You know these days when all odds are against you? - Page 3

Skybird · 07-09-23, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Yes getting old sucks!!

Your doing well Marc, and I thought I had it bad!! Now what excuse can you come up with for the weekend?

Karma.

Eichhörnchen · 07-10-23, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

I hate getting old. Only physical and mental losses, no compensations. Baaaah!

I really felt your pain when reading all that, Marc

But on getting old there is one compensation:- you're no longer automatically blamed for your screwups - you often can (with some good reason) expect them to be put down to your age

Jimbuna · 07-10-23, 06:06 AM

Car battery was dead again this morning so dealer came and took the basum away.

Reece · 07-10-23, 06:28 AM

basum??

Jimbuna · 07-10-23, 06:39 AM

Geordie slang for bastid

Aktungbby · 07-10-23, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Karma.

...in this automotively "hijacked" thread?!! U surely musta' meant: Carma!!

Catfish · 07-10-23, 01:34 PM

I don't know all this seems to be a perfect normal day for me, like everyday.
Maybe it's not the car or the freezer (while this Citroën is indeed "Made in Trance), but then it is something else

Jimbuna · 07-10-23, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Car battery was dead again this morning so dealer came and took the basum away.

Replacement battery was £168

Skybird · 07-10-23, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...in this automotively "hijacked" thread?!! U surely musta' meant: Carma!!

Or English with a Saxon accent: The gamma is gonna gedda.

Life is fighting against all odds and in the end its always Karmageddon.

Jeff-Groves · 07-10-23, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Car battery was dead again this morning so dealer came and took the basum away.

TAKE THE DAMNED BULB OUT!

em2nought · 07-10-23, 03:40 PM

I keep all the interior van lights off, but I might be inclined to remove the bulbs now, even in cars that aren't my own. I need to charge my cousin's battery right now because she didn't get her driver door fully closed when she left for her summer job in Seattle. Nice not to spend the summer in Florida, and leave me to take care of her junk here.

Catfish · 07-10-23, 04:02 PM

This f'n 23-year-old Citroen has computers everywhere, and the state they are in are exactly what you would expect from 20+ -year-old car electronics, expected to function from -20 to plus 50 degrees Celsius, spiced up with being exposed to humidity, evaporating plastic emollients and salt water.
Taking out a bulb, well, you will be strafed with a hundred warnings about this f'n light does not work and that you will have to see garage maintenance immediately.
I will never buy a car anymore that is less than 30 years old.
Go f' yourself, automotive industry

Jeff-Groves · 07-10-23, 04:15 PM

I have the software and hardware to FULLY CONTROL my cars.
Cost a bit but you'd not believe the money that investent saved me!

Catfish · 07-10-23, 04:19 PM

Buy an older one w/o electronics and be happy

There's also the advantage of a 'vintage' car not losing its value when you want to sell it.
And even vintage cars are mostly way less expensive than modern ones.

Jimbuna · 07-11-23, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

TAKE THE DAMNED BULB OUT!

The gaffa wouldn't allow it I mean, how would she be able to look at herself on the dark night journeys?

07-10-23, 06:06 AM	#33
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Car battery was dead again this morning so dealer came and took the basum away. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,691 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	basum?? __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

07-10-23, 06:39 AM	#35
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Geordie slang for bastid __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-10-23, 01:34 PM	#37
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	I don't know all this seems to be a perfect normal day for me, like everyday. Maybe it's not the car or the freezer (while this Citroën is indeed "Made in Trance), but then it is something else __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-10-23, 03:40 PM	#41
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I keep all the interior van lights off, but I might be inclined to remove the bulbs now, even in cars that aren't my own. I need to charge my cousin's battery right now because she didn't get her driver door fully closed when she left for her summer job in Seattle. Nice not to spend the summer in Florida, and leave me to take care of her junk here. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

07-10-23, 04:02 PM	#42
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	This f'n 23-year-old Citroen has computers everywhere, and the state they are in are exactly what you would expect from 20+ -year-old car electronics, expected to function from -20 to plus 50 degrees Celsius, spiced up with being exposed to humidity, evaporating plastic emollients and salt water. Taking out a bulb, well, you will be strafed with a hundred warnings about this f'n light does not work and that you will have to see garage maintenance immediately. I will never buy a car anymore that is less than 30 years old. Go f' yourself, automotive industry __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

07-10-23, 04:15 PM	#43
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,649 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	I have the software and hardware to FULLY CONTROL my cars. Cost a bit but you'd not believe the money that investent saved me!

07-10-23, 04:19 PM	#44
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Buy an older one w/o electronics and be happy There's also the advantage of a 'vintage' car not losing its value when you want to sell it. And even vintage cars are mostly way less expensive than modern ones. __________________ >^..^<)))>{ All generalizations are wrong. Last edited by Catfish; 07-11-23 at 05:25 AM.*