Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14439
Sadly, having heard of the depletion of the Scottish National Log Store, I thought I'd have a hunt in Slovenia earlier this week. Must have upset one of the locals. D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
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
IID BT
BAS FBH control
3rd Sep 2023 11:00 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73100
Just search “wood piles” in google maps as a search on the return route. Will either be very successful or very painful!
3rd Sep 2023 11:05 am
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8144
reports in the press that now state ".........X (formerly known as Twitter)". Yes, we all know it's changed it's name, and if we don't what does it add to the report/story...
Just like road signs that state "new road layout ahead" that are there for years, some round where I live have been up for at least the 15 years I've lived here.....
3rd Sep 2023 11:40 am
nigethecat
Member Since: 11 Sep 2016
Location: Marnoch
Posts: 4247
British Airways what a total bunch of
Just been delayed by 21.5 hours on a 4 hour trip... and it was NOTHING to do with Air traffic control, completely down to them not maintaining their aircraft, over booking on to flights that had ALREADY had 5 seats removed as they were broken (resulting in being 1.5 hours late arriving into Heathrow) while they faffed around trying to persuade people to get on a later flight "that may or may not depart"... and they were surprised at the lack of volunteers
Missed my connection to Aberdeen, so waited while they decided where to put me and the dozen or so others who'd also missed connections, refused to let me have my bag so no clean clothes (that was after being directed down to baggage reclaim to get it), shipped out to a crappy hotel where "it was too late for food".
Up at 5am to make the 07:55 flight to Aberdeen (missing breakfast) only to get to the terminal to find it had been cancelled (under carriage issue - poor maintenance again) , they then said the 12:30 flight was over-booked so wouldn't even let me go standby and re-booked on the 16:45. Again asked for my bag and was directed to the exact opposite end and level of T5 where upon arriving was told "because your bag is booked on a flight (in 9 hours time) we can't let you have it so if you want to make other arrangements (hire car for example) you'll have to file a "lost bag" claim (fraud!) and wait for it to arrive sometime in the week".... FFS.. I'm flying out again tomorrow so no option other than to wait in Departures at T5 for 9 hours, no lounge access (unless you paid at a rate of £40 for two hours!!! ) and only a £10 voucher for food... NEVER AGAIN !I want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
Corris Grey D4 Commercial SE 2016
Zermatt Sliver 2007 D3 SE manual (gone)
Indus Silver D4 HSE 2015 (gone)
Bonatti Grey D3 HSE 2006 (gone)
White D3 S (LHD) 2007 (gone)
Firenze Red D4 HSE 2014 (gone)
Black RRS 3.6TDV8 2008 (gone)
Rusty Green Defender 110 1997 (gone)
Black FL2 HSE 2013 (gone)
3rd Sep 2023 6:43 pm
astonbuilder
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: MIDLANDS
Posts: 8144
hell
3rd Sep 2023 8:33 pm
Journeyman
Member Since: 27 Sep 2020
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 293
Wow! What a show.
Even worse than Ryan Air!Cheers,
Jez
Discovery 3 HSE Stornaway Grey
MY 2008 2.7 TDV6
Discovery 2 2003 - gone
3rd Sep 2023 8:54 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14439
I have the dubious ‘honour’ of having BA Gold status. Recently I’ve had some really poor service and support from BA on my last few flights such that I have informed them many times through satisfaction surveys etc, that because of the poor service, support and standard of their aircraft, I have moved my custom elsewhere.
Last year I was in the US 18 times, Japan twice, Turkey and Europe 25 times. That’s serious money, but all now lost to BA and my colleagues are doing the same.
It’s really frustrating because T5 is so easy to get in and out of. Anyway, KLM / Air France are doing well. Oddly, so is United. I’ve now decided that loyalty counts for nothing, other than Amex, so I book the flights I want with whoever gives me the best deal and service.
BA used to something to be proud of. No longer, so I’m using my air miles up for family trips and moving on. Very sad.D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
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
IID BT
BAS FBH control
3rd Sep 2023 9:52 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13567
Further to my previous Evri issue, I received a refund from Millets/Blacks. I sourced the boots elsewhere and, you guessed it, they also use Evri. I wonder if a second EVri person will be walking around in boots they didn't pay for this week too...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!"
4th Sep 2023 7:41 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13567
I received new hearing aids last week. A replacement for the old one I had and a new one for the other ear.
I'm amazed that people can live in such a noisy world. There's noise everywhere, even in our rural village - how do people live with it?
I took the dog out this morning and left my hearing aids at home so I could enjoy some peace and quiet.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!"
4th Sep 2023 9:10 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73100
Re BA, haven’t flown with them for years and years and they were peewee poor then. Saying that, flying back from FRA to LHR on them towards the end of Nov, unfortunately SqueezyJet doesn’t do that route. All will be fine. Hopefully.
Can you not control your hearing aids with an app on your 'phone?
A friend has an app on his 'phone which enables him o control his hearing aids.
He can do simple things like adjusting volume and sound, and select hearing programs. The hearing programs can be personalised in different listening environments via GPS.
The App for uses the GPS location function of the smartphone and allows you to save sound settings depending on your location. The next time you are in the same location, the App will automatically activate the appropriate personalised hearing program.
So for instance you can have saved settings for home, at the local pub, at the clay shooting range etc...
I took the dog out this morning and left my hearing aids at home so I could enjoy some peace and quiet.
...and got run over by an EV?
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
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
4th Sep 2023 9:20 am
Brian Considine
Member Since: 05 Dec 2022
Location: Nr Margate
Posts: 280
Moo wrote:
satisfaction surveys
- are a waste of time - comments get anlyalised (speeling ?>) & "averaged", thern of course no-one gets back to you. They are usually carried out by a third party company who simply provide the first party with a spreadsheet, specific &/or individual complaints don't get through.
Direct email** is the only way, once of course you have found one which can be a mission in itself.
**Could always try snailmail to the company's registered office.
4th Sep 2023 9:43 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13567
HWN wrote:
RRSTDV8 wrote:
I took the dog out this morning and left my hearing aids at home so I could enjoy some peace and quiet.
...and got run over by an EV?
Out in the fields? Unlikely. 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!"
4th Sep 2023 10:07 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13567
NJSS wrote:
Can you not control your hearing aids with an app on your 'phone?
A friend has an app on his 'phone which enables him o control his hearing aids.
He can do simple things like adjusting volume and sound, and select hearing programs. The hearing programs can be personalised in different listening environments via GPS.
The App for uses the GPS location function of the smartphone and allows you to save sound settings depending on your location. The next time you are in the same location, the App will automatically activate the appropriate personalised hearing program.
So for instance you can have saved settings for home, at the local pub, at the clay shooting range etc...
Worth exploring I think.
NJSS
I can turn the volume up/down directly on the aids (and I only have to do it on one as they "talk" to each other). I do have an app and I can select programmes - general, speech in noisy environments, music/TV, hearing loop. I can vary the volume too, and alter it separately between aids. These programmes can also be selected via the volume control on the hearing aid itself. And I think the aids will switch programme in certain situations too. All very clever.
It's just the amount of general noise around that I find intrusive. Having had poor hearing for years thanks to surgery for issues, and a hearing aid only in the worst of the two ears up to now, it's been a shock to hear how much sound I've been missing for the last few years.
The new aids are very good - better than the old one, certainly. I just need to get used to it all I think. I might ask the audiologist to fine tune things a bit further after a few weeks if it's still an issue.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!"
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