What have you done today thread?

[Skub]

Had to take the new (to me) car to an independent Merc specialist as there was a warning light illuminated on the dash. Within the short space of a conversation with the business owner, he said, “I bet it’s one of the Nox sensors” on hearing an Adblue injector had been replaced before I bought it.

I hadn’t arrived home before he called to inform me the diagnostics machine had confirmed the rear Nox sensor was showing “out of range” readings. £475 for the part, £90 diagnostics fee and £110 labour, all plus VAT.

I called the trader I bought it from, he took the details and said he’d call his local specialist garage and come back to me. I was expecting lots of if, buts and maybes before being told to stump up for it myself.

Nope, he duly called back saying part price was correct, labour & diagnostics were a bit high and that the part wasn’t covered by the warranty but as a gesture of good will, he’d pay for everything for me, asked me to get the garage to contact him for payment which he has done and the car will be back with me tomorrow morning

I'd be wondering when it'll shit the bed next time.

[Skub]

Had a BBQ tonight.

Man I fucking hate BBQs. A monumental faff and waste of time for stuff you could easier throw in a pan or under the grill.

[Ian]

I'm glad I'm not the only

[KungFooBob]

Watch out for the bailiff from the ministry coming to collect your man cards.

[mangocrazy]

Had a BBQ tonight.

Man I fucking hate BBQs. A monumental faff and waste of time for stuff you could easier throw in a pan or under the grill.

I don't hate BBQs, but I definitely agree with the 'ease of use' argument. Having said that, a properly grilled sea bass cooked sympathetically on a BBQ is hard to beat.

[Skub]

Watch out for the bailiff from the ministry coming to collect your man cards.

I've been Mrs.Skub's bitch for so long I don't even know what a man card looks like now.

[Count Steer]

Watch out for the bailiff from the ministry coming to collect your man cards.

I've been Mrs.Skub's bitch for so long I don't even know what a man card looks like now.

As long as you insist on driving the supermarket trolley they can't take your card.

[Sadlonelygit]

+1 for the BBQ tonight.
The Dutch neighbours came over for their annual chinwag.
One spoonful of cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic salt and 3 of paprika into a placcy bag, toss the chicken in, shake, done.
Swmbo made a marinade for the pork. Salmon in foil, salad from the garden, how hard is that!

[Rockburner]

Had a BBQ tonight.

Man I fucking hate BBQs. A monumental faff and waste of time for stuff you could easier throw in a pan or under the grill.

I do like food from a BBQ, but: it's a huge faff to cook a couple of burgers for 2 people who don't eat much, so we never light the thing up unless we have guests enough to warrant the effort.

[Count Steer]

Had a BBQ tonight.

Man I fucking hate BBQs. A monumental faff and waste of time for stuff you could easier throw in a pan or under the grill.

I do like food from a BBQ, but: it's a huge faff to cook a couple of burgers for 2 people who don't eat much, so we never light the thing up unless we have guests enough to warrant the effort.

For those situations we bought a 'bucket barbecue' which we used for a few years to do a couple of bits of meat or chicken or kebabs etc. Worked absolutely fine.

[Yorick]

After yesterday's tumble I was in a lot of pain so decided to head to the hozzy.

Were very thorough and after the x-ray, the doctor called in the traumatologist as she wasn't happy.
He prodded and poked and decided I have damaged ligaments to needed a cast on.

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[Dodgy69]

Had a BBQ tonight.

Man I fucking hate BBQs. A monumental faff and waste of time for stuff you could easier throw in a pan or under the grill.

I do like food from a BBQ, but: it's a huge faff to cook a couple of burgers for 2 people who don't eat much, so we never light the thing up unless we have guests enough to warrant the effort.

Gas is the answer to this quandary. Turn on, Cook, turn off. Easy peasy. Charcoal for a biggy.

[David]

Got the V50 back....change of master cylinder ( I supplied the part).....

£360!!!

Noticed on the way home they had cracked the screen....they agreed to pay for it.
They also seem to have blown both low beam bulbs....

[ZRX61]

Spotted a bug by the front door...

[ogri]

After yesterday's tumble I was in a lot of pain so decided to head to the hozzy.

Were very thorough and after the x-ray, the doctor called in the traumatologist as she wasn't happy.
He prodded and poked and decided I have damaged ligaments to needed a cast on.

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GWS and dibs on your volcano

[ChrisW]

Post office for cash for the taxi from the airport - we're off on proper holidays at the weekend.

[cheb]

Are you buying the taxi?

I've whined at EE enough to end my contract with them, I'll get my internet from somewhere else.

[Taipan]

I said "hey siri, I see a little silhouette of a man"...

[ZRX61]

oooh, Mojave Green... neuro & haemo toxic venom, basically if one gets ya, you're proper fucked.

[Ditchfinder]

Went to a bike 'show' up at Wray, nr Lancaster. Turned out it was mostly hundreds of average to shit bikes parked in a field with a massive queue for overpriced shit food and warm flat beer.

Nothing really gives me the feels bike wise nowadays, there were a couple of well looked after TRX850s (one with a speedblock paint job)parked next to an xsr900gp which looked way better than the new bike, an ancient side valve Peugeot thing with the valve springs visible on the outside of the cylinder, and a couple of the triumph speed twin 1200 things which looked tidy but I still think my Griso looks a fair bit nicer than most bikes out there. I'm obviously biased though

I think I'm getting to the point where what the bike does is way more important than what it looks like now.

Won't stop me being an opinionated arse whenever some hair baked custom shed gets posted on here though