I would just like to say

DevonGuy said:

Arverdernune orl. Us dun an arf dai tudai, tekkin un eezyan bein zenzble. Got tu wurk an us yungess colleague 'Enry ad glued orl us stuff ontu us shelf over bench. Ballpoints, Grease, WD, Glass an upolstry gleaners an wurs uv orl us teebags. Us wundrin ow much diesel us can drip inter is bike fool tank afore it gets dammidgin.....

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Have you upset him, is he having a laugh or is he simply a big richard head?

Stanleysteamer said:

Have you upset him, is he having a laugh or is he simply a big richard head?

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The youngun was probably put up to it by the olduns.

J

marjon said:

That's really bad news and am sure it will lead to a hard year ahead.
Have noticed (in the local gardens) that the grapes/other fruit are not as plump as they could be, maybe our latest drizzle/rain will help them plump up. Cos there are acres of them around here.

I am also sure it will affect the value of French 2024 wine. Get in early Stan.

J

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I think your country or at least you area must have had a different year of rain compared to France. Here everything is ripening early or on time. Our apples were early.

We have visits to three vineyards planned to top up our stock. Nothing unusual there. We know that in bad years the cheap wine is not so freely available, one year cheapish whites couldn't be had for love nor money, they put all the grapes they have into making the more expensive stuff. Makes sense really.

Stanleysteamer said:

Have you upset him, is he having a laugh or is he simply a big richard head?

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He’s very much his own man and doesn’t follow the crowd. We get on really well. He loves old fashioned workshop banter and humour, something I think the PC crowd is trying to wipe out. When I got my cancer diagnosis I told the whole workshop what it was and told them never to treat me differently. I’m happy to say that the soft warfare has continued unabated and his toolboxes will have well-greased handles pretty soon. White grease too,
none of that easy to wipe off black or yellow stuff.

Stanleysteamer said:

You did see the third comment about the vendor?

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What, 'sold elsewhere after I bought it'? Yes, people do that a lot on Ebay. They've probably got it on Gumtree, Autotrader, their local paper and no doubt a card in the newsagent's window too. I've had that when trying to buy cement mixers, dumper trucks and even a chainsaw once. Something better generally comes up eventually. If I'm intending to travel to see something, I try to contact the seller by phone to ask if it's still available first, so I don't waste my time or theirs.

...next instalment in the "Stan hates tech" coming up soon!

DevonGuy said:

He’s very much his own man and doesn’t follow the crowd. We get on really well. He loves old fashioned workshop banter and humour, something I think the PC crowd is trying to wipe out. When I got my cancer diagnosis I told the whole workshop what it was and told them never to treat me differently. I’m happy to say that the soft warfare has continued unabated and his toolboxes will have well-greased handles pretty soon. White grease too,
none of that easy to wipe off black or yellow stuff.

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Love it!
In my first job (in a hotel) the owner's wife had been to art school with Mary Quant, so our uniforms were amazing. We were often better dressed than the guests.
The girls wore very fancy blouses and long skirts, i.e. brushing the ground.
Every now and then the restaurant manager would clip a pair of escargot tongs to the rear of one of the girl's skirts so they would go out into the restaurant with one swinging every time she took a step. Especially a really pretty one. We never had any complaints from a customer!

DanClarke said:

At a recent meds review with my GP practice they could give me no real reason for the medications they prescribe other than "you have had a heart-attack and it's a protocol we follow."

The first & last heart-attack/incident was 17 years ago.
In 2002 a full stress test of my ticker showed a Left Ventricle Ejection Factor of 69% which is that of a healthy heart for my age group.
The NNT & NNH figures for all of the medications illustrate to me that they provide no real benefit but all of them have side-effects. My BP was always pretty low for a bloke my age and on the meds is almost through the floor at 93/58 @ 68BPM.

So I have decided to take none of them and we shall see if I expire in the near future.
My BP is now near normal (121/76 @ 80bpm this morning) for my age & mileage and I don't feel so lethargic and tired.
My smart-watch reports my average heart rate to be 77bpm when awake and 53 when asleep.

Q. Am I bonkers?

PS: No flowers, just bottles of alcohol.

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If you get it all wrong, can I have your Landie…?

OK, so here is the tech thing!.
The signal from Orange to our place ain't very good. It functions but could be better so I got Orange to check the line out and they said, yes, there is a problem. If it is our fault i.e. it is outside of you property we will fix it for nowt, but if it is on your land we'll charge you €69 just for coming to look.
So I wanted to get them to come and have a look but they insisted on a Frog mobile number, landline was not an option.
Normally I would give the number of a long since unused mobile but this was a bit more serious, I didn't want to get charged cos they couldn't contact me.
So I decided to take my old Frog mobile into toon and get a new SIM card. I presented the phone to the blokey, he got a new SIM card out put it in the phone and although all the lights etc came on he couldn't get it to work. We had both noticed, when he opened the phone that there was rust inside it, which I couldn't account for as it had never been out in the rain, or anything like.
So.... Need new phone. Opted for the cheapest poopiest phone they had, i.e. a more modern version of the old one. €39. and a new SIM card €10 and a minimum charge up on it €5.
Went through all the paperwork you have to do including him looking at my passport and noting numbers etc. He highlighted the new phone's number on the receipt for the SIM card. We then had to go over to the till for me to pay for all this. He gave me a bag with the box for the phone containing the charger etc and I headed out to the car, explained to W what had happened and off we went to complete the shopping and stuff.
Back home I searched online for a replacement suction mount for my TomTom, turns out they are as rare as rocking horse poop. But eventually found one, on Brit Ebay, so went for it. Had to fill in all the delivery details and as usual I had to give a Frog mobile number.
No sweat thinks I, I have one of those now!
Hmm!
Turns out that the piece of paper constituting the receipt for the SIM card, with the number on it highlighted by the sales guy is nowhere to be found. Maybe my fault. I had so many stoopid bits of stuff to pick up before leaving the shop.
After searching high and low for it and not finding it I thort well all I have to do is send a text from my new phone to any of our mobiles and the number will be there.
Said new mobile is as user-unfriendly as it is possible to be, but finally managed to put my other Brit mobile in as a "contact" and attempted to ring it. "this number you cannot ring" says it. Presumably cos it is a Brit number.

By now I am steaming. So I go to the one and only SMS on the phone and it is from Orange sort of welcoming me to this piece of poop but it tells me the number of it!
So I can the use it to order the thing I am trying to order off eBay!

Wot a total pain in the rear. But now I can ask Orange to come and check our line.
So I now have 4 mobiles, two French, two Brit, all of which work except for the old Frog one which still does a lot of stuff, but not apparently behving like a phone. How the flip is this possible?
Will now contact Orange to get them to come and sort out the line.
Grrrrrrrrr!

Stanleysteamer said:

OK, so here is the tech thing!.
The signal from Orange to our place ain't very good. It functions but could be better so I got Orange to check the line out and they said, yes, there is a problem. If it is our fault i.e. it is outside of you property we will fix it for nowt, but if it is on your land we'll charge you €69 just for coming to look.
So I wanted to get them to come and have a look but they insisted on a Frog mobile number, landline was not an option.
Normally I would give the number of a long since unused mobile but this was a bit more serious, I didn't want to get charged cos they couldn't contact me.
So I decided to take my old Frog mobile into toon and get a new SIM card. I presented the phone to the blokey, he got a new SIM card out put it in the phone and although all the lights etc came on he couldn't get it to work. We had both noticed, when he opened the phone that there was rust inside it, which I couldn't account for as it had never been out in the rain, or anything like.
So.... Need new phone. Opted for the cheapest poopiest phone they had, i.e. a more modern version of the old one. €39. and a new SIM card €10 and a minimum charge up on it €5.
Went through all the paperwork you have to do including him looking at my passport and noting numbers etc. He highlighted the new phone's number on the receipt for the SIM card. We then had to go over to the till for me to pay for all this. He gave me a bag with the box for the phone containing the charger etc and I headed out to the car, explained to W what had happened and off we went to complete the shopping and stuff.
Back home I searched online for a replacement suction mount for my TomTom, turns out they are as rare as rocking horse poop. But eventually found one, on Brit Ebay, so went for it. Had to fill in all the delivery details and as usual I had to give a Frog mobile number.
No sweat thinks I, I have one of those now!
Hmm!
Turns out that the piece of paper constituting the receipt for the SIM card, with the number on it highlighted by the sales guy is nowhere to be found. Maybe my fault. I had so many stoopid bits of stuff to pick up before leaving the shop.
After searching high and low for it and not finding it I thort well all I have to do is send a text from my new phone to any of our mobiles and the number will be there.
Said new mobile is as user-unfriendly as it is possible to be, but finally managed to put my other Brit mobile in as a "contact" and attempted to ring it. "this number you cannot ring" says it. Presumably cos it is a Brit number.

By now I am steaming. So I go to the one and only SMS on the phone and it is from Orange sort of welcoming me to this piece of poop but it tells me the number of it!
So I can the use it to order the thing I am trying to order off eBay!

Wot a total pain in the rear. But now I can ask Orange to come and check our line.
So I now have 4 mobiles, two French, two Brit, all of which work except for the old Frog one which still does a lot of stuff, but not apparently behving like a phone. How the flip is this possible?
Will now contact Orange to get them to come and sort out the line.
Grrrrrrrrr!

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You don't have much luck with phones do you?

DanClarke said:

You don't have much luck with phones do you?

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Nope, only my really old Tesco motorola which still works like a dream.
I am getting used to the alcatel but sadly with the demise of 4g with its voice thing I'll be forced to change it in the very near future. I have 4 g but not the "right" 4g.
Makes me sick.

Anyway Orange are now booked to send a tech to check out the line Monday morning. We'll see what we will see!

That be enuff fer one day. Us shuffling off tu us pit sleep well volks!

Night night all!

Brown said:

There's an AEC Matador for sale on Ebay. Nobody's bid on it yet and it has a very reasonable starting price.

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Oh my God I'm tempted. Realistically, I don't need that sort of headache in my life at the moment. Just the logistical challenge of getting it from the vendor to somewhere where I can work on it to begin with, let alone the process of sourcing parts, getting the engine to turn over and the brakes to hold air. Even so, It's a massive effort of will to resist the temptation.

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Theres only one thing to do with that......delete it from your watch list.

DanClarke said:

At a recent meds review with my GP practice they could give me no real reason for the medications they prescribe other than "you have had a heart-attack and it's a protocol we follow."

The first & last heart-attack/incident was 17 years ago.
In 2002 a full stress test of my ticker showed a Left Ventricle Ejection Factor of 69% which is that of a healthy heart for my age group.
The NNT & NNH figures for all of the medications illustrate to me that they provide no real benefit but all of them have side-effects. My BP was always pretty low for a bloke my age and on the meds is almost through the floor at 93/58 @ 68BPM.

So I have decided to take none of them and we shall see if I expire in the near future.
My BP is now near normal (121/76 @ 80bpm this morning) for my age & mileage and I don't feel so lethargic and tired.
My smart-watch reports my average heart rate to be 77bpm when awake and 53 when asleep.

Q. Am I bonkers?

PS: No flowers, just bottles of alcohol.

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First dibs on yer landy.

marjon said:

Afternoon folks.

Water day long enough to build pressure so we figured it was safe to come on the dishwasher which was full

Happy days here, now what's for tea.

J

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Yer I done the same as shes been away for a day.

Wimblowdriver said:

He is getting quite cultured. Said if I don't get it mucked out he wants two pairs of wellies. Reckons its much nicer inside now, but can I change the poncy air freshener for one which smells a bit more like a sty?

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Sleep innit ferra few hours and the smell will come back.

Woke up to a flat tyre. No sign of malicious fault or any puncture, wonder if the valve stem or beading needs looking at. Thankfully it's Friday.

Stanleysteamer said:

OK, so here is the tech thing!.
The signal from Orange to our place ain't very good. It functions but could be better so I got Orange to check the line out and they said, yes, there is a problem. If it is our fault i.e. it is outside of you property we will fix it for nowt, but if it is on your land we'll charge you €69 just for coming to look.
So I wanted to get them to come and have a look but they insisted on a Frog mobile number, landline was not an option.
Normally I would give the number of a long since unused mobile but this was a bit more serious, I didn't want to get charged cos they couldn't contact me.
So I decided to take my old Frog mobile into toon and get a new SIM card. I presented the phone to the blokey, he got a new SIM card out put it in the phone and although all the lights etc came on he couldn't get it to work. We had both noticed, when he opened the phone that there was rust inside it, which I couldn't account for as it had never been out in the rain, or anything like.
So.... Need new phone. Opted for the cheapest poopiest phone they had, i.e. a more modern version of the old one. €39. and a new SIM card €10 and a minimum charge up on it €5.
Went through all the paperwork you have to do including him looking at my passport and noting numbers etc. He highlighted the new phone's number on the receipt for the SIM card. We then had to go over to the till for me to pay for all this. He gave me a bag with the box for the phone containing the charger etc and I headed out to the car, explained to W what had happened and off we went to complete the shopping and stuff.
Back home I searched online for a replacement suction mount for my TomTom, turns out they are as rare as rocking horse poop. But eventually found one, on Brit Ebay, so went for it. Had to fill in all the delivery details and as usual I had to give a Frog mobile number.
No sweat thinks I, I have one of those now!
Hmm!
Turns out that the piece of paper constituting the receipt for the SIM card, with the number on it highlighted by the sales guy is nowhere to be found. Maybe my fault. I had so many stoopid bits of stuff to pick up before leaving the shop.
After searching high and low for it and not finding it I thort well all I have to do is send a text from my new phone to any of our mobiles and the number will be there.
Said new mobile is as user-unfriendly as it is possible to be, but finally managed to put my other Brit mobile in as a "contact" and attempted to ring it. "this number you cannot ring" says it. Presumably cos it is a Brit number.

By now I am steaming. So I go to the one and only SMS on the phone and it is from Orange sort of welcoming me to this piece of poop but it tells me the number of it!
So I can the use it to order the thing I am trying to order off eBay!

Wot a total pain in the rear. But now I can ask Orange to come and check our line.
So I now have 4 mobiles, two French, two Brit, all of which work except for the old Frog one which still does a lot of stuff, but not apparently behving like a phone. How the flip is this possible?
Will now contact Orange to get them to come and sort out the line.
Grrrrrrrrr!

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Rust can occur from damp, so not needing to be wet. Everyfink yer done is standard. Find a problem. Take a different route. A lot of sims need international calls switched on. They is blocked as they is eggspensive.