What to stick on his windscreen which wont come off easily? [OT]

You didn't read the post properly.

Oops - talking to myself again ...

Bolli.

Me too.

Endorsed.

Mary

That is, indeed, a possibility! Just gone back and read that someone had

"Go Bollock to the dogs. I'll none of it."

Yes, true - read below.

Unless it was something particularly rare or desirable, then the chances are you probably could have done. And judging by the fact that the dealer was offering a "guaranteed grand" for trading in any old shed, I'd wager that it wasn't anything particularly rare or desirable.

joe parkin ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Same place as everybody else. We're just massively outnumbered. Like the well-behaved children.

Andy Turner ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.demon.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

So when they say "parent and child", they don't really mean "parent and child"?

So?

Top of the range 'Hired' cars...!

Care to explain that how taking money to have something repaired but not having said repair done is not fraud? Or if the money is obtained via a threat "Pay for that ding or a kick your car door in..." extortion.

I seem to remember that's exactly what happened. The idea being to provide a nourishing meal rather than the junk I would no doubt have chosen, given the preference.

My sister in law's child will eat anything, provided it's chicken nuggets or crisps. Now how do you think that happened? Seriously, she will eat nothing else.

It's really quite simple. Before the damage, that car was an object worth x pounds. The repair would cost y pounds.

After the damage occured, the car is now worth x-y pounds.

Obviously second hand car values aren't as black and white as this, but let's take this example:

There are two cars, both identical in every single way - age, mileage, colour, specification etc. One is in absolutely pristine condition in every way possible, and the other one is every bit as good bar one small scuff on the bumper. The only difference between those two cars is that small amount of damage, so it stands to reason that the one with the damage is worth less than the perfect one by an amount equal to the cost of repairing the damage.

So it's not fraud by taking the the money equivalent to the repair cost and not having it repaired. Not in the slightest. The car has been devalued as a result, and that money compensates the owner of the car for their loss.

Hardly rocket science, is it?

Life is more important than things, but things are still important. In fact theyre very important, as one's survival will not continue in various real life situations without the right things. Things are why we live to 70 not 30 now.

NT

If they were witheld I doubt that she'd starve. But I could be wrong, it has been known.

A daughter used to tell me that the only way she could get her son to eat meat was to buy him the teddy-bear MRM from the supermarket. It was years ago but I believe it's still available.

Strangely, he ate everything, without question or forcing, when he was here (I cared for him while she was working until he went to school). We all ate the same food at the same time.

He's now almost twenty and still likes to eat with us.

Mary

In message , Mary Fisher writes

Believe me, I have trawled through all the tripe you've typed here and in the ID card thread and I really think you need to take a step back and engage your brain before typing

Really

Doesn't Motability pay for the car, or at least a substantial amount?

Don't get me wrong - I am probably more zen than you'd imagine from my posts about these things; however a prang into a lamppost is "that's what insurance is for". Insurance isn't for some careless person denting your car door because they couldn't be bothered to park where they could open the door (assuming that you take due care when parking of course), or wrap their fingers around the edge when opening. It's the little expenses that are the most frustrating, and when caused by someone else's carelesness, that's the biggie.

I really don't care about material things. I've had exactly the "anyone hurt? Who cares" response to very expensive cars being written off.

It's easier to react calmly to the big things. Chop my leg off with an axe and I'll swear a bit. I'll whine for hours about a splinter under my nail ;)

Richard

Don't know about your specific cars, but I tell you what, your new car did considerably more damage than running an old one.

Hope you don't go on air travel ever ;)

Richard

Yep.

The Ignis was dismissed as having horrid seats - didn't even drive it. Current candidates are: Shogun Pinin 5dr with full leather, A/C, 3,000 miles on the clock on a 53 reg, or a 1.6i (no HDI, too noisy) Berlingo Desire Modutop with A/C.

Did I mention I am sick of cars?

Richard

Then it's time people learned. I've learned. Most of the people I know have learned.

It will give them some idea of the frustration I feel, and if they aren't prepared to compensate me for the damage they did to my car, perhaps they will spend the money on repairing theirs. They lose the same amount either way.

I am aware of variations. Denting someone's car in a car park is a result of the inability of the adults to control the childen, or the adults themselves, to exercise due care, or decent respect, of other's property.

If a car smashes into my wall in an accident, then I'm not going to knock down their wall in response. If you're too stupid to see the world in anything other than black and white terms, or understand the concept of respect for property vs. an accident, then you perhaps should buy a Renault 4 or something equally easy to repair.

And some of those little rubber things for the edge of the door.

Richard