Todays - What Grinds my gears

[blurredman]

[hellkat]

The dog is in disgrace for chasing Dennis, my tripod cat.

I nearly pissed myself* in fear that I couldn't get off the sofa quick enough to rescue the cat.
I could see the dog's hackles were up in excitement of the cat appearing to be vulnerable (for once), due to falling on her one-legged side and unable to get back up.
The cat was spitting and hissing (as usual) but scuffling like a turtle on its back trying to re-establish her upright position.
I spent a lot of money on that cat at the vets getting her through a bout of throaty lymphoma and I wasn't about to let the dog rip her throat out while she had the chance.

Luckily we both survived the crisis and the dog has been banished to her bed for the evening, little toe-rag.




*yes, I had been lying on the sofa reading a book and thinking that I really should get up for a wee, when my friend Moira rang and the dog went for Dennis simultaneously.
Moira, who is jumpy at the best of times, was wondering what the fuck was going on, World War 3 at chez hellkat with the cat spitting and me roaring at the fuckin dog
Fucking loony bin and I'm the only person here
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[to v or not to v]

[stinkwheel]

I'm irrationally annoyed by the new Burger King delivery advert which is set in an operating theater.

They have their surgical gloves under the cuffs of their gowns. The gloves go over the cuff.

I realise this is totally irrational because they're eating burgers in an operating theater but it smacks of poor attention to detail.

I'm pretty sure any other surgeons who see it are equally as uncomfortable with this. Also probably in part because I spent what seemed like an unreasonably long time learning how to put on a pair of latex gloves over a gown without my fingers coming out of the end of the sleeves or anything touching the outside of the glove other than the outside of the other glove.
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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.

[A100man]

[Freddyfruitba...]

"This is Clive, your local energy advisor..."

If you know, you know.
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KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS

[stinkwheel]

[Polarbear]

[stinkwheel]

[stinkwheel]

Credit card company have just reduced my limit £500.

This is a total pain in the arse, it's less than I spend on it every month and wouldn't cover the deposit on a hire car when i go on holiday. It won't cover my insurance payment due next month so I need to sort it out.

I suppose I'm a bad customer in that I've had the same card for 15 years and have never paid a penny of interest. Full balance is cleared every month by direct debit, I just use it for the added security it gives for online purchases and larger purchases. The only other debt I have is my mortgage which is actually overpaid by more than double every month.

Now I have to spend my half day fucking about on the phone either getting it raised again or cancelling it (it's useless with a £500 limit) and getting a different one.
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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.

[BanditsHigh]

[Polarbear]

I have a Halifax credit card that I got for emergencies when abroad with a 10 grand limit so I could get a flight back home from anywhere if I was stuck there. About every 3 years they threaten to close it so I go and buy something on it to keep them happy. They've never threatened to reduce the limit though, never heard of that one before.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[stinkwheel]

Thing is, I use this card quite a lot (it's on my amazon account among other things). I spend over £500 on it most months.

Weird. They clearly don't want me as a customer any more. Fine, I'll go somewhere else. I have no brand loyalty and realistically, none of the various features and attributes of different credit cards make the slightest difference to me.

Wont be a barclaycard though, for one their payments system seem to regularly fuck-up and that's what Mrs stinkwheel has so in the event of being on overseas, it's good to have access to two different payment systems.
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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.

[Freddyfruitba...]

[Polarbear]

[A100man]

[stinkwheel]

[that_impulse_guy]

neighbour...hangs washing across the fence.
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Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
Now: Suzuki GSX400X, Suzuki RF900R, NS400R

[panrider_uk]

My Co-Op Visa card has gradually reduced from £12k to just over £2.5k over the years

I never needed the £12k but £2.5k is a bit low
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100 Pan European

[hellkat]

I went on date #2 with some herbert, during which time he mentioned that he had an on-again-off-again relationship with some woman.

I was barely interested as it was.

The only reason I didn't walk out of the pub on him straight away was that I still had half a glass of wine.

I've been on the wrong end of several relationships where - after a considerable amount of time - blokes I've been become reasonably soft on have decided to return to an ex, rather than stick with me ... and I am just no longer up for that shite.

So I let him walk me to the train station and then he decided to shove his tongue in my mouth at the entrance to the train station in public and everything ... and wondered why I texted him to tell him I wasn't interested by the time I got home.

I'm too old for this shit
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[BanditsHigh]

[A100man]

[hellkat]

[stinkwheel]

Computers in charge of fucking everything, especially where a simple switch would do.

In the van this morning (2024 citroen dispatch), turned off the annoying stop-start function. Screen locked up, radio went off, electronic dash went blank.

Ok, I thought, I'll just cycle the ignition key and it'll probably restart the electonics. Key off. Engine still running. Well that's weird. Key out. STILL running (but steering lock engaged which was an error, got it back in again pretty sharp though).

So key off and out had no effect, vehicle was still running and powered up.

Stopped at work, key out and it was still running. Put in in neutral and the start-stop which hadn't turned off killed the engine. Walked away from it, locked the doors and went inside for 10 minutes. Came back out and the locked up centre screen was still on, still no dash.

Locked it up again and left it for an hour. Came back out and it all turned on again as normal but was displaying a battery charge warning. Presumably it didn't power itself down until the battery panic system kicked in.

All fine now but fuck me. How can you market a vehicle that can have an electronic glitch that leaves the engine running with the fucking key out? Clearly the key switch isn't actually a switch, it's a suggestion input.

Checked on the way home tonight and key off does kill the engine now.
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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.