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richard s

12-09-2013 14:59

What stupid thing did you do recently

I checked the oil in my car and did not do the oil cap up properly... oil sprayed every where....

Taf	12-09-2013 15:08

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Took the wife and daughter shopping.... my poor credit card :(

martyh

12-09-2013 18:34

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got back from wrexham too early ,the wife was still painting the kitchen so i was roped into painting all the hard to reach places which ,lets face it ,in a kitchen are most of it :(

martyh

12-09-2013 18:48

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a REALLY stupid thing down on the north circular today ,wasn't me by the way :D

Escapee

14-09-2013 16:59

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I got engaged.

I had a good run of 46 years but it finally caught up with me. I'm not even sure how it happened, she demanded money from me, she went to town and came back with an engagement ring.

I guess the worst is to come, I will have to pay Labola. She said I have to pay the price of 5 healthy cattle, she didn't appreciate it when I said 'That's not a fair deal, swapping 5 healthy cattle for one old cow':Yikes:

Jimmy-J

21-09-2013 03:05

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1. Dropped my Galaxy Note 2 and smashed the screen.

2. Lost my balance and knocked 2 picture frames from the shelf to the floor, shattering the glass all over my room.

3. Fell over in the bedroom, flat on my back, with a few things crashing on top of my head!

tizmeinnit

21-09-2013 08:27

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35623868)

all this done with the blood alcohol level of 150 mg lol

denphone

21-09-2013 09:55

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J (Post 35623868)

l hope you are fine now Jimmy.

Ken W

21-09-2013 13:03

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I roasted a chicken in the oven but I forgot to turn the gas on to cook the vegetables.

Russ	21-09-2013 13:11

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I hoped to get some sense out of Vodafone's off-shore customer services.

Osem	21-09-2013 13:38

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I offered to clean the wife's car since she's never done it in 5 years of ownership... ::erm:

Nidge41

25-09-2013 04:54

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Put super unleaded into my Diesel motor yesterday albeit it was only £10 worth followed by £30 worth of Diesel. :mad: :mad: :mad:

AbyssUnderground

25-09-2013 11:03

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Originally Posted by Nidge41 (Post 35625214)

Put super unleaded into my Diesel motor yesterday albeit it was only £10 worth followed by £30 worth of Diesel. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Keep topping it up with diesel to dilute it more. Modern cars hate the wrong fuel more than old ones.

Osem	25-09-2013 12:00

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Petrol in a diesel engine is potentially very serious:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...y-mistake.html

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Petrol wrecks diesel engine lubrication processes and is particularly damaging to a diesel engine's costly, high-pressure fuel pump, which operates at up to 2,050bar (30,000psi). Petrol removes the pump case hardening and if a film of hardened metal disintegrates into swarf it will greatly harm or even wreck an engine's internal organs.

richard s

10-10-2013 13:38

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Broke my inner shaft drive CV joint on the car last week - hoping to fix it this Saturday.

Should have put all the bits back before moving it!!! dummy me.

cookie_365

10-10-2013 17:57

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Shared my honest opinion of our newly revised (again) project plan with my boss.

SnoopZ

10-10-2013 18:10

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Originally Posted by richard s (Post 35630326)

Broke my inner shaft drive CV joint on the car last week - hoping to fix it this Saturday.

Should have put all the bits back before moving it!!! dummy me.

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Originally Posted by richard s (Post 35621139)

I checked the oil in my car and did not do the oil cap up properly... oil sprayed every where....

Judging by your first post and this post i know i will never get you to service my car! :D

Nidge41

11-10-2013 08:22

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35625309)

Petrol in a diesel engine is potentially very serious:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...y-mistake.html

Car seems to be running better after the petrol incident the other week, after some searching a little bit of petrol, "not a lot" :dunce: will clean the injectors out.

Chad	11-10-2013 11:53

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I was giving my car a quick clean and left the passanger door wide open when putting the vacuum back in the house. I decided to take my car to the car wash to give it a quick rinse. I didn't notice a cat had got into my car and was sleeping on the back seat. When I stopped at the junction it woke up and went crazy. My heart almost exploded with fright.

richard s

11-10-2013 13:49

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 35630474)

Judging by your first post and this post i know i will never get you to service my car! :D

Must be my age... I am usually very good, but this time one has cocked up.

tizmeinnit

11-10-2013 17:40

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its not recent but the most stupid thing I ever done was sleep with a guys wife and he was friendly with The Outlaws MCC

Sirius

11-10-2013 17:50

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Hit a sodding pothole and blew my front left tire :mad:

broadbandking

11-10-2013 18:04

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I made a nice dent in the wall when moving our new bedside tables upstairs, best to say I got a nice ear battering from the wife.

tizmeinnit

11-10-2013 18:11

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35630988)

:bsmack:

Seeing as you're still alive I guess you got away with it. :D

Messing with someones other half is very risky. I know that I'd not be happy if someone mucked about with my partner

he used to tell me tales about when he was younger he said he was some sort of enforcer for them I just thought it was tosh. His misses also spun a yarn about him mis treating her. I found out the truth because soon after she took him on Jeremy Kyle and made him have a lie detector saying she thought he had cheated in revenge. Luckily I was only mentioned as the other guy lol

tizmeinnit

11-10-2013 18:34

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35631001)

Sometimes you do not know who you deal with.

A while ago I was crossed by someone and I was incensed: I ill wished him and within the week he was cut down by a stroke aged 40! Never been the same since.

You could call it coincidence but my mother seemed to able despatch people regularly who crossed her in the neighbourhood.

lol a bit of witch craft eh lol

Nidge41

11-10-2013 21:33

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35630988)

:bsmack:

Seeing as you're still alive I guess you got away with it. :D

Messing with someones other half is very risky. I know that I'd not be happy if someone mucked about with my partner.

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Put a claim into the council, and go for a new alloy wheel as well.

They'll just turn round and say, "it's been reported so we aren't paying out".

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35630733)

I think it's all a matter of degree, after all diesel is diluted with kerosine for use in very cold environments (even UK winter mix) to prevent it turning to treacle.

Interestingly if you look at the chemical safety sheet for a popular diesel injector cleaner Petrolium is one of the formulas ingredients up to 5%. Others include kerosine (75%) and naptha. So you've probably done some good.

So Redex diesel treatment has petrol in it?

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