The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

No mention of the pineappled looking mk2 Golf yet? For shame.

 

Unless that actually belongs to Negative Creep...

[EssDeeWon]

Whilst were talking about parking.... I live in a small private block with a driveway that leads to a small residential carpark, 5 flats with 5 parking bays.  But the small houses / cottages over the road have limited parking so often park a car on the end of our drive.  I would never have the balls to do that knowing it was on property that was nothing to do with me, however my neighbour has printed some 'YOU DONT LIVE HERE SO DON'T PARK HERE' notices, they seem to be working.

 

The worst offender was a white Peugeot van that always parked there, he wasn't even a local resident, he used to visit the pub on the corner, even though the pub has a carpark. He seems to have got the message now though. Fckin cheek!

 

There is one exception, a tatty and neglected looking dark blue Rover 25 that occasionally parks there, I feel sorry for it, don't have the heart to stick a note on it, daft sod aint I.

[Angrydicky]

Just as well I don't need to go out this morning

 

Oh dear, I know who owns that Golf! She was down in Rochester from Huddersfield this morning. 

[xtriple]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

[richardmorris]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

Go for a drive in the Bentley? If YOU'RE worried then at least you know you need a bit of help. When you think you're fine and in need is more trouble. Hope you can get the help you need.

[dugong]

People who are full of hot air and grand ideas until it actually comes to 'showing you how much better' they claim to be. 
Please, come round and show me how wrong I am. Please, go on. I'd love to see how much better you are; you may well be right. Oh, suddenly it's too much effort? Weird, that. 

See, this is why I can't be bothered with two-thirds of mankind. 

[jakebullet]

Severn valley railway's Flying Scotsman event was slightly* marred by not actually being able to even get a glimpse of said locomotive. Nobody allowed on the platform until they coupled it up, and then they crammed everyone directly in carriages without letting anyone see it. Gets to the other end, and they overshoot the platform by miles so again you can see nothing.

 

For bonus annoying the return trip was tornado. They had several transport police waiting on the platform to stand in the way and ruin any photo you dared to attempt to take.

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

[Richard]

Tornado's first trip to Scotland was something like a grand a ticket, with the return trip by diesel. I couldn't help thinking that was a lot of money to not be able to see it.

[chaseracer]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

 

Me too.  I'd blame it on the autumnal equinox, but that's merely made things feel worse.

 

Feckitall, have some JamJar on me... 

 

[richardmorris]

Hell, I haven't heard that for thirty years!

[danthecapriman]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

You have my sympathies. I've not been right for a very long time now, constantly down and pissed off, I posted a rambling grump here about it a few months back but I steel feel like it tbh. I've never actually been diagnosed either, I don't really want to go see a doctor or speak to anyone.

I can't really offer help except try doing the things you like as a pick me up. It's not a cure but I find it helps if I'm feeling particularly low to go out for a drive in one of the cars or something.

[beko1987]

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

we went to a pub on Saturday night for amys aunts birthday drinks. a shot drinking competition got going, but my mate got charged £20 more for his round than I paid for mine, same drinks. the staff suddenly couldn't speak English/were too busy to hear (my mate paid up because he had no choice/we had drunk the shots ...

 

Eva was playing with a large stuffed gecko outside, it accidentally went over the fence at the end of the night and I accidentally ran round to get it from the alleyway where it landed when we left and now eva has a large stuffed toy gecko

[richardmorris]

Hotel we stopped at in the lakes charged us for three children's menus despite only having two children. Annoyingly we only had the itemised bill after paying and then they couldn't refund the card as she didn't have the code. Had to get change from the bar till.

We're still a bit up on the deal as though we ordered champagne for aperitifs on the Saturday night ( parents 50th anniversary) they opened a very expensive bottle we didn't order!

[vulgalour]

For a year the aerial on the Rover was stuck in the out position, never bothered by anyone or anything.  Now that I've actually started being able to use it properly I found it was bent today.  Not sure when or how it's happened beyond the fact it must have happened today as it was fine yesterday.  At the moment I'm only extending it far enough that the aerial remains straight, the bent thin section staying inside the straight thick section so it' not going to stress the aerial further.

 

Any ideas on how to straighten a telescopic aerial without breaking it?

[richardmorris]

My experience ( with the 2cv which was bent by a drunk ) says you can't . There will always be a wide spot that prevents it from being closed.

[tooSavvy]

Severn valley railway's Flying Scotsman event was slightly* marred by not actually being able to even get a glimpse of said locomotive. Nobody allowed on the platform until they coupled it up, and then they crammed everyone directly in carriages without letting anyone see it. Gets to the other end, and they overshoot the platform by miles so again you can see nothing.

 

For bonus annoying the return trip was tornado. They had several transport police waiting on the platform to stand in the way and ruin any photo you dared to attempt to take.

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

...... hmm... I preferred it 'coal black' [scot$man]

 

TS

[beko1987]

just stood up after sitting on the floor to strip a hoover down, my knee went crack and now it fucking kills...

[Guest Hooli]

Knees, the joint designed by the french.

[DeeJay]

Beko, you're getting old,

 

welcome to the club.

[beko1987]

I can't be old yet, I still drive a manual car!

[DeeJay]

Not for long with dodgy knees 

[xtriple]

Thank you for the comments above. I have quite a few mental health issues and have had for decades. I am medicated to fuck for it and I am taking all my various pills and potions but they are not currently working. It seems I cannot currently stand people! Even my friends I am avoiding like they are plague carriers and random people that talk to me are given 'short thrift'. This is all very odd as my one redeeming feature as a human is that I will talk to anyone and I am affable and helpful, right now, I am neither.

 

I just don't want to know anyone or anything and I am dashing round (as much as a cripple can) with my head down and a general air of 'fuck off you cunts' swirling about me. I do get like this occasionally, but not usually this bad.

 

Oh well, as they say 'depression is self limiting'  (and if you think about it, it really is and can be the ultimate form of 'self limiting') so one way or another, I will get over it.

[vulgalour]

If the knees were the joints designed by the French then the wiring of the brain is certainly of Italian origin.  Talking about what you're going through, recognising that you're not yourself and looking forward are all massively positive ways to approach the issue.  As yet another badly made (by some bloke in a shed, no doubt) version of a human being, I can empathise with much of what you're saying.  If it feel like it's getting too much, seek help.  If it sorts itself out then you've successfully driven around the problem and staved off disaster for a bit longer.

[Guest Hooli]

The thing is, on average humans are cunts. So it's only natural to think like that.

[andy18s]

House buyer's solicitors have suddenly decided that they Haven't had all their searches back yet,despite promising last Thursday that all was done bar the contract signing.......

Looks like the end of next week before shipping out,which means a week in a house with feck all in it as it's getting picked up this Friday.......

[dave21478]

A few weeks back I was moaning about local roads being repaired* with the old layer of thin wet tar and tons of gravel method.

Today they are digging up the same stretch of road to repair* the collapsing edges on the inside of corners.

 

Bunch of imbeciles.

[RoadworkUK]

Me too.  I'd blame it on the autumnal equinox, but that's merely made things feel worse.

 

Feckitall, have some JamJar on me... 

 

 

You've now got me inspired to listen to Jon and Vangelis 'The Friends of Mr Cairo' on CD. Good on you.

[vulgalour]

Oh superb, the compression olives I bought that were listed as 1/2", itemised on my receipt as 1/2" and need to be 1/2" to work have arrived and they're 12mm.  Well done.  That's just super.

[DodgeRover]

Oh superb, the compression olives I bought that were listed as 1/2", itemised on my receipt as 1/2" and need to be 1/2" to work have arrived and they're 12mm. Well done. That's just super.

Have you got a plumbers merchants near you? 1/2" olives are still available, you do need to be clear you need 1/2" otherwise they'll try flogging you 15mm

[taxi paul]

I know modern cars BUT. I was behind a 16 plate Octavia today with huge tail light clusters. So why make the indicators tiny and unable to see in sunshine. I have noticed a few lately. Lets have big orange indicators for us old folk please.