Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

[DefTrap]

<Sigh>.

Car vandalised overnight. My assumption but quite likely. Big impact to OS upper windscreen, not repairable, plus a windcreen wiper has gone missing and the arm is twisted. Happened sometime between my missus using it yesterday afternoon and 10a:m this morning.

Les dibbles came round pdq and quizzed me. They were armed and severe - parked their car right in the middle of the street and left it there because clearly this is important shit and so are they. "Does it run?" (Bloody cheek) and "Have I made any enemies?" (I think that's what they were implying). . I don't think so but who the feck knows? Maybe I sneered at a baguette or talked too loudly at the local bar? (quite likely ). Plod warmed up a bit in the end and advised me to report it (I thought that's what we were doing right there right then?) and suggested I should fix it.
It's all a bit perplexing because this village is deader than a dead thing from 8pm onwards, even at the weekends. No packs of roaming youths or drunks staggering home in the wee hours, especially on a Wednesday. No other vehicles nearby were similarly vandalised.

It's only the moighty 406 but even so ...

[Count Steer]

Do you usually park in that space? Some people get possessive about these things. Has it got Fronch plates on? It does look a bit of a drunken effort.

(I assume it's not a disabled space like the one next to it and you've not been hit by a wheelchair vigilante!).

Pain in the arris whichever.

[mangocrazy]

I wouldn't mind plumbing so much* but they always put it in inaccessible bloomin' places under stuff and behind stuff or buried in stuff. It's bad enough dealing with all the origami of taps, doublesink drains, washing machine, dishwasher etc but burying it under the sink in a cupboard is a PITA.

If I designed my own place I'd go for 'industrial chic' and have all the services easily accessible.

* proper stuff with a blowtorch - compression fittings can do one.

That is one of the (if not the only) advantages of ripping out all the old stuff and doing it yourself from scratch. We've been pretty much forced down this route in France and it means that I've been able to make stuff accessible and fit stop cocks/valves to every major component that might need attention. Both hot and cold circuits operate off a 6 way manifold, so any circuit can be shut down without impacting everything else. This is the hot water manifold, fed straight from the HW cylinder.

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The pipe is what known as 'multicouche' (multilayer) and has its own jointing system, employing lots of clamping pressure allied to o-rings. I've not had one leak yet. But for copper, I'm with you all the way - give me soldered joints every time. Compression fittings are used only when there is absolutely no alternative.

[DefTrap]

Do you usually park in that space? Some people get possessive about these things. Has it got Fronch plates on? It does look a bit of a drunken effort.

(I assume it's not a disabled space like the one next to it and you've not been hit by a wheelchair vigilante!).

Pain in the arris whichever.

It's just roadside parking - there's about eight spaces there (some out of shot) but none of them designated other than the single disabled bay. My car is always in one of them, along with primarily the same set of other random neighbours who have too many cars, and various others that come and go for the bakers, church, graveyard etc in the proximity. Ours is a familiar village fixture (it's on google maps FFS - the vandalism happened where the blue car in the background is parked) as we've had it for yonks as it's good for airport runs, going to the dump etc and refuses to die. Yes, it's got Fronch plates.

It does smack of targeted villainy. I've wandered about but I can't see any windscreen wipers lobbed in hedges.

[mangocrazy]

Cats. Pen has 3 cats and when she goes on her regular trips to UK, they often bugger off for a few days.
She's been away 2 weeks and the ginger one has been missing about 5 days.
Nothing strange, it'll come home soon as usual.

But council workers tidying up our front verge found him in some bushes.
When I picked him up to put in a sack, he was stiff so been there a while.

Had to phone Penny. No answer so rang her mum's landline.
Told her mum and she'll break the sad news.

She'll be devastated. It's getting to me much more than I thought. He was a funny cat.

Poor Frankie.

Sorry to hear about that. I'd be distraught if I found my cat dead in some bushes. I'm nervous as hell if he doesn't come home before dark.

[Yorick]

Expensive beer

No large beers . OK, dos canas.

Fark . €5

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[Taipan]

Expensive beer

No large beers . OK, dos canas.

Fark . €5

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Its the plastic cups that would kill it for me. I cant drink out of those kids cups and would probably have gone without or a bottled beer, if they'd let you drink out of the bottle?

[Yorick]

Expensive beer

No large beers . OK, dos canas.

Fark . €5

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Its the plastic cups that would kill it for me. I cant drink out of those kids cups and would probably have gone without or a bottled beer, if they'd let you drink out of the bottle?

Being a good boy. Only having one.

[Taipan]

Expensive beer

No large beers . OK, dos canas.

Fark . €5

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Its the plastic cups that would kill it for me. I cant drink out of those kids cups and would probably have gone without or a bottled beer, if they'd let you drink out of the bottle?

Being a good boy. Only having one.

[Yorick]

Its the plastic cups that would kill it for me. I cant drink out of those kids cups and would probably have gone without or a bottled beer, if they'd let you drink out of the bottle?

Being a good boy. Only having one.

Got an hour's drive soon and cops are keen.

[Noggin]

When I insured the monster originally they couldn't renew the policy because I didn't have it french registered by the end of the first policy. I've struggled to get any insurance due to it being UK registered but my mate has asked for proof that I've been insured to send to his insurance policy because I'm going to be a name rider

Only, I've just realised that the old insurance co has written on the proof of policy "cancelled by insurer" - but, they just wouldn't renew, which I don't think is the same as cancelled.

Getting the feeling I'm not going to have the use of a bike for the next few months which is properly BMP

[Felix]

<Sigh>.

Car vandalised overnight. My assumption but quite likely. Big impact to OS upper windscreen, not repairable, plus a windcreen wiper has gone missing and the arm is twisted. Happened sometime between my missus using it yesterday afternoon and 10a:m this morning.

Les dibbles came round pdq and quizzed me. They were armed and severe - parked their car right in the middle of the street and left it there because clearly this is important shit and so are they. "Does it run?" (Bloody cheek) and "Have I made any enemies?" (I think that's what they were implying). . I don't think so but who the feck knows? Maybe I sneered at a baguette or talked too loudly at the local bar? (quite likely ). Plod warmed up a bit in the end and advised me to report it (I thought that's what we were doing right there right then?) and suggested I should fix it.
It's all a bit perplexing because this village is deader than a dead thing from 8pm onwards, even at the weekends. No packs of roaming youths or drunks staggering home in the wee hours, especially on a Wednesday. No other vehicles nearby were similarly vandalised.

It's only the moighty 406 but even so ...

That Boules ball size? Would like to think an accident with someone chucking one up and down while walking past.

[Count Steer]

That Boules ball size? Would like to think an accident with someone chucking one up and down while walking past.

They ripped a wiper off.

[Yorick]

Its the plastic cups that would kill it for me. I cant drink out of those kids cups and would probably have gone without or a bottled beer, if they'd let you drink out of the bottle?

Being a good boy. Only having one.

That's better. €2.75 by the pool

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[Felix]

That Boules ball size? Would like to think an accident with someone chucking one up and down while walking past.

They ripped a wiper off.

Fight then and thats the back of someone head. I had a this happen to me but it was a fight in the street. Someone got thrown onto the screen and you could see the shape where the back went into it. It was a few streets away from where i was living but when i went to get the car it had police tape on it. As i was the only one to have tape i took it off and got the screen fixed. Never heard from plod yet.

[cheb]

Where are all the ex-pats saying they left the UK because of shit like this.

[DefTrap]

Fight then and thats the back of someone head.

I mean it's possible but the car was nose in against one of the only occupied houses in the area with not the most likely space for a bust up.

Apparently there were "disturbances" in the area that night (no idea, I was spark out) involving such grievous harm as 2am doorbell ringing a few streets away and engines revving. Which makes it less likely that I'm the targeted. victim of a racist attack and get to boohoo myself to sleep anyway.

Although I cried a bit over my wallet earlier.

[Felix]

I need a new screen on the wifes car. I am sure its covered on the insurance but unsure if wiper damage is covered (Previous owner) May just crack it to make sure it is covered but almost £300 was my first quote

[Felix]

Where are all the ex-pats saying they left the UK because of shit like this.

The over here brigade

[Taipan]

I need a new screen on the wifes car. I am sure its covered on the insurance but unsure if wiper damage is covered (Previous owner) May just crack it to make sure it is covered but almost £300 was my first quote

Bargain. Heated screens are well north of a grand! Let me here you say Phew!