3 days of driving massive Luton van has made me smile. Nice to get back to basics, there is something weirdly enjoyable about driving vans
What's made you smile today?
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Generally people give you more space and do not try to squeeze past as they do if you are in a small car.
Probably also because they assume it is not owned by the driver and who probably doesn't give a sh*t.
LolGenerally people give you more space and do not try to squeeze past as they do if you are in a small car.
Probably also because they assume it is not owned by the driver and who probably doesn't give a sh*t.
They also expect you to go slow and if they get right up your arse you can’t see them to care. It’s a very relaxing drive
The base is a transit, it’s surprising how well equipped they are for what is a very basic van
This trip was even easier than expected. The customer cancelled the training, so my chauffeur and spent the night in the mountain town. Mostly because neither of us were in legal shape to drive down the mountain in the dark. The town of Leadville, Colorado is located at 10,500 ft, so a flatlander, like me, who lives at 700 ft above sea level has enough problems there when sober. The old hotel we booked rooms at doesn't have an elevator, so second floor rooms are tiring to get to. More so when you're lit.
Sunset in Leadville.
A cold morning.
The boss probably realised he was "flogging a dead horse" in trying to teach his monkeys new tricks.
You're not helping the stereotype for americans
Worse still, because I assume they still refer to ground floor as first floor, so second floor would only be one flight of stairs!
Never mind the Elevator..
I Wouldn't even use the "Cold Image". Staircase
I Wouldn't even use the "Cold Image". Staircase
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Due to the total incompetence of the highway construction engineers in not accounting for rain wash off from their badly constructed compound at Hockering on the A47 the road is now totally blocked and flooded. Add to this the bone idleness and blatent stupidity of the Norfolk Highways in doing zero maintenance of road drainage and we have a situation developing with flooding. The fact that its bone dry here and we are very short of water and ground water levels are at an all time low makes no difference when these idiots drop so much mud down the already blocked drains they actually fill up to surface levels with mud and stones.... It took my daiughter 2hours 29 minutes to get around 5 miles from work to Sainsbury's after her night shift. Fortunately Noop spurns floods and mud as he spurns rabied dog, and people who are too bloody lazy to do their jobs in a competent manner. So she was soon back home which made me smile. I shall be writing and demanding the maintenace works shedule for planned drainage work in Norfolk highways, the names of the so called engineers named on the highways works and the details of hteir risk assessments aginst flooding and disruption under the Freedom of information act and then demanding that the Minister of Transport investihgate their pathetic carryings on. SOmeone should lose their job over this. The netire region is brought to a standstill because they are both stupid, and lazy. We have no actually had that much rain.
Perhaps I can waste as much of their time as they have wasted of everyone elses round here today. Next another letter to our PM. At least it makes a change from lambasting him about his lack of backbone in dealing with that B johnson throwing illegal parites in lock down while our relative were ending their lives without a family member anywhere near, lying to the Queen, Parliament, the police, the country et al, and general tory non complaince withnot just the laws of tha land, but common decency as well.
Perhaps I can waste as much of their time as they have wasted of everyone elses round here today. Next another letter to our PM. At least it makes a change from lambasting him about his lack of backbone in dealing with that B johnson throwing illegal parites in lock down while our relative were ending their lives without a family member anywhere near, lying to the Queen, Parliament, the police, the country et al, and general tory non complaince withnot just the laws of tha land, but common decency as well.
I'd wait a few days - with the by-election results he's just had there will probably be a different numpty "in charge" of the comedy show real soon...
Those folks embarrass me. Especially outside of the US.
In my defense, I'm pushing 70, I was more than buzzed, and those stairs were located almost 2 miles in elevation. Also steeper than the stairs in my house. Did I mention I was lit?
Not a term I'm familiar with
Try Cockney rhyming slang "Brahms and Liszt"= "pi**ed"
Whilst getting my daughters Fiat Moted I was talking about Fiats to a retired Fiat Trained mechanic about the Twin Air models his reply was, "Oh you mean the lawn mower engine!"
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Thought it was short for Litoff, I suppose that rhymes with Smirnoff.
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Bloody cheek.... he's another one I shall not tow out of a snow drift.. . . . . . and why does google insist Ive been motorcycling when Im out in the TA?Whilst getting my daughters Fiat Moted I was talking about Fiats to a retired Fiat Trained mechanic about the Twin Air models his reply was, "Oh you mean the lawn mower engine!"
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Here is hoping. My wife needs a doctor, sorry no appointments for two weeks plus. Shes only been twice in 35 years and now she needs one this bunch of cretins has run the health service down so she cant get one. They should refund all my tax every last penny. I could get her quicker service from my sons doctor in New York, and that includes the travel and overnight costs. WOE BETIDE any tory canvasers stupid enough to knock on my door! I hope they read the small print on large stealth sign.
P.S. Its not a smile its wind.
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Watching the TV after our supper last night we both said, at the same time, how cold we were feeling. So, instead of putting the living room gas fire on we decided to trigger the central heating timer to on for the first time this autumn. Turning the central heating on for the first time after a period of inactivity is always a bit of a stressful moment as our system is prone to air locking if not used for some time and doesn't always oblige. However, last night, all went well and we were soon warm and comfortable. We activated it at about 8.30 pm and the timer cut it off again at 10.00 pm. The smart meter - which I don't trust for accuracy - told us it had used nearly £3.00 over that period and we didn't have the gas fire or cooker running all evening - it's only the hob which uses gas anyway, oven is electric and we cooked our pizza dinner in the oven. So it looks like we burnt those 3.00 quid's worth of gas in the boiler alone. It's a fairly modern condensing boiler powering an older type gravity system and heating a hot water cylinder and 7 radiators but 3 of them are set to "low" on their thermostatic controls because they are in bathroom/toilet/utility room.
I didn't cancel the timer so it all lit off again this morning. What wonderful decadent luxury to get out of bed in a nice warm house! "T" shirt over the radiator while I got washed so lovely and warm when it came to put it on - did the same with my underpants ( is that even more decadent?). The heating was on for the same period of time ie. hour and a half, but now, nearly an hour and a half after the heating was shut down by the timer, the smart meter is showing only £1.09 of gas used. I keep an eye on the smart meter every day, sometimes several times a day, and I've noticed it's recording of gas and/or electricity used seems to be strangely erratic and doesn't really reflect what's been used at the time. I don't think it's over or undercharging us in the long term - Mrs J, my personal financial advisor, keeps an eagle eye on the bills - but the short term readings displayed are definitely puzzling? By the way, neither of us had a bath or shower last night so that wouldn't account for the difference.
So now the question is, should we have it on again tonight? - It was just so nice putting on those warm underclothes!
I didn't cancel the timer so it all lit off again this morning. What wonderful decadent luxury to get out of bed in a nice warm house! "T" shirt over the radiator while I got washed so lovely and warm when it came to put it on - did the same with my underpants ( is that even more decadent?). The heating was on for the same period of time ie. hour and a half, but now, nearly an hour and a half after the heating was shut down by the timer, the smart meter is showing only £1.09 of gas used. I keep an eye on the smart meter every day, sometimes several times a day, and I've noticed it's recording of gas and/or electricity used seems to be strangely erratic and doesn't really reflect what's been used at the time. I don't think it's over or undercharging us in the long term - Mrs J, my personal financial advisor, keeps an eagle eye on the bills - but the short term readings displayed are definitely puzzling? By the way, neither of us had a bath or shower last night so that wouldn't account for the difference.
So now the question is, should we have it on again tonight? - It was just so nice putting on those warm underclothes!
The first use, last night, will have put a lot of its heat into the house structure. There will be loss overnight, but perhaps less than you put in.
In 1987, we bought a small house with storage heaters as its only heating. Once we'd got the things hot, after a few days, we had a warm house, that stayed warm 24/7. Having grown up in a cold house, with ice on the inside of the windows on winter mornings, this was bliss. Even better when we replaced the storage heaters with new ones, took us a while to get the temp down again.
It occurs to me, that the house itself becomes part of the heat storage. With the heating on all the time, the structure becomes warm, walls, and furniture are all comfortable to touch. With friends, who have their heating on twice a day, it seems to heat the air, but everything else stays cool, so sitting down on the sofa takes a lot of heat out of you.
From this, our behaviour changed. Spring and Autumn we might have the heating on twice a day, but once it gets chilly, the heating goes on, and stays on 24/7. Theoretically, we are only inputting the amount of heat lost by the house, which is probably frightening, as it is poorly built. But even at today's energy prices, adding heat is still cheaper than rebuilding the house.
At my last scheduled appointment with my doc to discuss ongoing prostate "stuff" I mentioned that I've got a strangely discoloured big toe nail. He took a quick look at it and gave me a wee plastic bag with instruction to cut a sample of nail, put it in the envelope and return it to the surgery. After a couple of weeks I got an email from the surgery - Please make an appointment with your doctor to discuss ongoing treatment of your nail fungal infection - Tried to ring the surgery but couldn't get through (you are number 23 in the queue. Your call is important to us so please wait, etc, etc) I just put the phone down. managed to get through later in the day but there are no appointments. If urgent please ring at 8.00 am in the morning. I've tried that before and what happens is up 'till 8 all you get is a message informing you the surgery is closed and to call the emergency services or go to A&E if immediate attention is required. After 8, if you don't get the engaged signal, you are informed that all appointments for that morning are taken - even at one minute past 8! - and to try ringing again at 2.00pm ( when the outcome is often the same) How can this be? How can all those appointments be taken within the first minute of the phone line going live? Anyway, on this occasion, as it wasn't urgent I just asked for a "normal" appointment and was told I couldn't be allocated one with my regular doctor as all his future appointments were booked right up to the next cut off point for appointments. However I could have one with one of the other doctors if I wished. The younger doctors seem to turn over quite often and the current ones always seem to be able to fit you in. Anyway, the outcome was that I got the first available appointment with any available doctor (think there are about 6 or 7 docs in our practice?) which was 3 weeks ahead!
I really don't know what you're meant to do. Anyway, I saw the chap, very pleasant but quite harassed I'd say, and he prescribed some "nail varnish stuff" for me to paint on and he'll see me again in about 6 months - apparently it takes that long to work - In light of my experiences with appointments, I thought I'd just make an appointment for 6 months time on my way out past reception but was told that was not possible as they only release appointments a month in advance! This whole system is in complete disarray and well broken!
Edit. Oops! just realized this is the "smiley" thread. I probably should have posted this in the "grumpy" thread, shouldn't I?
