What is the gearbox fault? Is it immediately obvious?

How much did you lose? I don’t think you’ll be getting it back so move on!

“On the sex offenders register for sure, and forced to undertake a sex offenders course in admitting the guilt and understanding that they, not the victim are the ones at fault.”

There goes shelf stacking in Slough Morrisons…

But our opinion is more important! we are the “customers”…

“I was referring to NHS staff. All those I know support all NHS staff being vaccinated if dealing with patients.”
I don’t! But then I’m not an NHS staff, just a possible patient, grateful to get fixed, maybe, but would like it if you were to wear a mask…

I couldn’t give a 5hit if you’re vaccinated or not! just don’t breathe all over me…

“What is all this ‘allowing’ of children to play / have fun, be ‘supervised’ at all times? Wrapping them in an adult led and controlled way ultimately fails to prepare them for life.

I would rephrase a lot of that around how you facilitate children learning to manage risks, relationships and creativity to occupy themselves. The best playgrounds I have been in the adults are barely involved – the children are too busy playing and doing what they want. Very few issues arise, and you end up with children well versed in making minor, age appropriate risk judgements (physically, socially and emotionally) in a primary or early secondary context.

By the time they hit an age old enough that the consequences of managing the risk – from crossing a road to being handed that big fat spliff – they know how to make judgements and deal with the emotions.”
Damn right! It’s not the STW way though…

Why not just get a healthy pup? If the dad can get collared, he’s not sharp enough out of the blocks!

Just as well yo have been enlightened then…

“No, being angry because you have tested covid positive seems like a strange emotion.”
Really? I’d be effin’ fuming! Stuff to do… not just fill me face with turkey ‘n pud!

“It’s not simply whether the government is right that is the issue, it’s whether senior healthcare professionals are wrong.”

It may depend on who pays them…

No, not aimed at Drac, or Cougar…
The mod in question is now an ex mod and his very shiny badge is up for grabs…

“I would have thought that a concerted effort to inform and educate would leave such a small minority unvaccinated that compulsion might not be necessary, and the few remaining could be deployed where they pose no risk.”

But Scientists are notoriously bad at explaining stuff to ordinary people. Who are they going to get to do that?
Look at all the self regarding clever clogs on here, including one mod, reduced to shouting at people who don’t agree with them…

“s it my imagination or does this particularly afflict Subaru’s? If so, what’s the reason?”
Outbacks have enough ground clearance to work under comfortably. Leggies probably not so good…
OP, I’ve texted me sis to see who she sold my old outback 3.0 to. They are a scrappie who may still have the exhaust, cats, H&S SS mid pipe and roughly 4 yr old twin silencers (sounds glorious!) . Message me if you’re interested…

Try finding it in the car park…

“Not geeky enough and sildenafil is going to be hard to fit on a UK plate.”

C14 LIS ?

Pointed out by a friend…

I’ve had A Rab downpour plus for dog walking duties for the last couple of years. I love it! Pit zips, a very decent hood, reasonable pockets, looks ok… All for about £100….

Check on Fixmystreet.com to see if the holes had been reported. all reports to them are forwarded to the council and displayed on their website.

“Me and some friends have a little poker tournement every so often – just playing with free chips in our own little closed room.

Is there any way to run sats on the players, most wins, most hands won etc across multiple games? to make a little performance chart?”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Unless money is involved it’s not poker! The whole psychology of the game changes. Play for matchsticks if you must but it really ain’t the same

“Pretty sure Subaru don’t make brake pads. You just need third party components of good quality and the correct size. It could be that the supplier is claiming the pads fit that particular model but they don’t really fit properly.”

No, Subaru pobably don’t make them, but they do sell them, in little boxes labelled “Subaru Genuine parts”. The people who make them have to stick to Subaru’s specs or they’re out on their ear…
Brembo probably don’t make their cheap “OE spec pads”, available from Euro Car Parts and other motor factors either, and they clearly don’t check they are actually the same. Not an area I will be economising on again!

Until everyone is sitting in their high chairs…

” I’ll be going to the local indy garage and speccing Brembos or similar.”

I thought I’d save a few quid and spec Brembos on my outback. Discs would warp and judder long before the pads were shot… It turned out the pad area on the Brembo pads was only about 2/3 that of the genuine Subaru pads, causing things to get a bit hotter than they should be, and necessitate early replacement of discs and pads.
A very false economy!

“So other than being drunk….what grounds would anyone. Have for refusing a breath test while driving a car other than being a capital unt.”

Because many people have had experiences of plod where where the officer involved has been a Capital Unt themselves. It only takes a couple of bad experiences with them to not feel inclined to co-operate…

Old motorbikes, from the 60/70/80s, so not that old, are/were very good investments according to the FT a couple of years ago. Kids of 18 lust after a bike, and 20/30/40 years later when they have a bit of spare cash, they get one and relive their yoof. You can get quite a few in the living room too…

2Unless you think FIAT currency is going to last forever,”

And why wouldn’t it?

” then Crypto in some way shape or form is going to shape the future of our storage of wealth in the future for sure.”

Something this volatile?

“Not if you’ve ever had to pass kidney stones.”

Been there, done that…
Add in hiccups the day after heart surgery, and combined they’re nowhere near as painful as that figure of fun — Gout!

“Without going all “considerably niche-er than yow” I much prefer Swiza to Victorinox when it comes to SAKs.”

Who?

“I thought the rally, with its bottle opener and screwdrivers, was the one. However reviews say the bottle opener is useless and it gave me doubts.”

The reviewers must have been ham fisted… It does require a bit of concentration to use the tiny bottle opener, but it mine never fails to open a bottle, and the knife is tiny…

“Its an actual message saying top up oil levels.

I have just looked in the manual and its says

‘It is normal to top up the oil level between services, it recommends to check and top up oil every 3000 miles and top up if necessary’.”
The manual will also tell you what spec oil you need. Not on the same page though, but hidden somewhere in the “specifications”…

Where in the world was it pinched?

Generic? Not genuine Shimano…?

Yes, I’m a **** too!
My deeds did matter, which is why the letter was sent SD, and the dog’s needs mattered too…
It was simple; he knows me, I was 200yds from my house, I was willing to have my pic taken as a happy letter collector, job done! happy punters…
But he wasn’t even willing to put it through the effing letter box FFS!
He could even have taken a pic of it inside on the mat…

And he’ll have to have another go on Monday, Tuesday, Wed…..
Making his workload bigger still!
multiply by 11…

Why not use a shimano olive at the shimano end and a Magura olive at the magura end?

What happened to flexibility?
He’s been my postie for 2 years and he knows me pretty well. There must be some sort of leeway in “The rules”, but no, apparently not. He wouldn’t even put it through the letter box, FFS!
If the PO, sorry, Royal Mail, insist on such rigidity then they’re going to lose market share, big time!
I no longer click on Royal Mail first class option when ordering something; it’s always another service if available. i’m sure I’m not alone…

“For me parcel force / royal mail are always the best for deliveries to me and the only ones I will send with”

A year ago I would have agreed with you. RM Special Delivery was my delivery option of choice for anything of value and general 1st class was way quicker than any other service.
However, I had been waiting in all this morning for an urgent package of low value. Postie usually delivers between 8 and 9.
11.30 and the dog was crossing his legs and his eyes so I relented and took him out. Just down the road I met him in his van and asked if he had an SD package for me, and could he give it to me now?
“Can’t do that…”
Even if you take a photo of me holding the package and my driving licence?
“nah, it has to be delivered to that address.”
It has to be delivered to me, and I’m here…
“it has to be delivered to that address. It’s the rules!”
OK, i’ll come back. It’ll only take me ten minutes…
“I can’t wait that long.”

He genuinely seemed surprised when I called him a ****!

Teach your kid to play the oboe, not a euphonium;
They’ll get a scholarship to anywhere!

“I know there’s a general new car shortage but should I be suspicious that there’s no actually useful information allowing me to cost the scheme being shared yet?”

Never mind costing the scheme; which car does your heart sing for?

who the **** would want to go anywhere at the moment anyway?

“Would anyone care to offer an opinion on why hospital admissions rose from around 100 a day in May to over 1000 a day in September and currently still around 750 a day?”

Freedom Day!
Boris coming on the telly and stating “we have beaten Covid”
The same belief among many on here?

Just oil it…
Lacquer will be a pain in the arse and look shit! Oil will be smooth and sexy in no time!

“…they’re not just expecting the council to dig them out the car park which 40 people could do in no time.”

If they had 40 shovels…

“and if he wasn’t a registered architect it was illegal for him to call himself an architect. ”

And yet, any monkey with a spanner and an oily rag can call themselves an engineer…