The grumpy thread

[xtriple]

I managed to piss off three women yesterday. That is an achievement I feel unworthy of!

 

Had a bust up with the woman upstairs: she has been sniping at me for a while and when I introduced her to another neighbour, she said rather mean things about me that made the neighbour look rather uncomfortable. So I had a go which was well deserved and long overdue.

 

Then later....

 

Back story:

 

I have a friend called 'Kaz' who calls round 3-4 times a week, she always brings her dog (little black pug called 'Mia' who is mad and loves annoying my two), she's about 30-35, pretty and seriously mad as a box of frogs! She knows about Beth and Beth knows about her. She normally calls round during the day but recently, she has been calling early evening which is fine by me. She's nice (in a seriously deranged way   ) and easy to wind up, tease and talk to.

 

So last night she turned up about 6:00 and sat down drinking coffee, Mia doing her best to annoy Chester by pinching his bone and then running off with it - she is little and sprightly and can get through gaps that a fat Basset struggles with... well, except he uses his 35Kg to just move things, chairs, sofas, anything out of his way and so the front room was looking a little re-arranged when Beth walked in.

 

With Willow.

 

The dogs got on which was nice but the two ladies had serious problems with each other! The speed and ferocity with which it all kicked off truly shocked me! Upshot was Beth storming out about 4 minutes after arriving and Kaz in floods of tears and she was totally innocent.

 

So now, none of them are talking to me. Thank God for dogs

[Junkman]

After months of R16 hoonage, I drove the 405 yesterday.

Man, what a stupidly big barge with no suspension and concrete seats, zero visibility thanks to elephant legs,

festooned with a load of buttons for shit you don't need and no fresh air because no phamous phlap.

You can't get in and out of it because the doors aren't where they should be, the seats are too far down

and after driving it for half an hour, you feel absolutely whacked.

 

Note to self: Next car must have reverse opening doors.

[Guest Hooli]

 

So now, none of them are talking to me. Thank God for dogs

 

I'd be tempted to put that as a grin, it makes life so peaceful & pleasant

[cobblers]

I just had a cup of Coffee from my big industrial coffee machine. It tasted a bit weird and there were some bits in it.

So I went over to the machine and had a proper look. As it's a massive commercial machine that gets used twice a week tops, the drip tray and grounds drawer would take months to fill up so I don't get a reminder to empty them.

I'd not used the machine for about a month anyway.

 

The bits in my Coffee were tiny flies.

The grounds drawer was full of tiny flies.

The drip tray had also gone putrid.

 

I'll have to strip and rebuild it later today when I stop feeling gippy about it.

[DodgeRover]

I managed to piss off three women yesterday. That is an achievement I feel unworthy of!

 

Had a bust up with the woman upstairs: she has been sniping at me for a while and when I introduced her to another neighbour, she said rather mean things about me that made the neighbour look rather uncomfortable. So I had a go which was well deserved and long overdue.

 

Then later....

 

Back story:

 

I have a friend called 'Kaz' who calls round 3-4 times a week, she always brings her dog (little black pug called 'Mia' who is mad and loves annoying my two), she's about 30-35, pretty and seriously mad as a box of frogs! She knows about Beth and Beth knows about her. She normally calls round during the day but recently, she has been calling early evening which is fine by me. She's nice (in a seriously deranged way ) and easy to wind up, tease and talk to.

 

So last night she turned up about 6:00 and sat down drinking coffee, Mia doing her best to annoy Chester by pinching his bone and then running off with it - she is little and sprightly and can get through gaps that a fat Basset struggles with... well, except he uses his 35Kg to just move things, chairs, sofas, anything out of his way and so the front room was looking a little re-arranged when Beth walked in.

 

With Willow.

 

The dogs got on which was nice but the two ladies had serious problems with each other! The speed and ferocity with which it all kicked off truly shocked me! Upshot was Beth storming out about 4 minutes after arriving and Kaz in floods of tears and she was totally innocent.

 

So now, none of them are talking to me. Thank God for dogs

Can I ask what brand of aftershave you use? You attract women like I attract annoying biting insects!!

[Guest Hooli]

Eu du Bentley, it's like EP90 but more upmarket.

[Negative Creep]

Still car hunting, hoping to look at a few more tomorrow. Search isn't being helped by the fact I have to let my Dad help me, since although I'm paying the money is in his name. So far I've had the following ideas dismissed:

 

Volvo, BMW or Mercedes - too expensive to get parts for

Citroen C5 - too big so I won't be able to park it

Alfa 159 - will break down

Anything over 100,00 miles - will fall apart the moment I turn the key

Something 15 miles away - too far to travel

 

Suffice to say, it's a frustrating process

[xtriple]

Can I ask what brand of aftershave you use? You attract women like I attract annoying biting insects!!

I wear the aromatic delight that is 'stink like wet dog' as I sleep with two (sometimes three   ) and I think we all pong the same! Anyway, just to add balance, I have just been out with ANOTHER lady and her dog (Jane and Milly) and we had a great time. All you need to do is : not fucking care! Seriously, dont care and it seems to be a challenge, I wish I'd known all this years ago when I did care....

[dave21478]

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing unusually high levels of retardation on the forum these days? 

[chaseracer]

"The brakes are working...?"

[SiC]

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing unusually high levels of retardation on the forum these days?

Maybe the vacuum advance is broken?

[dave21478]

I was thinking more along the lines of stupid people posting stupid things.

[chaseracer]

Like people using "retard" in a context other than the modulation of speed, you mean?

[danthecapriman]

Well don't read it then. The topic or thread title should be a good hint as to what's in it.

[twosmoke300]

What ? The news 24 thread ?

[danthecapriman]

What ? The news 24 thread ?

No, I think dave's having a moan about the open forum. Or rather a topic in it.

[Timewaster]

Fukin livid ! Spilt roast potato cooking oil down my brand new jeans..despite attacking it immediately , it hasn't come out

 

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I did something similar with a kebab and a cotton shirt.

 

A good spray of Brake cleaner did the job.

[SiC]

I find washing up liquid pretty effective in removing grease from clothes. It's great at removing grease from plates, so why not clothes?! I don't think it does the fabric much good if you keep doing it mind.

[chaseracer]

No, I think dave's having a moan about the open forum. Or rather a topic in it.

 

Which Dave? 

 

I know what I'm objecting to - and I'll challenge it every time I see it, here or elsewhere.

[dave21478]

no, I am talking about the entire fucking forum and the dross its full of.

 

Its like your favourite pub. You go there a lot, you know the regulars and the regulars know you. Shared interests and common outlooks on life mean easy conversations flow on all manner of topics. Its comfy.

 

But it changes. There is no one event that causes it, and its not a sudden thing - its a slow, creeping and unstoppable change. One day you look around the bar and realise that the people you are interested in listening to, the people you can be bothered conversing with have reduced in number, with the old faces not showing up as often as they used to. Those that are left are slowly drowned out by aggressively arrogant arseholes, smug "better than you" cunts and tedious facebook wankers.

You catch sight of yourself in the mirror behind the optics and see that you have changed too....times change and people move on.

So you down the last of your pint, place your glass in the bar and walk out the door. You might look in from time to time in the future to see if things go back to the way they were, but you dont hold out much hope.

 

This is me finishing my pint.

See ya.

[danthecapriman]

Which Dave? 

 

I know what I'm objecting to - and I'll challenge it every time I see it, here or elsewhere.

Not you. Dave numbers.

[warren t claim]

All I wanted to do was have a sensible discussion on capital punishment. If the odd member spits their dummy then so what? It's the Internet not real life.

[chaseracer]

It ceased to be 'sensible' quite rapidly.

[John F]

I never understood why more people don't just ignore threads they don't like instead of deliberately reading them & becoming angry.

[Inspector Morose]

I fail to see the point of most of that section. This is a car forum not a sodding Facebook substitute.

[chaseracer]

We haven't had a flounce for a while.  A pity it was a 'net contributor'.

[dollywobbler]

FFS. What really is the point of flouncing off? Especially in response to a discussion in a section that is so easily ignored. Personally, I think that section should either be entirely canned, or start having certain topics banned. Last thing we need is more reasons to fall out with each other.

[John F]

I don't think the open forum should weighed in... the vast majority of threads in there are not contentious, and can provide something to read when you've read all the main forum threads that are interesting. There are also a lot of cross-over topics in there that are of interest to shiters too, such as DIY threads, tool reviews or other non-automotive machinery.

 

And if the off-topic area was binned those sort of threads - if not banned outright, which opens up an entirely new can of worms - would just cause car threads to drop off the main page more quickly.

[richardmorris]

I fail to see the point of most of that section. This is a car forum not a sodding Facebook substitute.

But with such a large cross section of membership, many trusted members will have a huge knowledge base to tap. Eg plumbing, electrics or computers. I’ve been able to tap into this many times saving me lots of money. I do ignore politics and religion though, it’ll end in tears!

 

Edit, plus vacuums, gardening, painting, bikes, technology, phones.

[Saabnut]

In my how much shite is too much thread I mentioned the super reliable* P38 that broke every time I used it. Always gets me home (so far) but has to be fixed before using it again. Today I did a 55 mile run each way to the classic car auction, delivering an old caravan at the same time, so as usual it had the Ifor Williams on the back. Door catch froze in the open position, so had to boil a kettle so was late leaving. Ran perfectly on the way down. On starting to come home, it illuminates EAS fault and the rear suspension drops to the bump stops, front suspension goes into high mode. Of course my box of electric trickery is 55 miles away. Made it home with most of my teeth intact, but tomorrow I will have to reset it all again, the EAS gets confused every couple of months and needs resetting after which it is fine for another couple of months.

 

FFS this modern shite is starting to get to me!