car washed small dent found, took it body shop they have better eyes than me and noticed paint is cracked so cant smart repair, :bang:
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What's made you grumpy today?
Pathetic!Sadly in this day and age it's often advised that women stay in their car, and if in doubt call the police. When I had a bump several years ago, the women didn't speak to me or even acknowledge me, however 10 mins later her boyfriend appeared, she just sat in the car on the phone crying.
Well, where to begin,
My day started off badly as I slept in (most bad days start off like this) got outside to defrost the car and went A over T on the ice.
Arrived at work and it was by no exaggeration it was the day from hell in all ways possibe.
Then to top off my bad day upon arriving in my street to park and upon attempting to park the car I hit a patch of ice which made the car slide into the curb and I have managed to curb my drivers side alloy really badly, it dark at the min but it does look a mess.
I am now planning to have a beer and feel sorry for myself (LOL).
Regards
Stephen
My day started off badly as I slept in (most bad days start off like this) got outside to defrost the car and went A over T on the ice.
Arrived at work and it was by no exaggeration it was the day from hell in all ways possibe.
Then to top off my bad day upon arriving in my street to park and upon attempting to park the car I hit a patch of ice which made the car slide into the curb and I have managed to curb my drivers side alloy really badly, it dark at the min but it does look a mess.
I am now planning to have a beer and feel sorry for myself (LOL).
Regards
Stephen
In a similar vein, going back a long way, to the late '70s as it happens, a mate and I both worked for the same company and had matching Escort 1.3 Ls. I had a steaming great row with the boss and handed my notice in. I did know, however, that they had a bit of a track record of not paying people at the end of their last month. So on the day I was due to finish I rang the area manager and told him that I wasn't going to hand the car back until I was paid. After many threats to report me for theft they finally agreed to send a cheque for the required amount. It arrived, I banked it and after it had cleared phoned the firm and told them I'd send them the key in the post.
Which I did, Recorded Delivery.....I just forgot to tell the firm where I'd parked the Escort. After a month I told them. I'd parked it in the short stay at Manchester Airport!
I must admit I can't remember what the cost would have been, but today's cost would be around £25 per day. £25 X 30 days = £750. Hah!
The washer dryer won't stop drying! Ahhhh
everyone can get into work except teachers again
The school I drive past everyday was fine this morning, but surprise surprise its closed again. All the roads had been cleared/gritted and at 8AM the council was in the process of clearing and gritting the paths.
Its closed for today, expect if you have an exam....
It's got nothing to do with teachers getting it, its H&S, can't have the little darlings slipping over and breaking an arm on school property or parents will sue the school
It's got nothing to do with teachers getting it, its H&S, can't have the little darlings slipping over and breaking an arm on school property or parents will sue the school
that's a myth
grandsons school was going to open but because the bigger schools at the end of the road and across the road shut where the staff kids go, the staff at his school had to stay home and look after their kids
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No it isn't.
yes it is
teachers might still use it as a skive to shut other schools but
as long as there is at least one safe route available to access the building reasonable in the circumstances then duty of care has been provided, so no case for suing.
that can easily be done with a hand gritter
I'm sorry to disagree with you, dave (especially as I have a lot of time and respect for you...): but I spent over half an hour, this morning, de-snowing and de-icing the Punto, so that I could take Mrs homeward -- currently suffering from sciatica -- into work... (at a steady 30 mph, on snowbound country roads...).
What does she do? She manages and runs an independent pre-school, attached to a local authority primary school, twelve miles away... -- where, yesterday, the headmaster, many of the teachers, some of the parents, and the caretaker, spent the afternoon and evening clearing and gritting all the necessary outside areas. [Very few of the teachers live locally -- for various reasons -- but had made the effort to brave yesterday's blizzard conditions, to do this.] :worship:
Thus -- although many local schools are still closed... -- this one (which serves a large, very local population) wasn't: even though all the roads close to it were still treacherous (both to drive and walk on...), early this morning.
I'd also like to add that my dad was a headmaster at a large comprehensive, before he retired. This was situated at the top of a very large, very steep hill; and served an expansive council estate, in the north-west of England. He would only close it (back in the 1970s and 1980s) if he couldn't get his Austin J4 van up the hill -- which was very, very rare.... :slayer:
I think that someone has to defend teachers and the like: because I think very few people understand the long hours and the huge amount of work they do -- and for very little money, comparatively.... Oh yes, they have these huge holidays; and only work six hours a day...! What a load of b*ll*cks! My other half averages over fifty hours a week; and worked pretty much nonstop over the summer break -- meaning that we didn't go away, this year....
And, yes, of course, there are lazy teachers, like there are lazy s*ds in all walks of life. But I know from experience that they really are in the minority....
Anyway: rant over. Just, please, next time, maybe pick your words a little more carefully...? Thanks...!
I also work with teachers and one today had driven from London to Aylesbury just to be told that the school was closed.that's not fair.
That is really poor.... I used to commute, once a week, from Cheltenham to Hemel Hempstead. Arrived there, one morning, in the snow, to find only about a dozen staff in, out of several hundred. Many of those had walked, or driven in from the surrounding towns or villages.... It's amazing, though, how many people, who lived within spitting distance, simply couldn't be *rsed. :bang:
What is it about the English and a light dusting of snow...?!
No it isn't Dave, do you happen to be on a school governing body out of interest
If so then you'd be fully aware that you are wrong.
As chair of governor my father and the head both had joint decission at 5am this morning at deciding to close the high school in question that they are responsible for!
that's what i'm grumpy about in the 70s and 80s schools didnt shut unless the boilers broke. so why so many shutting now, most cars were rwd then too.
gransons school is only shut because the other 2 on the same road are shut, if his could open why not the other 2
one head on the news was using the excuse that teachers lived further away now, but loads of my teachers lived further away back in the 70s.
* mrs dave leaves for work at 7am and arrives back home around 7pm, has her dinner and then does 2-3 hours of paper work, her pay is a lot less than most teachers
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No it isn't Dave, do you happen to be on a school governing body out of interest
If so then you'd be fully aware that you are wrong.
As chair of governor my father and the head both had joint decission at 5am this morning at deciding to close the high school in question that they are responsible for!
wasn't on the news was they saying they are shutting to keep kids safe? what do they think the kids are going to do with no school, some who's parents have had to go to work, they are going to be a lot less safe out of school than in.
No it isn't Dave, do you happen to be on a school governing body out of interest
no but i know about risk management and actions that are ‘reasonable in the circumstances’.
its not concidered reasonable for paths to be cleared during heavy falls of snow. so no one can win a case if they fall on that path (as an insurance advisor you should know this)
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