Plugger2 Posted 10December, 2016 Report Share Posted 10December, 2016 Ugh! Annus horribilis!Haemorrhoids? Well, I suppose it is a "vent" thread... sandy468 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 10December, 2016 Report Share Posted 10December, 2016 Haemorrhoids? Well, I suppose it is a "vent" thread... I'd prefer not to experience them thanks My uncle passed away 2 days ago. We've copped it pretty badly this year, especially mum. Poor bugger had to fly down to sort a few things out. Just what she needs after losing dad in June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plugger2 Posted 10December, 2016 Report Share Posted 10December, 2016 I'd prefer not to experience them thanks My uncle passed away 2 days ago. We've copped it pretty badly this year, especially mum. Poor bugger had to fly down to sort a few things out. Just what she needs after losing dad in June Sorry for your losses. I hope my gratuitous punning wasn't offensive. Best wishes to all your family, and hope next year is much brighter all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 10December, 2016 Report Share Posted 10December, 2016 Nah, made me laugh mate, so all good. Cheers For that ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew F Posted 14December, 2016 Report Share Posted 14December, 2016 (edited) SOAB! I just cooked a pork fillet that I had marinating all day, and some thai noodles, and I burnt my hand on the frying pan handle. Now I have my hand in a pot of cold water and the food has gone cold. Edited 14December, 2016 by Stew F LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy468 Posted 15December, 2016 Report Share Posted 15December, 2016 Which is worse Stew, the food going cold I'll bet! Stew F and LeeM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew F Posted 15December, 2016 Report Share Posted 15December, 2016 It actually tasted good cold. Like a Thai salad. 2 small blisters coming right up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy468 Posted 15December, 2016 Report Share Posted 15December, 2016 Small price to pay for a good feed! Stew F 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 15December, 2016 Report Share Posted 15December, 2016 Did you have a cup of cement too Stew? ;-) My ventPack n Send couriers. What a bunch of mentally challenged morons! Sent some seats from Adelaide to Sydney, and it took over 2 weeks, and more expensive than if I took them there myself in a 50's Commer van running on half a cylinder! Not only that, but the delivery numpty didn't have the mental capacity to get off his arse to remove the seats from the box when he arrived, so ol Tom had to go to the depot instead and do their job. Do these morons think EVERY business has a forklift? Never using them again TINGY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew F Posted 15December, 2016 Report Share Posted 15December, 2016 Did you have a cup of cement too Stew? ;-) My ventPack n Send couriers. What a bunch of mentally challenged morons! Sent some seats from Adelaide to Sydney, and it took over 2 weeks, and more expensive than if I took them there myself in a 50's Commer van running on half a cylinder! Not only that, but the delivery numpty didn't have the mental capacity to get off his arse to remove the seats from the box when he arrived, so ol Tom had to go to the depot instead and do their job. Do these morons think EVERY business has a forklift? Never using them againget over it you blokes. It's not all about you. It's all about me. sandy468 and LeeM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Have a guess where this was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAP911 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Have a guess where this was... Cash Converters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Same place all our parcels end up....at the Post Office.Usually find an "attempt to deliver fail" notice in our post box. Always somebody home, never an attempt to deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Same place all our parcels end up....at the Post Office.Usually find an "attempt to deliver fail" notice in our post box. Always somebody home, never an attempt to deliver. bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Same place all our parcels end up....at the Post Office.Usually find an "attempt to deliver fail" notice in our post box. Always somebody home, never an attempt to deliver. Same same here, got one a few months ago, and I was home all day. Checked all the security camera footage for the day. NO NO NO...LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE.When I picked it up at the post office the next day, mentioned it to the counter jumper. Reply..."Oh Really, gee that's not very good"Plus the price to post things now a days is way over the top... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 My wife has chased a delivery guy down the road when she saw him insert the failed delivery notice in the letterbox. JV911, TINGY and sandy468 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 And you pay for door to door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew F Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 We don't even get street delivery, and I live in a town of over 1200 people. So I have to shell out for a post box. Oh, at a discount of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 Sounds like Pack n Send couriers ay Tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 16December, 2016 Report Share Posted 16December, 2016 We don't even get street delivery, and I live in a town of over 1200 people. So I have to shell out for a post box. Oh, at a discount of course.....but we mustn't begrudge the poor head of the PO his $8m salaryYou have been to my place Stew. It's 1 km from the PO and same deal.I watch the (contract) freight company deliver to the panel beaters at the bottom of the street then to the garage door company, 300m from me, same street, then turn around to the PO.If someone could work out how to send parcels via the Internet......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deejay Posted 17December, 2016 Report Share Posted 17December, 2016 Just sent the new cabrio roof to the member on here who bought the car in Melbourne and did it via my business account with TNT, $35 - 5kg box via road express, picked up 3pm Tuesday here at my place in Perth and guaranteed delivery to Melbourne 3 days later on the Friday.So sick of Aus Post and its non deliveries and total crap service, as I also sent a smaller parcel to Melbourne a few weeks earlier by Aus Post that was half the size and weight and about the same price, which again was posted on a Tuesday and didn't get to Melbourne until the following Tuesday ! WTF is it being delivered by the postie on his bike, cos I could've driven it there myself in less time in the work van !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy468 Posted 17December, 2016 Report Share Posted 17December, 2016 ....but we mustn't begrudge the poor head of the PO his $8m salaryYou have been to my place Stew. It's 1 km from the PO and same deal.I watch the (contract) freight company deliver to the panel beaters at the bottom of the street then to the garage door company, 300m from me, same street, then turn around to the PO.If someone could work out how to send parcels via the Internet......... OZ930 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 17December, 2016 Report Share Posted 17December, 2016 My wife has chased a delivery guy down the road when she saw him insert the failed delivery notice in the letterbox.Godammit that shits me. We regularly get them and think FFS were we really out. Now that grinds my gears. Tit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted 26December, 2016 Report Share Posted 26December, 2016 Fasteners! I don't have a "modern" Porsche, but we also have two BMWs and an Audi at home. Got around to changing the fuel filter on the Audi the other day. Like a lot of fuel filters, it's tucked up nice and tight in a hollow in the side of the fuel tank and is held in by a circular plastic bracket that clamps around the body of the filter. Because of the surrounds, access to the bolt clamping the bracket is tight. Thanks to the Internet, I found that the bolt (couldn't see the head) is a spline, or triple square, 8mm. Yes, I have 2x 8mm spline drivers, but one has about 30mm of "headroom" above the bolt. My spline drives are probably 70-80mm long, then need to be driven by a 1/2" ratchet, so no go there. Ended up removing the bolt by using an Allen key (naughty!). The bolt wasn't very tight as it was going into a plastic bracket, so why use a spline bolt there? On re-assembly, I substituted an M6 bolt that I could access using a 10mm socket and 1/4" drive, no problem. I suspect Audi and BMW and probably Porsche these days use fasteners like spline bolts, Torx inside and outside to ease automated assembly, and (here's my gripe) to dissuade owners from playing on "their" turf.Here's the bolt in question and its replacement. I'm sure Audi have a special tool to access this bolt, but apart from the above reasons I don't see the logic. Whinge over. Timm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27December, 2016 Report Share Posted 27December, 2016 Been waiting for these holidays to remove the box guttering from our old 10m x 4m extension (aka loungeroom) so that we don't get a repeat of the roof cavity filling up with water from hard rain. 41 degrees Christmas day, and 2 days later torrential rain and a ceiling full of water! Sh.....t!!!! No choice but to knock it down and start again. Just what I f.....g need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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