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#91
General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 07:26:27 AM
Wordle 1,636 4/6

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Quote from: GrannyMac on Yesterday at 06:36:42 AMBack to the standard 4. 😁
You need  to take a course from Mystic Meg. Top level gives a one every day but the cheapskate ones just give you a good start word each day.
#92
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 07:25:17 AM
May have been working then of course. I'm guessing it must be a blockage or the Halfords bloke would have just re-aimed them and crud can appear quickly. 

On reflection though if it was muck it would be more likely to be just one unless there was a load got in somehow. More likely earlier in the pipework.
#93
General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 06:36:42 AM
Wordle 1,636 4/6

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Back to the standard 4. 😁
#94
The Chat Room / Re: Lets write a Limerick, one...
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 06:21:33 AM
Of course these days so much seems odd
£3 no longer buys chips and some Cod
Everything's gone up -
Including the beer you sup
Not like the days of Rockers and Mods.  

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Last night when I was lying in bed 
Thoughts of childhood went through my head
Life was simple back in the day


#95
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by Dextrous63 - Yesterday at 12:48:38 AM
Crikey Mups, what a palaver.  I'm sure the relevant nozzles are very cheap and quick to change.  Which shouldn't make it a particularly expensive job, hopefully.

Worse case is they try to fleece you for a new pump, which may (or may not) actually be necessary.

Touch wood, it's the spray heads coupled with a basic flush out of crud. 

In any case, I'm surprised it passed the MOT recently since I'm fairly sure it's something they test, along with whether the wiper blades are good enough.
#96
The Chat Room / Re: Those petitions
Last post by klondike - December 10, 2025, 10:31:32 PM
Perhaps they stretched it out til the bar was open?
#97
The Chat Room / Re: Those petitions
Last post by Ashy - December 10, 2025, 10:03:33 PM
Fancy that! I deleted without looking because normally the civil service replies initially by describing the very problem being complained about, and if there's a debate it's usually MPs telling us how wonderful they are and hardly considering the problem being complained about.

So it's good to see MPs discussing it for four hours, although one must understand that a Westminster Hall discussion won't change anything. In this case I think petitioners don't want anything changed.
#98
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by Mups - December 10, 2025, 10:02:26 PM
Continuing my car window squirters saga,   I went to Halfords while I was in town today to see if they could do something with the water jets.
Briefly,  the answer was No!
I can't ignore it because should it start raining when I am  driving,  and the car/lorry in front of me sprays mud up my window,   it would be dangerous as I wouldn't be able to see where I was going.

I told him I poked with a pin a few weeks back and it seemed to improve,  but this week it has now packed up completely,  except for the rear window,  that works.
He gave it a quick poke with a pin,  but wouldn't probe any further because he said the trouble with sticking something into the holes is that it can push whatever is blocking the jets back into the water again.   
He said it was a 'garage job'  really, as they may need to take all the piping off.   :rolleyes:

Have booked it into Orbit tyres for tomorrow morning. 
#99
The Chat Room / Re: Random Pearls of Wisdom
Last post by Dextrous63 - December 10, 2025, 09:58:05 PM
Food for thought 😊👍
#100
The Chat Room / Those petitions
Last post by klondike - December 10, 2025, 09:54:48 PM
I'm guessing we've all signed some of those parliamentary petitions then ages later had emails saying debated.
I imagine most do what I usually do which is shrug and delete them as their only real purpose is usually to embarrass the government as we all know they are very unlikely to change anything.

Well today or maybe yesterday I had one back on digital ids. As I am interested I did open it rather than just delete from the title line. I even scanned down it and noticed a video clip. Even more surprising I opened it to have a quick look. After a couple of minutes I wondered how long it would run. Well..........

Gobsmacked.