Other What Makes Your Life, Meh?

My unwelcome visitor is back!



Same error code



I did take it into the garage the other week, saying it could be the o2 sensors instead of the actual cat, but all they did was put some cat flush in the fuel tank and give it a blast through. I could have done that myself ffs . At least they didn’t charge me much, I guess…

If I had access to a suitable lift or inspection pit, I’d do the flipping o2 sensors myself… I don’t trust myself to jack it up onto axle stands and then slide under it…

 

I wish I had your mistrust of getting under a car, had some bum twitching moments over the years but I'm still here, I have spare wheels that I stick under the car now for some extra reassurance

 

It’s not necessarily getting under a car that I don’t trust, it’s my competence in ensuring it’s supported safely and isn’t going to crush me

 

You'd have to try very hard to get a car to fall off of axle stands, even Mr Clumsy didn't manage that! The set I used to have, were rated at 1.5 tonnes each.

 

Still no interwebz.

BT still with an outage that they hoped would be sorted by today. It's not.

Any much longer and it'll go from being an annoyance to an extreme hinderance.

Mobile signal is so bad here I usually have to bounce off the WiFi to get a phone signal. No 2FA for anything if I could get online for more than a second.

As it is I'm in one particular corner of the bathroom where I can actually get a data and phone signal for the odd minute.

Pfft. Donkey balls. I'm going to go and shout at the moon.

 

Is it poor service on all networks? In the past I've stuck a second SIM in my phone, £10 gets you a month of data which is a small price to pay for connectivity.

 

Yeah we're in a rental in the dip of farm land.

Am actively checking networks and fibre coverage for any potential houses my OH finds to potentially buy

 

You could get an SStarlink and find Elon Musk?

 

Well, this was going into the awesome thread, but air france website has given me a "something went wrong, please call our service line to complete the booking", so thats something i didnt need to have to deal with tomorrow...

 

Thank you for screaming into the void. We’re sorry for the delay, but please be assured that your scream is important to us and we will connect you as soon as possible. You are caller number… four… in the queue.

 

Got the lurgy. Had it since Sunday.

It's only like a heavy cold, but I have no energy - I'm crashing after being out og bed for a couple of hours and then waking up in a cold sweat.

Rinse and repeat.

THought I was OK last night, but back to square one this morning. Getting really pigged off with it now.

 

So after waiting ~5 months for a reply from people we were supposed to be buying a house from we got a not great response. Previously, their solicitor had said they were waiting on a related property, then silence. About 10 days ago we got a response through saying there is no related property and there never was, the sellers have nowhere to go, it will take longer. We responded along the lines of, mortgage offer is due to expire we will not renew.
During the silence we had been keeping an eye out on alternatives. We have just had an offer accepted on another property. This one is empty so should be less waiting. Its going to cost £50,000 more but it is a lot more house, so..

 

Attitiude off a collegaure because I explained that when I have to direct an action to another support team that the turnaround time varies to get a reply "you did it same day for other person".
Don't be a prick, I review the problem and not everything is fixed by me, I pass along with the info and request the fix, they may do quick, they may not, I have no control and it is not escalation worthy.

Whats annoyng is I have a workaround but I don't want to use it right now whilst I cool down!
I was messaged on Teams when this should be an email request and I stopped what I was doing to read it and help which is distracting from projects

 

Right that's all cables and adapters with the abbreviation "HDMI" yeeted from my place (read: connectors cut off and binned). No idea why that standard is so fragile... Doesn't matter if its say HDMI-DVI cable or DP-HDMI adapter or whatever, it will break

Anything that's straight up DVI-D to DVI-D or DP-DP simply work for ages

 

Going to catch up with people I used to work with.

On the one hand, I’m kinda looking forward to it. Generally they’re a great bunch and it’s been 18 months since I really caught up with them.

On the other hand, the Six Nations starts today and Wales v France is the first match, kicking off at 2045. And I’m going into the city centre of Wales’ capital, which is notorious for being absolute bedlam even on the match days when Wales are playing away. Great.

 

Good luck. Wishing you the best possible outcome.

 

(Not so) Dear Talktalk. This is how you lose a customer: giving them the runaround about not being able to hook up a connection parallel to existing Virgin broadband at my new place

25.6.2019-3.2.2025 rip my customership at TT

 

FTFY

Honestly they're doing you a favour by forcing you to move, their reputation is atrocious.