Geez! I hate that!

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by Cav

Down at the Table of Knowledge having coffee with a few other veterans two kids whizzed past doubling on a scooter with fat tyres on the footpath just inches from us.

The newsagent is next door with lots of oldies going in and out for the morning paper.

Could have been a disaster.

a disaster waiting to happen. Iam willing to get involved and create hospital time for a few of these lill turds

[Citroënbender]

Saw a Lotus SUV this afternoon. Didn’t know they had fallen so far. Incompetent driver, judged by their piloting - jumping at shadows, riding the brakes, asleep at intersections.

[Interceptor]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Saw a Lotus SUV this afternoon. Didn’t know they had fallen so far. Incompetent driver, judged by their piloting - jumping at shadows, riding the brakes, asleep at intersections.

Someone once said something about Ferrari owners and Ferrari drivers.....

[Citroënbender]

Short terrier hair, thoroughly “woven” over many years into the surface of a ute rear wall carpet. It’s a real pain to remove.

Have been reading about the Lilly Brush which apparently tackles this well, but don’t have time to acquire one for this job.

[HIPO]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Short terrier hair, thoroughly “woven” over many years into the surface of a ute rear wall carpet. It’s a real pain to remove.

Have been reading about the Lilly Brush which apparently tackles this well, but don’t have time to acquire one for this job.

Had a Detailer do one of our roof linings to remove dog hair, with a blade thingy that worked well.
Was time consuming though.

[Citroënbender]

It was probably something like the tool I’m looking at:

https://www.carcareproducts.com.au/p...-hair-detailer

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

It was probably something like the tool I’m looking at:

https://www.carcareproducts.com.au/p...-hair-detailer

Lily Brush will work very well, I'd also consider these, anything from Detail Factory is super ergonomic -

https://detailingshed.com.au/collect...-removal-brush
https://detailingshed.com.au/collect...r-removal-card
https://detailingshed.com.au/collect...r-removal-rake

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Short terrier hair, thoroughly “woven” over many years into the surface of a ute rear wall carpet. It’s a real pain to remove.

Have been reading about the Lilly Brush which apparently tackles this well, but don’t have time to acquire one for this job.

I've used these in the past for troublesome hair & other crap that gets stuck to carpets seats etc.
sold at Kmart, target Bigw Spotlight ect

Lint remover

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Itsme

I've used these in the past for troublesome hair & other crap that gets stuck to carpets seats etc.
sold at Kmart, target Bigw Spotlight ect

Lint remover

image

I used to use one of those to deal with lint balling on the vulgar-lour fabric Ford was using in BA-BF Falcon's.

[Citroënbender]

Got my mitts on a Lilly Brush this afternoon, cruised past Car Care Products.

[.:4:.]

This is nothing new, and it doesn't matter what time. Whenever i go to the shop to do the weekly groceries it takes 10 to 15 minutes to find a park as the car park is always packed. Yet i man shop so no browsing in colesworths, i know the row in the isle of what i want so maybe 20 to 25 minutes max, go to the self serve checkout, card only ones, get a bit miffed at why the thing says card only to start then asks how would you like to pay when you want to pay and funnily enough, i always select card as thats the 1 option. Then the thing prints out a receipt as long as my arm even though it should be maybe 4 inches. But go back to the car and car park is empty. It doesn't matter what time i attempt this. Always the same. Rock up, packed car park, ages to find a person backing out (that too, who fronts into spots) back into said spot far away. 25 minutes later come out to a plethera of spots everywhere.

[1970XW351]

Simple solution, when you feel you need to shop... Wait 25 mins and you'll be sweet as a nut.

The alternative is that you are in a Truman Show-esque nightmare and it matters naught what you do.

Cheers, Tony

[HIPO]

Got home yesterday & stripped down to my traditional summer costume.... Mrs starts laughing & wants to know where i really went! boxers are on backwards "for quick access" she says! ):

[Cav]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

This is nothing new, and it doesn't matter what time. Whenever i go to the shop to do the weekly groceries it takes 10 to 15 minutes to find a park as the car park is always packed. Yet i man shop so no browsing in colesworths, i know the row in the isle of what i want so maybe 20 to 25 minutes max, go to the self serve checkout, card only ones, get a bit miffed at why the thing says card only to start then asks how would you like to pay when you want to pay and funnily enough, i always select card as thats the 1 option. Then the thing prints out a receipt as long as my arm even though it should be maybe 4 inches. But go back to the car and car park is empty. It doesn't matter what time i attempt this. Always the same. Rock up, packed car park, ages to find a person backing out (that too, who fronts into spots) back into said spot far away. 25 minutes later come out to a plethera of spots everywhere.

Plethera? I like that.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by .:4:.

This is nothing new, and it doesn't matter what time. Whenever i go to the shop to do the weekly groceries it takes 10 to 15 minutes to find a park as the car park is always packed. Yet i man shop so no browsing in colesworths, i know the row in the isle of what i want so maybe 20 to 25 minutes max, go to the self serve checkout, card only ones, get a bit miffed at why the thing says card only to start then asks how would you like to pay when you want to pay and funnily enough, i always select card as thats the 1 option. Then the thing prints out a receipt as long as my arm even though it should be maybe 4 inches. But go back to the car and car park is empty. It doesn't matter what time i attempt this. Always the same. Rock up, packed car park, ages to find a person backing out (that too, who fronts into spots) back into said spot far away. 25 minutes later come out to a plethera of spots everywhere.

Just one of the many reasons why I order my groceries.

[Citroënbender]

…Parcels taking their own sweet time to sit in a depot. I’m hanging out for a repair part and it’s not moved (tracking) since arriving in Australia three days ago. Will probably arrive on the cusp of a week with heaps of rain.

[kevino]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Parcels taking their own sweet time to sit in a depot. I’m hanging out for a repair part and it’s not moved (tracking) since arriving in Australia three days ago. Will probably arrive on the cusp of a week with heaps of rain.

Prob waiting to go through the x ray machine
Overseas tracking often just stops at the Aus airport inbound
Then it’s just surprise and it turns up
I had one last year five weeks Sydney airport to Gc obviously quarantine x ray delays
My latest one was 9 days Sydney airport to Gc- that’s quick on average about 2/3 weeks

[Citroënbender]

A workshop tale of no real winners.

VAG product comes in, about 12 years old, ESP fault. Quick diagnosis determines TRW-made module is the cause, not external inputs. Car gets put in corner for two days as it was a “drop in” and we were busy.

I don’t share the shop owner’s preference for used parts ahead of electronic repairs (90 days warranty vs lifetime, plus vagaries of compatibility). Anyway, not my circus etc. Wrecker part is ordered “It’s plug-and-play, mate” we are assured.

Four days in, we now have a used ESP module alleged to suit. Fitted, bled up. Cannot clear ESP, ABS warnings as module cannot be hard-coded to car with correct VIN for startup self-check. We try three different high end scan tools, no dice. Wreckers send another module out.

Now eight calendar days in, next module swapped in and bled. Same problems, we try a drive test to see if it self calibrates after a period. Nope. Car goes down the road to another chap who thinks he can fix it.

After two weeks, car is returned fixed by said bloke. Invoice is trivial. We test it a final time and the customer is happy to receive their car! Wreckers get redundant module returned.

So - most of four calendar weeks elapsed, our name brand scan tools couldn’t fix it. I didn’t purchase a licenced version of VAGCOM as my laptop is too old for running this aftermarket software.

The quickest solution would have been to first send the faulty module to someone like Injectronics, for diagnosis/repair and if then needed, also have a donor unit sent to them for cloning. Slightly cheaper might have been a used laptop upgrade plus the VAGCOM software (I already have a suitable cable). But it could have taken a day to familiarise with running the program.

So - the job ran on far longer than it needed to. We have no warranty of any merit (wrecker warranties are generally a notion only). The customer ended up with a substantial bill.

Yet on the face of how the car rolled in - you wouldn’t expect these hassles and therefore wouldn’t decline the job at its outset. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

…Parcels taking their own sweet time to sit in a depot. I’m hanging out for a repair part and it’s not moved (tracking) since arriving in Australia three days ago. Will probably arrive on the cusp of a week with heaps of rain.

Still not here. It’s gone from Sydney to Melbourne (and presumably willl come back up sometime). Absolutely incredible faffing about by the parties involved.

[Citroënbender]

Originally Posted by Moi

Short terrier hair, thoroughly “woven” over many years into the surface of a ute rear wall carpet. It’s a real pain to remove.

Have been reading about the Lilly Brush which apparently tackles this well, but don’t have time to acquire one for this job.

Does what it says on the tin. Very pleased with this time-saving tool.

[kevino]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Still not here. It’s gone from Sydney to Melbourne (and presumably willl come back up sometime). Absolutely incredible faffing about by the parties involved.

Have faith. I had one international incoming parcel which always no longer scan after syd arrival amazingly scan at Canberra a couple of weeks later turned up on gc couple weeks later month syd to gc via x ray.

[1970XW351]

Another fashion brand shutting up shop... This time Jeans West. Shuttering all physical stores after they clear stock and pay creditors. They *may come back in an online only guise if they can make a business case...

So that's 600-odd more people for the dole queues. One of my local shopping centres had a Rivers, Katies, Miller's and Jeans West, which will all be cactus this year. Can't imagine they'll fill the stores up with new leases any time soon either.

This country seems to be on a fast track to nowhere and nobody seems to want to do anything about it... I really hate that.

Cheers, Tony

[Interceptor]

Originally Posted by 1970XW351

Another fashion brand shutting up shop... This time Jeans West. Shuttering all physical stores after they clear stock and pay creditors. They *may come back in an online only guise if they can make a business case...

So that's 600-odd more people for the dole queues. One of my local shopping centres had a Rivers, Katies, Miller's and Jeans West, which will all be cactus this year. Can't imagine they'll fill the stores up with new leases any time soon either.

This country seems to be on a fast track to nowhere and nobody seems to want to do anything about it... I really hate that.

Cheers, Tony

But at least we've got Temu, Shein, etc.....

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by 1970XW351

Another fashion brand shutting up shop... This time Jeans West. Shuttering all physical stores after they clear stock and pay creditors. They *may come back in an online only guise if they can make a business case...

So that's 600-odd more people for the dole queues. One of my local shopping centres had a Rivers, Katies, Miller's and Jeans West, which will all be cactus this year. Can't imagine they'll fill the stores up with new leases any time soon either.

This country seems to be on a fast track to nowhere and nobody seems to want to do anything about it... I really hate that.

Cheers, Tony

I bought three pair of jeans from JW about 18 months ago, some sort of special.
They were crap stretchy stuff, not denim, knees worn out in 12 months.
Never again.
Stick to Levis from Myer when on sale.

[1970XW351]

Conversely, I've got four pairs that have lasted me over a decade.

I get that quality has gone to the dogs since everything comes from China et al. (Case in point: I had a look at Rivers when they had 80% off of all remaining stock recently... And not a thing I would buy (with the exception of a Bailey ladder they wanted shot of.)
Crap stitching and thin material and just wierd looking, shapeless nonsense.)

My gripe is more about the state of our economy/mindset/lack of foresight. That has now consigned a whole swag of people to unemployment.

Cheers, Tony

[Tonz]

Originally Posted by 1970XW351

Another fashion brand shutting up shop... This time Jeans West. Shuttering all physical stores after they clear stock and pay creditors. They *may come back in an online only guise if they can make a business case...

So that's 600-odd more people for the dole queues. One of my local shopping centres had a Rivers, Katies, Miller's and Jeans West, which will all be cactus this year. Can't imagine they'll fill the stores up with new leases any time soon either.

This country seems to be on a fast track to nowhere and nobody seems to want to do anything about it... I really hate that.

Cheers, Tony

Its not just us, this is slowly happening world wide. Online shopping has strangled the market.
Personally I love the phyisical shop, can feel the material, try them on and sometimes buy. Ebay & online markets are full of clothing....'tried on but dont fit' senario.

Whats going to fill up the empty shops... tattoo palours, smoking dens, op shops
there goes the neighbourhood.

[DFB FGXR6]

Traditional retail is dying a slow death, something that will affect all but a few key industries. While some still prefer to go into a store, the momentum has moved away from that purchasing method, and it will only continue to do so. If the legacy retailers don't move with the times, well, then they go out of business like Jeans West. Yes, its sad that people lose their jobs, but that's on the business for not modernizing their operations, rather than it being the customers fault.

Same thing happened with Aussie-made cars, the manufacturers didn't move with the times, kept doing what they always did, then went out of business.

I can't remember the last time I bought clothing or shoes from a store.

[Citroënbender]

Significant data breach in NSW judicial system.

Not impressed! It doesn’t just compromise prosecutions but endangers lives.

[HIPO]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Significant data breach in NSW judicial system.

Not impressed! It doesn’t just compromise prosecutions but endangers lives.

Best look internally.............

[Interceptor]

Regardless the source of the breach, its not something anyone wants to hear when all the law agencies are pushing for newer & stricter gun registries.

They need to get their own back yard in order first.