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General Discussion Area / Re: Varadkar resigns.
« on: 21 March 2024, 14:30:29 »
On a broader front, I wonder if the tide is turning on these woke lefty types?  ???   :-\

We've seen Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand resign, then Wee Kranky went, and now Verruca. Who's next?  Canada's Trudeau?  ???

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General Discussion Area / Re: Varadkar resigns.
« on: 21 March 2024, 12:44:17 »
Detestable 'man'. Good riddance!  :-X

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 21 March 2024, 12:42:17 »
Forgot to put my garden bin out last night.  :(

Now I have to waste a few hours bagging the contents and taking it to the tip.  >:(

Despite having to pay council tax of over £1600 pa ( which to me only covers having the bins emptied) we now have to pay extra (cant remember how much - circa £75 pa) to have our garden waste bin emptied. >:( >:(
I think our council tax came through the other day, £2800 I think, to empty the bins 26 times unless there is a hint of wintery weather...

Our green bin was around £40 since they started charging, but doubled this year, no doubt to help pay for the bone idle lame and lazy.

And, despite charging us 2800/26 = >£100 each time they empty our bins, they want to either half our bin sizes, or move to collection every 3 weeks.  Knowing West Northants council, former South Northants council before they blew all their money on a new office block and went bankrupt, they'll do both.

Yep they can only be bothered to empty the bins once a month and the plebs are living in the potholes, but they have plenty of cash for rainbow pedestrian crossings which are spreading round the country like a rash!  ::)

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 20 March 2024, 22:23:54 »
Forgot to put my garden bin out last night.  :(

Now I have to waste a few hours bagging the contents and taking it to the tip.  >:(

Despite having to pay council tax of over £1600 pa ( which to me only covers having the bins emptied) we now have to pay extra (cant remember how much - circa £75 pa) to have our garden waste bin emptied. >:( >:(

Yep we pay an extra £69.50 a year for the garden bin.  ::) 

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General Car Chat / Re: Tesco pay at pump
« on: 20 March 2024, 17:26:08 »
I've always chosen first.  Never thought about putting my card in without pressing the buttons.  :-\

Andy might be right though, that if you just put your card in, the machine assumes your going to pay at the pump. Why else would you put your card in?   ???

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General Car Chat / Re: Old Diesel Fuel
« on: 20 March 2024, 14:38:38 »
Ah....the joys of a petrol motor car. A fuel designed by God himself. 8)

I have a can of petrol in my garage that must be 3 maybe 4 years old as it only gets used for my hedgetrimmer/brushcutter.

It doesn't seem to mind though.   :)

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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change..
« on: 20 March 2024, 10:33:19 »
Get the beers in and have a cambelt party Tony!  :y                                                ;D

No party, I’m getting old and only up for doing the one cambelt in a day! I’ll have a cheeky beer after, though :y

You need a few minions to do the stripping down and rebuild while you do the crucial bits.  :y

Setting the timing with your beer goggles on might not work though...  :-\     ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 20 March 2024, 10:29:15 »
Forgot to put my garden bin out last night.  :(

Now I have to waste a few hours bagging the contents and taking it to the tip.  >:(

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General Car Chat / Re: Old Diesel Fuel
« on: 20 March 2024, 10:27:12 »
How old is the old diesel we're talking about?  ???

Hundreds of millions of years? Tens of millions or just a few millions?  ::)

Sorry, I'll get my coat.  :-[    ;D

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Omega General Help / Re: Cambelt change..
« on: 19 March 2024, 22:27:25 »
Get the beers in and have a cambelt party Tony!  :y                                                ;D

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Anyway back to Uncle STEMO's article. I lifted the below from the comments section and I think it's a very good point!  :y

People seem to miss the point that this isn't only about the cost of charging a Jaguar EV.  It shows that a car you own can be controlled via software over which you have no control. If someone somewhere in power decides they don't want your car to work, they can just switch it off centrally. Tesla already has immense power over all the privately owned Teslas.  All Teslas come with all facilities but you have to pay Tesla to use certain features. This may sound innocuous as it is used now, but it's a massive power that could easily be misused and individuals will be powerless about it.

Conspiracy theory or fact?  ???

Now I love a good conspiracy theory mind!  ;D

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So glad to read that my 29.17p pkwh, plus 62.11p per day standing charge Octopus electricity tariff subsidises EV owners who enjoy a 7.5p pkwh tariff to charge their milk floats!  ::)

Roughly £56 a quarter even if you don't use much electricity. >:(

The wholesale cost of natural gas is about the same price as it was 3 years ago, so why haven't our energy bills dropped back to equivalent levels?  ???

The bastards even had the cheek to put prices up in January as well!  >:(

Think I'll complain to OFGEM!  Oh wait.....   ::) :-X

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.
« on: 19 March 2024, 18:30:17 »
It is The LC colour, nearest I'll get to one at the prices they are now,  It was purchased for a bit less than advertised, It's on a 63 plate, the only thing I think it wasn't speccd with is heated steering wheel,, Would have liked the full fat VXR but the Tax on them is Stupid, did look at one, it was red so that's a no instantly,.
Biggest issue I've found is Traders who can't be arsed, not tuning up, thinking that everyone is a bit dim,and you point out faults with the car that are looking you in face, obvious ones and they get very defensive, looked at one rear beam heavily corroded to excess,  needed discs,, Wouldn't discount price, and said it's fine,,,   Too

Took a while to find this one, but we have it all locked up.☺️
Try to get some pics up at weekend.

Sounds like a good buy, BG. :y

 You won't miss the heated steering wheel if you grew up with ice on the inside of the windows like I did. ;)

In order to get the heated wheel and keyless entry on my car I would have needed to find an extra £800+ for the comfort pack. Needless to say I didn't tick that box.

Does that provide comfort for the car thieves?  ;D

I hear that cars with keyless entry are easier to nick. :)
Yes.....but....on the wife's grandland, if you press the key to lock it, you need to press the key to open it again. Keyless entry doesn't work until you lock the car that way again. I hope that is also the case on more expensive models. If not, why not?


Do you keep your keys in a Faraday cage?......supposedly this will stop thieving scum from nicking your car without the need for keys.

Think I know the answer to this...  ;D

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So glad to read that my 29.17p pkwh, plus 62.11p per day standing charge Octopus electricity tariff subsidises EV owners who enjoy a 7.5p pkwh tariff to charge their milk floats!  ::)


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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.
« on: 19 March 2024, 13:34:10 »
It is The LC colour, nearest I'll get to one at the prices they are now,  It was purchased for a bit less than advertised, It's on a 63 plate, the only thing I think it wasn't speccd with is heated steering wheel,, Would have liked the full fat VXR but the Tax on them is Stupid, did look at one, it was red so that's a no instantly,.
Biggest issue I've found is Traders who can't be arsed, not tuning up, thinking that everyone is a bit dim,and you point out faults with the car that are looking you in face, obvious ones and they get very defensive, looked at one rear beam heavily corroded to excess,  needed discs,, Wouldn't discount price, and said it's fine,,,   Too

Took a while to find this one, but we have it all locked up.☺️
Try to get some pics up at weekend.

Sounds like a good buy, BG. :y

 You won't miss the heated steering wheel if you grew up with ice on the inside of the windows like I did. ;)

In order to get the heated wheel and keyless entry on my car I would have needed to find an extra £800+ for the comfort pack. Needless to say I didn't tick that box.

Does that provide comfort for the car thieves?  ;D

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