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Or be told you have a simple peptic ulcer which could have been treated quickly and efficiently yonks ago
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WAMT....what annoyed me today!
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Or be told you have a simple peptic ulcer which could have been treated quickly and efficiently yonks ago
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Call it dwarf bread and claim it was intentional...
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Or be told you have a simple peptic ulcer which could have been treated quickly and efficiently yonks ago
Or a hiatus hernia which could have been treated earlier by may have caused irreparable damage in the intervening years.
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Thanks Tori. It wasn't as simple as taking the back off, unfortunately. The server was a Tranquil PC SQA-5H which had the motherboard tightly integrated into the chassis so that the chassis itself acts a a heatsink; great for quiet and cool running, but not so great for maintenance! I had to dismantle the whole thing to get access to the board, and it turns out that all 21 capacitors are perfectly fine.
Oh well. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. The server was 6 years old so I was thinking I would probably replace it this year anyway. I'm now the proud owner of a QNAP NAS.
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Having reported my Blue Badge as lost yesterday, my wife discovered it today. The car went in for a service mid December and it appears that they put the badge inside the service book in the glove box (it normally resides in the door pocket).
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oh good grief !!
My blue badge lives on the dashboard - the only time it's moved is to put it in the kitchen when my car goes for Servicing [ it's collected from me ]
Bet you are glad it's turned up - but I'm willing to bet there's going to be some paperwork involved
My blue badge lives on the dashboard - the only time it's moved is to put it in the kitchen when my car goes for Servicing [ it's collected from me ]
Bet you are glad it's turned up - but I'm willing to bet there's going to be some paperwork involved
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Self inflicted Insomnia. Decided I'd teach myself to use the 3D tools of TurboCAD that I've had for the best part of 10 years but never used because they are as intuitive as me jumping out the window and learning to fly. All it did was wind me up to the point where I now can't sleep, so I'm back on the computer and I seem to have managed to do a few things, though I still cannot fathom how I am supposed to accurately position separate objects in space.
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Do you not find the reflection of the badge in the windscreen annoying? It's why mine is kept in the door pocket.
I probably don't use the badge as much as others as I tend to not bother putting it on the dash at work as everyone knows it's my car. I only noticed it was missing this week as the only places I went over Christmas was work & family.
It was a massive relief that she found it as I'm going to need it in a couple of weeks as I'm away at a conference and the car will need to be parked in a roadside disabled bay for 2 days! I sent the authority an email as soon as it was found so hopefully, as it was only a day after it was reported lost, it won't be an issue but it wouldn't be a surprise if it was.
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Agreed - it is but I can usually put up with that.
I have a friend who kept the one for his wife attached to the sun visor by an elastic band [ or two ] and he just pulled it down when she was in the car and needed it for use . I keep saying I'll try that - but ..... the roundtuit strikes again.
I don't need to use a 'clock' thingy with mine - so it does make finding a home for it easier.
I have a friend who kept the one for his wife attached to the sun visor by an elastic band [ or two ] and he just pulled it down when she was in the car and needed it for use . I keep saying I'll try that - but ..... the roundtuit strikes again.
I don't need to use a 'clock' thingy with mine - so it does make finding a home for it easier.
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Hope the soreness has subsided, Keith. Our gas hob has a visual reminder as to which ring is lit...
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To be fair, to Gas
, I've left the gas on a few times when I had something on simmer and was in a rush....Bloody well hurts when you then pick up the cast iron stands to clean them....Luckily I'm conditioned from a young age to always touch first with the back of my fingers...My basic training still persists...
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If anything like the buses were when I was a kid, the chances, are he was the previous bus running late, they always drove straight past bus stops trying to get back on schedule.
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He could have been an arse hole AND over an hour late of courseNope just an ahole bus driver, unless of course he was over an hour late
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Get it complained about, write to the bus company. I often think being miserable, grumpy buggers and having a Naploean complex is part of the job description for being a bus driver.
It never ceased to amaze me the number of times they would get affected by selective blindness when it came to seeing folk waiting at the bus stop. Interestingly enough, many also suffer from selective deafness as well, as they often fail to hear folk banging on the door just as it shuts on their face. Cretins. Get the letter written Keith.
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No I don't! Many years ago, we camped in Dorset for a weekend in winter and the tent ended up literally frozen stiff. Luckily we were full of antifreeze so barely noticed the slight chill. Could have done without the hailstorm on the way home though - like riding on mini ball bearings!
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Had that happen to me, don't use buses that often it was a treat for the kids, rang the company and they sent another bus out to pick up all the passengers he had left stranded.
We passed said bus on his way back, still ahead of schedule, our driver flagged him down and told him the inspector wanted to see him as soon as he got back.............oops.
I did live in a remote area t the time and it was the last bus back for 5 hours, not happy to be stuck with 2 young kids at the time
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Wamt: back at the train station car park I realised I left my ticket in the car. Luckily found it and drove down to the machine. Walking back I noticed a flat rear tire. Grrr changed it and left the car park within the 15 minute exit time phew.
Then hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I'm old enough to be trained to pump and the pressure came back. But boy the grinding noise wasn't pretty. At home I looked, and on my front right brake pad I've got a good thumb left. And on my passenger side it's all gone. Metal to the disc hmm not impressed with ebc red stuff once again.
Yet another car to sort in the weekend.
Then hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I'm old enough to be trained to pump and the pressure came back. But boy the grinding noise wasn't pretty. At home I looked, and on my front right brake pad I've got a good thumb left. And on my passenger side it's all gone. Metal to the disc
hmm not impressed with ebc red stuff once again. Yet another car to sort in the weekend.
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Then hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. I'm old enough to be trained to pump and the pressure came back. But boy the grinding noise wasn't pretty. At home I looked, and on my front right brake pad I've got a good thumb left. And on my passenger side it's all gone. Metal to the disc
Yet another car to sort in the weekend.
More like a seized caliper on that side I would have thought...
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I guess I will find out when I take the wheel off and properly inspect it.
Would that remove the full brake pad surface?
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Normal wear can take them down to the backing plate if you ignore the noises for long enough so I'd think a sticking one would manage it. Or it was set wrong on that side so it's been binding the entire time. Who fitted the pads?
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The pads on that one were about four years old. They were fitted together with the discs by an Audi specialist in Coventry. They've done about 24,000 miles in the first two years. And then about 2,000 in the last two months.
I didn't hear any odd noises until today. Ah well we will see the damage. Luckily I've got another car so can afford to wait until the weekend and take a look then.
I didn't hear any odd noises until today. Ah well we will see the damage. Luckily I've got another car so can afford to wait until the weekend and take a look then.