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So I got home from work yesterday. The wife picked me up from the airport at least, so saved me a few bob in taxi fares.
Today, I dropped her off at work, as some of you may remember her car is making a knocking/ticking noise from the top of the engine(sounds like a stuck hydraulic lifter).
Came home and then walked up to the garage where she left her car after its service(the same place that won't touch the engine, but will only replace it for a new one @ 7k, fek that!), took the car back to the house still sounding like a bag of spanners in a washing machine.
On the way back from dropping her at work, I popped into the local halfords and picked up some Wynns Hydraulic Lifter Cleaner engine treatment, to see if it make any difference before considering taking the engine to bits or changing it out. And having now warmed the engine I pored the stuff in the engine and left the car running for about 30 minutes idling, then shut it off.
On the way to pick the wife up from work in my car, a car coming the other way decided it wanted all the road and I had no option but to go hard to the left, hitting a massive pothole and instantly bursting the tyre. continue to drive to her work to collect her, gets out and has a look there, and yes its feked. Fortunately the alloy is only has a small divot in it. Collected the wife and went round the corner to the Tesco petrol station to see if the tyre would take any air at all. Just as I get out the car the heavens opened. And they charge £1 for 80seconds on the compressor!
It is now 5pm, I'm 7 miles from home running on a flat tyre, soaking wet and need to be back to the house for 5.30 as the eldest's piano teacher is coming. Gets back just in time. which was a small miracle given the fact that aberdeen is the second most congested city in the UK!
Now, I had to pick the wifes broken car up and use it to get across town.  The noise was terrible, every one looking, and now it is also occasionally smokey because of the chemicals shoved in the oil. Then hits a massive traffic jam due to a set of traffic lights failing on the main road out of the city North (yes, the way I'm heading) took 45mins to go 1/2 mile. Arrives 2 minutes after kick-off, but fortunately others were also late stuck in the jam. 
Finishes football, drive back home, parks the wifes car and goes and get changed into scraggy clothes to go and swap my car's wheels onto the winter alloys/tyres. I'm knackered by this time after playing 5-a-side and really couldn't be bothered, but need it to take the wife to work in the morning. Anyway, gets the first 3 done ok, then went to do the burst tyre, couldnt get the jack under the car because the tyre was so flat. had to reverese the wheel onto a thick block of wood enough to get the jack under.
At least that is them changes, now just need to get some new tyres fitted next week. Was only due to change the rears, but now due to the wrecked front left, will have to do the fronts as well.
Tomorrow, drop wife at work, then at lunch time, pick her up and take her to collect here new car.....I'm broke again I fear.
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DaveAuld wrote: wife
DaveAuld wrote: I'm broke again I fear
This would imply that there are times when you are not broke, what's your secret?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Payday o'clock to payday:01
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jeron1 wrote: there are times when you are not broke, what's your secret?
He runs away to hide on an oil rig, and take the credit cards with him...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: He runs away to hide on an oil rig
and that's enough?
tis a good thing the missus doesn't frequent this site. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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jeron1 wrote: and that's enough?
Unless she can swim really, really well... 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Dave, we've taken to using eTyres[^] for all our tyres. I have to say that I'm really impressed with them - they come to you to fit the tyres and they've been cheaper than just about anywhere else. Honestly, I cannot rate them highly enough.
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Interestingly enough Pete, it just dawned on me you're in the UK. Never really realized that until now.
Jeremy Falcon
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I've traveled a fair bit. I managed to work in a few different countries.
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This doesn't surprise me about you actually. Well traveled people tend to be more well-rounded.
We're just going to overlook the fact that I haven't been on that side of the planet though.
Jeremy Falcon
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Cheers Pete,
Just tried their website, they will not give me a quote online for my postcode.
I'm using Fronts 235/35 ZR 19 XL and Rears 255/30 ZR 19 XL for Continental Sport 5P tyres, I'm 780 fitted at my house from Kwik-Fit Online Purchase and Mobile Fitting.
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i used to work with a guy form the former Yugoslavia.
If we moaned about having a bad day, he would tell the tale of when he and (most of) his family escaped the country in a 'borrowed' car, towing a trailer full of fuel, being sniped at from the hills - his friend shot, the children scared witless, freezing cold, not daring to put car lights on ...
Made out whinge about bad traffic a little lame 
Summary:
one car needs fixing, and is embarrassing to drive
second car got a flat tyre
I was nearly late for playing 5-a-side
Traffic was bad
And tomorrow? I have to take the wife to pick up her new car!
1st world problems indeed!
Big breaths!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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You are so correct, I'll go and give myself a right good talking to.
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Just as long as you don't give yourself a good seeing to 
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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DaveAuld wrote: The wife picked me up from the airport at least, so saved me a few bob in taxi fares.
Wait for it...
DaveAuld wrote: I'm broke again I fear.
There it is!!
That's the universe punishing you for thinking you saved a few bob!!
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An NLP analysis of your text reveals a very high correlation between "wife" and each of your problems. Hmmmm...
Marc
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I got that you had an exceptional good day, but I didn't got something - are you paying! to use air compressor at gas station?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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To hear the true name of PIEBALDconsult is to hear the name of God.
PIEBALDconsult sometimes goes by the nom de guerre, Special Bold Nut.
PIEBALDconsult's week is actually 8 days. The extra day is Piebalday.
PIEBALDconsult took both the blue and the red pill. He can switch backwards and forwards between worlds at will.
PIEBALDconsult has never met Tom Cruise.
PIEBALDconsult was stalked by Scarlett Johansson.
PIEBALDconsult held the world Heavyweight, Middleweight and Welterweight Boxing titles at the same time.
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Black and white, the only two Crayons PIEBALDconsult needs.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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And I quote:
"Well blow me sideways with a plastic marionette. I've just learned something new - and if I could award you a 100 for that post I would. Way to go you keyboard lovegod you." -- Pete O'Hanlon
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: PIEBALDconsult has never met Tom Cruise.
He has, however, survived breaking bread with me, and did not wake at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft, with a bag of lime weighting him down.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Or did he?...
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Here are the latest email scams I've received:
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Yolanda Holloway has sent a money to you.
[link removed]
Please hit the link given at the top to view more info about this issue.
Regards,
First Bancorp.
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Evidently, Yolanda isn't the only one giving out money to total strangers:
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You have got a funds from Omar Richardson.
Transaction REF: OIR41165212481
Total amount: $276
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Please hit the link given at the top to view more details about this issue.
Regards,
Security Service Federal Credit Union.
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When I see stupid phishing attempts like this I always wonder: "How much money can the people stupid enough to fall for this sort of thing have to steal?"
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Here are the latest email scams I've received:
Clearly, you watching too much porn.
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That's a very strange scam. How do they know you're watching too much porn? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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