Sweet Pete

+1 for having a weird partner who can't finish a drink. She'll open a can of juice, take a drink and then leave it around all day, possibly finishing it by bed time, sometimes not. Her car is the same, she'll open a can of juice or bottle of water and then leave it in her car for ages. Incapable of finishing a coffee, tea, juice, water etc. And she leaves a dirty teaspoon beside the kettle on a teabag plate / spoonrest thing. Actually her car is a whole other thing, it's a fucking disgrace. She insists it's the kids, but they're my kids too and there's f**k all rubbish in my motor. I got so annoyed about it on Saturday that I took her keys, opened her car and filled a large shopping bag with all the empty (or not empty) juice cans, water bottles, sweetie wrappers, crisp pokes, crumpled up papers in the door spaces etc. The passenger side front footwell was just filled with rubbish. The house is gleaming, but she treats her car like a rogue builder treats a country lane.

Do you want me to send a minion round tomorrow? Got a free Friday slot just now.

No it only happened those 2 times, 9 and 8 years ago.

It really is bonkers. I suspect it's some fud living in those flats at Wallace Street or around about there. The ones that look really nice from outside and then you go in and discover they've been completely ruined.

The hitch hiker stopped making sounds weeks ago.

You should try buying some patter.

You're the motion of turning.

It's not when braking.

Nah it's not that. More like nails on a blackboard.

I don't think it's always when turning. Also a lot of the time I go round corners really fast and I squeal when doing that, so it's hard to tell what's me and what's the car. I've oiled myself just incase.

So you'll do mine? Thanks!

I resemble that remark.

Is that something I can buy and do myself?

CD player doesn't work.

Could still be a belt, would inspect them and check they aren't loose or worn. I'm wearing joggies. You're probably a wheel bearing.

Flux capacitor is fucked.

B

Sounds like a belt, possibly alternator belt. Does it give a loud squeal when started up cold? No.

Got some in the boot, but no idea what to spray it on. Everything?

Ramsbottom in the SPFL team of the week.

One for the P&B petrolheads; why is my car squealing when I drive? Just started the last 24 hours. Not when braking (or not only when braking at least), but when driving generally. Hard to pin down a cause or occasion, but seems to happen when turning right or accelerating. Suggestions welcomed. I will, of course, take it to a mechanic also. I have rolled down the windows, turned up the heating, sent my bank details to a killie fan and driven to 12 Ruel Street with my maw.

It sounds very like Threads.

On the first P&B SubCrawl one of the Rangers pubs at Paisley Road were furious about 20 people turning up when there was only 2 folk in the pub. Wouldn't turn on the lights for the toilets downstairs and some skinhead hardman gave a reluctant nod to the waitress to indicate she was allowed to serve us. Shitehole. Baffling. Went into the Loudon once, the original one on Alexandra Parade, on a pub crawl once, just me and one other and some old jakey outside tried to stop us going in. Accused us of being "undercover journalists".

Roll. Square slice. Greenock is on the west coast.