The grumpy thread

[320touring]

Night driving: a cheap pair of yellow-tinted cycling spectacles from Decathlon have transformed this for me.

Insert 70s moustachio'd cop reference here

[rainagain]

Needed a filling a couple of weeks ago. First one in about 10 years.

 

Complicated story but the dentist drilled and filled it, some fell out, some came out when flossing.

 

Went back had more metal put it. Back fell off flossing last week. Today just pulled the rest off flossing...

 

A dentist mirror turned up today from Amazon so I've managed to see what's happened. Half my sodding tooth is missing!

 

As it was some white crap that I've just pled out I assume it was the temporary stuff put in and that really my tooth only had a tiny bit of metal on the back not the whole thing. Can't wait till I ring them tomorrow.

In America a lot of dentists are no longer using the metal fillings as they fit your tooth mechanically. So the dentist has to drill out healthy material to allow them to lock in. This damages the tooth. Where as the white fillings actually bond to the tooth making the whole thing stronger.

[Junkman]

Night driving: a cheap pair of yellow-tinted cycling spectacles from Decathlon have transformed this for me.

 

In what way do they help?

Serious question.

[panhard65]

In what way do they help?

Serious question.

It probably stops the glare from those horrid white headlamps that these modern cars have. The alternative is letting everyone else be cool with yellow headlight bulbs which look good and don't dazzle anyone but are just a little bit shit as actual headlamps.

[Cheggers]

I use yellow lenses when riding in bad or failing light as they help make everything appear brighter and sharper.

 

I’ve used them at night on the odd occasion and they do seem to help the contrast between oncoming headlights and the darker areas (kerbs etc).

 

If you ever find yourself watching a day/ night cricket match (yeah, I know...), a lot of players use yellow lenses during the transition period when the floodlights aren’t at their most efficient

 

 

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[rainagain]

In what way do they help?

Serious question.

In a previous job we were issued yellow safety specs for working in poorly lit electrical panels. Apparently they improve contrast.

[Junkman]

The alternative is letting everyone else be cool with yellow headlight bulbs which look good and don't dazzle anyone but are just a little bit shit as actual headlamps.

You got that shit right.

 

[Ghosty]

Old Man: I don't mind you fixing things on my car, but it's my car, not yours. I want to do it myself on my own time, I'm not as mechanically inept as you seem to think. It's just annoying to go to fix something and find someone else has randomly come along and done it. Now I've got nothing to do and no sense of achievment. You're my dad ffs, you should know better.

Ask me before you touch it, I've had to tell you several times. I want to fix things myself.

[Supernaut]

Re: cataracts.

 

They're a fucking bastard. I got them in both eyes when I was 19.

 

Yeah, you heard me, 19. In the space of 6 months my vision went from fine to being all but blind in daylight. I could see fine in the dark though. I got the surgery to remove them (they remove your natural lenses and insert plastic ones) and all is well. I just need off-the-shelf 1.5x strength reading glasses as I can't adjust the focus as much as before. My vision is 20:20 though (they actually made the implants to my prescription, as I wore glasses from the ages of 15 to 19).

I still need to get the odd bit of laser surgery to clear up the artificial lenses though.

 

I really am an odd one in my family. No history of cataracts at young ages, I get them. No history of type 1 diabetes, diagnosed at 17...

Then there are my collapsed arches in my feet. I can feel myself getting shin splints and sore hips again, which means I've worn out my current pair of shoes. They've done well though. £20 Karrimor walking shoes bought late last year and worn to work every single day. I'll stop past sports direct round the corner on my way home later.

[AlabamaShrimp]

In America a lot of dentists are no longer using the metal fillings as they fit your tooth mechanically. So the dentist has to drill out healthy material to allow them to lock in. This damages the tooth. Where as the white fillings actually bond to the tooth making the whole thing stronger.

I can't believe how little of the tooth is actually there. Tbh it's my fault I used to drink tons of pop.

 

Got an appointment for Monday and I'll ask for for a white filling now. Can't believe how much metal there is in my teeth then you see them with the little mirror.

[chaseracer]

In what way do they help?

Serious question.

 

This:

 

It probably stops the glare from those horrid white headlamps that these modern cars have...

 

And this:

 

...they help make everything appear brighter and sharper.

[Parky]

Well that interview was absolute rubbish. Established in the first 30 seconds I was massively underequipped for the role, what a waste of time. information from the recruiter was poor too. It occurred to me afterwards that there is another guy in the same industry with the same name as me, I reckon they were looking at his LinkedIn profile while calling me.

 

Also I spoke to the recruiter beforehand to let him know I was set, and incidentally I found out the interviewer worked at the same place as I did 15 years ago. I worked on a different area but we would have known the same folk, could be a bit of an icebreaker to get the ball rolling. Apparently it's rule number one never to mention that in an interview. Anyone else heard that?? Sounds like total nonsense to me. The reason was it makes the interviewer feel like they owe you a favour. Really?

 

Recruitment Consultants?? Fuck them sky high!!

[tooSavvy]

Re teeth.

 

When I paid the £equivalent of a nice used car to my dentist, for root canal work, I did observe that it cannot be easy to do 'major groundworks' on an object the size of a peanut!

 

He smiled and agreed, adding that our 'tounge-map', of the inside of the mouth, has teeth the perceived size of a bucket

 

He worked through/referenced a very specialised microscope !!

 

 

TS

[Cheggers]

Well that interview was absolute rubbish. Established in the first 30 seconds I was massively underequipped for the role, what a waste of time. information from the recruiter was poor too. It occurred to me afterwards that there is another guy in the same industry with the same name as me, I reckon they were looking at his LinkedIn profile while calling me.

 

Also I spoke to the recruiter beforehand to let him know I was set, and incidentally I found out the interviewer worked at the same place as I did 15 years ago. I worked on a different area but we would have known the same folk, could be a bit of an icebreaker to get the ball rolling. Apparently it's rule number one never to mention that in an interview. Anyone else heard that?? Sounds like total nonsense to me. The reason was it makes the interviewer feel like they owe you a favour. Really?

 

Recruitment Consultants?? Fuck them sky high!!

Really? I always look for some common ground with an interviewer to help build rapport. Shared history can be a fantastic icebreaker.

 

Sounds like the recruiter sold you a right pup there, or maybe you didn't qualify them hard enough

 

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[Parky]

To be fair I did think the recruiter was a bit amateur and actually said to Mrs P this morning that I might cancel it. But she said "it's a bit short notice and it might be ok" so I went with the viewpoint of nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

I am usually pretty good at screening out roles but its kind of like online dating sometimes in that you never really know how accurate the description is until you meet!

[Lord Sterling]

I've had a run of higher-end vehicles recently through work. Today that run ended with a PINK Fiat 500

[Parky]

Glam Coral? Hateful colour.

[HH-R]

On the driving at night thing - suicidal pedestrians!

 

The new LED streetlights leave large areas in total darkness, and headlights don't go round corners... pedestrians (dressed all in black/dark colours) just walk out assuming they can be seen... 'fraid not mate.

 

Another issue is that after a few years your windscreen resembles a skating rink from the wipers. Definitely doesn't help with today's "fuck you" headlights. The folk who fit L@@K 90000000000000 LUMENS 99k KELVIN WHITE/BLUE TINT HID FAST SHIPPING bulbs from eBay should be forced to sit down and look into them for an hour.

[Pillock]

It says it can take up to 48 hours, but on mine it always updates within 12 hours often quicker than that so keep checking it.

 

Well this is increasingly frustrating.

I paid £5 for two crossings, and indeed as suspected when I then went back a few hours later it showed my £5 had been allocated to a 7am and 5pm crossing. All good.

However if you remember, I also set up a payment account before the second day of crossings.

Checking that account today, 5 hours before the deadline for payment, shows it hasn't been used. So do I pay another £2.50 manually, assuming there's been an error? Or will it drop into my account in the 48 hours it seemingly takes for one computer to talk to another?

 

It's only £2.50, but it's also indicative of a mind-numbing amount of "faffing" by people making a simple task complicated.

[DodgeRover]

Night driving: a cheap pair of yellow-tinted cycling spectacles from Decathlon have transformed this for me.

I find the yellow specs good for evenings but not full dark, also handy for convincing people you are a fully paid up redneck member of the NRA as they seem to be popular with shooters in the states too.

[Pillock]

Phoned Dart Charge. None the wiser!

She took the reg, asked when I'd crossed, and then said "oh yes, if that crossing shows up then it'll be covered by your account"

 

Hang on, IF? That seems to imply she didn't see anything for 7.30am on the 24th and she's just being generic. Does the system often lose people?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Cat sick.

The MR2 hadn’t seen a sponge for ages, so I went the whole hog on it yesterday, jet washed the brown and green bits, and got it gleaming. Imagine my delight* this morning to discover two large mounds of cat vomit on the canvas roof. Even nicer, the liquid part had separated and dribbled down the back window into the seal.

I didn’t have time to clean it up when I left this morning, so made a mental note to clean it up when I got back.

Upon my return, it was great to see one of the neighbours cats walking away from my now vomit-less roof, and stopping regularly to chew on grass.

Bastards!

[D Spares & Tyres]

B & M Bargains

 

Kidderminster.

 

If you told me the customers were all on a day trip from Chernobyl then I would believe you.

[Parky]

Our local one stocks spray paints - was delighted to see Ford Modena Green in the rack.

 

I can see my toolbox getting that mid seventies Cortina vibe at the weekend

[Royale80]

Sprayed my Chopper Modena Green in the 70's. Cousin at the time had an M reg Cortina 1.6L in Modena.

[cort16]

I'm having a right piss around trying to return my old car.  New car arrives on Saturday so I want to at least know when they're coming to get the old one so I can make sure I've still got it insured,

Finance company, not answering telephone, manheim who're meant to be picking it up not answering any of their numbers or responding to e-mails and the fucking website you're supposed to use to automate all this stuff doesn't work!

 

I've got the dent guy coming to knock out the dents in the door, it then needs to survive Friday then it's getting parked up and I'm not touching it until they come and get it!

[timolloyd]

Phoned Dart Charge. None the wiser!

She took the reg, asked when I'd crossed, and then said "oh yes, if that crossing shows up then it'll be covered by your account"

 

Hang on, IF? That seems to imply she didn't see anything for 7.30am on the 24th and she's just being generic. Does the system often lose people?

I've been through this recently. My advice is to wait and see. I received a fine letter, I rang to contest it (by which I mean, go ape shit) and they were absolutely fine about it. They simply debited my account for what was owed. The call handlers seem to have quite a bit of descretion in favour of drivers who try to put things right.

[Angrydicky]

Yes, some people take the joke spellings of words way too far, I'm looking at you Felly Magic.

 

The stupidly bright headlights of modern cars irritate me too. I find myself blinded in the rear view mirror by them, to the extent that now it's starting to get darker on my drive home from work, I'm having to use the anti-dazzle function regularly because there's usually some bell end in a Nissan Puke 6" from my rear bumper. Also, why are the front indicators on some of these SUV things (and others) buried inside their massive headlights, right next to the DRLs? It makes the indicators very hard to see sometimes.

[AMC Rebel]

I have waited for a month to see the frigging doctor and now they have cancelled my appointment tomorrow.  They won't even give me another appointment - I have to ring and beg for one in the morning. 

[Pillock]

My experience is it's vans that dazzle, because their lights are so high up. Especially that big Citroen one.

 

My fear with Dart Charge is I've got a lease car, registered to a company. I have no idea if there's some extortionate admin charge for forwarding on a letter that says I have to pay a fine, even if the fine is toss.