The Chill Out Zone

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Originally Posted by coolcat

I never really watched the Sweeny

Andy is the lover of the Sweeny .

I was more into the Professionals and don't laugh........Juliet Bravo

It's that uniform fetish of yours raising its head again Jeff
Not too sure about Anna Carteret- but I was a bit partial to Jill Gascoine in The Gentle Touch

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Originally Posted by freddie

WEll following on from my post this morning being the weather is being kind with beautiful sunshine got round to fixing the aerial on the old car,


First its gone all limp and hanging down.(no sniggering at the back)



Had to make a new collar as the original had snapped.




Its now erect. (no I have not been playing with the Knob.





As the old radios were a bit new in cars the aerial is directional to get a good signal.

Now I play with knob from inside the car.

.


CARRY on LISTENING sounds apt.

Is it my imagination - or is your end a little bent Freddie ?

[freddie]

Originally Posted by reworht

Is it my imagination - or is your end a little bent Freddie ?

Yes to that

The reason being to save turning it down and up every time I take it in and out of the garage it catches on the up and over door.So I bent it down a bit just needed 1\2 inch more clearance.

[Georgies Dad]

Originally Posted by reworht

Well - the law have been and gone - no sign of the 'lodger' being back, so I can only assume that he's at her Majesty's Pleasure at the moment

It's obviously NOT my day - got my RAC breakdown cover renewal notice this morning - which I originally took out whilst I was member of the Camping & Caravanning Club. As I am no longer a member of that Club, I thought I'd better ring the RAC and check what effect my non-member status had on either the cover or the premium. Explained the situation in about two sentences to the RAC help-desk - and then ensued 20 minutes of absolute lunacy:
First response from the person at the other end:
"is your car more than 7 metres long Sir?"
"er no - about 4.75 I think - why?"
"is your caravan more than 5 metres long Sir"
"er yes - a large proportion of caravans are"
"we haven't sent your renewal invitation out yet Sir"
"er - how come I'm holding it in my hand then - complete with a new plastic membership card?"
"what is the policy number please Sir?"
"8000 - 5754400"
"That's not your policy number Sir - I don't know what that number is"
"It's the number which is printed on your renewal notice next to the words 'policy number' "
"That number isn't on our system Sir"
"Well you obviously need a new system - BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ON YOUR LETTER WHICH YOU SENT ME" (I'm getting a bit irritated now )
"I'll put you through to my supervisor Sir"
"Does that mean I have to repeat all the information I've given you ??"
"Oh no Sir, I'll relay that on to my supervisor"
2 minutes pause whilst the phone bill is mounting, at about the same rate as my temperature AND temper.
"Hello Sir, my name's Paul - I'm a supervisor - how can I help you?"
"Well - has your colleague explained the problem to you?"
"No Sir - would you like to explain it to me?"
"NO NO NO - I would NOT like to repeat it all over again - what I WOULD like you to do is cancel my renewal - and if you still take the direct debit from my bank account, I will come down to Bristol and remonstrate with you personally"

Slam!!

By this time - Angela's got tears streaming down her cheek and simply cannot stop laughing

Trouble is with you Yorkshire folk you have no patience

[freddie]

Originally Posted by w44nty

Trouble is with you Yorkshire folk you have no patience

Got no RAC cover also.

[Anthony & Maricel]

Originally Posted by reworht

Well - the law have been and gone - no sign of the 'lodger' being back, so I can only assume that he's at her Majesty's Pleasure at the moment

It's obviously NOT my day - got my RAC breakdown cover renewal notice this morning - which I originally took out whilst I was member of the Camping & Caravanning Club. As I am no longer a member of that Club, I thought I'd better ring the RAC and check what effect my non-member status had on either the cover or the premium. Explained the situation in about two sentences to the RAC help-desk - and then ensued 20 minutes of absolute lunacy:
First response from the person at the other end:
"is your car more than 7 metres long Sir?"
"er no - about 4.75 I think - why?"
"is your caravan more than 5 metres long Sir"
"er yes - a large proportion of caravans are"
"we haven't sent your renewal invitation out yet Sir"
"er - how come I'm holding it in my hand then - complete with a new plastic membership card?"
"what is the policy number please Sir?"
"8000 - 5754400"
"That's not your policy number Sir - I don't know what that number is"
"It's the number which is printed on your renewal notice next to the words 'policy number' "
"That number isn't on our system Sir"
"Well you obviously need a new system - BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ON YOUR LETTER WHICH YOU SENT ME" (I'm getting a bit irritated now )
"I'll put you through to my supervisor Sir"
"Does that mean I have to repeat all the information I've given you ??"
"Oh no Sir, I'll relay that on to my supervisor"
2 minutes pause whilst the phone bill is mounting, at about the same rate as my temperature AND temper.
"Hello Sir, my name's Paul - I'm a supervisor - how can I help you?"
"Well - has your colleague explained the problem to you?"
"No Sir - would you like to explain it to me?"
"NO NO NO - I would NOT like to repeat it all over again - what I WOULD like you to do is cancel my renewal - and if you still take the direct debit from my bank account, I will come down to Bristol and remonstrate with you personally"

Slam!!

By this time - Angela's got tears streaming down her cheek and simply cannot stop laughing

That is brilliant Rod, sounds like you need a chill pill after that.

[Anthony & Maricel]

Good evening chaps, how is everyone??

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Originally Posted by freddie

Yes to that

The reason being to save turning it down and up every time I take it in and out of the garage it catches on the up and over door.So I bent it down a bit just needed 1\2 inch more clearance.

That's what I like - a bit of lateral thinking - or should that be vertical thinking

Many years ago, I used to have a tennis ball suspended from the garage rafters on a piece of string. I knew when that touched the windcrseen, I was far enough in to shut the garage door - without smashing the expensive Cibié spot lights on the workbench

[stevestrat]

That was a fruitful couple of hours, I now have a working alarm in the 260. Suspected the sounder had packed in, no mis-lock beep, tested the alarm, the indicators flashed but silence. However, operations were complicated by the BBUS being under a cover secured by headless security bolts, shear bolts, so called because the head shears off once they are tightened leaving a lip about the thickness of a washer.



Had another go at it this afternoon, managed to get the shear bolts out with a small pair of long nose vice grips and a lot of patience! Because of the limited room in the plenum I could only turn the bolts a few degrees at a time. Unbolted the BBUS, covered it with a wad of cloth before disconnecting it, I've had one go off before, its painful on the ears! Bolted a spare one I had in, connected it, pressed the lock button with the bonnet still open "BEEP"! Excellent, did a full alarm test and it screamed its head off. Replaced the cover with ordinary bolts.

While I had the plenum in bits I cleaned it out, hoovered out a few dry leaves and changed the pollen filter.

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Originally Posted by w44nty

Trouble is with you Yorkshire folk you have no patience

Originally Posted by freddie

Got no RAC cover also.

you flatlanders you

As it happens, I think I can get a decent deal with LV= who currently insure the car. They use Britannia Recovery - their price seems reasonable, includes recovery of the caravan as well as the car - for only a couple of quid more than I was paying the RAC.