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My Rangey developed a power loss fault, it’d die as you pulled away then take off like a scalded cat but no engine light on.I nearly got hit as I pulled onto a roundabout and it just lost all power. I phoned LR assistance and told them and that it was dangerous to drive, so they collected it. One output control solenoid later and all was welll again.

AA man told me sensors are the cause of most modern car faults and breakdowns and technicians that don’t understand diagnostic software don’t help either. Plus a lot of people stop using main dealer servicing and don’t get the ecu software updates.

Poor work

I recently bought myself a couple of Ralph Lauren long sleeve shirts and being a typical bloke, didn’t try them on until I got home. They fit great with one exception, the sleeves were around 1 inch too long. I take them to a local seamstress, try them on and they get pinned at the right length, just ‘breaking’ on my wrist with my arm by my side and still on the wrist with my arm extended.

I was in a rush picking them up so didn’t check them until I got home, they’ve taken nearly 3 inches off, the sleeve vent is all but non-existent and the cuff doesn’t even reach my wrist…

I’ll be taking them back tomorrow but I suspect, unless they can make them short sleeved*, I’ve just thrown £200 down the drain, I can’t imagine the seamstress will cough for them as no doubt there will be a ‘all alterations are at owners risk’ warning hidden somewhere in the shop.

* I’ve been made aware that long sleeved shirt sleeves taper from the shoulder and short sleeved ones run parallel, therefore it may not be possible/ might not look right.

Are you sure your arms haven't grown?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:49 am Are you sure your arms haven't grown?

I wasn’t but I’ve just popped on another shirt for reference and that is still the correct length.

Only a subtle difference and in fact, they’ve ‘expertly’ added two additional pleats to get the sleeve to fit the cuff.

Silly Car wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:01 am

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:49 am Are you sure your arms haven't grown?

I wasn’t but I’ve just popped on another shirt for reference and that is still the correct length.


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Only a subtle difference and in fact, they’ve ‘expertly’ added two additional pleats to get the sleeve to fit the cuff.

Provided you have a written 'only take it up and inch', take them back and tell them that they owe you some new shirts!
If it's a proper shop, they should have worksheets they give to the outworkers.
Somebody has fucked up somewhere, and it's very common according to the wife!

Alcohol free lager that's packaged in the same stuff the proper beer comes in.......and wives who don't pay attention when shopping!

Sadlonelygit wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:06 pm

Silly Car wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:01 am

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:49 am Are you sure your arms haven't grown?

I wasn’t but I’ve just popped on another shirt for reference and that is still the correct length.


IMG_0150.jpeg

Only a subtle difference and in fact, they’ve ‘expertly’ added two additional pleats to get the sleeve to fit the cuff.

Provided you have a written 'only take it up and inch', take them back and tell them that they owe you some new shirts!
If it's a proper shop, they should have worksheets they give to the outworkers.
Somebody has fucked up somewhere, and it's very common according to the wife!

Thanks, it is all done in house and I suspect the person doing it has simply cocked up and not correctly interpreted what the pin placement indicated. As can be seen from the photo, they can’t be salvaged as long sleeved shirts.

Sadlonelygit wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:08 pm Alcohol free lager that's packaged in the same stuff the proper beer comes in.......and wives who don't pay attention when shopping!

A couple of years ago, the neighbours popped round for a BBQ.
As usual handed me a few beers to put in the fridge. I noticed they were zero alcohol, then chucked them over the wall into their garden. Created great mirth

There's a bloke I see sometime sometimes on my commute through the Blackwall Tunnel. All white Simpson helmet, wide bars and strategically-placed security chain covering the number plate. He's (I'm assuming gender here) a bit of a dick as it's a case of 'whah, whah,whahhhh!' on the throttle if he has to slow down at any point.

Anyhow, comes up behind me this morning as I'm bimbling through the traffic and straight away, 'WHAH-WHAH-WHAHHHHH' on the throttle as he wants to get past. Fair play, maybe he gets overtime or summat. So I look to my right and coming up is a gap I can just slip into. I've got no problem pulling in and letting folk past if they're in a rush. But just as I get ready to move right and stick my left foot out, he decides to go for the overtake, on the right, nearly taking us both out.
Cue more manic blipping of the throttle and what I think was a finger, albeit fleeting.

What I can't understand is, A: how can people be angry all the time? Must be fucking exhausting. And B: if you're always in that much of a hurry, set your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier.

Silly Car wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:12 pm

Sadlonelygit wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:06 pm

Silly Car wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 11:01 am

I wasn’t but I’ve just popped on another shirt for reference and that is still the correct length.


IMG_0150.jpeg

Only a subtle difference and in fact, they’ve ‘expertly’ added two additional pleats to get the sleeve to fit the cuff.

Provided you have a written 'only take it up and inch', take them back and tell them that they owe you some new shirts!
If it's a proper shop, they should have worksheets they give to the outworkers.
Somebody has fucked up somewhere, and it's very common according to the wife!

Thanks, it is all done in house and I suspect the person doing it has simply cocked up and not correctly interpreted what the pin placement indicated. As can be seen from the photo, they can’t be salvaged as long sleeved shirts.

I returned to the seamstress today who was mortified, she’d only handed the work off as she’d already called me with one delay and didn’t want any further delays. She instantly offered to reimburse me for the cost of the shirts. I suggested turning them to short sleeves and coming to an arrangement which she was very happy to agree to. First one will be ready on Wednesday afternoon, and pending approval, both by Friday.

It was a genuine error and met with the right attitude so no need to get shirty ( ) with her. I’m over the initial annoyance and genuinely feel she’ll go out of her way to put things right with me.

Silly Car next week.

Silly Car wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:28 pm

It was a genuine error

Be the bigger man.

Albeit with short arms.

If it's any consolation, I've had to have sleeves shortened on a few items. I do wonder if they use orangutans to model clothes these days.

Anybody else considering putting the heating back on? I've resisted so far, but I can't help wondering if it would be ironic to freeze to death in the middle of June, 40 years into a global warming, global heating, global boiling, climate catastrophe.

Saga Lout wrote: Wed Jun 12, 2024 10:40 am Anybody else considering putting the heating back on? I've resisted so far, but I can't help wondering if it would be ironic to freeze to death in the middle of June, 40 years into a global warming, global heating, global boiling, climate catastrophe.

Was tempted yeah, but it's a bit warmer today... last night i got the warmer trousers on after a cycle.

Bought the Tom Tom rider sat nav. Lifetime updates for maps and speed cameras . Plugged it to update everything.

Message pops up.

Your device is no longer supported. Click here to purchase the latest Tom Tom rider

Can you get in touch with the robbing toe rags? Well, I can’t find any contact details

I’m proper miffed

gremlin wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:00 pm

Silly Car wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:28 pm

It was a genuine error

Be the bigger man.

Albeit with short arms.

If it's any consolation, I've had to have sleeves shortened on a few items. I do wonder if they use orangutans to model clothes these days.

All my shirts are RL or Gant as they're the only ones who make shirts with arms long enough!

gremlin wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:00 pm If it's any consolation, I've had to have sleeves shortened on a few items. I do wonder if they use orangutans to model clothes these days.

I have the opposite problem - any off-the-peg shirt where the arm is anywhere near long enough, it is also assumed that the appropriate collar size needs to encircle multiple chins and chest needs enough extra material to repair a sail with.

I only ever buy MTM shirts now, once you know you can't unknow. Nothing too fancy, they're just the online ones which are made by child slaves in a Bangladeshi factory* but they're miles better. Took me maybe 3 iterations to get 'em just right, but they fit well from teh start and now my latest ones fit really well.

I still toy with the idea of getting some proper bespoke ones in that London. I can probably stomach the ~£200 price tag OK, it's the fact you have to buy 6-8 for your first order which stings.

*Just like the expensive RL ones then

I was fortunate in that when I needed daily smart shirts I was a pretty standard size but, even the shirts with a two button option on the cuff don't seem to cater for how bigly some watches have got. Not a problem with my 'for best' watches but some of the trendy stuff is humungous.

(It's a pet peeve of mine with 'active' wear that the makers don't seem to have heard of sports/smart watches so they're way too tight at the wrist).

I think most of my long sleeve running stuff has a little watch window TBF.