Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
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The poor food choice available is one of the main things that puts me off going back tto the US and the rip tip culture , absolute junk food fest but to be fair the UK going the same way now..
still blows my mind the ques out of MC D and similar drive throughs on a sunday ............ peeps just don t cook anymore and live on processed now . lazy fat Fuxxxxs everywhere is the new norm ..most of us gain weight as we age and im no slim jim but being 6 stone overweight seems to be acceptable now .. should introduce surcharges on the NHs if you are over X % over your bmi and or smokers etc etcMY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
I used to work for an airline and on a UK / Miami route (i.e., almost all tourists), a 747-400 would be several tonnes heavier on average coming back to the UK. OK, some of that was down to souvenirs, etc., but I suspect an awful lot was newly laid-down blubber!
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
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1977 John Deere 2130
still blows my mind the ques out of MC D and similar drive throughs on a sunday ............ peeps just don t cook anymore and live on processed now . lazy fat Fuxxxxs everywhere is the new norm ...
They go there and queue ? some of the outlets round here half the folks queueing are UberEats, Deliveroo etc. drivers/riders collecting the cholesterol butties to take to their ultra lazy buyers.
23rd Oct 2024 10:11 am
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2589
mark the spark wrote:
The poor food choice available is one of the main things that puts me off going back tto the US and the rip tip culture , absolute junk food fest but to be fair the UK going the same way now..
still blows my mind the ques out of MC D and similar drive throughs on a sunday ............ peeps just don t cook anymore and live on processed now . lazy fat Fuxxxxs everywhere is the new norm ..most of us gain weight as we age and im no slim jim but being 6 stone overweight seems to be acceptable now .. should introduce surcharges on the NHs if you are over X % over your bmi and or smokers etc etc
We are alike. Whilst the rest of my family love / loved the USA. Turned down my Green Card when I was young and offer of employment. (Unions and I had contacts!)
23rd Oct 2024 10:14 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13541
I enjoyed both of my trips to the US. The first to New England (a couple of weeks after 9/11 - that was a strange time to be travelling in the US. A truly scared people if ever there was one), the second to the west coast/Grand Canyon a few years ago. Found the people to be pleasant, the scenery amazing. A great place to sightsee around.
I'd like to go again and see some more of it.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
23rd Oct 2024 10:30 am
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1282
Waverley Borough Council parking fees which are £0.90 per hour. Park in carpark, and go to pay at machine. RINGO does not work, as only 3G available so app won't load. So try to pay with card on the machine, but machine cannot connect to my bank, so payment declined. Go back to car, look though glove box etc. and managed to find a £1 coin. Back to machine and pay for 1 hours parking. No change given. Look at my ticket expecting the time to be adjusted for the 10p, but no. Entry time 11:55. Expires 12:55. So was robbed of 10p. This is a nice little earner if all that park in the large car park go through this.
4th Nov 2024 9:18 am
Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 2514
I would be happy to lose the 10p if that’s all it cost!!!
We are £4.20 for a hour in the city centre of Aberdeen that’s if you can get through the LEZ and bus gates
No wonder the city centre is dying Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
4th Nov 2024 12:46 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 06 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4195
EVRI…. Wtf?
Definitely need a group hug after trying to deal with this shower of merde…
Ordered some mats for daughter’s new XC60 ….Good price on EBay from a Volvo dealer… perfect transaction … free post even… however that’s where it ends ..two weeks later still not shown up.. chase the dealer who tells me Evri have had difficulties delivering… they can’t find my address... wtf.. live in a normal cul de sac…house number is clearly displayed on a plaque on the front of the house.. can see my house on Google Earth..
Chase the dealer who states they tried to deliver twice now…
Chased Evri, Full postal address, full postcode, wanted my email address and mobile number…even sent them my what three words to my front door.. now just battling the chat bots and call bots… still no joy!
Still waiting..would have been quicker for me to walk to the Volvo dealer and walk back…
Never ever use them! Shocking ….
11th Nov 2024 10:19 am
robsmith
Member Since: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 2401
Evri drivers are paid by the number of things they deliver, as counted on leaving the depot. Go figure.Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
11th Nov 2024 10:29 am
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2813
Our usual Evri delivery driver Thomas is excellent.
He knocks on the door and waits.
If you don't answer he goes round the side of our house and puts the package behind the side gate.
If there is any chance at all of it getting wet, he wraps it in a bin liner. I've never heard of any other delivery driver doing that.
He appears to know us all by name, and if he's parked up having a break whilst we are out walking the dog he always waves and says hi.
We, like our neighbours have given him a reel or two of Bin liners in the past because we don't want him paying for them himself.
.Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
11th Nov 2024 10:39 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14385
Our Evri drivers are great. If we're not in then they'll find a neighbour to take it. Never had an issue. New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
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BAS FBH control
11th Nov 2024 1:01 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1614
LNER - Couldn’t get on yesterday due to a site malfunction. I get on today and the price of a ticket for Wednesday has risen by £22.
It’s for SWMBO, a shopping trip to Edinburgh. She likes to sit facing the direction of travel whilst munching on her free breakfast and coffee.
Then Junior is running low on his monthly contact lens, so I had to reorder. He’s got through two sets in a week!
I really don’t know why I put my bank card away. I might as well hang it up for all and sundry to use.
11th Nov 2024 1:17 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 06 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4195
Moo wrote:
Our Evri drivers are great. If we're not in then they'll find a neighbour to take it. Never had an issue.
Mine is non existent…their contact system is also shocking.. go around and around the AI chat bots to return in exactly the same place.. no one calls back, or contacts you…
I can honestly say I will never use them to deliver anything I send! Don’t care if they are the cheapest.. compared to the DHL’s and even Parcelforce they are totally and utterly 0 star!
11th Nov 2024 2:10 pm
JordsDisco
Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1614
Add home insurance companies to today’s list.
Homeprotect we’re £400 last year, this years renewal is £1,500. Nothing has changed. A price comparison site check reveals other companies are £400 offering this year.
I did contact them for comment, but even they said there was nothing that would load the quote, but understood why I was disappointed, so I won’t be using them again.
11th Nov 2024 2:16 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2589
I sometimes work for insurance companies. WFH is rampant and offices are near enough empty...... but its okay as costs are passed on.
Expect another rise in premiums once the Employer's NI increase kicks in.
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tip culture , absolute junk food fest but to be fair the UK going the same way now..
