tractorbob Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 got to work the malpas steam rally weekend ..grrrrrrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Logged on ok with my laptop when I got home from work , went out for a couple of hrs and now when I log on my laptop has somehow totally wiped its self clean , appears to log on ok until you get into my account and every picture , word document , music and video files gone , all the program's installed have gone , Internet book marks the whole system is like a brand new laptop .System restores not working either Same on the wife's profile?? At a total loss as it closed down ok when I left. Only access I have is via my mobile .we have a horrible feeling we have just lost a huge amount of pics and stuff from holidays and of the granddaughter since she was born let alone the rest . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Have a look at the 'computeractive' forum Sean, you'd need to join it by registering but there are a lot of knowledgeable and helpful nerds on there, post up what you've said here and they'll tell you what's what and possibly how to do a recovery if it's possible, mind you, they also talk a lot of crap as well and suggestions for downloads that I would never touch with a barge finger. If you've done a backup of your files you should be able to find them again but I can't tell you how to I'm afraid, not that PC savvy. Hope you can get it all back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wife's on the case Tim but right now she's stumped and she's way more clued up than me . She's found some of my pics on her profile which now seems to have come back after some tinkering but not all of them and my account's still effectively blank sheet new ? I gave up after 20 mins trying , she will go all night unless i stop her ( which i will after the film i want to watch is finished )as she loves to solve problems like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Not quite that simple Tim when I live in a tied cottage, takes a bit more planning than just telling him where he can insert his job! same situation here mate ..6 staf..f boss thinks i will cover everyone ..time for a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wife's on the case Tim but right now she's stumped and she's way more clued up than me . She's found some of my pics on her profile which now seems to have come back after some tinkering but not all of them and my account's still effectively blank sheet new ? I gave up after 20 mins trying , she will go all night unless i stop her ( which i will after the film i want to watch is finished )as she loves to solve problems like this Sounds horiffic Sean (and that reminds me I really need to backup my files) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 leley juno wandering off its tracks..(silage pusher) £12,000 pile off crap/pain in the arse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 leley juno wandering off its tracks..(silage pusher) £12,000 pile off crap/pain in the arse A hand-held scraper or brush should be an adequate replacement, and £11,980 cheaper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Lifes up and down at the mo Edited September 24, 2013 by BOB3085 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Just going through emails to delete old and unwanted ones came across a few between myself and another person who used to be on the forum. I had an email from this person out of the blue, he had not been active on the Forum for about 2 years but was still looking at it from time to time and still collecting. He remembered the McConnell front loader bale slave that I had made and I remember at the time that he asked if I could make him one, this never happened because I never heard from him again until he emailed me asking if I could still do one for him so after a few to and fro emails I made one and sent it to him with printed instructions how to fit it to his Britain's front loader, well, that was the last I've heard from him . I don't know why and the circumstances why but I think that was the very last time I did a favour like this for anyone, I think that in the future they would have to pay first! Perhaps I'm too soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 To late now Tim,but always get them to pay first,still 2 members on here now who asked for conversions,I did them then they never paid,so always get the money up front,luckily I sold them on eBay,but if I didn't I would have been stuck with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 It's not the money that bothers me really as it didn't cost a bean to make it and the postage wasn't much, it's the fact that he never even bothered to ask in the first place and never bothered to acknowledge that he'd received it, which he obviously did, I'm sure I would of heard if he hadn't, it's the principal. I still have his details so I'll drop him a communication one day to see if he's still alive and perhaps bring him to the surface again, that's if he bothers to have the courtesy to reply but even if not he'll know that I haven't forgot about it, an elephant never forgets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Was doing a bit of DIY today and needed to pop to B & Q to get a small part to finish the job off. Pulled up in the car park and went in, found the aforementioned part for the grand total of £1.35, paid up and then headed back out to the car park. To find my wing mirror smashed and lying on the floor!!! I had only been in the store 10 minutes, MAX. I went back inside to see if they had any CCTV to be told that whilst it is recording the operator is on a day off and won't be able to check until tomorrow. Now this is where it starts to be "what really pleased you" When I got back into the car park there were 2 Police cars with scruffy reprobates wearing handcuffs. I was just in time to hear the store detective saying "and then I chased him between these cars and he knocked the wing mirror of this car". He then looked at me standing there with a piece of broken plastic in may hand. The Police officer then laughed out loud as he looked at me and got a mouthful of good natured abuse back as he was someone I used to work with. I tried to get him to take a statement from me but he said "you can write your own". So alls well that ends well and I even managed to put the wing mirror back together. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A bit of careless reversing on my part cost me a tow-bar jack and 3 hours of work time- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 royal mail,Sean when at zwolle kindly got me 2 original beacons for my nh t6090,posted them last tuesday and nothing has turned up,i can get the beacons abroad,but the postage is so expensive just for 2 beacons,thats why sean kindly got them for me,so royal mail are not my most popular people at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Just going through emails to delete old and unwanted ones came across a few between myself and another person who used to be on the forum. I had an email from this person out of the blue, he had not been active on the Forum for about 2 years but was still looking at it from time to time and still collecting. He remembered the McConnell front loader bale slave that I had made and I remember at the time that he asked if I could make him one, this never happened because I never heard from him again until he emailed me asking if I could still do one for him so after a few to and fro emails I made one and sent it to him with printed instructions how to fit it to his Britain's front loader, well, that was the last I've heard from him . I don't know why and the circumstances why but I think that was the very last time I did a favour like this for anyone, I think that in the future they would have to pay first! Perhaps I'm too soft. That gives the hobby a bad name realy, cheeky sod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I've had to re-send an item on Ebay which the buyer said they hadn't received but which, according to the returns label, had been 'refused'. I just hope it doesn't come back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 subcontractors not only do they moan and want all day long but break my hired plant and hide it and not tell anyone(more paperwork ) O and some telling off comeing monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 was about to order the McCormick CX105 from the FTF shop at long last...but my dilly dallying has been my undoing, and it (like a lot of other stuff in there) has sold out! Darn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MF-ROB Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Juast after dropping my I-Phone screen broke not happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 My L200 service bill was an eye-watering £1700, so I'm cutting back on all spending until the work starts to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Whatever did the service involve for it to come to that amount?!?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 new van I guess gav :laugh: ,does seem a hellish steep bill unless they replaced some serious bits on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I've just had a quote for a reconditioned gearbox, new dual mass flywheel and a clutch kit in my Defender that comes to less than that including 8hrs labour for the fitting and the dreaded VAT so it does sound really steep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I decided it was time for a full service what the dealers call a 54,000-mile or cam belt service. Biggest items on the menu were: crankshaft pulley replacement (£153); replacement steering idler (£231), new right-rear leaf spring (£136, an old substitute bush was apparently digging in to the chassis at the front end) and replacing corroded and supposedly leaking fuel lines (£136), which didn't seem to be leaking when I checked them a month or two ago but they did need replacing at some point. They had heaps of trouble removing an old bush & u-bolts on the springs and so labour cost was high (in the end they just replaced the entire thing). Many of the faults were due to dodgy repairs or lack of servicing by previous owners. Had I been able to afford these repairs I would have done it years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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