So... What oiled your gears today? ARCHIVE

[hellkat]

Aceeeeeed
👉😝👈
Mad stuff, innit.

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[1198]

My gears are currently been oiled by my first cold John Smiths of the day.
CHEERS!

[hellkat]

There is chocolate cake for breakfast. 😎
#degenerate
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[Howling Terror]

^^^Only a problem if low on teabags.
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[bhinso]

[Fisty]

PorkChop came home.

https://i.imgur.com/8QEDVVH.jpg?1
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TL1000R | Hayabusa | ZXR400 | TL1000S | Bandit 400 V
Fatter and faster than Fret

[recman]

[Easy-X]

[hellkat]

I decided to try a different scone from Gails Bakery for my morning tea, and have thus discovered their blueberry, ginger and apricot scone.

I'm not a fan of the blueberry in general, but this may be a game changer. It's not at risk of overtaking my favourite (maple and pecan) but ...

I might have to treat myself to another one tomorrow to see whether they perform even better when warmed gently in the microwave for 15 seconds.
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[1198]

[Ste]

Using my dremel to help with the washing up was a big success.

[Sister Sledge]

[recman]

O'Keeffe's working hands cream.
Its worked where nothing else has.

[Easy-X]

This'll be a long one, grab a cuppa...

There's a shop in my home town with a massive car park. It's well known that the car park is "administered" by what can only be described as "money grabbing cunts." (Previously rogue clampers but they all fucked that up so much the government actually passed laws.) So now they issue their speculative invoices.

Of course nobody takes any notice when the shop is shut and parks there to go to the pub or chippy and that's fine...

So I get a court thing through the post (small claims) saying I'd parked there "in breach of the Ts&Cs" WTF? Apparently nabbed @ 17:57 (shop closes at 6pm) very fishy. No ticket on the car that I recall, no letters through the post. Obviously I reply back to the court to say "fuck 'em, I'm fighting it."

I get back a biblical stack of paperwork from the claimants - thickness = intimidation as far as I could tell - but I actually took the time to read it Further analysis showed up a "copy-paste" job put together by... well, I would say a five year old but my granddaughter's actually pretty smart All throughout they cited the Ts&Cs but then submitted photos of signs with different Ts&Cs. They'd somehow also submitted pictures of the front of the shop while scaffolding was up doubling down on the "signs placed out of the way so you miss them" and not helping their own case at all!

The date of the "event" was in the summer but apparently the parking agent spoke to witnesses in the shop in September, errr... funnily enough the same date that the small claim was made, i.e. someone fucked up the dates, on a legal document

The parking contract was for a year and dated several years ago. It's only if you dug into the ultra-fine print you'd notice it was meant to be one of those "good until cancelled" rolling contracts. Crucially all the supporting documentation for the contract was for different Ts&Cs to the signage and the rest of the claim.

No prima facie evidence was given: no witness statement from the parking officer or shop staff (only the re-telling from the para-legal that drew up the paperwork) pictures of my car were from copies of copies of copies of the supposed letters they sent out and very poor quality.

The court asked for my defence. I just said I wasn't there at the time they alleged. I was thinking I'd just say "AFAIK I was parked when the shop was closed" (I was) and, even if not the case, 3 minutes? Bit cruel and then hope I got really, really lucky and had a sympathetic judge (i.e. one that might personally have been stung by similar parking tactics.)

I also requested the court look into whether the parking company actually had any authority, the contract being pretty ropy and all. Lo and behold today I get a letter through:

[hellkat]

I've started emptying all the packing crates of my crap that are populating my living room and getting in the way of my cleaning lady doing her job properly.

Lots of my cool stuff, I put away cos the boyfriend I was living with at the time didn't like my clutter.

Its not CLUTTER ... it's ECLECTIC.


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[hellkat]

Someone bought me a new wallet a couple of weeks ago, and I found a little card inside it that tells me its "RFID protected".

I didn't even know that was a Thing
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[Easy-X]

Wait! I know this one! "She's Eclectic" was Oasis?
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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]

[Polarbear]

[hellkat]

[Pete.]

I find it very handy that I can beep my card on the reader in the petrol station without removing it from my wallet.

Won't be so happy when the fuel price rises again as it holds £30 worth right now.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[recman]

Just a little good deed done today while on the dog walk.
A young lad asked if I knew how to fix the rear brake on his bike.
It was just a question of squeezing the blocks together and popping the cable back into its slot but the lad was watching with great interest and seemed amazed it was that simple.
I actually got a thank you.

[pepperami]

Got the riverside chalet booked for some early season fishing .
Got the right dates and the right location I wanted, yay!

Oh my life is so much on the the ragged edge
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[hellkat]

My lucky Russian wooden spoon seems to be working and I haven't even rubbed it lately.

I just glanced up at it and *thought* about polishing it, around a fortnight ago, and since then several offers of a small but unusual financial nature have presented themselves to me.

I am still vacillating as to whether to take any of them up.
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[Ste]

Someone has spotted some of my sticker work.



https://i.imgur.com/sWJ64fq.png
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