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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 28, 2019 7:05:35 GMT
>>). It is a specific shape... The mind boggles, XXL or something? 😰 ...pear...
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Post by WDB on Sept 29, 2019 7:21:16 GMT
>>). It is a specific shape... The mind boggles, XXL or something? 😰 I had a square one once in a Geneva hotel. It was as comfortable as you’re imagining.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 21:35:23 GMT
I had one with an armrest once. It had buttons on the armrest to activate the heated seat, heated water jet, bum dryer and flush. There were a couple of other buttons too but I never worked out what they did. Maybe take photos or something.
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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 30, 2019 9:26:23 GMT
There were a couple of other buttons too but I never worked out what they did. ....coffee machine; definitely coffee machine....
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Post by WDB on Sept 30, 2019 10:13:52 GMT
Some hotel bathrooms, including the last one I was in, still have a phone next to the pan. I’ve never found a use for it, but perhaps if God fails to answer the big white one...
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Post by Humph on Sept 30, 2019 15:05:27 GMT
I once made the mistake of answering my mobile while on the can in a motorway service area. It turned out to be a long, fairly complex and heavy duty business call. I must say I felt significantly disadvantaged by my circumstances. 😳
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 21:24:54 GMT
..on the can in a motorway service area. It turned out to be a long, fairly complex and heavy duty business call.. 😳 Senokot.
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 19, 2020 20:20:58 GMT
TnE, ......A weeping olive will usually seal again if you wrap some PTFE tape around it before tightening up the nuts. ....I think I'm going to get the opportunity to test this out. I've had some suspicion for some time that the new 3-port valve isn't functioning properly. I've now checked it out, and there is a back-leak (not great, but not insignificant either) down the CH path when only HW is on demand. I've checked all the fitting and functionality out, and the actuator and valve positions are all OK, but the leak is still there. A replacement valve body is cheap enough off eBay (now it isn't an emergency purchase I can take my time) to ignore any warranty period, but the drain-down, replacement and in particular, avoidance of leakage past the olives is a PITA I could do without at the moment. Hey ho, these things are sent to try us. I think the thicker Gas PTFE tape (which I haven't got) is in order (but it's only 28p from Toolstation). The replacement valve body is, OTOH, £28. Returning to this post of 6 months ago. I never did bite the bullet, since the back-leakage round the radiator circuit hasn't really been an issue over winter, when both water and space heating have been on. Now that "carriage heating season" is over, the residual radiator heat from the water heating circuit is noticeable. Time to go for it I think, though I still have visions of me later doing an online plumbing soldering course. I sourced a few bits from the local Toolstation on Saturday (Click and Collect only, not allowed inside (a table at the door) but all very organised). Nearly a big problem on the way back, however, of which more later. So, to try to avoid any issues with the olives weeping, I have PTFE Tape, decent jointing compound, and an olive puller (which would allow me to fit new olives and nuts, but I suspect the pipe has been deformed by the tight "nipping up" and I have severe doubts that removing the current olives and replacing with new is going to give me a result). Anyhoooo, Kevin mentioned Honeywell valves, and the ability to replace the innards without removing the body from the pipework. I can see from Honeywell pictures how this might be achieved, and, having looked at my replacement Sunvic valve, I'm not convinced that isn't a possibility. Though the parts aren't sold separately, I can potentially use the new valve as a donor. It seems that the revolving parts are held by a plate which is positioned by four screws on the top of the body, and it would appear to be sealed to the body by screwing down tight against an "O" ring. (The Honeywell one most certainly is, and though it is different, I can just spot an "O" ring on mine). So, plan A is to drain down (minimum amount) and attempt to remove the innards from the existing valve (I'm certainly not going to destroy the new one). If that comes off as simply as it looks it might, the new one will donate its innards, and Roberts your Mother's brother; no need to break and remake the pipe connections. If not, it's the full world (and the rest) of pain and grief trying to get a leakproof replacement. (I'm pretty sure the problem is a non functioning "paddle" on the innards, since I can manually turn the thing in a way the actuator won't and use the other paddle to block the back-flow, and it does! Replacing just the innards should work, if it is possible). Wish me luck! Anyway, on the way back from Toolstation, with virtually no traffic on the road (it was before 09:00), exiting town I approached a mini-roundabout; clear all round I pulled onto it, and sixth sense made me look left again. A car was approaching at about 60mph (this is in town, 30mph limit). I just knew it wasn't going to stop, so hit the anchors, hard. It didn't slow at all, missed the front of my car by at most a couple of inches, shot of at the first exit (basically a straight line manoeuvre) past the front of the courts and the police station at the same speed, and disappeared at a rate of knots. Worst thing was, it was a woman driver who seemed to have no sense at all that anything had happened; fixed stare straight ahead, and absolutely no sign she'd even acknowledged my existence (TBH knowing the area from which she was approaching, I expected to have to pull over to let a pursuit through, but no). Closest I've been to a real bad one for a long, long time. 60mph into the nearside of a Smart car would not have been fun, being mainly black it would have been like a bowling ball.
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Post by WDB on Apr 20, 2020 6:45:11 GMT
Yikes!
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Post by Alanović on Apr 20, 2020 7:59:45 GMT
I must say I did notice a stark increase in speeds and risks taken by driers around town shortly before the lockdown, as traffic levels were already dropping. Even my children remarked on it.
People are rank idiots. As if we didn't know already. Glad you got away with that one, tne.
I am desperately tempted and curious to go out for a drive and experience the empty roads, but I just can't find a reasonable excuse, unless my Mum suddenly needs some help which nobody local to her can provide. And of course I hope that doesn't happen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2020 8:20:21 GMT
tne buy some magnetic door stickers, round, in white with the number 8 in black. I believe 8 is a lucky number in China.
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Post by Rob on Apr 20, 2020 8:27:09 GMT
Good luck with the plumbing.... B&Q are opening some stores soon so maybe hang on a few days in case you need more tools or spare parts!
Witnessed some 'excellent' driving yesterday. Approaching a junction controlled by lights. Straight on or turn right is the right lane and the left lane is only for turning left. A few cars ahead and I can hear something loud and fast coming from behind and it darts to the left. I suspected it was going to cheat and push in and shoot across the junction.... But I think everyone must have seen the idiot coming and let him do what he wanted.... which was turn right! He cut in front of the line of cars as the lights changed to green and drove in front of everyone.
Probably lucky it was an Audi Q1 because it was plenty loud enough to know it was coming and to suspect they would do something dangerous.
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Post by Humph on Apr 20, 2020 8:28:49 GMT
Black Audis and white vans...
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 20, 2020 8:33:39 GMT
TBH, the cars are only getting a drive once every other week alternating on the weekly supermarket shop (any top-up inbetween can be done in the village). The 'van has to fend for itself. I have two Toolstation outlets almost the same distance away (20 mile or so round trip). Screwfix is slightly closer, but didn't have the same olive-puller (and with very limited clearance, the type was critical). It provided a good (and valid) excuse to give the car a short spin., so I braved the badlands of Worksop as being a more open run. (oddly, Worksop used to be a rather more attractive place when mining was still active, nowadays, it is, well, least said......though it will obviously improve after Brexit (at least, the locals think so)). The location in question is this (as viewed from the miscreant car): goo.gl/maps/UopGkUXEN8SH2bLG6I came to an abrupt stop about a foot and a half further than the car already on the roundabout in the picture, turning right. You can see how the layout allows speed for the straight-on manoeuvre. It would have been bad enough at normal speed, but around 60 and no sign of any attention whatsoever made it very scary. I actually sat for a couple of seconds sort of wondering "did that really happen", and by the time I set off the car was disappearing round the corner at the end of the street a good distance away. The car was approaching from the Manton direction, one of the less salubrious areas of a now less than salubrious town. From reputation, my suspicion would be that chemical substances were involved.
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Post by Humph on Apr 20, 2020 9:35:19 GMT
When we went to see and recover personal items from what was left of the Ka my wife rolled some years ago, it made us both think that we would prefer a bit more metal around us if possible.
I enjoy driving the boy's Aygo, but it doesn't feel like the sort of car you'd want to be involved in an impact in. I guess at the speed and angle of approach you describe T&E, it would have done significant damage to any vehicle, but I still feel safer in my big barge than in a small car.
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