The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Waiting for my daughter to get off the bus, fucking old twat going on about the homeless ‘well of course it’s a lifestyle choice, they just don’t want to work’. I just about managed not to erupt at the arsehole. And what is it with with some old women who seem to think half a bottle of perfume per day is a sensible amount? Fucking took my breath away.

[twosmoke300]

To hide the smell of stale piss I’m guessing ?

[Supernaut]

Friends of mines car was reversed into by the guy across the road from them who drives one of those pickups with the aluminium beds. You can clearly see the dent on the car from the corner of the bed and parts of their red brake light were lodged in the corner of his pickup. He has flatly denied it and claimed someone else hit him that’s why there’s bits of red brake light stuck to his truck.

 

They called the company on the side of the pickup but they just said if he has denied it they won’t do anything. It’s properly messed up their car so badly the sliding door no longer slides back so there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed it.

 

What a total shitty human, I wonder if I should pass the company details to Sheefag for a special call?

Drive over the pickup truck with a fucking tank, then deny all knowledge of it.

[Pieman]

Waiting for my daughter to get off the bus, fucking old twat going on about the homeless ‘well of course it’s a lifestyle choice, they just don’t want to work’. I just about managed not to erupt at the arsehole.

 

You showed remarkable restraint!

[Tamworthbay]

You showed remarkable restraint!

it’s unusual for me to be honest but the two of them were about 70 or older and I just didn’t trust myself not to completely erupt at them. She was just vile, everything out her mouth was a moan for the twenty minutes I had the misfortune to be there. Including five minutes slagging off the cost of stamps and the Royal Mail with a finishing statement of ‘of course I never complain about the price of a stamp because of what you get for your money’, really, REALLY? Well I must have just dropped a fucking tab of acid and hallucinated your vile insidious rant for the past minutes. But it was the go at the homeless that ground my gears, still pissed off about it over an hour later.

[rainagain]

Drive over the pickup truck with a fucking tank, then deny all knowledge of it.

No those are pieces from another pickup imbeded in the tracks that I ran over yesterday, they’re not yours. It must have been another identical tank than ran over your pickup.

[DodgeRover]

My brother and his partner (both medicos) were horrified when I told them I had superglued and steri striped the big flap of skin I attempted to detach from my finger whilst chopping veg back in place.

 

Apparently there are two grades of superglue - medical and non medical

 

I haven't died yet

It's good for wound closure but only if it's a clean wound, if you have contamination you risk sealing it in there. Once the wound is sealed it is difficult to reopen for a medic to check or clean should you go to hospital.

Obviously on a battlefield or where there is no Dr then not bleeding out is preferable to the longer term risk of infection. Same with quick clot and similar agents, their use is discouraged now on humans and animals even though they are very effective.

[Saabnut]

After my earlier grump of vehicles breaking, I just decided to nip out and fetch more milk (8 miles away!) and whilst out stop of for a cheeky pint in the local Bistro as it has started opening the bar Friday and Saturday evenings. Of course, the Saab decided tonight would be a good night to finally give up on the battery that was fitted when I bought it 7 years ago. I had suspected it was dying so ordered a new one which has not arrived yet.

 

Good job I have emergency UHT milk in the cupboard. Think I will go for that pint tomorrow now....

[chaseracer]

Find a busy roundabout and practice:)

 

Even more betterer!

 

[FakeConcern]

Even more betterer!

 

Put this in the Grin thread quick!

[Tamworthbay]

Seems it’s my ‘meet an arsehole day’ after the scumbag earlier, I have now had to explain that having children shouldn’t be purely down to the ‘intelligent’ in society and that some of the scumbags terrorising estates and old people may or may not be low in intelligence, scumbags can be thick as shit or clever as anything, the defining factor is that they are twats. When did I die and wake up in fucking 1939?

[Rocket88]

Having a frustrating time at the moment with the Princess.  The fuel screw seems intent on unscrewing itself which is mucking all the settings up.  There is very much an art to driving a car that has suddenly developed a self-adjusting carb.  Thankfully, my spare is being reconditioned and rebuilt as I type so the problem will hopefully go away completely soon.  In the meantime, I'm just gritting my teeth.  We're going to go through all the various settings as soon as we can at the unit, just to check everything else is as it should be.  Who knows what else has developed a mind of its own?

 

Loctite?

[PhilA]

Even more betterer!

 

https://youtu.be/HYuvLetJMy8

Incidentally that was done for a reason. That's the General Lee, drifting around Lee Circle in New Orleans.

 

Grumpy ish though because they removed the statue of the namesake because people find history offensive.

 

Phil

[320touring]

Incidentally that was done for a reason. That's the General Lee, drifting around Lee Circle in New Orleans.

 

Grumpy ish though because they removed the statue of the namesake because people find history offensive.

 

Phil

If I had a General Lee and permission to do that (it's for the fillum, duh:))

 

I would make many many waaap waaap noises

[dollywobbler]

it’s unusual for me to be honest but the two of them were about 70 or older and I just didn’t trust myself not to completely erupt at them. She was just vile, everything out her mouth was a moan for the twenty minutes I had the misfortune to be there. Including five minutes slagging off the cost of stamps and the Royal Mail with a finishing statement of ‘of course I never complain about the price of a stamp because of what you get for your money’, really, REALLY? Well I must have just dropped a fucking tab of acid and hallucinated your vile insidious rant for the past minutes. But it was the go at the homeless that ground my gears, still pissed off about it over an hour later.

 

Really worries me that more and more people seem to think it's ok to mouth off utter shit about other people, whether regarding race, gender, lifestyle etc. I thought we were meant to be living in more enlightened times. Instead, I'm left wondering whether other parts of the world might be nicer.

[Pieman]

Today's grump: whenever a picture of a wrecked or damaged vehicle is posted anywhere online, someone always has to post a joke involving T-Cut as if no one in the world has ever heard such a wonderful witty response before.

[Zelandeth]

Oh dear lord...Whoever you were in the 18 plate Mercedes I let through the narrow bit in Newport Pagnell this afternoon...please don't flash your headlights to say thanks.  I literally had to pull over and wait about a minute before I could see properly again.  Those aren't headlights, they're bloody photonic weapons... That's the first time I've been properly blinded like that.

[dollywobbler]

Oh dear lord...Whoever you were in the 18 plate Mercedes I let through the narrow bit in Newport Pagnell this afternoon...please don't flash your headlights to say thanks. I literally had to pull over and wait about a minute before I could see properly again. Those aren't headlights, they're bloody photonic weapons... That's the first time I've been properly blinded like that.

In the remoter parts of Scotland, you indicate left to say 'I am stopping, come through' and indicate right to say thank you. Seems very sensible. I always try to switch from headlights to sidelights at night, and just bloody wave in the day.

[Zelandeth]

In the remoter parts of Scotland, you indicate left to say 'I am stopping, come through' and indicate right to say thank you. Seems very sensible. I always try to switch from headlights to sidelights at night, and just bloody wave in the day.

Yep, after dark I've always "flashed" the lights in thanks by dropping them momentarily to sides as I go by. Especially back when I had the Niva with several hundred watts of spot lights also tied in to main beam.

 

Granted, a lot of people these days probably don't even know where the switch is...it was set to "auto" when they bought the car and never again touched...

[taxi paul]

When I went over the cat and the fiddle road three times a week in my little lorry. Left indicator meant "your clear to overtake me". Left indicator and a touch of the brake lights meant ,"clear for now to overtake, but if something comes I will stop and let you get past". Right indicator meant thanks.

[PhilA]

That's uncommon here.

 

You flash your lights to the car in front just before you pass them. AKA look in your mirror, I'm going round you.

 

Thanks is only ever by a wave.

 

You only ever otherwise use your bright lights in anger or to signal that there's a police speed trap ahead, though neither are an official sanctioned usage of vehicle signals.

 

Phil

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

5.30 train cancelled due to no driver being arsed to steer the train so I'm stood sitting at this here station wasting my time. Thought I'd buy my weekly ticket for next week in advance but computer says no. Thought I'd buy it online and do it that way but internet says a ticket starting on the 18th can only be bought on the 20th. This is too much for this time of the morning.

[Cavcraft]

Message the managing director with pictures of the damage and the location, also damage to the truck, if it's a company vehicle there should be a daily check done so damage would have been noted prior.

 

Trouble is they'll deny it anyway. Why would they (except morally, of course) make a claim on their insurance when they know he has no proof?

[nebuchenezer]

Yay, snow!

 

Perfect* for my automatic RWD car which doesn't have winter tyres on it yet.

100 kg of bagged cement in the boot

 

worked for father neb in his mk iv cortina 2l auto in the days before winter tyres

[Minimad5]

Do we have anyone one here in a H.R or H&S position ?

Required a tad of advice.

If so, please throw us a P.M

 

^Reason why I R grumpy

[Guest Hooli]

Even more betterer!

 

https://youtu.be/HYuvLetJMy8

Almost the only good bit of a very disappointing film.

[cobblers]

Well, I've learned a new thing about not refreezing chicken after it's slightly thawed cos someone left the freezer door open. "it still felt quite cold" wasn't a sufficient defence

 

I've also lost about half a stone since eating my tea last night. When the room stops spinning and turds stop flying out of me I might try to go to bed.

[ProgRocker]

I rarely contribute to this thread.

 

The perils of keeping a 2003 car in an en bloc garage built in the 1960s. Both wing mirror casings are now damaged. The rest of the wing mirror components look OK and at least I haven't scraped the side of the car so thank heavens for small mercies.

 

I've already handed my notice on the garage to the council, I'll hand the keys back on 4th January and the Almera will have to stay outside in the residential car park.

 

I've had the garage since January, never had much of an issue putting the car in the garage during the year. I guess my concentration levels aren't as high in December - I probably have that SAD thing.

[The Moog]

That feeling better after a bug - false dawn. Back to stomach cramps and other symptoms.

 

Only blessed relief is my new bidet - cooling relief.

[dozeydustman]

Oh dear lord...Whoever you were in the 18 plate Mercedes I let through the narrow bit in Newport Pagnell this afternoon...please don't flash your headlights to say thanks.  I literally had to pull over and wait about a minute before I could see properly again.  Those aren't headlights, they're bloody photonic weapons... That's the first time I've been properly blinded like that.

 

 

I tend to turn my front fogs on and off quickly instead of main beam as the HID mains in the Saab will burn holes in the fabric of reality.

 

 

In the remoter parts of Scotland, you indicate left to say 'I am stopping, come through' and indicate right to say thank you. Seems very sensible. I always try to switch from headlights to sidelights at night, and just bloody wave in the day.

 

 

I have come across this a few times in the South East. Confused the hell out of me as the driver signalled left but didn't slow down or pull over. I thought he'd just left his indicator on until he gave a pulling over hand signal as well.

 

As a thank you after I've passed I do the lorryist's two right two left on the indicators