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[Rangie]

One side light on the caravan refusing to come  on all checked out but fault appears to be on the Range Rover electrics so into  our local auto electrician first thing tomorrow morning.

[STEMO]

The idiots on the M62 who refuse to slow down even though the spray was as bad as a thick fog.

[Doctor Gollum]

LA parking enforcement who won't accept a non US card to pay for a parking ticket even though my bank is more than happy to send the payment.

[Varche]

An English expat letting the side down asking, and then shouting for a glass of yellow in a restaurant.

Turns out he wanted a glass of ice cubes ( hielo ). I never cease to be amazed at the sheer laziness of expats in learning just the basics for any country visited.

I chatted with the guy later. He has lived in Spain for nine years…….

[YZ250]

One side light on the caravan refusing to come  on all checked out but fault appears to be on the Range Rover electrics so into  our local auto electrician first thing tomorrow morning.

When you say ‘one’ sidelight, do you mean just one light or the entire side ie. all of the left or right lamps out. The reason I ask is that caravan lights are sided, from the tow socket to the fuse and then on to the lamps. So, if the left hand side fuse/wiring etc is faulty, it will take the entire left hand side out (stop lamps excluded as they are separate) and likewise for the right hand side.
A single lamp out usually signifies a blown bulb or poor connection, usually through furred up bulb to terminal connection. The bulb is easily tested with two bits of wire and 12V supply. The same can be done by touching the same bits of wire to ‘cleaner’ sections of the bulb terminal metal parts.
Are you running 13 Pin ISO tow socket or the earlier style 12N and 12S twin sockets. The principle is the same regardless. One lamp out equals problem local to that bulb. Whole side out equals either caravan fuse to that side, faulty/corroded/dirty tow socket plug or vehicle socket, hence why I ask if it’s just one lamp out. 

[Rangie]

Whole nearside out , apart from brake light, plugged into my pals Ranger and all working, hence the fault appears to be on my RR.

[Andy B]

........ He has lived in Spain for nine years…….

Mrs Maqmood has lived here in Blighty for a life time, raised her family etc  ..... she still doesn't speak English. 

[YZ250]

Whole nearside out , apart from brake light, plugged into my pals Ranger and all working, hence the fault appears to be on my RR.

 
Hopefully just a poor connection on the Range Rover socket pin 7 then, or they may just put a new socket on. Hopefully a nice easy fix. 

[Rangie]

An English expat letting the side down asking, and then shouting for a glass of yellow in a restaurant.

Turns out he wanted a glass of ice cubes ( hielo ). I never cease to be amazed at the sheer laziness of expats in learning just the basics for any country visited.

I chatted with the guy later. He has lived in Spain for nine years…….

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Hate to see rudeness when in Spain, really annoys me the way some  Brits speak to staff in bars/restaurants.

[Rangie]

Whole nearside out , apart from brake light, plugged into my pals Ranger and all working, hence the fault appears to be on my RR.

 
Hopefully just a poor connection on the Range Rover socket pin 7 then, or they may just put a new socket on. Hopefully a nice easy fix. 

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Booked in at 9am , know the chap well he's very good at what he does so shouldn't cost me too much..👍

[TheBoy]

Gatwick.

[Doctor Gollum]

Gatwick.

The French...

Fixed that for you... It's gradually going to shit now Vinci run it. Which is a shame because it used to be a decent little airport :'(

[ronnyd]

Gatwick.

The French...

Fixed that for you... It's gradually going to shit now Vinci run it. Which is a shame because it used to be a decent little airport :'(

They are the turds that run the parking at the West Suffolk hospital, my local. Just a bunch of incompetent thieves.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Bloody Sciatica. 

I've just discovered I've got this as my new left hip has become bloody achy and I've been struggling walk any distance.

Went to see my surgeon and had the hip X-rayed, and he cheerfully told me there nothing wrong with the hip, but I have sciatica. 

Two steps forward, one step back. Sigh. 

[TheBoy]

Gatwick.

The French...

Fixed that for you... It's gradually going to shit now Vinci run it. Which is a shame because it used to be a decent little airport :'(

That might have explained the ground staff incompetence and the utter incompetence of whomever is supposed to open the corridors so that people can move off the airbridge.

Doesn't come close to explaining the utter mess that the border force self-abusers cause.

On the upside, the baggage handlers we good enough....   ....probably due to the 90+ minutes it took passengers to get to the bag belts from the aircraft.

Certainly no desire to ever fly from there again, they make Luton seem almost usable, and the Luton mob have to stop every 15 minutes for their call to prayer....