There's been a racing pigeon roosting on the side of the house all week. I can't tempt him down for some seed though so no chance of getting the leg ring numbers. I guess he's not keen to get home anyway.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@wild edges I suspect the owner of a racing pigeon will not be interested in one that's lost it's homing instinct as it can't hope to win races. Leave some food out and it'll come down when it's hungry enough.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'm grumpy about my service and repair bill too wild edges. Needed new brake discs and pads, service, oil etc, £684. What with that, car tax, insurance, breakdown cover and fuel I think I'll get a ruddy bike and be done with it. I jest of course, I'm far too old to be tootling about on a bike, just have to grin and bear it. Glad I haven't got your estimate though.
@Uff I've just replaced my rear discs and brake pads myself for all four wheels and an oil filter, air filter and oil change and the total cost for the parts was £135.63. The whole job took me about 2 hours on my drive way with basic sockets and spanners. A garage with hoist and trained mechanics should be able to do that in at least the same time or less. The labour charge sounds very excessive to me. Get another quote or two if I were you as that's not a fair price at all.
Parts for 2009 Honda Jazz.
Rear Discs £38, Rear Pads £25.49 Front pads £38 Oil £23, Oil filter £3.72, air filter £7.42
Front discs which were not done in my service are approx. another £38
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
I think I'll scream if I hear one more 'water expert' say that if the water companies build more reservoirs or fix leaks then it will hit how much they charge the consumer.
Where is the regulator in all this? I fully understand that companies make profits to pay investors and without investors companies don't 'grow'. But the rub in all this is that during this period of appalling infrastructure development, the 'investors' got paid gallons in dividends. And now, as that lack of investment in the infrastructure hits home, the companies allegedly will want more money from the consumer to keep paying the stupid dividends (I read £2bn per year since privatisation - and with reservoir building costs a fraction of that - https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/plans-go-in-for-uks-first-new-reservoir-in-30-years-03-12-2020/ ).
I just love the market. It's the solution to all mans' (shaun) ills - especially as it created most of them.
...it's from a scene where they name (edited from call) a thing because of something that happened to it accidentally - like the fluke of gender at conception.... man, like Shaun is just a name - a bit like me saying 'a rose by any other name' - it matters not what you call it as long as the people you converse with understand what is being said. Obviously failed or else this explanation wouldn't be needed eh?!
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@Uff I've just replaced my rear discs and brake pads myself for all four wheels and an oil filter, air filter and oil change and the total cost for the parts was £135.63. The whole job took me about 2 hours on my drive way with basic sockets and spanners. A garage with hoist and trained mechanics should be able to do that in at least the same time or less. The labour charge sounds very excessive to me. Get another quote or two if I were you as that's not a fair price at all.
Parts for 2009 Honda Jazz.
Rear Discs £38, Rear Pads £25.49 Front pads £38
Oil £23, Oil filter £3.72, air filter £7.42
Front discs which were not done in my service are approx. another £38
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'