The grumpy thread

[sierraman]

The diesel debate depends a bit on how much you stand to lose. If you've spunked a couple of grand on it you are on dodgy ground. £7-800 though it's like anything, you could buy a diesel that's ok and you could buy a petrol that's fucked. At that money you'd be a fool to think anything is going to last you a lifetime.

[cobblers]

If you are generally happy with it and the problems are very minor I.e you could sort it yourself I'd just put it down to experience. Women love this idea of 'project managing' stuff, it just gets the back up of the people you've got working for you.

Exactly this - Yeah I'm not over the moon with it but it's a decent enough job all said and done. Like you say, chalk it up to experience and maybe try someone else next time. I might get him back over the blobs in the ceiling though if I can't sand em out.

TBH it looks absolutely fine in normal lights - we only noticed anything wrong when I put the LED downlights up which are close to the walls so show up every imperfection.

The room is 4.5m x 4.5m with 3m ceiling covered in adhesive from polystrene tiles. Two walls had boards that I stuck on myself and they weren't all that straight, and the remaining two walls were original, terrible plaster with a fireplace hole to board up and loads of cracks etc. Nothing was square. It took two blokes a day and a half on the weekend - I needed it done over the weekend cos I've no holidays left at work.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Set off up the garage tonight to do my KV6 inlet manifold. Ran straight into a massive traffic jam on the A50 due to some bell end having a crash. Sat for an hour and a half, by which time I had had enough of the job and came home. What a waste of an evening.

[martybabes]

Ffs. Have you told her its 3 points plus a fine (£150?) PER tyre? That might push her towards doing something.

 

I think if someone crashed into my car due to illegal tyres that they had already been warned about I would go through the bloody roof.

 

...or the side window, or the windscreen.  You need to wear your seat belt.

[Supernaut]

We probably won't have it that long, it's a couple of years old (I think) and has done less than 10,000 miles. Which is what's killing it. 

 

 

Hmm. The Transit at my work is 13 reg and hasn't even done 10k miles. Seems fine, but we all drive it like complete bellends so maybe that stops the DPF getting clogged.

[Lord Sterling]

Fucking bollocks. Earlier on today, had some bellend bash into the side of the car I was driving to go home in, a rented Galaxy causing some damage, not only that but the wanker drove off before I could get any details.

 

Phoned up the office, the police etc...

 

Ain't half knocked my confidence though

[Pillock]

Mate, that's shit. Just be assured if it was in the slightest bit your fault, he'd have hung around to argue the toss. Him legging it means it wasn't your doing.

[fairkens]

Depends. Did it need relining? Was there a problem with damp? I don't know where you live but you are talking £250-300 to plaster a room but if there's more remedial work to be done then obviously it's more. I'd hardly say you've been conned. £150 does not go far in tradesman hours.

 

If you are generally happy with it and the problems are very minor I.e you could sort it yourself I'd just put it down to experience. Women love this idea of 'project managing' stuff, it just gets the back up of the people you've got working for you.

If it makes you feel any better i recently paid over £900 to have a not especially big bedroom plastered, reboarded the chimney breast and skim the rest. They did do a good job mind

[Craig the Princess]

Fucking bollocks. Earlier on today, had some bellend bash into the side of the car I was driving to go home in, a rented Galaxy causing some damage, not only that but the wanker drove off before I could get any details.

 

Phoned up the office, the police etc...

 

Ain't half knocked my confidence though

Liked out of sympathy rather than liking that you were crashed into. Hopefully you can get your confidence back quickly.

[michael1703]

Spent 10 minutes defrosting the stupid vauxhall and it was fine on a quick blezz up the bypass, the handbrake mechanism must have defrosted. Doing some reading today it's very common for the cable to get water in, which freezes.

I spunked some Wd40 over the cable joins and moving arm to dispel any water, was tempted to spray the pads in it too but she'd have the kids in the car not just her the next time it's driven.

I said if it does it again just drive the fucker, it'll heat up enough to melt the ice eventually. Either way I'm glad I didn't just launch into a caliper fettle

I've got one of these, ignore the motorcycle bit, they go quite big

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTORCYCLE-MOTO-X-MX-CABLE-LUBRICATOR-CLAMP-OILER-TOOL-BLACK-/231647789127?hash=item35ef48c047:m:mqtF3V8xHU7VIW6UkhtwpWA

[Cavcraft]

That's fucking awful though - I don't expect ANY trouble with such a new vehicle outside of stuff that is blatantly just snagging

 

You'd ordinarily think so, but as they usually only do very short journeys (and at 20mph) they just get clogged up and pack in quickly.

[Guest Hooli]

Could you pump a thin grease into the cable sheathing?

 

I thought oil and grease killed the teflon coating on modern cables? I know when I've ordered a new clutch cable on my Bonnie it comes with instructions to not oil it ever.

[EssDeeWon]

Knock on the door from my neighbour downstairs this morning.... She had water dripping through her bathroom ceiling!! My bathroom is directly above hers! Fuuuuckk!

 

It wasn't alot but I could hear a drip drip drip from my bathroom, the toilet cistern is all concealed cos modern, managed to prize away the panel and cut off the water supply via the valve. Easy I thought, the washer has persished. No, its the plastic thread on the side of the ballcock that's deteriorated and letting water piss out.

[oldcars]

Plastic crap. Im sure i had something similar, and mine was replaced with a brass bit. I was lucky, saw it before it made a mess of the kitchen ceiling.

[Tamworthbay]

Why is every way of selling things infested with utter fucking morons? I just want to sell stuff without hassle, willing to let it go for very sensible money but am not giving it away for nothing. Some people are just utter utter twats.

[Supernaut]

Why is every way of selling things infested with utter fucking morons? I just want to sell stuff without hassle, willing to let it go for very sensible money but am not giving it away for nothing. Some people are just utter utter twats.

 

Every other place I've advertised the Xantia has presented a fair number of complete twats. It's rather annoying.

[mercrocker]

Why is every way of selling things infested with utter fucking morons? I just want to sell stuff without hassle, willing to let it go for very sensible money but am not giving it away for nothing. Some people are just utter utter twats.

 

I blame the telly.   It was OK everybody acting like Arfur or Delboy but now they think its real.   Copying some mockney twat in a cheap leather jacket seems to be the accepted way of completing any transaction these days.   See also any programme featuring ponces in orange makeup braying their way round antique shops and fairs.  

Bunch of cnuts.

[Tamworthbay]

I think I have really pissed the one guy off, he thought he could drop his offer after we had agreed. So I upped mine. Now he is desperate for them but I won't take a penny less than the new price (£50 over the old price on a £200 sale). It has become a principle thing to me now, so I won't sell them for less to him. I don't need the money as the bass I was eyeing up sold anyway.

[nebuchenezer]

Arsebiscuits.

 

The BMW of much trustyness has been injured.

 

My beloved partner of many years has spent the last two of them driving round in my works auris hybrid with automatic everything. I have it this week to bump the mileage up because expenses.

 

Last nigh she departed a place, proceeded down an unlit country road and ran into a black mini that was parked up...........she forgot to turn on the headlights.

 

Deep Sigh! car was returned home, no injuries, damage to be assessed upon my return tomorrow with report to follow. Thankfully she is fully insured yada yada yada with a very small excess.

Bollox,

 

Tis fucked well and proper:

 

 

 

   

[cobblers]

I blame the telly.   It was OK everybody acting like Arfur or Delboy but now they think its real.   Copying some mockney twat in a cheap leather jacket seems to be the accepted way of completing any transaction these days.   See also any programme featuring ponces in orange makeup braying their way round antique shops and fairs.  

Bunch of cnuts.

I saw a lad of about 15 asking "what's the death" on a pair of £15 jeans off a market stall today.

[JeeExEll]

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[GrumpyCat]

Car insurance...

 

How the hell can switching my premium from a 2.2 (Group 35) to a 1.3 (Group 9) car result in my premium going up by over 8 quid a month?

 

Of course if I want to cancel my policy to go elsewhere then its another £50.

 

Robbing barstewards.    

[Guest Hooli]

Bollox,

 

Tis fucked well and proper:

 

 

 

   

 

Proper fucked! ouch

[Parky]

Went to see The Cure earlier this week. Why is this a grump? Well it made me realise that I am getting old and too lazy for gigs.

 

After about an hour and a half of listening to unfamiliar "b" sides, me and Mrs P decided we would rather go home for a nice cup of tea. So we did. And with that move I mentally replaced the Doc Martens with a pair of nice beige slippers.

 

Now where's my pipe Marjorie????

[Tamworthbay]

Went to see The Cure earlier this week. Why is this a grump? Well it made me realise that I am getting old and too lazy for gigs.

After about an hour and a half of listening to unfamiliar "b" sides, me and Mrs P decided we would rather go home for a nice cup of tea. So we did. And with that move I mentally replaced the Doc Martens with a pair of nice beige slippers.

Now where's my pipe Marjorie????

I wanted to go and see the cure but tickets prices were crazy when we looked (nothing below £150). Off to see Placebo on Monday but as it's in Manchester I know I will be knackered all week after getting back about 2ish.

[gordonbennet]

I saw a lad of about 15 asking "what's the death" on a pair of £15 jeans off a market stall today.

 

They're always stumbling around not looking where they're effin well looking (those three times that age are similarly affected by this disease) peering into some infernal bloody smart device, they can't even use the bloody gents ina service area without updating some bloody site, maybe cock pics i dunno.

When the smart device they really need is a set of electronic automatic subtitles so us normal bleeders might have the foggiest idea what the fuck they're grunting about.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

'old bastards moaning about kids' etc

[DodgeRover]

Went to see The Cure earlier this week. Why is this a grump? Well it made me realise that I am getting old and too lazy for gigs.

 

After about an hour and a half of listening to unfamiliar "b" sides, me and Mrs P decided we would rather go home for a nice cup of tea. So we did. And with that move I mentally replaced the Doc Martens with a pair of nice beige slippers.

 

Now where's my pipe Marjorie????

Last gig I went to I did 3 songs pogoing down the front then quietly retired to dance on my own up the back to avoid collapsing and a trip to A&E, wasn't the only one though which made me feel better

 

Oh yeah and kids today don't know the words can't mosh in time and don't know what to do when an old man is attempting to crowd surf....

[jakebullet]

Train was rammed coming back from Kinky girls. What I can't understand is why even the ones stood up must take selfies / check arsebook / skype their cat etc while trying to remain stood up. There was a stupid bint stood next to me with an iphone in one hand and a samsung in the other trying to use both simultaneously and falling on everyone every 5 mins with the super smooth* ride of a pacer.

[DVee8]

move out,live with kinky girl then you won't need to bother with this shit.