The grumpy thread

[strangeangel]

Not working today, but rose early anyway. After gazing in wonder upon the early morning sunshine I had a quick breakfast, threw on my bike gear and wheeled the DN-01 out onto the drive and thumbed the starter...

 

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[captain_70s]

On the NE being shit for finding cars.

 

When I lived in Banff I gave a mate who lived in Sheffield my post code so he could see what classic cars were for sale in my area on eBay.

 

He expressed considerable confusion when, by the end of the first page sorted as "nearest first" he was already looking at cars 300 miles away...

[Aston Martin]

Popmaster mentioning that "I wanna fuck every 12 year old" PJ Proby, it was in every fucking newspaper yesterday.

[Zelandeth]

Chap is supposed to be collecting the Land Rover today, he has not seen it deal done via text messages and phone calls. We have agreed a price and I have said that is not a point to negotiate downwards when we meet. Just as I got down to the station to meet his train got a text to say he was running late and will now get in at 3. By the time I get home it will be time to come back so now got to waste an hour or so. I am not confident that we have a deal, I don't feel good about the vehicle, as despite spending loads on it and selling for about half what it's cost me, I don't like selling things with issues, even though I have declared them. I just want to see the back of it.

 

#badmood/rantover

Yep...very much where I know I'll be with the Lada when I drag it out from under the tree, wash all the bird pop off and make another proper shot at selling it again next month...I know it's a project I had been expecting to pick away at for the next few years, so there's a to do list. I don't like selling stuff that's not as close to perfect as possible...even if I'm giving it away, never mind selling it for actual money.

[purplebargeken]

Just down, grumpy and quiet today. Feeling just generally sad. Missing my little ginger cat more so nowadays. 

[Tamworthbay]

Just down, grumpy and quiet today. Feeling just generally sad. Missing my little ginger cat more so nowadays.

 

I am sure lots of furry friends would love an owner like you mate, plenty out there needing a second chance.

[somewhatfoolish]

Kafka's not dead, he's working for the railway now.

It's so that getting it wrong is easy, that way the revenue protection stasi can fine you squillions for having the wrong kind of ticket to be traveling northwards on the 3rd tuesday of the month while there's a gibbous moon and it's above 9.1C outside.

[clayts450]

Went to ECP to pick up some brake discs on the way into work. Got to the door 'Cash payments only, cannot process card payments'. Had about £3.94 on me and some bits of fluff. Didn't bother going in.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Went to ECP to pick up some brake discs on the way into work. Got to the door 'Cash payments only, cannot process card payments'. Had about £3.94 on me and some bits of fluff. Didn't bother going in.

 

The last time I picked things up from ECP, they called me on my mobile in the morning to tell me that today was ' Cash only day!', as if it was some kind of celebration.  It was annoying but at least they called ahead.  Just having a sign is much, much more annoying.

[New POD]

The last time I picked things up from ECP, they called me on my mobile in the morning to tell me that today was ' Cash only day!', as if it was some kind of celebration. It was annoying but at least they called ahead. Just having a sign is much, much more annoying.

Although maybe they could phone another branch whilst you are there and you could pay them by card over the phone.

[New POD]

Anyway I have 2 trivial grumps.

 

I'm at the end of the 3rd week in my new contract.

I am only the second LTD company contractor they've had in the Manufacturing Engineering team, and the other lived locally.

They are insisting I work until at least 2:30 on Friday.

That's fine.

So this week is my first week that I've been in a b and b for 2 nights and travelled home 2 nights.

On Tuesday and Thursday I left at 3pm and got home by 5pm which was good.

I went to get my timesheet signed before and the hiring manager has asked me to ensure I don't go over 37.5 hours

Fair enough. But that would work for me if I could finish at 12 on Friday.

Part of my issue is I'm an early starter, so on the days that I stay over I'd be here by 7 anyway.

I'm thinking I may as well go home every night. The solution would be to have breakfast on arrival allowing me to leave at 5:30, get to work by 7:00 clock off at 15:00 and get home by 17:00 x 5 days a week. I'd rather do 7:00 to 17:30 4 days a week and not do Friday but that's not acceptable.

My other grump?

Fucking M6

Northbound accident after 20A yesterday afternoon. Google maps detoured me but 68.miles took 1:45

and

FUCKING M6

Southbound accident between 19 and 18 in the middle of the night meant that was totally closed and will be most of the day. Ended up.on.the M6 bypass from 20A the A50 through Cuntford and MoansChapel

Although once back on M6 is was very empty.

Meant my 7:15 target arrival went out 30.mins.

[Supernaut]

^^ Everything has jumped up in bloody value. Best to stick to buying off here, it's still the early 90's. 

 

The thing is. I kind of want a Lexus IS200 manual. My theory being that my 2.0 straight 6 driving the rear wheels with 150hp or so is adequate but would be nice with a manual box. It seems IS200s are better value for money than equivalent BMWs, and they have a 6 speed manual rather than a 5 speed.

 

IS200s don't seem to be silly money. At least if I do a search for the whole of the UK. I found a nice one in Bradford for £995, but it's a bit far from Aberdeen to just nip past and have a look!

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Fucking systems tool here - I took ages sorting out a mullered script. I'm the first to really look at it, they have an automated device that, of course, has gone tits up so we're stuck. took me bloody hours yesterday - then the main server decided to have a hissy fit...…. or so I thought - Nope - down for maintenance - email list 'should' be up to date!!! Idiotic CUNTS!

 

Can I recover the fucking modded script? Can I buggery!

I've got a locally stored chunk of stuff here (security setup means we're not supposed to do this so I'd be right up the kaiber) and am now, once again, modding the main script to get it working again.

 

On top - main DB access -5mths in on the contract - still not a chance! Actual, fucking, usless, dickheaded spunkbubbles. I've lost count of how many times I've explained it's profile related…. still not done.

I've alerted the boss I'm at the point of 'working from home' a hell of a lot in the very near future.

[Jerzy Woking]

Two earthquakes experienced in the last five days.

 

Not what I expected of Alicante (only a 4.0 on Sunday and a 3.3 yesterday). 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Although maybe they could phone another branch whilst you are there and you could pay them by card over the phone.

 

They clearly hadn't thought of that...

[Mrcento]

The NE of Scotland is crap for finding cars.

 

Autotrader search earlier. £2k budget, over 2 litres, manual box. 100 mile radius.

 

3 pages and 3 pages only, of utter dross. Depressing. Somebody was asking £1800 for a 2005 Saab 9-5 2.3t, not even an aero. Really? Or am I out of touch and 14 year old saabs have jumped in value?

 

^^ Everything has jumped up in bloody value. Best to stick to buying off here, it's still the early 90's. 

 

Tell me about it, i've been on the lookout for something local-ish for weeks, keep seeing folk saying they can't move for bargains right now, i'm kinda lost at where they are, it's all overpriced crap.

 

One really, really confused me the other day. A diesel Astra in Aberdeen... 2006 plate, 160,000 miles, 2 weeks MOT, £1600.

 

A few weeks back, there were examples with a years MOT and far lower mileage going for the 900-1200 range.

 

The Aberdeen one sold in 2 hours.

[anonymous user]

 

Just realised I forgot to pay for parking at the station on Tuesday. Car’s still there.

 

How many PCNs do we think?

Not enough, he could still see out

[anonymous user]

^^ Everything has jumped up in bloody value.

Apart from when I'm selling it

[Kiltox]

Amazingly, I managed to escape a parking ticket. I wonder if I’ll get a nice* letter...

[anonymous user]

Went to ECP to pick up some brake discs on the way into work. Got to the door 'Cash payments only, cannot process card payments'. Had about £3.94 on me and some bits of fluff. Didn't bother going in.

I think they're still in a precarious financial position, so probably need cash to come in over the counter, for important things like paying the staff at the end of the month, rather than it disappearing into the black hole of debt at the bank.

[Kiltox]

Anyway I have 2 trivial grumps.

 

I'm at the end of the 3rd week in my new contract.

I am only the second LTD company contractor they've had in the Manufacturing Engineering team, and the other lived locally.

They are insisting I work until at least 2:30 on Friday.

That's fine.

So this week is my first week that I've been in a b and b for 2 nights and travelled home 2 nights.

On Tuesday and Thursday I left at 3pm and got home by 5pm which was good.

I went to get my timesheet signed before and the hiring manager has asked me to ensure I don't go over 37.5 hours

Fair enough. But that would work for me if I could finish at 12 on Friday.

Part of my issue is I'm an early starter, so on the days that I stay over I'd be here by 7 anyway.

I'm thinking I may as well go home every night. The solution would be to have breakfast on arrival allowing me to leave at 5:30, get to work by 7:00 clock off at 15:00 and get home by 17:00 x 5 days a week. I'd rather do 7:00 to 17:30 4 days a week and not do Friday but that's not acceptable.

My other grump?

Fucking M6

Northbound accident after 20A yesterday afternoon. Google maps detoured me but 68.miles took 1:45

and

FUCKING M6

Southbound accident between 19 and 18 in the middle of the night meant that was totally closed and will be most of the day. Ended up.on.the M6 bypass from 20A the A50 through Cuntford and MoansChapel

Although once back on M6 is was very empty.

Meant my 7:15 target arrival went out 30.mins.

Do you always bill by the hour?

 

“Professional working day” here.

[Mrcento]

 

What's cheaper?, getting that removed or a trip to Autoglass courtesy of insurances glass coverage?

[New POD]

Do you always bill by the hour?

 

“Professional working day” here.

Engineering so yes. If I can. Usually this means I can get 5 days money in 4 days and Friday morning is a bonus.

It's made working out a daily rate for my insurance claim for jury service interesting. And contentious

[Lord Sterling]

My other grump?

Fucking M6

Northbound accident after 20A yesterday afternoon. Google maps detoured me but 68.miles took 1:45

and

FUCKING M6

Southbound accident between 19 and 18 in the middle of the night meant that was totally closed and will be most of the day. Ended up.on.the M6 bypass from 20A the A50 through Cuntford and MoansChapel

Although once back on M6 is was very empty.

Meant my 7:15 target arrival went out 30.mins.

This.

 

Today was supposed to be a fairly good day. Work has calmed down and the focus seems to be lesa on me and more on the new website which has failed spectacularly. Also its my birthday.

 

Today, I was also meant to finish at 4pm (usually finish at 4.30pm) because I had stayed until 5pm a couple of weeks ago. However, someone had a spectacular crash involving a HGV which closed the M5 right by the junction I'm meant to be getting off.

 

As I left work I fired up the SHAT Nav which diverted me away from the M5 but took me an hour and half to get home. So I still got here at the same normal time had the M5 been clear and I left at 4.30pm. Yeah, trivial but fucking annoying, so many bastard slow drivers not knowing where they are going etc...

[Amishtat]

Happy birthday LS!

[reb]

The only takeaway that delivers to me sells big bags of pic n mix, this would normally be a grin.

 

They've only gone and changed the sweets! They're crap now! Friday ruined!

[Pieman]

Must be crap motorway week.  Was working in Kunt today (near Brands Hatch to be precise) and waited to leave to head home to the Midlands until after 8pm so I'd miss the usual Friday traffic.

 

Check my posting time.  Thanks to EVERY motorway or other road I tried to drive on being either shut, down to a single lane, or covered in soul-destroying 50mph cameras, I've only just fucking got home.  It'd have been easier to leave at rush hour time I think!

[wuvvum]

I think everyone's trying to use up their roadworks budget for the financial year - should start to calm down a bit from next week.  At least I bloody hope it does - it's costing me a fortune in diesel having to do half a lap of Norfolk every morning to get in to work.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Grumpy doesn't come close...... Some utter wankspangling cunt of all cunts is sitting on the tunnel Eurostar uses.... ALL TRAINS CANCELLED

Waste of ungodly hour wake up and now negotiating how I can change the ferry booking for tonight.

I'm seriously, SERIOUSLY wanting this monkey-fisting dog-felching cunts name and address.

COCK

[Timewaster]

Grumpy doesn't come close...... Some utter wankspangling cunt of all cunts is sitting on the tunnel Eurostar uses.... ALL TRAINS CANCELLED

 

Uh? What's all that about?

Some sort of protest?

B**x*t nutter?

 

I fear were might see some more nutter related are ache over the coming weeks.

 

 

Edit: News would appear to confirm. B***** Nutter.