The grumpy thread

[cort1977]

Xtriple, might it be time to look for a better, dryer place to store the beast?

[Cheggers]

Decent ham and proper marmalade is nice. Try it.

Ditto bacon & marmalade

 

 

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[strangeangel]

Won an engine on the bay after having bunged on a bid of the opening price fairly early on. About ten minutes before the end of the listing someone outbid me, only to withdraw the bid a minute later when, presumably, the seller and his mate realised they couldn't shill me. Why can't these people just play with a straight bat FFS?

 

Oh well, I've a feeling all his UR BIDDING ON A WHEEL NUT listings might accidentally get reported by someone in a week or so.

[rainagain]

After having to endure our new neighbours hammering everyday for three weeks installing laminate flooring throughout their entire house, I was treated to the full joys of it last night as I heard them stomping about to quarter past one in the morning. We never once heard our previous neighbours. Knackered and pissed off this morning.

[M'coli]

Re: cheese & jam - it's a lot less offensive to the tastebuds that cheese and grapes, which is apparently "the best thing ever", according to the Michelin star'd chef I worked with decades ago, and that I was a "philistine" because I didn't like it.

A strong cheddar and a sharp, tangy jam (Mum's blackcurrant jam was my favourite) are amazing together, especially when in a digestive biscuit sandwich.

[Snipes]

Cheese and grapes are great. I love a cheese board!

[Vin]

See, when it come to cheese and jam sandwiches, for me it has to be Cheshire cheese and Blackcurrant jam. Perfect combination.

[Pillock]

Laminate flooring is toss.

It's noisy for the neighbours, REALLY noisy. I used to live in a flat where the woman above used to clack clack around in her heels all night. According to the noises, she didn't even take them off for bedroom activities.

It's also cold, just as hard to keep clean (still needs vacuuming otherwise the dust and fluff looks even worse than on carpet) and usually, because it's done to a budget, looks like the cheapest option going.

 

I laid some sticky backed wood-effect planks in our kitchen, much much nicer and 10% of the cost and effort.

[chaseracer]

Xtriple, might it be time to look for a better, dryer place to store the beast?

 

"Outside", by the sound of it.  At least it would get a chance to dry off from time to time, poor old Dollop!

[tooSavvy]

I was watching bogit n leggit*, Utube car service vid, and next to the ramp was a Sierra whaletale in a CarCoon bag!!

 

TS

EDIT ... that's the name! Doing the Carina II

 

https://youtu.be/LpngA2H65x0

[Eddie Honda]

Laminate flooring is toss.

 

Finlay's?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epg3geyp6TU&t=6m6s

[Louise2cv]

What time is it, though? Really?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Laminate flooring is toss.

It's noisy for the neighbours, REALLY noisy. I used to live in a flat where the woman above used to clack clack around in her heels all night. According to the noises, she didn't even take them off for bedroom activities.

It's also cold, just as hard to keep clean (still needs vacuuming otherwise the dust and fluff looks even worse than on carpet) and usually, because it's done to a budget, looks like the cheapest option going.

I laid some sticky backed wood-effect planks in our kitchen, much much nicer and 10% of the cost and effort.

Our house is detached. We have laminate flooring. We have a greyhound and ginger tom. We would NEVER go back to carpet downstairs.

Balance is resumed.

[Timewaster]

Laminate plus pets = clickety clack day and night.

 

Is it possible to put socks on a cat?

[NorthernMonkey]

Laminate plus pets = clickety clack day and night.

 

Is it possible to put socks on a cat?

Yep. Just stock up on bandages and germolene first.

[alf892]

Went Grimsby yesterday to collect a Morris 10/4 that a mate bought on eBay.........

 

Long story short......we did not come home with this 'well engineered and very solid' vehicle.....mainly because it was neither well engineered nor solid.

 

It had a 1622 b series fitted in the late seventies.

 

Fitted was overstating it a bit......it has hung in the engine bay and then bolted/welded in where it nearly touched.

 

It was in pissed......back of gearbox was out of true by at least 1.5" inches

The handbrake cable sat against the prop shaft

One rear hub seal was proper leaking.....the other just seeping

The front u bolts on one side were bade from 8mm threaded bar

All door bottoms rusty and full of the filler.....apart from one which had no filler...just a hole.

Gear box rear crossmember could not go properly in place because the gearbox (on the b series) was a bit bigger than original so was fitted with longer bolts and about an inch of washers.

And that was just a quicker look over........

 

Before having a look at it we chatted with the seller who professed to be in the building trade. When stating our reasons for not buying his wife let slip he was a mechanic.

A clueless twat I'd say. When discussing the way old cars drive he reckoned the Morris wandered a bit because it had rack and pinion steering.

 

TLDR. Junkman is right about Lincolnshire. As the name implies Grimsby is Grim

[Parky]

Laminate flooring enables spooked cats to run into the house and execute immaculate four paw drifts as they try and drag themselves up the stairs under power.

 

Any inconvenience caused by laminated flooring is more than justified when this situation occurs

[Guest Hooli]

Laminate flooring enables spooked cats to run into the house and execute immaculate four paw drifts as they try and drag themselves up the stairs under power.

 

Any inconvenience caused by laminated flooring is more than justified when this situation occurs

 

I used to have a Jack Russell who'd perfected the four paw drift too. He's enter the kitchen at full speed & approx 75degrees out of line with his direction of travel. Well he did after the first time he run in as normal & bounced off the cupboard, he was a quick learner was Gromit.

[xtriple]

We had laminate flooring in the kitchen and our bedroom. We had a jolly good reason though: when we first moved in everywhere was carpeted including the huge kitchen which was fine, but, we had a very old lady dog (Sheba, huge black bear rather than a dog), she was 16 when we moved in and unfortunately, she used to leak like an icontinant MG. She'd lay down and sleep and when she got up, there would be a big damp patch and all her side was wet...

 

Cleaning her up was no problem but after having the kitchen carpet cleaned three times in a month, it was time for laminate. She only ever did it in the kitchen and bedroom (when she was deeply asleep) and that solved the problem. She lasted another two years so I was glad we had it done. She was a great old dog.

 

Re comments on the dollop: I am seriously thinking about selling her and the other two. I am struggling with my health no end and it ain't going to get no better, doing even the most basic tasks on the cars now is causing me days of pain and misery, even just washing them!  As we have all found, we pour money and time into these damn cars and due to entropy, they do not just stay fixed and perfect. I am seriously considering just getting shot of them all and getting something modern I can ignore.

 

Don't know what to do really. The garage is damp, and I am inclined to use the car rather than let her rot away but last year, under the covers both cars lasted really well, so maybe it was just the wet but very warm weather that caused the problem? Other problem of course is: a Big green rare dollop is not going to be an easy sale unless I give it away and I am not doing that! Seeing as I have spent over 20 grand on maintenance (!) I would want top dollar for her! Who is going to buy her?

 

They are not BIG sellers at the best of times and to be honest, not sure I want to deal with Bentley owners, they all seem to be utter knobs! Perhaps I should just sell the other two? The Mazda is so impractical, but I love it and it took ages to find a decent one with an auto box and the KIA is the only practical car I own but is thoroughly hateful and I ignore it as much as is possible.

 

What to do....

[Guest Hooli]

That can't be an easy place to be in, especially after all the time & money you've put into the dollop.

[AlabamaShrimp]

My mother in law is a cheeky twat. My wife decided it would be nice if she came out to dinner with us for a change as she's always been taken by her sister.

 

All nice when out but she never offered once to pay for her own dinner and not once said thank you.

 

She's not a bad person but she's as tight as fuck and never appreciates anything done for her.

[richardmorris]

We had laminate flooring in the kitchen and our bedroom. We had a jolly good reason though: when we first moved in everywhere was carpeted including the huge kitchen which was fine, but, we had a very old lady dog (Sheba, huge black bear rather than a dog), she was 16 when we moved in and unfortunately, she used to leak like an icontinant MG. She'd lay down and sleep and when she got up, there would be a big damp patch and all her side was wet...

 

Cleaning her up was no problem but after having the kitchen carpet cleaned three times in a month, it was time for laminate. She only ever did it in the kitchen and bedroom (when she was deeply asleep) and that solved the problem. She lasted another two years so I was glad we had it done. She was a great old dog.

 

Re comments on the dollop: I am seriously thinking about selling her and the other two. I am struggling with my health no end and it ain't going to get no better, doing even the most basic tasks on the cars now is causing me days of pain and misery, even just washing them! As we have all found, we pour money and time into these damn cars and due to entropy, they do not just stay fixed and perfect. I am seriously considering just getting shot of them all and getting something modern I can ignore.

 

Don't know what to do really. The garage is damp, and I am inclined to use the car rather than let her rot away but last year, under the covers both cars lasted really well, so maybe it was just the wet but very warm weather that caused the problem? Other problem of course is: a Big green rare dollop is not going to be an easy sale unless I give it away and I am not doing that! Seeing as I have spent over 20 grand on maintenance (!) I would want top dollar for her! Who is going to buy her?

 

They are not BIG sellers at the best of times and to be honest, not sure I want to deal with Bentley owners, they all seem to be utter knobs! Perhaps I should just sell the other two? The Mazda is so impractical, but I love it and it took ages to find a decent one with an auto box and the KIA is the only practical car I own but is thoroughly hateful and I ignore it as much as is possible.

 

What to do....

 

 

I think you bought the Bentley to enjoy? Sell the others ( hateful kia) and enjoy. If I had one I'd use it every chance I could. Cheer yourself up and live the high life:-)

( I'll also offer to house the green dollop ( with the keys if needed).

[warren t claim]

Halloween.

 

Look kids, when going trick or treating at my door make sure that your mum has made the effort to dress up as well, preferably as a sexy witch or Elvira mistress of the dark then I'll happily shovel Haribos into your bag but if she turns up wearing a shit stained onesie then consider yourself lucky to have Bertie Bassets bell end flicked through my letterbox.

[DVee8]

Nextdoor is setting fireworks off again

[bramz7]

I dislike grumping about people but there's an especially irritating guy on the CCC Facebook page who is seemingly determined to turn it into a page about himself. And he reckons his XM is worth £3k.

[MiniMort]

I dislike grumping about people but there's an especially irritating guy on the CCC Facebook page who is seemingly determined to turn it into a page about himself. And he reckons his XM is worth £3k.

Yeah, and what’s with the seller on eBay who’s still trying to sell a quite faded ‘88 Samara for £3000? Also, apparently, it ‘smells like someone’s nan’ and that’s not really what I look for in cars

[MarvinsMom]

today we have mostly killed the lexus.

 

Kerry driving, we pulled out a junction and collected a couple on a motorbike.

 

think the rider has bust a leg, but his missus, on the pillion was ok.

 

she couldn't really see with a load of kids milling around on the footpath at the mouth of the junction. No excuse, was all our fault,we pulled out into their path and at least no one was killed.

 

hell, i didn't see them until they were sailing over the bonnet!!

 

caught us right on the indicator on the driverside of the car, so wing, bumper, bonnet and all the front of the car has been pushed over. like this

 

 

going to call insurance tomorrow to get the wreck towed away, and no, neither of us want the car back and as such we don't want to see it again.

 

i guess after our excess is paid out of the settlement we will have £10, maybe £15 out of it.

 

ah well, it was fun while it lasted........

[eddyramrod]

[DodgeRover]

Can't stand the bloody wensleydale/cranberry rubbish you get at christmas however.

That just doesn't work for me either, sadly I keep getting bought it as a present.

[xtriple]

Bloody hell MM! Having an accident is bad, but causing one is a million times worse. Good that no one was fatally injured (or life changing) but I have to admit to sympathising with the couple on the bike even more than I do with yourselves (and I really do, awful for you) .

 

Chin up, could have been so much worse.