Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.

[littleme]

Wishing I was young again.. ( especially as anything goes)

You know what, you're both living your best life, you keep on doing that, have fun and tell us all about it, we all love it, I'm secretly jealous as I dont want to go anywhere or do anything, but you keep on being you, we need more people in the world like you xxx

 

[BobClay]

I second that mightily.

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(I don't want a giant incoming asteroid on my head ... I know which side my bread is buttered.)

 

[littleme]

Being miserable doesn't help.

This ....things are happening in my family & I dont know what to do...life's a bit crap at the moment

 

[Mudgie]

I tell you what , compared to some Stafford pubs I've been in lately, this lot are out for a good time & dont give a Sh*t what anyone thinks. Every one's happy and having a bloody great night.
Diet (number 2500) starts tomorrow, so last final fling.....

The Eagle Vaults is one of the liveliest Worcester pubs I've known.

 

[Glam]

After entertainment during the man u v Chelsea game shown in the pub ( thankfully bouncers there when it all kicked off!,)...
now finding it strange all the youngsters are dancing away to motown and 80's , knowing all the words and dancing as though it's modern music but not doing the original dance type moves.
If I was a bit more ' merry' they'd probably wonder what the ' Wigan Casino' moves and the 80's aerobic dancing /prancing arounx the pub a were all about

I hope that pub has cctv, and is You've Been Framed still going?!

 

[Lucy]

Belated birthday present brewery tour yesterday. Didn't know where I was going til we got to the station. Ended up in Lye at The Windsor Castle, now home to Printworks Brewery that was previously Sandler's. Then we wandered down to The Green Duck. All very interesting.

 

[Mudgie]

Belated birthday present brewery tour yesterday. Didn't know where I was going til we got to the station. Ended up in Lye at The Windsor Castle, now home to Printworks Brewery that was previously Sandler's. Then we wandered down to The Green Duck. All very interesting.

Saddlers I think, but you've reminded me that I've got two tickets for trip round Holdens Brewery.

 

[Lucy]

Yes, you are right

 

[staffordjas]

The Eagle Vaults is one of the liveliest Worcester pubs I've known.

We've been in before in the past , when we had hotel breaks down here. Since moving here, the tables and pavement outside on the street have all been full but inside been empty at the times we've gone past . (We gave up waiting at an empty bar for service once , so never went back in again)

Just surfaced ....started my next years 'new years resolution ' early (or is it this years late?) .... no more cider ever again!

 

[Gadget]

Try not to catch this horrific cold that is almost flu! It's awful. I've been at the 'I think I'm dying' stage for 2 days now. Hoping later the immune system gets out of bed and rallies. At least my throat isn't as raw and the feeling of strangulation has subsided. But I feel like I've been hit in the face by a shovel this morning. So for the love of cheese, avoid anyone with a tickly scratchy throat. It turns into so much worse.

 

[PeterD]

At the tail end of COVID that I probably picked up flying back from the states. The positive of it all is I lost half a stone in a week. Other than that avoid Highfield Grove, we are unclean.

 

[littleme]

Try not to catch this horrific cold that is almost flu! It's awful. I've been at the 'I think I'm dying' stage for 2 days now. Hoping later the immune system gets out of bed and rallies. At least my throat isn't as raw and the feeling of strangulation has subsided. But I feel like I've been hit in the face by a shovel this morning. So for the love of cheese, avoid anyone with a tickly scratchy throat. It turns into so much worse.

I'm just getting over it, 3 weeks it lasted! I was convinced it was covid as my co-workers are dropping like flies with it....but nope, just a cold.

 

[tek-monkey]

I'm just getting over it, 3 weeks it lasted! I was c9nvinced it was covid as my coworkers are dropping like flies with it....but nope, just a cold.

We all had laryngitis, thats hit us for a while. My wife is still ill 4 weeks on and I'm not 100%.

 

[staffordjas]

Just invested in a better rake. Loving my view with the woods and it's furry animals as neighbours, but got a feeling I'm going to be raking a hell of a lot of leaves up! Gone are the days of a perfectly manicured garden

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[staffordjas]

Aaaaaaargh! Elation of car passing it's MOT without anything needing doing, followed by a service at the same time, was short lived! Part of service was oil change....bloody oil warning light has come on now and stopping mileage function working as well. Was working perfectly well before it went in. Now got to take it back to Halfords in the morning " We'll hook it up to the machine again and see what's going on".


So , p1ssed off, decided to treat ourselves and get a Dominoes delivered to go with a few cans and bottle of wine.
Got to check out 'Sorry , delivery not available in your area',
Son to the rescue , picking us one up on his way back from work

 

[proactive]

Aaaaaaargh! Elation of car passing it's MOT without anything needing doing, followed by a service at the same time, was short lived! Part of service was oil change....bloody oil warning light has come on now and stopping mileage function working as well. Was working perfectly well before it went in. Now got to take it back to Halfords in the morning " We'll hook it up to the machine again and see what's going on".


So , p1ssed off, decided to treat ourselves and get a Dominoes delivered to go with a few cans and bottle of wine.
Got to check out 'Sorry , delivery not available in your area',
Son to the rescue , picking us one up on his way back from work

Likely just to be a sensor issue. They might even be able to just reset the fault code and that will do it, if they know what they're doing. However do check the oil with the dipstick before you drive any further, just in case they were monumentally incompetent and either didn't refill the oil or didn't put enough in.

As a general rule of thumb DON'T USE HALFORDS FOR CAR SERVICING AND REPAIRS. Instead spend a bit of time finding a reputable local independent, who actually employ mechanics, rather than fitters. In Stafford that would be @Coles Autotech but there will be similar in Worcester if you look.

 

[Gramaisc]

As my car spends a lot of its time in Ireland, I decided to make a note of the phone number of the bloke that I would turn to, should I have an issue over there.

It's about eight miles away and I was cycling past one day, so I decided to make the effort, although I was annoyed at not having any means with me to write it down, but it would only be the five-figure number that I would have to remember, he's in the same code area, so it would be worth a try.

This turned out to be rather less of an issue than I expected, as it is the phone number that I've had in Stafford since 1980 - although they did stick another digit on the front in the nineties, but I still remember it as the 'real' number with a digit on the front.

 

[Thehooperman]

Likely just to be a sensor issue. They might even be able to just reset the fault code and that will do it, if they know what they're doing. However do check the oil with the dipstick before you drive any further, just in case they were monumentally incompetent and either didn't refill the oil or didn't put enough in.

As a general rule of thumb DON'T USE HALFORDS FOR CAR SERVICING AND REPAIRS. Instead spend a bit of time finding a reputable local independent, who actually employ mechanics, rather than fitters. In Stafford that would be @Coles Autotech but there will be similar in Worcester if you look.

Whilst we were in Cromer this summer my rear wiper disintegrated and the only car spares place was Halfords.

They were really good at advising me of the most suitable wipers and recommended a pack for both front and rear wipers for a reasonable price.

Then they offered to fit them for £8 and as my wipers have some strange wind deflector things I thought I'll let them fit them.

They fitted the front wipers with no problem then took an hour before deciding that they couldn't fit the rear wiper and I'd have to go to a Vauxhall garage.

During the week I had a look at the wiper and with a bit of force pulled the old wiper out and fitted the new one.

So much for qualified Halfords mechanics!!!

Won't use them again.

 

[Glam]

Went over Sainsburys earlier, only went for a couple of things - hah!! Spent a bloody fortune.
Saw @littleme had question why she was in work, didn't look too good.
Anyhows, her nails!!! OMG gorgeous int the word. I really wish we were allowed posh nails, but sadly the caring profession doesn't allow that

 

[tek-monkey]

Eric was in for his mot today, one advisory but otherwise passed. Comments were made on the chassis dimensions and running weight!