(28-01-19, 10:23 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: Were they checking if you were smuggling in any illegal immigrants, or if you were using red diesel, or wearing your seat belt, or on the phone :lol
You mentioning red diesel,must be 30yrs ago now I got a pull for using it,they take 3 samples in wirelocked canisters,the ministry have one ,you have one and I can't remember who has the other,at that time if it was your first time and you wasn't running a business they settle out of court with a fine,but leave you with no doubt if you're caught again it's a big deal and sometimes can lead to a stretch!Anyway I'd got away with it for some time which was just as well because I was racing at the time and going up and down the country in the roughest trannie you could imagine,it had a York engine which used to crack heads at will,I'm sure the block was warped because I had an older one with a perkins lump in which was o.k. I remember picking it up in 45 gallon drums and snaking it out into degreaser drums which were all over the place from Croft to Lydden because I never wanted to pay for diesel if I was running short.Halcyon days :lol
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
(01-02-19, 12:04 AM)mtread link Wrote: Agreed. A bit like those cars with amber side lights.
How do these designs pass type approval?
Tell me about it!
There are times I've been fractions of a second away from making a rapid avoidance move or emergency stop because one of these has suddenly appeared in my peripheral vision and I think someone's about to cut across my line!
(29-01-19, 11:58 AM)steve 10562cc link Wrote: Most accidents involving bike start by blaming the rider, too fast, too slow, not alert, riding like a demented idiot, heard most of them trotted out over 40 odd years even heard the rider was speeding even though he was laying dead in the road turned out the driver was pissed out his brains when he pulled out the side road. Bet all of you on here has heard some beauties over the years. Non of us are perfect we all make mistakes but I think riders are more aware of the painful and sometimes fatal out come of the lapses.
What's the best, worst reason you've heard when your laying in a big heap in the road why it was your fault?
I'll start it off sorry mate I didn't see you your headlight blinded me unfortunately for the driver the police officer who had witnessed the accident heard the remark he had his day in court. and a large fine
"The car just suddenly turned right, on its own and he (me) ran into the side of me". The self turning car was perfectly positioned for a right turn into the council refuse amenity site, and his boot was full of rubbish. I was coming the opposite way, the self guiding car turned when I was less than spitting distance away. I was lying in the gutter fearing my back was broken, unable to move, the driver got into a fight with someone who objected to being held up, and to cap it all, I had to wait an hour and three quarters for the ambulance, even though the A&E was only a mile and a half away. Bike written off, four months off work. Hilarious.
Getting a bill from TALKTALK when iam not even a customer......yep , thats got my goat today , just a tiny bit annoyed at that , a bit niggled , a little bit rattled.........thinking of jumping on the FAZER and paying them a visit at thier posh london offices and ramming the bill right up their a*s :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble
(06-02-19, 08:24 PM)red98 link Wrote: Getting a bill from TALKTALK when iam not even a customer......yep , thats got my goat today , just a tiny bit annoyed at that , a bit niggled , a little bit rattled.........thinking of jumping on the FAZER and paying them a visit at thier posh london offices and ramming the bill right up their a*s :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble
How have they got your details, and how have they worked out a bill if you don't use their services?
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
(16-01-19, 01:02 AM)coffee link Wrote: [quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=17546.msg290472#msg290472 date=1547293322]
If you owned a dog that kept dumping in everyone elses garden there'd be hell to pay.
Also cat owners always claim to be animal lovers, yet their pets go around killing all the songbirds :rolleyes
:thumbup I absolutely love birds. Cats are evil,couldn't hurt one though,I'm as soft as shit when it comes to any animals. :\
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What about Rats? :eek
(16-01-19, 01:02 AM)coffee link Wrote: [quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=17546.msg290472#msg290472 date=1547293322]
If you owned a dog that kept dumping in everyone elses garden there'd be hell to pay.
Also cat owners always claim to be animal lovers, yet their pets go around killing all the songbirds :rolleyes
:thumbup I absolutely love birds. Cats are evil,couldn't hurt one though,I'm as soft as shit when it comes to any animals. :\
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Repairing a window at eldest daughters house, a tree rat(grey squirrel) walked up the drive with a blackbirds egg in its mouth. Five minutes it went back down the drive, then re-appeared again with another egg in its mouth. I have heard people say they also take chicks from nests, but cant confirm that. Reminds me, when we were kids we used to collect birds eggs (yes, shame on me) and pretty much every hedgerow was full of bird nests of all types. About 15 years ago, I built a smashing bird table to see what we could attract into the garden. Over the ensuing months, pretty much all of the food was consumed by tree rats, when I opened the blinds in the morning, there'd be 3 or 4 of them jumping on and off the table, and they found there way into the lofts in the house and garage. I decided that if we were going to get birds here, then the squirrels have to go. So I bought a.22 air rifle with telescopic sight. Fuck me if I didn't shoot at least 80 of the fucking things over the next couple of years. At one point I almost gave up, as the numbers never seemed to diminish, but over time, they appeared less and less, until maybe 3 or 4 years ago, we had a spell where none were seen, so I must have got them down to an unsustainable number. As of then, the increase in birds visiting has been nothing short of sensational, and includes birds on the red list, with several now nesting in the garden. The occasional squirrel visits, but I can live with that until it becomes any more significant.
Its not just the cats that have impacted on bird numbers
The bill is £0.00 ....and £3.98 to send it too me , they have being trying to contact me via an old email address I stopped using 20 odd ish years ago....I got a letter a couple of weeks ago asking me to update my email so they could send me a bill for nothing and if I didnt they would send it by post and charge me postage ...I ignored it thinking they would spot their mistake but then got the bill....emailed them this morning but not heard anything yet , so they have my old email and address , keeping a close eye on my bank account , if they have my bank details I think they would of helped themselves by now but if they do take anything you can expect ww3 ..........tried phoning but all I get is a link to a text service .........TALKTALK ....the people who dont like to talk :wall ..........now iam wound up again
07-02-19, 08:09 PM (This post was last modified: 07-02-19, 08:10 PM by fazersharp.)
(07-02-19, 07:41 PM)red98 link Wrote: The bill is £0.00 ....and £3.98 to send it too me , they have being trying to contact me via an old email address I stopped using 20 odd ish years ago....I got a letter a couple of weeks ago asking me to update my email so they could send me a bill for nothing and if I didnt they would send it by post and charge me postage ...I ignored it thinking they would spot their mistake but then got the bill....emailed them this morning but not heard anything yet , so they have my old email and address , keeping a close eye on my bank account , if they have my bank details I think they would of helped themselves by now but if they do take anything you can expect ww3 ..........tried phoning but all I get is a link to a text service .........TALKTALK ....the people who dont like to talk :wall ..........now iam wound up again
I fear that this will go on and on and the next thing you find is they have passed the "outstanding amount" on to a dept collector.To end it quicker I would advise that you join the talktalk forum and put your problem up there because it is run my talktalk staff who can and do get stuff done. But dont expect a reply from official staff for a few days as they answer by the oldest first and if you add to it again asking "why no help" then it gets pushed back to the bottom again.Do not bother ringing and talking to India.
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
I had problems with an online book supplier just before Xmas. No reply to my emails. Phone line permanently on hold etc etc. So I posted my complaint on their Facebook page and put it in the public domain. Instant reply and resolved
(07-02-19, 07:41 PM)red98 link Wrote: The bill is £0.00 ....and £3.98 to send it too me , they have being trying to contact me via an old email address I stopped using 20 odd ish years ago....I got a letter a couple of weeks ago asking me to update my email so they could send me a bill for nothing and if I didnt they would send it by post and charge me postage ...I ignored it thinking they would spot their mistake but then got the bill....emailed them this morning but not heard anything yet , so they have my old email and address , keeping a close eye on my bank account , if they have my bank details I think they would of helped themselves by now but if they do take anything you can expect ww3 ..........tried phoning but all I get is a link to a text service .........TALKTALK ....the people who dont like to talk :wall ..........now iam wound up again
(07-02-19, 12:41 PM)unfazed link Wrote: [quote author=coffee link=topic=17546.msg290688#msg290688 date=1547596947]
[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=17546.msg290472#msg290472 date=1547293322]
If you owned a dog that kept dumping in everyone elses garden there'd be hell to pay.
Also cat owners always claim to be animal lovers, yet their pets go around killing all the songbirds :rolleyes
:thumbup I absolutely love birds. Cats are evil,couldn't hurt one though,I'm as soft as shit when it comes to any animals. :\
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What about Rats? :eek
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believe it or not apart from wheals disease etc they are supposed to be cleaner than squirrels! :eek
never look down on anyone unless you're helping them up.
08-02-19, 01:34 AM (This post was last modified: 08-02-19, 01:35 AM by tommyardin.)
I have a large Scotts Pine Tree that overhangs my patio and it has two Squirrels dreys in it, I am shocked by the amount of shit that emanates from the, I call the biggest one of them VNA.
Every twice in a while I go out into the garden and give them a taste of this, 4 rounds up through the bottom of the Drey, funny enough they don't care for that. :eek
(08-02-19, 01:40 AM)coffee link Wrote: Very cruel,couldn't do that myself it's a shame about the birds eggs though I suppose that's life............... or death
If you saw the squirrel poo om my patio 3 hours after I hosed it off you would not say that, they are dirty things and they kick up one hell of a row when that start fighting each other.
Went to a friends funeral on Tuesday, and another mate was finding a place to park in the grounds and we pulled up next to this huge oak tree which had more squirrels underneath it than i think i've ever seen before in one place.
I must admit i'm not a fan of them although i do admire the fact that they're ingenious little bastards.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
08-02-19, 07:29 AM (This post was last modified: 08-02-19, 07:47 AM by darrsi.)
(07-02-19, 07:41 PM)red98 link Wrote: The bill is £0.00 ....and £3.98 to send it too me , they have being trying to contact me via an old email address I stopped using 20 odd ish years ago....I got a letter a couple of weeks ago asking me to update my email so they could send me a bill for nothing and if I didnt they would send it by post and charge me postage ...I ignored it thinking they would spot their mistake but then got the bill....emailed them this morning but not heard anything yet , so they have my old email and address , keeping a close eye on my bank account , if they have my bank details I think they would of helped themselves by now but if they do take anything you can expect ww3 ..........tried phoning but all I get is a link to a text service .........TALKTALK ....the people who dont like to talk :wall ..........now iam wound up again
I would be inclined to try and have an online chat with them, as long as you don't need passwords to get through to them.
And i would also contact your bank and tell them to block any activity from TalkTalk with a brief explanation why just to be safe.
I had a similar scenario the other day when i got a totally random text on my phone suddenly saying they will take money from my account each month for something i never knew about or even ordered?
Then they said text the word "STOP" to a phone number which was a premium rate number, so i was immediately fucked either way!
I did text STOP but also phoned my bank to make sure no Direct Debit's suddenly started without my knowledge, and my phone company said they couldn't do anything as it was a 3rd party source?
I just checked as it was around Xmas time and i never did get charged anything with that, but worth knowing anyway.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
