The angry thread

[Malc]

Thanks Bob. The insurance includes a free courtesy car. I am now driving a Focus. Nice car, but it has a slight problem. There are 3 pedals on the floor. What do you do with the one on the left? Also the gearbox makes a funny noise when I change gear.

[Bob Tidbury]

Trust Ford to economise again .. Better get back to the angry thread or we will be told off .
Bob

[Bob Tidbury]

By economise I meant putting the extra peddle in to make you change gear yourself instead of fitting the more expensive automatic gearbox... I'm not sure if this has already been sent .Back to angry thread I got sidetracked by one of those !,,,,,,,,,,,,! Annoying phone calls telling me I could borrow £5000 at a very good rate  well for the company anyway .so sorry if this comes on the forum twice
Bob

[Kipper]

Went through the farce of phoning GP (repeat dialling from 8.30 till got through at 8.57) and no appointment to see doctor until 15 August. Mentioned that my foot might drop off by them (extremely painful and funny colour), so "upgraded" to see Practice Nurse at 5.15 today. Looked at foot, looked at medical records, and confirmed what I thought it was - another flare up of osteomyelitis. On antibiotics now, for 7 days, then go back if no better and will order x-rays to see what is going on. Shut left ankle in gate, as a 9 year old, and chipped bone, which let in the germ. Now only need an insect bite (last one a really nasty Moroccan one), and the dormant germ wakes up and off we go again, with abscesses on the bone. At least I can still get about, as I drive an auto!

[Newportnobby]

I'll not mention any particular type of attack dog, but they're usually easier to get past than a doctor's receptionist

[kaiwhara]

  ! I want to scream!

I put my Subaru into a workshop this morning because at its last service the Rocker Cover Gasket had been identified as needing replacement (day off today). Expecting a bill of around $350 for that, no biggy. That soon became both Head Gaskets needing immediate replacement and the car off the road for a week (Bill now around $2000). Not impressed. 

But wait, there's more! The other half goes out to get some Paint Stripper, and crashes the Golf! 

So now I have no cars, no replacement vehicle for mine available until Friday, I am on earlies, I live in the wops, and my work gear (including my Train Keys) are in the back of the Subaru, on top of a hoist!

Anyone comes up with any other problems, are likely to get shot. Just warning you Mr Murphy!

[Bealman]

Oh 

Can almost hear you this side of the ditch!

Good luck! 

[kaiwhara]

Sounds like the Golf is a write off now. All air bags deployed etc. Other half is okay if shaken up, but very poor timing.

Oh, and we booked our break to Queenstown last night too. Wouldn't have done that had we known what would happen today. Kinda gad we did though.....

[Bealman]

You'll probably enjoy your Queenstown trip more than ever.

George

[Oldun]

Not my car but my sons. Parked outside the house every night - he got up to find this on his car this morning 

[smg id=14991]

It seems to have been done by some local idiot doing handbrake turns into the turning opposite the house.
Before anyone says you shouldn't park opposite a side turning, the local dustman complimented him on it
being parked where it was as he could just reverse into the turning without any maneuvering. 

Just keeping a lookout for rear end damaged cars visiting the locals now.

Roger

[guest311]

just had a phone call from Forest Gardens to tell me that they are now delivering the sheds next Thursday 

no real apology, and by her attitude not bothered about the disruption caused by their incompetance

"I can sympathise with your frustration but there's nothing we can do"

which I translated as - couldn't give a f damn about the inconvenience we've caused.

still waiting to hear from Shedstore, who were going to get back to me this morning

update :

needless to say no call from Shedstore Friday, so phoned them Monday - "oh, don't know who told you that, someone from Forest Gardens will ring you when they've delivered the sheds"  - Thursday afternoon and a truck arrives, and actually delivered the right sheds 

nothing from Forest Gardens so rang them this morning - "oh, yes I can see there were some note put on the original delivery, but it wasn't passed to anyone. I'll pass it on and someone will phone you "

anyone want to guess how long that will take ?

guess what -------

still no contact from Forest Gardens by last Friday, so went on their website and used their 'contact us' link and complained yet again.

automated reply 'a member of our staff will be in touch shortly' --- lieing sods, no phone call, no email, so I guess its a case of don't touch these two firms with a bargepole in future.
sheds now built, as a 12 x 4 but with one spare end as an internal wall giving a 4x4 and an 8x4 setion, after usual poor workmanship repaired, ie tonge & grove not engaged properly at the top of one side before nailed, numerous nails hammered home, thought nail guns did this, and a couple of wrongly aligned then nailed frame pieces had the nails cut, framing realigned, and then renailed, properly.

in other words, just what you'd expect to do with a new shed, yes 

SWMBO is happy with the 4x4 part, electricity now in and awaiting checking by an electrician mate before freezer moved in there.

'What are you doing with the other part?' mmmmmmmmmmm 

answers on a postcard 

cheers

alan

[Newportnobby]

Glad things are coming together on the mancave front, Alan, and I hope all goes well in the negotiations for the 'big' bit

[guest311]

Glad things are coming together on the mancave front, Alan, and I hope all goes well in the negotiations for the 'big' bit

no need to negotiate ........

I've kept the keys to the padlocks 

[jonclox]

Suppliers who advertise something as 'in stock' then sit on the order for a week or two.
I quite understand that a small retailer could have problems getting to the post every day but 2 weeks is starting to get me angry.
Even emails fail to get replies it seems

[Oldun]

Not my car but my sons. Parked outside the house every night - he got up to find this on his car this morning 
[smg id=14991]
It seems to have been done by some local idiot doing handbrake turns into the turning opposite the house.
Before anyone says you shouldn't park opposite a side turning, the local dustman complimented him on it
being parked where it was as he could just reverse into the turning without any maneuvering. 

Sorted, no insurance involved - just purchased a good secondhand door and son gets a free respray at his work place
by the guy who sprays the boats (ex vehicle sprayer) with his boss's blessing.  Cost of door, £42.00 delivered

Roger