing gear? Apart from making sure the boss gives me an auto to drive!!

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Just been trying to order a few things from Ebay.
Kept getting the message that I cant order coz seller is on holiday.
So tried just adding to basket, for later.
Nada.

Bonkers :(
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Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:02 pm Just been trying to order a few things from Ebay.
Kept getting the message that I cant order coz seller is on holiday.
So tried just adding to basket, for later.
Nada.

Bonkers :(
Even if you could place the order, it wouldn't get dispatched.
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Horse wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:07 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:02 pm Just been trying to order a few things from Ebay.
Kept getting the message that I cant order coz seller is on holiday.
So tried just adding to basket, for later.
Nada.

Bonkers :(
Even if you could place the order, it wouldn't get dispatched.
Don't care. I'm just killing time while painting outside and just wanna place the orders.
Not often my anxiety will let me do it so I'm annoyed.
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People who leave the After Eight wrappers in the box, hang the bastards!
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Demannu wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:51 pm People who leave the After Eight wrappers in the box, hang the bastards!
But that's where I keep my used matches.
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People who don't bother to put chains in their car even though they plan to drive up a French Alp, people that do but then don't bother to find out how to put them on and finally, people that that don't stop to put on the bastard chains in one of the many places designated for this but wait until they get stuck on the road, in the middle of the road, and then unwrap the box the chains came in, pull out the instructions and try to work out how to put them on the wheels while it's snowing and dark!

Fucktards :angry-cussingblack: :angry-cussingblack: :angry-cussingblack: :angry-cussingblack:

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I don't mind catching a cold/flu so much, one of life's hazards. But when i catch it 3 days before Christmas, so spend the week off feeling shite, then have to cancel family meetups, and I'm still feeling rough and unable to do stuff on NYE, my piss is well and truly boiling.
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