Deckchair holiday by the motorway. No thanks!

Most people in their 70's would opt for a deckchair on a sandy beach in Eastbourne or Bournemouth given the choice of a break away from watching Gardeners World on TV, and counting their marbles.  Apparently not all of them though.  On the top of a motorway bridge the other way were a couple in their 70s, camped out on deckchairs, in yellow vests.  The weather was cold and foggy, but the man was in shorts. 

Presumably therefore, theyd run out of marbles to count and decided they needed a change!  I'm guessing they were counting cars for some random project, but 8 hours on, when i returned along this road they were still there... and still in shorts.  Surely they must have something better to do?

Tip wankers

Having just returned from a couple of trips to the local tip to get rid of some rubble from some building workwe are doing - I must vent my frustration...

You've heard of Bus Wankers, now we have Tip wankers... The tip is a magnet for all sorts of strange people. 

You have the people who turn up in their BMW or Audi, with half a bag of grass cuttings and an empty bottle of gin. Presumably it's the only thing they have got to do on a Saturday morning, and wake up thinking "I've got a mouldy piece of cheese in the fridge, i can take that to the tip today!" On one occasion i saw one of these people at the tip take his half a bag to the right bin, then got back in the car and started reading the paper!! WTF!

Then you have the people who want to park right outside the correct bin, instead of walking 5 feet extra. They stay right in the people of the tip parking area waiting for the correct space to come up - blocking anyone else from getting in, and making it hard for people getting out. Lazy bastards, is the only way to describe them! I wonder how these people get on in life without someone punching them squarely in the groin!

Worse than that though you have the people who firstly do the above, and then because they have Garden rubbish AND household waste, they finish dropping of the garden rubbish whilst parked right outside the bin, and instead of then walking an extra 5 feet with household rubbish, they move their car to outside that bin!! I've seen this happen many times and each time it amazes me that people do this. This Is the ultimate of laziness. These people will also be the people getting right in your way as you are trying to use the bins. One of these days i think I'll just push the f*ckers in and have done with it. That will teach them!! Tip Wankers!!

Just me that gets frustrated with this?

How Do I Change a battery in a Ford Focus?

"How hard can it be?" you say?  Well... not as easy as it could be - is the answer.  This is best done by two people. However - I would recommend not to employ some spanners from Halfords to do it! Here are the steps on how to do it yourself

1. Find your radio code - if you don't have it, then once you change the battery you will be soundless!
2. Unclip the top of the battery container (only one clip) and the side clip
3. get a 10mm socket and loosen the nuts around the terminals. Be careful not to loose them, or you will be screwed.
4. The metal harness securing the battery in the car is held on by a 10mm nut which is down the side of the battery container, A little hard to get at, but not impossible once you part the container a little. Again, be careful not to loose this nut!
5. Unclip the metal harness
6. Take off the terminals - you may need to lever the negative terminal off with something, a spanner or screwdriver will do it. You can also buy terminal pullers to make it easier.
7. Take out the battery (easier with two people)

8. Insert new battery
9. If its slightly smaller in length you will have to position it so the wires that connect to the ECU fit ok when the battery container is secured.
10.Reattach the terminals and tighten the nuts
11. Replace harness and tighten nut to secure
12.clip back the battery container covers

If you follow the above you should be done in about 20 mins!