There's an Angry Thread and a Happy Thread. This one is for when you start out angry, but end up happy.
I bought a USB wireless mouse from Wilkinsons for my missuses new laptop. Got it home, put the batteries in, not a sign of life. Tried it on two other computers, put four different sets of batteries in it. Still nothing.
Took it back today and exchanged it for a new one. Worked first time. :thumbsup:
Popped into 'The Comic Book Store' while I was there as I thought I might as well get my money's worth from the bus fare and bought myself a couple of William Hartnell Dr.Who DVDs. ;D
Started off angry, ended up happy. ;D
Great thread!
I had a drink in my hand and i drank it >:(
But now i have the bottle next to my chair so im very happy ;D
is this the sort of comment you wish not to have? :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
ok i will be good now, I had a new tv on order and was arranged to be delivered just before christmas all was arrange for my holidays to start so i would be in for the delivery i waited and i waited and nothing arrived.
so the next day i called to complain, they wasted my time and had taken a day off work to wait in, they were very nice to give me a £20 credit to there store and we arrange another day for delivery, new years eve!
Bang Bang on the door at 10am my new tv had arrived ;D
i sorted all the paper work and off the delivery guys went i started to unpack the box thinking this is a very big box for a 32 inch tv but hey i guess its boxed to travel...
I get to the main box to discover i have a 50 inch tv box maybe with my 32inch tv in and the box was just a tease.
No i had a 50inch tv so i did the honest thing and called them to say they had made a mistake.
It took about half hour for them to get me to the right person who happly said my tv was no loner in stock and that i could keep the 50inch as a good will but dont tell anybody!!
So i now have a 50inch tv in my front room ! BEST DAY EVER!!!
So all turned out well ;D
You jammy so and so !!! :o
Best start to the new year i've heard of ! :thumbsup:
Sounds like a fantastic deal. :o ;D ;D But as I'm a pessimist by trade :evil: are you still covered if it breaks down?
Quote from: poliss on December 31, 2011, 07:58:10 PM
Sounds like a fantastic deal. :o ;D ;D But as I'm a pessimist by trade :evil: are you still covered if it breaks down?
;D ;D ;D :thumbsup:
Happy new year Poliss......and dont tell me i'm 1hour and 40mins early......... ;)
sliced my finger today while carving polystyrene but soldiered on and finished the job ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Dock Shunter on December 31, 2011, 10:12:28 PM
Quote from: poliss on December 31, 2011, 07:58:10 PM
Sounds like a fantastic deal. :o ;D ;D But as I'm a pessimist by trade :evil: are you still covered if it breaks down?
;D ;D ;D :thumbsup:
Happy new year Poliss......and dont tell me i'm 1hour and 40mins early......... ;)
I'll tell you instead you are 1hour 30 minutes early :evil: :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: findus on December 31, 2011, 07:51:51 PM
So i now have a 50inch tv in my front room ! BEST DAY EVER!!!
So all turned out well ;D
I couldn't get a 50" telly in my living room so I knocked a hole in the neighbours wall, and now I can watch 32" of it ;D
Quote from: poliss on December 31, 2011, 07:58:10 PM
Sounds like a fantastic deal. :o ;D ;D But as I'm a pessimist by trade :evil: are you still covered if it breaks down?
Spanner in the works right there!!
Would i be pushing my luck calling back and asking? :-\
What does it say the telly is on the paperwork? It seems a great deal, but if you were extremely unlucky and it broke down in the next week or so, would they repair or replace it? If it say's 32" on the paperwork they could wash their hands of the whole thing.
Quote from: poliss on January 01, 2012, 02:14:56 AM
What does it say the telly is on the paperwork? It seems a great deal, but if you were extremely unlucky and it broke down in the next week or so, would they repair or replace it? If it say's 32" on the paperwork they could wash their hands of the whole thing.
The paperwork says 32" tv..... but i also have the docs that were in with the 50" they only say thanks for buying from said company but its a start.
im going to call and ask as i also need paper work for the insurance side of things.
I wish i had my 32" tv now :-X
If they drop off the 32" instead just let me know and I'll pick up the 50" from you as you're not too far away. I'm not worried about the paperwork :thumbsup:
I was just firing up the old PC when the missus came in and said "The fridge is not working." Oh great I thought, more expense, just what I need.
I go into the kitchen. First thing I thought of was to check that the socket hadn't been turned off by accident. All the switches are behind the microwave I think. "No", the missus says, that's just the microwave there.
Ok, next thing to do is check the consumer unit to see if anything has tripped. Nope, they're all on.
Right, check the fuse in the fridge plug. Get the missus to take off all her junk off the top. Get big strapping son to pull fridge out. Find spare plug with 13amp fuse. Move 80 million things to get to my tool box. (Women have this idea that tool boxes can be hidden under 80 million things because a toolbox isn't shoes and therefore should be out of sight.)
Change fuse in fridge plug. Still no life in fridge. (Thinks, how and where am I going to get a new fridge before everything is defrosted.)
Next, check that socket is actually working. Go get electric razor that I know works so that I can check socket.
Suddenly, boy shouts from kitchen. "It's working!"
Me, "What, where, how????"
Son says, "The socket was switched off behind the microwave."
Me, "How did that happen?"
Missus, "Oh, I tilted up the microwave to clean under it. I must have knocked the switch off."
Remember how at the start I said that was the very thing I was going to check, but the missus said no?
So, you could say it turned out all right in the end and I've saved £300.00+.
The moral of this tale is, don't believe what you're told a problem is and always check for yourself.
Or, Wimmin, you can't live with 'em and you can't live with 'em. ::)
My car is due for service this month, and expecting the usual £250+ bill for wiping grease on the seat, etc. Found out today that Citroen are doing fixed price servicing through their dealerships for £99 short service (which is all it needs) or £199 for full service. Will have some spare money to spend on trains - result.
I agree with you Poliss - take no one's word for it... I remember my ex-wife's nanna needing something done to a table lamp. Don't worry says she, it's all unplugged. 240V and a tingly right arm later I discovered that she had unplugged the TV not the lamp. :smiley-laughing:
My mother-in-law put 13 amp fuses in all her table lamps because she would rather reset the main breaker than have to search around for another fuse. I tried to explain the concept of the soft short and what might happen to the 3A flex if about 12A went through it...
sprayed my track with railmatch sleeper grime and stunk the house out much to the swmbo anger ;D ;D ;D on the up side track looks great ;D ;D ;D
How do,I got up for work this morning at 6 oclock,first day back after new year break,did my damn near 10 hour shift,then came home.What a result.Turned out fine.
I'm gonna do it again tomorrow. ;D
Pete
:Class37: :NGaugersRule:
Decided I had to make some productive use of my incapacity so decided to build a Metcalfe goods shed. Got out some Roket card glue (don't know why they spell it like that!). Despite my best efforts , glue seemed to go everywhere and leave a blue deposit on the card! Anyway, persevered at it , the blue stuff seemed to disappear as it dried, and a passable model resulted!
Because you can't trade mark Rocket, but you can trade mark Roket.
So, I spent yesterday evening in the local A&E after an episode of extreme modeling.
I fitted a brand new shiny super-sharp scalpel blade to my sturdy metal and rubber handled modeling knife, and it promptly rolled off the table, blade first into my foot.
I looked down only to see my sock turning red. On removing said sock I see a swelling the size of half an egg. Turns out the blade cut a vein and most of the blood was collecting under the skin.
I had a moment, you know, the sort when you think "I really should be brave about this" but you actually sound like you're 7 again and you fell off your bike... I shouted for my wife at the top of my voice to inform her that "I cut myself". She very politely came to see what the heck the fuss was about. "Oh, yes, so you have. Ooh, that looks bad" she says.
Liz very calmly drove me the three miles to A&E. They X-rayed it and gave me a tetanus and then, of all the high tech available, they put a band-aid on.
My wallet is the equivalent of £100 lighter as medical insurance is like car insurance here and there was an excess to pay.
Worst of all I missed 4 hours of modeling time.
But the foot, apart from being black and blue, is fine today. That band-aid did the trick, so it turned out alright in the end.
Crikey Mark that was a mini disaster, pleased you got fixed up OK but the $$$ you spent getting it seen to could have bought you a loco or two, Yikes.
Hi Mark,
Glad it was no worse. :thumbsup:
Suggestion...use proper scalpels because they don't roll but stay put, and the blades are more secure and don't come loose.I've got some round handles purely because some of the blades I use only fit round,twist to tighten type handles which tend to loosen.
Of course I've still dropped scalpels,but luckily have managed to miss my feet up to now,just a matter of time I think though. :)
Allan
Hope you didn't snap the blade ! :smiley-laughing:
Glad to hear it was alright but £100 for a band aid, I thought they were expensive enough here.
Cheers
Just tidying up before Liz gets home. I washed the covers off the sofa (cat hair etc). Odd clanking sound fromwashing machine. What can that be, i wonder... Just found out that the TV remote was wrapped up in the covers. Lovely clean remote, just not very functional. D'oh!
TV company is sending a new one free of charge. Will be here by Wed. We can use the other one from upstairs in the meantime. Whew!
Worked out alright in the end!
pop it on a radiator for a couple of hours without batteries. if it still doent work then open her up and see if there are any deposits that can be removed with a toothbrush.
If you can get it working again, you can each have a remote ;d
Quote from: polo2k on January 22, 2012, 09:42:59 AM
pop it on a radiator for a couple of hours without batteries. if it still doent work then open her up and see if there are any deposits that can be removed with a toothbrush.
If you can get it working again, you can each have a remote ;d
You been envolved in many divorces!!!
I think i'm better off keeping the broken remote as a dummy. Then i can sit and pretend i have some control over the viewing. :smiley-laughing: Forunately i only watch a few things on TV and dont feel like i'm missing out too much - i'd rather just bugger off upstairs and do some modelling. :thumbsup:
Finally got the two outer roundy,roundy tracks joined up after ripping all the Insulfrog points out and fitting Electrofrog,but I've not fitted any polarity switches to the points,just used insulating fishplates on the frogs.
Big day today,vacuumed and cleaned the track ready for a test run...oh dear a short somewhere,where to start looking to find it?
Put some paper slips between the point blades and the rail to stop them making contact...no short anymore.
Decided that I would have to go round all fifteen points and put insulating joiners on all the exit rails from the points rather than just on the frogs,not an easy task because it's all glued down now.
Anyway I managed to do the first one with a struggle and went to do the next one,then I saw the problem,I'd mistakenly put a normal metal fishplate in on one leg of the frog,removed the the offending fishplate by uttering magic words accompanied by much poking with a screw driver, can't get a new insulating fishplate in but at least there are no shorts now and I've run a loco through all the points and all round the track.
I like the improved slow running without stuttering through the Electrofrog points.If I'd known there was no need to wire the frog up to change polarity I'd never have used the Insulfrog in the first place.
So after the panic and depression it all turned out alright.
Allan
Nice one. Clearly defying Murphy's Law which would dictate it should have been the last one you did to notice the problem.