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7 hours ago, Claudia Gentile said:
Hang it in The Louvre
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3 out 4 of the last 4 pics with the Airdrie players realisation of that ping is absolutely 100% nestling in the net is rather good.
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16 hours ago, Soapy FFC said:
The first time I encountered them I spent ages trying to rip the hinge off to open the bottle rather than just twisting the top. But I never look at instructions.
Yeah, what I usually do, rip it off and spill stuff, never thought of the twist method. Damn.
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5 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said:
Greenie for not going with Kenneth. Was in my beard n everything, had to have a shower.
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I imagine, knowing this place, this will have been well covered already... Anyway, bottle tops stuck to bottles, why is this the new way to really fucking annoy people, not sure what's worse this or cardboard straws. Took a drink of one of those liquid yogurt protein things the other day, forgetting to take the cap off and ended up with the white liquid, from the cap, over my face*
*explosion of Kenneth Williams gifs incoming
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1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said:
The dictionary definition in image form.
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12 hours ago, Kenny_m said:
Class act, destroys Fitzpatrick any day of the week. More event contest the 2nd half with him and Milne who's also a good player.
Another year to run on his Hibs contract but no shortage of suitors next season, if they look to offload him.
Whilst I would absolutely love to have Megwa in our team, I wasn't that impressed with him in the 4-0 win, where I think Fitzpatrick definitely got the better of him after a particular shift in tactics, however Megwa was fantastic last night tbh and will be interesting to watch the pair on Friday.
57 minutes ago, Doolan9 said:I’m surprised to see how few have mentioned neilsons performance. Fitzy was poor also but I thought neilson probably had has poorest performance in a thistle shirt or certainly one of. Was totally lost in midfield, not aware of free men around him and lost several 50/50s and headers to smaller airdrie midfielders. Eventually composed himself on the ball later in the game.
I agree I don't think Neilson was great defensively, Airdrie seemed to breeze through our midfield far too often leaving the defence backracking where mistakes or in McMillians case not closing down players quick enough lead to Airdrie chances. Definitely need to win the midfield battle and play more attacking on Friday to win this I think.
Looking forward to Friday though, if last night was anything to go by should be entertaining.
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24 minutes ago, The Moonster said:
Which race is the word "gammon" offensive to?
Fat white people with red faces and high blood pressure I think.
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20 hours ago, Ad Lib said:
I think it's clear Crawford is an upgrade on Alston, squad-wise, but it's not exactly a signing that reeks of enthusiasm.
Yes, for that you'd need a signing like Rumarn Burrell to get the fans suitably enthused!
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6 hours ago, Salt n Vinegar said:
Dude has never seen a sheep on a country road...
"POLICE have issued a speeding warning to those travelling on the NC500 after a man was charged with dangerous driving.
A 43-year-old man driving a Porsche 911 was caught driving at a speed of 142mph on the A832 at Achanalt."
"Throw away the key" time.
A popular section to absolutely hoon it and a popular section for police to
reap the financial rewardsenforce the law. One of those roads if quiet 70+ is fine, 143 might be a bit much.0 -
On 29/04/2024 at 22:27, HoBNob said:
I had a mate I worked with who done brakes and pads in the evening, just brakes, heehaw else despite being a trained mechanic.
Reckoned it was the best payoff for ease of job and the amount he could get paid, he was getting roughly a ton for labour costs for each vehicle.
Is he still doing it? Might need their services in around 6 months.
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Imagine a few clubs will be looking at him, but Rumarn Burrell seems to have had a tremendous season with Cove, potential replacement for Adeloye assuming he's going back to his club.
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Quite Steelly vibes going on here.
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16 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said:
I see we have now reached the point where indicating at roundabouts is entirely optional.
Or indicating incorrectly. See quite a lot of the indicating right at smaller roundabouts when going straight on, tremendously useful driving.
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That was a frustratingly meh game of football where we looked quite unarsed most of the game, while Graham should have taken at least one of his chance I actually felt the best chance fell to Robinson and he didn't even hit the target, looked harder to miss than at least challenge the goalkeeper.
Quite funny leaving the stadium the amount of lads giving the Thistle fans the vicky from the windows of the main stand staircase only to get outside to be immediately greeted by those exact fans, then just put their head down and walk away. I'm not saying anything is going to happen once you do that, most fans do it and I find it quite funny, it's just an odd thing to do particularly after a 0-0 and there's not really a GIRUY moment.
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On 27/04/2024 at 19:06, TxRover said:
Not directly useful, but the latest 10 year maintenance costs list in the U.S. had Audi fourth highest, beating only M-B, Porsche and Land Rover, with BMW and Mini just slightly cheaper...just saying.
They are stupidly expensive to run and maintain, I knew it would be a lot when I bought it but not quite by this much. The mechanic at Deutsch Tek had also said parts prices even for aftermarket brakes and pads had gone up quite a bit, probably due to brexit, so that hasn't helped.
I don't keep up with what is happening in the car world as much as I used to, I think it will be traded in this year for something more economical / cheaper to run, but I don't really have a clue about what to replace it with yet. Probably watch that lad from Carwow on youtube and see what he's saying to it, quite enjoy his car reviews anyway.
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1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said:
He's bullshitting you.
Nb, that was autocorrect to bullfighting, which would make a better story.
Could be yeah, although as soon as I asked who worked on the car he was straight in with what had been happening before I could elaborate. We may never know, now that I know the going rate for the work I'll probs trade it for something newer this year.
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A wee update on the brake discs and pads seeing as few helpful people chipped in about this. Stopped by Deutsch Tek today, very friendly chap called Craig looked at them and concluded roughly 50% worn on the rear and 60% worn on front pads and that the discs don't need replaced. I was quite shocked as that's miles off needing "done in a month" from my regular garage.
As I said before I did know the owner of the garage for a long time, whilst I was quite angry I was thinking something isn't right here, the guy has been sound for years so it's not adding up. Phoned and got through to him, asked who worked on the car and then explained what I'd discovered. He straight away said, he'd had a few misdiagnosis on cars recently with the same name on the job sheet, that the mechanic has been sacked, (garden leave) he was very apologetic and assured me if this had gotten on the ramp the work wouldn't have been carried out if not needed. Fair play to him, can't ask for much more than that.
@alta-pete good call on Deutsch Tek my friend, thanks.
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6 hours ago, Wacky said:
I posted this on the wrong thread.
Why do folks sit at traffic lights with their foot on the brake, the high level brake lights blind the folks at the back of you ya feckin arsehole. Use the feckin handbrake and be a bit more considerate, have you never sat behind a ringpiece like yourself and thought “that’s feckin annoying?
HANDBRAKE!
A lot of modern automatics and probably manual cars as well have this electric handbrake with autohold, so when it stops it's essentially using the footbrake to hold the car and dazzle cars behind them unless you actually engage the handbrake. I've got one, I've never verified this though and could be talking complete shite. What you're talking about used to annoy the f**k out of me, but now I don't care as I'm probably getting my own back inadvertently.
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18 hours ago, Leith Green said:
If only I had known, I could have popped in and asked how much !
I was sitting in traffic outside it (well the lights at the Sainsburys petrol station) an hour ago after dropping my son back off at his gaff in Glasgow !
Awch I'm being dramatic maybe, it's just to drop it off I'd be getting either a subway then train or a couple of trains back then about 30 min walk home. Annoying if I'm needing to get back to work.
Anyway, I actually called the guy at Deutchtek, he asked what the mileage was and if the wear indicator was on, the mileage is only 30k and no wear indicator. He seemed a bit surprised a garage was recommending both at this stage, so I'm heading down to see him this week for him to have a look. I'll reserve judgement for now, but I'll be pretty pissed off with the other garage if this doesn't need done for a while.
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22 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
Only on the basis of being a Partick fan, have you tried DeutschTek just off Woodlands Road? (admittedly 10/15 years ago now but) when I had an Audi they were great with me although it was only for routine servicing..
Ah well no, even though I'm out that way for most home games, it's a bit of a trek, but ye know maybe worth a call if they'd charge me less than a grand. Thanks.
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16 hours ago, mathematics said:
Is it Audi Tecknik, just off the M8, that you go to?
It's not, but I have heard they can be on the more expensive side as well. It's a place in East Kilbride, I don't want to mention them directly as I've known the owner for a long time and has helped me out multiple times where my old performance cars have let me down. I like the guy, but I just can't justify the costs, I think the labour part of the cost was £240+VAT, it's just getting a bit much now.
15 hours ago, beefybake said:Brembo have for some time gone downmarket, and offered a cheapo range of brake parts. The Brembos at Eurocarparts are little different to the others
that ECP sell, except they have a Brembo badge on the boxes.
15 hours ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:Can't disagree with this.
Have a look on ebay for delphi disks and pads, can't go wrong with them and you'll get an idea of price.
Didn't realise Brembo had gone that, back in the day I remember them being a go to for big brake upgrades. I'll have a look at delphi thanks.
13 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:Does it have an electric handbrake?
Today learned someone got an MG sunroof "repaired" by Arnold Clark. Car there over a month and returned to them with bird shite on their seats and soaking wet carpets. Still stunned anyone uses them for repairs tbh.
We had someone with a Vauxhall that shuts down and won't start when hot. Declined our offer of sending the ECU (which was showing as the fault after a 2 minute computer check) away fro testing, as they wanted it taken to the "dealer", which turned out to be Arnold Clark. 6 weeks and £1000 later its still not fixed (they've not touched any ECU apparently, the costs are entirely labour costs) and they've been told by the "master tech" to disconnect the battery with the ignition on every time the car dies, and it should start and run again for a bit.
It is an electric handbrake yeah, 71 plate so fucking everything is electric and has a sensor.
11 hours ago, Loonytoons said:I'm pretty slow a car maintenance but I'd be able to do front pads in an hour with shite tools, double checking my work and having to jack up a corner at a time.
Correct tools and know-how and £96 sounds about right in the non-ripoff market. Guessing that's £37.50p/h plus vat and 2 hours work. That's what my garage charges anyway.
In the ripoff market you're possibly well north of £150 per hour plus VAT.
Phone local independents for quotes and see if you can get positive reviews from friends and associates.
Thanks for that, it sounded very reasonable considering the alternatives I've seen, think I'll be likely giving them a wee call today then. Yeah as I mentioned further up, it's £240 plus VAT for the labour from my regular garage, never used to be anywhere near this, I get the cost of living and wanting to look after skilled staff, but their comes a time it's just not worth the extra.
2 hours ago, Leith Green said:I am also an Audi driver and use a local Audi / VW specialist (AVW Autocare, Gilmerton Road, Edinburgh).
They charge £55 per hour plus VAT, but they are excellent, have done some things FOC for me as well as saved me a pile of cash on items like the (fucking shitey) Audi Pre Sense faults.
Not the pads, but another big job - last year I got charged £550+VAT for supply and fit of the Timing belt / Water pump kit. Based on what I know is the Main Dealer cost, that was pretty reasonable.
Main dealers are daylight robbery.
That sounds fairly reasonable, pity i'm a bit further west, could do with someone like that nearby, finding a new garage that are good at what they do and not total rip off merchants is gonna be difficult I think.
Thanks for the replies troops.
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1 minute ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said:
What make/ model of vehicle is it? Also what brand of disks and pads did you pick from ECP?
Audi Q5, I'd like to point out I don't drive like a dick, can use my indicators and usually go out my way to be a very courteous driver as I know how many utter wanks own Audi's. Didn't even want to get the car, needed something bigger for the family though and I actually love it now.
Parts were all Brembo, they seemed to be the most reasonably priced parts and a brand I know usually make good brakes.
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2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said:
By the time Hampden has been paid for, there would be no money for the clubs.
Yeah maybe bad example, a neutral venue perhaps.
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Just got a quote for new discs and pads all round for over £1000 from a place I've went to for many years, they are seen as a more specialist place, but their prices have been really rocketing since Covid / cozzy livs (sorry) anyway went onto euro car parts and priced up all the parts I need, plus fitting option for around £530 the fitting cost was like £96 on the website, which you just pay when the work is done apparently, this seems really low and worried they might not be that good, but googling the reviews seem like they are pretty decent (4.8 stars)
Not sure whether to go for it or not or phone about some places. Anyone used the euro car parts and fitting option before? Can't imagine they'd use poor garages since it's selected through their website.
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The Partick Thistle thread
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I think Graham has a big influence on the development of forward players as well, which is probably a great thing for Doolan. I had a chat with Graham this season in hospitality and he seemed to really rate Diack, which is good to hear, I'd like to see him getting more game time with us, but a loan might be better for him.
Anyway, still waiting on us signing Rumarn Burrell, must be any day now.