The grumpy thread

[Saabnut]

Arse! Disco passed MOT and has done 130 miles of the 160 mile round trip. Was running great doing a steady 55 when it just cut out!

 

Now waiting on the AA

 

Arse again!

 

Eventually made it home, in a borrowed Hyundai Coupe! In tank fuel pump gone on the Disco, so recovered to my garage, to join the Cobra (and jumping into the slot that was booked for the L200 starter motor!).

 

Superb service from the AA again. From initial call to van arriving was 35 minutes. Obviously he could not fix it so called for a recovery truck. Van driver was about to start his lunch break so stopped with me with beacons on as it was on a busy main road. He carried a small kettle to run off his inverter so he made me a cup of tea. Recovery wagon arrived within the hour.

[New POD]

I feel your colleagues pain.

I was once treated like a piece of shit by a manager who tried to manage me out.

Looking back I was probabally suffering from mild depression and was struggling to do a job that i wasnt qualified for, but I was invited to a formal on the record disciplinary following months of not being able to keep up with ever increasing demands.

I turned up with Unite's regional negotiator because there was no other union member in the whole company - out of 450.

She had spent the morning negotiating with Jacobs Biscuit managers, and was shit hot.

I got to stay. My manager started treating me like a human, but I was still doing a job that was out of my comfort zone.

So when 45 of the 450 were made redundant later in the year I was glad to leave.

[Tamworthbay]

My Mum has had a fall, been in the bathroom at least four hours, possibly all day. She is conscious but very confused. Sister with her and paramedics on way but fucking hate being so far away at times like this.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Hope she turns out ok, mate.

[DodgeRover]

Sorry to hear that, hopefully she will make a full and swift recovery.

[DodgeRover]

MOT prep on the van today, had to remove one of the lpg tanks to weld the floor below it.

Vented the gas in the lines, it was so cold out that instead of immediately flashing to a vapour it sat in a puddle of liquid propane!!! I have never ever seen that happen, amused myself dipping the end of a spammer spanner in and watching the heat in the spammer make it vapourise.

 

Note to self: MOT prep should start more than 24hrs before the test next time, get a new test in the summer for more time to work in daylight and warmth rather than below zero temperatures.

[Tamworthbay]

MOT prep on the van today, had to remove one of the lpg tanks to weld the floor below it.

Vented the gas in the lines, it was so cold out that instead of immediately flashing to a vapour it sat in a puddle of liquid propane!!! I have never ever seen that happen, amused myself dipping the end of a spammer spanner in and watching the heat in the spammer make it vapourise.

Note to self: MOT prep should start more than 24hrs before the test next time, get a new test in the summer for more time to work in daylight and warmth rather than below zero temperatures.

As a fan of camping at stupid times of the year on a motorbike we found thatbthe little gas canisters would liquify over night rendering them useless unless you warmed them in your armpit for a few minutes but they do make entertaining flame throwers and you can write your name on the grass them light it. Very childish but entertaining.

[Mrcento]

Have to go put my Disco up for sale, sad i have to do it, even more sad that i'll have to be dealing with chancers and morons offering £50.

[DodgeRover]

Have to go put my Disco up for sale, sad i have to do it, even more sad that i'll have to be dealing with chancers and morons offering £50.

£75 an a broken Xbox tomorrow?

 

Stick an advert up on here for it

[mrbenn]

My Mum has had a fall, been in the bathroom at least four hours, possibly all day. She is conscious but very confused. Sister with her and paramedics on way but fucking hate being so far away at times like this.

 

Bloody hell. Hope she's ok.

[Tamworthbay]

Bloody hell. Hope she's ok.

Thanks, just heard that the ambulance has ruled out a heart attack (she is a mid 80s survivor of four) and is conscious at A and E but no idea how long it will take. Not sure whether to hang on here for news or just head out......

[loserone]

Pack a bag at least, how far have you got to go?

[Tamworthbay]

Pack a bag at least, how far have you got to go?

It’s about three hours, my sister has been brilliant and held the fort overnight. Turns out she had a fall earlier in the week and now has pneumonia and very low blood pressure. She is also incredibly confused and has been telling the doctors she was putting some screws in (as you do in your nightie with no teeth in and no screws or screwdrivers) and couldn’t get up. For a smoker in her mid 80s who has had four heart attacks she is a tough old bird so hopefully she will be ok. This is all on top of my sister finding out her lad has terminal cancer last week, shit start to 2019

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

I've lost a few close relatives in recent years to cancer and old age. One thing I have learnt is to be there with your family when it all goes to shit because you never know when the lights are going to go out. It involves several frustrating trips back and forth and a tonne of messing about but once they're gone, they're gone and if you miss the final hour then at least you tried. I regret not making the time to see my Grandad off, a great man. Distance and bloody work was the issue there, a job I couldn't give a crap about now as it's well in the past.

[Mally]

Best wishes with this.

Difficult decision about going or not. Only you can decide.

Weekends almost here. 

Go with how you feel.

[Tamworthbay]

I didn’t want to be in the way last night so just sat around waiting to hear more. I am going up today but may not get to see her properly as I still have this damned chest infection so don’t want to add to the problems and will go up again tomorrow with the family. I didn’t realise last night that they had not taken her to the little local hospital but one that takes 40 minutes off the round trip for me which helps. It’s also closer for all the family bar one so will work well if she has to stay there any length of time. It’s a good job I didn’t go last night as I would have been at the wrong hospital! I never even thought to ask.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Best of luck once again mate.

[bub2006]

Clive,I wish all the best and thoughts are with you. If you need anything then you know my number.

[alcyonecorporation]

I've lost a few close relatives in recent years to cancer and old age. One thing I have learnt is to be there with your family when it all goes to shit because you never know when the lights are going to go out. It involves several frustrating trips back and forth and a tonne of messing about but once they're gone, they're gone and if you miss the final hour then at least you tried. I regret not making the time to see my Grandad off, a great man. Distance and bloody work was the issue there, a job I couldn't give a crap about now as it's well in the past.

This is why I hate 206CCs.

 

My mum's stopped us both from sharing our last moments with my nan after it ground to a halt just outside Rochdale with a failed clutch. The Peugeot was a sub 20k, always garaged example that was pampered - none of which stopped it from rusting at 18 months old thanks to Heuliez's uniquely lackadaisical approach to longevity.

 

It was traded in for another car with a ripple in the door from where I roundhouse kicked it in frustration, the piece of shit.

[beko1987]

This is why I hate 206CCs.

 

My mum's stopped us both from sharing our last moments with my nan. It ground to a halt just outside Rochdale with a failed clutch. It was a sub 20k always garaged car that was pampered. Didn't stop it from rusting at 18 months old.

 

It was traded in for another car with a ripple in the door from where I roundhouse kicked it in frustration, the piece of shit.

Liked for the kick, not the rest. I'd have set it on fire I think

[cros]

The danger of social media is proper scary. I used to be content with Austins and Morrises, harmless and a doddle to fix. Then I found this place, bought a wanked out Freelander, and now I'm self-harming.

[castros_bro]

I've advised them that they are in breach of due process, to download all the emails off the server and put them out of the organisation's reach and contact the Union.  I've also explained the law to them and advised that any further contact with management on this matter should be through the Union and to not go to them directly.

 

I described the whole thing to my colleague as 'Pushing my Leftie Button'.  Which about sums it up.

 

It may help to do a £10  "data access request" to have copies of email, personnel files, meeting minutes, logged phone calls etc so basically anything which may be presented at a disciplinary meeting. I suspect the organisation a bit like the one I used to be employed by so part of the issue is not being able to get through the layers of management.

 

 

https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/your-right-of-access/

[nebuchenezer]

OMGSNOKAOS in east Kent my Arse

 

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

OMGNOKAOS in Brussels for sure. It is only a 7-8min haul down the dual carriageway to the office...…. Bulgarian twin wheel Iveco off in the brush..... Some new VW Tiguan decided it would prefer to get into the trees...….. and another blob box I couldn't identify as it was still covered in snow - had side-swiped a van.

Winter tyres not a requirement over here - but they fucking should be - the Belgians are bloody useless on the roads at the best of times!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

OMGSNOKAOS in east Kent my Arse

 

You’re Sandwich way, right?

 

Honestly, the snow isn’t that bad. It’s the twat lorry driver that fucked up this morning and blocked off the only realistic route out of my town...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On the topic of Grandads, I witnessed my Grandfather’s death back in 2012. Seriously messed me up for a long time but I don’t regret having been there. I do regret the fact that my Mum and Grandmother were on the way to the hospital at the time and were just a little too late.

[bub2006]

I was holding my great grandmothers hand when she went and also my grandfather I was stood at end of bed and my sister was cuddling him then he just went. My mum died when I was 8 years old and my memory of her was kissing me and saying love you loads and I'll see you on Sunday. Never seen her again,she was 32. My mum's parents have been close to me all my life. My grandad was a big strapping bloke and took no shit. Sadly lost him in 2007. My nanna is now 81 and I'm going to be in bits when anything happens to her.

[Eddie Honda]

Royal Fail, what a bunch of monkeys minges.

 

I want to send a small 2.2kg parcel, 32 x 26 x 13 (whilst I'm doing all the colanders, haven't got time to fanny around finding a less convenient carrier and because NI/IRL).

 

 

Why the fook do they charge the same (or less if you're counting the VAT) for a 2nd Class untracked with £20 cover, when you can get £100 cover on a tracked 48? Bonkers.

 

It's a good job I am fully capable of scrolling down a list.

 

(Don't get me started on that 1st Class con either!)

[Cavcraft]

Don't really know what you're moaning about, tbh. Couldn't pay my water bill again this month and United Utilities sent me a 'Get well soon' card.

[Kiltox]

Fuck sake I just laughed at one of Billy’s jokes, what’s wrong with me