I've got a fancy computer thingy that I can plug into the wife's car that lets me unwind the rear brake calipers but also diagnoses brake faults. I had to buy it to change the rear brake pads as the car has an electronical handbrake due to that hand operated lever system that's worked for years and years not being good enough for it or something. Anyway the car flashed up a brake error code the other day so I plugged it in and it told me there was a problem with the brakes and to go to a garage. Surely the designers could do better than that with it?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
 Why have an error code if you're not going to tell people what to do about it?  Â
It's the same with the ones on modern cars Mine got serviced the other day and I told them the [stupid] warning light for informing me of an overtaking car ['cos I clearly can't cope with looking in a wing mirror] was coming on willy nilly.  It's not even that that's the problem. It's those ruddy women at the front desk who look at you as if you're a complete numpty. 'You can turn it off ' they said. She wasn't thrilled when I said that it comes on when I go round corners, or when there's no one on the road but me, so I'd like the damn thing sorted or disconnected. What I really wanted to say was 'don't patronise me , you over made up tw*t'. Turns out it was showing a fault with the computer code. I could have told them that an' all.
Lyn said : We’ve all been there at some time  Â
When my car was in for servicing I was given a courtesy car with that stupid warning light. Far more of a distraction than any help. By the time it came on I could see the car anyway.Â
No grumpyness for 3 days? What have they been slipping in everyone's tea?
Anyway I just found a healthy plant had collapsed in the sunny weather and the predictable vine weevils were to blame. Only 3 of them and one was pupating so in a way I'm glad to have found them. It's a plant that I allow to get quite dry and they weren't the heathiest of grubs so perhaps that theory is worth exploring.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Watching an item on the news yesterday and they said the person being interviewed didn't want to be identified. They started with a silhouette of them shot from behind, but later in the piece twice focussed in on a very distinctive and unusual wedding ring and did the same on the frame of an unusual looking pair of spectacles. I've noticed similar things in the past, but this was the worst I have seen in a long time. If somebody doesn't want to be identified, why can't they just keep the camera on the interviewer?
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