slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Easy to find, hard to use. I've tried that page numerous times. I press the down arrow bottom right....
….and f#ck all happens....
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….and f#ck all happens....
midlife
Guru
Looks happy
. I'm sure you are not meant to throw them to fetch though?
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I heard the first "Is Farrow and Ball better than Dulux" conversation last night. Summer has arrived.
I was in Manchester today,we were moving more of our son's stuff home for summer.He is finding new digs in September.But what i was going to say is,i saw a PRIVATE courier express parcel company using Royal Mail delivery equipment.Ha ha you could not make it up.In my time there we were told to report misuse of company property,staff were sent out to find out why.
OP
OP
- Location
- Manchester
[QUOTE 5266022, member: 9609"]Not sure if this fits on this thread or not but will share all the same. Had one of those memorable lifetime experiances yesterday.
Was Kayaking on a local Loch, perfectly calm , no wind and all of a sudden we were engulfed in one of those intense thundery downpours, every drop seemed to be creating a 6 inch high splash and there was billions of them, the whole surface of the water was just lost in this amazing wonderful spectacle, just wonderful, I need to do it again.[/QUOTE]
What a great experience and description.
Not at all. Hope it's all good. Come back safe.
Wonder photo, as always!
Jealous.
Awesome !
Was Kayaking on a local Loch, perfectly calm , no wind and all of a sudden we were engulfed in one of those intense thundery downpours, every drop seemed to be creating a 6 inch high splash and there was billions of them, the whole surface of the water was just lost in this amazing wonderful spectacle, just wonderful, I need to do it again.[/QUOTE]
What a great experience and description.
Not at all. Hope it's all good. Come back safe.
Wonder photo, as always!
Jealous.
Awesome !
Maverick Goose
A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place
- Location
- A champagne supernova in the sky
I'm listening to my 80s Megamix on Amazon Prime
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slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Well done! You spared yourself a lot of bollocks...
" You can't get spares for these any more... (teeth-sucking) It'll be about £3000..."
" Of course this is hopelessly energy inefficient... a modern combi will save you loads of money... Oh yes, that's about £4000 because I have to make your pipework conform to current standards..."
On and on they go.
I want to buy you a drink @fossyant
Promise me that you'll cherish your ancient Baxi.
BTW, they'll only specify one make of boiler. The one that they get kick-back "points" from the manufacturer, so they can go on a cruise when they've swindled enough punters.
Tossers.
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You might want to try dealing with Hermes (sorry, we can't be bothered to pick that parcel up that you paid us to pick up and which required the seller to wait in for 3 whole days......but we'll lie about it a lot, and offer lots of platitudes from our dedicated team in Bangalore) before you write the Post Office off.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Well done! You spared yourself a lot of bollocks...
" You can't get spares for these any more... (teeth-sucking) It'll be about £3000..."
" Of course this is hopelessly energy inefficient... a modern combi will save you loads of money... Oh yes, that's about £4000 because I have to make your pipework conform to current standards..."
On and on they go.
I want to buy you a drink @fossyant
Promise me that you'll cherish your ancient Baxi.
BTW, they'll only specify one make of boiler. The one that they get kick-back "points" from the manufacturer, so they can go on a cruise when they've swindled enough punters.
Tossers.
Exactly. The exhaust fan sometimes makes a noise and its a dead easy fix. Covers off again and a little squirt of lube at the top of the motor. All quiet for a couple of years (still spins smoothly).
I did dread it on Saturday when it packed in. A quick google suggested the ignition could be dirty and a new part is just a few quid (although I'm wary of doing much more with a gas appliance). The final cover was into the combustion chamber and its not air tight as the outer one does that, so thought why not. Incredibly simple with the rows of burners (holes in metal channels) and the ignition at one side. It was apparent it needed a scrape so did that and hoovered out all the accumulated dirt.
It now works better than when it was last repaired many years ago and we had a hell of a run around and cost from the plumber who didn't have a clue.
10 minute job.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
And this twaddle about energy efficient. Our gas is less than £40 a month for the heating and gas stove. So how would a £3k boiler save me money on my dinky little Baxi.
Now, if you can do something about the over £100 per month electric (sons gaming pc and a hot tub in the summer, the tub costs about £30 a month to heat).
Now, if you can do something about the over £100 per month electric (sons gaming pc and a hot tub in the summer, the tub costs about £30 a month to heat).
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Wood burning hot tub?
classic33
Leg End Member
Torpedo?
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
Ah, well for that you'd need an email address. They email you with a "no reply" address, and the only available address takes you to........wait for it.........Bangalore. There some very helpful bod asks you what this is all about and promises to "escalate your case", and that's the last you hear about it.
