Starshine Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Golfingboy said: Watching Canada’s election…….looks like 4 more years of Justin Trudeau, unfortunately Is he Indian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I have a Fedex delivery coming at some point and they don't give a time slot, so having a lazy day until it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Been to my Pilates class 😇 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Just got my negative result from my day two Covid 19 test. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tko Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Deciding whether it feels like my arm has been hit with a ball peen hammer or punched by Mike Tyson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 hour ago, john luke said: Just got my negative result from my day two Covid 19 test. Ditto from me too. It was a worry as I travel again Friday night all being well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 55 minutes ago, boydeste said: Ditto from me too. It was a worry as I travel again Friday night all being well. A new avatar for you .. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Starshine said: Is he Indian? 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Nasty weather day here yesterday and not much changed today - even a chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow; meanwhile I've been working on changing the tires on my old full-size storage trailer - this thing has been sitting for many years and its dual tires are severely cracked up so I figured I'd best renew them with used rubber from my local neighbourhood tire guy. I'd been warned long ago by a mechanic friend that this particular design of wheel, named "Budd" wheels, can be a bugger to get apart because they use a twin-nut system that can be difficult to dismantle; with that in mind I purchased a cheap "torque multiplier" from Amazon that arrived in an astounding (for here!) six days and it worked like a charm. Of course both nuts came off together like I'd been told they would so then I had to run around and borrow a special tool to hold the big outer nut while I removed the inner nut - not a lot of fun but I managed to get it done. Surprisingly, the opposite side wheel nuts, which are left-hand thread, came off easily with the torque multiplier - go figure. Look closely and you'll see that this outer wheel came off with all of the nuts still stuck in it, I am simply bracing the wheel against the hub to steady it while I separate inner nut from outer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Stillearly said: A new avatar for you .. 😉 Says the Spanish globetrotter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Watching BBC News and wondering why one of their main stories is about how they followed an Iranian migrant for a year before he attempted to cross the channel. £2500 supposedly to give a trafficker, showed him buying a life jacket and mentioned he tried twice to get across the channel. Even showing him having a nice afternoon swimming in the sea, whoopee. This is the news, has the BBC lost its mind. The only positive I got from the story was that he decided, that after two tries, it was too dangerous to attempt the voyage again, even saying he had made a bit of a life in France and, so, decided to stay in France...RESULT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Last official day of Summer ... beautiful day , been at my Dads , mowing , strimming , weeding, digging and planting some fruit bushes - five bags of garden waste dropped of at the green waste site ... now going to sit on my balcony and soak up the sun , might even have a drink ... 😎 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Last official day of Summer ... beautiful day , been at my Dads , mowing , strimming , weeding, digging and planting some fruit bushes - five bags of garden waste dropped of at the green waste site ... now going to sit on my balcony and soak up the sun , might even have a drink ... 😎 You too? I'm having a tea break mid weeding.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Horizondave Posted September 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2021 Just got back from picking Porn up at one of the hospitals she will be working at. She started Monday and got her uniform today. Proud of her for working in Support Services for NHS Wales. 3 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Horizondave said: Just got back from picking Porn up at one of the hospitals she will be working at. She started Monday and got her uniform today. Proud of her for working in Support Services for NHS Wales. Congrats to her mate, hope she enjoys her new job. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 First official day of autumn - not that the distinction means much at this latitude - and it's been snowing since sometime last night; this will melt off, of course, but nobody's happy to see it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 11:09 AM, boydeste said: I have a Fedex delivery coming at some point and they don't give a time slot, so having a lazy day until it arrives. I had a DPD delivery yesterday (Day 2 test kit) and a text to say Muhammed would be at my door betwen 18:50 and 19:50. Well I saw a DPD van about 1:30pm a few hundred yards from home making a drop off and asked the guy if he was Muhammed and did he have something for my address. Yes, but he couldn't give it to me because his whereabouts and deliveries are tracked at all times. Madness. Pissed me off as I could have had a few more pints in the afternoon if I didn't have to be home for 18:50. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 hour ago, KWA said: I had a DPD delivery yesterday (Day 2 test kit) and a text to say Muhammed would be at my door betwen 18:50 and 19:50. Well I saw a DPD van about 1:30pm a few hundred yards from home making a drop off and asked the guy if he was Muhammed and did he have something for my address. Yes, but he couldn't give it to me because his whereabouts and deliveries are tracked at all times. Madness. Pissed me off as I could have had a few more pints in the afternoon if I didn't have to be home for 18:50. lol..... Kind of reminds me of some Grab drivers who become discombobulated when you ask them to drop you off before you reach the destination that is locked into the fucking computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, KWA said: I had a DPD delivery yesterday (Day 2 test kit) and a text to say Muhammed would be at my door betwen 18:50 and 19:50. Well I saw a DPD van about 1:30pm a few hundred yards from home making a drop off and asked the guy if he was Muhammed and did he have something for my address. Yes, but he couldn't give it to me because his whereabouts and deliveries are tracked at all times. Madness. Pissed me off as I could have had a few more pints in the afternoon if I didn't have to be home for 18:50. Doesn’t surprise me. The morning my IPhone was arriving in May, I was leaving for work and spotted a van around my townhouse complex. It wasn’t a UPS truck, but I asked nicely “ do you deliver stuff for UPS” ? She said yes, I politely asked if she had a phone for Eric, it was on the passenger seat! Showed her some ID and had my new phone, saving me at least one day plus a trip to the post office. I was shocked TBH she gave it to me. She was on a different delivery close by, and had slowed down enough near my car for me to get her attention. So many rules these people have to follow, like Muhammad above, for fear of losing their job. Lucky for me, this time common sense won Edited September 23, 2021 by Golfingboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Regarding the recent posts on deliveries:- I've noticed a white pickup driving around delivering parcels to houses around the general area of Pattaya Tai, Arunothai and soi Bongkot ( and maybe beyond!). There is no sign of a tarp, mechanical lid or any sort of protection from the elements. I had a peak inside it when walking passed it yesterday whilst he was on the phone. Some of the parcels didn't seem to have protection from rain either. Now, I know a thing or two about the recent rain storms, how the f**k does he stop them from getting wet during a sudden downpour or a continual light shower???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Regarding the recent posts on deliveries:- I've noticed a white pickup driving around delivering parcels to houses around the general area of Pattaya Tai, Arunothai and soi Bongkot ( and maybe beyond!). There is no sign of a tarp, mechanical lid or any sort of protection from the elements. I had a peak inside it when walking passed it yesterday whilst he was on the phone. Some of the parcels didn't seem to have protection from rain either. Now, I know a thing or two about the recent rain storms, how the f**k does he stop them from getting wet during a sudden downpour or a continual light shower???? I would imagine he has a sheet of some kind inside the truck which can be deployed as and when needed. A sheet with elastic bungies attached can be fitted within seconds. Being a multi-drop delivery driver is FAR easier when you have easy access to the cargo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, SteveBC said: I would imagine he has a sheet of some kind inside the truck which can be deployed as and when needed. A sheet with elastic bungies attached can be fitted within seconds. Being a multi-drop delivery driver is FAR easier when you have easy access to the cargo. Yes mate, I understand that is the likely solution but I have had 3 pickups here since '97 (2 x Tigers and 1 x Vigo) and the very least I would do was to have it in place but rolled back ready to deploy because doing it by yourself from scratch (i.e. taken from the cab) really doesn't take seconds. Interestingly, during all that time I never considered the possibility of theft ... but perhaps I had nothing of value in the back worth stealing...!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 1:56 AM, Horizondave said: I looked at the rates offered and realised a fixed tariff was the best way forward, saw the 2 year deal which was the best by far, On 9/21/2021 at 6:09 AM, bob lt said: Found a new supplier at original price fixed for 2 years Were either of you in credit with your variable tariff companies and was it transferred across..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Were either of you in credit with your variable tariff companies and was it transferred across..?? Mine have been fixed tariff for many years. Still in the process of transferring this time but yes, the last 3 times, credit balances have been carried forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Thinking the mug lied.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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