The grumpy thread

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

  On 03/06/2019 at 10:00, dollywobbler said:

was a bit miffed that vehicles on the 'Citroen' convoy yesterday included a Morgan Plus Four, a Daihatsu Materia and a Merc Sprinter

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I've seen this on a few 'specialist' runs and it's annoying, but we're talking Citroens here - any of a myriad of things could've gone wrong in between booking and the actual day  From what I've seen, it wasn't too bad an impact, plenty of fine looking beasts made it.

I've booked het XJR for the FOTU - but at the rate bits are falling off I have no idea if we'll make it in that or something else at present.

[dean36014]

  On 03/06/2019 at 10:38, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

I've seen this on a few 'specialist' runs and it's annoying, but we're talking Citroens here - any of a myriad of things could've gone wrong in between boking and the actual day  From what I've seen, it wasn't too bad an impact, plenty of fine looking beasts made it.

I've booked het XJR for the FOTU - but at the rate bits are falling off I have no idea if we'll make it in that or something else at present.

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yep, my bx blew it's head gasket over the weekend.  So there is no way that's getting in fixed in time for my french trip in two weeks.

[dollywobbler]

Still, if I was forced to attend a one-make event in something unsuitable, I wouldn't try to take it on a road run. It's never a nice feeling, but it's a shame to spoil other people's fun as well.

[Saabnut]

As an aside, were there many AX there?

[stripped fred]

  On 03/06/2019 at 10:14, New POD said:

Looks fine. 

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Looks bored stupid.

[Tamworthbay]

wankers at Asda Tamworth, waited 30 mins for currency only for the woman to shut up shop as 'no cash', I don't give a shit, I am paying by card and want to order Rubels so no cash needed. Fuckwits. Can't be arsed to go to Sainsbury so it will have to wait.

[wuvvum]

  On 03/06/2019 at 10:38, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

I've booked het XJR for the FOTU - but at the rate bits are falling off I have no idea if we'll make it in that or something else at present.

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Assume the Jag isn't going to make it to Shitefest then?

[DoctorRetro]

CD player in the Galaxy has just died. It has a flicker to the screen occasionally and the red power light is on. 

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Was in the middle of listening to The Black Eyed Peas, which may have been why. 

Any ideas? Anyone have a spare CD player head unit? 

[DoctorRetro]

  On 03/06/2019 at 18:14, TheDoctor said:

CD player in the Galaxy has just died. It has a flicker to the screen occasionally and the red power light is on. 

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Was in the middle of listening to The Black Eyed Peas, which may have been why. 

Any ideas? Anyone have a spare CD player head unit? 

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Scrub that. Fixed it. 

[New POD]

  On 02/06/2019 at 10:13, MikeR said:

I have actually put high vis yellow strips on the front of the bonnet ...... they do get stared at !!!  , and they do work , but not noticed by everyone ...

the cashier in the petrol station even commented on them .. I  replied   " its because of the" bad"  drivers around here "

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I assumed it was so the good drivers could see you coming and get out of the way ?

[vulgalour]

I lost my temper rather disproportionately with the owner of the estate agent that manages the house we rent.  Naughty words, slammed doors, the works.  Not entirely sure where it all came from, tbh and while it's not entirely undeserved that I was cross with him, I was rather more cross than I should have been.  I don't know what it was but something just sort of clicked and I couldn't stop myself.  Mike thinks its been brewing for a while, lots of house movey stress in my life over the last couple of years, and of course lots of bad experiences throughout my lifetime when it comes to renting and rubbishy landlords/agents.

Tomorrow we'll see if we can resolve the problem.  It all stems from a lack of communication really, namely the estate agent not responding to us or the landlord to get things fixed.  On the rare occasion they do respond, which is usually when Mike and I have gone directly to their offices, they make all the right noises and then do nothing and afterwards deny all knowledge that we reported a problem.  This is precisely what started happening at the last house and what prompted us to move so I can see it all repeating again which is stress I could very much do without while I'm trying to keep everything under control.

Isn't renting fun?

[andy18s]

  On 03/06/2019 at 18:14, TheDoctor said:

CD player in the Galaxy has just died. It has a flicker to the screen occasionally and the red power light is on. 

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Was in the middle of listening to The Black Eyed Peas, which may have been why. 

Any ideas? Anyone have a spare CD player head unit? 

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I have 1 for you but I'm in Bulgaria

Can you meet me half way?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soz

[rainagain]

I'm trying to be a bit healthier/environmentally friendly by swapping my morning can of irn bru/red bull on the way to work for a vacuum bottle filled with fruit juice. 

I bought one of these from amazon which is advertised as being 65mm in diameter.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DJPDZVH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I couldn't work out therefore why it wouldn't fit my cup holder until I measured it,

You can see in the pic on the far right, even the box says it's 65mm in diameter! I'm trying to find a replacement on amazon but the amount of listings that don't state the diameter is doing my head in. 

Any know of a suitable vacuum bottle that will fit a 66mm cup holder? 

 

[anonymous user]

I had the same trouble trying to find a decanter that would fit in the ones in the Land Rover, in the end I made a compartment to fit in the cubby box.

[dozeydustman]

Shitty day at work. Tacho head unit wouldn't read my card so stupid filling the back of the roll out today. Hopefully it's the head unit not my card.

Been feeling snotty and headache.

Got home, no milk despite buying a 4-pint bottle yesterday afternoon.

One of the cats has puked everywhere, the other has again decided a fresh tray of litter is not as good as the floor next to it for a shit so I have banished them both the the great outdoors and locked the catflap.

I burnt dinner.

Mrs has told me off for locking the cats out and let them back in, the black one (normally the decent and nice one) decided it wanted to puke again.

Snotty and headache from this morning has now developed into a full on cold and sore throat.

I have no appetite.

Today has been a wanker.

[hairnet]

  On 05/06/2019 at 16:31, dozeydustman said:

Shitty day at work. Tacho head unit wouldn't read my card so stupid filling the back of the roll out today. Hopefully it's the head unit not my card.

 

I burnt dinner.

ahh well

 

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had sort of similar at work - they wanted me to drive half an hour to fetch a 'could be 3.5 ton or 7.5 ton' - this turned a hour and half job into 4 hours

piss up and brewery sprang to mind

i told them id never driven a 7.5 ton vehicle even tho i had the entitlement

the thing being moved was 100 inches square and a foot high

'no you have it on your licence you can drive it' 

no im not borrowing possibly a 75k vehicle and then you complain even tho youd been told id not used one i smash it

'oh youre refusing to do what we tell you - we will have words' (the manager is a control freak wanker)

no im refusing to do something dangerous and not qualified for - would you like to be speaking to vosa and health and safety?? (spoke to depot manager and found out id need a cpc? card for 7.5 which i dont have) - nice one depot manager

this was then rubbed in the control freaks face

they shut up after that - i went out in a flat front transit pick up in the end - not quite the 3.5 ton they were talking about

management - wankers (some of them)

[richardmorris]

That all made sense !

 

and well done for standing up to the fool.

[Lankytim]

Yep, you need a CPC for a 7.5 ton, and a tacho card.

[hairnet]

tell what arseholes they are that they asked on the interview 4 years ago can you drive a fork lift

no

seeing as we work in the parts and theres two floors it would be handy for us to have it to save getting the phone gadgees out of the office to help move/load stuff

im still waiting - insane thing was they got in an apprentice to work in the warehouse and they put him through the test which he passed but what happened?

he was on probation but was waiting for a court case to happen which coulda meant jail

court case went the wrong way - he left to visit a hmp somewhere

piss up - brewery - well beyond their capabilities

oh and ronin is on and ive missed the first hour - caught the tail end of the xm chase

[paulplom]

  On 05/06/2019 at 11:04, rainagain said:

I'm trying to be a bit healthier/environmentally friendly by swapping my morning can of irn bru/red bull on the way to work for a vacuum bottle filled with fruit juice. 

I bought one of these from amazon which is advertised as being 65mm in diameter.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DJPDZVH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I couldn't work out therefore why it wouldn't fit my cup holder until I measured it,

You can see in the pic on the far right, even the box says it's 65mm in diameter! I'm trying to find a replacement on amazon but the amount of listings that don't state the diameter is doing my head in. 

Any know of a suitable vacuum bottle that will fit a 66mm cup holder? 

 

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Could you not get a fab shop to hone your cup holder?

[rainagain]

Lol I can’t as it’s right next to the hand brake so whatever I get has to have the same thickness as a can and have parallel sides. 

[purplebargeken]

Big very clearly written notice placed on my garage door yesterday..... please keep clear, etc, etc.

Nope, one of the flat renting cunts parking his cunting Renner right across the cunting garage, entirely fucking up the fucking plan that I had to move the Triumph to my mates place on his C2 transporter to weld a small patch on and replace the CV joint. This would have enabled me to put the engine back together and make the car easier to move around. Nope. That didn't happen at all.

To say I am angry would be a vast understatement. Not. Fucking. Happy.

[wuvvum]

The joys of living in London.  You need to get your arse out of there mate.

[Cavcraft]

Idiots with dogs they struggle to control. Some dickhead has got one of those husky type things round here, and the day it pulls the owner over and attacks another dog can't be far off. He struggles to contain it normally, when it sees another dog it goes off it's tits and tries to make a break for it. Other people have similar dogs that don't seem as badly trained or vicious, how can they manage it yet the tiny minority can't? He's joined the club with some weird/smelly dole cheat type woman (walks with a stick when people are around, doesn't use it when she thinks nobody can see) with a vicious bastard Labrador usually not on it's lead and some tit with a walking stick, a mountain bike and a dog that appears more frightening than a hungry bastarding lion.

 

[anonymous user]

Today I had an interview for a job. It's a job that I can do easily as it's a small part of what I used to do. I don't think the interview went very well (the one interviewer seemed a little bored) and I am annoyed with myself for not answering some of the questions more thoroughly.  I am disappointed in myself as it's not easy to get an interview at my age, although I'm not completely sure I wasn't just there to make up  the numbers. Now wishing I hadn't applied as I hate humiliation.

[New POD]

  On 06/06/2019 at 17:17, purplebargeken said:

Big very clearly written notice placed on my garage door yesterday..... please keep clear, etc, etc.

Nope, one of the flat renting cunts parking his cunting Renner right across the cunting garage, entirely fucking up the fucking plan that I had to move the Triumph to my mates place on his C2 transporter to weld a small patch on and replace the CV joint. This would have enabled me to put the engine back together and make the car easier to move around. Nope. That didn't happen at all.

To say I am angry would be a vast understatement. Not. Fucking. Happy.

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Im sorry. Why did you not put the offending  car on the transporter and leave it in the middle of a dual carriage way ? 

[SiC]

  On 06/06/2019 at 17:17, purplebargeken said:

Big very clearly written notice placed on my garage door yesterday..... please keep clear, etc, etc.

Nope, one of the flat renting cunts parking his cunting Renner right across the cunting garage, entirely fucking up the fucking plan that I had to move the Triumph to my mates place on his C2 transporter to weld a small patch on and replace the CV joint. This would have enabled me to put the engine back together and make the car easier to move around. Nope. That didn't happen at all.

To say I am angry would be a vast understatement. Not. Fucking. Happy.

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Print a notice out and pritt stix it on their windscreen if they do it again. Make sure you use genuine pritt stix so it leaves a gooey mess. 

[Fumbler]

And use UHU glue to make sure half of the paper is left behind with a sticky mess. Works a charm.

[SiC]

Surely it is no worse than the pouches that traffic warden use?

 

[Fumbler]

Warden pouches down here usually come off without a problem if you apply enough water. I don't know, perhaps its because they don't stick them down properly because they're in a good mood! I have seen a car once with a stack of five on its windscreen. Old Mercedes too. What I do know is that once-upon-a-time I had lumps of UHU glue on my wall (from fixing permanent reminder notes to the wall) and it pulled the plaster clean off.