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General Discussion Area / Auto trader

« on: 25 November 2010, 17:29:19 »

more & more these days it apears that sellers are trying to manipulate Auto Trader, presumably to get their advert noticed  :-/
If you want £2200 for your car then advertise it for £2200 & not £995 clicky  :-?  :-?  :-? A trend used to be frrom dealers advertising a car for eg £300, but is was £300 a month on finance, but it looks like Auto Trader have stoppped that now.
I've reported a few of them to customer services enquiries@autotrader.co.uk & they have replied back to say they've deleted them   

587

General Discussion Area / should old drivers hang their car keys up?

« on: 02 November 2010, 22:44:48 »

there's a programme on telly asking whether OLD drivers should still be driving.
Coincidently ........  :-? :-? I wonder if Lizzie has met him .... or about to? 
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8489573.Pensioner_overturns_car_in_Kendal/

588

General Discussion Area / Th peasants are revolting

« on: 01 November 2010, 17:11:51 »

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Heinz-Baked-Bean-Factory-Strike-Threat-Wigan-Workers-In-Pay-Rise-Row/Article/201011115789205?lpos=Business_Third_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region__0&lid=ARTICLE_15789205_Heinz_Baked_Bean_Factory_Strike_Threat%3A_Wigan_Workers_In_Pay_Rise_Row

part of what has been offered would be 'self funding' and taken from us else where.



Head of anti-personnel has been awarded a 15% bonus this year ......  :-? His salary is £97 000   

589

General Discussion Area / Bloody telesales

« on: 27 October 2010, 14:32:49 »

I've just answered the phone and the conversation went ......

me - hello
her - silence ...... call centre noise in the background
me - hello
her - is that Mr Andy B  (heavy Indian accent)
me - speaking
her - can I speak to Mr Andy B
me - this is Mr Andy B
her - hello, my name is Christine
me - I don't believe that your name is Christine
her - I'm phoning about your computer
me - No, I think that you're misleading me by calling yourself Christine when it's quite obvious that you're not called Christine
her - thank you bye!

Was it something I said?       

590

General Discussion Area / I was in Tesco ....

« on: 27 October 2010, 19:54:55 »

...... earlier, when this bloke started attacking me with milk & cheese.  :-?


How dairy! 



      

591

General Discussion Area / Airport valet parking

« on: 22 October 2010, 12:27:23 »

About to be discussed on everyone's favourite Radio 2 programme, Jeremy Vine  . A bloke drops his car off at the airport and valet parking take it to their secure carpark ...... or that's what was supposed to happen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/10/airport_parking.html
It's Watch Dog so might be a little 'sexed up'     

592

General Discussion Area / star size comparison

« on: 23 October 2010, 14:58:57 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q just make you realise how small we really are in the grand scheme of things      

593

General Discussion Area / PC help please

« on: 15 October 2010, 18:37:26 »

Any suggestions ass to why I can't now log on to Google maps? 

I've restarted the PC  , done a sysytem restore to the earliest it would let me but still no joy   

I get this message ..... TIA

594

General Discussion Area / Gatsos

« on: 14 October 2010, 21:15:13 »

Just out of interest - No! I haven't been zapped    - but what exactly are the lines on the road just after a Gatso used for? They resurfaced a road on the way to work a few weeks back, & although the rest of the white lines have been replaced, the lines for the Gatso haven't. Does this mean I can do more than 30mph without a NIP through the door .... not that the thought would ever enter my head     

595

General Discussion Area / Samsung phones

« on: 13 September 2010, 22:12:29 »

My daughter has a phone like this ......



she's on holiday so I thought I'd have a quick at it after she got it wet.  :-?  :-?
I've failed at the first hurdle  :-? ........... how do you turn the bugger on?     
I think I do know ...... I've had it on charge for 20 mins but I reckon the phone is now completely fubar'd.
It did partially start up for her last week but now does nowt.

596

General Discussion Area / Another dead Omega

« on: 28 July 2010, 19:02:45 »

It was SWMBO who called me in to say that she was sure that it was an Omega on telly!
Mitchell & Webb last night

597

General Discussion Area / Coton & Hopwas social club

« on: 26 July 2010, 20:50:57 »

Anyone here still own a green 2.5 saloon with Elite alloys S*** KRP with an Omegaowners.com sticker in the back window and was in the Coton & Hopwas Social Club last night?  I nearly asked when I went in (as a guest) ..... but was too shy           

598

General Discussion Area / helicopter game

« on: 20 July 2010, 22:06:33 »

http://www.addictinggames.com/helicopter.html 

frustratingly hard ....... it is for me anyway . I've managed 1198 so far 

599

General Discussion Area / 650 Bandit

« on: 08 July 2010, 23:33:55 »

My lads's mate brought his Bandit round this evening to use my garage & tools to replace his drive chain & sprockets (I didn't think there was much wrong with the old bits .... but still  :-/)
He couldn't remove the main drive sprocket .... & neither could I. We roughly assembled the chain again so we could hold it with the chain & a back wheel locked up with the back brake. There was a 4 lug 'thing' bolted to the drive shaft .... there was a sensor of some kind 'looking' at it, but the 32mm nut holding the sprocket didn't want to budge with either my windy gun or 3' breaker bar.
Any one know if we missed anything?

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General Discussion Area / the most expensive yet

« on: 05 June 2010, 23:14:14 »

I've used my Omega for work the last couple of days so I can make the most of my new R134a. So, the low fuel light came on this morning on the way, so i stopped off on the way home to fill up.
Today was a new record ................. [size=16]£80.01[/size] WTF! and Tesco's fuel has just come down in price .....  a bit!