Over the years we’ve had to do this 5 times. I sit in the waiting room bawling like a baby. Mrs Z goes into the surgery with them, but I just can’t face it.

You know it’s for the best, but it is a tough thing to do. I doubt she’ll be as upset when I go.

Sounds like the gambler who never loses

Why? Just cos you couldn’t do it? My old boss could be as pissed as a newt at 3am, by 7,30 he’d appear at breakfast none the worse for wear. Not driving of course, but no hangover, no headache, no upset tummy.

You just need to be a serious drinker.

Another fan heater user here for when it’s frosty (outside!) at 06.30 when Mrs Z leaves for work. Unfortunately it’s me who has to get up and turn it on while she enjoys a few more minutes in bed.

It was odd in that anything that you needed to work before you got in the car or with the ignition off still works. Central locking, radio, hazard lights and the running lights that come on when you open the doors.

Its everything else that comes to life when the ignition is acivated that doesn’t work.

Don’t get drunk on dark rum. Not sure if it’s good advice as I’ve never drank dark rum.

Buy the best paintbrush you can afford.

Finish one job before you start another. The guy next door’s house is full off half finished projects. Mrs Z simply wouldn’t tolerate it.

^^^^ That’s what she’s going to be doing come Monday morning. I was just curious as it’s happened twice while I’ve been driving it. There’s nothing plugged in to the 12v power socket.

It is a brotherwood conversion for his wheelchair, but it’s been fine since new and I’ve been driving it since day one. When it happened the first time I thought about sticking a couple of 7.5 amp fuses in my pocket. I’m not sure if just replacing the fuse would get the thing to start of if it would need the electrics rebooting from a lap top or similar to clear any codes orcreset it. It’s fuse SC39 if I remember correctly.

I thought the homage to the barn raising scene from Witness was brilliant. Them lifting the side of the gazebo with their detectors and the passing of the lemonade between rivals was sublime. A word used more often in this thread than any other I’d imagine.

Binners is right about the Royle Family. The very opening scene where Ken is cleaning the bogs and The Greatest Love of All is playing. He puts the toilet blocks in the urinals as the words “you can’t take away my dignity” are heard is another treasured memory.

Ever noticed how, whenever someone who knows the road and what their car is capable of speaks up, the numbnuts who like to speak in daft kitschy phrases always come out for a dig?

I know my road and what my car is capable of. Is it OKk for me to drive up it at twice the speed limit?

The rules don’t apply to me, surely.

Happened to me earlier this year. A bolt out of the blue. Totally unexpe Ted. Wasn’t the best day I’ve had, but found a job easy enough, couple of emails and an interview, sorted. Same industry too, much to my surprise.

It’s not as bad as you think and there’s always the money to spend or stash away for a rainy day. Mind you, it helps if you’re an old fart with no drains on your income. More worrisome I guess if you’ve got a mortgage and kids still at home to worry about.

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Go on, you know you want to…..

Damn, already suggested, sorry.

I often use the bus for work. They run every 20 minutes and the journey takes between 35 and 40 minutes.

It’s not all shit outside London, but don’t let stop your wild generalisations. Cos only your opinion counts, right OP.

I usually use mine when I fill up the car once in a while or purchase something on line just to keep it ticking over.

I prefer not to have any debt so pay off the balance, small though it is, each month.

It’s handy to have for emergencies though.

Me too. I had a pile of 20 of them ready for this as well. But just as I picked up the first one,it slipped out of my fingers and just crushed the whole lot into tiny pieces.

Did it lead to the collapse of the nearby stack of Belgian waffles?

So why has there not been a single whistleblower? It would have taken many hundreds of people many weeks to wire the buildings for demolition. During this time thousands of workers were using the building daily. Not one saw anything funny? NO det cord, no removed supports, no evidence of anything

They did it at night when the workers went home, silly.

I’ve recently bought a Dianese Tempest suit. Cracking kit. Waterproof and warm enough to commute in with just a shirt and lightweight trousers on underneath.

Cost £400 and worth every penny.

Make the journey or don’t buy it. Simples.

Don’t dip your pen in company ink. I was told this 40 years ago and it’s advice I’ve heeded.

When it goes tits up, and it usually does, they nearly always side with the woman

Probably, in just the same way that everyone in the UK with a car is a terrorist.
#rollseyes

So, kill 8 people with a pick up truck and your a criminal, get out of the cab and wave a gun around and you’re a terrorist. I understand now, thank you #flipsyouthebird.

Latest suggests he got out with some sort of gun so being treated as terrorism

Wouldn’t that make nearly everyone in America a terrorist.

I liked it when I saw the Ramble in my LBS window. Quite tempted to treat myself but managed to resist the urge. Might check out the new colour scheme, but I do like the blue.

It’s a bit like smoking. They’ll tax it to the hilt in a lukewarm effort to stop it, but they want your money more.

That machine that let’s you gamble up to £100 every 20 seconds :o that is atrocious.

They always miss out the bit where your gentleman’s package is sliced off and burnt before your eyes

If it happens to me I hope it’s not done on a cold day.

Don’t think I could stand the laughter. I’d die of shame. No bad thing, possibly.

That reminds me to dig out last year’s poppy. Save having to make a donation this year.

Hill did the double, 62 and 68.

That’s not what the poster was referring too. Read up about it.

Of course it will feel strange if you’ve never sat on one before. What did you expect?

Do your CBT it won’t cost the earth and you’ll get a taste for a small bike and then one a bit bigger if you opt for direct access.

Millions of people ride bikes every day, they survive in much the same way that most car drivers do. You don’t have to ride like a nutter, well, not all of the time anyway.

As my dad said “It’s easy to give up smoking, I’ve done it hundreds of times”

The OP’s gone very quiet. What’s the betting he regrets posting about this now :D

I’m liking Ling though. :oops:

Grow a pair , HR are useless !
Challenge them on the spot, it happens all the time in our work, and I call them out, it’s disgusting and totally out of order

This. Just don’t shake their hand when you leave.

Who’s going to police it anyway? I seldom see coppers when I’m out on the bike, motorbike or car.

The lady in Boots offers you a free flu jab and when you give her your date of birth she says sorry, but you need to pay cos it’s only free for pensioners.

My wife is still laughing about it and it happened last year :cry:

I’m 60 next May and giving serious thought to treating myself to a Snowdon Paradox.

However, the age old question beckons, disc or rim brakes…..

Tell her if she expected a warranty she should’ve bought a new bike.

Perhaps the OP should tell his mummy about the nasty man.

For **** sake, grow up.

If ever my mother goes first and my father does that, I’ll congratulate him/them, give his new partner a warm welcome and wish them both the best.

That’ll warm the cockles of your mother’s heart.

That’s it, call it Gregory.

Maybe you could ask the 97% of the Falkland population who voted to stay a British community.

Surely the 3% didn’t accept the outcome of the vote. That’s not the STW way.

Mrs Z is away for 10 days looking after the grandchildren while our daughter’s gone on holiday.

I’m loving it, but having done the square root of **** all this weekend, it’s amazing how quickly time goes when you’re alone.

Can I interest you in every magic beans I have?

Market prices, or do you give all your unwanted stuff away? You can but my Z750 that I use for commuting for £600. In ten years time though