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I spent nine years working in a foundry, having to wear the required PPE. that went with the job.
We never closed in the hot weather.
Later, I spent seven years making pre stressed concrete floors.
Shoveling concrete on price work, and the stressing wires were heated to cure the concrete faster. Wearing overalls and a much hated plastic hard hat.
On early shift in the summer we started at 5am instead of 6am to try and get the worst done before it got too hot.
I left that job when I was 48 and not long after tipped the scales at 12 stone for the first time in my life. 
Im now a fat bastid at 14 stone. 

The poor little dears should try some of that for a while. They dont even carry the bins anymore like they  used to. They just wheel them to the truck. 
Bunch of woosies. 

I've just bought a pattern crank shaft/position sensor for my Smart!! 

Dealer wanted £164+vat! Pattern Hella sensor was almost £45 delivered ..... 

Something in the water? Or rather the weather....

The galaxy died at some traffic lights yesterday, started straight back up. Nothing on the diagnostics scan suggests to me a crank position sensor failure brought on by high under bonnet temps.

Sadly with no other evidence to go on my only option is to fire the parts cannon at it  . Still, at £25+VAT it's not a massive ask on one of these.

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What do these people think happens in the parts of the world where 30 degree temps are the norm for much of the year ?

they have an early start to the day before the sun gets too high & then have a siesta  Mad dogs & Englishmen ...... 

Colchester council has cancelled recycling bin collections today because its too hot for the binmen to work !!
Words (almost) faile me.
I worked in a foundry for nine years. The binmen should give that a try in the middle of summer.
I also worked in a prestressed concrete flooring factory for several years. Shovelling concrete on pricework, while the stressing wirse were electrically heated to cure  the concrete quickly.
The first time in my life I reached 12 stone was when I finished with that job in 2008 when I was nearly 50. 
Im now a 14 stone fat bastid. 
Send a few of the poor little dears there for a week or two.
What do these people think happens in the parts of the world where 30 degree temps are the norm for much of the year ?

I cancelled the direct debit for VED on the Boxster, as I no longer own it.
Had a look at my online banking this morning and sure enough, the DD has been paid / taken from my account.
No doubt there will be hours of my life wasted trying to get it back.
Already tried dealing with CARA - the Natwest onlne AI " helper". Beyond fickin useless, and I told it so. 
Yes I know it wont understand that, but it made me feel slightly better at the time.

Wimpy pissing around with their menu, trying to be trendy.

Fortunately the bloke knew I just wanted a halfpounder, delivered on a nice china plate, with a knife and fork.


A couple of years back, their famous Bender in a Bun got renamed Mr Bendy.  Clearly that is too much for middle class Oxfordian types with nothing better to do, and has now called Pork Bendy.

Could be worse, it might've been called the Turkey ham bendy or the nopork bendy.

Wimpy pissing around with their menu, trying to be trendy.

Fortunately the bloke knew I just wanted a halfpounder, delivered on a nice china plate, with a knife and fork.


A couple of years back, their famous Bender in a Bun got renamed Mr Bendy.  Clearly that is too much for middle class Oxfordian types with nothing better to do, and has now called Pork Bendy.

Fair play he was a brave man him👍

Sandy Gall, newscaster /journalist 97 , I thought he died years ago.

Following with interest!