Christmas Humbug Sin Bin

[mrjemm]

...AAAH! ....I remember...."the mouse has eaten it".....then you can spit it out ...like....

..................Colin, if customers are rejecting saddles on the basis that they're not perfect / up to scratch then surely this customer feedback should be passed on to Brooks? .......

We return the saddles to Brooks, they come straight back. Its boring and expensive. What reply did you get to your E mail to Brooks? We always get the reply there is no fault...**
Only CONSUMERS are protected by the sale of goods act, distance selling regulations, etc.
Brooks have done a good job getting the status of a premium product. Unfortunately this brings with it (for some people) an expectation that the product will be a work of art....its still a bike saddle.

**I agree. The surface wrinkles you had are due to the big, thick-stemmed copper rivets, its purely cosmetic, there is no weakness. But what do I know? I have only ridden the things for a lifetime, re-shaped saggy leather tops, replaced broken saddle frames.....picture of the 2 types of rivet on page one, I think.

Ahhh, I remember that one so well. Was most, errrm, entertaining.

[BeeKeeper]

At the risk of going off topic by adding some genuine criticism to this thread, I was also toying with the idea of sounding out peoples' opinions on the theory:

"Brooks' Saddles are a 19th Century product sold at 21st Century prices."

However, my experience is based only on a sample of one - my recent purchase of a Brooks Flyer which squeaks like a nest of mice and is to be honest, pretty crudely made. I was also miffed to find the manufacturers are too tight to include even a tiny sample tube of Proofide and expect you to buy this as an extra after shelling out for the saddle.

But I must add it is comfortable as a saddle but I could do without the background noises which sound like Flay's knees, for those who know their Gormenghast. I have tried oiling things and tightening the nuts (and on the saddle too) but it still won't shut up.

[BeeKeeper]

Coming back on topic, I see the thread on War on Britain's Roads has reached 25 pages.

[blackbike]

The problem with Christmas is that it messes about with football fixtures.

I think Christmas Day should always be on a Wednesday.

The FA and the Vatican should get together on this matter.

[661-Pete]

A thread specifically for gripes and grumbles? Asking for trouble that is!

I've got a whole stack of rants tucked away on a USB memory stick - legacy stuff from 'Other Places'. Perhaps they should stay on the stick. No knowing what trouble there'd be if I tried to go public - again...

[661-Pete]

The problem with Christmas is that it messes about with football fixtures.

I think Christmas Day should always be on a Wednesday.

The FA and the Vatican should get together on this matter.

I think it should be fixed on a Sunday - the last Sunday in December irrespective of date, or something like that. With Boxing Day as a 'normal' bank holiday just like those at other times of the year. End of story. After all, Easter Day has always been on a Sunday, with a following bank holiday, and people seem OK with that.

Time to do away with this 'mid December rush' that always comes up this time of the year - trying to fit a month's work into half a month. I am forced to take three days of next week as annual leave, whether I like it or not.

Those who wish to call me 'Scrooge': remember - at the end of the story Scrooge was a reformed character!

[al_yrpal]

At the risk of going off topic by adding some genuine criticism to this thread, I was also toying with the idea of sounding out peoples' opinions on the theory:

"Brooks' Saddles are a 19th Century product sold at 21st Century prices."

However, my experience is based only on a sample of one - my recent purchase of a Brooks Flyer which squeaks like a nest of mice and is to be honest, pretty crudely made. I was also miffed to find the manufacturers are too tight to include even a tiny sample tube of Proofide and expect you to buy this as an extra after shelling out for the saddle.

But I must add it is comfortable as a saddle but I could do without the background noises which sound like Flay's knees, for those who know their Gormenghast. I have tried oiling things and tightening the nuts (and on the saddle too) but it still won't shut up.

Squirt some Neatsfoot oil under the rivet plate onto the leather, that's what is squeaking.

Al

[gaz]

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[Mick F]

The problem with Christmas is that it messes about with football fixtures.

I think Christmas Day should always be on a Wednesday.

The FA and the Vatican should get together on this matter.

What's the Vatican got to do with it?

[jezer]

Why can't Christmas be like Easter? Friday to Monday? As an atheist I can't see why it makes any difference.

[Mick F]

Christmas messes up a whole week some years. Easter messes up the spring school terms because the date varies.

Christmas should be on the last weekend of December, and Easter should be on the first weekend of April.

[mrjemm]

Grumble grumble...

Just wanted to resurrect this thread... Keep wanting to go off on one in the logistics one about contraceptives solving all the problems, but, well, harumph.

And besides not making it home for Xmas, I may not even make it home for New Year. Double harumph.

And they've gone and put damn football on the telly behind my desk. Quad harumph.

[bikes4two]

Grumble grumble...

Just wanted to resurrect this thread... Keep wanting to go off on one in the logistics one about contraceptives solving all the problems, but, well, harumph.

And besides not making it home for Xmas, I may not even make it home for New Year. Double harumph.

And they've gone and put damn football on the telly behind my desk. Quad harumph.

What happened to the 3rd 'harumph' dare I ask?

[Audax67]

Yes, well, hell, what gets up my let's-be-polite-and-say nose is the stream of eCards that pollute my in-box with eMotional prepacked gleetings*. To suppose that anyone other than prepubescent females would welcome Jackie Lawson's saccharine vomitus is insulting.

*oh, sorry, does that mean something else?

[531colin]

Am I the only one to have noticed the completely spurious arguement thats going on? Theres a long-dead thread that somebody accidentally revived, and they are going at it hammer and tongs! Gives me a warm glow!...