The resurrection of Doc, bringing a 20 year old neismann Bischoff Flair back to life after 12 years off road.

[Flairy]

There crap.you wouldn’t pay them in washers,they new you were coming couldn’t be bothered to ring .

 

[Al n Val]

Feck sake


So they can't look at the van today now...called out to a breakdown apparently.

Says they " should " be able to look at it tomorrow..

Course I can't go anywhere tomorrow till after this adapter arrives.


I used to work as a transport despatch coordinator lol. I could have 10-15 trucks going all over the place and it was easier than it is trying to get a few jobs done on a motorhome.

Are you sure you haven’t been cursed by the big Kilted Clansman for leaving the motherland

 

[corconx]

I know and I've told them for years I look over my glasses to look at my phone but they say thats fine.

They've mentioned varifocals a few times but I'm not sure I want those. Take a while to get used to and not ideal before leaving the country .

Tam when I first had varifocals I had clear in the top as I didn’t need them for distance at that time, that has changed over the years. But it meant I did not have to have two pairs of glasses and take one off and one on it used to drive me potty when we were travelling. Personally, I don’t think they’re difficult to get used to but only you know that but I would recommend you get a pair if you don’t get them this time I would get them the next time you have a new set.

 

[Northernraider]

Are you sure you haven’t been cursed by the big Kilted Clansman for leaving the motherland

Honestly I seem to get a spell of good luck then a spell of bad luck . Always been the same . I knew everything was going to smoothly at Just smiffy with this van everything was working out well , then the last few weeks ever since the generator played up its been a nightmare trying to get the last few jobs sorted on the van. It wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't so close to my ferry date ... but trying to minimise any chance of problems in Europe.

 

[Northernraider]

Tam when I first had varifocals I had clear in the top as I didn’t need them for distance at that time, that has changed over the years. But it meant I did not have to have two pairs of glasses and take one off and one on it used to drive me potty when we were travelling. Personally, I don’t think they’re difficult to get used to but only you know that but I would recommend you get a pair if you don’t get them this time I would get them the next time you have a new set.

Yeah I might give them a try when I'm back next spring as I know that having a pair for reading is going to annoy me too as I'll never have them when I need them.

I definitely felt like my eyes had deteriorated but he said there was only a very very slight change in one eye and recommended I just leave my distance prescription the same for now. So it saved me some money I suppose .

Bit of a swizz with the cost of lenses replaced in my spare glasses though. It was their daft ant scratch coating that was peeling off them hence needing them fixed and it's costing me £40 just for new lenses in them .

When I bought them originally it was 2 pairs of complete designer glasses for £125 ... so 40 quid seems steep. Told them not to put any coatings at all on them this time as the coating does not like heat or salt water.


The new reading glasses only cost £15 for the frames the lenses are free.

I won't be wearing them out anywhere anyway

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[TinaLes]

I had a pair of Varifocals for years, they were great to use all day when viewing screens and reading docs and I didnt get tired eyes. Looking ahead were clear lenses, looking down to read were just slightly magnified. When I retired the frames broke, and so I just went up and bought a set of reading glasses which I still use when on screens or reading, but nothing needed for long vision yet.
The varifocals were great because of the way the lenses merged into each other, no defining straight line to separate them as such.
Prepare yourself though, as to have the convenience of a pair of glasses that allows you to see long & short for reading, comes at a cost, mine were over £400 15 years ago, but looking back were well worth it.
LES

 

[1967bowesj]

Omg .. he's gonna be paying for WiFi as well as EHU at this rate ... His FLT membership is well and truly shot!

Surely he will be piggybacking uncle Lennys WiFi lol

 

[gus-lopez]

To be honest they were meant to be standardised from 2001

that was for cars. vans ,etc; were not covered by the rules until much later ,similar to tow bar homolgation etc.

 

[Dave and Jen]

Tam, I know it's a bit late now, I don't do much on Amazon either but you can join Prime for 1 week trial. Order what you want then cancel prime a couple of days later.
I have done this a couple of times and its worked ok.
Cheers, Dave.

 

[Northernraider]

Surely he will be piggybacking uncle Lennys WiFi lol

Lol its lenny she's on about. I don't need electric or WiFi lol.

I've got both inboard

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[WESTY66]

Surely he will be piggybacking uncle Lennys WiFi lol

The tight sod will have turned it off or changed the password whilst he’s away

 

[G-RMPS]

Excellent choice Lennie

I always used to spec and fit Noctua fans when building PC’s

I’m not saying they’re silent but you can’t hear ‘em

The tight sod will have turned it off or changed the password whilst he’s away

That’s a bit harsh!

 

[Lenny HB]

Course I can't go anywhere tomorrow till after this adapter arrives.

They deliver anytime between 11am to 7pm, but 3 pm is quite normal.
They give a delivery slot of 2 to 3 hours I'll check in the morning.

 

[Northernraider]

They deliver anytime between 11am to 7pm, but 3 pm is quite normal.
They give a delivery slot of 2 to 3 hours I'll check in the morning.

Cheers . I can leave a note on the door I guess too if need be . But knowing if morning or afternoon would be handy .

 

[G-RMPS]

That’s a bit harsh!

The man has sacrificed half of his trip so that Tam can enjoy his

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[Northernraider]

The man has sacrificed half of his trip so that Tam can enjoy his

Whit. Lol

 

[Minxy]

I had a pair of Varifocals for years, they were great to use all day when viewing screens and reading docs and I didnt get tired eyes. Looking ahead were clear lenses, looking down to read were just slightly magnified. When I retired the frames broke, and so I just went up and bought a set of reading glasses which I still use when on screens or reading, but nothing needed for long vision yet.
The varifocals were great because of the way the lenses merged into each other, no defining straight line to separate them as such.
Prepare yourself though, as to have the convenience of a pair of glasses that allows you to see long & short for reading, comes at a cost, mine were over £400 15 years ago, but looking back were well worth it.
LES

Not if you go to Asda - my varifocals cost £45 including coatings, same for hubby, no problems with them at all.

 

[Minxy]

Surely he will be piggybacking uncle Lennys WiFi lol

I'm talking about Lenny in Portugal ...

 

[Lizbiebrowne]

Tam…. You have given all the information to the man doing the remap, if he turns up and hasn’t got the equipment to do the job it’s his problem, you’ll get a refund of your deposit…. However you want it done and your doing all you can to get the correct part to assist the remap man. It’s not life or death and besides it’s all down hill to Morocco….

Actually it's uphill to Morocco from the UK.

 

[L' Hobo]

Actually it's uphill to Morocco from the UK.

It can't be, one goes down South, not up.

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[Janine]

It can't be, one goes down South, not up.

But the world is fatter in the middle so it must be up

 

[Lizbiebrowne]

It can't be, one goes down South, not up.

The further south you go in the northern hemisphere the more distant you become from the centre of the earth - you're effectively moving uphill.

 

[WESTY66]

The further south you go in the northern hemisphere the more distant you become from the centre of the earth - you're effectively moving uphill.

I thought the centre of the earth was just as near to the poles as the equator

Unless it’s now egg shaped

 

[Northernraider]

I wonder how many pages of my thread this topic will consume

 

[Lizbiebrowne]

The equator's about 13 miles further from the centre of the earth than the poles. A back of the envelope calculation gives an uphill journey of about 3 miles travelling from London (latitude 51.5 N) to Marrakesh (latitude 31.5 N).

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[Lizbiebrowne]

I thought the centre of the earth was just as near to the poles as the equator

Unless it’s now egg shaped

It's an oblate spheroid not a sphere.

 

[L' Hobo]

I wonder how many pages of my thread this topic will consume

Is that all the thanks we get for trying to save you money?
IF Morocco is downhill, you won't need the stress and expense of having your van remapped!

 

[CaptainPaul]

Don't worry about if its upwards or downwards to Morocco Tam we can just hit the flux capacitor now and time travel back to the future! Lol

 

[L' Hobo]

It's an oblate spheroid not a sphere.

I thought it was a rotational ellipsoid?

 

[Lizbiebrowne]

I thought it was a rotational ellipsoid?

Depends on your point of view.

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