what grinds your gears

DrWazzock · Dec 16, 2021

Hfd Cattle said:
Worse than that will be paying for the fertiliser

£11k for a lorry load of various mixed base fertilisers. If it was N it would need an armed guard. If prices don’t fall back I worked out our fertiliser costs for 2023 harvest will be £150 per acre for modest doses.

Beames · Dec 16, 2021

Waiting for a PCR test result. Had the test 2 days ago!!! Phoned the help line this morning and no results from lab yet. Trying to run an electrical business from the house via a mobile phone is a bit tricky.

Cab-over Pete · Dec 16, 2021

Nobheads ringing up on a weekly basis from various places offering to promote my business.

Last week a young lad who referred to me as Pete Mate called at a bad time. I told him I had no need to promote my business as I can’t cope with the work we have at busy times so why do I want more to do?

He said “What kind of an idiot runs a business that doesn’t want to gain more work?”

Bad move. I told him I certainly wasn’t taking business advice from a youth who’s school and career choices meant he’s ended up in a call centre mithering busy people who would sooner he just f**ked off.

He asked me if I was ok and if I was suffering with mental health issues brought on by stress?

Twunt.

Courier · Dec 16, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Nobheads ringing up on a weekly basis from various places offering to promote my business.

Last week a young lad who referred to me as Pete Mate called at a bad time. I told him I had no need to promote my business as I can’t cope with the work we have at busy times so why do I want more to do?

He said “What kind of an idiot runs a business that doesn’t want to gain more work?”

Bad move. I told him I certainly wasn’t taking business advice from a youth who’s school and career choices meant he’s ended up in a call centre mithering busy people who would sooner he just f**ked off.

He asked me if I was ok and if I was suffering with mental health issues brought on by stress?

Twunt.

Make the appointment but only if he can come in person with a colleague then make them wait in their car in the yard for an hour until they begin to accuse you of wasting their time ....

It works - I've done it more than once.

You'll get blacklisted .....Bovvered ? Ha Ha.

.fendt. · Dec 16, 2021

Sciatica - two chuffing weeks of it, and still no better.

Gormers · Dec 16, 2021

.fendt. said:
Sciatica - two chuffing weeks of it, and still no better.

Ay its a pain in the arse

……..back & legs .
Apologies
Shouldn’t mock the afflicted,
I suffer with it on a regular basis

br jones · Dec 16, 2021

Cab-over Pete said:
Nobheads ringing up on a weekly basis from various places offering to promote my business.

Last week a young lad who referred to me as Pete Mate called at a bad time. I told him I had no need to promote my business as I can’t cope with the work we have at busy times so why do I want more to do?

He said “What kind of an idiot runs a business that doesn’t want to gain more work?”

Bad move. I told him I certainly wasn’t taking business advice from a youth who’s school and career choices meant he’s ended up in a call centre mithering busy people who would sooner he just f**ked off.

He asked me if I was ok and if I was suffering with mental health issues brought on by stress?

Twunt.

Are you stressed due to lack of employment ?

Cab-over Pete · Dec 16, 2021

Certainly not. Lack of time amongst other things!

Nearly · Dec 16, 2021

'Michael' (not his real name) from EDF asking if I want a smart meter. I said no thanks.
Mike wanted to know why, apparently 'Because I don't need one' was not acceptable.
I said I was busy and hung up.
0191 phone number blocked!

spanners and hammers · Dec 16, 2021

i never understood why i need a smart meter to tell me if i put another light on my electric use will ???? oh go up?? thats rite no meter needed

Slippery Slope · Dec 16, 2021

Nearly said:
'Michael' (not his real name) from EDF asking if I want a smart meter. I said no thanks.
Mike wanted to know why, apparently 'Because I don't need one' was not acceptable.
I said I was busy and hung up.
0191 phone number blocked!

Must be the same bloke who rings here......every day! Someone must be on a good earner for signing people up.

Pan mixer · Dec 16, 2021

spanners and hammers said:
i never understood why i need a smart meter to tell me if i put another light on my electric use will ???? oh go up?? thats rite no meter needed

Funnily enough I was just going to complain about my smart meters-

I have 4 and Npower says that they want paying monthly on each, fine it will smooth cash flow.

This hasn't been going according to plan though, just had 7 months of bill on one of the more 'needy' meters arrive on the same day (electronically) 35 pages and £5K

Lofty1984 · Dec 16, 2021

Beames said:
Waiting for a PCR test result. Had the test 2 days ago!!! Phoned the help line this morning and no results from lab yet. Trying to run an electrical business from the house via a mobile phone is a bit tricky.

Where did you have the test?

Beames · Dec 16, 2021

Lofty1984 said:
Where did you have the test?

Litchard community centre in Bridgend. Had negative result come Through this afternoon thankfully

Lofty1984 · Dec 16, 2021

Beames said:
Litchard community centre in Bridgend. Had negative result come Through this afternoon thankfully

Try and get it done in Leckwith if you have to have another test always get a result in under 24hrs

Sausage · Dec 17, 2021

spanners and hammers said:
i never understood why i need a smart meter to tell me if i put another light on my electric use will ???? oh go up?? thats rite no meter needed

Agree. If the government thinks that people will stop using their xbox/telly/lights/oven/etc because they are using lots of electricity they have completely lost the plot.

What they really want is for everyone to have a smart meter so the price can be changed on a minute by minute basis in the future, to reflect the fact that the country is short. Even then I doubt it will have the desired effect.

Gerbert · Dec 17, 2021

Overhere a very big point in keeping your old style electricity meter is that you can put solarpanels on your roof and the meter will turn backwards when you produce more then you use.
I might be far out if things are very different on your side of the pond, but keep that in mind.

jamj · Dec 17, 2021

Here, if you put in solar panels, the meter is changed fairly quickly.

stroller · Dec 17, 2021

Gerbert said:
Overhere a very big point in keeping your old style electricity meter is that you can put solarpanels on your roof and the meter will turn backwards when you produce more then you use.
I might be far out if things are very different on your side of the pond, but keep that in mind.

I used to like watching mine go backwards, unfortunately they were pretty quick changing it to a digital one

melted welly · Dec 17, 2021

Sausage said:
Agree. If the government thinks that people will stop using their xbox/telly/lights/oven/etc because they are using lots of electricity they have completely lost the plot.

What they really want is for everyone to have a smart meter so the price can be changed on a minute by minute basis in the future, to reflect the fact that the country is short. Even then I doubt it will have the desired effect.

Speaking to a chap who’d had one fitted, he said it was great as he hadn’t realised how cheap it was to keep the heating on an extra few hours a day.

Sure that’s not the aim of them.

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