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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 24 March 2024, 22:18:39 »

Yep, nice looking car.

It will be interesting to see how you get on with it over time.

What headlights do you have? I am unimpressed withmy bi xenons. I guess LEDs are the go to now.

 It's got Bi-xenons that go round corners for some reason, How I've managed all these years going round corners I don't know..

The DS had them in the 70s 

 The French connection,, Being as Vauxhall is now part of PSA,,

Stellantis, actually 

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 24 March 2024, 19:04:48 »

When I mentioned I had a Renault, it was French shite 

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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.

« on: 23 March 2024, 20:57:09 »

Does it even get that cold any more? Bunch of women 

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

« on: 23 March 2024, 14:46:25 »

Coming home from our Carribbean cruise 😁

Hope you enjoyed it, Mick.

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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: Free to good home. Due to time waster

« on: 23 March 2024, 10:44:48 »

Put the spare doors inside the car and there's £500 worth of scrap there. They'll be gone as soon as the scrap man can fit you in.

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

« on: 23 March 2024, 07:05:31 »

Wizz Air 
My lad landed in Manchester from Houston yesterday morning, Singapore Airlines out and back, not a hitch. Quick nights kip and 0930 flight from Leeds Bradford to Romania this morning. Up at 0430, knackered, and two coaches from Sheffield to LBA. Flight overbooked, they were bumped. After much conversation and form filling, it was agreed that Wizz Air would book them on a flight from Luton tomorrow morning, put them in a taxi down there and book them a hotel tonight.
This was at 0930 this morning, they're still at Leeds 

Wizz Air finally came through. Taxi to Luton, hotel, evening meal and breakfast. So far, the Luton departure is only showing as 20 mins late. We'll see.

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General Car Chat / Re: Tesco pay at pump

« on: 22 March 2024, 20:03:10 »

Pay in Kiosk, Pay at Pump, this all sounds very complicated. In our neighbouring village garage we still have a man/woman that comes out and fills up for you. Their fuel is always cheaper than anywhere else as well.
How old school is that. 

Do they sell 2 and 3 star fuel and Paraffin as well

They do sell paraffin, but no 2 or 3 star.    Also, no two stroke mix shot pump anymore, 
just modern pumps with the polite personal service and a friendly chat. Quite cute really, and nostalgic for those of us that remember the forecourt staff. 

That sounds lovely to this silly old fool  :'(

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

« on: 22 March 2024, 15:25:22 »

Pay and claim is usually how that works. Although Jizz are the worst airline in Europe... almost impressive given the competition.

Never knew SIA operated that as a route. I know we're not the cheapest option but we have a lot of customers use us to get to/from Europe and the US via T5 and clearly with good reason apparently.

The SIA flight was perfect. Bang on time, plenty of room and very attentive crew....apparently.

The MAN-IAH flight goes three times a week and, looking at flight radar, is always on time, or early, landing.

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

« on: 22 March 2024, 15:12:27 »

Wizz Air 
My lad landed in Manchester from Houston yesterday morning, Singapore Airlines out and back, not a hitch. Quick nights kip and 0930 flight from Leeds Bradford to Romania this morning. Up at 0430, knackered, and two coaches from Sheffield to LBA. Flight overbooked, they were bumped. After much conversation and form filling, it was agreed that Wizz Air would book them on a flight from Luton tomorrow morning, put them in a taxi down there and book them a hotel tonight.
This was at 0930 this morning, they're still at Leeds 

And if you happen to read this, Malcolm, there were plenty of vegan places in Texas, the land of beef 

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

« on: 22 March 2024, 15:08:37 »

I'm guessing they won't pay anyone the going rate for a taxi.

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

« on: 22 March 2024, 15:05:41 »

Wizz Air 
My lad landed in Manchester from Houston yesterday morning, Singapore Airlines out and back, not a hitch. Quick nights kip and 0930 flight from Leeds Bradford to Romania this morning. Up at 0430, knackered, and two coaches from Sheffield to LBA. Flight overbooked, they were bumped. After much conversation and form filling, it was agreed that Wizz Air would book them on a flight from Luton tomorrow morning, put them in a taxi down there and book them a hotel tonight.
This was at 0930 this morning, they're still at Leeds 

117

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

« on: 21 March 2024, 16:18:14 »

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! 

Not in Barnsleywakefield they're not.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Varadkar resigns.

« on: 21 March 2024, 16:17:17 »

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? 

Looks like he wanted to change the wording of the constitution so as to be more gender neutral and inclusive.

Apparently words such as family, mother, and woman are outdated and offensive to some in 2024.

But fortunately the Irish people told him to go f*uck himself

He's probably tried

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

« on: 20 March 2024, 22:49:00 »

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. 

I'm glad I put decking at the back and block paving at the front. Not that anyone in Barnsley would consider paying for green waste removal, there would be bonfires everywhere 

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General Car Chat / Re: Tesco pay at pump

« on: 20 March 2024, 20:06:45 »

I regularly get the two fingered salute from other motorists, but sometimes they can only be bothered with one.