The grumpy thread

[eddyramrod]

Well I have no idea how it happened but I seem to have persuaded my laptop to work again.  That's something, I suppose.

[Cavcraft]

Mountain bike has survived Llandegla, numerous trips round Delamere Forest, fields, tow paths, general off-roading and the muddiest sodding bridleways you've ever seen, with no visible marks over about 3 or 4 years.

Leant it against the garage wall before (something I don't normally do) it slipped, fell against the rough cast bit and has fucking well scraped the top tube in 3 or 4 places. 

 

[High Jetter]

39 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

FFS!  Now my laptop has joined in and decided it doesn't want to accept instructions to type.  I'm posting this on MrsR's tablet!

I do hope that's not an euphemism, eddy!

[Split_Pin]

38 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

WHY DOES NOTHING FUCKING WORK??????????

Happy* Mondays

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

[beko1987]

I'm cold for the first time in months and months. The weather is turning... 

[High Jetter]

You are so right. 18 degrees here earlier, but a chill in the air now. Fetch me my fleecy wincyette pj's

[Tadhg Tiogar]

27 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I'm cold for the first time in months and months. The weather is turning... 

And not before time. Winter is my favourite time of year.

[Amishtat]

36 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

I'm cold for the first time in months and months. The weather is turning... 

On the way to pick up a curry on Saturday night in my new V70 Dad said it smelt autumnal. I knew what he meant and smelled it myself yesterday morning when I let the dog out. Summer's over.. 

[loserone]

It's 29°C and I can't sleep.  Grrg.  Wish it was bloody autumn.

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

I don't watch any of the cop or infact any form of reality TV as it's all bollocks.

[eddyramrod]

On 9/1/2020 at 1:30 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

And not before time. Winter is my favourite time of year.

You're welcome to it!

On 9/1/2020 at 2:27 AM, sheffcortinacentre said:

I don't watch any of the cop or infact any form of reality TV as it's all bollocks.

You're not wrong there!  I may have cured myself of it, with last night's dose of cold turkey.  I hope so.

[High Jetter]

8 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

I may have cured myself of it, with last night's dose of cold turkey.  I hope so.

I missed that - what channel was it on?

[outlaw118]

On 8/28/2020 at 9:31 AM, New POD said:

Or tell them the truth. 

The con rod has made a hole in the block, so "it won't start".  the car is too low for an A frame, so please send a transporter, and I have only 7% charge on my phone. But I'm safe. White, middle class, middle aged and male, and no plans for the next week.

Made no difference when Workshite shat it's gearbox a couple of years ago, told matey on the phone needed recovery as gearbox casing fubar'd, but the still insisted on sending out a grumpy sub-contractor (after 2 hours wait) to tell me what I already knew. Some 4 hours after that I was recovered home because the depot was shut. 

And this is with a corporate policy, supposedly giving priority service.

[Wack]

12 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

 

 I'm spending £1700 replacing most of the windows at the back of my house.  They're coming on Wednesday.  It's money I don't have, but needs doing because there are draughts getting in.  Also the back door needs replacing with one that opens out rather than in, thereby not fouling the electric meter board.  (The door is part of the window package)  

I picked up some parts yesterday from a couple in Congleton , they had a lovely big 1930s semi with the original steel framed bay windows in it , it looked lovely

I commented you don't see original windows like that often

No but they're knackered , rotted, only we don't know what to do about them, we've had a quote to replace them but because of the curved glass at the sides they have to be made specially from scratch £18,000 , at first I thought he said £1800, £900 each but no it was £18,000

 

[angle]

Went to drop my son off at nursery this morning. It's half eight, so lots of small kids about (the nursery is round the corner from a primary school), I'm doing 20 in a 20. A Transit comes up behind me and sits six inches from my back bumper, before overtaking on the wrong side of a keep left bollard, through a zebra crossing, forcing a car coming the other way to go up onto the pavement. I've run the reg and it's uninsured, and has been out of tax and mot since February. 

The best bit? It's signwritten for a plumbing company. The depth and breadth of the guy's bad reviews is almost impressive - there's the 'got a CCJ against him but he still won't pay' one, the 'turned up pissed' one, the 'kept sexually harassing my wife' one, several 'the work didn't pass building regs / gas safe' ones, and people just leaving reviews so they can tell him he drives like a prick. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

... lovely big 1930s semi with the original steel framed bay windows in it , ....

I commented you don't see original windows like that often

No but they're knackered , rotted, only we don't know what to do about them, we've had a quote to replace them but because of the curved glass at the sides they have to be made specially from scratch £18,000 , at first I thought he said £1800, £900 each but no it was £18,000

That's a downside of having an Art Deco-era property. Curved glass looks great but, as I understand it, not easy to form. Has to be optically correct so you don't get distortion when you look through it. 

[myglaren]

Took daughter's C3 to the car fixer.  Long walk home.

Realised that before setting off there I had put a camera on the roof, doors were locked as no battery in the car, put it there while I fitted the battery then forgot about it until half way home.

Had a run around the roads taken but no sign.

[outlaw118]

Made the decision to try and get off the fags. Consumption was creeping back up to nearly 30 daily (on a shitty day), averaging about 20. Even the cheaper brands (Sovereign Blue) are now £9.30 in Tesco, it's costing me £££££.

The other half of Team Fat n Blind has donated some vaping machinery and some juice to get me started - Victoria sponge flavoured smoke??

Saturday: started using the chuffing machine. Smoked 12 fags.

Sunday: 2 smoked am, 4 afternoon, 3 evening. Used Cakey smoker thing in between.

Monday 10 all day, used puffer in between.

Today: back at work, it's 15:55 and I've already done 7. Got the puffer here too.

 

Why haven't I got the same level of willpower that I had when I decided that I was hanging about with the wrong people... Captain Morgan, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam. 

Grumpy at myself.

[xtriple]

Stick with it lad, I smoked at least 40 a day for years then cut down(!) to 20 cigars per day. I got a vape thing and menthol juice and not had a fag/cigar in a couple of years. I do still use the vape thing though (orally fixated? Me?) but I have cut right down and on the lowest nicotine level you can get.

 

I'm saving about £500 per month which I send to my son so I can't waste it.

[danthecapriman]

MOT on the Volvo tomorrow.

It got a Boris extension which runs out in early October, so decided to get it done now. Fingers crossed it’s ok... It’s barely been used since about April.

I fucking hate MOT’s, there’s rarely much to ever worry about but I just hate the suspense and not knowing! Roll on MOT exemption like most of my other stuff and it won’t be a problem!

Fingers crossed the old tank passes.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, xtriple said:

I'm saving about £500 per month

Fuck a duck!

[Fumbler]

Ouch, this hit me with the feels. Just sent off my final E-Mail to school staff after being there for 11 years, and I'm going in to clear out my junk and take musical projects etc. from the school mainframe. The sign-off was rather unpleasant to write as I had been putting this off for a few weeks now!

Quite so.

 

 

[plasticvandan]

2 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

Made the decision to try and get off the fags. Consumption was creeping back up to nearly 30 daily (on a shitty day), averaging about 20. Even the cheaper brands (Sovereign Blue) are now £9.30 in Tesco, it's costing me £££££.

The other half of Team Fat n Blind has donated some vaping machinery and some juice to get me started - Victoria sponge flavoured smoke??

Saturday: started using the chuffing machine. Smoked 12 fags.

Sunday: 2 smoked am, 4 afternoon, 3 evening. Used Cakey smoker thing in between.

Monday 10 all day, used puffer in between.

Today: back at work, it's 15:55 and I've already done 7. Got the puffer here too.

 

Why haven't I got the same level of willpower that I had when I decided that I was hanging about with the wrong people... Captain Morgan, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam. 

Grumpy at myself.

Stick at it, I was on 40-50 roll ups a day before Xmas,I got a half decent vape and some nic.salt based juice (stronger without the harshness) and I haven't had a tab since January.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

28 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Fuck a duck!

Rather you than me.

[wuvvum]

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

26 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

Did you cook it first?

[wuvvum]

I may be many things, but I am not a necrophile.

[wuvvum]

Financial stuff is making me grumpy today.

Tried to pay my credit card bill online.  Except that they need to send a verification code to my phone, and despite me calling them over a month ago to change the mobile number associated with the account, it has somehow reverted to the old number which is no longer active.  Both their customer service phone line and their automated payment line have been down all day.  The cunts had better not give me a late payment penalty or there will be hell to pay.

Then went online to tax the Rover.  Except that when I entered my bank details the DVLA site said that I couldn't set up a direct debit against that bank account.  Fuck knows why - I've cancelled plenty of direct debits but only when I've sold or sorned a car - I've not tried pulling a fast one by cancelling the direct debit before the first payment is taken or any other dodgy Cavcraftesque shenanigans.  For now I've set up a direct debit against my savings account - I'm not even sure if I can do that, but the website accepted the details so the Rover is road legal for now.  What a fucking palaver though.  I'm going to have to give DVLA a call in the morning to find out what is going on.

[Burnside]

What a nightmare! Wasted this whole afternoon, trying to fit a second hand door.

Stupidly I thought I would get this done in a couple of hours. Had it off/ on about 10 times today. Every time I adjusted the hinges one way, the bloody thing wouldn't fit the other end etc. 

Had to admit defeat and refit the knackered door, as I was loosing the light. Dam thing fitted first time though? Unlike the better looking replacement. 

I'm guessing that either the hinges are bent or the B pillar slightly bent. ☹️

An I've still got half the bolts and trim scattered around the car. Which I'll have to put back in the ungrateful sod tomorrow. 

[loserone]

Did you take the second hand door off, or was it already removed from the wreck?