Taipan wrote: Wed Jul 09, 2025 7:22 pm
Well that came back and bite me. Got a £325 fine through from DVLA today! Wife is angry abouyt it, but you have to answer to yourself for your own mistakes. I think of it as a stupid tax! Just hope there isnt anymore fines winging their way to me!
Trade it in for an 40+ y/o VW camper van. Although it may break down more often,at least you'll not get the home budget raided for tax evasion,you absolute criminal.
Went to see a friend in hospital who is having a rough go atm.
Spent yesterday evening adjusting the chain on my NC - I think I’m right in thinking th e OEM chain isn’t DID so it’s needed adjustment more often (got told off at FWR when it had an MOT.)
Had a 10-15 minute job to do in my lunchbreak. Had to change the cabin filters in my car as the service menu said they were overdue. You're not kidding they were, look at the state of them. Surprised it didn't need an asthma pump to even run the fan! And the bastard straightforward 10-15 miute job took over an hour and I need another shower now!
Scotsrich wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:48 pm
Looking for another car. My Fiesta has done a fault free 50k miles but I’d like to get rid before any big problems start.
Nipped out for an hour and a bit on the bike this afternoon, which was nice.
Spotted a plain clothes police bike - I didn't think they existed, at least not up here in Cheshire.
I'd got caught up in some minor-b-road traffic chaos due to the closure of a popular a-road. The copper only showed his cards when he'd got annoyed enough with the cars in a log-jam to put his lights on and start directing traffic.
Didn't help him much. After he'd made his way through one of the car drivers told me it was a dead end in a couple of miles - they were all heading back from it.
It's about 100deg here today & some daft bugger decided it was a good time to roll up the cover & go empty out the bed on the F350, then give it the benefit of a hose, scrub brush & soap to clean all the dust out. Then after it dried I put the stuff back in the bed & refitted the cover.
All told maybe 30 minutes work, but took over 90 minutes as I had to keep retreating inside to cool down & hydrate.
On the upside, it looks new back there now.
Then just as my ass hit the chair back in the house at 1pm, the phone rang.. my Dr's office calling to say I missed my cancer deal at 11am. Double bugger.
Seriously reconsidering the usual Friday night cruise in with the other old giffers... probably make an effort to go to the pub for a jar or two of ESB though...
Scotsrich wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:48 pm
Looking for another car. My Fiesta has done a fault free 50k miles but I’d like to get rid before any big problems start.
Are Ford that crap?
Just the usual threat of the wet belt. Mine being a 2020 car it’s not quite as liable to grenade as earlier models and is probably okay for many thousands of miles.
But I quite fancy a change anyway so that’s as good an excuse as any.
Realised that the Bayeux Tapestry isn't a tapestry. (It's not woven, it's an embroidery). + tapestry originates from 'tapis' the French for carpet.
Might go and see it when it arrives back in England - where it was made.
(4 of us pitched up on bikes in Bayeux on one trip. Mooched about outside the 'tapestry' place, thought about going in, had a coffee and rode off without going to see it).
weeksy wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 7:10 am
Had to work early doors on a Frankfurt issue, sitting in garden chilling before sun comes past the bush and roasts us alive.
It's only when sitting outside you realise how noisy the birds are. Loads of them and all proper shouty
There's an app called Merlin that identifies them for you. There's a pair of cranes nesting near where I'm staying, their head waving and beak clacking is lovely.
Wife is angry abouyt it, but you have to answer to yourself for your own mistakes. I think of it as a stupid tax!
Just hope there isnt anymore fines winging their way to me!
And the bastard straightforward 10-15 miute job took over an hour and I need another shower now! 
