The grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

Further to my BTwin nightmare, the Brompton I ordered on eBay from a guy selling a few of them actually sold a week ago, and the guy relisted it by accident. 

 

Fuck sake, he's offered me an unspecified discount or refund though so I'm going to see if I can strike a deal then go back to looking.

 

This is now a grin, I'm being given a better one!

[cobblers]

Yesterday I saw square sausage in Morrisons. I'd read the shitefest reports, so I had to give it a go.

It was fuckin lousy, I cooked two and gave one to the dogs. I'll really eat any old shit too.

 

My square sausage was marketed as "fancy" next to the "Heck" sausages and it cost me £3 for 4 slots. Perhaps the ones you get packed like a loaf of bread are proper and this was just a pretender?

[PhilA]

Someone has a Rover P6 for sale and I don't have the money right now.

 

Slight grin to the grump, wife says the P6 is aesthetically pleasing, compared to the GTA, which she reminds me routinely that she dislikes.

 

Phil

[320touring]

Yesterday I saw square sausage in Morrisons. I'd read the shitefest reports, so I had to give it a go.

It was fuckin lousy, I cooked two and gave one to the dogs. I'll really eat any old shit too.

 

My square sausage was marketed as "fancy" next to the "Heck" sausages and it cost me £3 for 4 slots. Perhaps the ones you get packed like a loaf of bread are proper and this was just a pretender?

You need to buy catering stuff. The higher the lips n arseholes content the better

[cobblers]

I'm going to try them on a sandwich tomorrow, maybe they'll sit better between bread and bacon and eggs and brown sauce, I had these this morning with some fried eggs that I fucked up a bit and some beans that turned out to be "sugar free" ones, maybe I was on a downer about the whole thing.

[DodgeRover]

Calling all tradesmen.... shortage of all housing related trades covering a whole (small) country.

Reason....not enough houses and no-one to build them.

Contact our local High commission to apply.

You may help to cure the rocketing house prices and you can even build your own !

Is Carpenter back on long term shortages list not just Canterbury?

[chaseracer]

Someone has a Rover P6 for sale and I don't have the money right now...

 

It's a long way from Loosyanna to Conelrad's place in south Manchester...

[vulgalour]

Cobblers mate, sorry to inform you of this, but square sausages are rubbish.  I was forced to eat them as a child, sometimes in after they'd been cooked on a tiny camping stove in the boot of an 80s estate car while parked in layby next to a busy dual carriageway.  This may have coloured my experience of them somewhat.  They're just greasy and grim and bleh.

 

 

In happier news, to counteract my fuel gauge packing up I found the radio blanking plate I'd misplaced so it looks like I'll be installing that spare original dashboard with decent veneer I've got now rather than repainting after all.  I found a spare fuel gauge in the garage too, so I'm hoping the fault is just that the one fitted has conked out and my spare is a good working replacement.  Bet it's not though.

[dozeydustman]

Yesterday I saw square sausage in Morrisons. I'd read the shitefest reports, so I had to give it a go.

It was fuckin lousy, I cooked two and gave one to the dogs. I'll really eat any old shit too.

 

My square sausage was marketed as "fancy" next to the "Heck" sausages and it cost me £3 for 4 slots. Perhaps the ones you get packed like a loaf of bread are proper and this was just a pretender?

 

 

Only had really good Lorne sausages in Scotland. Lidl do them, they're not too bad for a non-Scottish effort. Tried most other supermarket brands and they are total wank compared to my Glaswegian holiday a few years back

[SiC]

Cobblers mate, sorry to inform you of this, but square sausages are rubbish. I was forced to eat them as a child, sometimes in after they'd been cooked on a tiny camping stove in the boot of an 80s estate car while parked in layby next to a busy dual carriageway. This may have coloured my experience of them somewhat. They're just greasy and grim and bleh.

 

 

In happier news, to counteract my fuel gauge packing up I found the radio blanking plate I'd misplaced so it looks like I'll be installing that spare original dashboard with decent veneer I've got now rather than repainting after all. I found a spare fuel gauge in the garage too, so I'm hoping the fault is just that the one fitted has conked out and my spare is a good working replacement. Bet it's not though.

Is the voltage regulator working? Or did they start using solid state fuel gauges by the time of the Princess?

[vulgalour]

if it were the voltage regulator at fault I'd expect it to take another gauge with it *however* it wouldn't be the first one of those that's failed on me so it could be that.

[PhilA]

It's a long way from Loosyanna to Conelrad's place in south Manchester...

Worse, Ass-about-face-book said it was in New Orleans. It's not. It's in Miami.

 

I'm not going to Miami.

[paulplom]

We've started letting Eva out on her own to play with the other children. Their running around outside the front.

 

She was only born the other day...

My daughter is 6 at the end of the month. She was only born last week.

[Parky]

My daughter is 17 next month. Again last week etc etc....

[DeeJay]

I'm 60 this year. 

I was only born 30 years ago. 

[dave21478]

Yesterday I saw square sausage in Morrisons. I'd read the shitefest reports, so I had to give it a go.

It was fuckin lousy, I cooked two and gave one to the dogs. I'll really eat any old shit too.

 

My square sausage was marketed as "fancy" next to the "Heck" sausages and it cost me £3 for 4 slots. Perhaps the ones you get packed like a loaf of bread are proper and this was just a pretender?

 

 

The secret to square sausage is in the preparation. Take it out the fridge, cross the kitchen and throw it straight in the bin for best results.

Square sausage is arse, and I say that as a fat Scotsman who will eat anything.

[beko1987]

You need to buy catering stuff. The higher the lips n arseholes content the better

And corners, you need sausage with corners.

[dome]

Steak slice for me I'm afraid. I only buy the good stuff that you can actually taste meat in.

[320touring]

Steak slice for me I'm afraid. I only buy the good stuff that you can actually taste meat in.

Bullshit, never ever ever has a chuck wagon served slice:)

 

And I ken you frequent them;)

[Richard]

I might have to hand in my Volvo because I don't really like square sausage.

[omegod]

You can say that again

[Guest Hooli]

ADMIN! Can we ban all these freaks who don't like square sausage? after fried haggis it's the bestest brekkie thing ever & I say that as a southerner!

[cobblers]

I tried again, it was fucking miserable this time too.

Bleurgh.

I think this is the breakfast that's turned me off fried breakgasts being my default "weekend breakfast". It'll do me good because I'm getting to be a fat knacker.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hmm it's not looking great admittedly.

[Guest Hooli]

You need cooking lessons from the SVM.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I know there's a general hatred of Facebook and I've jet to find out what it's actually for but I do still have an account, that while I don't post on it, I do occasionally check once every six months or so and of course like the happy birthday posts.

 

Gave it a check today. Cheeky fuckers now only let you see a few posts then says to see more add more friends.

 

Er no thanks.

[Guest Hooli]

Do they? that's never happened to me & I keep my friends list well below 20.

[dave21478]

This seems like a pleasant spot for a breakdown.

[cobblers]

The like is in solidarity. Is it bad?

[dave21478]

It is not catastrophic. The left rear caliper has been dragging slightly for a while and has now gripped up hard and boiled the brake fluid to the point where the pedal just goes to the floor.

 

It's got so hot that it has blackened my +5bhp red caliper paint.