The grumpy thread

[Tadhg Tiogar]

No, it absolutely isn't, and for that exact reason.

It will take a generation at least before we revert to "isn't", because it took at least a generation to get to where we are now.

[somewhatfoolish]

We've all seen vehicles driving about with a headlight out infact on my drive home (about five miles) I usually see atleast 4.Yesterday had a scabby transit connect in.Headlight out, sidelight the other side out,completely missing numberplate light and a stop and tail in upside down.Guy comes to collect his van "did you fit a new headlight bulb?". oh, so you brought it in for an MOT knowing you had a bulb out. "yeah, it's been out for months"

How hard is bulb swappage on a Connect? Is it Renault Clio hard? Or is the owner just a slack and lazy waste of skin?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

How hard is bulb swappage on a Connect? Is it Renault Clio hard? ....

Er....is the Clio one of the ones where you have to practically remove the entire front end of the car just to get at the headlight?

[Captain Furious]

Literally the day after I posted on here about not fixing iPhone screens any more, my sister comes over askin pg if I can fix an iPhone screen for my bro-in-law...least it’s a 5 which are a piece of piss.

[sierraman]

No, it's some sort of software corruption. Reset the new one just fine, tried same on my old one and it runs the update and restore, and crashes at the end. Piece of crap. Probably turn out to need a new battery and motherboard or some other shit.

 

Later I shall be spending some quality time in the garage. Just me, my phone, and Mr Lumphammer.

 

In other news, I just had a call from the school. Junior was supposed to do a maths project over Christmas and hasn't. We specifically asked him when the holidays started what work he had and he denied having any. So not only has he lied, but now has a shitload of Latin to do by next Monday and a massive Maths project to do tonight. If it isn't in by tomorrow he will not only get a week of detention but be dropped from the top Maths set which will remove his opportunity to do his Maths GCSE a year early. He can easily do it, he is just being a lying lazy little fucker.

 

Every privilege that boy has been given has just disappeared.

 

I am VERY FUCKING ANGRY

He probably doesn't see the value in Latin. To be honest its pretty useless as far as a subject goes. The bigger problem these days is the lack of work ethic, while ever someone has that they'll be alright.

[artdjones]

If you know Latin and Ancient Greek you can see why many words are constructed the way they are, therefore you will be able to use them in an understandable way in written form.That is a useful skill,I would say. Also,you will be able to learn and understand French, Spanish,Portuguese and Italian much more easily.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

He probably doesn't see the value in Latin. To be honest its pretty useless as far as a subject goes. ....

Latin is a language

As dead as dead can be,

First it killed the Romans,

And now it's killing me

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

No longer fix things with touch screens on for other people. I just hoard their broken shit and make good ones for myself... excluding Apple products. I once had an emergency buy HTC windows phone which I had as a work phone. It was one of the first windows phones so soon got forgot about and generally wasn't very compatible with apps and things but it was fairly robust. It never had a replacement screen in it, largely due to the metal construction of the frame. It was also the only phone I've ever had where the alarm goes off... in silence. Then after covering it in grinder sparks I broke it and it started messing around. I got the hump with it one day and launched it shattering the screen good but it still worked which infuriated me so I submerged it in a bucket of water until it died and then threw it in the shed.

A week later I found it and switched it on and half the screen worked which surprised me but with not much interest I just left it. 6 months later I came across it again and switched it on and... it all works, battery at 75%... Stupid phone. 

[sierraman]

If you know Latin and Ancient Greek you can see why many words are constructed the way they are, therefore you will be able to use them in an understandable way in written form.That is a useful skill,I would say. Also,you will be able to learn and understand French, Spanish,Portuguese and Italian much more easily.

I'd consider myself fairly articulate and I don't know any Latin. Its about as pointless as Classics. When will they start teaching kids something of practical use in schools.

[Pillock]

Work ethic.

 

Daughter used to be very diligent at going to work as a pot washer a couple of days a week. Now she's with her boyfriend who sacks it off for the slightest reason, suddenly she is there about 50% of the time.

 

Got a cold. Got a headache. Not feeling up to it.

 

And then gets in a foul mood when they either give her shifts permanently to someone else, or she gets her pay packet and it barely covers a takeaway for them both. She's already been moved off weekends because she missed loads of shifts.

 

But still, he keeps phoning in sick and she gets the idea it's ok, that they can't argue if she has illness.

 

Hopefully the fact he phoned in sick the day his sick note ran out, and got told to look for another job, is a wake-up call. He can't do mornings apparently so it was unfair to put him on a 7.30am start....LOL!

[artdjones]

I'd consider myself fairly articulate and I don't know any Latin. Its about as pointless as Classics. When will they start teaching kids something of practical use in schools.

Yes,maybe how to repair iPhones,for example.Understanding how some of the major world languages work will always be useful knowledge.A lot of "practical" knowledge is superceded very quickly.I did computer science in 1976.I use the Latin I learned much more than that as it's completely outdated now.

[Mally]

Latin is a language

As dead as dead can be,

First it killed the Romans,

And now it's killing me

 

I took Latin 60 years ago. I thought it was dead then.

It seems I'll go first.

[meggersdog]

How hard is bulb swappage on a Connect? Is it Renault Clio hard? Or is the owner just a slack and lazy waste of skin?

took longer to fetch one out of the stores than fit it.

[sierraman]

I'm talking simple stuff like writing a letter, wiring a plug, managing money etc.

 

It won't matter how clever you are, if you don't have a work ethic you won't get anywhere.

[Anthony]

It won't matter how clever you are, if you don't have a work ethic you won't get anywhere.

Unless you're employed in the public sector, and then the workshy and inept seem to do surprisingly well...

 

Not that I think unkindly of half the slackers I work with you understand (he says, whilst replying to a thread on AS)

[chaseracer]

It will take a generation at least before we revert to "isn't", because it took at least a generation to get to where we are now.

 

There are many of us already working on this.  

[chaseracer]

Unless you're employed in the public sector, and then the workshy and inept seem to do surprisingly well...

 

Not in my experience.  

 

Indeed, for properly stupid laziness and outright venal corruption, you really need the higher pay grades of the state-funded private/charity sector of public service provision.

[Eddie Honda]

Despite this:

 

 

The arseholes at Virgin Media seem to be re-routing YouTube stuff as I've just tried streaming 1080p after that test and the fucking thing is stuttering. Yes, I could cancel, but as the best of a bad bunch...

[strangeangel]

Unless you're employed in the public sector, and then the workshy and inept seem to do surprisingly well...

 

I suggest you put down the Daily Mail, talk to some people who actually do work in the public sector, and then come back here when you have a clue.

[Anthony]

I suggest you put down the Daily Mail, talk to some people who actually do work in the public sector, and then come back here when you have a clue.

I work in the public sector, and in my experience of both private and public sector, what I said is true - the lazy and inept fair far better in the public sector.

 

Yours and others experiences may differ. No Daily Fail required.

[Parky]

The public sector guys I speak to are overwhelmingly competent and dedicated to what they do. They could earn shedloads more in the private sector but don't - and a good pension isn't the only answer to that question.

 

However for balance I know a guy who works for the MOD who can't change a lightbulb

[BavarianRetro]

He probably doesn't see the value in Latin. To be honest its pretty useless as far as a subject goes. The bigger problem these days is the lack of work ethic, while ever someone has that they'll be alright.

 

Latin is probably the most useful subject you can take if you have any interest in any reading, writing, understanding the written or spoken word, etymology or language - even holiday phrases.

 

An understanding of Latin is a very useful tool. It should be compulsory and I am certain the dreadful state of written English is, in part, due to the demise of Latin as a school subject.

[Parky]

As we know Latin is the basis for many European languages so has some relevance. Sure, nobody speaks it in daily life but it makes learning some other languages a little easier as many words or phrases are linked to their Latin predecessor and are thus slightly more familiar.

 

I would rather he learned more Spanish though. They don't even do French at his school anymore. When I was at secondary (84-91) we did French but only because the school had the idea that one day we would all be members of a new B.E.F and so it would make it easier to co-ordinate with French troops!

 

We also did Russian. Just in case. Well with all the Protect and Survive drills taking place it paid to be ready!

[C1am]

Parcel2go.com

 

You book and pay online so they have all your details - who you sent it to, how you paid, what it contained. Their courier Inpost, (which tracks your delivery) then loses your parcel between pick up and delivery address.

 

When you try and get a refund (for postage only) they ask for all the information they already have from the booking (which you supply again). They "promise" to get in touch after "investigating" with the courier company whether your parcel is lost. You spend hours on their live chat (you can't phone them), to try and get a refund. 

 

Do they think I will give up? Good luck with that.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

you will, as they will just fuck you about and waste your time till you give in. These courier brokers have infinite amounts of time to waste.

[C1am]

Maybe eventually, but I'll get my money's worth.

[DodgeRover]

Oh, is it now allowed to make up your own number plates in London? - the amount of cars driving around with plates that are not on "the database" seems to be increasing daily

It was about a £30 fine and no points for displaying (or not displaying at all) an incorrect plate so less than 2 days congestion and pollution tax

 

Oh and with the right contacts you can register a car in some of the more dubious EU member states by post, from the UK.....

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.... When will they start teaching kids something of practical use in schools.

I believe dissection skills involving knives is a popular extra-curricular activity.

[anonymous user]

 

However for balance I know a guy who works for the MOD who can't change a lightbulb

My niece, who is a teacher, needed my help to change a light bulb. She had tried, but had not realised that a bayonet cap bulb would not fit in an edison screw holder. I will be fair and say that she is willing to have a go and that once shown picks things up quickly.

[Eddie Honda]

Understanding how some of the major world languages work will always be useful knowledge.A lot of "practical" knowledge is superceded very quickly.I did computer science in 1976.I use the Latin I learned much more than that as it's completely outdated now.

Chefs, plumbers, undertakers & whores would probably disagree for starters.

 

We all eat, shit & die (and mibbie have a shag too).