BOF Posted July 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 30/06/2017 at 18:31, Xela said: Been one of the most stressful working weeks of my career so far dealing with demanding private equity firms, various bank internal legal teams as well as external solicitors, while also having to do my normal day job of posting on VT and cover a senior sales directors job as well. FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) Took a call last week off one of lads thanking me for a Horse I told him to back at Ascot "Highland Reel" A cocky me replied "Yeah Never in any doubt, loves to get rough and stays longer than the mothering law" Guess who had come in behind me No craic in the woman whatsoever and ain't spoke to me since. Best thing I've ever **** said! Edited July 3, 2017 by Kingman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, Kingman said: Took a call last week off one of lads thanking me for a Horse I told him to back at Ascot "Highland Reel" A cocky me replied "Yeah Never in any doubt, loves to get rough and stays longer than the mothering law" Guess who had come in behind me No craic in the woman whatsoever and ain't spoke to me since. Best thing I've ever **** said! And there I thought Les Dawson was dead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, BOF said: And there I thought Les Dawson was dead. True storey, She's not long started talking to me after she discovered that my offers to a glass of weekly special guest wine was in fact code to my missus to use the **** shite wine and not mine! Edited July 3, 2017 by Kingman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2017 Just now, Kingman said: True storey, She's not long started talking to me after she discovered that my offers of a glass of weekly special guest wine was in fact code to my missus to use the **** shite wine and not mine! She may very well be a 'hard work' individual, but a pattern is emerging from your side too Maybe she thinks you don't bloody like her 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Midfielder Posted July 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2017 Things that cheer me up? When companies get it right, in this instance, retailer and courier, the latter in particular. Ordered new petrol strimmer off t'net on Saturday, email this morning to say delivery 3-4pm. Go out, do errands, back on time. 3.01pm doorbell, delivery, efficiency, happy customer. Slowly becoming my dad, getting excited about new tools. But, note here (and I love you Swedes) but: 1- whoa, 'what is what?' , damn that's some outright philosophy there. I mean, what.... "what IS what?" That's deep. I need a few more shandies to contemplate that one 2- hang on, number 14 on the diagram? 14 is the instruction manual? Oh I wondered what the bloody hell I was holding whilst I was reading the instructions, I wasn't sure I thought it was the spark plug. Thanks Husqvarna! You go from intellectually challenging me in point 1, to calling me intellectually challenged in point 2. Still... come to daddy! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 3, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 3, 2017 Like how a dictionary contains the word 'dictionary' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post V01 Posted July 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2017 Politely asking a guy who parked on the ambulance to move his car so ait was clear for any ambulances that might arrive only to be ignored then seeing some instant karma as an ambulance blocked him in. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2017 Insurance companies and brokers being raided over here this morning over alleged cartel behaviour. That cheers me up massively. Only yesterday I moaned on FB about the fact my premium has gone up 30% and 20% in the past 2 years respectively for basically no reason at all. Yet funnily enough all companies have matched that increase or worse. words removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2017 5 hours ago, BOF said: my premium has gone up 30% and 20% in the past 2 years respectively for basically no reason at all I reckon there will be a cover up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 7/3/2017 at 16:41, Midfielder said: Things that cheer me up? When companies get it right, in this instance, retailer and courier, the latter in particular. Ordered new petrol strimmer off t'net on Saturday, email this morning to say delivery 3-4pm. Go out, do errands, back on time. 3.01pm doorbell, delivery, efficiency, happy customer. Slowly becoming my dad, getting excited about new tools. But, note here (and I love you Swedes) but: 1- whoa, 'what is what?' , damn that's some outright philosophy there. I mean, what.... "what IS what?" That's deep. I need a few more shandies to contemplate that one As far as good manuals go, I can heartily recommend it really is suited to the idiot and includes a good dose of hippy philosophy (around about page 1 it tells you that you can't fix it until both you and your vw really want it to be fixed, so take time out to really contemplate... anyway, it helped keep ours on the road 5 years longer than it really should have and the diagrams are cool, it's actually readable even if you don't have a Beetle I've got my oily copy 20 years after I got rid of the car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 4, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2017 Looks like an R. Crumb book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Looks like an R. Crumb book. yes, very much 'in the style of' it was originally just a hand written and illustrated idea that grew sort of organically (in that typical commercialised hippydom way) in to selling millions of copies it would have first come out late 60's so there would have been plenty of stuff in that style around by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 5, 2017 10 hours ago, chrisp65 said: As far as good manuals go, I can heartily recommend it really is suited to the idiot and includes a good dose of hippy philosophy (around about page 1 it tells you that you can't fix it until both you and your vw really want it to be fixed, so take time out to really contemplate... anyway, it helped keep ours on the road 5 years longer than it really should have and the diagrams are cool, it's actually readable even if you don't have a Beetle I've got my oily copy 20 years after I got rid of the car. I've got one of those, too. Brilliant and really helpful. I completely rebuilt 3 beetles using it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Read a story in the paper today about William overstreet, an American pilot who whilst in a dog fight with the Luftwaffe over Paris flew under the Eiffel Tower and shot the German plane down how awesome is that, never heard of it before 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 One John terry, there's only one John terry one John terry, there's only one John terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Read a story in the paper today about William overstreet, an American pilot who whilst in a dog fight with the Luftwaffe over Paris flew under the Eiffel Tower and shot the German plane down how awesome is that, never heard of it before It beggars belief tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2017 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Read a story in the paper today about William overstreet, an American pilot who whilst in a dog fight with the Luftwaffe over Paris flew under the Eiffel Tower and shot the German plane down how awesome is that, never heard of it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Now do it with a Fokker trying to blow you to smithereens! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2017 47 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Now do it with a Fokker trying to blow you to smithereens! Actually it was a Messerschmitt, and HE was trying to blow IT to pieces. He did risk the flak, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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