Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
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Hahaha. The heating controls stories are cracking me up. That's my wife too. Into the car and turns temp dial full up. Of course the car knows the air is still cold so doesn't do anything at which point she will complain about it being rubbish and turn the dial off auto to full fan. 5 mins into the journey the car is beginning to feel like the surface of the sun at which stage she will wheek the thing to completely off until it gets cold again and repeat the cycle.
I find the Mondeo CC annoying. I have it set to 23C which should be more than enough but it will blow out mildly warm air for a while and presumably when it reaches temp, starts to blow cold air at me. Who wants cold air blowing at them when its 2 degrees outside?? The cabin never gets very warm.
I find the Mondeo CC annoying. I have it set to 23C which should be more than enough but it will blow out mildly warm air for a while and presumably when it reaches temp, starts to blow cold air at me. Who wants cold air blowing at them when its 2 degrees outside?? The cabin never gets very warm.
SpeckledJim said:
Guys, just fit a dummy thermostat on the wall in the hall and tell her it's the new controller.
Keep the real wireless one in your man-drawer.
Sorted.
I remember hearing a story (so probs completely made up) where a guy did this and then controlled it via his phone.Keep the real wireless one in your man-drawer.
Sorted.
The couple then broke up, he moved out but still had the app on his phone. Much enjoyment in fiddling with the controls remotely - making it arctic then 12 hrs later like the Sahara - until she figured out what was wrong.
PositronicRay said:
Peanut Gallery said:
Tabs said:
Lived in the same house for 43 years. My parking space has 4 little indentations in the tarmac from the tyres. Wife arrives in her car, abandons it and walks into the house. Never seen it parked in the same place twice.....
Watched her (while standing out of her sight) scrape the car into the garage last night, yet again, same panel, same thing she has hit in the garage before. Questioned her. "Its not my fault I cannot park perfectly every time" - and she wants to get a bigger car. Help us all.Good idea.
I mean, what possible adverse repercussions could there be?
Chris Stott said:
My wife reversed our car in to the house... despite it having parking sensors... 'I was on the phone and didn't hear them'.
The day after I got my new Kuga, I parked it in town. Five minutes later, an old fellow in a Micra pulled up in front. As he reversed towards me, I could hear his beeper going but he carried on. Using my own car horn I went, er, Beep. Then, crunch. Given he was about 107, I didn't shout or anything, just pointed out a chip on my grill surround. He gave me a tenner for a touch up kit.
Allanv said:
Chris Stott said:
Car heaters and central heating... what's so f
king difficult to understand?
Drives me insane.
My wife will not touch the car heaters and will ask me to turn up the central heating king difficult to understand?Drives me insane.
She might turn on her arse warmer on a cold morning but that's it.
king years ago for touching them so she knows not to meddle. The same goes for the radio, the driver decides what we listen to.GIYess said:
Hahaha. The heating controls stories are cracking me up. That's my wife too. Into the car and turns temp dial full up. Of course the car knows the air is still cold so doesn't do anything at which point she will complain about it being rubbish and turn the dial off auto to full fan. 5 mins into the journey the car is beginning to feel like the surface of the sun at which stage she will wheek the thing to completely off until it gets cold again and repeat the cycle.
I find the Mondeo CC annoying. I have it set to 23C which should be more than enough but it will blow out mildly warm air for a while and presumably when it reaches temp, starts to blow cold air at me. Who wants cold air blowing at them when its 2 degrees outside?? The cabin never gets very warm.
It took me a year, but I've finally shown my OH that auto works best and she actually just adjusts the temp setting now :thud:I find the Mondeo CC annoying. I have it set to 23C which should be more than enough but it will blow out mildly warm air for a while and presumably when it reaches temp, starts to blow cold air at me. Who wants cold air blowing at them when its 2 degrees outside?? The cabin never gets very warm.
RammyMP said:
The same goes for the radio, the driver decides what we listen to.
I like my music so have the player to an acceptable level for me. When my nearest and dearest or son get into the car the immediately turn it down to a point where I can hardly hear it. Normally make a point of turning it off as I can't hear it!RammyMP said:
Mines the same, she got a bking years ago for touching them so she knows not to meddle. The same goes for the radio, the driver decides what we listen to.
A little off thread, but this reminded me of a scene in my taxi once, I picked a guy up in Chiswick High Road, and he asked for the High Court, in The Strand, great fare, well pleased.king years ago for touching them so she knows not to meddle. The same goes for the radio, the driver decides what we listen to.I had a Stevie Nicks CD, “In Your Dreams” playing on low volume, and as we went along Cromwell Road, he politely asked if I’d turn it off, and try and get some cricket match on.
I equally politely said, “If you don’t like what I’m listening to, I’ll certainly turn it off sir, but I’m not listening to cricket, even if you offered to pay double the meter.”
To his credit, he took it in good part, I turned Stevie off, and we went the rest of the way in silence.
He gave me a reasonable tip, it pays to be polite.
PositronicRay said:
GT03ROB said:
The only conclusion I could come to was she had pressed so many buttons & fiddled so much she had just confused the poor system & it had given up. So I told her that. Drove the rest of the way in silence.
Is this a metaphor for life and marriage? 
Me doing sushi in the kitchen.
Me
"'I'm getting there"
Her
" Have you cooked the fish yet?"
Me
"You don't cook sushi fish"
Her " Unless you have really really fresh fish it does not work!"
Me "When have you ever had it like that?"
Her
"Wen we went to turkey they had a sushi bar at the hotel restaurant"
Me
"'I'm getting there"
Her
" Have you cooked the fish yet?"
Me
"You don't cook sushi fish"
Her " Unless you have really really fresh fish it does not work!"
Me "When have you ever had it like that?"
Her
"Wen we went to turkey they had a sushi bar at the hotel restaurant"
Edited by Gandahar on Friday 26th October 15:33
Being a pedant, some sushi IS cooked.
Eel, prawns and crab are always cooked. Beef may be seared.
Even for sashimi, while most sashimi is raw fish, some sashimi is not raw and some sashimi is not fish.
e.e. Tiger Shrimp (cooked), Surf Clam (cooked), Saltwater Eel — usually deep-fried or boiled, Squid (the body is served raw, the tentacles are cooked), Crab Meat (cooked), Sweet Egg Omelet (cooked)....
Unless you have been serving raw prawns...
Eel, prawns and crab are always cooked. Beef may be seared.
Even for sashimi, while most sashimi is raw fish, some sashimi is not raw and some sashimi is not fish.
e.e. Tiger Shrimp (cooked), Surf Clam (cooked), Saltwater Eel — usually deep-fried or boiled, Squid (the body is served raw, the tentacles are cooked), Crab Meat (cooked), Sweet Egg Omelet (cooked)....
Unless you have been serving raw prawns...
Not my wife, but a young woman in my son's office.
Her: Where's Preemp?
Him: What?
Her: The country, Preemp, where is it?
Him: I don't know what you mean.
Her: There's a country called Preemp. Where is it? Asia, Europe?
Him: There is no country called Preemp, I don't know what you're on about.
Turns out, after much painful investigation, she'd bought her boyfriend a turntable for his birthday, to play vinyl on, and on the box it said "Built In Pre amp".
Her: Where's Preemp?
Him: What?
Her: The country, Preemp, where is it?
Him: I don't know what you mean.
Her: There's a country called Preemp. Where is it? Asia, Europe?
Him: There is no country called Preemp, I don't know what you're on about.
Turns out, after much painful investigation, she'd bought her boyfriend a turntable for his birthday, to play vinyl on, and on the box it said "Built In Pre amp".
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 26th October 16:10
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 26th October 16:11
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Not my wife, but a young woman in my son's office.
Her: Where's Preemp?
Him: What?
Her: The country, Preemp, where is it?
Him: I don't know what you mean.
Her: There's a country called Preemp. Where is it? Asia, Europe?
Him: There is no country called Preemp, I don't know what you're on about.
Turns out, after much painful investigation, she'd bought her boyfriend a turntable for his birthday, to play vinyl on, and on the box it said "Built In Pre amp".
Nah - that's toooooooooooo stoopid.Her: Where's Preemp?
Him: What?
Her: The country, Preemp, where is it?
Him: I don't know what you mean.
Her: There's a country called Preemp. Where is it? Asia, Europe?
Him: There is no country called Preemp, I don't know what you're on about.
Turns out, after much painful investigation, she'd bought her boyfriend a turntable for his birthday, to play vinyl on, and on the box it said "Built In Pre amp".
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 26th October 16:10
Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Friday 26th October 16:11
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