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Post by the light works on Apr 30, 2018 14:15:40 GMT
One doesn't necessarily exclude the other. I have encountered a number of stupid drunks. as far as I'm concerned, being that drunk is a symptom of a lack of good sense, but being that stupid without being drunk deserves to be in a class by itself. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 1, 2018 6:11:19 GMT
The London Rail thing, he was just delayed by not getting an earlier train as in, he is late and thats everyone elses fault, so annoyed when a train passed that didnt stop for him?.
I have had this on the Bus, I had a slight fault on the doors that required me to flip the switch a couple of times to get them to work?.
The number of people that got upset by the door not opening for them annoyed me, one pedestrian/passenger took to insulting the door, me, everyone else, and probably a lot of other as well, and kicked the door several times, so I drove off from them.
Radio'ed in to pre-warn the bus behind, and warn control that they may be pi**ed at us.
Hadnt got half mile before the radio crackled into life, they had phoned in a "serious" complaint, denied any mal behaviour, it was early days of CCTV, they also denied it was them when shown the film at a later date?.
This is the same first world problem that you get when someone complains that McD's coffee is "Too hot" to drive with with it perched between your thighs as you drive.
No one wants to wait.
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Post by silverdragon on May 1, 2018 6:18:55 GMT
One doesn't necessarily exclude the other. I have encountered a number of stupid drunks. as far as I'm concerned, being that drunk is a symptom of a lack of good sense, but being that stupid without being drunk deserves to be in a class by itself. It is, its called "the human condition". I suppose we are lucky on here that we are all sort of scientific minded, but I have lived and worked in communities where the intelligence is "Luke warm" at the best of descriptions?. A Bit like me not understanding fully how the dynamics of fluid dynamics worked until I had to learn it to drive a Tanker?.. bloody easy when you know how, but to a non-educated in the "majik", its a mystery?. I have witnessed someone get all flustered at a door not opening, where the answer is its a pull not a push door?. I also remember someone who just couldnt get their head around a left handed screw. The basic physics of a pedal bike says that a left handed thread on one pedal [<-left side from the saddle facing forwards] will stop it unscrewing by its self as you pedal, but they just couldnt understand why one was normal and one was backwards. I suspect it still mystifies them today?. I had zero luck at all trying to explain it to them?. I also hope they never went into show business, trying to explain the concept of "Stage left" to them that its the left side as the audience views it would totally blow their mind?. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 26, 2018 14:32:35 GMT
So how much does it cost to use your turn signal?
Bottom line, about 30 cents per year in the United States.
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Post by the light works on May 27, 2018 0:37:33 GMT
So how much does it cost to use your turn signal? Bottom line, about 30 cents per year in the United States. my rear lights are LED, so it's probably 17 cents for me. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 27, 2018 5:04:47 GMT
Just think, if you keep your truck 65 years they will pay for themselves.
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Post by the light works on May 27, 2018 14:17:33 GMT
Just think, if you keep your truck 65 years they will pay for themselves. they have probably already paid for themselves in not needing to replace bulbs. 20 cents for the bulb and 20 dollars labor changing it. |
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Post by kharnynb on May 28, 2018 13:38:21 GMT
bulbs here are more expensive, about 1 euro for decent ones, but basic bulb switching is included in service, or if you buy bulbs at diy stores, they install for free.
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Post by the light works on May 28, 2018 16:06:10 GMT
bulbs here are more expensive, about 1 euro for decent ones, but basic bulb switching is included in service, or if you buy bulbs at diy stores, they install for free. I may have exaggerated slightly and was referring to the comparison cost for doing it yourself. |
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Post by kharnynb on May 28, 2018 18:32:11 GMT
was just funny, most things here, they charge you an arm and a leg, but lamps are excepted, maybe because daylight driving lights are required and it's a more common issue that garages and parts-places use it to get people through the door.
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Post by the light works on May 28, 2018 19:04:06 GMT
was just funny, most things here, they charge you an arm and a leg, but lamps are excepted, maybe because daylight driving lights are required and it's a more common issue that garages and parts-places use it to get people through the door. they's lose money on my BIL's old mazda. changing a lamp in the front end involves removing he entire front grille assembly. here, mechanics advise people who own that series of mazdas to change ALL the lamps when they change any lamps. it really IS a major labor charge to disassemble and reassemble the car and then a small cost for the lamps. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 29, 2018 5:23:20 GMT
Just think, if you keep your truck 65 years they will pay for themselves. they have probably already paid for themselves in not needing to replace bulbs. 20 cents for the bulb and 20 dollars labor changing it. The only things not LED on my car are the headlights, mainly because they dont make them in LED yet... However, maybe it is more £5 a bulb instead of four for £2,50, but, I aint changed one yet, and thats two MOT's they have been through without needing at least one changed. 20 dollars to change a bulb?.. rip off merchants. I change all mine myself, because knowing how to do that is one of the requirements of HGV work, so I have never ever paid to have a bulb changed, except when one has failed during an MOT, that happened three times in the last decade before I went LED, and the cost for changing a bulb whilst having the MOT was only a Fiver a bulb... I also am known in the street for being good at knowing where Bulbs hide?. And yes, there are some very strange corners in a boot you can hide the inspection hatch for changing a bulb. |
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Post by the light works on May 29, 2018 13:47:17 GMT
they have probably already paid for themselves in not needing to replace bulbs. 20 cents for the bulb and 20 dollars labor changing it. The only things not LED on my car are the headlights, mainly because they dont make them in LED yet... However, maybe it is more £5 a bulb instead of four for £2,50, but, I aint changed one yet, and thats two MOT's they have been through without needing at least one changed. 20 dollars to change a bulb?.. rip off merchants. I change all mine myself, because knowing how to do that is one of the requirements of HGV work, so I have never ever paid to have a bulb changed, except when one has failed during an MOT, that happened three times in the last decade before I went LED, and the cost for changing a bulb whilst having the MOT was only a Fiver a bulb... I also am known in the street for being good at knowing where Bulbs hide?. And yes, there are some very strange corners in a boot you can hide the inspection hatch for changing a bulb. and how much do you charge yourself per hour? |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 29, 2018 14:06:30 GMT
They do make LED replacements for just about any twist-lock type halogen headlamp bulb. The problem is that the better ones usually have large heatsink bases that may or may not fit in any particular model car.  |
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Post by silverdragon on May 30, 2018 7:34:52 GMT
The only things not LED on my car are the headlights, mainly because they dont make them in LED yet... However, maybe it is more £5 a bulb instead of four for £2,50, but, I aint changed one yet, and thats two MOT's they have been through without needing at least one changed. 20 dollars to change a bulb?.. rip off merchants. I change all mine myself, because knowing how to do that is one of the requirements of HGV work, so I have never ever paid to have a bulb changed, except when one has failed during an MOT, that happened three times in the last decade before I went LED, and the cost for changing a bulb whilst having the MOT was only a Fiver a bulb... I also am known in the street for being good at knowing where Bulbs hide?. And yes, there are some very strange corners in a boot you can hide the inspection hatch for changing a bulb. and how much do you charge yourself per hour? If I "Go out" as a driver, top rates, AvSec STGO Class 1, if you aint paying minimum £30 per hour dont even phone me. But changing a bulb on my car, 10 mins and I can change all of the front bulbs, 15 for all of the back ones, the spares are in the car waiting, and same with trucks, your supposed to do any that need changing on your daily walk round vehicle check by law anyway?. Its the same as checking oil water windscreen wash tyre pressures, heck, I can do a sidelight in under 2 mins in the car, the spare bulbs are in the under bonnet fuse box to save time having to poke around in glove=box etc?. I have never paid for any servicing on my car, I have even done a complete oil change with new filter and a flushing oil before the new oil as well. So change of a bulb, its part of my daily duties, and on trucks, if you drop the trailer,out of the yard, anywhere its liable to be unguarded for more than 20 seconds, your supposed to remove tail lights anyway. That and rear Number-plate, your supposed to keep them together in the cab, with two full sets of spare bulbs. If you drop a trailer in the yard, your supposed to leave the bulbs in, because it saves time for the next driver... just dont forget that rear number plate?. So changing a bulb, its less time than it is the maths to work out how much I should charge for part of an hour that almost isnt worth charging for anyway. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 30, 2018 7:40:58 GMT
They do make LED replacements for just about any twist-lock type halogen headlamp bulb. The problem is that the better ones usually have large heatsink bases that may or may not fit in any particular model car. not one of them looks like it fits in my car, its not a twist lock, its a lever lock, and the "plug" is two pin push on and all held in place by rubber bung/cover inside the headlight hidey-hole.[waterproof covering that the cover/bung clips over...] Heat sink?. the LED's I am running, even the one in the kitchen in the house, they run cold to the touch?. why the need for a heatsink on an LED?. Plus the metal part of the headlight is a big enough heatsink for my halogen ones anyway. Maybe I need to go to the shop again, its been several months, I bet they do have LED that fit older Toyota's by now. |
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Post by GTCGreg on May 30, 2018 12:19:11 GMT
I've converted just about everything in the house to LED. The bases on the 60 W equivalent get pretty warm. And the bases on the 100 W equivalent get almost too hot to touch. Still nothing like incandesent, but they do generate heat.
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Post by the light works on May 30, 2018 14:14:39 GMT
and how much do you charge yourself per hour? If I "Go out" as a driver, top rates, AvSec STGO Class 1, if you aint paying minimum £30 per hour dont even phone me. But changing a bulb on my car, 10 mins and I can change all of the front bulbs, 15 for all of the back ones, the spares are in the car waiting, and same with trucks, your supposed to do any that need changing on your daily walk round vehicle check by law anyway?. Its the same as checking oil water windscreen wash tyre pressures, heck, I can do a sidelight in under 2 mins in the car, the spare bulbs are in the under bonnet fuse box to save time having to poke around in glove=box etc?. I have never paid for any servicing on my car, I have even done a complete oil change with new filter and a flushing oil before the new oil as well. So change of a bulb, its part of my daily duties, and on trucks, if you drop the trailer,out of the yard, anywhere its liable to be unguarded for more than 20 seconds, your supposed to remove tail lights anyway. That and rear Number-plate, your supposed to keep them together in the cab, with two full sets of spare bulbs. If you drop a trailer in the yard, your supposed to leave the bulbs in, because it saves time for the next driver... just dont forget that rear number plate?. So changing a bulb, its less time than it is the maths to work out how much I should charge for part of an hour that almost isnt worth charging for anyway. if you cwn't trust the average public not to steal your bulbs and license plate, maybe the UK IS a hotbed of crime... and if your bulbs are so unreliable as to require two spares, then you might want to start importing them from the US. I know I've changed a signal bulb. I don't remember when. |
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Post by the light works on May 30, 2018 14:16:26 GMT
They do make LED replacements for just about any twist-lock type halogen headlamp bulb. The problem is that the better ones usually have large heatsink bases that may or may not fit in any particular model car. not one of them looks like it fits in my car, its not a twist lock, its a lever lock, and the "plug" is two pin push on and all held in place by rubber bung/cover inside the headlight hidey-hole.[waterproof covering that the cover/bung clips over...] Heat sink?. the LED's I am running, even the one in the kitchen in the house, they run cold to the touch?. why the need for a heatsink on an LED?. Plus the metal part of the headlight is a big enough heatsink for my halogen ones anyway. Maybe I need to go to the shop again, its been several months, I bet they do have LED that fit older Toyota's by now. LEDs are HUGELY heat sensitive. if your heat sink is inadequate, you end up with an NED (nothing emitting diode) very quickly. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 31, 2018 6:28:30 GMT
The thing with Bulbs, european law states you must carry spares.
Since the phrech jondarm pulled a few drivers over for bad bulbs, which requires you to replace on the spot, then book you for not carrying a full set of spares being you just used them, its now SOP to carry TWO sets, so you have at least one full set at all times.
Taking the bulbs out is a thing that when you drop a trailer, when you go to the next one, at least you know the bulbs are good, because they are your bulbs?.
Rent-a-trailer when its not your own trailer your tugging, those places never ever rent you the one with the good bulbs, so, its common to take your own with you, as well as the spares, just to make sure you have a working set.
The licence plate, if you swap trailers, drop one in one place and pick up another elsewhere, your licence plate has to be on the back of every trailer you pull, so you must take it with you?.
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