Dear aunty, Forgive fez, for he know not what he does.... However I (and I wish to remain anonymous) have been a little down lately, see I am a Honda man through and though, I appreciate the quality, the looks and the class, but recently was faced with a dilemma.... See I damaged my beloved (and fastest) hrc Honda, but decided the pure pedigree of the bike would see me well as a track / race (yes I said it) bike. I had intended to spend similar money on what it could have cost to repair the Honda on a track bike, but weighing up the options I decided to get a road bike and convert the hrc to track... My problem is thus, for the money, I had to concede the best bike for my buck was a YAMAHA.... now I know that I still own two hondas, but i have grown quite fond of a forum (the only one) I've joined... Which is a cbr based forum. Yes yes, I still own two, but my main source of pleasure Is still a road going YAMAHA, which is fantastic, but I'm left feeling a little inadequate, not part of the gang, they even have a honda trip to France I'm not sure I can go on now... What should I do?
Dear annonny.....anonam.....annimani..... Dear Jimbo What a dilemma you find yourself in. And it seems that you've thought things out well and logically in order to make the best of the hand you've been dealt. I, along with many others, was saddened to hear of the demise of your beloved HRC, but heartened by the fact that you refused to turn your back on your crippled friend and instead promoted him from mere hack to privileged thoroughbred. Your conscience does you credit and your guilt is evident and obvious. With regard to the upcoming trip to Le Touquet and your possible ostracisation from it, knowing Johnny as I do, I'm sure he would condescend to allow you to join the throng, as long as you're willing to ride at the back, preferably one or two miles behind, and be prepared to have stones thrown at you by those who even faced with as tragic and fiscally ruining disasters such as yourself still didn't stoop so low as to buy a Yamaha. Kind regards Auntie Ken
Dear ken, I am stuck in debenhams in Taunton, I have three very annoying children squabbling constantly, while my wife is trying on her 100 th f ing dress, my question is do I end my life now using the umbrella I have in a hari Kari type affair... Or do I stick out JC
Dear Ken, Just got home from work soaking wet and dirty. Soon I have to get ready for my next job out in the rain and get wet and dirty again. I work for myself, so no work , no money. So should I go out and get dirty or stay in with the Mrs and be dirty ? I know it's a difficult question, but I just don't know what to do.
Dear JC My advice is to go to Marks & Spencers. They have specific Hara Kiri Katanas reserved for customer use. Kind regards Auntie Ken
Dear Nigey Baby A difficult choice, the age old lament of the working man, breaking his back for the company store. My advice would be to go without food, power and clothing and stay in and get dirty with the missus. I've always found her to be most appreciative of the attention. Kind regards Auntie Ken
Dear Auntie Ken, I have a problem and it's real one. I'd be interested to hear your take on it. By the time I was 23 I'd lost both my parents, all my grandparents, an uncle and even my pet dog. Ever since then, despite my general sunny demeanour (I'm not one for moping about feeling sorry for myself) I seem to have real problems letting anyone get close to me. I almost managed to get married but eventually pressed the eject button on that one too. I've been single and doing my usual porking about for the last 3 years since that went south and now I'm seeing someone again and it looks like it's getting serious. In typical fashion my brain's digging its heels in and refusing to allow me to consider a future with the lady in question. My MO at this point is to start finding faults with the girl. Currently the fact that she's blonde and not brunette is bugging me disproportionately. I'm 37 and don't want to be sitting in my house aged 55 with only a whippet and a copy of the racing post for company. Any suggestions?
Dear Rich You're 37 and don't want to be sitting in your house aged 55 with only a whippet and a copy of the racing post for company. That one won't appear on your bill mate as you did most of the work yourself. Kind regards Auntie Ken
Dear Ken, This is a real one My wife was driving my car last year, she had taken the boys and a friend to the seaside for the day, as they where leaving my wife was reversing the car out of a parking bay, she stopped as a pick up was reversing, he carried on and hit my car in the rear causing £900 damage. He and his passenger got out the car he inspected his shit heap J reg hilux which was more rust than bumper they exchanged insurance details and they left the car park on leaving he said to my wife ''oh well needed a new bumper anyway'' and laughed. My wife had an non-independent witness in the car but obviously that is of no use to us and no other witnesses came forward at the scene, and there was no police involvement. Fast forward a few months we get a letter claiming whiplash injury's, sleepless nights, and a being scared to drive for driver and passenger, I will at this point mention at no time where either vehicle moving at more than a couple of MPH and then a witness suddenly materializes who lives just 5 miles from the driver miles from where the accident happened. He also states my wife reversed into him and she was inattentive, to busy shouting at her kids !!!! (arsehole) which is a damn lie. We have now been asked to go to court in Bristol in Aug as the insurance company think this guy is a liar as well, if we don't he gets his money as we will be 100% liable, My wife is a very shy lady anyway, who is extremely worried about giving evidence in court, she is getting very stressed and does not want to go, but I don't want this guy to get a penny and would like to see him done for fraud. Do I push my wife into going and put her through the stress but support her all the way , or do I just let it go and walk away with nothing losing my excess, and let this knob get a payout he does not deserve. Thanks Ken and anyone else that may be able to help !
Get her some doctors advice to calm her down first and then go for it .I am no expert but i bet the other sides insurance would bottle it prior to court.
Thanks, she had a passenger and three children in my car 1, 4 and 7 years old no one sustained any injury's and even though we have been asked several times by many companies they did not suffer any injury's at all and I would feel very wrong for doing basically what he is, if that makes sense.
Where the F**k is Ken when you need him, more than likely at Abduls Kabab house getting his dinner.Anyhow no one was injured because there was no impact so this is what the judge would be thinking, and if found to be making false claims it may be not great for them . There is some sort of Govenment bill being read today on this very subject so it might be worth gong onto the BBC news web page.These type of pond life are not very bright so i would be doing some research to fight it .Remember if it goe's to court who would you beleive?
Check whether the insurance company is insistent that her presence is necessary to start with. Try and explain to them how upset she is by the whole thing especially as none of the claims made at a later date or the 'new' witness was made known to her at the time. The statement concerning the new bumper, should still be mentioned as even if it's dismissed as hearsay cannot be unsaid afterwards. The same thing happened with me over the Ducati accident. the guy was perfectly okay when it happened then I got a solicitors letter a couple of weeks after. In the end you have to weigh your rage against your wife's trepidation and choose wisely based on the real cost involved, that of her peace of mind. This blame and claim culture is another reason to tar all lawyers and insurance companies with the same brush, preferably burning tar, and hopefully any out there with any semblance of conscience left will make policy to stop it happening and rout the scum. I won't even attempt any humour with this one Jamie as I feel for mrs Jamies predicament and have mildly psychopathic tendencies towards any exploiters of this particular little, government sanctioned scam.
Agree with you there Ken, Things that would interest me is the 'new witness' doe's he work? and if the answer is yes and he is recorded as being in work that day ,game over !!
Thank you Ken I could not agree more In answer to your question Giv, No neither work as both put down their occupation as Disabled.... which really does piss me off as I was injured in Iraq, lost my career in the forces and still manage to go to work to pay my own f ing way through life, with out making bogus claims on other peoples insurance policy's ! Sorry, but he obviously has more time than me to deal with this crap ! and I will leave it there before I ruin Ken's thread I will sit down with mrs Jamie and decide the best course of action, based on what she wants to do
Don't mind me, I thrive on other peoples misery. In fact, I'm thinking of having that put on my card.
Well, Auntie Ken, you'll be pleased to know that I've followed our advice and am now in a relationship for the first time since 2009. Every fibre of my being is yelping to be single again but I'm ignoring it and focusing on the nice bits of having someone who actually cares about me again.
