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2008-12-09 cost of repairs
Scenario: driver is driving car when brake warning light appears intermittently.
Description of work done Investigate brake warning light flashing intermittently and brake servo seems squiggy when cold. Remove all road wheels for full braking system check and report faults: 1. front bake pads worn to 0.5mm discs cooked, after removal found flexi brake hoses blocked causing caliper to lock on. Supply and fit new front discs, pads and flexi brake hoses. 2. Both rear hydraulic wheel cylinders leaking brake fluid and nearside rear shoes worn out. Supply and fit new rear wheel cylinders and shoe set, fully clean and adjust handbrake mechanism Rebuild vehicle fully and bleed braking system changing brake fluid, road test vehicle Brake discs front 2x 45.49 Brake pad set front inc sensors 1x 36.71 Brake shoe set 1x 30.52 Rear hydraulic wheel cylinder 2x 37.72 Front flexi brake hose 1x 13.26 Flexi brake hose 1x 13.26 Brake fluid/clutch fluid 1x 5.18 Brake cleaner 1x 3.45 Environmental disposal charge 1x 2.88 Labour front brakes 1x 51.75 Labour (extra charge flexi hose) 0.5x 25.88 Labour rear brakes 1.9x 98.33 Total 364.43
Safety is expensive I suppose.
2008-12-08 amazing mp3s
Paid for Kid Cudi - Day and night from amazon.co.uk MP3 downloads - to my amazement the Linux support is superb! Go Amazon!
The MP3 cost £0.69 - on the other hand sorting the brakes warning light on my car is around £320.
2008-12-07 cash machines
Whilst out on the lash last night funds drew low between clubs, so as normal the money that I thought would be enough didn't cover the pace that I was buying rounds at, so between club hops I decided to make everyone wait whilst skin flint here used the cash machine.
To my surprise when I got to the machine after a small lass had been there I found £40 protruding from the vending slot. Naive boy here got on the moral high ground and lectured about how much of a better idea it is to return the money to it's rightful owner.
However, all this discussed the lass had departed in a taxi and the money was given to the wrong person. Everyone in the group was trying to tell drunk boy here that it wasn't the right person, but beer goggles were on and she looked the same so the money ended up in the wrong hands - but the sentiment was there.
2008-12-06 ipv6 and things
Sometimes things just don't stand still. Who would have thought that 2^32 would never be enough space for everyone? Turns out that 2^128 is a much more realistic number. What's more, who would have thought the transition would be so simple? Who am I kidding. Have you tried to tell a 32bit computer that speaking in 128 bits is any easier. It was a glorious day when 'uint addr;' would suffice.