Todays - What Grinds my gears

[hellkat]

Yes I specially bought kosher mayonnaise which I used instead of butter.
And I sat the sliced tomatoes on a spare slice of bread to get the worst of the moisture out of them.

Turned out not to need them, so I brought them home again.

The dog scoffed the salt beef but turned her nose up at the chopped herring (I suspect it was the raw onion which I *tried* to pick out
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I advertised a paddock stand on Facebook Marketplace and gave my address to the first respondent, who also asked when he could come round. Waited all evening but no-show and still no message two days later. Just rude. I had even put off another punter saying I thought it would be collected imminently. Anyhow, a stranger now knows my address and that I probably own a bike. Christ, who’d work with the public!? Bastards.

[to v or not to v]

[hellkat]

Yes I know it is, that is why I picked it out.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[CrypticCrud]

It’s taken 22 months for a sexual assault case to be heard.. so off to court tomorrow as a witness.

22 months.. it’s a fucking joke.
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CBT - Aug24, Theory - Jun25, Mod 1 - Jul25, Mod 2 - Sep25
Kawasaki Z125 > Honda Z125

[P.]

[Skudd]

Some prat who lives opposite my daughter decided to reverse into my car. His excuse was that there wasn't normally a car parked there so he didn't look. Anyway, me being a reasonable person let him do things outside of insurance as his excess is £1,500 and it's a £500 type job. Good job it wasn't the bike, otherwise I'd be up for murder.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[CrypticCrud]

Gregg Wallace.. what a total twat!
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CBT - Aug24, Theory - Jun25, Mod 1 - Jul25, Mod 2 - Sep25
Kawasaki Z125 > Honda Z125

[to v or not to v]

stopped at a roadside pub in the new forest for a meal today.
cheeky bastards added 12.5% "discretionary charge" to the final bill.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[Easy-X]

If they call it "service charge" they have to pay tax. "Discretionary" hand waves in into the realm of tips that aren't taxed at the moment. Rachel from accounts will get onto it soon.
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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

[Ste]

12.5% discretionary charge?

Please remove the discretionary charge, thank you come again.

[Easy-X]

You really want your server to scowl at you?! You're cold, ste, ice cold
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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

[panrider_uk]

Doesn't matter - too late for him to spit in your food
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Current bikes: Honda ST1100 Pan European. Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

A decent place would have a tronc master and all the service charges, tips included, would be precisely distributed amongst the staff
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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]

Zevon the werewolf got rained on and I think his battery has gone kaput.

He's stopped howling and his eyes don't light up purple any more.
There was briefly a sort of clicking noise but now even that's stopped.

Oh well *guitar riff*
It was fun while it lasted.

I have put a bin-liner on him as a sort of raincoat and I will take it off at Halloween to scare the little kids
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[recman]

Full on firework displays starting already around my way ffs!

[Jmoan]

[to v or not to v]

[stinkwheel]

A while back someone rear-ended Mrs stinkwheels car at a roundabout (a peugeot RCZ). Insurance wrote it off sight unseen. I had a look and it wasn't that bad so we decided to keep it, got a hefty payout which IMO was more than enough to fix it so that didn't particularly grind any gears.

Took it into a local bodyshop who had previously done a cracking job on one of my motors in a similar circumstance. When it came back, it looked like crap, still big gaps in the bodywork, rear light not working, parking sensors reading a fault and it turns out it's raining in. That mildly ground my gears.

Took it to another spot this week to give it a look over and now my gears are very ground. They actually had a proper look. Turns out the alloy rear bumper support bar is totally mullered (as it should be after a shunt, that's its job). I originally thought it was which is why we took it to a body shop in the first place. Hadn't been touched and this is the main reason why everything is off-whack. Got a replacement for £35.

Going in deeper he said he can't see anything wrong with the reversing sensors themselves but they are unplugged and he can't see where they plug in. A bit of digging reveals the secondary ECU they plug into is gone. It's just straight-up been removed from where it lives inside the boot leaving two empty bolt holes. Again, a replacement was beer money from a breakers. No way it was damaged in the shunt though, it couldn't have gone anywhere if it had fallen off and no clear reason why you'd remove it. I can only conclude the initial body shop have nicked it for some reason.

Anyway, the new guy seems to know what he's about. The first body shop have fully ground my gears though. I could go back to them and complain but it's unlikely to achieve anything. However, this is a small town/rural area and I talk to people.
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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]

bought something off Ebay last week. seller never posted it and ignored my message.
now i have to wait another 3 days for Ebay to arrange to refund me.

why put something up for sale and then be a twat?
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.

[stinkwheel]

Ordered something I need on Thursday morning using next day delivery on Amazon prime yesterday.

Got a notification it's been dispatched with Royal mail...
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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.