Not joined yet? Register for free and enjoy features such as alerts, private messaging and viewing latest posts and topics.

The official let off steam thread

Discuss anything non Z4 related here
Geezah
Senior Member
Senior Member
Posts: 1347
Joined: Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:33 pm
Location: Monifieth

The official let off steam thread

Post by Geezah » Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:48 pm

Some arsehole dog owner has allowed their dog to crap right outside the pavement door to my daughters flat. The ignorance, arrogance and selfishness is truly astonishing.

We don't own dogs because we don't want to deal with their shite. This dog owner clearly should be have been smothered at birth.

I have been branded an animal hater in the past when this happened before. The connection is.........?
2008 Z4 2.0i SE E85, Space Grey, 18" 241 staggered rims, 255/35/18, 225/40/18, 2 tone anthracite/silverstone leather Msport heated seats, M sport MFC Steering wheel, Bluetooth, Comfort pack, Tracker, Automatic climate control, Gaptech, Blah, blah.

greg1953
Member
Member
Posts: 137
Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:59 am

The official let off steam thread

Post by greg1953 » Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:03 pm

Cycleways....is there a bigger waste of money than building cycleways alongside roads ? we have loads around here and do cyclists use them ? do they hell, they ride amongst the traffic risking being maimed by big trucks & careless drivers completely ignoring a perfectly good cycleway.
Not really a rant but more of a puzzlement.
Greg

User avatar
Number5
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 6022
Joined: Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:34 pm
Location: Bristol M4/M5

The official let off steam thread

Post by Number5 » Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:37 pm

greg1953 wrote:Cycleways....is there a bigger waste of money than building cycleways alongside roads ? we have loads around here and do cyclists use them ? do they hell, they ride amongst the traffic risking being maimed by big trucks & careless drivers completely ignoring a perfectly good cycleway.
Not really a rant but more of a puzzlement.
Greg
I couldnt agree more. I pass them every morning cycling through roadworks when there is a perfectly good cycle path running parrallel to the road which they cant be bothered to get on. But.. make sure you give them 2m clearance and total respect. :headbang:

I wonder what they would say if a pedestrian walked up the road in their way rather than use the pavement ? :wkr:
Alpina Roadster #307
Porsche Boxster GTS
Previous Zs
Stratus E86
G29 30i
1x Imola Z4MR
Alpina #019
10x E85 Se/Si Roadsters
2x E89's
Roof Motor Relocations (Bristol)

sticky

The official let off steam thread

Post by sticky » Tue Jan 03, 2017 4:39 pm

Marlon wrote:
z4pilot wrote:People who say 'my bad'... Sorry? Your bad what? What are you 14? Do you wear a baseball cap backwards?

No? Speak English then dickhead! :headbang:
+1 :rofl: :thumbsup:
+1 and many more I suspect, :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Online
raymond.harper
Member
Member
Posts: 951
Joined: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:30 am

The official let off steam thread

Post by raymond.harper » Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:01 pm

Geezah wrote:Some arsehole dog owner has allowed their dog to crap right outside the pavement door to my daughters flat. The ignorance, arrogance and selfishness is truly astonishing.

We don't own dogs because we don't want to deal with their shite. This dog owner clearly should be have been smothered at birth.

I have been branded an animal hater in the past when this happened before. The connection is.........?
Get a small camera set up. Film the fouler and then post on the local Facebook. Just about every town has a local facebook page full of well let's say a normal slice of life .

User avatar
Ewazix
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 4721
Joined: Sun May 02, 2010 5:30 pm
Location: Somerset

The official let off steam thread

Post by Ewazix » Tue Jan 03, 2017 5:04 pm

extrablatt wrote:
Jasey wrote:
Ewazix wrote:why TF am I filling out a form to tell them what they already knew?
Because now when they discover it's wrong it will be your fault and you will get another bill.

;)
The worst part is when you receive the dreaded brown envelope from HMRC. You'd have thought the switch to Real Time Information (RTI) would have helped them know your tax code and fix underpayments straight away. Yet no, I still receive periodic notices that my employer got the tax code wrong and wasn't properly taxed on employment benefits from my P11D. And then it all goes pear-shaped again the following tax year just when you thought they were up to date :headbang:

Somehow I suspect overpayments through PAYE still happen but then I can't be asked to deal with the delightful SA process...
You're right....... I think! :trampoline:

I've just finished the dreaded self assessment thing (only two system crashes and one help-line call required- I was more organised this year) and it's telling me I'm owed nearly £1k having been done up the PAYE channel so to speak. But why do I suspect it's a cruel joke, tax rebates don't happen to me :|
2003 2.5 SE, low miles, Sterling Grey, 108's & Eagles, no stubby here! Unmolested.
2018 Cooper S Countryman
Fiesta Ecoboost

firebobby
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 9529
Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:09 am
Location: South west Buckinghamshire

The official let off steam thread

Post by firebobby » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:45 pm

sticky wrote:
firebobby wrote:Is it just me, I have just seen that Pauline McC has been moved down to London AGAIN. She was flown down by the RAF, given large police escort at both ends of the journey WTF!!
I know she has this sh***y disease but she should have stayed in Sierra Leone, she's a walking time bomb
How much is all this costing and why can't she be treated in Scotland.
Because YE English moved the treatment centres to ENGLAND :poke: :poke:
Like I said, she should have been left in Sierra Leone, no one made her go there :poke:
The Scots could have stuck her on some remote island :P
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981

sticky

The official let off steam thread

Post by sticky » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:03 pm

firebobby wrote:
sticky wrote:
firebobby wrote:Is it just me, I have just seen that Pauline McC has been moved down to London AGAIN. She was flown down by the RAF, given large police escort at both ends of the journey WTF!!
I know she has this sh***y disease but she should have stayed in Sierra Leone, she's a walking time bomb
How much is all this costing and why can't she be treated in Scotland.
Because YE English moved the treatment centres to ENGLAND :poke: :poke:
Like I said, she should have been left in Sierra Leone, no one made her go there :poke:
The Scots could have stuck her on some remote island :P
Ah the joys of helping other people FOR FREE,
English Syndrome = bring it down to your level til you feel better

firebobby
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 9529
Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:09 am
Location: South west Buckinghamshire

The official let off steam thread

Post by firebobby » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:13 pm

sticky wrote:
firebobby wrote:
sticky wrote:
Because YE English moved the treatment centres to ENGLAND :poke: :poke:
Like I said, she should have been left in Sierra Leone, no one made her go there :poke:
The Scots could have stuck her on some remote island :P
Ah the joys of helping other people FOR FREE,
English Syndrome = bring it down to your level til you feel better
Bloody right :thumbsup: :rofl:
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981

sticky

The official let off steam thread

Post by sticky » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:13 pm

firebobby wrote:
sticky wrote:
firebobby wrote:
Like I said, she should have been left in Sierra Leone, no one made her go there :poke:
The Scots could have stuck her on some remote island :P
Ah the joys of helping other people FOR FREE,
English Syndrome = bring it down to your level til you feel better
Bloody right :thumbsup: :rofl:
Just what I thought

firebobby
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 9529
Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2015 9:09 am
Location: South west Buckinghamshire

The official let off steam thread

Post by firebobby » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:20 pm

sticky wrote:
firebobby wrote:
sticky wrote:
Ah the joys of helping other people FOR FREE,
English Syndrome = bring it down to your level til you feel better
Bloody right :thumbsup: :rofl:
Just what I thought
A man after my own heart, glad we agree :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
BMW Z4 30i 2003 auto 107's Whippy Toledo Blue
Beige M sport seats, wood dash
Toyota MR2 NA 1995
Triumph GT6 1972 (project)
Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981

User avatar
mr wilks
Legend
Legend
Posts: 21894
Joined: Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:02 pm
Location: Lancashire

The official let off steam thread

Post by mr wilks » Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:41 pm

Right now I am having to tap into resources of control & restraint i never knew i had :x
Planning ahead to today after 5 months tucked in the garage i left my ZMR at my Indy last Saturday morning for its Ins1 , MOT & some other stuff
Weekdays being a struggle timewise as i'm off at 6-45am & not home till 5-45pm (+ garage is 25mins away from home )
Text on Thursday 5pm to say car will be ready for collection on Friday :) i replied it would be 5-30pm / 6pm when i could get there .
No reply so i landed yesterday at 5-40pm only to find the place already locked & shuttered up :o bugger !
Tried landline predictably with no response & mobile switched off :cry: obviously i was more than a bit disappointed but got over it with some vino last night before getting back on the phone this morning at 8-30am , no response again on either so went over around 10am to find it locked & shuttered as it was yesterday :headbang: through a tiny gap in the shutter i can see my car safely locked away but i'm struggling to contain my frustration & anger :evil:
90mins with the dog around nearby reservoir , returned before midday & still fahooooking zero sign so resigned myself to postponing my first outing till next week now :( not happy at all :x
3 ZMRs
3 E89s
5 Si coupes
5 Si roadsters
997 C4
TTRS
F82 M4
MK7 Golf Gti
current Bmw 6 Gran Turismo

mj2k
Senior Member
Senior Member
Posts: 1523
Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:47 pm

The official let off steam thread

Post by mj2k » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:07 pm

Bugger, feel for you there! I've not got out in it today, but hoping to do so tomorrow.

Make it an extra long hoon next weekend to make up for it :thumbsup:
2016 F82 M4 Comp Pack, Mineral White
2016 F56 JCW - GONE
2007 ZMR, Titanium Silver for sunny days
2012 N18 JCW - GONE
2007 3.0si Z4C, Stratus Grey, Amarone Leather - GONE
2013 520d F10 - GONE
2007 3.0si Z4C, Stratus Grey, Amarone Leather - GONE

LewisB
Member
Member
Posts: 252
Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:11 am
Location: Reading, Berkshire

The official let off steam thread

Post by LewisB » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:29 pm

I'm gutted for you Mr W. It was due to be a momentous occasion. You'll have to drown your sorrows with a top quality claret!
Z4 3.0si Sport Coupe - Ruby Black - Champagne Nappa leather - my weekend drive......

User avatar
Grumpyowl
Lifer
Lifer
Posts: 3438
Joined: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:00 pm
Location: North East Derbyshire

The official let off steam thread

Post by Grumpyowl » Sat Apr 01, 2017 4:37 pm

mr wilks wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:41 pm Right now I am having to tap into resources of control & restraint i never knew i had :x
Planning ahead to today after 5 months tucked in the garage i left my ZMR at my Indy last Saturday morning for its Ins1 , MOT & some other stuff
Weekdays being a struggle timewise as i'm off at 6-45am & not home till 5-45pm (+ garage is 25mins away from home )
Text on Thursday 5pm to say car will be ready for collection on Friday :) i replied it would be 5-30pm / 6pm when i could get there .
No reply so i landed yesterday at 5-40pm only to find the place already locked & shuttered up :o bugger !
Tried landline predictably with no response & mobile switched off :cry: obviously i was more than a bit disappointed but got over it with some vino last night before getting back on the phone this morning at 8-30am , no response again on either so went over around 10am to find it locked & shuttered as it was yesterday :headbang: through a tiny gap in the shutter i can see my car safely locked away but i'm struggling to contain my frustration & anger :evil:
90mins with the dog around nearby reservoir , returned before midday & still fahooooking zero sign so resigned myself to postponing my first outing till next week now :( not happy at all :x
I can only imagine your frustration MrW, taxed mine this morning but not even looked at it in the garage been too busy today.
At least they've not gone bust and your car is now in administration hands :x or have they ? Only joking :D

Post Reply