The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Just now, chaseracer said:

Me too!

We should organise our own Lichfield meet.

That sounds a plan! Plenty of places we could meet up.

[Floatylight]

That sounds a plan! Plenty of places we could meet up.

Sounds like a plan!

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[EssDeeWon]

Going somewhere on BH weekend.

Bird im seeing invites me to a colleagues BBQ / Garden party 60 miles away in the neighbouring county  "its not that far" well about 60 miles, anyway I reluctantly accepted but decided against taking the car because I don't really enjoy driving far anymore, the leisurely driving experience is always ruined by contestants for the wacky races in their Aldi's and other fast german cars, and its boiling and  I don't fancy getting stuck on the M25.  I decided public transport, possibly the worst decision so far in 2019.  Replacement buses where there should be a train, takes 3x longer but still the same price as a train? hmmm what other industry do you still pay the same for a substandard service? Nearly FOUR hours each way.  

Never again on a BH weekend with poxy buses involved, not for anyone.  Yes I could have driven but the roads heading this way today were jammed anyway with everyone heading to Southend, why you would bother i'll never know but either way an utter ball ache and i'm glad to be home, logged on here and watching hubnut.   (deep breath and relax)

[Garythesnail]

Today's grump - the MGTF of many colours decided that 4th gear was sufficient for all our needs on the way home from a trip to the shops.

[xtriple]

Having bought Phoebe an expensive new dog bed, she is laying, next to it! I have put her on it, encouraged her on it, threatened her with vivisection but she still prefers the floor.

Bloody women - even if dogs it seems are contrary.

[SiC]

21 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Having bought Phoebe an expensive new dog bed, she is laying, next to it! I have put her on it, encouraged her on it, threatened her with vivisection but she still prefers the floor.

Bloody women - even if dogs it seems are contrary.

Is it because the new dog bed doesn't smell like her bed? Maybe put an old blanket or a piece of any of your old clothing on it. 

She is probably worried that it's not her bed and she shouldn't be sleeping on it!

[BL Bloke]

6 hours ago, chaseracer said:

We should organise our own Lichfield meet.

I'd be up for that. 

[jakebullet]

Decided I was going to take Kinky Girl for a walk after tea, a new idea, try and get some exercise in. She thinks I'm a silly bastard with being in the centre of Leeds.

I has idea! A couple of years ago we went mooching round where they'd stuck a new office block up, and was in the process of badly building phase 2, struggling for tenants and there's a load of land reserved for future phases if they ever manage to sell the ones they've done. They put in a park for the workers with apple trees on the border fences, and a bit down the road on the edge of a car park someone had put in a small orchard. We can go scrumping!

WRONG! 

There's now a phase 3 under construction behind the fence round the park. So of course they've torn down the original perfectly good fence with apple trees attached and replaced it with a pretty identical fence. The car park is now 50% of original size due to sticking phase 3 on it, and the orchard bit which is on the opposite side to the new building has been buried with random construction waste as prolly cheaper than getting a skip.

I'm saddened. What a pointless waste. Plus I had to buy her ice cream from co-op as a conciliation prize.

[chaseracer]

52 minutes ago, BL Bloke said:

I'd be up for that. 

 

[dozeydustman]

Madam has to be at work this morning. So do I.

madam in tears because Corolla has flat battery.

my wallet in tears as Corolla has a bulge in its battery

[angle]

I know we'd moan if they used a Peugeot 309 or something, but really? It's newer than any car I've ever owned, dealer plates and full leather and apart from a bit of lacquer peel on the back bumper looked immaculate. Seems a bit of a waste, really. 

[anonymous user]

Probably the air con doesn't work and you can't play music off your phone, definitely scrap it

[Bren]

Bought a headlight restoration kit off ebay.

End result? Shite. Not convinced you can sand clear plastic and expect a new finish after. I put them on a par with those pellets you used to put in your fuel tank.

[colnerov]

 

 Reflectors need to be a mirror finish, not shite and briney like you can get out of a can.

[Amishtat]

2 hours ago, anonymous user said:

Probably the air con doesn't work and you can't play music off your phone, definitely scrap it

Neatly summing up the mindset of the dealer's usual customers. Probably. 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, angle said:

I know we'd moan if they used a Peugeot 309 or something, but really? It's newer than any car I've ever owned, dealer plates and full leather and apart from a bit of lacquer peel on the back bumper looked immaculate. Seems a bit of a waste, really. 

It says enquire within on it... so might be worth asking how much they're selling that Civic for. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Feckin' glitch now means I suddenly can't quote or post anything on the Forum from the tablet.

Forum access still works from the PC, fortunately.

[Tamworthbay]

On 8/25/2019 at 11:47 AM, Tamworthbay said:

I was about to head off to The Wigginton pub for a classic car meet, checked up on their page to make sure it was still on the be met by a message stating that ‘as long as your car qualifies for historic vehicle tax you are welcome to attend’. Mine is 38 years old so doesn’t, so presumably I am unwelcome. Well fuck off Wigginton, I will get a pub lunch at the far superior Feathers in Lichfield, the landlord loves my car even though it isn’t quite 40 years old.

I put on the Facebook post for the meet that because my car was only 38 years old it didn’t appear I was welcome. The landlord put up an arsey response basically inferring I was a bit thick for not knowing a classic got free tax once they hit 25 years old and so any car over that was welcome. They have gone a bit quiet since I pointed out it’s been getting on twenty years since a 25 year old car got free tax and that it’s now 40. Dickheads.

[Tamworthbay]

6 hours ago, angle said:

I know we'd moan if they used a Peugeot 309 or something, but really? It's newer than any car I've ever owned, dealer plates and full leather and apart from a bit of lacquer peel on the back bumper looked immaculate. Seems a bit of a waste, really. 

I genuinely thought that was the car they were trying to sell when I first saw it. That is crazy.

[brownnova]

Went to change the oil on the Mazda, confident I had filters in stock for all the cars. 

Turns out the Mazda is the only one I don’t I discovered after already draining the oil... 

[purplebargeken]

Mind you, if an A Class can get into the classic section of the FOTU then you should be ok. I'm not bitter.

[Mrcento]

7 hours ago, anonymous user said:

Probably the air con doesn't work and you can't play music off your phone, definitely scrap it

True story.

At my previous job (when we weren't using the works van), we used our own cars for work errands (we got fuel etc covered). I had the Cinq that day, we had a run up to Forfar to do and i had a trainee in, 17 years old.

First question when they got in the car

"How does it get onto facebook?"

Second question/statement of disgust...

"WAIT, YOU MEAN IT DOESN'T EVEN GET ON SPOTIFY!!!!, OMG"

[Cavcraft]

 I'm so sad, I write letters to myself.  Dear me.

[Iamgroot]

My 11 digit v5 reference number worked today, with any leading digit, just for the information of anyone else who struggles.

[Split_Pin]

On 8/25/2019 at 11:53 AM, Tamworthbay said:

To be fair, it’s more the sentiment. I am sure they probably let me in but nothing stinks of a ‘real classics only’ with real being the kind of boring shite that gets polished but never driven. It will be full of boring old bastards who would not like the pile of car park receipts in the centre console, or the mud under the arches. It has saved a trip, and the food is great at the Feathers.

I had typed something about car shows and deleted it but when I read the above I felt I could relate.

The Dumfries Car Show on 15th September (which I have already paid for) will be my last clock in to anything which involves me sharing my hobby with anybody.

Recently, nothing I have ever brought to a show has generated any interest whatsoever. It kind of pisses on your chips a bit when you have a motor which you are proud of, have gone to the trouble of making it look decent and brought it along.

They're either full of arrogant monied dickheads or boring bastards who don't want to hear anything you've got to say, they just want to talk about themselves. 

Yesterday I went to the Linlithgow Classic Car Show and my family and I were admiring a Mini Clubman. My mum had one as her first car and we were both reminiscing about it and my wife remembered her best friend had one as her first car. Then this older fella walks up and, completely unprompted, starts telling us about how much he paid for his first car which was a Mini. I was interested at first but when my dad tried to relate to him with his own stories the fella just cut in again with something else about himself. My dad suggested whimsically that I tell him about how I came to own a £12 car but the fella immediately cut in with another story, this time about his £18 Ford Prefect.  Do people not realise that if they don't let others speak they could be missing out on something really interesting? I bid him good day and walked away slowly.

So, today it was a BH in some parts and I tooled about in the Corsa all day. Nobody could annoy me or give some sort of derogatory 'opinion' because I was driving the flipping thing and likely in the opposite direction from them. I really enjoyed it.

From now on I'm keeping my hobby for myself, I'll enjoy it much more that way.

Fuck 'em.

[Mrcento]

Sounds a bit like me driving a Cinquecento into a show featuring Ferraris.

You usually get some dickhead saying something like "my daughter had one for a week 10 years ago before i bought her something better".

[SiC]

Owning an MGB you just become hardened and ignoring the usual comments. I enjoy it and I don't care if others don't. At the same time there are plenty of other people that do enjoy the same models too. 

Just smile, nod, say "that's nice" and walk on. Spend the least time possible, so you can get back to enjoying the rest of the show. 

[captain_70s]

I drive the worst variant of the BL Dolomite as far as most are concerned.

It is very* popular. There is a certain variant of middle class giffer who appreciate them though.

[paulplom]

II'm having loads of bother with my neighbour upstairs. She's an alcoholic with three young children. There's loud music all day, her shouting at them usually starts at around 6-30-7 and continues till 9pm ish. She' starts drinking in the communal bit outside at around 10 with her dad, boy friend, mother and even her grand mother was there Sunday. There's bags of rubbish everywhere empty cans and rubbish strewn all over etc. By 7pm they were all mortal and a massive fight ensued. I'm not sure what it was over but the kids were screaming in hysterics and being dragged and pushed all over (twins of about 4 or 5 and a son of about 2 or 3). The language is horrendous. She often shouting and calling them little fucking cunts. Get out of the house you little cunt etc. As I said the screaming at them starts between 6 and 7. The kids are great and really polite and friendly. I feel really sorry for them. It's got to the stage now where we're feeling very uncomfortable and anxious. We're leaving and going out for the day so we don't have to endure it. We bbqd at the beach all day yesterday and we were both filled with dread when we pulled up back home again. The whole cul de sac is totally fed up with her but no one is taking any action as of yet. It's a really lovely place to be apart from this 1 bad apple spoiling it for everyone. It's like living in a gold fish bowl atm. She was at my daughters window last night asking her what the fuck she was doing in bed at 8pm. I've tried a few times to have a word but I just get told to fuck off. Looking for advice. Is informing the council the next step? What about social services? If my kids weren't with me it wouldn't be a problem. A good squeeze of her throat and a death threat would probably sort it and I'm having to sit on my hand to avoid doing it. I'm shaking with rage typing this.

[paulplom]

It's not just now and then it's every single fucking day.