Sorted that for you Mike!!Yes and with less Civil Servants than today, but maybe they actually 'worked' as no 'soshul medya' back then..
What's made you not grumpy but not smile either today?
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Remember seeing this down in Weymouth, at Nothe Fort, a WW2 museum. Bit about the blitz, and the way people copes with the war.
Shows the ration for a family, including the ration book!
Shows the ration for a family, including the ration book!
This snap of me in 1953/54, possibly in the 'utility' clothing mentioned in the above picture!! 
No laughing at the back there, either, thank you!!
No laughing at the back there, either, thank you!!
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Show that at immigration passport control and seehow far up their noses turn. Its prehistoric. You must be.......
a DINOSAUR!!
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Noop had his 6 yr service today. Plugs looked like they were not changed last year, even though I supplied them. Air cleaners also dont get that colour in 6k of country driving. The oil filter that I removed did not look like the one I supplied either. That and the missing undertray bolt I know was there before service last year, as I had just repainted said undertray showsthe Dealer knows how to take things off if not put them back! Well they only have themselves to blame that Iwont be going back ever again. 6kmiles and that oil was clearly ready to go. Pollen filter and brkes tomorrow, and back with my summer tyres and hes ready for Mot on tuesday.
I the SAY must theTA is a doddle to service. I was worried about oil spilling from the old style filter, but not a drop. Natty way the air filter is built in to the engine accoustic cover is cool. Easier than the 1.2 by a measure. Saving all parts, because they were actually fitted and £210 worth of labour.
Now, how many mars bars will £210 buy
I the SAY must theTA is a doddle to service. I was worried about oil spilling from the old style filter, but not a drop. Natty way the air filter is built in to the engine accoustic cover is cool. Easier than the 1.2 by a measure. Saving all parts, because they were actually fitted and £210 worth of labour.
Now, how many mars bars will £210 buy
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Ah, we were fighting WITH the Ruskies then. Comrade Small j Arse?This snap of me in 1953/54, possibly in the 'utility' clothing mentioned in the above picture!!
No laughing at the back there, either, thank you!!
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I finished the engine service on noop and got MES out. I informed noop he has new oil. Easy.
The service reset though, what a poor joke. Check service interval its 15000km. Changed the last service date, easy. Reset the service coupon. Why is this 2? It shoul be 4. 4 attempts to reset and finally its at 3, correct.
Check the dash computer. Next service due 230 days in 2381 miles. Wheredoes it get this crap.
Reset themiles of todays service etc.
Check dash, next service in 8000 miles 365days . Recheck all entries correct. Re instruct new oil done. Check dash computer and at kin last its reporting next service 9000 miles in 365 days. What is the point of all this rubbish.
9000 miles shoul appear if 14400km is the set interval, but it doesnt.
My son hassimilarissues with his firms fanxy tax calculator. Hehas worked out thatone box is mislabelled and one necessry figure missed off. Result he is the only one whos foem and returns werefiled on time. Just put the wrongfiguresin the available boxes, change a couple to account for themissing box, and as if by magic the correct income is declared at the end.....
BUT REMEMBER, computers are always right!
The service reset though, what a poor joke. Check service interval its 15000km. Changed the last service date, easy. Reset the service coupon. Why is this 2? It shoul be 4. 4 attempts to reset and finally its at 3, correct.
Check the dash computer. Next service due 230 days in 2381 miles. Wheredoes it get this crap.
Reset themiles of todays service etc.
Check dash, next service in 8000 miles 365days . Recheck all entries correct. Re instruct new oil done. Check dash computer and at kin last its reporting next service 9000 miles in 365 days. What is the point of all this rubbish.
9000 miles shoul appear if 14400km is the set interval, but it doesnt.
My son hassimilarissues with his firms fanxy tax calculator. Hehas worked out thatone box is mislabelled and one necessry figure missed off. Result he is the only one whos foem and returns werefiled on time. Just put the wrongfiguresin the available boxes, change a couple to account for themissing box, and as if by magic the correct income is declared at the end.....
BUT REMEMBER, computers are always right!
Yep somedays I do feel pretty ancient, especially when trying to do things on my iPhone. The last time I had to get our 9 year old grandson to sort it out, it took him all of two seconds and as he wandered off back to his computer game I heard him mutter "are all old people so stupid"! One thing about the ID card, it's got absolutely no photographs, fingerprints or other identifying marks on it, just my name and date of birth. We obviously lived in a more trusting age back in 1948.
I don't even use a mobile phone.
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Thats just you being difficult. Since tyey remov3d my landline its mobile or nothing. THEY, wiil get You in the end. LolI don't even use a mobile phone.
They are trying to.
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Sadly unless you say you have an emergency heart alarm linked to a cardiac emergency team on 24 hour stand by they will knick your landline, and what a PIA it is too!!They are trying to.
According to family history , I am more likely to die a slow lingering death of cancer than quickly of heart issues.
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Better buy a mobile phone them, and get one with a good long battery life. LOLAccording to family history , I am more likely to die a slow lingering death of cancer than quickly of heart issues.
Wife has decided to watch Toxic Town, an excellent choice for someone that is overdue.
Of course I'm far too distracted by the all over the place vehicular casting...
Leyland Constructor morphs into a Volvo FH12...year 2000 odd Vintage Jeep Cherokee facelift just lounging in the back ground from at least 5 years in the future.
Of course I'm far too distracted by the all over the place vehicular casting...
Leyland Constructor morphs into a Volvo FH12...year 2000 odd Vintage Jeep Cherokee facelift just lounging in the back ground from at least 5 years in the future.
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Brother in law was brought up in Corby, but then grew up in Canada, but has family there.
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Feb 2020 a daft old git hit the back of the Fabia, quite gently. We (learner and I) stopped gently at a mini roundabout, old git behind braked, almost to a stop, then released and gently bumped us. As we were turning left, and he right, he hit us just at the edge of the crash bar behind the bumper, causing a vertical split.
Insurance company and their bodyshop made a mountain out of a simple task. With such a gentle hit, it needed a bumper cover, nothing else. I thought, paint one, then call me in, I'll wait an hour while they fit. If there's been one the right colour on Ebay, I'd have done the job myself.
No. Bodyshop insisted it follow their 'production line' process, which takes a fortnight. (Actually took them 5 days)
Insurance company provided a dual-controlled hire car, which was a Citroen C3, with the non-turbo engine. It felt significantly less powerful than the Panda, horrid thing.
Collected the Fabia, arrived home to find one reversing sensor had started to disappear into the bumper. There's a plastic bracket stuck to the inside of the bumper with thin double-sided sticky foam. I drove back to them, 13 miles, and 15 minutes later all looked OK again.
A month later, it started to fall in again. No way was I going back to those clowns, so it went on the 'to do' list.
Five years later, bumper off to fit a towbar. Bracket is not broken, just coming unstuck. Peeled off, to reveal about a quarter of the sticky foam left on the bracket, but only a few remnants on the bumper. So they'd peeled off the original bracket from the bumper, and just pressed it onto the new one, with whatever stickiness was left. I guess the insurance company paid for three new ones.
A bit of cleaning, and the application of some sticky foam, and all is secure at last.
Bumper is not OE, as there's not a simgle VW Group marking on it, and no line for the cutout for the towbar.
Thankfully not a big crash job.
Insurance company and their bodyshop made a mountain out of a simple task. With such a gentle hit, it needed a bumper cover, nothing else. I thought, paint one, then call me in, I'll wait an hour while they fit. If there's been one the right colour on Ebay, I'd have done the job myself.
No. Bodyshop insisted it follow their 'production line' process, which takes a fortnight. (Actually took them 5 days)
Insurance company provided a dual-controlled hire car, which was a Citroen C3, with the non-turbo engine. It felt significantly less powerful than the Panda, horrid thing.
Collected the Fabia, arrived home to find one reversing sensor had started to disappear into the bumper. There's a plastic bracket stuck to the inside of the bumper with thin double-sided sticky foam. I drove back to them, 13 miles, and 15 minutes later all looked OK again.
A month later, it started to fall in again. No way was I going back to those clowns, so it went on the 'to do' list.
Five years later, bumper off to fit a towbar. Bracket is not broken, just coming unstuck. Peeled off, to reveal about a quarter of the sticky foam left on the bracket, but only a few remnants on the bumper. So they'd peeled off the original bracket from the bumper, and just pressed it onto the new one, with whatever stickiness was left. I guess the insurance company paid for three new ones.
A bit of cleaning, and the application of some sticky foam, and all is secure at last.
Bumper is not OE, as there's not a simgle VW Group marking on it, and no line for the cutout for the towbar.
Thankfully not a big crash job.
Sad , but not unusual. Insurance companies screw the body shops to the floor to increase their profit margin, then put everyone's insurance quotes up at the same time!
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Yep you cant see the old crusty parts they use. Fiats acident management line helps get repairs done with new parts so has a value.
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