Stirlin Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 19 hours ago, Futtocks said: After a shower/bath, toenails are softer and thus easier to trim. Doing it just before is literally choosing the worst possible time to do that. Nope , shower on get wet , shower off and soap up , shower on rinse and shower off , no time for toenails to get soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 why does it cost £220 to get a new key cut for a transit pick up plus £40 call out? (stuck with steering lock on ) you could start them with a screwdriver at one time see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 18 minutes ago, Stirlin said: Nope , shower on get wet , shower off and soap up , shower on rinse and shower off , no time for toenails to get soft. Even in a quick shower like that, it has an effect. I know, because I don't linger in there either. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirlin Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Even in a quick shower like that, it has an effect. I know, because I don't linger in there either. Well if my toenails softened up in the short space of time they are wet I would practise what you preach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henage Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 4 hours ago, graveyard johnny said: why does it cost £220 to get a new key cut for a transit pick up plus £40 call out? (stuck with steering lock on ) you could start them with a screwdriver at one time still can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 5 hours ago, graveyard johnny said: why does it cost £220 to get a new key cut for a transit pick up plus £40 call out? (stuck with steering lock on ) you could start them with a screwdriver at one time Didn't even need a key for an old Micra. If you'd lost the key for one you just gave the door handle one strong, sharp pull and it opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 5 hours ago, graveyard johnny said: why does it cost £220 to get a new key cut for a transit pick up plus £40 call out? (stuck with steering lock on ) you could start them with a screwdriver at one time A bit sneaky are Ford , my mate has his own one man garage , had a 4 year old transit in a couple of weeks back , the guy had taken the door lock out so nobody could break in , but the central locking decided to pack in , the loom is colour coded till it reaches the door , then a plug and all black wires so you can't trace anything , so a new door loom was bought at considerable cost , tried it with the door open , great , worked a treat , shut the door locked the lock , then nothing Had a 5 year old Citroen in last week , plugged his computer in , 5 pages of faults I'm sticking with my 02 plate Merc Sprinter and 51 plate Freelander , much simpler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 (edited) . Edited August 2, 2023 by voteronniegibbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 17 hours ago, voteronniegibbs said: Me dad had a Ford Anglia van in the 60's, the accelerator pedal packed up as the cable had snapped. He pulled the broken wire out and fed a length of piano wire down it from the pedal to it's connector under the bonnet as a temporary fix, it was still working a few years later when he sold it. I had a Talbot on the front drive 30 years ago that I was breaking for spares. A bloke down the street had a Talbot Solara and locked himself out, he borrowed the key from the breaker and it opened, and started, his 1st time. Ours was an Anglia estate , my first car was an escort back in 76 , lived in NZ at the time , on a day out in Wellington with one of my mates the accelerator cable broke in that at the pedal , we managed to pull what was left of the cable out and feed it through the side of the bonnet to the passenger side , so my mate was pulling the cable to accelerate through the passenger window while I operated the clutch and gears to get home , didn't half get some funny looks at the traffic lights as he pulls on the cable and the engine revved It was about a 40 minute drive home , but we got there 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 19 hours ago, GUBRATS said: Had a 5 year old Citroen in last week , plugged his computer in , 5 pages of faults I'm sticking with my 02 plate Merc Sprinter and 51 plate Freelander , much simpler just wait till these all singing and dancing electric cars start getting a few years old - they wont be able to give used ones away 1 see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) £413 garage bill/mot and £210 tax. I doubt the bloody car is worth that. Edited November 10, 2021 by Johnoco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnoco said: £413 garage bill/mot and £210 tax. I doubt the bloody car is worth that. dont forget to put some fuel in it see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 16:40, graveyard johnny said: dont forget to put some fuel in it ...and double the car's value? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 2 hours ago, JohnM said: ...and double the car's value? With the price of fuel today, that's not difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 if the bbc tv and radio channels are non advertising platforms why are 2 months of the year devoted to supposed celebrities shamelessly promoting and selling their awful books? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) . Edited August 2, 2023 by voteronniegibbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Well that's Christmas ruined. A family member has just been out shopping and they have come back home having bought exactly the same thing I have got them for Christmas and so I have had to tell them and now they are in a foul mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) . Edited August 2, 2023 by voteronniegibbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 7 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Well that's Christmas ruined. A family member has just been out shopping and they have come back home having bought exactly the same thing I have got them for Christmas and so I have had to tell them and now they are in a foul mood. its always handy to have a "spare" see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 29/11/2021 at 19:10, voteronniegibbs said: Drove down to that London today, 4 lane motorway at Northampton/Luton and all lanes at a standstill. May as well have left it at 3 lanes and kept a safe hard shoulder. someone really does need to be taken to task about this smart motoway farce we are now in- millions upon millions of pounds of public money wasted on a system that has made travelling on our roads a truly miserable and damn right dangerous experience thats far worse than a penny was spent 1 see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 22 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said: someone really does need to be taken to task about this smart motoway farce we are now in- millions upon millions of pounds of public money wasted on a system that has made travelling on our roads a truly miserable and damn right dangerous experience thats far worse than a penny was spent Given that the Jurrassic Park movies ( and countless other ' disaster movies before them ) show how fallible both technology and humans are , creating ' smart ' motorways is just complete madness , just as giving vehicles all sorts of technology that people then believe will somehow protect them Vorsprung Durk techwatsit , translates as stupid cars driven by imbeciles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 " State of the art spared no expense " , now who said that ? , And how did it turn out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, GUBRATS said: " State of the art spared no expense " , now who said that ? , And how did it turn out ? My understanding is the reason behind smart motorways is it’s the cheap option. They cost about £27m per mile where as adding a genuine fourth lane and keeping the hard shoulder would cost about £80m per mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 22 minutes ago, bobbruce said: My understanding is the reason behind smart motorways is it’s the cheap option. They cost about £27m per mile where as adding a genuine fourth lane and keeping the hard shoulder would cost about £80m per mile. Cut the speed limit to a genuine 60 , and you don't need a 4 th lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyXIII Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 8 hours ago, GUBRATS said: Cut the speed limit to a genuine 60 , and you don't need a 4 th lane That's an interesting point. It is a bit counter intuitive, but might reducing the speed limit actually speed up overall journeys by reducing stoppages? I wonder if anyone has done some genuine research into it. Rethymno Rugby League Appreciation Society Founder (and, so far, only) member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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