The grumpy thread

[richardthestag]

  On 14/11/2017 at 15:06, purplebargeken said:

Just sent a text to my friend who's mum had radical surgery a few weeks back due to lung cancer. Just asking how things were going. They saw the doc this afternoon and it is the worst possible news. There is cancer in the other lung which is hyper aggressive and very rare. Seemingly only 0.4% of people with lung cancer get this other cancer. Appears to be little research on it yet. They have given her just a couple of months without chemo, 4 to 6 with She is going to try one round of chemo to see how she tolerates it. Poor friend is devastated, she thought this had given mum a reasonable chance. Cancer can go and fuck itself.. 

 

really genuinely sorry to hear this

 

Depressing shit starts here 

 

Lost Mutha thestag to a rare form of lung cancer and she lost her battle near 5 years ago, she battled it for more or less 2 years to the day from diagnosis, yes she was a proper fighty old bag. ironically she never smoked, was fiercely against it

 

She responded really badly to Chemo so much so that the took her off it after 3 months and used a radical new med. Oncologist was super helpful in getting life insurance to release payment while she was still alive so they could bring forwards their 50th wedding anniversary gift of a trip on the Orient Express. 

 

The old bag fought on made it to her 50th anniversary since first meeting fathathestag and their 49th wedding anniversary and then 2 Christmas' shit she loved Christmas, all of these occasions were milestones we never thought we would make and every single one of them was a happy occasion, filled with family and love.

 

 A year after starting the meds they stopped working and the cancer started to spread again.

 

6 months later she gave up. fucking brave she was.

 

Cancer is a right cunt, there was nothing we could do, she had amazing support from north devon hospice and only in the last couple of days did she go in to the hospice.

 

Watching her die was about as awful a thing as I ever did but we were together fatha my sibs and me. even that was happy until the last hour, we played games, had conversations were happy around her. The hospice staff praised us for creating such a happy environment even though she was out she could have felt it apparently. 

 

end of unnecessary depressing stuff

 

I was lucky that I was able to spend so much time with her fixing the damage that 45 years of son and mutha relationships can create, she had very high standards and I am a stubborn bugger.

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 15/11/2017 at 11:03, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Trump.

Just watched an episode of West Wing, dramatic, moving , emotional etc etc .

 

Then I remembered what that position means in real life now...

The West Wing is to blame for Trump.

[Angrydicky]

  On 14/11/2017 at 13:36, alcyonecorporation said:

The absolutely precious joy of workplace politics.

Makes me glad they didn't want me.

[John F]

That's one of the main reasons I went back to self-employment, Jon.

[tooSavvy]

OK... I'm not MrGrumpy

 

But... For Fucks Sake TESCO!... STOP trying to mow me down with "click 'n kollekt" barrows @warp-speed.

 

Nowhere is safe... :/

 

 

*anyone else have this going on?

 

 

TS

[Christine]

Milk's gone up 10% in Morrisons .Hope the farmers are getting it

 

Tesco Walnut cake went up 20%

[tooSavvy]

  On 15/11/2017 at 15:44, Christine said:

Milk's gone up 10% in Morrisons .Hope the farmers are getting it

 

Tesco Walnut Brexit cake went up 20%

 

EFA 

 

TS

[Datsuncog]

Was a bit shocked to see that Lidl's 8-pack of yoghurts had gone up from £1.29 to £1.89 a week or two ago. That's a fair old hike. A lot of Tesco and Sainsburys long-term 99p items went up to £1.10 after the summer, and have stayed there. We've had to cut back a bit; the weeklyish shop definitely seems to be costing a fair whack more. And neither of us are earning any more, that's for damn sure.

 

I don't seem to have a problem dodging the trolleys, but then I tend to go pretty late at night to avoid the click n' collect zombies.

[Frogchod]

  On 13/11/2017 at 12:31, Junkman said:

That's properly fucked fuck, m8. I know exactly how you feel.

We have reached a dangerous age for men.

I don't how I survived my 20's, fast bikes, booze, funny cigarettes and Citroen CX's should have done me in.

Somehow I've made it to my 50's...

Crematorium tomorrow to see my mate off, say good buy and carry on with life.

[dollywobbler]

  On 15/11/2017 at 16:59, Richard said:

Has alcyonecorporation deleted himself from the forum? His recent posts have disappeared from this thread. It'll make me grumpy if he's gone.

 

They still seem to be there. I think he has deleted one today (which was probably a good idea to be honest) but he's still here.

[alcyonecorporation]

  On 15/11/2017 at 16:59, Richard said:

Has alcyonecorporation deleted himself from the forum? His recent posts have disappeared from this thread. It'll make me grumpy if he's gone.

 

 

I'm still here. And yes, I was brutally pissed off earlier; luckily others on here are more level-headed than I am. 

 

I didn't think anyone gave a shit. Appreciated. 

[Christine]

'kin hell , got no decent clothes left and it's parents evening....Ah , still got me 30 year old Burtons wedding suit , didn't chuck it out as it cost £200 ...bollocks its too tight  !!!   No Dad you can't wear this , you can't wear that....black shoes are out...sharp ironed trousers are out... fuck it, shes dressed me in a sweatshirt ( cream, i hate it ) jeans , and Fat face deck shoes...  55 and i feel un cool...

 

I hope my phone rings there so everyone can see i have a Tesco £9.99 old skool phone . 

[purplebargeken]

Just watching Bottom the stage show and having a right old laugh. Then realising the other clips are for tributes to Rik Mayall. He died in 2014. I'd utterly forgotten and now feel very sad all over again. Fuck, that's weird...... and very shit.

[dollywobbler]

SODDING WINDOWS. Have been wondering if my utterly shit broadband speed was related to the telegraph pole replacement project currently taking over our village. Nope. Up pops a 'when would you like to reboot?' window. PISS OFF! I absolutely hate that you cannot turn updates off, you can't pause a download (which you don't know is happening) and you can't personally smash your elbow into the face of whichever utter pillock gave all this the go-ahead.

 

Is it time to dust off Linux again?

[Guest Hooli]

Ahhh patch tuesday...

[andy18s]

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[HH-R]

Win 10 on home machines sucks foot long donkey cock.

 

In a corp setting where group policy brings some sanity to the windows updates and app bullshit is turned off, I find it actually causes less issues than 7. The stupid tablet style control panel replacement "settings" app is a pile though.

 

I refuse to fix it on friends/family's computers  - I feel like an arse saying it but life's too short to deal with settings that change themselves back, totally useless error messages and non optional Windows updates.

 

Linux is easier to sysadmin nowadays. Total arrogance on Microsoft's part when they think they can treat their users how they want while Google, Apple et al nibble away bit by bit...

[FakeConcern]

Got the Moodus back fixed (should be a grin really) however the estimated price had gone up from whoops! to Boingg! (see dedicated post http://autoshite.com/topic/29887-its-not-big-moodus-rides-again/)

[Snipes]

  On 15/11/2017 at 19:00, dollywobbler said:

SODDING WINDOWS. Have been wondering if my utterly shit broadband speed was related to the telegraph pole replacement project currently taking over our village. Nope. Up pops a 'when would you like to reboot?' window. PISS OFF! I absolutely hate that you cannot turn updates off, you can't pause a download (which you don't know is happening) and you can't personally smash your elbow into the face of whichever utter pillock gave all this the go-ahead.

 

Is it time to dust off Linux again?

Not to mention how M$ sneaks in a bunch of additional software and changes all your preferences to making their shit the default choice.

 

Right now I'm thoroughly pissed with XS Training. Trying to do my portfolio for an NVQ and it's shit. I've uploaded over 200 pictures in 3 weeks and had zero feedback. Over almost a year I've had two emails; both were from asking for some feedback on what I've been uploading. Just tonight I had to cross London to sit a written exam, a "bridging unit" covering environmental and customer relations-ish. I'm pretty sure I've failed it as the preparation material was fucking shit and I was basically guessing almost every question. I've paid these fuckers £2000 and all I'm getting is indifference and shit. THIS WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE 6 MONTHS!!

[oldcars]

  On 15/11/2017 at 17:39, alcyonecorporation said:

I'm still here. And yes, I was brutally pissed off earlier; luckily others on here are more level-headed than I am. 

 

I didn't think anyone gave a shit. Appreciated. 

Anyone who asks how to clean moss of window rubbers is sound in my book 

[richardthestag]

  On 15/11/2017 at 18:08, Christine said:

'kin hell , got no decent clothes left and it's parents evening....Ah , still got me 30 year old Burtons wedding suit , didn't chuck it out as it cost £200 ...bollocks its too tight  !!!   No Dad you can't wear this , you can't wear that....black shoes are out...sharp ironed trousers are out... fuck it, shes dressed me in a sweatshirt ( cream, i hate it ) jeans , and Fat face deck shoes...  55 and i feel un cool...

 

I hope my phone rings there so everyone can see i have a Tesco £9.99 old skool phone . 

 

I have this shit but I just wear what I like and to hell with it.

 

Middle youngling thestag doesnt like either his mum nor me asking his teachers any questions, he just goes beetroot and gets cross with us. This is mainly because mrs thestag asks such utterly ridiculous questions and then tries to engage debate on the answer. 

 

Just last week she interrupted another parent teacher discussion to ask maths teacher is A/S levels for maths still existed. It doesnt! Mrs Thestag didnt like this and went into a quick fire question routine "but you told me it did!" etc

 

I honestly reckon Mrs thestag vs Paxman he would be sobbing within 5 minutes

[Christine]

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Middle youngling thestag doesnt like either his mum nor me asking his teachers any questions, he just goes beetroot and gets cross with us. This is mainly because mrs thestag asks such utterly ridiculous questions and then tries to engage debate on the answer. 

 

 

 

My Physics teacher was ace.... He'd stop you in a corridor  , grin , and quickfire   "What's  Boyles Law , boy?" 

 

And when i meet my daughters teachers ( who are only older children..  ) I do similar as my opening line !! ...History   :  " What year  did James the 1st  become King? "     Blank look from teacher.....

 

Science.   A point to the chest and .. "What's  Newtons second law of motion ? "   blank look too...

 

Last night,  the Art teacher ...with a hairy face ..  "Man alive, that's a fine beard you have !! "  he laughed and agreed . Alright he was !      I knew he was an art teacher  as he'd coloured himself in  down his arm, with tattoos

 

English teacher I thought was a old  cock , hanging on for a silver state pension ,going by the book ..no enthusiasm or ability to fire a kid up....

[nebuchenezer]

Green Star Energy

 

Do not use these useless fuckers for any of your energy needs regardless how cheap they appear to be.

 

3 months after closing my account they are still holding on to a >£250 credit balance and resolutely refusing to communicate.

 

Sigh............ Small Claims court is looking more and more likely.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Got my first parent teacher do at the munchkins new school next week....... at 7 he's already informed me it'll be a waste of time because I'll just be told what a great, helpful and nice young man he is!!!!!

I'll make sure to prepare as above and show him up - it's the best reason for being a parent by a long way

 

EDIT - grump is having to put up with the ex blaming me for any and all things that could possibly be negative...... even though she probably won't understand most of the conversation as it'll all be in French....... could prove tad tedious.

 

*none grump - his teacher is fantastically hot!

[chatsharris]

  On 14/11/2017 at 22:15, danthecapriman said:

I really like Christmas dinner and stuffing my face with chocolate, sweets, crisps and all the other bad but tasty grub. The rest of it can all just fuck off though.

This.

 

But also the pissing up.

[Chas4545]

Banks.

 

Flloyds no longer do the fabulous " set the level yourself" text alerts unless your bal drops below £50. So I shall remove my millions and leave £51 in there.

 

I could put it all in nationwide, but their website has been playing up for days now and call centre training is dire. ... 

 

The mattress is looking like a real good option for the family fortune.

[Lord Sterling]

Fucking work again. Ended up in Milton Keynes and have to go to Corby by public transport for my next job. It cost me £6 to get to Luton and now the bastard train wants nigh-on £25 to do 4 stops and a 50 minute ride. Really? Not worth it. I want to go home now but work seemed determined that i pick up this bastard van and take it to Southampton.

 

I know that you can usually buy a cheaper ticket online etc... but often we only get jobs the same day or as in this case, I took my money out as I was running very low on funds.

 

I need to get out of this job and find something that pays the same but costs less to run.

[beko1987]

  On 16/11/2017 at 11:35, Chas4545 said:

Banks.

 

Flloyds no longer do the fabulous " set the level yourself" text alerts unless your bal drops below £50. So I shall remove my millions and leave £51 in there.

 

I could put it all in nationwide, but their website has been playing up for days now and call centre training is dire. ... 

 

The mattress is looking like a real good option for the family fortune.

We've just sacked off Lloyds in favour a natwest basic account for Amy, and a First Direct basic account for the joint account.

 

Lloyds wouldn't downgrade our account to the free one without lots of arsing about so fuck them, bye bye!

 

Get £130 for switching to First too, so that's cool!

[DodgeRover]

  On 16/11/2017 at 11:35, Chas4545 said:

Banks.

 

The mattress is looking like a real good option for the family fortune.

So much cash stuffed under the bed there's no room for communists?

 

I think the older members will get the joke?

[alcyonecorporation]

  On 16/11/2017 at 11:52, Lord Sterling said:

Fucking work again. Ended up in Milton Keynes and have to go to Corby by public transport for my next job. It cost me £6 to get to Luton and now the bastard train wants nigh-on £25 to do 4 stops and a 50 minute ride. Really? Not worth it. I want to go home now but work seemed determined that i pick up this bastard van and take it to Southampton.

 

I know that you can usually buy a cheaper ticket online etc... but often we only get jobs the same day or as in this case, I took my money out as I was running very low on funds.

 

I need to get out of this job and find something that pays the same but costs less to run.

DUGONG PICK UP SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR ALL PLATING JOBS IN THE LINCS-CORBY-LEICS-CAMBS AREA

 

Although you can fuck off if you think I'm doing the A14 eastbound at the moment. Urrrrrrgh.