It shouldn’t bother me but....

[InitialDave]

eldar said:

The PH so called search function.

Euro Car Parts!

ECP website: "yes, we have those brake discs!"
Me: "Great! Can you deliver them?"
ECP website: "lol no"
Me: "Are they available for collection at my local stores?"
ECP website: "Noooooope."
Me: "At stores near my parents, or friends?"
ECP website: "Nah"
Me: "Which stores are they available at?"
ECP website: "Not telling you, you can only search based on a postcode and get a few nearest stores."
Me: "Arse. Fine, I'll actually ask someone some ECP to look it up for me."
Someone From ECP: "Yeah, we can't do that".

So... they have some kind of database for all this, with what parts can be found where. They can check this and report back with stock from ~4 stores based on a postcode. But neither the customer nor anyone else can do any other kind of search.

All I need is "any store in the UK with these available, sort by distance from X", and no bugger can do it!

So guess I'm getting my discs elsewhere...

[boyse7en]

InitialDave said:

Euro Car Parts!

ECP website: "yes, we have those brake discs!"
Me: "Great! Can you deliver them?"
ECP website: "lol no"
Me: "Are they available for collection at my local stores?"
ECP website: "Noooooope."
Me: "At stores near my parents, or friends?"
ECP website: "Nah"
Me: "Which stores are they available at?"
ECP website: "Not telling you, you can only search based on a postcode and get a few nearest stores."
Me: "Arse. Fine, I'll actually ask someone some ECP to look it up for me."
Someone From ECP: "Yeah, we can't do that".

So... they have some kind of database for all this, with what parts can be found where. They can check this and report back with stock from ~4 stores based on a postcode. But neither the customer nor anyone else can do any other kind of search.

All I need is "any store in the UK with these available, sort by distance from X", and no bugger can do it!

So guess I'm getting my discs elsewhere...

I get fed up the the Eurocarparts' websites' determination to tell me a part is in stock at my local branch, so I go to place the order and then, and only then, do they say it will be available to collect the next day...
So its not in stock, is it. You're shipping it in from somewhere else.

[InitialDave]

boyse7en said:

I get fed up the the Eurocarparts' websites' determination to tell me a part is in stock at my local branch, so I go to place the order and then, and only then, do they say it will be available to collect the next day...
So its not in stock, is it. You're shipping it in from somewhere else.

Not even that! Just "not available" everywhere!

Very frustrating, as they were an excellent price, and I really don't mind waiting days/weeks/months if necessary.

[Jack.77]

not sure why It gets to me but shop workers wearing disposable gloves ? antibacterial gel works much better and there is no risk of spreading covid after wearing the same gloves for hours .really no common sense and wont even protect themselves

[Zad]

Jack.77 said:

not sure why It gets to me but shop workers wearing disposable gloves ? antibacterial gel works much better and there is no risk of spreading covid after wearing the same gloves for hours .really no common sense and wont even protect themselves

If they are infected, perhaps as a symptomless carrier, handling products would potentially shed virus and make the products they are handling infectious, especially if a customer (perhaps a child) rubs their eyes, etc etc.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Electronicpants said:

When the protagonist visits his/her old college professor/teacher they ALWAYS turn up 1-2 mins before the end of the lecture, which is coincidentally about whatever the protagonist is dealing with, and as the bell goes and everyone starts to pack up and clear out very noisily, the professor will start shouting about paper in for next week. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

That’s a good one

[rdjohn]

In action movies, why do people trying to escape always end up on the roof?

The answer is go subterranean, like The Italian Job.

[Flibble]

Jack.77 said:

not sure why It gets to me but shop workers wearing disposable gloves ? antibacterial gel works much better and there is no risk of spreading covid after wearing the same gloves for hours .really no common sense and wont even protect themselves

Antibac gel doesn't destroy your skin if you have gloves on.

[Flibble]

rdjohn said:

In action movies, why do people trying to escape always end up on the roof?

The answer is go subterranean, like The Italian Job.

Easier to film. Ever tried doing a crane shot in a low tunnel?

[nonsequitur]

Flibble said:

rdjohn said:

In action movies, why do people trying to escape always end up on the roof?

The answer is go subterranean, like The Italian Job.

Easier to film. Ever tried doing a crane shot in a low tunnel?

And of course it extends the action. Will the baddie get thrown off the roof and plunge 55 stories to a mucky death and always end up on top of a car when its horn automatically starts honking.

[SpudLink]

nonsequitur said:

And of course it extends the action. Will the baddie get thrown off the roof and plunge 55 stories to a mucky death and always end up on top of a car when its horn automatically starts honking.

Even if there is only one car parked on the street, it’s guaranteed to be in the exact landing spot.

[StevieBee]

With film, I am known for vociferous mention of the flagrant abuse of London geography.

Two that spring to mind was how James Bond in Skyfall was capable of running full-pelt from Whitehall to Trinity House at Tower Hill. In about 10 seconds.

And in the last season of 24 when Jack Bauer jumps in a chopper to head off to Wembley Stadium but the shot shows said helicopter heading South West over Battersea Power Station.

Madness!

[InitialDave]

Film and TV cars:
- Cars needing to be smashed into are all noticeably older/cheaper examples.
- Cars for rollover stunts are blatantly missing their drivetrain.
- Cars that should not exist in the supposed location. Can be due to filming elsewhere or CG. Mk1 Ford Ka on the Golden Gate bridge?!?
- Badges taped over to hide the brand, if not removed.
- Prominent product placement with who drives what.

[valiant]

StevieBee said:

With film, I am known for vociferous mention of the flagrant abuse of London geography.

Two that spring to mind was how James Bond in Skyfall was capable of running full-pelt from Whitehall to Trinity House at Tower Hill. In about 10 seconds.

And in the last season of 24 when Jack Bauer jumps in a chopper to head off to Wembley Stadium but the shot shows said helicopter heading South West over Battersea Power Station.

Madness!

Wasn’t it the first Sherlock film with Robert Downey JR where he escapes or chases someone down a passageway under Parliament and emerges by Tower Bridge?

Think London has Fallen has equal sthousery when it comes to London geography during the chase scene.

[Halmyre]

SpudLink said:

nonsequitur said:

And of course it extends the action. Will the baddie get thrown off the roof and plunge 55 stories to a mucky death and always end up on top of a car when its horn automatically starts honking.

Even if there is only one car parked on the street, it’s guaranteed to be in the exact landing spot.

In The Untouchables where Ness throws Nitti off the roof and he lands exactly in a car - in that case there are six or so cars, but they're all the *same* model, all parked at *exactly* the same angle to the kerb, and all *exactly* equidistant from each other.

[P5BNij]

InitialDave said:

Film and TV cars:
- Cars needing to be smashed into are all noticeably older/cheaper examples.
- Cars for rollover stunts are blatantly missing their drivetrain.
- Cars that should not exist in the supposed location. Can be due to filming elsewhere or CG. Mk1 Ford Ka on the Golden Gate bridge?!?
- Badges taped over to hide the brand, if not removed.
- Prominent product placement with who drives what.

Cars that change from one model to another when being driven off a cliff : namely the famous 'white Jag' in The Baron and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), it heads off the road towards the edge as a Mk2 and by the time it's airborne it's become a Mk1

[Gameface]

Motorcycles that seemingly have the ability to change from road tyres to off road tyres depending on what surface they are on.

[Munter]

nonsequitur said:

Flibble said:

rdjohn said:

In action movies, why do people trying to escape always end up on the roof?

The answer is go subterranean, like The Italian Job.

Easier to film. Ever tried doing a crane shot in a low tunnel?

And of course it extends the action. Will the baddie get thrown off the roof and plunge 55 stories to a mucky death and always end up on top of a car when its horn automatically starts honking.

I'm led to believe humans have a tendency to go up, when in danger. Probably from our ape days where being up a tree gave us an advantage over a pack of dogs or similar. I think it was on a TV show talking about building design and trying to encourage your average useless panicky hairless ape to go the right way to safety. E.g. down not up.

[waynecyclist]

Gameface said:

Motorcycles that seemingly have the ability to change from road tyres to off road tyres depending on what surface they are on.

Mission impossible?

Also I am sure it was in one the dirty harry films that in the final chase scene the motorbikes the police were riding changed from Harley Davidsons to Moto Guzzi's

[Gameface]

waynecyclist said:

Gameface said:

Motorcycles that seemingly have the ability to change from road tyres to off road tyres depending on what surface they are on.

Mission impossible?

Also I am sure it was in one the dirty harry films that in the final chase scene the motorbikes the police were riding changed from Harley Davidsons to Moto Guzzi's

Yeah.

IIRC Streethawk was able to do it back in the day too.