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1 hour 35 minutes to get out an Ikea car park, and the 30 minutes to drive 25 miles home...
Darned frustrating. I hope it was worth the trip..sales maybe ?
1 hour 35 minutes to get out an Ikea car park, and the 30 minutes to drive 25 miles home...
Public transport would be around the same hour and a half each way (assuming the buses are not caught in the same traffic queue) as it took today, I think the moral is just don’t go![]()
We are still in 2019, yet when I went up the road to Tescos for some milk, they already had Easter eggs out on the shelves![]()
Costco had Easter eggs before ChristmasWe are still in 2019, yet when I went up the road to Tescos for some milk, they already had Easter eggs out on the shelves![]()
BummerSecurity update to my phone. Bricked it requiring a factory reset and reinstall all the apps.
Wow... That's a design fail that I don't want in a car.My Peugeot RCZ couldn't be jacked up to change a wheel or it would crack/shatter the rear screen, too much body flex apparently.
Too pretty a car to ignore unfortunatelyWow... That's a design fail that I don't want in a car.
I was driving along at 70mph on a dual carriageway and about to pass a slip road from an M25 junction. I saw quite a bit of traffic on the slip road so moved to the outside lane to let the mixture of cars, lorries and vans pull out.
There had to be one idiot not content with that, he decides to slowly drift straight across into the outside lane right in front of me, no indicators and progess so slowly, they barely overtook the car inside them.
Then over cautiously brakes every few seconds because they were in danger of catching up with cars way off in the distance.
If they did, they were wrong. The closest I got was when they pulled across the front of me.Probably thought you were too close ....![]()
Seriously? are you sure?WAMT1: managed to post this in the wrong section
WAMT1: managed to post this in the wrong section
WAMT2: Home insurance renewal time. Old quote £170. New one £197. Pah! I know I'll use a price comparison website. Cheapest was £193. I used the mortgage provider's website as they discount mortgage customers. £300.![]()
Yup. Up until now, I've changed insurers every year. But it looks like there are price increases across the board.Is that only the first renewal?
I've always been an advocate of the 12 days of Christmas. To the point where, if I were in charge, Christmas would last from 25th December until 6th January, people wouldn't be able to put up decorations until 24th, and shops would be allowed to sell Christmas stuff from 1st Dec until 6th Jan.I've counted 4 houses nearby that still have christmas lights adorning the exterior and two are the flashing type![]()
My Peugeot RCZ couldn't be jacked up to change a wheel or it would crack/shatter the rear screen, too much body flex apparently.
So I take the wife to work daily for a 7am start, and normally then get myself a Friday morning sausage and egg bap from a local cafe on the way into the office, except now working from home I have discovered there isn’t anywhere to get one on the route back from her place of work without a 5 mile detour at this time of day...yes I have made my own but no friendly banter, decent coffee and now have to wash up after myself![]()
Yup I already had two Malteaser bunnies for lunch.The shops are clearing the Chistmas crap away until August now to make room for the Eater egg
Two things: either he's very old school in unplugging things from the walls, or he's lonely and the only way to get any company is to do stuff so you have to go round.Wamt - my flippin dad, I know he's 90 but FFS how many times do I have to tell him not to unplug stuff
Both. I should be glad he wants me to go round I know. Wasnt helped by my wife suggesting 'we' rip up our garden this summer, it's mostly paved (the garden, not the wife), so it looks like another summer with very little spare time to myself. I feel such an a******e.Yup I already had two Malteaser bunnies for lunch.
Two things: either he's very old school in unplugging things from the walls, or he's lonely and the only way to get any company is to do stuff so you have to go round.
Wamt - my flippin dad, I know he's 90 but FFS how many times do I have to tell him not to unplug stuff as it screws things up, such as timers and to press the TV remote until the TV flashes green then it's active and he can watch things on it. But no he has to keep unplugging stuff and I have to go round and reset timers etc. Then he wonders why his bed is cold when he gets in it, latest one is the plug fell out of the wall. I know he's lonely, I know he's on his own but really, something every day!
I know, I am going to Hell as I am an inconsiderate bstd son-in-law.
MiL's similar but doesn't keep getting us over to sort timers etc.. Mainly because very few things she has have timers on them! The only problem thing was the telly but we've managed to persuade her that bending down to unplug it might cause her to fall and need more care and she's fiercely independent so wants to avoid homes or sheltered housing at any cost so she leaves that plugged in and on.
I remember going back probably 12 years or more,with the live announcement at the end of the programme.The relatively recent increase in snowflaking on TV,