The grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

except it occasionally tells me there is an airbag fault but no warning light on the dash, 

 

A bump can do that - a pothole set the coolant warning light off on our Bini and it had to go in for a new expansion tank (under warrantly luckily). The tank sits not far off one of the wheelarches.

[meggersdog]

Feeling old.

 

Today we had a Mitsubishi L200 in.It was sign written K.L.F. plastering or summat.

I says to my 30 something assistant "looks nothing like an icecream van"

Start singing* snippets of other KLF songs and getting blank stares.

When I realise these songs are 25 years old and my assistant is just too young to remember them,that makes me feel old.

[twosmoke300]

I knew I was old when they played Justified and ancient on radio two !

[Supernaut]

Not really a grump, as such.

 

I feel like I'm in a state of flux. My current job is just getting more and more irritating, however I've been actively applying for other jobs for the past couple of months.

 

Interest is coming through from a few sources. They're all in northern England, or further south.

 

I'm sitting here listening to gravelly blues music with my cat next to me, looking at pictures of shite old cars, and I'm happy. Yet the prospect of moving all my shit a couple of hundred miles away and starting over is... intimidating. The idea of my whole life changing is promising but also incredibly frightening.

 

The fact I'm doing it totally alone doesn't help, but I feel like I need to do something drastic before I go postal here.

 

I guess I'm actually thinking about the future, which is rare for me. I live each day at a time, as I have no reason to think about the future, nobody relying on me, and no real ambitions.

 

 

I honestly don't know why I'm writing this any more. Just... hmm.

[Guest Hooli]

Not really a grump, as such.

 

I feel like I'm in a state of flux. My current job is just getting more and more irritating, however I've been actively applying for other jobs for the past couple of months.

 

Interest is coming through from a few sources. They're all in northern England, or further south.

 

I'm sitting here listening to gravelly blues music with my cat next to me, looking at pictures of shite old cars, and I'm happy. Yet the prospect of moving all my shit a couple of hundred miles away and starting over is... intimidating. The idea of my whole life changing is promising but also incredibly frightening.

 

The fact I'm doing it totally alone doesn't help, but I feel like I need to do something drastic before I go postal here.

 

I guess I'm actually thinking about the future, which is rare for me. I live each day at a time, as I have no reason to think about the future, nobody relying on me, and no real ambitions.

 

 

I honestly don't know why I'm writing this any more. Just... hmm.

 

If where you are doesn't suit you then go, it'll be better & if not move again.

 

I started off in West Sussex, currently near Doncaster living with a woman much better than anyone I'd ever met down south & don't regret anything about cutting ties to my old life at all.

[Guest Hooli]

I knew I was old when they played Justified and ancient on radio two !

 

LOL I had the same thought.

 

Even worse I remembered it was Tammy Waynette before they said it.

[Supernaut]

If where you are doesn't suit you then go, it'll be better & if not move again.

 

I started off in West Sussex, currently near Doncaster living with a woman much better than anyone I'd ever met down south & don't regret anything about cutting ties to my old life at all.

 

That's kind of part of my plan. Try meeting somebody elsewhere. Aberdeen is essentially dead to me at this point. I'm determined I want out.

[Guest Hooli]

Do it then, you only live once etc

[DodgeRover]

Just go, life's too short, I'm sure Scotland will let you back over the border if it all goes wrong post Brexit/ Scottish Independance

[Parky]

Treat it as a working holiday so you won't feel as if you have abandoned everything.

 

Next thing you know you'll be married to a Canadian, living in Bali, working for the Russians and paid in dollars and you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner. Big old world out there and we're all a long time dead. As we saying this site, WCPGW?

[bramz7]

Two things:

 

My mum being offered £55 trade in for her 55 plate C3 at a dealer…WTF. 

 

Also, some pretty big changes in my personal life mean I'll have to sell one of the ZXs in the near future. Also, stupid old me tying all my money in a two year ISA with 18 months to go doesn't look too smart now.

[Cavcraft]

£55? Christ on a bike.

[Stanky]

I'll offer you £55.01 for it.

 

What is penalty of withdrawing the ISA funds early? IIRC they usually dock you several months interest but you can actually get the cash earlier than the full term - potentially worth asking as I don't think they can legally withhold your money. Several months interest is probably <£20 so hardly the worst thing in the world if you need liquidity in a hurry.

[Lord Sterling]

Work; expecting me to go from Coalville in Leicestershire to Bedworth, collect car and drive to Chiswick in London and then onto (via public transport) to Harwich to collect another before 5pm.

 

Except the first bus from Coalville was late which had a complete domino affect on the rest of my day resulting in Harwich car: not collected. I told them this anyway, even if I'd been early I'd still have not made it. The planning department need a good kicking.

[messerschmitt owner]

Do it then, you only live once etc

this - moved from East Ayrshire to English equivalent of Kilmarnock (Gloucester) and never once regretted it. Now live in the English version of Cumnock and Doon valley - except the people are less strange!

[RoadworkUK]

Work; expecting me to go from Coalville in Leicestershire to Bedworth, collect car and drive to Chiswick in London and then onto (via public transport) to Harwich to collect another before 5pm.

 

You will have passed my house by, like, 300 yards on the Harwich branch line.

[Kiltox]

Two things:

 

My mum being offered £55 trade in for her 55 plate C3 at a dealer…WTF. 

 

Also, some pretty big changes in my personal life mean I'll have to sell one of the ZXs in the near future. Also, stupid old me tying all my money in a two year ISA with 18 months to go doesn't look too smart now.

 

In all seriousness, PM the details and I'll make you an actual trade offer for it rather than a "fuck off we're sending it down the auctions anyway" offer

[STUNO]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

 

In this part of the world parents put Kai on the table for dinner.

 

I have also met a few fellows called Hemi, or in english .... James.

[Parky]

Cat has dodgy ears so off to the vet we go. No problem there except it means I won't get to work until 11.

 

My choices are I can either make the time up today, or take half a days unpaid holiday. I offered to do an hour today and another tomorrow but that's no good apparently. My employer has become increasingly shitty as of late.

 

Son complains his expensive laptop won't charge. Check it over and the charger socket is really loose where he has been yanking the cable in and out despite my warnings he would damage it if he did that. It is four months old and cost a bloody fortune so there's either more expense for Currys to fix it (and probably break something else in the process) or send it back to Dell. I would rather stick my face in a blender than deal with Dell customer service.

 

Wife picking a holiday for next year. Despite in depth discussions about moving or extending our current house with the associated financial commitments involved, she has found a great holiday to the US and it only costs eight grand! For some reason my response along the lines of "Really? Eight grand? On top of everything else?" was thoroughly unreasonable.

 

Kids, cats, wives, employers, it's a good job I somehow maintain a sense of humour!

 

Oh, and it's my Dad's birthday today and I forgot and have no idea what to get him. Plus I have a blister on my foot which is a bit sore.

 

Right, rant over, as you were.......

[Junkman]

This new rather rule than exception to prematurely end auctions on eBay is seriously starting to get on my tits.

[Tickman]

....Son complains his expensive laptop won't charge. Check it over and the charger socket is really loose where he has been yanking the cable in and out despite my warnings he would damage it if he did that.....

I had charger problems exactly the same and my solution was to buy a docking station from ebay, at the time it cost me £10 but should have been about £50 but the laptop charged as it should.

Good luck!

[castros_bro]

I had charger problems exactly the same and my solution was to buy a docking station from ebay, at the time it cost me £10 but should have been about £50 but the laptop charged as it should.

Good luck!

 

I charge £25 a time to solder new power sockets onto laptop mother boards,  this is probably the main hardware problem with modernz compoooters.

[Parky]

Docking station good idea.

 

Priced up replacement part and its relatively cheap. I have a mate who rebuilds pc's and he can sort it as he lives locally. Cheers for heads up though Castros Bro, if you lived near me I would be happy to let you have a crack at it.

 

Cat was ok, minor ear infection. 30 seconds at the vet and £60 thank you very much. Still she is worth it and was very pleased to get home. Yes she did get treats!!

[Craig the Princess]

Collection threads that don't put the car that is being collected in them. Now I won't find out until I get home at 8 and the suspense is killing me.

[dave21478]

Called my first daughter Annika as we lived in Sweden when she was born.

Naturally everyone thinks she was named after Annika Rice

 

Had a slight mishap the other day, driving up the inner lane on the A1 which suddenly terminated with a small triangular island directly in my path (pitch dark).

 

Hammered over it at 70 that launched the car into the air and subsequently crash landed.

Expected total disaster but it just carried on though so all was OK and drove on (another 250 miles).

 

Following day checked tyres which appeared to be OK, checked pressures, on down to 27 and the other 16 (psi).

 

Went to the shops with the intention of blowing them up but on returning to the car ten minutes later the nearside tyre was flat.

 

Drove across the road to the Sainsbury fuel station and inflated them

 

Following morning the nearside tyre was completely flat, so fitted the spare and took the flattie to the local garage to be checked over and replaced if required and noticed the wheel was buckled so a new wheel required, coming next week.

 

Anyway, had a longish journey in front of me today so went for diesel and to check the spare - or at least inflate it a bit as it was a couple of pounds down.

 

50p in the compressor and the bloody thing just sat there schtum.

Filled up and while paying whinged to the bloke in the kiosk about the compressor.

 

It's £1, says he!

 

£1 for bloody air? - I ask you.  Free at Sainsbury's and the Co-Op!

 

Car appears to have survived it's nasty shock though and went perfectly today - except it occasionally tells me there is an airbag fault but no warning light on the dash, also says "Service" (over 10,00 miles until the next one is officially due).

 

And the satnav seemed to get lost, took me on a magical Teeside mystery tour for about thirty miles before depositing me back where I had started from.

 

http://i.imgur.com/y8YmwGb.gifv

[richardmorris]

Anyone able to get a make from a reg number? Someone just hit me with their car- deliberately I may add, by pulling alongside and swerving in several times. Thought it was a grey fiesta reg re59wwz but it's not according to the mot site.

 

 

Reported it as a fiesta, the police can sort it out.

[Supernaut]

Anyone able to get a make from a reg number? Someone just hit me with their car- deliberately I may add, by pulling alongside and swerving in several times. Thought it was a grey fiesta reg re59wwz but it's not according to the mot site.

 

The police, perhaps?

 

Wait, no. Nyphur is better* than the police!

[Pillock]

Work; expecting me to go from Coalville in Leicestershire to Bedworth, collect car and drive to Chiswick in London and then onto (via public transport) to Harwich to collect another before 5pm.

 

Except the first bus from Coalville was late which had a complete domino affect on the rest of my day resulting in Harwich car: not collected. I told them this anyway, even if I'd been early I'd still have not made it. The planning department need a good kicking.

Doh - if you're ever in Coalville again, especially trapped there *shudder* let me know as I live a short walk up the road.

[richardmorris]

Nissan Pixo Visia

 

http://www.ukvehicle.com/re59wwz/

 

That's it, thanks. Will tell the fuzz to correct the report if they ask. Was sure I had the reg correct- I was muttering it for the last mile! First report to the police- wonder if I'll hear back?

 

I am still shaking to be honest, - also twas an elderly man smoking a cigar- the smell is unmistakable.

[Sheefag]

Not all elderly people smell.