Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[MontyVeda]

Large new cars with headlights designed to make the front look like an animal face. Cat? Also the new fad for a thin narrow light running the full width of the bonnet and boot between the headlights and tailights.

You have to be a very special d1ckhead to design it but just an ordinary d1ckhead to buy a car like that.

Winds me up beyond all reason and rational thought.

are you in the right thread?

 

[MontyVeda]

I started using Hair conditioner instead of shaving jel or cream, seems to work a treat

Shaving foam is just a lube. It needn't be anything special. So long as it has long sinewy molecules, it'll work. I just use a bar of soap.

 

[PeteXXX]

The smell of the chocolate cake I've just taken out of the oven.. 👍

 

[newfhouse]

 

[Profpointy]

Made my new anvil portable

View: https://youtu.be/ThYvl2Gx4UE

I just need one of those. Dunno what for, but I'm certain I need one !

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just bled a radiator for the first time in my life, after watching this.

My living room radiator wasn't so warm at the top as the bottom, but now it's 'mad hot'!

 

[swee'pea99]

I've just bled a radiator for the first time in my life, after watching this.

My living room radiator wasn't so warm at the top as the bottom, but now it's 'mad hot'!

I hesitate to ask, but have you topped up the pressure in the system?

 

[Andy in Germany]

My new favourite German word:

"Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung".

Proof from my apartment owner that I've never been in rental arrears.

 

[Oldhippy]

Great German Scrabble word!

 

[figbat]

Great German Scrabble word!

Too long to fit on the board!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Old black and white silent movies. There’s a special charm about them.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Danny Dyer.

He pleases you beyond expectation? Tell us more.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I hesitate to ask, but have you topped up the pressure in the system?

As in pulled that small blue tap thingy down, under the boiler, for a few seconds?🤔

By the way, yesterday was a year to the day since I blew my old boiler up.

 

[swee'pea99]

As in pulled that small blue tap thingy down, under the boiler, for a few seconds?🤔

By the way, yesterday was a year to the day since I blew my old boiler up.

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I can't quite see it from your picture, but I reckon your first port of call ought to be the system pressure gauge. I have a Worcestor Bosch - similar vintage to yours - and on mine, it looks like this:

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If yours is basically the same, there'll be two pointers - a red one and a black one. The red one shows you where your water pressure needs to be, the black one shows where it actually is. If that black needle is way below the red one, you need to let more water into the system. Somewhere close to your boiler you'll find the water pipes connected to it. Mine look like this:

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Find that tap - yours will be similar - and turn it anti-clockwise, while you watch the dial. The black needle should start moving up. When it's level with the red one, or just a tad below, turn the tap off. (Do this carefully...the pressure can change quickly.) Then use the reset button, as per irw's diagram above, and if you're lucky, you might be in business.

(Obvs you need to click on the links to see the pics.)

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Most people probably know - but a lot of boilers need you to turn 2 taps to top the pressure up

I tend to have to do it about twice a year