What Grinds my gears archive B

[blurredman]

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CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S, 1979 MZ TS150.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 52k.

[recman]

[Freddyfruitba...]

People who choose to make their proposal of marriage extremely publicly (they so deserve to get a "err.. no!" in response)
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KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS

[Ste]

[thx1138]

agressive beggars on trains

not outside the station, not on the platofrm, but working the actual train doing a "selling" scam.


train communting is already miserable enough JUST GO AWAY!

[Freddyfruitba...]

[M.C]

Microsoft's spam filter seems to be broken, been getting loads of messages about various shit (security codes, undelivered packages, Argos/retail stuff) the last few days actually getting through to my inbox

[to v or not to v]

[Polarbear]

This could be here or under 'oiled my gears'.

Extractor fan in the bathroom went bang this morning and took out the lights breaker. That's the 'grind' part. The 'oil' part is wifey was in there and shat herself.

It's a good thing she was sitting on the loo at the time.
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[hellkat]

I've got the headcold from hell.
And throat like a nest of razor wire.
Headache, sneezing, streaming eyes, runny nose, earache, : the full on experience.

I am not H.P.
But I have fresh lemons and whiskey, hoorah!

I think I shall take my laptop to bed and perve some more on that pert little Irish chap in Downton Abbey.
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[Easy-X]

I'll see your head cold and raise you cellulitis

I've had to cave and see the doc, now on a course of antibiotics. "Just walk it off" wasn't working

Wife pissed off 1: I'm registered with a different GP and, outside of the Covid jabs, I've never bothered them. Call in the morning, diagnosed in the afternoon, prescription filled an hour later.*
Wife pissed off 2: Now resting my swollen leg like a 17^th Century toff with gout so I miss out on tea duty and putting the decorations back in the loft. (Feeling better about spending my Christmas bonus on a Noble gaming chair.)
Wife pissed off 3: my calm stoicism despite obvious discomfort. "You don't seem very concerned by any of this." Would it help?

I even notified my work and they assumed I'd need a few days off to recover. I didn't bother correcting them. But for the searing pain I'd probably put this in the "oiled gears" thread.

*Wife's GP: lucky to ever book any sort of appointment. Prescriptions rarely filled on time.
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[MCN]

[thx1138]

self diagnosed arthritits, pain at night keeping me awake, the futilty of trying to get anywhere with the GP right now, or ever probably

[hellkat]

How can one's nose feel so blocked and yet still be runny?

A combination sniff/snort/sneeze provided a large pink "furball" from the back of my sinuses including what looks like a piece of a minor blood vessel - ugh.

Perhaps I snorted half my sinuses out
I wouldn't mind so much but I'm not even a coke head - hate the stuff.

So I did a SinusRinse to see if more blood was present (fortunately not).
I also did a covid test which was negative.
So at least that's something.

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[Easy-X]

The good news is your sinuses are one of the few parts of the body that can fully regenerate, starfish-style. (I think the other is your liver.)
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Royal Enfield Continental GT 535, Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[hellkat]

That is helpful to know
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[A100man]

[pepperami]

[to v or not to v]

wench took the pup to get castrated today.
my dog is a tranny
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Moto Guzzi V7.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Islander]

[Nobby the Bastard]

Both of my dogs and my bitch have been done.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[stinkwheel]

My new fucking printer.

First time I have EVER bought a new printer.

HP laserjets have a good reputation for compatability and since I use linux, I went for one.

After a few niggles getting it set up, I had it working. Then it stopped working. Then it spat out a page saying I'd exhausted my setup pages and in order to use my printer I am now required to:

Connect it to the internet.

Download their app. (which does not work on linux)

Register an account with HP.

Agree to their terms and conditions. One of which is the printer will stop working if I ever use anything but an HP toner.

So now I have a printer which requires a constant internet connection to work so HP can monitor my useage and try to sell me toner. If I fit anything but an HP toner, it'll shut down.

It will also only print 32 pages at once, after which it shuts off and marks the job complete.

I am fucking raging!

I get 1500 pages per month worth of free toner for the first 6 months. I shit you not, I'm going to start printing black squares on the last day of each month until it stops. Then it's going in a skip.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Robby]

Printers are that one bit of technology that seems to have actively gotten worse.

Thinking back to my first printer, which was an HP colour inkjet in about 1999, and comparing it to my current newish inkjet, there is no appreciable improvement in print quality, speed, noise, or physical size.

The ink doesn't last as long. You have to have some kind of app installed. It does have wifi, which could be a plus, but it also follows the standard IoT method of patching (throw it in the bin and buy a new one) so it sits on my untrusted network.

Most annoying thing is that the only time I tend to use it is when I need to print a label to return a parcel, because ebay doesn't make people say when they're using Evri.

[stinkwheel]

I forgot to mention, the reason it can't be setup on linux is because the way it connects to the internet is so insecure, it bounces off the port security.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.