The grumpy thread

[Rovorsche]

Today I am annoyed by procrastination.

If I hadnt decided to ignore that midly irritating tap since I changed the oil because the fucking picky car needs a different grade to stop it ticking when cold and its  pissing wet and below zero and excuse after excuse.....

Well, i wouldn't be sitting for a big yellow taxi an wondering where I put my spark plug thread repair kit.

 

After all, why do today what can be left to bite you on the arse tomorrow?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, rusty_vw_man said:

FFS, listening to a Spotify playlist and found myself really enjoying a song, only to find it was by overly earnest, serially irritating middle of the road whinge rock Coldplay.....

Could have been worse. Could have been Mumford & Sons....

[320touring]

2 hours ago, rusty_vw_man said:

FFS, listening to a Spotify playlist and found myself really enjoying a song, only to find it was by overly earnest, serially irritating middle of the road whinge rock Coldplay.....

 

Hand in your card and leave

[Cavcraft]

After a series of stupid questions, the final straw was 'were is Cheshire is it by bit of wales or somewere else' . Before I had the chance to leave the conversation, he'd sent me some random 'funny* video clip. This from a bloke who looks like he's probably in his sixties.

 

There's another fella who asked about a cycle was selling a few years ago and without fail every Christmas he sends me a random animated GIF thing. Harmless, but completely doolally.  

[Pieman]

This is why I never sell things online.  I'd rather just sling it in the car and take it to the tip than deal with the dickheads of this country.

[Bren]

Ebay sellers. Ordered gear oil nov 5th for delivery 8/9th.

Arrived on the 19th. Refused to accept. Opened a case and eventually got refund. Lots of bad feedback for - you can guess - stuff arriving late or not at all. Should have read this first.

Won a sci fi collectable from a certain Gerry Anderson series - packing consisted of being wrapped in brown paper. Periscope and engine broken off.

For fucks sake.

[beko1987]

3 minutes ago, Bren said:

Ebay sellers. Ordered gear oil nov 5th for delivery 8/9th.

Arrived on the 19th. Refused to accept. Opened a case and eventually got refund. Lots of bad feedback for - you can guess - stuff arriving late or not at all. Should have read this first.

Won a sci fi collectable from a certain Gerry Anderson series - packing consisted of being wrapped in brown paper. Periscope and engine broken off.

For fucks sake.

I'm waiting for 2 parts for a Miele that will give me £110ish, thought it would all arrive yesterday, nope. Today, nope... I'm running out of money, ruddy hermes/yodel,royal mail 2nd class

[iainrcz]

After a couple of days of them moving in, I have a sneaking suspicion my new nextdoor neighbours are going to be knobs.

 

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[barefoot]

'Flappy paddles' - I've just seen it used again in an ad for a Smart roadster.

I have no experience of using them, I just think that Clarkson is a cock and that people shouldn't encourage him by continued usage of the expression.

[Mally]

I'm deaf today.

I'm always deaf in one ear and wear a hearing aid in the other, I get ear  infections or wax build up which cocks up the hearing aid.

Today wax. Am using Olive Oil drops which will shift it in a day or two with a bit of luck.

Worst its been for ages though.

Phone keeps ringing, only know because the lights flashing.

I pick it up, and say I presume you are selling, but I'm totally deaf, If it's important ring me back and I'll get my next door neighbour to talk to you. 

They never ring back,

[plasticvandan]

Been let go from the job I started last month today,for being "over qualified" fuxsakes

[High Jetter]

Scared rabbits who tap their brakes every time a car comes towards them in the dark. In town, 30mph, streetlights on. Oh, and now I've started, idiots who sit in traffic queues with their foot firmly planted on the brakes so their 50,000 brake LED's blind anyone behind them. You'd think handbrakes had never been invented.

[108]

1 hour ago, Mally said:

I'm deaf today.

I'm always deaf in one ear and wear a hearing aid in the other, I get ear  infections or wax build up which cocks up the hearing aid.

Today wax. Am using Olive Oil drops which will shift it in a day or two with a bit of luck.

Worst its been for ages though.

Phone keeps ringing, only know because the lights flashing.

I pick it up, and say I presume you are selling, but I'm totally deaf, If it's important ring me back and I'll get my next door neighbour to talk to you. 

They never ring back,

Not liked for the deafness, but for the call answer. I must remember that the next time the bank ring, looking for a kidney. 

[beko1987]

3 hours ago, iainrcz said:

After a couple of days of them moving in, I have a sneaking suspicion my new nextdoor neighbours are going to be knobs.

 

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Quick, out-knob them and get your dominance in first! 

[Supernaut]

5 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Quick, show your dominance and get your knob out first! 

I presume that's what you meant to say.

[Cavcraft]

It appears I need to open a zero percent interest finance department and a charity of some sort.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

It appears I need to open a zero percent interest finance department and a charity of some sort.

Same at work. Can you just send us our samples back? Yes of course send us the purchase order for the money and I’ll send them today. Oh, why do you need money? Aghhh.

[iainrcz]

Quick, out-knob them and get your dominance in first! 

To prove my point, and this is absolutely 100% real. About 4pm this afternoon,
The woman parked her Citroen c1 outside on the road.
30 seconds later it rolls away down the road followed by her legging it like Linford Christie. Fucking brilliant.

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[somewhatfoolish]

 

Michael Crawford and Michelle Dotrice have moved in?

[LostnotFound]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Scared rabbits who tap their brakes every time a car comes towards them in the dark. In town, 30mph, streetlights on. Oh, and now I've started, idiots who sit in traffic queues with their foot firmly planted on the brakes so their 50,000 brake LED's blind anyone behind them. You'd think handbrakes had never been invented.

 

This X 1000

If they can invent a car that can drive itself, why can't the car just lower the intensity of the brake lights if they're on while stationary and the parking sensors can detect something behind it?

 

Of course once I'm in charge, I'll just ban all automatics, I get they are great and all that but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to mae to cut out this sort of nonsense.

[Garythesnail]

10 minutes ago, LostnotFound said:

I'll just ban all automatics

Speechless . . . . .?

 

Right about the brakelights though

[iainrcz]

Another grump, If I may be so brave.

My security camera has gone ape shit, so that's me up a ladder tomorrow taking the little Chinese bastard down to sort it.

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[gm]

my insurance renewal has doubled since I got three naughty boy points on my previously clean for thirty years license  

I was expecting a bit of a hike but 100% is taking the piss, direct line can shove it

(using the meerkats, I can get it back closer to normal but it's with an outfit called Go Skippy who get shocking reviews)

[LostnotFound]

1 hour ago, Garythesnail said:

Speechless . . . . .?

 

Right about the brakelights though

I know I know.

But the general public have proven time and time again they can't be trusted with nice things.

[Rovorsche]

11 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

Today I am annoyed by procrastination.

If I hadnt decided to ignore that midly irritating tap since I changed the oil because the fucking picky car needs a different grade to stop it ticking when cold and its  pissing wet and below zero and excuse after excuse.....

Well, i wouldn't be sitting for a big yellow taxi an wondering where I put my spark plug thread repair kit.

 

After all, why do today what can be left to bite you on the arse tomorrow?

After fitting a plug repair core, just like last time and checking with my second best bore-cam I declared it clean enough,  fixed and cranked it over and thats the point the engine appears to have seized solid.

Going to hang my fucking spanners up for a while.

 

 

This is all because I got pissed off with Crickely Hill, the spirits decided I was next.

[LightBulbFun]

5 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Oh, and now I've started, idiots who sit in traffic queues with their foot firmly planted on the brakes so their 50,000 brake LED's blind anyone behind them. You'd think handbrakes had never been invented.

I admit I use the brake pedal when in stop start traffic/traffic lights when waiting, because I feel like by the time iv got the handbrake on and the car out of gear, traffic will start moving again, and then all the impatient drivers will barge around me as I disengage the hand brake and put it back into gear

(it doesn't help that its some silly modern electronic hand brake that takes about what feels like 300 years to actually do something once you have pulled the little finger operated lever up or pushed it down to disengage it)

ah the fun of driving in central London! does it qualify me for an exemption? LOL 

[wuvvum]

Also eBay sellers.  Ordered a pair of part worns for the Alfa.  They were advertised as having 4mm of tread.  They turned up today - one is fine but one is shit - almost down to the wear markers on the outer edges, I'd be embarrassed to take it to the local tyre place to be fitted.  I'm going to have to request a refund for that one and then see if I can find a single tyre of the same type on eBay, which will probably be more expensive.  Why do people sell stuff that blatantly isn't as advertised - do they think buyers are just going to say "oh dear, what a shame, never mind" and forget about it?

[paulplom]

18 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Could have been worse. Could have been Mumford & Sons....

You know when you walk into a bar and hear a song on the jukebox that takes you do another place? Mumford and sons do that for me. They make me neck my pint and go to another bar.

[paulplom]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Scared rabbits who tap their brakes every time a car comes towards them in the dark. In town, 30mph, streetlights on. Oh, and now I've started, idiots who sit in traffic queues with their foot firmly planted on the brakes so their 50,000 brake LED's blind anyone behind them. You'd think handbrakes had never been invented.

I just sit behind them with my high beam on. You can see them looking in the rear view mirror thinking wtf!?

Again every time they tap they're brakes just give them a flash.

[loserone]

7 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

I admit I use the brake pedal when in stop start traffic/traffic lights when waiting, because I feel like by the time iv got the handbrake on and the car out of gear, traffic will start moving again, and then all the impatient drivers will barge around me as I disengage the hand brake and put it back into gear

(it doesn't help that its some silly modern electronic hand brake that takes about what feels like 300 years to actually do something once you have pulled the little finger operated lever up or pushed it down to disengage it)

ah the fun of driving in central London! does it qualify me for an exemption? LOL 

You don't need to take it out of gear to put the handbrake on, nor should you need to disengage the handbrake- that's the point of electric handbrakes, they release for you when you try to drive off