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Post by Rhubarb on Feb 9, 2024 9:32:28 GMT 1
Got a puncture today, heard it bubbling and hissing in the rain. Went to work to sort it out as I'm off this week. Screw right in the middle of tread. Thought that will do! Wrong. Screw was right through the repair patch I put in it 12 days ago. FFS Had to order another Michelin Cross climate 2 in as we didn't have any instock. That's sods law!
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Post by rhyds on Feb 9, 2024 12:55:24 GMT 1
No idea where the screws have originated from. I only spotted the initial 1 I repaired when I had the drums off the back of my Focus whilst trying locate a groaning noise. I now suspect the noise is coming from the front so I will have to go work again in the morning and strip front brakes down see if anything is a miss. Also think I will be having a look at the offside driveshaft I fitted before Xmas as I had noticed inner cv boot had failed so I just fitted a new shaft made by Apec. So I've a groan and a clunk to look into, clunk is usually just when setting off to work. Groan sounds a bit like when you are just creeping off the brake in an automatic. Only my car is manual. Trouble is it doesn't do it everytime but I have been able to get it to do it tonight by just letting the car roll down a slope. Worth trying to test it after getting the brakes warm? I had an Alfa with a warped front disc but you only felt it after you got some heat in to the brakes
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Post by spud on Feb 9, 2024 19:33:45 GMT 1
pulled a stairlift out for a customers son not worth keeping its "obsolete" company wanted to charge 275 quid to remove i did it for 50 an the steel to keep me out the rain for a while
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Post by Noberator on Feb 9, 2024 23:41:49 GMT 1
pulled a stairlift out for a customers son not worth keeping its "obsolete" company wanted to charge 275 quid to remove i did it for 50 an the steel to keep me out the rain for a while Straight stairlift spud or a curved one and how long did it take you time wise?
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Post by spud on Feb 10, 2024 9:18:40 GMT 1
pulled a stairlift out for a customers son not worth keeping its "obsolete" company wanted to charge 275 quid to remove i did it for 50 an the steel to keep me out the rain for a while Straight stairlift spud or a curved one and how long did it take you time wise? curved couple of hours couldnt work out how to get the blo*dy chair/motor off the rail
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Post by Joepublic on Feb 10, 2024 10:16:12 GMT 1
I managed to sell my mothers on eBay, £100, it was a straight one (we modified the top steps when it was fitted), Eastern European family from Coventry collected it.
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Post by remmington on Feb 10, 2024 19:35:08 GMT 1
I managed to sell my mothers on eBay, £100, it was a straight one (we modified the top steps when it was fitted), Eastern European family from Coventry collected it. Mum 90 and Dad 92 - can still manage the stairs at home. When the time comes - I gonna put - two single beds in the dining room (they have downstairs showeroom and toilets - one inside and one in the garage). Make upstairs off limits - sort of a bungalow conversion (put everything on one floor). I cannot believe how long my parents can sleep in a day - they get up - have breakfast - then have a nap - cook dinner - then have a nap - wash up - have a light tea - then have a nap - then go to bed early - get up late. Other Sunday I landed at Mums at 10.45am and she was still in bed sleeping - Dad was up and about (got a bit nervous - thinking she passed it her sleep and Dad did not notice). For the record - if my 90.5yr old mother had of passed in her sleep - that would be the best ending anybody could hope for. Ring my Mum if you want - she would tell you that herself
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Post by spud on Feb 10, 2024 20:39:18 GMT 1
I managed to sell my mothers on eBay, £100, it was a straight one (we modified the top steps when it was fitted), Eastern European family from Coventry collected it. did think about that but to be honest its had a few issues this last year 10 years old and well used and you know how people can be collecting the sons back in Australia for a few months before he can come back over an sort the rest of the estate so he couldnt do it either
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Post by Joepublic on Feb 10, 2024 22:47:43 GMT 1
I managed to sell my mothers on eBay, £100, it was a straight one (we modified the top steps when it was fitted), Eastern European family from Coventry collected it. Mum 90 and Dad 92 - can still manage the stairs at home. When the time comes - I gonna put - two single beds in the dining room (they have downstairs showeroom and toilets - one inside and one in the garage). Make upstairs off limits - sort of a bungalow conversion (put everything on one floor). I cannot believe how long my parents can sleep in a day - they get up - have breakfast - then have a nap - cook dinner - then have a nap - wash up - have a light tea - then have a nap - then go to bed early - get up late. Other Sunday I landed at Mums at 10.45am and she was still in bed sleeping - Dad was up and about (got a bit nervous - thinking she passed it her sleep and Dad did not notice). For the record - if my 90.5yr old mother had of passed in her sleep - that would be the best ending anybody could hope for. Ring my Mum if you want - she would tell you that herself My father passed at 81, too proud for a stair lift went to bed on hands and knees due to rheumatism - said the same as your mother - he'd had enough, mum passed at 92 after 10 years with vascular dementia and alzhemers, went right to the end ingesting saliva into her lungs - went to palliative care, lasted 13 days without eating or even a sip of a drink. The worst thing about dementia is you forget what life is about and simply don't know when to give up!
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Post by Rhubarb on Feb 10, 2024 23:58:59 GMT 1
I managed to sell my mothers on eBay, £100, it was a straight one (we modified the top steps when it was fitted), Eastern European family from Coventry collected it. Mum 90 and Dad 92 - can still manage the stairs at home. When the time comes - I gonna put - two single beds in the dining room (they have downstairs showeroom and toilets - one inside and one in the garage). Make upstairs off limits - sort of a bungalow conversion (put everything on one floor). I cannot believe how long my parents can sleep in a day - they get up - have breakfast - then have a nap - cook dinner - then have a nap - wash up - have a light tea - then have a nap - then go to bed early - get up late. Other Sunday I landed at Mums at 10.45am and she was still in bed sleeping - Dad was up and about (got a bit nervous - thinking she passed it her sleep and Dad did not notice). For the record - if my 90.5yr old mother had of passed in her sleep - that would be the best ending anybody could hope for. Ring my Mum if you want - she would tell you that herself Beds downstairs, best plan that. The amount of stairlifts I got called out to with simple faults was unreal. Turned key off, or snapped key. Turned power off and killed the batteries, or the best one wedged a bag under it causing the safety switches to operate. 65 quid a callout.
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Post by valhalla on Feb 11, 2024 1:09:02 GMT 1
I was thinking about "passing away" last night - as you do..... I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to go, whatever way, right now; I've got too many loose-ends to tie-up before I depart this earth. It's not the "not waking-up" that worries me, it's the leaving a load of mess (cars, buildings, etc. etc.) for distant relatives to have to sort-out, let alone my beloved Mrs.V.
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Post by remmington on Feb 11, 2024 8:58:49 GMT 1
I was thinking about "passing away" last night - as you do..... I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to go, whatever way, right now; I've got too many loose-ends to tie-up before I depart this earth. It's not the "not waking-up" that worries me, it's the leaving a load of mess (cars, buildings, etc. etc.) for distant relatives to have to sort-out, let alone my beloved Mrs.V. It is called "sorting you affairs out" mate...
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Post by spud on Feb 11, 2024 14:32:29 GMT 1
Mum 90 and Dad 92 - can still manage the stairs at home. When the time comes - I gonna put - two single beds in the dining room (they have downstairs showeroom and toilets - one inside and one in the garage). Make upstairs off limits - sort of a bungalow conversion (put everything on one floor). I cannot believe how long my parents can sleep in a day - they get up - have breakfast - then have a nap - cook dinner - then have a nap - wash up - have a light tea - then have a nap - then go to bed early - get up late. Other Sunday I landed at Mums at 10.45am and she was still in bed sleeping - Dad was up and about (got a bit nervous - thinking she passed it her sleep and Dad did not notice). For the record - if my 90.5yr old mother had of passed in her sleep - that would be the best ending anybody could hope for. Ring my Mum if you want - she would tell you that herself My father passed at 81, too proud for a stair lift went to bed on hands and knees due to rheumatism - said the same as your mother - he'd had enough, mum passed at 92 after 10 years with vascular dementia and alzhemers, went right to the end ingesting saliva into her lungs - went to palliative care, lasted 13 days without eating or even a sip of a drink. The worst thing about dementia is you forget what life is about and simply don't know when to give up! yes its a truely terrible thing seen it with customers over the years but this one hit me hard i wont lie one of my first customers go to know him well over the years became more a friend than a customer with his son in oz and no other close family i started to get his shopping during covid luckly his mind only started to go in the last 12 months but it went quick sadly went from a lovely well dressed polite man to not realising he was wearing nothing but a shirt and swearing like a docker ! sad day when he passed yet i was happy to if you know what i mean
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Post by remmington on Feb 12, 2024 7:49:06 GMT 1
I was thinking about "passing away" last night - as you do..... I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to go, whatever way, right now; I've got too many loose-ends to tie-up before I depart this earth. It's not the "not waking-up" that worries me, it's the leaving a load of mess (cars, buildings, etc. etc.) for distant relatives to have to sort-out, let alone my beloved Mrs.V. It is called "sorting you affairs out" mate... Edit: Simplifying your affairs as you get older - has many benefits - easy to manage - easier to sort out as you may loose mental capicity slows - or your motivation slows. Someone once told me "the best/most kind'ess gift you can give to your children is - on retirement - get a few 10yrd skips in and throw some of your own stuff out. If not - when you die - your poor spawn will have to deal with your loss and all your crap - simultaneously"
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Post by Noberator on Feb 13, 2024 23:28:24 GMT 1
My Mother--in-law passed away in December 2012 of Dementia it's a debilitating condition and you see a healthy woman over a period of ten years decline.It wasn't very nice to see and my wife was heartbroken. In the latter stages the only think I could think of was to say "this person isn't your mother any longer" she had got violent and tried to intimidate people and start to swear like a Docker. In the end she went into palliative care and was on liquidised food and lost the ability to recognise anybody and speak.Your body starts to shut down it's a terrible experience for the loved ones.
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