Todays - What Grinds my gears

[hellkat]

Bit of a bugger if you need to put in some fuel, I expect.
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[Robby]

[Easy-X]

Not so much "gears ground" but bemused.

Yesterday I espied a guy in a Mercedes on his tod wearing a face mask No TFL sticker or other evidence of being a taxi, car was a bit too grubby if anything.

Maybe the body in the boot was kicking off a bit.
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Easy-X]

Wasting an entire afternoon with the Virgin Media chat window. Calling their 150 number just takes you to automated payments: "your outstanding balance is... zero pounds. Please enter your card details now."

I think it's taken me 6 or 7 iterations of the Chatbot and/or Indonesian call centre slaves to find anyone the least be cooperative but it looks like I might manage to haggle them down to the same price as the previous 18 months, give or take a couple of quid.

An afternoon's work or see my bill double

<addendum> haggled 'em down to £4 cheaper per month than the last contract for the exact same services
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[hellkat]

[hellkat]

Today I am mostly emailing 165 people.
One.At.A.Time.


Perhaps I could have used mail-merge (or indeed AI) to do it but it would take me longer to work out HOW to do it than to actually do it.

Luckily it is the same message/attachment so I only have to do minor faffing and then press send on each one, and now I am "in the swing of it". (I am already up to #50, anyway)

Sooner or later some of them will read it, freak out and I will have to deal with the fall-out.
Hopefully not until tomorrow/in dribs and drabs over the next few weeks.

One hopes one will not have to email the other 200-ish people.

If nothing else it will be an enriching exercise.
There may also be some schadenfreude ...
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[panrider_uk]

Broke a tooth.
Fortunately I was due at the dentist for a checkup next week anyway
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100A

[CrypticCrud]

Overnight petrol dropped to £129.9 from £133.9.

When i filled up yesterday. Fuckers.

And how come 4p in 1 night?
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I've done my CBT.

Nothing else to report.

[to v or not to v]

[BanditsHigh]

[Easy-X]

[hellkat]

I do use Office but not 365 in any effective way, I'm still in old skool mode.

I used to be the mailmerge champ in pre-Windows days so its not that I can't use it - I had just started down the road of emailing, and there were a fair few that needed little extra additions ("the personal touch") in the message as I was sending them.

Anyway, it's all done now, nose to the grindstone an' all that
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[Easy-X]

Lot of bikes getting nicked in my area. Typical pattern:

* steal bike
* fuck it up (break steering lock)
* push it to a quiet spot
* fuck it up some more (attempt to hotwire it like in the movies)
* give up
* dump it in the river

Bring back the pillory on the village green
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[stinkwheel]

[blurredman]

I often thought about using a dummy ignition key on the bike when in high crime areas.

When the person jumps out at the traffic lights and takes your key and runs away expecting you to run after him - No fear or hassle, just take a 2nd key from your pocket and carry on.
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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 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 39k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 50k.

[hellkat]

Quite a while ago, I switched to mainly listening to Radio 6 because the music was more my kinda groovy thing than Radio 2 - which I find to be mostly lift music for boomers these days.

But tonight it was full of whiny DJs who seemed to be using their programme instead of going to their fucking therapist. I swear one of them nearly had a nervous breakdown whilst talking about his trans friend who was locked up for (I can't remember what the fuck for, I was mortified by the complete meltdown into emo, I nearly threw up)

So I ended up going onto Radio 4 (going from one extreme to the other) and even they were being weepy and "supportive" - I ended up actually back on Radio 2 but eventually I had to leave the house and walk the dog for ten minutes just to get away from them, LOL

To be fair, I'm super grumpy having had a really difficult few weeks but at least I havent burst into whingeing tears of self-pity in public.

For. Fucks. Sake.

/rant

Edit: turns out it was a band at a live event not a DJ.

Still ...
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[Skudd]

BT/EE supposed to be fitting their fibre thingy, today will be their fifth attempt. First was BT, guy came told me he was only going to put the box in the hall and it was up to me to connect to the TV. Sent him packing. Then EE came, agreed that what I wanted with regards location and cabling, but hadn't brought enough cable, EE again came, but I wasn't connected to the distribution box and so left. Then they just didn't turn up. So now they are coming today. Fingers crossed. Still didn't get the order right, but told that I was to let them fit it, then cancel parts of the contract so that I end up with what I asked for in the first place.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Not exactly a “grinds” but this’ll do. I’m still commuting by car so props to those riders on the A1 around Stevenage, but there’s one guy on a Yamaha MT-something (I think) who weaves big-time instead of riding down the centre-line. You can’t be seen, mate. Three lanes, he’s in the right hand lane but instead of riding the dotted line he swings left to undertake, swings back into the right lane between cars (out of sight of my wing mirror) and then swings back out again. All the way. I don’t change lanes without checking but plenty seem to. It’ll catch matey-boy out.

Also those who use hazard flashers while filtering. Pointless, they’re only noticeable after you’ve filtered past.

[stinkwheel]

Ordered a health monitor thingy to see what my heart rate etc is doing with regard to activities/stress to try to get a handle on some chronic fatigue symptoms.

Checked the system requirements. Android 9 or higher. Fine, my tablet's running 11. Order the monitor and get the link to download the app. Not compatible with my device.

I contact customer support querying this, in short, either tell me how to fix it or tell me how to do a return. They reply saying their app is only for phones, not tablets, because reasons.

I can tell you what those reasons are. Lazy fucking coding.
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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.

[to v or not to v]

pigeons. greedy, persistent, little feckers.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[P.]

[stinkwheel]

[Easy-X]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

From the St. Albans Cathedral Facebook page,

“Today, a very sad incident occurred at our peregrine falcon nest, resulting in damage to the eggs. We are currently working with the Rural Operational Support Team at Hertfordshire Constabulary, and a person is assisting the police with their enquiries. The live cam will remain offline until further notice.”

https://www.stalbanscathedral.org/peregrine-live-cam

[P.]