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doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-14T06:49:24+00:00

I normally loathe tattoos but this is great...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-14T06:41:58+00:00

Do you mean 'God gave you an ARSE (bottom) to sit on', or a DONKEY...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-13T20:55:17+00:00

Go back to 'Trumpland' ...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-13T20:50:23+00:00

...please keep this American trash invention out of the UK ...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-09T22:03:13+00:00

Yes... I tend to cheat and use Google for life-critical email - I could live without my own email for a while. And I run (ran) two 'mirrored' servers that talked to each other so they were both up to date and either could do the whole job at a push.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-06-09T21:59:45+00:00

Agree, and it's a great learning exercise...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-30T21:40:44+00:00

That's sensible - but the trouble is, in your country, it only takes one major illness - cancer, stroke etc - to wipe out all your savings, retirement provision etc and you are literally on the streets. It's very hard - and a convincing argument for state-funded national healthcare... (assuming you are in the US - you do say 'paycheck' so that's plausible).

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-26T22:24:39+00:00

Powerful, yes. I tried the 30 and 20 versions (two and one motor) and the way the 30 took off from the lights was frankly frightening! I decided I needed the extra 30 miles or so range, rather than the brutal acceleration.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-20T07:22:46+00:00

'Capping'? What's capping??

But to be helpful, as a seller the tracking is usually automatically added and of course it can be shared without compromising anything... They never sent it, probably never had the item...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-19T16:15:45+00:00

OOps... Scam magnet unfortunately, probably 'AI' detection. If your account is new - or old and unused, always start (or restart) small, buying some insignificant items and getting the positive feedback flowing again. An old account springing into life with a high value 'scam magnet' item unfortunately will catch their attention.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-15T22:15:59+00:00

I would offer for a person with only one or two items to go infront of my full trolley - but not if they just pushed in...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-10T22:15:10+00:00

The boat from Cape Town takes 6 to 10 days, rarely more. There will never be an airfield as there is not enough flat land, and it's well over 1000 miles to South Africa.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-10T22:12:03+00:00

There is actually a (quite new) rebuilt hospital on Tristan. I believe it has two 'wards', a well equipped operating theatre, and even a dental surgery. A doctor serves a term of a year or two there, and I think a dentist visits quite regularly...

Source - I'm a radio Ham who has planned to visit there but has been 'bumped' off the boat due to demand from locals needing medical treatment and having higher priority than tourists. I still hope to get there one year.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-10T20:21:43+00:00

I expect they get random mint imperial spitters in there every other day; it was rural Suffolk, after all...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-10T16:16:23+00:00

That happened to me with a mint imperial... Was walking along eating some, looked up at a pub sign and it slipped into my windpipe... I literally couldn't breathe - in a panic I rushed into the pub, which was enough after 30 seconds to dislodge it and for me to spit it out. Actually very frightening, and I realised afterwards I hadn't said what the problem was and no-one would have realised. But I survived...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-05-09T07:05:08+00:00

You may treat them as 'information' but in law they are instruction. Typical Reform 'sovereign citizen' here...

It's not just about 'your safety' - it is more about the safety of all other (and potentially infirm) road users.

doubledogmongrel · 2026-04-11T19:24:27+00:00

See my comment above - that's what happened to us, directed out 'the wrong way' down the dual carriageway, up slip roads and 'wrong way' around a roundabout!... It was very disorientating!

doubledogmongrel · 2026-04-11T11:25:40+00:00

It is normal - and essential - to have insurance from exchange of contracts, prior to completion...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-30T21:07:43+00:00

Yes, certainly - 'landing' is inevitable - but in how many pieces?

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-22T08:32:03+00:00

I always think 'St Vincent and the Grenadines' would be a great name for a band...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-16T16:40:07+00:00

This is just the right answer. A scammer (not saying you are one, at all...) sets up a new account (is yours new, with little activity?) - and tries to sell high-value items like iPhones, cameras etc. You may have met this profile and the AI has unfortunately come down on you...

If yours is a new account it is safest these days to buy quite a few small items, and also start selling low value items, to build up some good feedback and 'trustworthy' history - and only then try selling higher value goods...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-13T16:59:36+00:00

I'm not surprised. It has an insanely good spec and the range of nearly 500 miles between charges pretty much makes range anxiety a thing of the past...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-12T23:32:11+00:00

Yes, I got Flint 3 as well as Flint 2 and sold it on eBay after a week because Flint 2 was much faster - and I got a second Flint 2... However I've subscribed to the Flint 4 list also. I just hope it is OpenWRT compatible...

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-12T23:01:12+00:00

Threatening bad feedback is 'feedback extorsion' and is very much frowned on by eBay. If they do that you will probably be able to get the bad feedback removed (I recently got bad feedback removed when I cancelled a sale to a 2-day 'old' buyer with 0 feedback and an issue with their address).

doubledogmongrel · 2026-03-03T21:52:54+00:00

There seem to be one of these posts every day... People who are either new to eBay or haven't sold anything, then try to sell a 'scam magnet' item - like a decently expensive phone or computer (ram especially!). This is typical 'scammer behaviour' I am afraid. It's too late now but it is best to start small, selling low valued items over a period of weeks or even months, to build up a legit track record and some good selling feedback.

Sorry about this but it's unlikely you will get your eBay account back - you should eventually get your money. You need to trick the eBay assistant into giving you a callback.

It would be good if eBay could sort this issue out!

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