I had a power cut during during a Skype interview once. I called them on my mobile to explain and we then resumed.
As it was now by candlelight, it was most intimate and at one point I think we almost got engaged.
True story. Except possibly that last bit.
Office day tomorrow for our quarterly meeting. Our monthly case completion rate is going to have fallen below 100% for the first time since March. This is mostly because my focus has been shifted from closing backlog cases to identifying data anomalies and opening new cases. I doubt this will be acknowledged and the big wigs will be twats.
I have prepared for this by drinking two bottles of wine with the wife, followed by 3 rather strong beers. I should probably stay at home.
Best not driving. Borrow Tricky’s bike.
MGW back in Ed and Molly's Playbarn. Middle and youngest have had a picture with him. Eldest refused to due to a rampant case of Nottsism.
Old and grumpy before his time. Perfect for Notts. Get him a whippet for Christmas.
You've conversed withTB regulars, a (loosely) Forest oriented online community before, right?
Have been driving for nearly 23 years and fortunate enough to never have been involved in an accident. Well, until last week. Someone reversed into the side of my car in a multi-storey car park - minor prang (nowt serious).
Driver was very keen to sort everything without involving insurance companies - suggested I sort some quotes and give her a ring. Having got no prior experience of this kind of thing, I was naturally sceptical and all the advice I got was to hand it over to insurance to resolve (clean, secure, leave all the repair arrangements to them, etc).
What I hadn't bargained for - and clearly should have done in hindsight - was the impact of the age and mileage of my car. It's now the secondary vehicle in the household and used nowhere near as much. But it's a 12-year-old gem. Had from two years old, solid, reliable, comfortable, cheap to run and maintain. Problem is that the early indications are that a repair would exceed 60 per cent of the car's value and, therefore, won't be sanctioned.
It's still to be confirmed but all signs are pointing to official write-off. My understanding is I can keep the car (damage is minor and cosmetic, doors still open and close easily, locks work, etc) but should expect issues when I come to renew my insurance next year. Don't want to get rid, though, and any payout will be nowhere near enough to replace with something similar. I don't do the commuting miles any longer to justify getting a new one on HP or something.
Live and learn, I guess.
Sounds like this ship has sailed but If the damage is mostly cosmetic, you are keen to keep the car and it's (I assume) all paid for but of little resale value why not get a quote to get locally to address the worst of the damage and go back to Tricky about his original proposal. When directed from an insurance company the bodyshop has to return the car in showroom condition and that costs £1000s, if you make a couple of calls and ask them to make this look not shit you'll both probably end up winning.
Obviously don't tell them about your track record with tradesmen.
Don't be like that. I've not reversed into something for a couple of weeks now.
One of My MX5's was an ex-writeoff. Getting insurance was no problem, but the value of the car was much diminished so that impacts on the usefulness to you of insurance (legality notwithstanding). In the sense that the car won't be valued for insurance purposes close to it's value to you, or book value for an equivalent example. Also sell on values are massively impacted for writeoffs.
However, for a sound car, that you are happy to run into the ground, this can lead to good ongoing value.
Things may have changed, but this was how it was for me.
I use this sometimes to submit photos of bad parking in our area - particular drivers who are putting kids at risk near the school at pickup and drop off time.
nextbase.co.uk/national-dash-cam-safety-portal/
When I occasionally upload photos I am always shocked at how poor a website/process it is. I am considering trying to creating an alternative to it, but focused on still photos rather than dash cam footage.
Tying to liaise with all the police forces to get them to accept submissions from "my" site rather than this one seems pretty impossible however. Where would one even start? If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I think I can do the tech side of things.
Mumsnet.
Fucking hell Shady.
If you send your pics recorded post then they'd have to sign for them.
What's the problem?
Here's one I submitted a few weeks ago. 20 metres from a school at 08:40am. Forcing all the kids, including mine, to walk in the busy road (I realise it wasn't at that exact point in the picture - they're been stood behind the car waiting for the traffic to get better so they could go safely around).
[Pic removed as Sean was getting aroused]
Pigeons are all the rage round your way, they can deliver stuff, I'd try that.
I guess my first question would be whether there's a single central API stack, or if you'd need to connect to each force individually using whatever APIs they have decided to use, if any at all. Then my second question would be whether they're willing to let you connect to it at all, or if they've tendered the rights to be the exclusive upload portal for shitty parking photos.
I may actually reverse the order of those questions.
