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

[MingtheMerciless]

FiL has just equity released for the second time and is now looking at investing in Bitcoin/ already has, apparently the Broker needs MiLs passport to set up a Bitcoin wallet. This has SCAM written all over it and even if it isn’t he hasn’t got the cash or expertise to squander/gamble his money on the vagaries of crypto currency.

That sounds odd as well as stupid, why does he need his wife's passport to buy bitcoin. Unless there's a trail showing it's her money and they are doing it without her knowledge.

TBH this is what me and BiL have gleaned from speaking to FiL and he’s very cagey as we’ve both told him it’s a BAD idea. The “broker” says he needs MiLs Passport to set up the Bitcoin Wallet but BiL has spoken to “broker” and he’s big on returns but short on details/costs etc.

[David]

Trying to upload a photo online for a passport

Went to the valley - got photos from a passport photo photo booth. Cos I'll hopefully need them for the residency card anyway

Got home - took a photo of the passport photo. Emailed it to myself

Uploaded it

Not accepted

Did it again having taken a photo of the photo, again

Not accepted

Took a photo of myself and cropped it

Not accepted



FFS - so now I have to go to a friend's place to get her to take a photo of me (with a white background) and then try again!!!

Thilly gurl!

I had to do this recently...the machine should give you a code for a digital copy....though that was in lovely England...oh, no, sorry...Wales.

[Mussels]

FiL has just equity released for the second time and is now looking at investing in Bitcoin/ already has, apparently the Broker needs MiLs passport to set up a Bitcoin wallet. This has SCAM written all over it and even if it isn’t he hasn’t got the cash or expertise to squander/gamble his money on the vagaries of crypto currency.

That sounds odd as well as stupid, why does he need his wife's passport to buy bitcoin. Unless there's a trail showing it's her money and they are doing it without her knowledge.

TBH this is what me and BiL have gleaned from speaking to FiL and he’s very cagey as we’ve both told him it’s a BAD idea. The “broker” says he needs MiLs Passport to set up the Bitcoin Wallet but BiL has spoken to “broker” and he’s big on returns but short on details/costs etc.

I read a bit about people selling stuff in Etherium, various required 3rd parties charge so much they made a loss. I think a lot of the hype is kept going by those 3rd parties so they can carry on creaming real money off the top.

[Noggin]

Trying to upload a photo online for a passport

Went to the valley - got photos from a passport photo photo booth. Cos I'll hopefully need them for the residency card anyway

Got home - took a photo of the passport photo. Emailed it to myself

Uploaded it

Not accepted

Did it again having taken a photo of the photo, again

Not accepted

Took a photo of myself and cropped it

Not accepted



FFS - so now I have to go to a friend's place to get her to take a photo of me (with a white background) and then try again!!!

Thilly gurl!

I had to do this recently...the machine should give you a code for a digital copy....though that was in lovely England...oh, no, sorry...Wales.

I so nearly did that but I need passport photos for the residency card here anyway, so figured I'd do that and be able to photograph the photo and upload

Nooooo

[David]

Keep trying dearest....

[Taipan]

One of my ear plugs coming half out on my journey this morning. Riding with 2 different volume levels in your ears is really annoying!

[McNab]

Update on my SORN, the bank has refunded the money I paid, but have said that the company may still counter-claim. If the money is still in my account on the 7th October, it's all mine.

[Yorick]

First sign of getting old

Just saw 3 young ladies, early 20s, in mega short cut off denim shorts. Quick thought of "they're too short "

Woah there. Had to give myself a quick talking to. Once done, I then hard a good old stare at the "now OK " shorts

[slowsider]

First sign of getting old

Just saw 3 young ladies, early 20s, in mega short cut off denim shorts. Quick thought of "they're too short "

Woah there. Had to give myself a quick talking to. Once done, I then hard a good old stare at the "now OK " shorts

Getting old is obviously not related to growing up.
FFS

[Noggin]

Keep trying dearest....

Well, did the photos with code - nope, still doesn't work (French system not linked to Irish system!! LOL

Will attempt the chat thingy on the Irish website tomorrow to see if I can get them to help!

[Felix]

DVLA arse wipes. They have been taking the wifes car Tax DD from my account as well as the wifes. Looks like im in for a wee refund

[Scotsrich]

I had a set of Helibars due to come by DHL yesterday but had to take the OH to a hospital appointment.

No problem thinks me. We’ve got neighbours either side and take in each other’s parcels all the time. They are both home because we’ve seen them.

I gets a text from one of those neighbours saying they popped round to return my drill that they borrowed in the morning and only found a huge big parcel sitting on the mat in full view of anyone passing (and it’s a busy bit)

£400+ left sitting for anybody to walk off with.

To add insult to injury because we’re retired it’s us that get most of the parcels for either side and the couriers/ post are always grateful for that convenience. The very time we’re not in they stick it at the front door.

The card through the door was “In a safe place...front door”

[Taipan]

I had a set of Helibars due to come by DHL yesterday but had to take the OH to a hospital appointment.

No problem thinks me. We’ve got neighbours either side and take in each other’s parcels all the time. They are both home because we’ve seen them.

I gets a text from one of those neighbours saying they popped round to return my drill that they borrowed in the morning and only found a huge big parcel sitting on the mat in full view of anyone passing (and it’s a busy bit)

£400+ left sitting for anybody to walk off with.

To add insult to injury because we’re retired it’s us that get most of the parcels for either side and the couriers/ post are always grateful for that convenience. The very time we’re not in they stick it at the front door.

The card through the door was “In a safe place...front door”

Our latest Hermes driver does that. Walks up, puts it on the step, rings the doorbell, takes the photograph of the delivery and leaves. I've got a ring doorbell and ask him to give it to next door, but no matter how many times i call to him, he just blanks me and carries on with his routine!

[David]

Like most herpes drivers, he probably hears voices all the time.

[MingtheMerciless]

Timing this mornings dog walk so that at the halfway point a cloud burst arrives. Very soggy Ming and two soaked Staffies, one of which will never forgive me.......

[Noggin]

It was yesterday. Not a proper BMP but something I've noticed drivers do often but I haven't had it happen on a mountain road before!!

Following three cars down from resort. There aren't many places to overtake lower down so handy to try and get the overtakes in before the road is less friendly. The first car - no issues, a Belge doing about 40kmph The second, again, fairly simple, similar speed to the Belge. Visitors are often freaked out by the mountain road so they go slower

The third car was interesting. She (pretty sure it was a she, which makes the action more surprising, IME) had been going the same speed as the first two cars. But after I'd overtaken them, she speeded up a little bit. Not to be fast or 'local' speed but a bit quicker. So I waited for a longer stretch that was coming then went into the overtake

Bear in mind I'm driving something with a 900cc engine so not powerful or fast, I need to choose overtakes carefully, even downhill. And I have done. This place is a good place as, whilst a bit wiggly, you can see down almost to the next hairpin and can see cars coming up to the hairpin (if you know to look)

As soon as I indicated the bloody driver put her foot down and sped up a LOT WTAF? On a mountain road, why not just let the car behind do a safe overtake without speeding up???

This sort of thing really pisses me off on normal roads, but it's downright dangerous, irresponsible and fucking stupid on a mountain road

Yes, some people will say just don't overtake then

But it was safe to over take. My usual speed down that bit would be around 70kmph, speed limit is 80kmph and she had been doing 50kmph for the last two bits of road between hairpins, so not exactly fast


I did get past and then proceeded to lose her far back in the distance - without breaking the speed limit or being unsafe!!

But WTAF? Is it soooooo bad to have someone overtake that you would attempt to block them and possibly cause an issue??


I get that they have no idea that in the winter I drive that road a minimum of 10 times a week. Less in the summer but I kinda know it well. Obviously they don't know that. But I really struggle with the idea that people think that kind of driving is ok

[Rockburner]

It was yesterday. Not a proper BMP but something I've noticed drivers do often but I haven't had it happen on a mountain road before!!

Following three cars down from resort. There aren't many places to overtake lower down so handy to try and get the overtakes in before the road is less friendly. The first car - no issues, a Belge doing about 40kmph The second, again, fairly simple, similar speed to the Belge. Visitors are often freaked out by the mountain road so they go slower

The third car was interesting. She (pretty sure it was a she, which makes the action more surprising, IME) had been going the same speed as the first two cars. But after I'd overtaken them, she speeded up a little bit. Not to be fast or 'local' speed but a bit quicker. So I waited for a longer stretch that was coming then went into the overtake

Bear in mind I'm driving something with a 900cc engine so not powerful or fast, I need to choose overtakes carefully, even downhill. And I have done. This place is a good place as, whilst a bit wiggly, you can see down almost to the next hairpin and can see cars coming up to the hairpin (if you know to look)

As soon as I indicated the bloody driver put her foot down and sped up a LOT WTAF? On a mountain road, why not just let the car behind do a safe overtake without speeding up???

This sort of thing really pisses me off on normal roads, but it's downright dangerous, irresponsible and fucking stupid on a mountain road

Yes, some people will say just don't overtake then

But it was safe to over take. My usual speed down that bit would be around 70kmph, speed limit is 80kmph and she had been doing 50kmph for the last two bits of road between hairpins, so not exactly fast


I did get past and then proceeded to lose her far back in the distance - without breaking the speed limit or being unsafe!!

But WTAF? Is it soooooo bad to have someone overtake that you would attempt to block them and possibly cause an issue??


I get that they have no idea that in the winter I drive that road a minimum of 10 times a week. Less in the summer but I kinda know it well. Obviously they don't know that. But I really struggle with the idea that people think that kind of driving is ok

What were you driving?

Some people simply don't like the idea that a small car is overtaking them.

[KungFooBob]

I like using cruise control.

I set it on the motorway at 70mph.

Sat in the slow lane I catch up with slower cars, pull out into the middle lane to overtake and they speed up.

It happens almost every overtake, I don't think they do it deliberately, I think they see something in the corner of their eye and just speed up unconsciously, either that or they're all cunts.

[Felix]

Get that overtaking thing a lot where i am. Its all mostly country roads with some faster areas but if they want to speed up hey ho. I pull back in and they are either now going the speed i was or even faster and i can carry as as i was. One that boils the wifes piss is the ones up the back bumper trying to push her on. Way i see them idiots is its annoying them more than me. Braking with the box rather than the brake seems to annoy them as well as 5mph under the road limit. If they do pass you end up right behind them minutes later as all the towns round here are now 20 zones anyway.

[Felix]

DVLA arse wipes. They have been taking the wifes car Tax DD from my account as well as the wifes. Looks like im in for a wee refund

Well i never expected them to be this quick. Nice lad that Joseph

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