Yes, I got a re-manufactured brake caliper from a chain auto parts shop last autumn. It leaked, so I let a shop deal with it when I took the vehicle in for other work. They couldn’t stop the leak, so they got another, identical one. It also leaked.
They had to get a caliper from NAPA, instead, so I have mismatched brake parts. (Not a real big deal; they work.)
Hey, I think I cracked it, folks!
Central to all of this, unsurprisingly, are councils’ shrivelled post-austerity budgets, and the ever-increasing challenge of keeping road networks up to scratch when their other statutory obligations such as special needs.
Turns out, roads are really bloody expensive.
Along those lines: If somebody sends a “friendly reminder,” you know that they had the unfriendly kind in mind. Otherwise, they’d just send a reminder.
Is this a common problem for Bri’ish men?
I support the death penalty for private equity executives.
One Thing, One Place, One at a Time
Gosh, so owned. So very, very owned. By such an intelligent and aesthetically pleasing being. What an honor!
Ah, so we judge actions not by their merit, but by who performs them? Or, put another way, if you wrestle a pig, you both get muddy.
What’s hilarious is that I knew that this kind of reply would be forthcoming. Thanks for not disappointing!
You know nothing about me, and very little of what I think, yet you conceptualized my motivations as attacking my enemies, and now you’re telling me what I think.
I just suggested some introspection.
Look at the other replies I’ve received, and think about how people outside of your online community might feel being on the receiving end.
Yes, the reflexive “allies and enemies” framing of the situation does reinforce the image of a harassment campaign.
Oh lordy, ever have one of those moments when you know you’re about to do something dumb, but do it anyway? Well, I would ask that you folks stop for a moment, and observe this situation from an outsider’s perspective. From where I sit, this very thread right here looks like a harassment campaign.
The '80s called, they want their demented President talking points back.
Clearly! But sometimes you can get a peek into a disordered brain, which is fascinating. This is just incomprehensible.
Holy shit, I hadn’t seen him on video in a while. He looks healthier and more normal in that span when he dozed off than the decrepit mess when he’s awake. Biden in the debate could at least stay in an upright posture.
Best that I can do is, “non-figuratively.” As in, “The power of the hurricane winds non-figuratively blew me away.”
iPads. The first one was a hand-me-down only a few years old, but no longer getting iOS updates, so no apps would run anymore. Safari would crash on most web sites. Gmail worked, but holy hell was the keyboard beyond terrible. I used it to read textbooks in PDF. Couldn’t revive it with an alternate OS. The next one was a gift; I thought I’d use it for NOAA navigation charts on my boat. Nope, the PDF reader crashed out on ~1MB files. (I had to use my budget Android phone instead.) Now it’s no longer supported, and not even useful as a Home Assistant dashboard, because of the old OS. It’s a (fully-functional) piece of e-waste now.
Locked hardware? Just say no!
Electric bike regulations are getting out of hand, largely because lawmakers don’t seem to grasp the difference between pedelecs (e-assist for pedals) and e-mopeds (with a throttle control and sometimes pedals that are merely vestigal).