what grinds your gears

[Paddington]

Which Gerber multitool model do you have? They make some of them in China, you know.

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Looks like the MP600 made in the States.

 

[PostHarvest]

Had a phone call in the 90s from Anglia windows, did I want to renew the warranty on the windows

You were lucky. I bought a house that was already fitted with Anglian Windows. When they were 9 years old, I received daily phone calls from Anglian telling me they needed to be replaced as they only had a life of 10 years.

 

[alex04w]

The wisdom of Tesco. A tractor and TRAILER for sale in one of their stores. What hope is there of educating townies with rubbish like this??

 

[roscoe erf]

The wisdom of Tesco. A tractor and TRAILER for sale in one of their stores. What hope is there of educating townies with rubbish like this??

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that looks well made

 

[Oat]

at least the price label is more or less correct

 

[tullah]

I had an oil filter wrench delivered last week <£5. Tensioned up and snapped. Chinese and not worth the time to return it.

 

[JeepJeep]

People that can't read....

Part A fits Model XYZ only ..... Numpty buys... Numpty rings up it doesn't fit. What Model.... Its a Model A...

Well I never....

.

 

[betweenthelines]

The wisdom of Tesco. A tractor and TRAILER for sale in one of their stores. What hope is there of educating townies with rubbish like this??

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It's a trailed plough, so yes strictly speaking, it's a tractor and trailer

 

[JeepJeep]

It's a trailed plough, so yes strictly speaking, it's a tractor and trailer

Never mind that... It's a Harvest Model.

 

[e3120]

It's a trailed plough, so yes strictly speaking, it's a tractor and trailer

Trailed maybe, but looks like it has to be reversed down the furrow.

The 'trailer' behind looks like a tanker.

 

[britt]

When you add something that you don't need yet to an order to bulk it up to get free delivery on the the item that you need PDQ. The order turns up short of the reason that you placed the order in the first place

 

[melted welly]

I had an oil filter wrench delivered last week <£5. Tensioned up and snapped. Chinese and not worth the time to return it.

I’d love to know what the percentage is of the plastic Chinese shite that is shipped halfway across the world only t be immediately thrown in the bin by end user, or “recycled “ ie sent back to China to be turned back into more plastic shite. I know some of the kids Xmas presents in the past here have barely made it out of the box.

they’re pretty clever really charge us for taking our waste plastic, turn it into crappy little toys/gadgets to sell back to us, then charge us to recycle it again and so on and so on.....

 

[JeepJeep]

2 Orders off of Amazon... One to Deliver Monday One to Deliver Tuesday or I can save the world and have them come together.... Cracking Idea saves me f**king about and waiting twice.

1st one comes Tuesday 7AM... must of pee'd the bed bless him. 2nd one arrives 2.30PM Tuesday.

 

[melted welly]

When someone’s working on a vehicle and you get random messages throughout the day like “needing bearings”, “bush gone” and “need 2 gaskets”. No part numbers or locations provided.

Wtf they expecting to happen?

just make a feckin list and I’ll see you next time I’m back in the yard.

 

[dudders]

I had an oil filter wrench delivered last week <£5. Tensioned up and snapped. Chinese and not worth the time to return it.

So you do same as everyone else - bin it and buy another. And another. Or go for one made in Germany or USA and it does the job.

BUT - buy one that's already 50 years old and it does the job for the rest of your life. And your son's life too, except he'll lose it.

 

[dudders]

£16.99 per month for a year's service contract on the washing machine that was already out of warranty. Did me well, as it paid for a call-out plus new electronic module and new motor. Called them today to cancel it, as the year is up. They immediately offered to do it for £8.50 per month... Should've haggled with them a year ago.

 

[Gormers]

That dammed strip of tear of film on self seal bags...must be specifically made to stick to my hand

 

[Gerbert]

You britains referring to the age of a tractor as a 56 plate or something like that. How am I as a humble foreigner supposed to make anything of that. It's like using fahrenheit for temperature to me.

 

[Highland Mule]

You britains referring to the age of a tractor as a 56 plate or something like that. How am I as a humble foreigner supposed to make anything of that. It's like using fahrenheit for temperature to me.

They keep changing the system, but the current one started late 2001, with the 51 plate. Then 02, 52, 03, 53 etc - 50s, 60s and 70s for the latter part (Sept-Mar) of the year and 00s, 10s and 20s for the first (Mar-Sept) part.

Before then, it was letters - originally (1963 on) suffix and latterly (1984?) prefix. Unless you’re a bit special, use google for ageing those.

 

[jamj]

Soooo keep it simple and just put the year up on posts and not the plate.