Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)
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cmvtec said:
Sincerest apologies!
I actually had to purchase small Flat Eric for my god daughter, as I was going to lose the original to her otherwise!
I actually had to purchase small Flat Eric for my god daughter, as I was going to lose the original to her otherwise!
loving the pose!!! But I sincerely hope that you're just getting in at 3 o'clock in the morning and not up going to work like the sad money grabbing b
d that I am!!! 
cmvtec said:
It's far worse than that. I work nights, this is my weekend off and I haven't really put much effort into rectifying my body clock because I have another week of night shift ahead of me!
Oh, bugger that!!! It's bad enough getting up at 5 during the week and 4 on Friday's and Saturday's, still if I will keep spending money on frivolous stuff then I guess it needs paying for!!!! 
Had an 'oh, fk' moment yesterday. For the second time in my career as a mover of dodgy old cars I needed to remove a car's wheels on the truck. The truck was in the corner of the drive where it lives listing to port on account of the small slope. As the winch was still attached I had no qualms about removing the straps, slackening the wheel bolts and start lifting the car. With the uphill wheels still in place I was working on the downhill side. The rear wheel was off and I just need to lift the car a teensy bit to remove the front wheel when I hear a faint squealing noise. It wasn't loud and it didn't immediately fill me with anxiety. What is that noise? That sort of squeaky, squealy noise. Oh, fk. It's the noise of tyres losing grip on a metal surface. The tyres on the other side of the car are on their edges and the car is moving sideways. Amid visions of the car half on and half off the truck hanging by its tow eye and next door's fence destroyed I conquered my usual reluctance to anything quickly and had that jack undone in record time.
I was glad I didn't have an audience.
No trivialites were harmed in the making of this anecdote.
k' moment yesterday. For the second time in my career as a mover of dodgy old cars I needed to remove a car's wheels on the truck. The truck was in the corner of the drive where it lives listing to port on account of the small slope. As the winch was still attached I had no qualms about removing the straps, slackening the wheel bolts and start lifting the car. With the uphill wheels still in place I was working on the downhill side. The rear wheel was off and I just need to lift the car a teensy bit to remove the front wheel when I hear a faint squealing noise. It wasn't loud and it didn't immediately fill me with anxiety. What is that noise? That sort of squeaky, squealy noise. Oh, fk. It's the noise of tyres losing grip on a metal surface. The tyres on the other side of the car are on their edges and the car is moving sideways. Amid visions of the car half on and half off the truck hanging by its tow eye and next door's fence destroyed I conquered my usual reluctance to anything quickly and had that jack undone in record time.I was glad I didn't have an audience.
No trivialites were harmed in the making of this anecdote.
DickyC said:
Had an 'oh, fk' moment yesterday. For the second time in my career as a mover of dodgy old cars I needed to remove a car's wheels on the truck. The truck was in the corner of the drive where it lives listing to port on account of the small slope. As the winch was still attached I had no qualms about removing the straps, slackening the wheel bolts and start lifting the car. With the uphill wheels still in place I was working on the downhill side. The rear wheel was off and I just need to lift the car a teensy bit to remove the front wheel when I hear a faint squealing noise. It wasn't loud and it didn't immediately fill me with anxiety. What is that noise? That sort of squeaky, squealy noise. Oh, fk. It's the noise of tyres losing grip on a metal surface. The tyres on the other side of the car are on their edges and the car is moving sideways. Amid visions of the car half on and half off the truck hanging by its tow eye and next door's fence destroyed I conquered my usual reluctance to anything quickly and had that jack undone in record time.
I was glad I didn't have an audience.
No trivialites were harmed in the making of this anecdote.
k' moment yesterday. For the second time in my career as a mover of dodgy old cars I needed to remove a car's wheels on the truck. The truck was in the corner of the drive where it lives listing to port on account of the small slope. As the winch was still attached I had no qualms about removing the straps, slackening the wheel bolts and start lifting the car. With the uphill wheels still in place I was working on the downhill side. The rear wheel was off and I just need to lift the car a teensy bit to remove the front wheel when I hear a faint squealing noise. It wasn't loud and it didn't immediately fill me with anxiety. What is that noise? That sort of squeaky, squealy noise. Oh, fk. It's the noise of tyres losing grip on a metal surface. The tyres on the other side of the car are on their edges and the car is moving sideways. Amid visions of the car half on and half off the truck hanging by its tow eye and next door's fence destroyed I conquered my usual reluctance to anything quickly and had that jack undone in record time.I was glad I didn't have an audience.
No trivialites were harmed in the making of this anecdote.
That was a real squeaky bum moment Dicky!!! Bobberoo99 said:
That was a real squeaky bum moment Dicky!!! DickyC said:
Bobberoo99 said:
That was a real squeaky bum moment Dicky!!! 
We had an underfloor leak some years ago. The original hot and cold feed to the downstairs cloakroom had been laid in the floor screed when the house was built. The lime attacked the solder and eventually there was a pin hole leak. All downstairs floors except the kitchen were ruined. We lived upstairs for three months with de-humidifiers running. After a not entirely satisfactory repair the insurer's bill stood at £11,000 plus. When the renewal came round they refused to cover us. When I enquired they said we were a bad risk. I replied that at our expense we had rerun the pipes and there were now no pipes beneath the floors. They said it was irrelevant. It's statistics. We claimed therefore we are likely to claim again. We found one insurer to cover us at just over four times the previous premium. So you can see I wasn't keen for the car to fall off the truck and damage anything.
DickyC said:
We had an underfloor leak some years ago. The original hot and cold feed to the downstairs cloakroom had been laid in the floor screed when the house was built. The lime attacked the solder and eventually there was a pin hole leak. All downstairs floors except the kitchen were ruined. We lived upstairs for three months with de-humidifiers running. After a not entirely satisfactory repair the insurer's bill stood at £11,000 plus. When the renewal came round they refused to cover us. When I enquired they said we were a bad risk. I replied that at our expense we had rerun the pipes and there were now no pipes beneath the floors. They said it was irrelevant. It's statistics. We claimed therefore we are likely to claim again. We found one insurer to cover us at just over four times the previous premium. So you can see I wasn't keen for the car to fall off the truck and damage anything.
four times the premium!!! They really are a bunch of crooked bds aren't they!!! It always amazes me how your car insurance goes up every year without a claim, and when you find it cheaper and call to cancel the old one they say "Let's just see if we can do it cheaper!!" I had to move out of a very desirable waterfront penthouse apartment because I couldn't obtain contents insurance and I didn't want to live with the risk of not having it.
I'm sure the two burglaries within three months (first one saw an immaculate E39 528i taken) had no bearing on this, of course.
They wriggled out of most of the financial recompense.
I'm sure the two burglaries within three months (first one saw an immaculate E39 528i taken) had no bearing on this, of course.
They wriggled out of most of the financial recompense.
Bobberoo99 said:
DickyC said:
I just wake up early.
Refusing to post anything about old people needing less sleep, nope not going to do it, no siree!!! Damn it I did!!! Then I snooze until about 7:30 am, when I get up again to make a cup of tea.
I'm not sure if this disturbed sleep pattern is due to a lifetime of predominantly working shifts/ nights, or just the effects of old age on the bladder.
I think a catheter and a large bucket may be the way to go to cut down on nocturnal milage and carpet wear.
Trivial, I know, but hey!
glenrobbo said:
Bobberoo99 said:
DickyC said:
I just wake up early.
Refusing to post anything about old people needing less sleep, nope not going to do it, no siree!!! Damn it I did!!! Then I snooze until about 7:30 am, when I get up again to make a cup of tea.
I'm not sure if this disturbed sleep pattern is due to a lifetime of predominantly working shifts/ nights, or just the effects of old age on the bladder.
I think a catheter and a large bucket may be the way to go to cut down on nocturnal milage and carpet wear.
Trivial, I know, but hey!
Bomma220 said:
DickyC said:
Lovely. They were the first of the new generation of cars which were hand made but not bashed out of sheet aluminium. Although the newer cars are associated with Gaydon the original Vanquish - or certainly the early ones - were built at Newport Pagnell.
Say if you know all this, I can go on for hours.
Please carry on old chap, I know bugger all about them. Other than I've always loved them and wanted one. Especially a Vanquish. I'm in a very fortunate position where I could actually own one.Say if you know all this, I can go on for hours.
Two Ford V6's?
AAGR said:
Bomma220 said:
DickyC said:
Lovely. They were the first of the new generation of cars which were hand made but not bashed out of sheet aluminium. Although the newer cars are associated with Gaydon the original Vanquish - or certainly the early ones - were built at Newport Pagnell.
Say if you know all this, I can go on for hours.
Please carry on old chap, I know bugger all about them. Other than I've always loved them and wanted one. Especially a Vanquish. I'm in a very fortunate position where I could actually own one.Say if you know all this, I can go on for hours.
Two Ford V6's?
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