The 'look at what I did today' thread

Post by **Gayno** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:13 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
You asked that already and I answered it already?

Post by **Gayno** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:42 pm

My new credit card arrived.

Time to buy frivolous jobby that I don't really need!!

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:46 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
Shiny wrote:The good news though is that there is no excess on third party claims.
Is that right? I hadn't thought about it tbh, but now I do, yes that sounds familiar! I'll check...
I do have another concern about it though, will pm you rather than bore everyone else with more insurance stuff

ps TPO / DOC abbreviations taking me right back to the 'fun' evenings running countless quotations through the quote engine via an AS/400 mainframe front end and seeing the summary screens coming up showing applicable extensions/exclusions against each providers quote

I'll respond to your pm when I'm on a computer rather than a phone

When I first started in a brokers, we quoted out of guides and had to go through half a dozen by hand to get the best price. For the difficult ones, we had to plead with the boss to use the machine. I think it was called a Quotel or something. You had to fill in a form and convert quote details into numbers. 1 for male, 2 for female and so on. You ended up with a list of 40 maybe more digits which you typed into and old computer (with no screen) which was attached to a phone line. One digit wrong and the whole quote was drokked. Then wait an hour or so and a quote would come back on the type writer on a till roll. Ah the 80s.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:56 pm

lol I thought I was old

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed May 21, 2014 8:13 pm

Gayno wrote:My new credit card arrived.
Time to buy frivolous jobby that I don't really need!!

Excellent!

can I tempt you with a Land Rover?

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Wed May 21, 2014 8:34 pm

I finished my quick scrub up/paint of the inlet manifold for my Golf. It's nowhere near perfect but at least it's not red any longer - should look fine once it's in the engine bay

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:11 pm

Today I nearly bought this:-

Other bidders had other ideas ...

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:44 pm

sailor you're getting dangerously close to becoming an avid old Honda collector!

Post by **Gayno** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:40 pm

wurlycorner wrote:
Gayno wrote:My new credit card arrived.
Time to buy frivolous jobby that I don't really need!!
Excellent!
can I tempt you with a Land Rover?

Unfortunately not, with the credit limit I could only buy half. Going by your description, I'd prefer the passenger side

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:18 pm

wurlycorner wrote: sailor you're getting dangerously close to becoming an avid old Honda collector!

Nah. We're back down to two and a half. And my shopping list isn't the same as Mrs Sailor's.

I'd never used ebay before and wanted to see how it works. I figured that if I bid half of what I thought the car was worth, I'd learn the process with minimal risk. And if I accidentally ended up buying something, I could still turn a profit.

Even better, I might have liked the car ...

[PS: I stopped at £450 - it went for £846.98]