What made you happy today?

[C8RKH]

Started work at 0700 this morning and after 10 hours non stop decided I needed to go for a drive to refresh.

So just drove. No where to go. No where to be. No deadline.  The evening weather was superb. 18c, blue sky, so roof down and away I went.  That's the Vale of Strathmore in the foreground and the Angus Glens (hills) in the background that I just had a wee play in. This was on the way home.  God I am so freakin' lucky living here and NO traffic!  Heaven.

 

[ChrisJ]

They have to pay for your car as they are insuring the 3rd party. I've found it much quicker to go direct to the 3rd party's insurer rather than involve mine, apart from informing them of the accident.

When you sell a car, make sure that you stop the insurance, because if you don't and the car then is involved in an accident and has no other insurance cover, your insurance company is on the hook for it, and they will chase you for the cost - even though you don't own the car anymore.

[Mysterae]

19 hours ago, Alfa2Evora said:

Bizarrely, the tax was renewed for a year on 1st May, 3 days before the MOT expired. It passed the previous 2 MOTs without so much as 1 advisory so I wouldn't have thought there would be any real problems this time around - maybe they've simply forgotten.

It does happen and sometimes it's no fault of the owner. For example my BMW (pure coincidence, honest!) was in for a service and MOT and at the paying and handing back part I asked if it had passed okay with no problems. The muppet with the suit on said it was all okay, so I paid and left. 6 months later when it came time to tax it I discovered it had no MOT, the imbeciles at the BMW main dealer didn't do the MOT at all. I had been driving up and down the country blissfully aware, until I wasn't. 

[Bibs]

Many new things

 

[Rambo]

 

15 hours ago, Mysterae said:

It does happen and sometimes it's no fault of the owner. For example my BMW (pure coincidence, honest!) was in for a service and MOT and at the paying and handing back part I asked if it had passed okay with no problems. The muppet with the suit on said it was all okay, so I paid and left. 6 months later when it came time to tax it I discovered it had no MOT, the imbeciles at the BMW main dealer didn't do the MOT at all. I had been driving up and down the country blissfully aware, until I wasn't. 

But didn't you think it odd that the garage hadn't given you an MOT certificate for your records? 🤔

Or the absence of an MOT charge on the bill? 🤔

Edited September 24, 2022 by Rambo
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[Rambo]

12 hours ago, Bibs said:

Many new things

 

"Some new rubbers for the weekend Sir?" 🤣

 

[Mysterae]

7 hours ago, Rambo said:

 

But didn't you think it odd that the garage hadn't given you an MOT certificate for your records? 🤔

Or the absence of an MOT charge on the bill? 🤔

You'd think so right?! I was just happy the other work was done and the paperwork was all stapled together so a verbal confirmation was enough for me.

Learned a few lessons that day; always check the paperwork and that even main dealers can be a bit shit.

[Barrykearley]

Finally - I have a date for a commital hearing 😆

[johnpwalsh]

43 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Finally - I have a date for a commital hearing 😆

Lets hope it all goes well.

 

[C8RKH]

1 hour ago, Barrykearley said:

Finally - I have a date for a commital hearing 😆

You should have been committed years ago Barry....

[ChrisJ]

My son (14) played his first match for Southgate 4th team today. This is a huge step up (2 teams) up from last year. @thebartman will understand this. He also was sent off for the first time  - green card.

Despite this being his 3rd season of adult hockey, he is still the youngest male adult player in the club.

 

 

 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

On 22/09/2022 at 09:17, Mark Blanchard said:

I don't think I've seen prices cheaper, these are all ex vat of course.  That's cheap even for a normal car.

Just had my Mondial T cabriolet’s annual service, inspection and brake fluid change at Keys Motorsport. The car had recently developed a slight intermittent misfire which they soon diagnosed as corroded connectors on the LH injector loom. They cleaned up the offending parts and re-fitted. It now runs as smooth as silk again. They didn’t charge me a penny more than the £595 plus VAT quoted on their website.

[exeterjeep]

After a few weeks caught the little bugger digging holes in my lawn. Still another one about 100 yards away to go.    Here we are talking of those sweet cute moles......

[march]

3 hours ago, exeterjeep said:

Here we are talking of those sweet cute moles......

My favourite subject!

I can give you the details of an excellent local mole catcher - although you seem to have it in hand (after years of trying to get rid of these little darlings from our fields he managed to clear them in 2 visits).

Or my preferred option:

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by march

[exeterjeep]

Was the first I have caught for a few years, but only in the last couple of months 2 seem to have made a home in my actual garden. Have caught ones in the past and have found 2 dead on the surface. Certainly have at least one in the field as well and there must be at least another 2 in  around 150 yards up the road. At least they are not a protected species....

So did the pro use traps or the poisoned 'pseudo' worms.

[march]

10 hours ago, exeterjeep said:

So did the pro use traps or the poisoned 'pseudo' worms.

Traps - the half tube type. Apparently one of the tricks is to find the routes to the feeding grounds and mine them (sorry meant trap). Trying to catch them where they feed is pretty hopeless unless you are very lucky.

[PaulCP]

You could try this approach, although not guaranteed to work

https://fb.watch/f_jt_TBkH6/

[ChrisJ]

Just knew it would be JC

[pete]

Had stent fitted yesterday and am now at home happy and tired 

[Barrykearley]

Get well soon @pete - you take it easy

[Rambo]

3 minutes ago, pete said:

Had stent fitted yesterday and am now at home happy and tired 

👍 stents are a life saver. Take care and keep healthy.

[windymiller]

a pint of aspalls draught !! 🥰

[Bibs]

Just spent a day in the company of Emerson Fittipaldi. Legend!! 

[exeterjeep]

Did you get him signed up as an FFM.

[pete]

Was lovely to have some visitors today,special thanks to @top-plumberand Michelle