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

General chat topics, anything and everything you want or need to discuss
User avatar
Yambo
Posts: 2466
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:08 pm
Location: Self Isolating
Has thanked: 598 times
Been thanked: 1646 times

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

Post by Yambo »

Wossname wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 2:00 pm
Horse wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 1:02 pm
Yambo wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 11:24 am senior officers don't like being told what to do
I'm sure there are times when they're grateful

The 2 who joined in at the end are on the wrong foot.

What do I win?

A soapy tenner.

They're pretty sloppy, those two.
User avatar
gremlin
Posts: 5883
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
Has thanked: 803 times
Been thanked: 4733 times

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

Post by gremlin »

Grey cars.

Macadamia nuts.

The new Sonos app.

Belgians called Kevin.

Toilet paper that refuses to flush.
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16681
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10221 times
Been thanked: 6862 times

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

Post by Yorick »

gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:18 pm Grey cars.

Macadamia nuts.

The new Sonos app.

Belgians called Kevin.

Toilet paper that refuses to flush.
Got the painters in dear?
User avatar
gremlin
Posts: 5883
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
Has thanked: 803 times
Been thanked: 4733 times

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

Post by gremlin »

Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:18 pm Grey cars.

Macadamia nuts.

The new Sonos app.

Belgians called Kevin.

Toilet paper that refuses to flush.
Got the painters in dear?
Just getting a week's worth out there. Cathartic. Know what I mean?
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16681
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10221 times
Been thanked: 6862 times

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

Post by Yorick »

gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:45 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:18 pm Grey cars.

Macadamia nuts.

The new Sonos app.

Belgians called Kevin.

Toilet paper that refuses to flush.
Got the painters in dear?
Just getting a week's worth out there. Cathartic. Know what I mean?
Can I have a go ?

It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
User avatar
gremlin
Posts: 5883
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:12 pm
Location: Kent (AKA God's own country)
Has thanked: 803 times
Been thanked: 4733 times

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

Post by gremlin »

Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:47 pm
gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:45 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:37 pm

Got the painters in dear?
Just getting a week's worth out there. Cathartic. Know what I mean?
Can I have a go ?

It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
Bog paper flushing?
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
User avatar
ChrisW
Posts: 2693
Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:46 pm
Has thanked: 2882 times
Been thanked: 2032 times

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

Post by ChrisW »

Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:47 pm Can I have a go ?

It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
Was it cheaper and warmer last week?
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16681
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10221 times
Been thanked: 6862 times

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

Post by Yorick »

gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:48 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:47 pm
gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:45 pm

Just getting a week's worth out there. Cathartic. Know what I mean?
Can I have a go ?

It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
Bog paper flushing?
Bidet, darling
User avatar
MrLongbeard
Posts: 4553
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:06 pm
Has thanked: 597 times
Been thanked: 2409 times

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

Post by MrLongbeard »

Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:47 pm Can I have a go ?
It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
Rubbish, it's 19c here and I'm drinking beer at 75p a bottle whilst enjoying slow cooked on the BBQ crispy bacon
User avatar
Noggin
Posts: 7946
Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:46 pm
Location: Ski Resort
Has thanked: 16072 times
Been thanked: 3899 times

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

Post by Noggin »

gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:45 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:37 pm
gremlin wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:18 pm Grey cars.

Macadamia nuts.

The new Sonos app.

Belgians called Kevin.

Toilet paper that refuses to flush.
Got the painters in dear?
Just getting a week's worth out there. Cathartic. Know what I mean?
My upbringing is showing - I thought you wrote Catholic !! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!! :bblonde:
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11495
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6139 times
Been thanked: 5051 times

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

Post by Horse »

Pruning in the garden.

I don't mind that too much, except most of what I've removed - brambles, bindweed, branches, bamboo (fucking monopoly on 'B') - has come through from next door's garden.

:(
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
User avatar
MrLongbeard
Posts: 4553
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 2:06 pm
Has thanked: 597 times
Been thanked: 2409 times

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

Post by MrLongbeard »

Horse wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 9:09 pm Pruning in the garden.

I don't mind that too much, except most of what I've removed - brambles, bindweed, branches, bamboo (fucking monopoly on 'B') - has come through from next door's garden.

:(
Legally you must offer it them back, hoicking it over the fence qualifies
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11495
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6139 times
Been thanked: 5051 times

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

Post by Horse »

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 9:35 pm
Horse wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 9:09 pm Pruning in the garden.

I don't mind that too much, except most of what I've removed - brambles, bindweed, branches, bamboo (fucking monopoly on 'B') - has come through from next door's garden.

:(
Legally you must offer it them back, hoicking it over the fence qualifies
Guess where almost all of it went :D

The add-on to this is that his bamboo is pushing his fence over, so he'll have to seriously cut it back* when it goes.

* yes, I know that, since they planted it straight in the ground, they'll never get rid of it. Or stop it sending up shoots into my garden**

** which the puppy chomps and tears out :D

For reference, how it looked soon after we moved in:
20240525_214820.jpg
20240525_214820.jpg (1.3 MiB) Viewed 919 times
Last June:
20240525_210702.jpg
20240525_210702.jpg (620.25 KiB) Viewed 919 times
Recent. Note fence 'realignment':
20240525_214651.jpg
20240525_214651.jpg (664.64 KiB) Viewed 919 times
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11495
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6139 times
Been thanked: 5051 times

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

Post by Horse »

And looking at the two pics shows how berserk the bamboo has gone!
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16681
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10221 times
Been thanked: 6862 times

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

Post by Yorick »

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 8:47 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 7:47 pm Can I have a go ?
It's 25c right now.
Beer is €1.50.

How's that?
Rubbish, it's 19c here and I'm drinking beer at 75p a bottle whilst enjoying slow cooked on the BBQ crispy bacon
Well, we had it hard. Had to lick t'road clean with us tongues
User avatar
Noggin
Posts: 7946
Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:46 pm
Location: Ski Resort
Has thanked: 16072 times
Been thanked: 3899 times

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

Post by Noggin »

Migranes :( :( I very very rarely get them. Well, until this year. In the past maybe once a year. I've probably had 10 or so so far this year :( :( Luckily, last time I went to the UK I picked up some Migraleve, if I take it when the eye thing happens I can usually avoid the headache.

But still. I bloody hate how a migraine makes me feel :sick: :sick: Had to delay going out on the bike :(
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!! :bblonde:
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16681
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10221 times
Been thanked: 6862 times

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

Post by Yorick »

Noggin wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 3:28 pm Migranes :( :( I very very rarely get them. Well, until this year. In the past maybe once a year. I've probably had 10 or so so far this year :( :( Luckily, last time I went to the UK I picked up some Migraleve, if I take it when the eye thing happens I can usually avoid the headache.

But still. I bloody hate how a migraine makes me feel :sick: :sick: Had to delay going out on the bike :(
Migraleve is way overpriced. Just get one of the copies.

Nowadays I take both Ibuprofen and paracetamol together. Shifts it no problems.
Saga Lout
Posts: 1809
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:38 pm
Location: North East Essex
Has thanked: 565 times
Been thanked: 742 times

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

Post by Saga Lout »

Car main dealer trying to rip me off. (Surprise :roll: )
Last year I bought a manufacture approved used car, so it had 12 months manufacturer warranty. Recently, when it was due a service and MOT I took it to my local main dealer, mostly so that if there were any warranty issues there would be no arguments because an unauthorised mechanic serviced it. The MOT came back with advisories for front and read brake discs, they also said it needed rear. brake pads. The "service advisor" gave me the price for the front and rear brake jobs separately, I think now that was to try to disguise how expensive they were. It was something like £350 for the front discs and £550 for the rear discs and pads, i.e. about £900 but if you say £300ish and £500ish it doesn't sound so much. I took the car to a recommended local mechanic who quoted less than £450.
So I dropped the car off one morning and later got a phone call from a puzzled mechanic asking why I wanted the brakes changed. He started the job, took the first wheel off and there's nothing wrong with the disc. He checked the other three and there's nothing wrong there either.
That's one main dealer who won't be getting any more of my business.
User avatar
Noggin
Posts: 7946
Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:46 pm
Location: Ski Resort
Has thanked: 16072 times
Been thanked: 3899 times

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

Post by Noggin »

Yorick wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 3:33 pm
Noggin wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 3:28 pm Migranes :( :( I very very rarely get them. Well, until this year. In the past maybe once a year. I've probably had 10 or so so far this year :( :( Luckily, last time I went to the UK I picked up some Migraleve, if I take it when the eye thing happens I can usually avoid the headache.

But still. I bloody hate how a migraine makes me feel :sick: :sick: Had to delay going out on the bike :(
Migraleve is way overpriced. Just get one of the copies.

Nowadays I take both Ibuprofen and paracetamol together. Shifts it no problems.
In general that's what I always used to do, but there's one ingredient in the migraleve that is anti nausea, and tht's a new symptom to me. So I bought some. As you say, high price, but I can't get them here - although I'm taking the box to the doctor tomorrow to see if there is an equivalent over here

In the past, the Ibuprofen/paracetamol mix worked fine - still does for the eye disturbance and stopping the headache. Just not for the nausea :( The Migraleve I have is the pink one and is paracetamol/coedine. Not totally sure that is ideal for me but it seemed to work this morning!!
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!! :bblonde:
Bigjawa
Posts: 1921
Joined: Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:54 pm
Location: Ballymena Co. Antrim
Has thanked: 219 times
Been thanked: 875 times

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

Post by Bigjawa »

Saga Lout wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 4:48 pm Car main dealer trying to rip me off. (Surprise :roll: )
Last year I bought a manufacture approved used car, so it had 12 months manufacturer warranty. Recently, when it was due a service and MOT I took it to my local main dealer, mostly so that if there were any warranty issues there would be no arguments because an unauthorised mechanic serviced it. The MOT came back with advisories for front and read brake discs, they also said it needed rear. brake pads. The "service advisor" gave me the price for the front and rear brake jobs separately, I think now that was to try to disguise how expensive they were. It was something like £350 for the front discs and £550 for the rear discs and pads, i.e. about £900 but if you say £300ish and £500ish it doesn't sound so much. I took the car to a recommended local mechanic who quoted less than £450.
So I dropped the car off one morning and later got a phone call from a puzzled mechanic asking why I wanted the brakes changed. He started the job, took the first wheel off and there's nothing wrong with the disc. He checked the other three and there's nothing wrong there either.
That's one main dealer who won't be getting any more of my business.
I bought my Fabia in 2018 and they fitted new rear discs at 30k, at 40k they tried to say the new discs needed changed, I told them to wise up. Same discs only got changed for the last MOT a couple of weeks ago at 119k.