The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

Don't you just hate it when your last can of beer does that?

[LightBulbFun]

fucking Virgin media!

DNS servers have clearly shat themselves so have switched to googles DNS severs and I have internets again yay

but also grumpy because Virgins own shat themselves (and are currently still shitting themselves AFAIK)

because it took me about 2 hours to figure out wtf was wrong, even tho I have dealt with this issue before! 

and finally because the virgin media super hub 3 router on top of being a glitchy slow POS, is also dumb as bricks and wont let you change the DNS settings at a Modem/router level so I had to do it for EVERYONES devices manually on a device per device basis

(and during all of this I had everyone on top of me because the internet was down...)

day in the life of the family IT guy!

[Datsuncog]

10 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Why cant you have the ring pull ones like Spam? 

Heh, I suppose I could, if I wanted to pay 20p more for akshual Spam, rather than its Home Bargains equivalent...

But yeah, I get you - keys, tabs and soldered parts do feel positively Victorian, and I can't believe it's cheaper or easier to manufacture them than a ring pull top - especially since the failure rate for the tabs is moderately high, in my experience.

Maybe I ought to write them an utterly deranged and unhinged complaint email along those lines, and if the police come knocking I can blame the bang on the head (as helpfully documented in the Accident Book).

[Muniphobia]

No good sending them a deranged email as they will just block them your emails as spam

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

But yeah, I get you - keys, tabs and soldered parts do feel positively Victorian, and I can't believe it's cheaper or easier to manufacture them than a ring pull top - especially since the failure rate for the tabs is moderately high, in my experience.

Can I take this opportunity to reccomend the SuperKim Nogent can opener

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001E05WQM?tag=duckduckgo-osx-uk-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

A superb bit of kit that will take the top & bottom off a can of spam/corned beef in a trice, allowing you to simply push the meat out. It's a fucking winner.

[Supernaut]

I haven't had corned beef in years, but now I suddenly want some.

[Datsuncog]

Make sure you bring a hammer and cold chisel with you!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

....push the meat out....

I've never heard it called that before.

[Datsuncog]

4 hours ago, Muniphobia said:

No good sending them a deranged email as they will just block them your emails as spam

Heh, it's taken me the best part of four hours for the penny to drop on that one...

Well played!

[chaseracer]

Just back from hospital after an endoscopy.  Lovely nurse offered a cup of tea and a sandwich afterwards.  I was completely unable to choose anything but corned beef.

I BLAME TIM!!!!

?

[MikeR]

I was going to have a boys night ..

Wife away

Film 

Food 

Booze ...... Wait . Check meds 

Fragmin ... Do not mix with booze 

Dammmmmmm

[New POD]

I'm making you a roast dinner on Sunday.  Beef okay? 

[cobblers]

31 minutes ago, New POD said:

I'm making you a roast dinner on Sunday.  Beef okay? 

Do us one too please. Beef would be great, mash spuds and soggy yorkshires with gravy you can stand a spoon up in.

[Burnside]

Changed the thermostat on my Punto today. Which the job itself went ok. So after bleeding it up and getting the car up to temp etc . I went to give it a test drive round the block just to make sure all was well. Except when I went to pull off the drive, It started blowing white smoke out the exhaust!

So I'm guessing it's either the garages head gasket replacement, which they did last November has failed. Which wouldn't surprise me given there poor workmanship that I've encounted since. Hence me replacing the thermostat today. Or maybe if I'm lucky it's just the cat that gone this time. Either one involves spending more money though, which this Punto has had plenty of already. 

It's been such a royal pita since the day I brought it 6 months ago. That I haven't even managed a 1,000 miles in it yet.

I can't even sell the bastard now like I wanted too unless I lose my arse on it. So fixing it again Tony is looking like the answer.

I have loved Fiat's for most of my 36 years, but this Punto is making me question it right now. I swear I'll never buy a Punto again though. 

[iainrcz]

Noisy cunt strikes again.
I'm at work, I just got a text message from the Mrs.

He's had a massive barney with his mum and girlfriend and decided to smash all the windows on their cars.

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[beko1987]

1 hour ago, cobblers said:

Do us one too please. Beef would be great, mash spuds and soggy yorkshires with gravy you can stand a spoon up in.

And sprouts, dont forget them! What time do you want us? 

[New POD]

7 hours ago, beko1987 said:

And sprouts, dont forget them! What time do you want us? 

I'll ask Mike. I'm using his kitchen so it could be burnt to a crisp or French style. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

Woe is me. My BMW e46 won't start. I've replaced the camshaft position sensor, which my ebay scanner (and symptoms) lead me to believe was the culprit. Found a broken breather pipe. I think I made a goofy schoolboy error though, we still have no start.

Will see if I have made a goofy error (suspect I left the original seal in and then screwed in sensor with new seal...). Fingers crossed. If not I think I will need some prfessional help

[Tadhg Tiogar]

11 hours ago, beko1987 said:

And sprouts, dont forget them! 

God I love sprouts. 

[iainrcz]

God I love sprouts. 

So do I.
I seem to have grown into them, I hated them when I was younger.

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[myglaren]

36 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

So do I.
I seem to have grown into them, I hated them when I was younger.

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Get some on now in time for christmas then.

[dozeydustman]

Like dogs, Sprouts are for life, not just for Christmas

[Bobthebeard]

Our local Booths supermarket is selling reduced sprouts at 80p per big bag. Bought a few bags to make sprout soup. (The price was reduced, not just tiny sprouts)  Mmmm. Sprout and almond soup! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, Bobthebeard said:

Our local Booths supermarket is selling reduced sprouts at 80p per big bag. Bought a few bags to make sprout soup. (The price was reduced, not just tiny sprouts)  Mmmm. Sprout and almond soup! 

Sprout curry is very tasty.

[NorthernMonkey]

8 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Sprout curry is very tasty.

Not for the poor sod in the seat behind a hour later....

[Bobthebeard]

11 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Sprout curry is very tasty.

True, but sadly not for me. Am a taxi driver and suffer from diverticulitis. 

[High Jetter]

37 minutes ago, Bobthebeard said:

Am a taxi driver and suffer from diverticulitis. 

I think many do, by the way they take the long way round! (Not you, Bob, I'm sure)

[Jerzy Woking]

Waiting for a space in a car park when a Pisshat reverses straight into me. I move off soim not blocking the other cars, and as I get out to look what damage had been caused, the Pisshat driver buggers off.

Luckily someone had taken the registration number and gave it to my brother. Car was full of kids too-how nice of her to set a good example to them in accepting responsibility for her actions.

Deep scratches on my rear quarter which will need a repaint. Still, when my brother gives me the registration later, we are going to bombard all the local neighbourhood Facebook pages to see if this has any effect on her moral conscience.

 

[Tamworthbay]

17 hours ago, Burnside said:

Changed the thermostat on my Punto today. Which the job itself went ok. So after bleeding it up and getting the car up to temp etc . I went to give it a test drive round the block just to make sure all was well. Except when I went to pull off the drive, It started blowing white smoke out the exhaust!

So I'm guessing it's either the garages head gasket replacement, which they did last November has failed. Which wouldn't surprise me given there poor workmanship that I've encounted since. Hence me replacing the thermostat today. Or maybe if I'm lucky it's just the cat that gone this time. Either one involves spending more money though, which this Punto has had plenty of already. 

It's been such a royal pita since the day I brought it 6 months ago. That I haven't even managed a 1,000 miles in it yet.

I can't even sell the bastard now like I wanted too unless I lose my arse on it. So fixing it again Tony is looking like the answer.

I have loved Fiat's for most of my 36 years, but this Punto is making me question it right now. I swear I'll never buy a Punto again though. 

Some cars just fight you all the way. Sometimes you just need to get shot for your peace of mind. I have only been there a couple of times, but it’s been a relief when they finally go.

[Spiny Norman]

29 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Waiting for a space in a car park when a Pisshat reverses straight into me. I move off soim not blocking the other cars, and as I get out to look what damage had been caused, the Pisshat driver buggers off.

Isn't that a hit-and-run? Last time someone did that to me in front of witnesses Plod went and had a word.