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General Discussion Area / Where is everyone coming from
« on: 01 January 2021, 18:34:52 »
Looks like Brakkers is in for yet another >10% increase in houses. Where the hell are all these people coming from?  This is unsustainable to keep losing farmland to houses.  Although even if it was not Greenfield, same applies, the country doesn't have the resources to support all these people.


Mass cull needed, methinks.

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General Discussion Area / crApple
« on: 24 December 2020, 13:03:10 »
Now, normally, I would say Apple's support is OK.  But the fikcin' eedjit I got this morning when I finally got around to calling them over my G key....

I accept the need to try all the reboots, safe boot, and wiping the NVRAM, so held out much patience. These are hoops you have to jump through to prove its a hardware fault.

But to try booking me in on the 31st to the Winchester shop to see a spotty useless fanboy Genius Bar Engineer...
"No, I can't do that, firstly because UK rules say that I am not allowed to enter Winchester after Boxing Day, secondly your shop will be shut, and thirdly its a 160m round trip"
"Sir, the shop is open and taking appointments"
"No, Mr Applle, your shop is in Hampshire, and is required by law to close from the 26th December"
"Sir, there are appointments, so they will be open"
"Trust me, they won't. And even if Apple does become essential retail, the law prohibits me from visiting that area. Can we do by post?"
"Yes sir, that will be £399, which we will refund if its covered by the warranty"
"OK, when does the warranty on my keyboard run out?"
"Sir, I don't know"
"Surely, from the serial number you can find out?"
"No sir, my internet is restricted, can you go to Google and find out?"
"Not without a G key, no"
"Ok sir, shall I book you in for 31st of December, in Winchester"


I suppose I will have to call back and hope to get a biff who has some grasp of English.  Because I aint paying them £400 to fix a keyboard due to their crap butterfly design, until they confirm it is covered by the extended warranty they added due to said crap design.  The laptop (MacBook Pro 2017, i7, 16Gb RAM, 500Gb storage) aint worth £400.  I wouldn't pay £40 for it.

I am right that Winchester is in Hampshire, thus is Tier 4 from Boxing Day? 

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General Discussion Area / Amazon. Bless 'em
« on: 18 December 2020, 18:57:06 »
So I watch the latest Grand Tour yesterday.  And this morning to an email from Amazon suggesting I should watch the latest Grand Tour.

Clearly the left hand really does know what the right hand is doing.

79
General Discussion Area / Its getting further away!
« on: 05 December 2020, 17:22:09 »
A parcel I ordered, allegedly from a UK warehouse, a week ago finally showed up on UPS' tracking site on Thursday, and was in Nottingham (presumably flown into East Mids from jolly foreigner land).

This morning its in Preston.

Its getting further away from me ;D

80
General Discussion Area / Serious Jockin'
« on: 03 December 2020, 18:43:41 »
I fell like Steve Wright.  The G key on my stupid Mac has stopped working.

I get a feeling crApple have been forced to fix their laptop keyboards for free outside warranty, due to them being so crap. But that means having to book it in with them, then driving over to Milton Keynes.

Can I be arsed?

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General Discussion Area / Cuts
« on: 03 December 2020, 18:40:39 »
I've managed, over the past few days, to keep cutting my hands, some through shear stupidity (a wide spatular into a finger due to the way I was holding something), some unexpected accidents by unexpected edges.

I must be getting old, as they keep hurting.  I managed to get some isopropanol into one of the cuts earlier, that made me yelp.

82
General Car Chat / Admiral warning
« on: 24 November 2020, 18:34:47 »
One to catch you out.

If you have a fully comp policy with Admiral, you may not necessarily have cover to driver other cars, as they put a whole load of restrictions on.

In Mrs TB's case, on the Multicar policy we took out, she was the Policy Holder for TBE.  However, as she is not the registered keeper of TBE - I am - this meant she was not insured to drive other cars.

83
Omega General Help / Scuttle Drain Problem
« on: 23 November 2020, 16:59:59 »
If the bottom and back of the scuttle drain leaks, due to additional holes, where does the water end up?

84
General Discussion Area / 12Gb
« on: 13 November 2020, 18:19:49 »
How the hell can an update be over 12Gb.

Methinks crApple have lost* the plot.



*I'd argue they lost the plot when they lost God Jobs (both times)

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General Discussion Area / OOF Shop no longer available
« on: 21 August 2020, 15:18:16 »
Sadly, due to unforeseen issues, the OOF Shop has been taken offline.

It is currently unclear when, or even if, it will return. Clearly, this has related implications.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.


Current Status as of 17th Feb 2021
ETA for shop reopening: Unknown/Unlikely
Phase: Paypal refuse to explain why they arbitarily closed our account, and refuse to let us open a new one.

87
General Car Chat / Decision time approaches...
« on: 17 August 2020, 18:23:42 »
TBE is now in its MOT window, so I either decide on a replacement, or present it for its test.

If lockdown had finished, it'd be replaced (due to the LPG availability), but with her still not commuting, its mostly unused.

88
General Discussion Area / Royal Mail
« on: 15 August 2020, 11:51:52 »
So I'm sat here on the 'puter, and hear Mr Postie scan a package, and before he has actually put it through the letterbox, I got the email to say it had been delivered.

That's how technology is supposed to work :y

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I guess its the motor, seeing as the window wont move. So I need another, priced with posting to Brakkers.

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General Car Chat / Zafira Cooling Module
« on: 16 July 2020, 16:54:14 »
Following yesterdays "incident", I thought I'd better plug in the Tech2 to check over the Battlesbus.  Aside from the Cooling Module, which is the reason for checking, the rest of the car had no unexpected DTCs, apart from one of the rear speakers, that I hadn't noticed.  Expected faults were glow plug circuit (it doesn't have a full compliment of glow plugs, and even less working ones), and CDC3 (most of it is missing, purely there to allow Aux in).

So back to Cooling Module, 4 DTCs:
21 Not Present Pushing Blower Motor, Malfunction
22 Not Present Pushing Blower Motor, Low Input
11 Not Present Sucking Blower Motor, Malfunction
12 Not Present Sucking Blower Motor, Low Input

Assume  Pushing motor is the fan in front of A/C condenser, and Sucking is the one behind the main fan?

I have checked in-cabin fuses related to cooling fans (F2, F39, F40) as described in glovebox manual, but they are all good.  So now will look at TIS to check schematics for other fuses...   ...but its being an arse, grrrr.

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