The grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

Just stressed.  Stressed, stressed, stressed.  No money to do anything beyond keep things where they are.  No ability to push my business into bigger projects until I know what's happening with the house move (10 months, three failed house purchase, and still no closer to getting a house) which means no more money since I can't necessarily meet obligations a bigger project demands while I'm in limbo.  People the world over being absolute dicks to other people for no reason other than personal wealth and short sighted cruelty.

 

I just generally feel stuck and frustrated at the moment with no power to change anything.  I want to just have a big old rant at someone, anyone, anything, but there's no one place to focus it on.  It's all so infuriatingly nebulous.

[Floatylight]

Spent all day trying to put together a PowerPoint presentation for a job interview on Tuesday, such a ballache trying to second-guess what they want.. Maybe tomorrow I will find my inspiration..

 

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[GrumpiusMaximus]

Had a concert tonight, first one with the new choir I've joined.  It was good fun.  In a cathedral, etc.

 

Walked out, didn't know where I was going and walked about 3 miles looking for the car park.  In a city that I know a bit, I ended up walking in totally the wrong fucking direction.

 

And I'm back in work tomorrow doing tech for a big event.  And I'm the only techie.  And have a shit ton to transport before I can even start setting up for rehearsals...

 

Concert was good fun, though.

[reb]

Due to our management staffing levels being somewhat suboptimal, I started today at 9am despite not leaving last night after midnight. On a Sunday this amounts to sitting in the shoebox office for hours on end waiting for something to happen. Let's play a game of what awful thing did I forget to do last night!

 

On the plus side, I have a large thermos of niceish coffee. Maybe it won't be so bad after all.

 

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[cobblers]

Can't find my flat cap anywhere. Bugger

[mercrocker]

I read that as "cat flap".....Sorry chap, now I understand.

[bub2006]

Bought cooker off Facebook. Dirt cheap because brassic. Its wired in properly and the oven doesn't work. Turned it all off off and found no issues or loose connection. Turned back on and the bastard thing just blew me into the wall. £25 up the swanny,left arm shaking and chest pounding now. Feel like shite.

[Richard]

Elaine Page. It takes about three minutes of her show to give me a splitting headache. If her voice doesn't do it the fucking cacophonous racket she plays will. 

 

https://youtu.be/NvsuZEGbg58?t=102

[Guest Hooli]

Bought cooker off Facebook. Dirt cheap because brassic. Its wired in properly and the oven doesn't work. Turned it all off off and found no issues or loose connection. Turned back on and the bastard thing just blew me into the wall. £25 up the swanny,left arm shaking and chest pounding now. Feel like shite.

Explains why it was cheap!

 

I'd have thought your place would have RCDs to prevent that.

[bub2006]

It does but they didn't trip. Don't think I took enough current to trigger it.

[jonathan_dyane]

I've got a gas cooker you can have for free in 3 weeks if that any use?

[beko1987]

Get a charcoal bbq instead, much more fun!

[bub2006]

I've got a gas cooker you can have for free in 3 weeks if that any use?

Thanks I'd appreciate that. What's your location please?

[DodgeRover]

Sorry to hear that Bub, anyway you can check if the wiring to it is correct? If it's earthed and on a modern RCD system it shouldn't give you that much of a shock.

At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs

Old system

Red live

Black neutral

Earth unsleeved

New

Brown - live (fucking stupid choice if you ask me but they didn't)

Blue - neutral

Earth - unsleeved

[DodgeRover]

My grump had a call from a family member just got a new to her Meriva on a '59 plate off a lot with a fresh test, making a terrible noise from the front. Took it up the road and wished I hadn't, had to stop to check the wheel wasn't falling off it was that bad.

2 new drop arms on the front anti roll bar, both are on upside down, both are loose as there isn't sufficient thread showing for the nyloc bit of the nut to go onto!

Seriously who is that sodding thick, got to go and put them right tomorrow after work.

[bub2006]

Wiring is matched up and all well. It's more an internal fault I think. I'm still tingling now.

[5speedracer]

Oh, how I miss the "Old Man"!

 

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[myglaren]

My grump had a call from a family member just got a new to her Meriva on a '59 plate off a lot with a fresh test, making a terrible noise from the front. Took it up the road and wished I hadn't, had to stop to check the wheel wasn't falling off it was that bad.

2 new drop arms on the front anti roll bar, both are on upside down, both are loose as there isn't sufficient thread showing for the nyloc bit of the nut to go onto!

Seriously who is that sodding thick, got to go and put them right tomorrow after work.

Take it back!

[jonathan_dyane]

I’m in Liverpool bub mate which I appreciate isn’t all that handy.

[bub2006]

Approximately 150 mile round trip so is doable.

[jonathan_dyane]

Well it’s yours if you want it and you can wait a little.

[bub2006]

Thanks I appreciate it. Should be fine. If anything changes in meantime I will let you know though thanks.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Elaine Page. It takes about three minutes of her show to give me a splitting headache. If her voice doesn't do it the fucking cacophonous racket she plays will. 

 

https://youtu.be/NvsuZEGbg58?t=102

 

 

I thought she was doing cruise liners. Best fucking place for her, 500 miles out into the Atlantic.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I am single, frequently sad but not for the lack of a lady in my life, I like being alone nowadays and can't imagine living with someone. Mind you, I can't imagine anyone wanting to live with me if they knew how I live!

 

I have no idea how I keep getting into these jams, yes, if I find someone attractive I'll tell them (straight out, no messing - 'fuck me, you are GORGEOUS! ' type of thing    ) but to everyone else, I am just 'me' - friendly etc but nothing more. It's not like I'm going to give George Clooney sleepless nights worrying about his fading looks!

 

be straight with Kath- tell her what you cant do and why

[Noel Tidybeard]

The pay rise I've been working my bollocks off for has finally happened after 5 years aaaaaand it's not even half of what I was expecting and puts me on about £350 less p/m than the other guy doing the same job with about the second experience etc.

It's still a raise, so I should be happy, but I'm grumpy as fook because they obviously think I can be mugged off on the cheap.

Time to hit the job market I suppose.

 

ask them who is best person to give details for to get a reference

[Noel Tidybeard]

£98. Fucking £98! Wont be brimming the 406 much anymore...

 

Then the esso app didn't register me replacing the pump so one of the staff came out and gave it a good kicking, and I rebooted my phone.

 

The good kicking probably explains why it's pissing out diesel from the handle... Plus to Che k it was reset he took the diesel nozzle out and squeezed a slosh out all over the front of the pump! Nearly dropped my fag in shock...

 

 

oh yeah forgot to tell ya an 406 has got a mahoosive fule tank- prolly cost £90 or more to fill

[Zelandeth]

Had a great weekend, lovely friendly event - right up to 2200 on the last day, when news starts spreading that someone's room has been broken into and part of their costume nicked.

 

Had enough that some scum have managed to put a sour note to the end of a great weekend, have caused that trauma to the guy involved, and have meant that the poor convention staff who by all rights should be getting the chance to chill the hell out for the first time in probably months are now having to run around dealing with this nonsense.

 

Now looking at most likely a room-by-room search of the hotel by the police too...I really need to be asleep about an hour ago to be confident I'll be in a fit state to drive all the way home tomorrow, yet now have no idea if we're to expect a knock on the door at any second.

 

Hard to believe that someone who's made the effort to come to the event would do this.

 

It's obvious it's not just someone off the street (not that there's much passing traffic, hotel is buried at the back of an industrial site) as there were plenty of easily shiftable high value items of tech in the room but they weren't touched. Just a single item that's sufficiently well known as to be "too hot to handle" in terms of resale that's been taken. It's either a massively misjudged prank gone wrong or a purely malicious act.

 

Why does one person always have to ruin things for everyone?

 

This little event is one of the very few times of the year I really feel safe and part of a wider family...so something like this stings a lot, it's unnerving in itself, but also makes it feel less inherently safe, but even more so is the fact it feels like a direct attack on what's essentially an extended family.

[iainrcz]

Not sure if I posted this, but last night at work fuck me.

 

Everything was going tits up. I actually got that wound up I was physically sick.

 

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[djoptix]

The mighty* Synergie keeps sticking with one indicator on, so I locked it and then took the negative lead off the battery overnight.

 

Next morning, taking kids to school. Get out of house with littluns. Remember about battery (car is on other side of the road) - can't unlock the car until battery is reconnected! Fuck. Tell kids to wait on pavement, go over other side of road, put bags down. Reconnect battery, unlock car. At this point, lots of traffic comes by. Stress about kids being on pavement right next to cunts in BMWs doing 40 down our road to get to the station. Cross road, collect children, strap them in, get in myself, start, drive off. BUMP. What the fuck was that?

 

Go round front of car. I left my bag on the floor in front of the car. I have just driven over my laptop bag containing phone, macbook, good headphones (Beyer DT250s), etc etc. Fuck. Pull bag out from under wheel. Get back in car. Drive off. BUMP.

 

Go round front of car again. I have now run over my camera bag as well, which I also left on the floor but must have been hidden by the bumper when I was extracting the laptop bag. Canon 60D, lenses, shotgun mic, flash...

[loserone]

No longer a DJ, no optix left.

 

Total bummer. House insurance?