What did you do today?

[xtriple]

I got the Merc back!

I met Panhard at Trago Mills, both of us had dramas beforehand though. Mr P had a puncture and I had a Lexus that refused to start. I eventually got a jump pack that worked (only the 12volt on the Lex was flat) and off she went. In fairness, it's been stood for three weeks, the Merc can't manage two without flattening its battery.

It's good to have it back even though it still has a problem which Mr P is going to sort at the end of the month. I also got a fantastic present from Mr P; a Jaguar Leaper handled walking stick! Absolutely bloody mint, far too good for the likes of me to actually use, so I think it's going to be an ornament in the Jag.

But... I fucked up. I fucked up in the way only a senile old git can fuck up.

I settled down to pay the good Mr P (daft bugger trusted me) and read the invoice, I noticed it dais 'New rear brake hoses' and I knew for a fact it was the fronts. I messaged Mr P and suggested, gently, that he may have fucked up. He messaged back that he didn't think he had but he'd check when he got back as he 'thought' the last MOT said rear brake hoses...

So I thought I'd better check... Yep, REAR BRAKE HOSES' were the advisories. For two years I have been convinced it was the bloody fronts. I really should learn to read or accept that I'm a senile, doddery old git and keep my fat mouth shut!

[paulplom]

The only decent people left on earth are my mates and the people on this forum. I've completely lost faith in humanity.

[xtriple]

The only decent people left on earth are my mates and the people on this forum. I've completely lost faith in humanity.

I'm not even sure about 'my mates' anymore. Dogs are good though...

[LynehamHerc]

The only decent people left on earth are my mates and the people on this forum. I've completely lost faith in humanity.

They're not that bad, the problem seems to be the fuckwits are so vocal they shout over the normal people. AS is the epitome of that, the majority of the forum seem to be OK but they are drowned out by the tsunami of bollocks from the usual suspects.

[paulplom]

Went to greggs today as I was starving and al's diner in Cramlington industrial estate was closed and I was starving. Me and three others in the queue. The bloke at the front new me and said hello Paul but I didn't have a clue who he was. A 60s woman comes in and grabs two stotties, goes straight to the front of the queue asks for a coffee and gets serves straight away. I didn't shout but expressed my opinion of her action and the reason I never go in the fucking place. Chronically understaffed and the fact they're the bakery equivalent of mcdonalds. Massed produced cardboard garbage.
Managed to get a terrible wrap and shit cappucino in macdonalds about 15 miles later in Blaydon but only because I was going to pass out. Even the wrap had sugar on it wtf!
Walked out of asda in Ashington leaving a trolley full of stuff in the frozen isle. The queues were about 20 people deep and the were queuing up the isles to be served at the tills.
B&m were no better but I had to endure it as the stuff I'd bought was important (don't ask).
What the fuck is going on?
You can't get a breakfast in 10 miles of here unless it's a chain. I've started taking sausage rolls to work from aldi for me and the boy.

[Hooli]

You ok Hun?

[panhard65]

I got the Merc back!

I met Panhard at Trago Mills, both of us had dramas beforehand though. Mr P had a puncture and I had a Lexus that refused to start. I eventually got a jump pack that worked (only the 12volt on the Lex was flat) and off she went. In fairness, it's been stood for three weeks, the Merc can't manage two without flattening its battery.

It's good to have it back even though it still has a problem which Mr P is going to sort at the end of the month. I also got a fantastic present from Mr P; a Jaguar Leaper handled walking stick! Absolutely bloody mint, far too good for the likes of me to actually use, so I think it's going to be an ornament in the Jag.

But... I fucked up. I fucked up in the way only a senile old git can fuck up.

I settled down to pay the good Mr P (daft bugger trusted me) and read the invoice, I noticed it dais 'New rear brake hoses' and I knew for a fact it was the fronts. I messaged Mr P and suggested, gently, that he may have fucked up. He messaged back that he didn't think he had but he'd check when he got back as he 'thought' the last MOT said rear brake hoses...

So I thought I'd better check... Yep, REAR BRAKE HOSES' were the advisories. For two years I have been convinced it was the bloody fronts. I really should learn to read or accept that I'm a senile, doddery old git and keep my fat mouth shut!

I wouldn't worry about it, I wasn't so sure when you mentioned it so had to double check. Unfortunatley my supposed "electronics expert" messed me around and sent us in the wrong direction with the SRS light. I am going to get a new dignostic kit and hopefully sort it out properly. My out of date Launch said it was the passenger seat but the "expert" with his brand new fancy code reader said it was the module. He even fitted a used one I obtained and claimed to of coded it in. I code read it again late yesterday to find with my reader the passenger seat and the module not coded as faults. I hate electronic faults as they take ages to sort hence sending it to an "expert". The moron was on thin ice as it was but will no longer get any work from me over this.

[mercrocker]

Went to greggs today as I was starving and al's diner in Cramlington industrial estate was closed and I was starving. Me and three others in the queue. The bloke at the front new me and said hello Paul but I didn't have a clue who he was. A 60s woman comes in and grabs two stotties, goes straight to the front of the queue asks for a coffee and gets serves straight away. I didn't shout but expressed my opinion of her action and the reason I never go in the fucking place. Chronically understaffed and the fact they're the bakery equivalent of mcdonalds. Massed produced cardboard garbage.
Managed to get a terrible wrap and shit cappucino in macdonalds about 15 miles later in Blaydon but only because I was going to pass out. Even the wrap had sugar on it wtf!
Walked out of asda in Ashington leaving a trolley full of stuff in the frozen isle. The queues were about 20 people deep and the were queuing up the isles to be served at the tills.
B&m were no better but I had to endure it as the stuff I'd bought was important (don't ask).
What the fuck is going on?
You can't get a breakfast in 10 miles of here unless it's a chain. I've started taking sausage rolls to work from aldi for me and the boy.

Half term?

Or cunt week as I am constantly being told off for saying....

[NigelBickle]

Ardingly Autojumble.

Nowt for me but trinkets.

Guess who was there, filming for his next series?

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[Hooli]

The most boring man in the world. He's the only person who can make a motorbike trip seem so dull I wouldn't bother going.