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Post by dennisn on Mar 14, 2017 9:02:57 GMT
Night before last the washing machine packed up, so yesterday we rushed out for a new one and I spent the day getting the old one out and getting the new one in (it didn't help that the new kitchen had been built around it nice and tight, plus my muscles are not built for moving machines weighing that much!).
This morning my van was booked for its 168k service at 8am and when I went out at 7:30 to set off, one back tyre had a puncture for me to enjoy a wheel change exercise.
So, washing machine and tyre, what's the third? Or is it possible that crossing the threads on the water pipes for the washing machine counts as number 2 after the washing machine itself? (I had to go get a new pipe).
I haven't decided what the competition prize will be - maybe a supervised wheel change lesson for you?
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Mar 14, 2017 9:58:36 GMT
Or a "how not to install a washing machine" course!
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Post by kelso on Mar 14, 2017 10:45:32 GMT
Just hold on to your dentures if you develop a fit of coughing Dennis! Mind you, I never had you down as a superstitious gentleman. Bob
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Post by dennisn on Mar 14, 2017 11:03:11 GMT
Oh, by the way, the "How not to put up a shelf" course is no longer available (I've lost the screws). I remember screws before they had crosses at the top.
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Post by dennisn on Mar 14, 2017 17:15:24 GMT
Just hold on to your dentures if you develop a fit of coughing Dennis! Mind you, I never had you down as a superstitious gentleman. Bob Do plastic teeth make one superstitious? Or if one is superstitious, does one cough up ones plastic teeth? This sounds a bit like some odd north of the border thing.
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Post by dennisn on Mar 14, 2017 17:20:25 GMT
Hmm. Maybe the third thing was that the puncture wouldn't repair and they didn't have a new tyre. So I went to a tyre shop where they found that not only was it irrepairable, but also the tyre on the opposite side was not far from its grave, so I got two new ones, but also they pointed out that my front tyres were wearing at the edge so it needed another £35 for alignment.
All in all, today's servicing (including new brake pads and disks) and tyre business has cost me the price of a holiday and a half to Skiathos!
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Post by Tre on Mar 14, 2017 21:42:51 GMT
I feel your pain! We had a chilled out week in the sun last week - much needed on my part. I (reluctantly) agreed to drive to the airport in my trusty old Yaris. Much easier to park than my husbands 4x4, which I find too big drive. (Nice car though) Anyway, we had a major delay coming home, arriving back at East Mids at 1am. DRY flight! Lol. Not one drop of wine in what turned out to be a 7 hour flight from the Canaries (sat on the the plane on the tarmac for 3 hours!!) So, after a good nights sleep we get in the larger car for a shopping trip.....GOING NOWHERE!!! Flat battery!! Lol! Can you imagine if we'd done airport run in his car........... just saying
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Post by dennisn on Mar 14, 2017 22:02:28 GMT
My RAC Business cover includes home start and onward travel. However I was due at the Renault shop at 8am for a service, so I got stuck in and changed the wheel.
But, Tre, your delay surely qualified for such a large lump of compensation that it paid for your summer holiday?
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Post by Tre on Mar 14, 2017 22:13:54 GMT
Ha ha, if only! Just shy of 4 hours so Zero, Nil, Nowt!! Lol And yes, RAC rescued us at home but looks like a new battery could be needed £££
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Post by dennisn on Mar 15, 2017 7:17:02 GMT
It's over THREE hours.
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Post by dennisn on Mar 15, 2017 7:22:30 GMT
The third thing has turned out to be the Euromillions draw. Zilch.
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Post by cariad23 on Mar 15, 2017 7:31:01 GMT
in my recent experience things go in more than three;s ! last summer everything seemed to go , washing machine first, then electric oven, then car, then husband severed tendon in thumb meaning 7 weeks off work no pay. Its funny when ever we have unexpected bill we think of it in relation to a holiday we could have had instead. if ever we get unexpected money we dont think what shall we do with it, its where shall we go.? Ive given the travel bug to my sons,who have been to more far flung places than i could dream of. We are a bit peeved this year because weve had to cut down on our short breaks because of two weddings meaning hotel stays overnight, new outfits presents etc ! I suggested eloping but alas ! Nearly persuaded step daughter to marry in skiathos ,much cheaper but they wanted elderly gran there who couldnt travel. Mot due on the car next month , husband mentioned tyres looking abit worn, goodbye another holiday! I'm very impressed at your var
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Post by cariad23 on Mar 15, 2017 7:33:01 GMT
whoops leaned on wrong key, meant to say very impressed at your variety of skills dennis, you deserve 6 numbers!
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Post by dennisn on Mar 19, 2017 9:04:29 GMT
There's another third thing.
Yesterday I received a PCN for being in a yellow hatched box junction at St Pancras station in London - Just as I entered it, the traffic came to a sudden halt and bingo, got my third criminal driving thing. £65 - utterly wipes out what I got paid for the delivery. So now I'm recorded as £2 for parking overnight in a dead end side street without lights about 55 years ago in Bedford, £60 for a Bristol bus lane last year when there were no buses running on Bank Holiday and now the hatched junction on Euston Road when pedestrians ran across the road and stopped me turning left. Grrr!
There were also another two third things Friday and Saturday lottery draws.
So Cariad's right, they come in severals, not threes.
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Mar 19, 2017 9:23:15 GMT
I don't know, these professional drivers that keep getting tickets! Me, as a non-professional driver, 34 years driving and no fines, tickets or points, probably makes me the more professional, don't you think? Or maybe I have just been lucky not to have been caught!!!!
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