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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: Yesterday at 20:11:48 »

Turns out two other crew have also been ill and had helped an unwell passenger so that's that mystery solved.

I still won't recommend the pork Asda though

How did they help?  Swap bodily fluids? 

Scraped her off the floor apparently.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Insurance Renewal Due

« on: Yesterday at 20:11:11 »

Used Zenith to good effect have a work pension with Aviva, but not exactly relevant. Avoid Swinton like the plague unless you want to be inundated with spam... Oh wait...

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General Car Chat / Re: Bini radio replacement.

« on: Yesterday at 19:45:03 »

Turns out it was one of the two fuses that powers the radio.

Still an easy fix after checking everything else 25 times.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: Yesterday at 19:43:34 »

Got the radio working in the Bini... So on the back of that win, had a go at the window regulator.

Total failure. Rebuilt the regulator only to find that although the motor spins on demand, it doesn't actually do anything.

Replacement on its way.

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: Yesterday at 14:01:24 »

Turns out two other crew have also been ill and had helped an unwell passenger so that's that mystery solved.

I still won't recommend the pork Asda though

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: Yesterday at 13:59:30 »

Head

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: Yesterday at 10:28:38 »

I used to frequent an ex BT van in a similar state

The Taco place is actually very well reviewed but perhaps it wasn't that but rather a dodgy/spiked pint just before it. The sweet potato salad didn't get finished as it didn't taste right and was about 18 hours after the taco/last beer.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 17 May 2024, 22:10:03 »

Tequila

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 17 May 2024, 22:08:13 »

A combination of a post karaoke snack from Tacos El Gordon and a sweet potato salad on the flight home that has lead to two days emitting stuffs from both ends

Finally able to eat without using the porcelain telephone.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Lawnmowers

« on: 17 May 2024, 21:40:11 »

Why are we talking about lawnmowers?      It's 'No Mow May!'

Let the flowers grow....  Save the bees! 

No Mow May killed our residents association mower. Apparently no-one thought to remove the mulcher before the first cut

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General Car Chat / Bini radio replacement.

« on: 16 May 2024, 12:09:53 »

So, near as I can tell the Bini had a simple radio cd as standard.

Previously someone changed it for a Pioneer Bluetooth lump and whilst it turned on/off I couldn't figure out how to use it and it looked hideous.

I had a touch screen unit kicking around so went to fit that instead but have run into an issue...

Connected directly to the battery it powers up fine, but using the adapter lead it doesn't even pretend to. I've tried swapping the red and yellow leads on the head unit side but no difference.

The adapter harness that came with the car was a mess, but the car side is unmolested. And whilst the pins on the new adapter are what you would expect to see, it's obviously not happy.

From the pinouts I can find online, the factory unit uses the CAN+ as a verification to turn on the power to the radio. To bypass this, do I need to return it to CAN- or ground?

Fitting an aftermarket unit should be plug and play, but that's clearly not the case

These are the pinouts as on the car...
https://pinoutguide.com/Car-Stereo-Audi-BMW/MINI_Boost_Head_Unit_pinout.shtml

https://www.tehnomagazin.com/Auto-radio-car-connector/MINI-stereo-wiring-diagram.htm

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 14 May 2024, 08:15:50 »

The Tawt extradited from Pakistan for the murderand convicted.....
 Piran Ditta Khan spent nearly two decades evading justice for his part in the killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford on 18 November 2005.

When are we going to learn in this country ffs??? I weep, I really do!!  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Should have been accidentally shot on arrest, but at least he's being held to account.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes

« on: 14 May 2024, 08:13:52 »

Swampy the eco-warrior has died of a heart attack.

They offered him a bypass but he wasn't having any of it.

Funny, but unfortunately untrue.

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General Car Chat / Re: R50 Bini

« on: 13 May 2024, 16:01:11 »

Should add, quite fun to drive.  Although the seats are incompatible with my poor back.

That was a concern, but it's actually pretty reasonable in that respect. Obviously nowhere near as comfortable/adjustable as what we're used to, but it's a very different car.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 13 May 2024, 15:55:36 »

The gearbox is the first proper issue it's had.

The rear windows don't work, and weren't when I bought it,  investigated for mechanical functionality... Recoding required.

The rest of my time on it falls into the tinkering category rather than actual repair work