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  • 29-05-2008 3:20pm
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    lil-buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭


    Hi everbody - not sure where to put this but I would like to express my appreciation for a kind gentleman in the landrover/rangerover (not sure which) who stopped today to help me with my flat tyre, as I had difficulty unloosening the nuts on the tyre

    - Thank you very much. I was there for about 15 mins trying to sort out everything

    and a thanks alsoo to the lorry on the otherside of the road he pulled in on the otherside of the road but the jeep pulled in and I think he was going to help also.

    Fair play to ye !
    I hope u get some good luck for your act of generosity.

    xxx


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,245 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Nice to hear there still are some good samaritans out there on our roads.


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    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    I had to hide my axe and hockey mask when I saw the landrover.


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    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    lil-buttons wrote: »
    and a thanks alsoo to the lorry on the otherside of the road he pulled in on the otherside of the road but the jeep pulled in and I think he was going to help also.
    xxx

    A queue of helpers...

    Call me a cynic but you wouldn't happen to be an attractive female by any chance?;):D


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I recommend one of these to all the females I know: http://www.ksealit.com/extendable-wheel-wrench-42-p.asp

    Really good for those tight nuts that require extra elbow grease.


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    ronoc wrote: »
    I recommend one of these to all the females I know: http://www.ksealit.com/extendable-wheel-wrench-42-p.asp

    Really good for those tight nuts that require extra elbow grease.

    +1
    Got one for my OH for €5 in lidl


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    lil-buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭lil-buttons


    you must have seen the sawn off in the boot so or the wrench in the car door or the hurl in the back seat for them just incase moments!

    I wouldnt consider myself attractive ! But defo needed help as I was stamping on the wrench!

    I will be lookin in to purchasing that wrench alright thanks!


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    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    ShayK1 wrote: »
    +1
    Got one for my OH for €5 in lidl


    are they still in lidl - might get one for my OH!


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    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    Thats good to hear! I'd also like to thank the nice fella in Dun Laoghaire who advised me on how to get my car home after it seriously overheated! Its nice to know people will still lend a helping hand :)


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    niceirishfella wrote: »
    are they still in lidl - might get one for my OH!

    There were a few left last week but the actually offer was about a month ago.
    If you have a look in your local store you might get lucky.


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    Elessar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,251 ✭✭✭Elessar


    Every puncture/wheel change I've ever seen on the roads involved a man doing the work for the lady. I don't think there is a woman in ireland who can change a wheel.

    *ducks*


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Elessar wrote: »
    Every puncture/wheel change I've ever seen on the roads involved a man doing the work for the lady. I don't think there is a woman in ireland who can change a wheel.

    *ducks*

    :D

    My mother cant even fill her own car up with petrol..............unreal :rolleyes:


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    Plug
    Registered Users Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    are they any girl mechanics around?


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    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,396 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    The other day I saw a fella in a "boyracer" Civic changing a wheel for an elderly couple in a Volvo estate. Fair play :)


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    lil-buttons wrote: »
    Hi everbody - not sure where to put this but I would like to express my appreciation for a kind gentleman in the landrover/rangerover (not sure which) who stopped today to help me with my flat tyre, as I had difficulty unloosening the nuts on the tyre

    - Thank you very much. I was there for about 15 mins trying to sort out everything

    and a thanks alsoo to the lorry on the otherside of the road he pulled in on the otherside of the road but the jeep pulled in and I think he was going to help also.

    Fair play to ye !
    I hope u get some good luck for your act of generosity.

    xxx

    You're obviously hot... Two guys wouldn't pull in for an uggo:p


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    Dr.Millah
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Dr.Millah


    Plug wrote: »
    are they any girl mechanics around?

    Robin from fair city


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    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Onkle wrote: »
    You're obviously hot... Two guys wouldn't pull in for an uggo:p

    There were 3 by the sounds of it.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,321 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    ronoc wrote: »
    I recommend one of these to all the females I know: http://www.ksealit.com/extendable-wheel-wrench-42-p.asp

    Really good for those tight nuts that require extra elbow grease.
    Attractive females tighten my nuts every day. :D

    Not your ornery onager



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    NiSmO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭NiSmO


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    #20
    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    Just a note about that Lidl wrench, I bought one a while ago and had it in my garage for a while without using it. Took it out one day to help my brother undo a few particularly stubborn wheel nuts on his car and the pin that holds the two pieces of the handle together snapped off. I was left with one shorther-than-average wheel wrench! I find most Lidl stuff OK, but wasn't impressed with this.


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    stratos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭stratos


    I stopped to help a couple of old dears one day with a puncture. One of the wheel nuts was jammed and took a while even with all the tools in my van to get off. As I finally got the spare on, a bad ass seven series pulled up behind us (Black windows huge wheels etc) a guy got out, I had no idea what was going on. Turned out was the son of one of the ladies in the car. He owned a large trade store. He invited us over and we got a trolley full of stuff each for next to nothing.

    I always try to stop and help people if we have the time, but this was an really unexpected bonus. I actually hate the fact life is so busy now we don't always have time to stop. Still you help where you can.


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    just an update to say those wheel braces / wrenches are back in lidl from thursday the 6th.

    http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20081106.p.PowerfixWheelBrace


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,367 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    lil-buttons wrote: »
    Hi everbody - not sure where to put this but I would like to express my appreciation for a kind gentleman in the landrover/rangerover (not sure which) who stopped today to help me with my flat tyre, as I had difficulty unloosening the nuts on the tyre

    - Thank you very much. I was there for about 15 mins trying to sort out everything

    and a thanks alsoo to the lorry on the otherside of the road he pulled in on the otherside of the road but the jeep pulled in and I think he was going to help also.

    Fair play to ye !
    I hope u get some good luck for your act of generosity.

    xxx

    You were unloosening them. That was your mistake. Try turning them the other way next time:p


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    The other day I saw a fella in a "boyracer" Civic changing a wheel for an elderly couple in a Volvo estate. Fair play :)

    LOL, the ol' cunning Samaritan Act as Prelude to Kidnapping, ah yes.....:D

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #25
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    NiSmO wrote: »
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    lol :p

    I helped an old lady who left her keys in the in the car and got locked out. When I pulled up she looked at my car like it was satan. Glad to say I got the door open threw the window been down a bit (god bless skinny arms).

    Its nice to be nice.


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