Early morning knock on the door by man in uniform
cooldad
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Woken from my slumber just as Miss Anderson was about to Mr Lee me by a knock on the door, look outside and it's a man in uniform - police catching up on my misspent youth?
The recently ousted colonel looking for somewhere to crash?
To get the answer we have to spool back a day. Parked in multistorey car park, battery flat. Kind stranger gave me some amps to get moving. Got home, said battery appears to be deceased.
Using my carefully honed google fu skills I searched for replacement. Bad day got worse, prices ranged from £90 to £120, for a bloody battery. A joke.
Hidden away found a little website - £51 delivered if ordered before 3pm. Trusty CC to the rescue paid at 2.55pm.
Would it arrive, or had my money gone to a needy Nigerian?
8am this morning, cheerful courier knocked on the door, enquired pleasantly whether he had woken me up (the superman pj's might have given me away) and handed me a big box of battery.
Amazing price and service.
http://www.thebatteryguys.co.uk
The recently ousted colonel looking for somewhere to crash?
To get the answer we have to spool back a day. Parked in multistorey car park, battery flat. Kind stranger gave me some amps to get moving. Got home, said battery appears to be deceased.
Using my carefully honed google fu skills I searched for replacement. Bad day got worse, prices ranged from £90 to £120, for a bloody battery. A joke.
Hidden away found a little website - £51 delivered if ordered before 3pm. Trusty CC to the rescue paid at 2.55pm.
Would it arrive, or had my money gone to a needy Nigerian?
8am this morning, cheerful courier knocked on the door, enquired pleasantly whether he had woken me up (the superman pj's might have given me away) and handed me a big box of battery.
Amazing price and service.
http://www.thebatteryguys.co.uk
I don't do smileys.
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Why was a copper delivering Batteries?
Are the police that skint that they're now running a delivery service to pay for pandas to grow and turn into cars?+ 1001 posts reset by the cruel cruel moderators!
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Awesome story.
Got anymore?0 -
I made scones for lunch. They were sh1t.I don't do smileys.
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Pah, one battery? My Land Rover Defender had 24V sparks and one night I got the rotary light switch positioned in "Convoy" mode (Sheepsteeth would understand, if you do not.. tough)
A week later, I go to start it... two flat, no even worse.. dead red top, sealed gel batteries under the passenger seat. Push started it, off to battery shop. £300 each. Got some cash discount, so £550 out of pocket for being one click out on the light switch.0 -
That's probably more than my car's worth.I don't do smileys.
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Gibberish.Raymondavalon wrote:Pah, one battery? My Land Rover Defender had 24V sparks and one night I got the rotary light switch positioned in "Convoy" mode (Sheepsteeth would understand, if you do not.. tough)
A week later, I go to start it... two flat, no even worse.. dead red top, sealed gel batteries under the passenger seat. Push started it, off to battery shop. £300 each. Got some cash discount, so £550 out of pocket for being one click out on the light switch.0 -
He's a foreigner. Probably arrived in the back of a truck and got his Defender on benefits claiming for his 12 wives and 493 children.I don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:He's a foreigner. Probably arrived in the back of a truck and got his Defender on benefits claiming for his 12 wives and 493 children.
I'll "foreigner" you in a minute! :¬P0 -
You're in a rock band?
Can you just point at what you want?0 -
Raymondavalon wrote:Pah, one battery? My Land Rover Defender had 24V sparks and one night I got the rotary light switch positioned in "Convoy" mode (Sheepsteeth would understand, if you do not.. tough)
A week later, I go to start it... two flat, no even worse.. dead red top, sealed gel batteries under the passenger seat. Push started it, off to battery shop. £300 each. Got some cash discount, so £550 out of pocket for being one click out on the light switch.
Why couldn't you just serial connect two standard 12v batteries and save a gazzillion pounds?0 -
97th choice wrote:
Why couldn't you just serial connect two standard 12v batteries and save a gazzillion pounds?
Because "standard" batteries don't like being totally immersed in water and aren't overly good at powering a 9000LB 24V Superwinch either...0 -
Can we have a translator? Or an immigration officer?0
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I'll Superwinch you in a minute...0
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yeehaamcgee wrote:
Gibberish.Raymondavalon wrote:Pah, one battery? My Land Rover Defender had 24V sparks and one night I got the rotary light switch positioned in "Convoy" mode (Sheepsteeth would understand, if you do not.. tough)
A week later, I go to start it... two flat, no even worse.. dead red top, sealed gel batteries under the passenger seat. Push started it, off to battery shop. £300 each. Got some cash discount, so £550 out of pocket for being one click out on the light switch.
Not really, hardly rocket science level thought process to work it out.
For those in the cheap seats though...There is a 'convoy light' fitted under the vehicle that casts light onto the white diff cover so that the following vehicle can see the one in front when, driving in convoy in the dark without lights.
Land Rovers (Mil spec and some Civvy spec ones I guess?) are often used in a convoy, for this they are fitted with special lights to enable them to travel in a chain gang sort of, to enable them to avoid lighting up the area like Blackpool when the illuminations are turned on only the lead vehicle and tail end Charlie use their lights (Lead vehicle main beams and rear will have tail lights showing or will be driving using Infra red + NVG's) and those in the middle use the convoy lights and drive REAL careful like.
It's spectacular driving across the desert in this way, very surreal. & takes some huge nads to do it in the middle of winter in Wales up and down mountainsides when the fog is leaving you with only a few foot of visibility. =]0 -
Are you this "interesting" at parties?
And by "interesting", I of course mean, "dull", and "completely devoid of humour".0 -
You asked for a translation, I offered you the idiots guide, because let's face it, you seem like an idiot. (:0
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fixed it for you.One Man And His Bike wrote:I seem like an idiot.0 -
Oooh, a misquote, how clever of you.
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FBI have no jurisdiction here in the United Kingdoms, DUH! 0 -
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To get this thread sensibly back on track:Raymondavalon wrote:cooldad wrote:He's a foreigner. Probably arrived in the back of a truck and got his Defender on benefits claiming for his 12 wives and 493 children.
I'll "foreigner" you in a minute! :¬P
You don't have a good foreigner in you.
Unless one of those wives is a ladyboy.I don't do smileys.
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cooldad wrote:
To get this thread sensibly back on track:Raymondavalon wrote:cooldad wrote:He's a foreigner. Probably arrived in the back of a truck and got his Defender on benefits claiming for his 12 wives and 493 children.
I'll "foreigner" you in a minute! :¬P
For a split second I thought you'd forgot where you were!+ 1001 posts reset by the cruel cruel moderators!
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