what grinds your gears

[smcapstick]

I had a real, genuine, old-fashioned time waster today.
It wasn’t even through work - it was a chap coming to buy one of my classic cars.

It was all worked out - the price, the time, when I’d pick him up at the station (some 9 miles away). He’s reticent - he explains that he’s taken the train home again after a viewing and he’s not afraid to do it again. He threw that one at me totally out of the blue - until then it had just been polite chit chat.
When we got back to my house, he opens up his backpack and takes out an inspection light, a mirror on a stick and a magnet. Starts poking around everywhere. Fair enough, it’s a 52 year old car (although very clearly a very nice one). He does this for half an hour!
Then, he comes on to my house, sits at my kitchen table drinking my coffee and goes through the paperwork / invoices at least a dozen times. This took an hour and a half.
Back outside again, out for a test drive. He loves it. It’s exactly what I said it was, to the letter. He thrashes the life out of it, too.
Back inside again, he wants to pay me so I give home the WiFi password so he can connect to the internet.

On the point of paying, he back pedals. He’s not sure, he’s not sure. This goes on for another twenty minutes.

At the end of that twenty minutes, my OH tells him that if he doesn’t want it, he’d better not miss his train home. Good on her! We usher him out and send him on his way.


With all the hanging around, a lost pretty much a full day. What a stroker.

 

[RushesToo]

I had a real, genuine, old-fashioned time waster today.
It wasn’t even through work - it was a chap coming to buy one of my classic cars.

It was all worked out - the price, the time, when I’d pick him up at the station (some 9 miles away). He’s reticent - he explains that he’s taken the train home again after a viewing and he’s not afraid to do it again. He threw that one at me totally out of the blue - until then it had just been polite chit chat.
When we got back to my house, he opens up his backpack and takes out an inspection light, a mirror on a stick and a magnet. Starts poking around everywhere. Fair enough, it’s a 52 year old car (although very clearly a very nice one). He does this for half an hour!
Then, he comes on to my house, sits at my kitchen table drinking my coffee and goes through the paperwork / invoices at least a dozen times. This took an hour and a half.
Back outside again, out for a test drive. He loves it. It’s exactly what I said it was, to the letter. He thrashes the life out of it, too.
Back inside again, he wants to pay me so I give home the WiFi password so he can connect to the internet.

On the point of paying, he back pedals. He’s not sure, he’s not sure. This goes on for another twenty minutes.

At the end of that twenty minutes, my OH tells him that if he doesn’t want it, he’d better not miss his train home. Good on her! We usher him out and send him on his way.


With all the hanging around, a lost pretty much a full day. What a stroker.

He'll be back [if your unlucky]

 

[smcapstick]

He'll be back [if your unlucky]

He’ll be told to FO.

The price agreed was at the very bottom end of what I’d be happy with, anyway. There’s plenty more fish in the sea

 

[smcapstick]

...actually, he can have it. It will be £1,000 more than before, though.

Idiot tax

 

[Canada Farmer]

I had a real, genuine, old-fashioned time waster today.
It wasn’t even through work - it was a chap coming to buy one of my classic cars.

It was all worked out - the price, the time, when I’d pick him up at the station (some 9 miles away). He’s reticent - he explains that he’s taken the train home again after a viewing and he’s not afraid to do it again. He threw that one at me totally out of the blue - until then it had just been polite chit chat.
When we got back to my house, he opens up his backpack and takes out an inspection light, a mirror on a stick and a magnet. Starts poking around everywhere. Fair enough, it’s a 52 year old car (although very clearly a very nice one). He does this for half an hour!
Then, he comes on to my house, sits at my kitchen table drinking my coffee and goes through the paperwork / invoices at least a dozen times. This took an hour and a half.
Back outside again, out for a test drive. He loves it. It’s exactly what I said it was, to the letter. He thrashes the life out of it, too.
Back inside again, he wants to pay me so I give home the WiFi password so he can connect to the internet.

On the point of paying, he back pedals. He’s not sure, he’s not sure. This goes on for another twenty minutes.

At the end of that twenty minutes, my OH tells him that if he doesn’t want it, he’d better not miss his train home. Good on her! We usher him out and send him on his way.


With all the hanging around, a lost pretty much a full day. What a stroker.

What kind of car?

 

[smcapstick]

What kind of car?

My Volvo Amazon.

 

[JeepJeep]

I had a real, genuine, old-fashioned time waster today.
It wasn’t even through work - it was a chap coming to buy one of my classic cars.

It was all worked out - the price, the time, when I’d pick him up at the station (some 9 miles away). He’s reticent - he explains that he’s taken the train home again after a viewing and he’s not afraid to do it again. He threw that one at me totally out of the blue - until then it had just been polite chit chat.
When we got back to my house, he opens up his backpack and takes out an inspection light, a mirror on a stick and a magnet. Starts poking around everywhere. Fair enough, it’s a 52 year old car (although very clearly a very nice one). He does this for half an hour!
Then, he comes on to my house, sits at my kitchen table drinking my coffee and goes through the paperwork / invoices at least a dozen times. This took an hour and a half.
Back outside again, out for a test drive. He loves it. It’s exactly what I said it was, to the letter. He thrashes the life out of it, too.
Back inside again, he wants to pay me so I give home the WiFi password so he can connect to the internet.

On the point of paying, he back pedals. He’s not sure, he’s not sure. This goes on for another twenty minutes.

At the end of that twenty minutes, my OH tells him that if he doesn’t want it, he’d better not miss his train home. Good on her! We usher him out and send him on his way.


With all the hanging around, a lost pretty much a full day. What a stroker.

Probably does it regular , Right old adventure day out for him with his thumb up his arse reading car mags dreamng the rest of the time.

I had someone like that that would mither at all times of the day and night for parts and insist on collecting them when I could have them FedExd to his 100 mile away for no extra. Would loose a couple of hours listening to his sh!t every couple of weeks whilst I nodded my head. Sarcasm and radical honesty must of struck the target and I've not seen him in best part of 2 years.

 

[smcapstick]

Probably does it regular , Right old adventure day out for him with his thumb up his arse reading car mags dremaing the rest of the time.

I had someone like that that would mither at all times of the day and night for parts and insist on collecting them when I could have the FedExd to his 100 mile away for no extra. Would loose a couple of hours listening to his sh!t every couple of weeks whilst I nodded my head. Sarcasm and radical honesty must of struck the target and I've not seen him in best part of 2 years.

I’m often a bit too English in these situations - politeness gets in the way of pragmatism. God bless the OH for knocking the job on the head.

If she hadn’t, I’d probably be sitting across the table from him still... nodding sagely at his endless waffle.

 

[JeepJeep]

I’m often a bit too English in these situations - politeness gets in the way of pragmatism. God bless the OH for knocking the job on the head.

If the hadn’t, I’d probably be sitting across the table from him still... nodding sagely at his endless waffle.

I can be like that... I find I can have patience...and sometimes I really do suprise myself. But for a while now it's like I suffer from silent tourettes.

I do like that Amazon though

I'd be shot if I turned up with an "Old Volvo"... somethings some women will never get the grasp of.

 

[Celt83]

My Volvo Amazon.
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I used to work with a guy who had the same car, not as nice as yours though.

Lovely job you have done on it.

 

[BobGreen]

That story made me remember what an old chap told me. He’s about 90 now , been a contractor all his life with his father before him
He had a steam engine for sale and in his words a lad from down south wanted to buy it. Told him he could make an offer but had one chance only. Said lad offered him tens of thousands more than he would have accepted. With a straight face he said nay lad you’ve not bid enough
Sure enough he was back and offered even more which was accepted !

 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

This!

Cut myself earlier when trying to feed a rather dischevelled cat.

To top off this week my Grandmother had a seizure yesterday, 2 weeks after her stroke, they had to pump blood from her lungs, we don't know what's gonna happen. Last week we lost a buffaloheifer, we still have no idea what caused it as she was indoors and wasn't being bullied, had plenty of food but just stopped eating. Was treated in case of infection but she just gave up no matter how hard we tried and then another buffalo heifer, mischevious as can be, is messing up the water supplies, we need to put her somewhere else, trying to figure that out before she floods her building out again.

 

[wrenbird]

The like for your post was a sympathy and 'hope you are ok' like waterbuffalofarmer. Sometimes it feels as if life is hard work and everything that can go wrong will (going through one of those spells myself at the moment). Try and find something good in everyday to focus on,however small and simple (mine yesterday was listening to a robin in the cattle shed singing his heart out). Wishing you a better day today,take care of yourself

 

[7610 super q]

...actually, he can have it. It will be £1,000 more than before, though.

Idiot tax

If only life were like these classic car restoration shows, where Mike Brewer, Andrew Pritchard et al ask a price, tell the buyer there's 20 more lined up if he/ she doesn't want it, and gets the asking price, if not more.

Shame the bloke died in last weeks Car SOS before seeing his Lancia, but I digress.

 

[smcapstick]

If only life were like these classic car restoration shows, where Mike Brewer, Andrew Pritchard et al ask a price, tell the buyer there's 20 more lined up if he/ she doesn't want it, and gets the asking price, if not more.

Shame the bloke died in last weeks Car SOS before seeing his Lancia, but I digress.

To be fair, when the right man comes it will be just like that - easy and quick. If a 'buyer' dithers, he either doesn't really want it or can't afford it.

I can't watch Car SOS any more. It's too X-Factor for me - all this 'I'm doing this for you, Gran!' is just too vomit-inducing to me. It's a shame - I really like Fuzz. The other chap and the voiceover guy are pretty naff, though.

 

[waterbuffalofarmer]

The like for your post was a sympathy and 'hope you are ok' like waterbuffalofarmer. Sometimes it feels as if life is hard work and everything that can go wrong will (going through one of those spells myself at the moment). Try and find something good in everyday to focus on,however small and simple (mine yesterday was listening to a robin in the cattle shed singing his heart out). Wishing you a better day today,take care of yourself

Thank you @wrenbird, I hope so too x that's lovely, I adore Robin's hope the days get better for you too tc

 

[nick...]

Apologies for going of topic but ioften think when robins appear it’s somefriend or loved one come back from the dead.yes I’m probably mad but just my thoughts
Nick...

 

[colhonk]

Yes, you`re mad. but thats your affair

 

[Gerbert]

This! View attachment 759642Cut myself earlier when trying to feed a rather dischevelled cat.

To top off this week my Grandmother had a seizure yesterday, 2 weeks after her stroke, they had to pump blood from her lungs, we don't know what's gonna happen. Last week we lost a buffaloheifer, we still have no idea what caused it as she was indoors and wasn't being bullied, had plenty of food but just stopped eating. Was treated in case of infection but she just gave up no matter how hard we tried and then another buffalo heifer, mischevious as can be, is messing up the water supplies, we need to put her somewhere else, trying to figure that out before she floods her building out again.

I was gonna say, those are some girly hands.
Nevermind

 

[Chae1]

I was gonna say, those are some girly hands.
Nevermind

What type of hands would you expect a girl to have?