The grumpy thread

[loserone]

5 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Boots ear wax solution, about £4, does job.

Is that for polishing shoes?

[Jerzy Woking]

Going back to a former job is like going back with a former girlfriend.

They are ex's for a reason.

[Lankytim]

eBay have frozen my account for 7 days as I communicated with a buyer outside of their message facility, so if someone wants to come and view an item they need to buy it first.

 

I had a warning recently because a potential buyer tried to send me their number too!

 

FUCK EBAY. 

[loserone]

The guy I bought my 305 wings from had a persistent auction for a body panel with a sticker on with a "part number" on.

[Lankytim]

24 minutes ago, loserone said:

The guy I bought my 305 wings from had a persistent auction for a body panel with a sticker on with a "part number" on.

I had a photo of a post it note with my number on, seems they caught me out. Didn’t help that the guy sent me a request for my number and address about 4 times though. 

[Parky]

Son has spilt a load of water into his expensive monitor and now the colours are “all funny”

Fuck it.  He isn’t getting another, I am sick and tired of replacing tech such as iPads and phones because he is a technological retard.  I had told him so many times not to leave a glass of water on his window sill in case the wind caught the blind and swept the glass down onto the monitor but apparently i’m a bloody idiot as that couldn’t happen....

[adw1977]

For fucks sake! 

[SiC]

14 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

For fucks sake! 

Unsubscribe. 

Bet they'll get quite a few with an email like that. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Lankytim said:

eBay have frozen my account for 7 days as I communicated with a buyer outside of their message facility, so if someone wants to come and view an item they need to buy it first.

 

I had a warning recently because a potential buyer tried to send me their number too!

 

FUCK EBAY. 

There's always subhuman life on Bumtree....

[adw1977]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

Unsubscribe. 

Tempting, but they do occasionally send me useful offers. 

[Cavcraft]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

eBay have frozen my account for 7 days as I communicated with a buyer outside of their message facility, so if someone wants to come and view an item they need to buy it first.

 

I had a warning recently because a potential buyer tried to send me their number too!

 

FUCK EBAY. 

Hearing quite a lot of this recently. They even refused to send a message to the person who won a bike on eBay because I put my phone number on the message. How the fuck else is he supposed to arrange to collect it, telepathy or something?

[chodweaver]

If the problem with ebay (apart from their paranoia about losing their commission) is that they have a system that automatically checks listings for phone numbers, perhaps an image like the Captcha ones we see on forum sign up pages etc. could be used to get your phone number seen, without tripping their scanners...

like these...

[chodweaver]

Or even pop an animated gif like this as the last pic of your item...

[EssDeeWon]

Another ebay grump..  I ordered a steering lock for an old boy who doesn't have a computer / internet etc.  Paid on Monday, email to say it was dispatched yesterday and another email today to inform me I have been refunded!!

[Fumbler]

Fuel door doesn't open on the Land Cruiser. Got it open eventually but it seems a screwdriver might become a permanent accessory for the car.

[Lankytim]

Another grump... The only panel on this caravan I broke up that was clean aluminium with no bonded on insulation or shite was the roof, it was a huge sheet of clean ally, painted on one side and shiny on the other. It's been folded up to fit in the boot of the car and today I tried to weigh it in (all 10 Kg or so of it)

Apparently the metal used in caravans is such a low grade that they refused to buy it. I needed my car empty and they wouldn't even have it for free! I'm starting to see why caravans get dumped in laybys so often. 

 

[colnerov]

 

 Leave it out the front and half cover it up like you're trying to protect it, someone will be along shortly and 'lift' it.

[cobblers]

 

 

Three weeks ago I fitted some new exhaust rubbers.  Noticed a clonk over bumps so I stuck my head underneath. One has snapped and the other three are 90% of the way there! FFS

[beko1987]

My old silver laguna used to eat exhaust hangers too. The 2nd set I fitted I put a cable tie around the outside of them to stop so much strech

Then sent it to the scrappie before I could test the theory

[purplebargeken]

Seconded with the cable ties, although that style of rubber shape looks like it would be a pain to do so.

[barefoot]

Set off from a junction in the new* Rover 75 this morning and very, very slowly, a cupholder elegantly unfurled itself from behind the walnut dash...

Will the fucker go back in & stay in?

Will it fuck!

[purplebargeken]

^^ It's telling you the only way it can that you need to take in more fluids.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

23 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Another grump... The only panel on this caravan I broke up that was clean aluminium with no bonded on insulation or shite was the roof, it was a huge sheet of clean ally, painted on one side and shiny on the other. It's been folded up to fit in the boot of the car and today I tried to weigh it in (all 10 Kg or so of it)

Apparently the metal used in caravans is such a low grade that they refused to buy it. I needed my car empty and they wouldn't even have it for free! I'm starting to see why caravans get dumped in laybys so often. 

 

21 hours ago, colnerov said:

Leave it out the front and half cover it up like you're trying to protect it, someone will be along shortly and 'lift' it.

...and then they'll try to weigh it in, only to be told that it's such a low grade that the scrappy won't take it for free. It'll be back out front not long after that.... 

[brownnova]

Fucking arsenuggetting cockwomble... 

No not Boris... me. 

Bjornadette has been back on the road a mere 10 days after her many years laid up.

This prick forgot the car was an automatic, popped it into reverse got spooked when it started moving backwards stabbed for a pedal, hit the accelerator not the brake. The drivers door was open, as I was just about to get out, the door has hit the fence (of the house were supposed to be handing back to the estate agents any day now), snapping the concrete fence panel and bending the door! 

Somehow the hinges seem to have escaped any serious damage as the door still opens and closes fairly normally , but it’s badly bent at the bottom of the door and it has also bent the wing a little... 

Arse... 

Any leads on a new door? I’ve popped a wanted thread on the wanted section... 

[myglaren]

On 7/30/2019 at 7:41 PM, Parky said:

Son has spilt a load of water into his expensive monitor and now the colours are “all funny”

Fuck it.  He isn’t getting another, I am sick and tired of replacing tech such as iPads and phones because he is a technological retard.  I had told him so many times not to leave a glass of water on his window sill in case the wind caught the blind and swept the glass down onto the monitor but apparently i’m a bloody idiot as that couldn’t happen....

Mine said his laptop was being weird and would I look at it.  When I picked it up a Litre of water ran out of it.

[captain_70s]

Shiply quotes.

Namely how they give you a figure and then when you message them they "revaluate" the job. One company added £100 to the price, another has just added £30...

[Supernaut]

19 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Shiply quotes.

Namely how they give you a figure and then when you message them they "revaluate" the job. One company added £100 to the price, another has just added £30...

Surely you have enough engines now?

 

In other news, decaff.

I decided I should probably decrease my caffeine intake in the afternoons / evenings so bought some decaff tea earlier. I already feel tired.

I know it'll be good for me in the long run but I feel like shit right now!

[gm]

i'll just give that little bubble on the mx5 sill a quick rub down and a coat of stone chip

bugger

booked in to scaryoldcortinas next week for attention

(the other side looks just as bad although I left it well alone for now)

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

Surely you have enough engines now?

The number of units is no concern, it's the fact they're scattered across the nation and the increasing costs of movement that's the hassle.

[Supernaut]

1 minute ago, captain_70s said:

The number of units is no concern, it's the fact they're scattered across the nation and the increasing costs of movement that's the hassle.

I wonder, what is the biggest object (short of driving an entire car) that has been moved across the country using shitely relays?