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Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:37 pm
by Rockburner
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:25 pm
I avoid this problem by cultivating an air of being fucking useless at handy man jobs.
It's taken years of dedication to reach my level of apparent ineptitude.
Same here. Theres just nothing apparent about my ineptitude.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:39 pm
by Felix
Wait till she start leaving you a note. I got the note twice and the 2nd one went in the bin with sod all being done. Never had a note since apart from shopping lists with wee kisses at the bottom
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:59 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Rockburner wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:37 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:25 pm
I avoid this problem by cultivating an air of being fucking useless at handy man jobs.
It's taken years of dedication to reach my level of apparent ineptitude.
Same here. Theres just nothing apparent about my ineptitude.
Yeah I use the method approach too.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:12 pm
by Bigjawa
Taxi drivers.
Ok, I was one (briefly) but it was too annoying.
Anyway, one of the Mini-jawas got a taxi from Belfast with a friend and the driver fell asleep at the wheel and banged a kerb, cops were actually following him because he was all over the road and it turned out that he had been driving for something like 19 hours straight.
I have a tacho in my truck and the coaches I've driven and it boils my pish that taxis don't have set drivers hours either. Judging by the standard of taxi driving in this country, half of them must be dead on their feet.
And no, I don't appreciate getting hauled out of bed at 2am to drive from Ballymena to Holywood to get the girls home.
Rant over.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:30 pm
by Taipan
Painting the walls white in my lounge and 3 of them have decided to bubble up! Ffs, if wasn’t a tedious enough job, now I’m going to have to sand the bastard things down and pva them, then paint them again!
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:05 pm
by Gregor
Taipan wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:30 pm
Painting the walls white in my lounge and 3 of them have decided to bubble up! Ffs, if wasn’t a tedious enough job, now I’m going to have to sand the bastard things down and pva them, then paint them again!
Ask the missus if she can help
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:13 pm
by Skub
Taipan wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:30 pm
Painting the walls white in my lounge and 3 of them have decided to bubble up! Ffs, if wasn’t a tedious enough job, now I’m going to have to sand the bastard things down and pva them, then paint them again!
Get a boy in.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:35 pm
by weeksy
I'm still massively down with lurgy. Last night after being out at day and rising, finally getting home at 8pm I was floored. I'm now mostly just a ball of snot and definitely on the road to recovery, but this has been slow slow slow. A full week of poorly, unthinkable
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:46 pm
by Yorick
Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:16 pm
Losing stuff. Got a big garage and painted floor so can usually find stuff if dropped.
In last few months , working on brakes, I've lost a handlebar clamp and 2 banjo bolts.
The spares bin has seen me right. And cadging bits off Pen's bike.
Yesterday I was trying to restore Pen's brakes and noticed the top banjo bolt had tiny holes. Maybe this is why it wouldn't bleed.
So took off the caliper bolt to compare.
Yup. Bigger holes. So decided to use that on M/C to force more fluid.
2 minutes later the banjo fairy came and stole them both. Searched for half hour and gave up.
Looked for half hour today. Nada.
When I put pics of the garage on here a few days ago, I noticed it was full of clutter.
An hour later I'd filled a bin bag and all shelves and spaces cleared
Looks great but no banjo bolts.
Had to order new ones and wait.
I've worked out where the M/C banjo bolt went
Ordered new M/C and caliper and top banjo bolt
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Ahem. The top banjo bolt has a wire attached for the brake light switch.
Hmm. Don't remember the original having one. So looked on the bike, and there's the original banjo bolt still attached to the wire and hanging down out of sight.
Feel a right muppet but the mystery is solved.
Oh, and the replacement with wire was only £1 anyway
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:56 pm
by Jody
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:46 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:16 pm
Losing stuff. Got a big garage and painted floor so can usually find stuff if dropped.
In last few months , working on brakes, I've lost a handlebar clamp and 2 banjo bolts.
The spares bin has seen me right. And cadging bits off Pen's bike.
Yesterday I was trying to restore Pen's brakes and noticed the top banjo bolt had tiny holes. Maybe this is why it wouldn't bleed.
So took off the caliper bolt to compare.
Yup. Bigger holes. So decided to use that on M/C to force more fluid.
2 minutes later the banjo fairy came and stole them both. Searched for half hour and gave up.
Looked for half hour today. Nada.
When I put pics of the garage on here a few days ago, I noticed it was full of clutter.
An hour later I'd filled a bin bag and all shelves and spaces cleared
Looks great but no banjo bolts.
Had to order new ones and wait.
I've worked out where the M/C banjo bolt went
Ordered new M/C and caliper and top banjo bolt
20240211_134053.jpg
Ahem. The top banjo bolt has a wire attached for the brake light switch.
Hmm. Don't remember the original having one. So looked on the bike, and there's the original banjo bolt still attached to the wire and hanging down out of sight.
Feel a right puppet but the mystery is solved.
Oh, and the replacement with wire was only £1 anyway
That proper made I larrrrfff
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:00 pm
by Skub
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:46 pm
...and there's the original banjo bolt still attached to the wire and hanging down out of sight.
Feel a right puppet but the mystery is solved.
Next,it'll be searching everywhere for the glasses perched on your head.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:02 pm
by Yorick
Skub wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:00 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:46 pm
...and there's the original banjo bolt still attached to the wire and hanging down out of sight.
Feel a right puppet but the mystery is solved.
Next,it'll be searching everywhere for the glasses perched on your head.
I've done that before and set off with 2 pairs of sunglasses on
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:37 pm
by Taipan
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:02 pm
Skub wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:00 pm
Yorick wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:46 pm
...and there's the original banjo bolt still attached to the wire and hanging down out of sight.
Feel a right puppet but the mystery is solved.
Next,it'll be searching everywhere for the glasses perched on your head.
I've done that before and set off with 2 pairs of sunglasses on
Head-of-plenty!
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:55 pm
by v8-powered
Paint colours!
Picked up a few cans on Nutmeg White for one of the spare rooms, put it on the walls and It's pale purple. Since when were nutmegs purple?????
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:11 pm
by Skub
v8-powered wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:55 pm
Paint colours!
Picked up a few cans on Nutmeg White for one of the spare rooms, put it on the walls and It's pale purple. Since when were nutmegs purple?????
Maybe if you get hoofed in them?
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:23 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
They're not exactly white either
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:29 pm
by v8-powered
Well according to the home decor expert it should work well with the Overtly Olive on the feature wall.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:33 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Overtly Olive probably a shade of orange...
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:29 pm
by Bigjawa
Today has been getting better.
In the January sales I bought a 20V rattle gun from Lidl. Never used it but went to charge the battery today.
The fucking charger is dead as a doornail. Can I find the receipt? Can I buggery.
Then, I go to change the car insurance onto my Fabia as the new V5 came back with my plate on it.
Insurance webside doesnt recognize the new reg.
Of course, no customer services on a sunday.
Great.
Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:31 pm
by KungFooBob
I'm slightly annoyed that I'm at least 10.25m euro short to buy this...
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/86550039