Your rants here.

itboffin

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Rear wheel is Campag, and although a basic Khamsin you'd think replacement parts would be readily available and cheapish. Couldn't find a replacement axle for love nor money and a freehub would cost 66% of what I paid for the wheelset.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

well you might be in luck depending on the brand as we had ours break recently, out of warranty of course, anyway the mrs called the manufacturers service helpline (hotpoint) who said they have plan you can take out that retrospectively covers faulty parts for £20 min contract term 6 months :shock:

er what now? its a 400-500 £ model anyway, we double checked and sure enough engineer turned up ordered the parts then came back fixed it and that was that, so in the long run £120 and another 6 months full warranty.

I guess it depends on the value of your unit new, worth a call to your manufacturer service line.

asprilla

meanredspider wrote:

itboffin wrote:

Man Of Lard wrote:

itboffin wrote:

google maps friend location, stop on every time

Except when you or your target has no network - also doesn't show up on the head unit... Issue was that his phone had run out of battery it turns out.

new friend that one is broken

Are friends electric?

Knocked that one out of the park.

asprilla

RLJer on a baby blue single speed jumping the lights, using the ped xings, etc in Twickenham.

In Kingston Wheeler kit.

/sucks teeth

thistle_

Asprilla wrote:

RLJer on a baby blue single speed jumping the lights, using the ped xings, etc in Twickenham.

In Kingston Wheeler kit.

/sucks teeth

Reminds me of an email we had a few years ago saying if you're going to RLJ and ride on the pavement don't wear your work hi vis vest plastered with the company logo.

grant2307

The lady this morning who walked in to the ASL this morning as I was coming to a halt at a red light. Then had the cheek to shout at me as though I was in the wrong for being there.

Ticked a few rage boxes and excused my French to a cyclist next to me.

meanredspider

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

hopkinb

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

Make sure you only hit him where it won't show.

Ben6899

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

I think your mistake is asking for an Engineer to do the work. No point asking someone with a Bachelor/Masters degree and Chartered status to fit an oven element, unless it's a mate doing it for free.

See if the repair company can send you someone who fixes ovens for a living...

Ben6899

Spanner monkeys being referred to as Engineers.

veronese68

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

rick_chasey

Haha, you're kinder than my parents.

"Oh get over it. Go out for a bike ride and we're not gonna hear anything else about it after that. Understood?"

MrSweary

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

The way she is going any boy who goes near my daughter will deserve everything he gets.

tangled_metal

Ben6899 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

I think your mistake is asking for an Engineer to do the work. No point asking someone with a Bachelor/Masters degree and Chartered status to fit an oven element, unless it's a mate doing it for free.

See if the repair company can send you someone who fixes ovens for a living...

Oh how I agree deeply with that reply.

My dad got chartered engineer status. Proud achievement that marked him out at a certain level on the profession. My mum's relative's response was "oh that's good, you can take a look at my car then!" Turns out that despite being a civil engineer he did actually know a bit about cars but he didn't let on.

So to all you heating engineers (plumbers) and domestic appliance engineers (washing machine/oven repairman), whilst I value your work, knowledge and skill, that does not make you an engineer. In Germany you'd not be able to use tyre term engineer (German language equivalent is a reserved title I believe). They respect engineers more there partly because of the downgrading of the term engineer to technician hasn't happened I reckon.

In case that sounds elitist I don't see it that way. It's just a different style of learning and role. I in no way think engineer is worth more than technician. It's just a different skillset.

roger_merriman

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

seems fair...

Ben6899

Tangled Metal wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

I think your mistake is asking for an Engineer to do the work. No point asking someone with a Bachelor/Masters degree and Chartered status to fit an oven element, unless it's a mate doing it for free.

See if the repair company can send you someone who fixes ovens for a living...

Oh how I agree deeply with that reply.

My dad got chartered engineer status. Proud achievement that marked him out at a certain level on the profession. My mum's relative's response was "oh that's good, you can take a look at my car then!" Turns out that despite being a civil engineer he did actually know a bit about cars but he didn't let on.

So to all you heating engineers (plumbers) and domestic appliance engineers (washing machine/oven repairman), whilst I value your work, knowledge and skill, that does not make you an engineer. In Germany you'd not be able to use tyre term engineer (German language equivalent is a reserved title I believe). They respect engineers more there partly because of the downgrading of the term engineer to technician hasn't happened I reckon.

In case that sounds elitist I don't see it that way. It's just a different style of learning and role. I in no way think engineer is worth more than technician. It's just a different skillset.

Thank you! I recall getting flamed the last time I brought up this argument.

You're right about Germany - "Engineer" is a protected title much like "Doctor", "Architect". In fact, in Germany, if you're an Engineer then that's your title on all correspondence if you so choose. So your dad's Rapha order would be addressed to Herr Ingenieur Metal.

meanredspider

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Tashman

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Line 0f Duty style!

meanredspider

Tashman wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Line 0f Duty style!

He had an electric saw - I plan to enjoy it more...

Ben6899

meanredspider wrote:

Tashman wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Line 0f Duty style!

He had an electric saw - I plan to enjoy it more...

Mechanical though. I thought you were an electric convert?

meanredspider

Ben6899 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Tashman wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Line 0f Duty style!

He had an electric saw - I plan to enjoy it more...

Mechanical though. I thought you were an electric convert?

That gives you just some idea how angry I am...

tangled_metal

Ben6899 wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

I think your mistake is asking for an Engineer to do the work. No point asking someone with a Bachelor/Masters degree and Chartered status to fit an oven element, unless it's a mate doing it for free.

See if the repair company can send you someone who fixes ovens for a living...

Oh how I agree deeply with that reply.

My dad got chartered engineer status. Proud achievement that marked him out at a certain level on the profession. My mum's relative's response was "oh that's good, you can take a look at my car then!" Turns out that despite being a civil engineer he did actually know a bit about cars but he didn't let on.

<snip>

Thank you! I recall getting flamed the last time I brought up this argument.

You're right about Germany - "Engineer" is a protected title much like "Doctor", "Architect". In fact, in Germany, if you're an Engineer then that's your title on all correspondence if you so choose. So your dad's Rapha order would be addressed to Herr Ingenieur Metal.

IIRC they even have a title like "Dip.I. too which is a diploma never engineer. If think that's for when you have a recognised degree or masters but haven't got the subsequent experience/training too be fully chartered. The respect is fully part of their culture. I think it runs from school age with their education system through the whole society. I fully agree with it. I always say a chartered engineer should be considered the equal of a fully qualified doctor. You've got 4 years masters plus a minimum of 3 years post qualification training, usually more, to get chartered engineer status. A doctor has 5 years degree and on the ward training then a 2 year training contract in hospitals to get fully registered as a medical practitioner (doctor). Then they get further training to specialise. Just like chartered engineers as it happens. Lifelong CPD.

Of course I'm just an engineering snob and shouldn't be so precious about the title engineer. BTW I'm not an engineer. I have 2 engineering degrees, the last one a masters, but I'm not chartered so do not consider myself an engineer. My greatest regret is not becoming chartered.

cjcp

Yellow Jackets of Authority.

They do not make you invincible - they're not like Ironman suits.

They do not give you the right to (a) jump lights, (b) cut other riders up, or (c) crawl along at speeds not far off trackstanding, or at which you can wave at the aeroplanes, sniff the flowers, or just generally hold everyone up AND THEN JUMP THE LIGHTS OR PED CROSSINGS.

Please take the train. Or walk. Walking would actually be faster than the bike at your pace.

kingstongraham

Dinyull wrote:

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

Unless it's much more difficult than mine, just diy. I'm hopeless and managed to do mine with instructions from the youtube of the place that sold me the replacement part.

veronese68

meanredspider wrote:

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Changing your name to Dexter?

Agree about the engineer tag. My granddad was an engineer in Italy, he had the title Ing. before his name.

meanredspider

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Changing your name to Dexter?

Agree about the engineer tag. My granddad was an engineer in Italy, he had the title Ing. before his name.

Bringing these two themes together, I think he also calls himself an engineer and isn't event chartered. But, yes, Dexter is another of my inspirations in this instance.

Ben6899

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Changing your name to Dexter?

Agree about the engineer tag. My granddad was an engineer in Italy, he had the title Ing. before his name.

Bringing these two themes together, I think he also calls himself an engineer and isn't event chartered. But, yes, Dexter is another of my inspirations in this instance.

Make Jackson Pollock proud!

asprilla

Ben6899 wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

I think your mistake is asking for an Engineer to do the work. No point asking someone with a Bachelor/Masters degree and Chartered status to fit an oven element, unless it's a mate doing it for free.

See if the repair company can send you someone who fixes ovens for a living...

Oh how I agree deeply with that reply.

My dad got chartered engineer status. Proud achievement that marked him out at a certain level on the profession. My mum's relative's response was "oh that's good, you can take a look at my car then!" Turns out that despite being a civil engineer he did actually know a bit about cars but he didn't let on.

So to all you heating engineers (plumbers) and domestic appliance engineers (washing machine/oven repairman), whilst I value your work, knowledge and skill, that does not make you an engineer. In Germany you'd not be able to use tyre term engineer (German language equivalent is a reserved title I believe). They respect engineers more there partly because of the downgrading of the term engineer to technician hasn't happened I reckon.

In case that sounds elitist I don't see it that way. It's just a different style of learning and role. I in no way think engineer is worth more than technician. It's just a different skillset.

Thank you! I recall getting flamed the last time I brought up this argument.

You're right about Germany - "Engineer" is a protected title much like "Doctor", "Architect". In fact, in Germany, if you're an Engineer then that's your title on all correspondence if you so choose. So your dad's Rapha order would be addressed to Herr Ingenieur Metal.

All true. But in Germany you can be a Doctor of Plumbing or Engineering, or most other technical roles, if you are sufficiently qualified.

WillMedic

roger merriman wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

posh_pedaller wrote:

Partly at myself, forgot I left a saddle bag on my bike locked up outside the gym, gone when I got back. Mostly annoyed because of a very nice Crank Bros multitool I had inside it.

Do'h.

I hate having all these saddle bags, tool bottles etc and a pannier - when leaving anywhere other than work or home, takes me almost longer to remove all the lights & bags than it took for the ride there!

Prob best accessory purchase I've made has been a Topeak MTX system with a trunkbag on top of the rack and two side panniers all integrated together, just remove the two retaining bungees then unclick and slide off- all takes a matter of seconds to put on and off, and being the one unit, I don't forget bits!

Only a Ginger

Banks (well, building society).

Getting an extension on the house, get a quote we like (£30k), check out if the bank will lend us the money for it.

Use the online application to see how much we can borrow - they "may be prepared" to lend us upto £38k.

Great.

Leave it a week to confirm everything with the builder and work out how much we actually want to borrow.

£30k.

Complete the application.

Get a reply today - "The maximum amount we can lend you is £18,600".

How does that happen? No information has changed, nothing. Clowns.

posh_pedaller

meanredspider wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

FFS - the one night that Miss MRS is on the open ward so that I can't stay overnight and her twunt of a boyfriend decides to dump her by email at 1am in the morning!

I'm headed to Crawley later with a baseball bat!!

I'm surprised you stopped long enough to write that. What an absolute cnut. I've told my daughter she's not allowed near boys, ever.

Eve's doctor was funny - asking when he should get the good-looking Spanish junior doctor back.

Just leaving B&Q with a big roll of plastic sheeting, a white oversuit and a hacksaw...

Maybe it's not your 'style', but...

Bribe someone from the hospital to give you some spare insulin.
Inject it (a lot of it) into a site where a pathologist might not spot a needle mark - a mole, under the tongue etc.
Insulin is metabolised away and won't show up in a toxicology test.

Questions?