Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.

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creampuff

6,511 posts

144 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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I can't decide if I should fly to Australia on BA or Qantas.

I'm told the Qantas business class seat isn't quite rigid enough so it droops a little at the foot when in the flat sleeping position although the seat is fully electric.

The BA seat doesn't suffer the foot droop, but you need to lower the Ottoman by hand.


Justin Case

2,195 posts

135 months

Friday 10th October 2014
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littlegreenfairy said:
My rabbit has eaten the last banana so I'm forced to eat an orange which is much harder to peel frown and it has made my fingers go orange.
The only correct course of action is to eat the rabbit

wolfracesonic

7,013 posts

128 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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The Spruce goose said:
wolfracesonic said:
If anyone from Muller is reading this hang your head in shame. Just had a Muller fruit corner for my dessert, a cherry one, bought on the promise of chocolate pieces: on the pot, said chocolate pieces looked like the size of wood shavings a joiner would take off the edge of a door, in reality they resembled brown dandruff. I may have to go to Waitrose and complain, even though it wasn't purchased from there.
only muller marc de champagne all the way for me, cheap skate.
I recently tried the 'marc de champagne' upon your recommendation and I must say it was splendiferous. However, I also tried the 'after dinner mint' variety, from the same 'deluxe corner' range which was equally delicious, the result of which I've now got the conundrum of which one to have for this evenings dessert. Oh well, out of the frying pan...........

ChemicalChaos

10,399 posts

161 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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fulham911club said:
Adenauer said:
You make a good point.

Good Lord - the very fact the RR allows you to do that to a car sums up where their brand has sunk to
The trouble with ALL the once-proud brands is that they cannot physically stop those with lots of new money, but very little taste, from buying their products. Bristol was the only company sufficiently principled to try, and look what happened to them.

Sad fact is, the aristocracy are having to burn furniture to heat their crumbling mansions, and the only way for car makers such as RR, Bentley etc. to survive is by sucking it up and selling trinkets to the the LA/Cheshire/Dubai set

DanielSan

18,804 posts

168 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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Given some of the tasteless tat that comes out of the RR factory under the request of customers does it really matter?

Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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My Aga has stopped working, and there is a 24 hour delay before the tradesman can attend, forcing me to rely on takeaways.

My first world problem is that my local 2* restaurant doesn't deliver. frown

wolfracesonic

7,013 posts

128 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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^ Surely at least one of your fleet is equipped with a 'curry hook'?

soad

32,903 posts

177 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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DanielSan said:
Given some of the tasteless tat that comes out of the RR factory under the request of customers does it really matter?
Not to me. Lack of car sales = potential collapse of the brand, with local jobs lost.

Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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wolfracesonic said:
^ Surely at least one of your fleet is equipped with a 'curry hook'?
I only know of one 1* curry house, and it's not local. wink

soad

32,903 posts

177 months

Monday 13th October 2014
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Don1 said:
I only know of one 1* curry house, and it's not local. wink
Back to Pot Noodle/ready meals/tinned tuna then. hehe

catfood12

1,419 posts

143 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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Mrs CFXII and I were all set for date night last night, children in bed early, she'd cooked a lovely dinner, and we were looking forward to cracking open the bottle of Armand De Brignac we'd been saving.

Wifey polished some glasses as I grabbed the Armand box, which felt a little light. When I opened it I was shocked by the below sight. The champagne had gone, and I suddenly remembered I took it to a party in the summer. We had to do with just the Austrian Tribun, as the local Nisa store doesn't stock Armand. It ruined the night. The trauma is with us both still.

You'll all be chuffed to hear however that I can take some minor solace from this tragedy. The long missing spare keys to the Cayenne, the Lambo, and flat in San Jose were found in the box. As a bonus, I also found the only remote I have for the parking heater in the Porker, I can now switch this on from the comfort of home, without having to go outside ten minutes before I plan to leave to put the thing on. So at least something was rescued from the trauma we suffered.



Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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You'll be all very glad to know that the Aga is now working. Apparently the ivy over the vent would have caused the issue - I'll have the gardener flogged.

Blown2CV

28,855 posts

204 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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catfood12 said:
Mrs CFXII and I were all set for date night last night, children in bed early, she'd cooked a lovely dinner, and we were looking forward to cracking open the bottle of Armand De Brignac we'd been saving.

Wifey polished some glasses as I grabbed the Armand box, which felt a little light. When I opened it I was shocked by the below sight. The champagne had gone, and I suddenly remembered I took it to a party in the summer. We had to do with just the Austrian Tribun, as the local Nisa store doesn't stock Armand. It ruined the night. The trauma is with us both still.

You'll all be chuffed to hear however that I can take some minor solace from this tragedy. The long missing spare keys to the Cayenne, the Lambo, and flat in San Jose were found in the box. As a bonus, I also found the only remote I have for the parking heater in the Porker, I can now switch this on from the comfort of home, without having to go outside ten minutes before I plan to leave to put the thing on. So at least something was rescued from the trauma we suffered.


all that and you live near a Nisa??

dezzabarks

6 posts

147 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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My iTunes auto installed an album by some rogue Irish "rock" band. Before I had the chance to complain I accidentally used the remove option and no longer have the music.
Now I don't know what to be angry about; not having the music I had, having the music I wanted to complain about having not there, or not having the choice to complain about the music I wanted gone, because it now is, which....
%^%^brain implodes$%£$.
And anyway, Bono won't play on my yacht, he's too busy promoting the damn thing.

threesixty

2,068 posts

204 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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Blown2CV said:
catfood12 said:
Mrs CFXII and I were all set for date night last night, children in bed early, she'd cooked a lovely dinner, and we were looking forward to cracking open the bottle of Armand De Brignac we'd been saving.

Wifey polished some glasses as I grabbed the Armand box, which felt a little light. When I opened it I was shocked by the below sight. The champagne had gone, and I suddenly remembered I took it to a party in the summer. We had to do with just the Austrian Tribun, as the local Nisa store doesn't stock Armand. It ruined the night. The trauma is with us both still.

You'll all be chuffed to hear however that I can take some minor solace from this tragedy. The long missing spare keys to the Cayenne, the Lambo, and flat in San Jose were found in the box. As a bonus, I also found the only remote I have for the parking heater in the Porker, I can now switch this on from the comfort of home, without having to go outside ten minutes before I plan to leave to put the thing on. So at least something was rescued from the trauma we suffered.


all that and you live near a Nisa??
He's drinking the ace of spades, probably some sort of low level rapper, makes perfect sense.

Don1

15,951 posts

209 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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threesixty said:
He's drinking the ace of spades, probably some sort of low level rapper, makes perfect sense.
You know, I tried that the other day. I'd prefer to drink cava.

Blown2CV

28,855 posts

204 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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Don1 said:
threesixty said:
He's drinking the ace of spades, probably some sort of low level rapper, makes perfect sense.
You know, I tried that the other day. I'd prefer to drink cava.
What is it, Lemmy from Motorhead's home brew? I don't like champagne, it gives me heartburn and I feel enough of a tool getting the £25 stuff on offer at Tesco let alone the 'good stuff'. In a bar in Ibiza recently (a nice one) they had on the menu an ice cart containing 10 magnums of... something or other for £20k. Most expensive bottle was 6L (these have a particularly silly name which I can't be arsed to google) of something more luxurious for £68k. Champagne tends to make me think of the sorts of people that would buy those.

illmonkey

18,209 posts

199 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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My journey to work is much quicker getting the bus part of the way. The bus!

Fastdruid

8,649 posts

153 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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illmonkey said:
My journey to work is much quicker getting the bus part of the way. The bus!
Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has been a failure in life.

illmonkey

18,209 posts

199 months

Friday 17th October 2014
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Fastdruid said:
illmonkey said:
My journey to work is much quicker getting the bus part of the way. The bus!
Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has been a failure in life.
wink