Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Oct 27th 2004, 9:20 am
#8401
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Well, wouldn't you know it. There I was on my way to the garage to get my tyres sorted and on flashes the brake light. So I make it to the garage in a mini-temper and pop the bonnet. No brake fluid. Leak, clearly. Considering I had the master cylinder replaced in July, I wasn't impressed. I think the young mechanic was a little bemused when I got down on my hands and knees on the oily floor to see the leak for myself (best not to trust a mechanic you've never dealt with before, I find). And yes, definite leak. Stupid blinkin brake cylinder gone, brake fluid spraying all over the place. 
So the car has been abandoned overnight at the garage so that they can work on it tomorrow. I think I did a good job in convincing them that I'm not a girly girl, know a little bit of the basics about cars and wasn't prepared to be messed about with. Asked lots of technical questions, got a written quotation, told them to phone me first if it even looked like they might need to do any other work, drew myself up to my full height (getting on for 6 foot in heels!), fixed them with a beady eye and told them I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Then I had to walk home in the cold and the wind.
It's that stupid lunar eclipse - they always cause trouble.
So the car has been abandoned overnight at the garage so that they can work on it tomorrow. I think I did a good job in convincing them that I'm not a girly girl, know a little bit of the basics about cars and wasn't prepared to be messed about with. Asked lots of technical questions, got a written quotation, told them to phone me first if it even looked like they might need to do any other work, drew myself up to my full height (getting on for 6 foot in heels!), fixed them with a beady eye and told them I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Then I had to walk home in the cold and the wind.
It's that stupid lunar eclipse - they always cause trouble.
Oct 27th 2004, 9:27 am
#8402
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
Well, wouldn't you know it. There I was on my way to the garage to get my tyres sorted and on flashes the brake light. So I make it to the garage in a mini-temper and pop the bonnet. No brake fluid. Leak, clearly. Considering I had the master cylinder replaced in July, I wasn't impressed. I think the young mechanic was a little bemused when I got down on my hands and knees on the oily floor to see the leak for myself (best not to trust a mechanic you've never dealt with before, I find). And yes, definite leak. Stupid blinkin brake cylinder gone, brake fluid spraying all over the place.
So the car has been abandoned overnight at the garage so that they can work on it tomorrow. I think I did a good job in convincing them that I'm not a girly girl, know a little bit of the basics about cars and wasn't prepared to be messed about with. Asked lots of technical questions, got a written quotation, told them to phone me first if it even looked like they might need to do any other work, drew myself up to my full height (getting on for 6 foot in heels!), fixed them with a beady eye and told them I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Then I had to walk home in the cold and the wind.
It's that stupid lunar eclipse - they always cause trouble.
So the car has been abandoned overnight at the garage so that they can work on it tomorrow. I think I did a good job in convincing them that I'm not a girly girl, know a little bit of the basics about cars and wasn't prepared to be messed about with. Asked lots of technical questions, got a written quotation, told them to phone me first if it even looked like they might need to do any other work, drew myself up to my full height (getting on for 6 foot in heels!), fixed them with a beady eye and told them I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Then I had to walk home in the cold and the wind.
It's that stupid lunar eclipse - they always cause trouble.
Good form on the staring-down the spanner monkeys though
Oct 27th 2004, 9:27 am
#8403
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
I think the young mechanic was a little bemused when I got down on my hands and knees
G
Oct 27th 2004, 9:38 am
#8404
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Deadmeat
Unlucky bundy ... persistent drizzle doesn't damp the effects then?
Good form on the staring-down the spanner monkeys though
Good form on the staring-down the spanner monkeys though
He was on a realty TV show in the US when we were over there last week
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:02 am
#8405
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Hey G....I bloody won...only the star prize too....an adult mountain bike 
My little girl Lydia won a doll and i also won some hair straightners.
( if your wondering what i am on about DM ....BINGO....for children in need.)
My little girl Lydia won a doll and i also won some hair straightners.
( if your wondering what i am on about DM ....BINGO....for children in need.)
Oct 27th 2004, 10:04 am
#8406
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by DIMO8
Hey G....I bloody won...only the star prize too....an adult mountain bike
My little girl Lydia won a doll and i also won some hair straightners.
( if your wondering what i am on about DM ....BINGO....for children in need.)
My little girl Lydia won a doll and i also won some hair straightners.
( if your wondering what i am on about DM ....BINGO....for children in need.)
Are you going to be cycling lots now? Remember what happened to Bundy
What about the lycra?
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:06 am
#8407
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Well i dont know about either...lycra not very in at the mo.
i probably wont use it at all, as i go to a gym...maybe i should cycle there for extra fitness.
Hows the leg anyhow..did the cyber kisses make it better?
i probably wont use it at all, as i go to a gym...maybe i should cycle there for extra fitness.
Hows the leg anyhow..did the cyber kisses make it better?
Oct 27th 2004, 10:07 am
#8408
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Mrs G not back from work yet???
Oct 27th 2004, 10:08 am
#8409
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by DIMO8
Well i dont know about either...lycra not very in at the mo.
i probably wont use it at all, as i go to a gym...maybe i should cycle there for extra fitness.
Hows the leg anyhow..did the cyber kisses make it better?
i probably wont use it at all, as i go to a gym...maybe i should cycle there for extra fitness.
Hows the leg anyhow..did the cyber kisses make it better?
I'm in pain elsewhere now
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:10 am
#8410
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Grayling
Oooh! much better.
I'm in pain elsewhere now
G
I'm in pain elsewhere now
G
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Oct 27th 2004, 10:12 am
#8411
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by DIMO8
Probably your back with sitting at the Pc all night .
.What an exciting day I've had
Still leg not as bad as I thought it would be.
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:15 am
#8412
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Grayling
All too true.
What an exciting day I've had
Still leg not as bad as I thought it would be.
G
What an exciting day I've had
Still leg not as bad as I thought it would be.
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:16 am
#8413
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by DIMO8
Where is Mrs G? Does she use the site much?
Certainly not.One of us has to go to work
G
Oct 27th 2004, 10:16 am
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
...drew myself up to my full height (getting on for 6 foot in heels!), fixed them with a beady eye and told them I'd be back tomorrow morning.
Well hope it ain't to bad....
I've gotta take the motor out to get inspected sometime here too...and the radiator is a tad dodgy...what a pain eh.
Oct 27th 2004, 10:16 am
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Grayling
That porn star avatar you've got Deadmeat. What's his second name? Ron.....
