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2 hours ago, Parky said:

The early days of Heart FM saw “Unbreak my heart” by Toni Braxton played many many times a day.  I associate this with doing my kitchen in my Billericay house just before my then fiancée fucked off with my best mate.  So happy memories of that.

Nightshifts at Sainsbury’s over Christmas 1992 were horrendous.  That was “Sleeping Satellite” by Tamsin Archer. Shit time.

”Easy Lover” by Phil Collins and Phil Bailey reminds me of when my depression first started.

They can all get in the sea

Sorry, but I like all of those three. ?

Tasmin Archer has such a wonderful voice, and I remember using Easy Lover to take the piss out of a lass I once knew who was known for her promiscuity - at a party once I got the DJ to play it and dedicate it to her!  She never did work out who did that one!

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When I was back in the motor trade the boys insisted it had to be X-FM and I swear they hammered the beejesus out of the Attic Monkeys. At least one song every hour, all from the first album, all day every day.

It took me literal years to get over it.

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Radio 2 has gone back hard since Evans left. Their playlist is terrible now. Just generic crap that we've heard for the last 30 years or so with nothing new or exciting anymore.  Maybe it's just me and my age though. And the point that I listen to radio 6 now. 

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Fuel accumulator needs replacing on the Volvo (leaking slightly) and I'm too piss weak and cystic fibrosis ridden to crack the rust-welded nuts holding it to the undercarriage. No garage in Birmingham seems to want to touch the car because of its age and apparently it's against the law for any garage to install the replacement part I bought at great expense because they must supply the part, presumably from ECP. Fuck's sake.

Would anybody like to come to Birmingham and help me crack my nuts?

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10 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

FFS this evening I've had a major breakthrough with stepmiss_dustman as part of being a stepdad (massive hug, first time in 6 years of being there for her she tells me she loves me),

Wow. Bet there have been many occasions where you didn't think that would ever happen. Perseverance pays (well, sometimes)

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3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Radio 2 has gone back hard since Evans left. Their playlist is terrible now. Just generic crap that we've heard for the last 30 years or so with nothing new or exciting anymore.  Maybe it's just me and my age though. And the point that I listen to radio 6 now. 

I find Ken Bruce has the best variety. Zoe Ball is far less annoying than Evans was, but her music variety is very very limited. In a way it's nice as a lot of it is from my late teens - early 20s when she did the Radio 1 breakfast show. I can't pick up Absolute down here unless I switch to Medium wave; even then it's mega flakey.

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18 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Wow. Bet there have been many occasions where you didn't think that would ever happen. Perseverance pays (well, sometimes)

Yes it was a major big thing for me, but sadly the Mrs put the mockers on it. I was actually quite angry.

Posted
15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Some years ago our local FM station played Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi several times a day, every day. Bugged me so much I phoned up to complain. Have hated it ever since.

Things Can Only Get Better. Although I didn't know it at the time,  it was the gateway to 13 years of a different form of corruption. 

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7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Things Can Only Get Better. Although I didn't know it at the time,  it was the gateway to 13 years of a different form of corruption. 

That war criminal ruined that song. I have a 90s compilation album and I just skip that song now. I can't stand it due to the associations. Well, it's also a kind of shit song anyway, to be honest.

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2 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

That war criminal ruined that song. ...., it's also a kind of shit song anyway, to be honest.

Not surprised that Brian Cox jumped ship and specialised in things in outer space instead.

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11 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

FFS this evening I've had a major breakthrough with stepmiss_dustman as part of being a stepdad (massive hug, first time in 6 years of being there for her she tells me she loves me), and Mrs_d has gone all introvert, stupid and emotional for no other reason apart from if we do have a baby despite our fertility issues it will be autistic or have downs or cerebral palsy because of our age, and if we go adoption we'll probably be lumbered with some 10 year old problem child for which one of us will need to stop working.

FFS woman! It's rare of me to come up with such an outburst of "FFS woman". I've had such a lovely evening so far, why on earth would the wife want anyone let alone me to end it with something like that??

Sofa is beckoning methinks 

Could you try one out - foster for a while before going through the adoption process?

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Went to watch a band in a pub last night, they were really good, and the locals were frankly hilarious (North Wales’ answer to Bez being a particular highlight), and to top it all off some gay chap tried to chat me up in the toilets (he literally walked away as soon as I mentioned my having a wife). 

Why the grump?

I drank 3 and a half pints. This morning I woke up feeling like I’d had an absolute skinfull! That’s not like me at all! 

Does not compute... 

 

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Trying to move house... 

We've sold our house and the  buyer is eager to get things moving, only problem is the owner of the house we're moving to has been gazumped on the property she was buying, she's put an offer in on another house but a week later and we're still waiting to see if it's been accepted or not. In the mean time she's gone on holiday. I think her estate agents are feeding us a steady stream of bullshit but you never know.

Our buyer has a mortgage in place and has done all the surveys, we've been told to "hold fire" on doing any surveys on the house we're buying until shes had an offer accepted. It's been dragging on for over a month now and our buyers are in danger of pulling out. 

We only put our home on the market in the first place because we liked the look of the house we're meant to be buying and nothing else takes our fancy (in a price range we can afford, anyway).   All the time our buyers are chomping at the bit and steadily getting more and more pissed off. 

 

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While remodelling the raised beds by demolishing them and rotovating the soil, I was greeted by a fucking massive Asian hornet. I'm not going back outside for ages!

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Trying to move house... 
We've sold our house and the  buyer is eager to get things moving, only problem is the owner of the house we're moving to has been gazumped on the property she was buying, she's put an offer in on another house but a week later and we're still waiting to see if it's been accepted or not. In the mean time she's gone on holiday. I think her estate agents are feeding us a steady stream of bullshit but you never know.
Our buyer has a mortgage in place and has done all the surveys, we've been told to "hold fire" on doing any surveys on the house we're buying until shes had an offer accepted. It's been dragging on for over a month now and our buyers are in danger of pulling out. 
We only put our home on the market in the first place because we liked the look of the house we're meant to be buying and nothing else takes our fancy (in a price range we can afford, anyway).   All the time our buyers are chomping at the bit and steadily getting more and more pissed off. 
 
Often thought the English system of house purchase/sale is very odd. Like an Ebay car purchase but with the most expensive thing you'll ever buy. Very stressful, as if moving wasn't stressful enough already.
In Scotland you agree a price and it's deal sealed.

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18 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

While remodelling the raised beds by demolishing them and rotovating the soil, I was greeted by a fucking massive Asian hornet. I'm not going back outside for ages!

I  had that bugger in my workshop yesterday . I screamed. And the dog ran away too.. 

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22 minutes ago, 5speedracer said:

Often thought the English system of house purchase/sale is very odd. Like an Ebay car purchase but with the most expensive thing you'll ever buy. Very stressful, as if moving wasn't stressful enough already.
In Scotland you agree a price and it's deal sealed.

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I had thought about the Scottish system but what if for whatever reason you end up not selling your house?  Would you be forced to buy another? 

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Fin traffic back from Liverpool , the flyover demolition ...  chaos ,

a match on ... lots of cars

lots of red traffic lights ...

lots of pissed off drivers

hour and half to do 15 miles !

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2 hours ago, MikeR said:

Fin traffic back from Liverpool , the flyover demolition ...  chaos ,

a match on ... lots of cars

lots of red traffic lights ...

lots of pissed off drivers

hour and half to do 15 miles !

There's always miseryrail.  Train every 15 mins to L,pool.  

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9 hours ago, brownnova said:

Went to watch a band in a pub last night, they were really good, and the locals were frankly hilarious (North Wales’ answer to Bez being a particular highlight), and to top it all off some gay chap tried to chat me up in the toilets (he literally walked away as soon as I mentioned my having a wife). 

Why the grump?

I drank 3 and a half pints. This morning I woke up feeling like I’d had an absolute skinfull! That’s not like me at all! 

Does not compute... 

 

3.5 pints? What did you do after 7.00pm?

Posted
25 minutes ago, strangeangel said:

Fucking Strictly is back.

Yep - it must be nearly crimbo.

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7 hours ago, Fumbler said:

While remodelling the raised beds by demolishing them and rotovating the soil, I was greeted by a fucking massive Asian hornet. I'm not going back outside for ages!

The other week I was in my conservatory and was buzzed by a hornet that must have been at least two inches long.  I attacked it with a pretty heavy diary - I hit the thing three times dead centre and it didn't even slow it down!  Finally managed to smack it repeatedly and pulverise it, but I reckon the thing must have been wearing armour.

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Attempted to buy another Berlingo with a broken rear torsion bar, dragging it's arse around like a broken dog.

With a months mot, high mileage 1.9 boat anchor and rough as arseholes, it was up at £200.

 

I arranged to go, asked if price was negotiable, and went. Had my offer of £150 knocked back, they relented and offered it at £170 less the towbar...

 

....err, no thanks!

Posted
1 hour ago, hennabm said:

Yep - it must be nearly crimbo.

Nah, when that rubbish starts you can relax, still 3 months to go. (Puts ear defenders on till Boxing day)

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First world problems and all that...

Kinda grumpy with myself. Any sane person wanting to go out an polish thier car would do it at a reasonable time, like the morning or early afternoon. Nope, me, I went out at 7pm and started polishing the Vectra meaning although I did the whole car (a panel at a time, that thing is MASSIVE, if I ever have to polish it again, it'll be too soon) I didn't finish the job very well as it was very dark by the time I finished.

Micra is gonna get polished tomorrow as it's probably the only time it ever will be. Hopefully I won't be as lazy this time.

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got eaten by some sorta critter while on holiday

big swelling (no wasnt looking at impalas - maybe chieftains)

luckily a visit to a pharmacy means it didnt end up worse or a trip to the hospital (i had insurance)

also had the slowest cunt driving a bus between the terminals at CDG added to the plane that was 25 mins late means i missed my flight home just got in now and been up for 36 hours :( and it cost me money

 

 

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I had thought about the Scottish system but what if for whatever reason you end up not selling your house?  Would you be forced to buy another? 
Possibly we Scots do it differently? If we're selling we'd usually be looking too as we know a contracy is binding. If we see a house we like we can "note interest" meaning we are informed of any offers on the house so get a chance yo counter. Same game really but with the security of knowing a sale is a sale. Could always live in a cheap hotel for a month or so!

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10 hours ago, hairnet said:

got eaten by some sorta critter while on holiday

big swelling (no wasnt looking at impalas - maybe chieftains)

luckily a visit to a pharmacy means it didnt end up worse or a trip to the hospital (i had insurance)

also had the slowest cunt driving a bus between the terminals at CDG added to the plane that was 25 mins late means i missed my flight home just got in now and been up for 36 hours :( and it cost me money

 

 

I got absolutely savaged by mossies in Tunisia last week, 30 + bites, no repellent made a difference but luckily I had antihistamines aplenty which saved the holiday, one poor bugger had 200 ish bites 

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