Brad93
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Does everything you buy come from China?
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Kram
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No but most of the better things were. The hex keys are from a uk seller, who mostly sells carbide cutters, who I recommend www.ebay.co.uk/usr/duke94dog
His current listings have no bids but they usually end quite expensive. I have won a couple and they are good.
His current listings have no bids but they usually end quite expensive. I have won a couple and they are good.
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Kram
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Hermes? Ours is quite good, same guy each time. Leaves everything on the step, rings the bell and runs away, but it is reliable(ly slow). For a cheap service, nothing has been lost, stolen or damaged.
They have improved and now give a delivery time window on the tracking.
They have improved and now give a delivery time window on the tracking.
dobbslc
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???
I thought going on Hermes past incompetency it was damaged when I looked at it on my phone earlier
It looked like the tip of the chuck was flattened.
The old saying " assumption is the mother of all F### up's is still true
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Lovely gates in the background...
8ob
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Gloves, safety glasses, and face masks, courtesy of a very nice rail contractor.
The generosity of my guys must cost me about 5k a year.
Bob
The generosity of my guys must cost me about 5k a year.
Bob
But some of it must come down to customer relations.
If one if my customers comes up and say, boy you havent got a m8 x 60 bolt have ya.
Course here you go.
I'm bit charging for that. Would rather write it off and then they go away happier and will reuse us.
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The amount of wastage in the rail industry is truly eye-watering.
If any rail users ever wonder why their tickets cost so much ....
HS2!
The most unbelievably miss managed work I've ever seen. It is unreal how many "managers" they have doing their best to stop the average man from just doing his job!
I counted 13 once all standing around a hole in the ground looking down it!
Useless
slim_boy_fat
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Cobbler
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I expect the senior manager was already in the bottom, right lads, whose got the shovel!And each one wondering who was next for the push.
Found this in a skip on an HS2 site a while back:
Absolutely nothing wrong with it, the contents are unused
, and there's no sign of a "Best before" sticker , just a few patches of grease on the outside. As I've been looking for something like this for a while to put my spill kit in and move it from the passenger footwell, took it home and took all of 15 minutes cleaning it up with some degreasing fluid.It now lives in the "coffin" under the trailer, exactly where it needs to be
.And almost the last acquisition today was half a dozen of these lovelies:
3 of them are perfect for tidying up the long straps and ratchets in the gear locker on my trailer:
If the others will fit, might lower the shelf and tidy the rest up as well. But before that, am parked next to some brambles tonight, and there's more than enough gorgeously sweet blackberries on it to have with some greek yogurt for breakfast tomorrow. However, as the lane is popular with dog walkers, and doggers, allegedly, I'll only be picking berries that are growing above 3' off the floor .
3 of them are perfect for tidying up the long straps and ratchets in the gear locker on my trailer:
If the others will fit, might lower the shelf and tidy the rest up as well. But before that, am parked next to some brambles tonight, and there's more than enough gorgeously sweet blackberries on it to have with some greek yogurt for breakfast tomorrow. However, as the lane is popular with dog walkers, and doggers, allegedly
, I'll only be picking berries that are growing above 3' off the floor .
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And almost the last acquisition today was half a dozen of these lovelies:
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3 of them are perfect for tidying up the long straps and ratchets in the gear locker on my trailer:
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If the others will fit, might lower the shelf and tidy the rest up as well. But before that, am parked next to some brambles tonight, and there's more than enough gorgeously sweet blackberries on it to have with some greek yogurt for breakfast tomorrow. However, as the lane is popular with dog walkers, and doggers, allegedly
Those Royal Mail boxes are great!! Had these for about 10 years now, excuse the mess.
And I have absolutely no idea how that last picture appeared .
FWIW, it was taken early last Tuesday morning where I'd spent the night parked in Battersea Dog's Home after delivering rail in there on Monday night. The rail line runs between the main reception building and the old power station, is accessed through the same entrance archway that the public use, and is an utter bitch to get through.I really ought to get one of these young "Look at me, I've been driving a lorry for 5 minutes and think I know it all!" drivers to take it in for me and show me how it's done
.FWIW, it was taken early last Tuesday morning where I'd spent the night parked in Battersea Dog's Home after delivering rail in there on Monday night. The rail line runs between the main reception building and the old power station, is accessed through the same entrance archway that the public use, and is an utter bitch to get through.I really ought to get one of these young "Look at me, I've been driving a lorry for 5 minutes and think I know it all!" drivers to take it in for me and show me how it's done
