The grumpy thread

[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a month ago to change the mobile number associated with the account, it has somehow reverted to the old number which is no longer active.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?

[Burnside]

18 minutes ago, loserone said:

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

The door was already pre removed. But I'd seen the scrap car prior to removal and the door fitted fine.

[somewhatfoolish]

17 hours ago, Wack said:

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

 

If the glass is ok a decent joiner can make a nice new frame for it, or in this case a fabricator(only originality freaks with bottomless chequebooks need speak to Crittall, but be sitting down when doing so); £18000 is telephone numbers, presumably this is the fancy doubleglazing replacement stuff, which is fine for Grand Designs types but for normal folk it's a bit rich.

[sdkrc]

1. Woken up by my 1yr old son having a big scream for no reason at 5.30am.

- No bother

 

2. My 14yr old cat who pisses on the front door twice a week has been at it. Takes 15mins to clean up with bleach and he doesn't accept any personal responsibility.

- OK.

 

3. Turns out he's pissed on the wall in my bathroom too.

- Bastard.

 

4. Taking the bins out barefoot and I stand on a wasp.

- fuck

 

5. DVLA have taken tax from my account despite SORNing the car over 10days ago. I look forward to maybe getting a cheque in 2 months if they feel like it

- useless bastards

 

6. What I thought was man flu might be more. Horrible persistent cough, no sense of smell and slightly shallow breathing. Ordered home test kits to play it safe since MiL is high risk and currently has lung cancer. 

- super balls

[Rocket88]

13 hours ago, plasticvandan said:

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.

I was on 30 a day until 5 years ago.........started vaping, never sparked up since. Menthol flavoured ones suit me best, although I never smoked a Consulate [cool as a mountain stream, for oldies who can remember fags being advertised on the telly] in my life.

As for vaping kit, try "Blu" products.......most reliable I've found.

[castros_bro]

2 minutes ago, colc said:

I was on 30 a day until 5 years ago.........started vaping, never sparked up since. Menthol flavoured ones suit me best, although I never smoked a Consulate [cool as a mountain stream, for oldies who can remember fags being advertised on the telly] in my life.

Menthol fags have gone AWOL.    https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/20/menthol-smokers-tell-us-what-going-now-banned-uk-12702808/

[Rocket88]

6 minutes ago, colc said:

I know........I have enough fluid  to last me another 6 months.............no idea if they've banned that as well............

 

[antony denman]

1 hour ago, sdkrc said:

1. Woken up by my 1yr old son having a big scream for no reason at 5.30am.

- No bother

 

2. My 14yr old cat who pisses on the front door twice a week has been at it. Takes 15mins to clean up with bleach and he doesn't accept any personal responsibility.

- OK.

 

3. Turns out he's pissed on the wall in my bathroom too.

- Bastard.

 

4. Taking the bins out barefoot and I stand on a wasp.

- fuck

 

5. DVLA have taken tax from my account despite SORNing the car over 10days ago. I look forward to maybe getting a cheque in 2 months if they feel like it

- useless bastards

 

6. What I thought was man flu might be more. Horrible persistent cough, no sense of smell and slightly shallow breathing. Ordered home test kits to play it safe since MiL is high risk and currently has lung cancer. 

- super balls

my old cat pisses everywere but he is getting on a bit 

[DoctorRetro]

This:

[outlaw118]

^^Arse. Thoughts with you and yours mate.

[sierraman]

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/money/2020/aug/17/housing-market-has-busiest-month-in-more-than-10-years

Who is actually buying all these houses for sale at top whack? Unless I’ve massively misread the economic situation we’re in at the moment we are looking at the probability of entering the worst recession for over a century.

[chadders]

But if for example you keep your job and can now work from home you can afford to pay more.

My season ticket was over £4k a year so I would be able to afford a bigger mortgage, especially at the very low interest rates. Add in the Stamp Duty holiday until next March means that now would be the time to buy something bigger/better.

[sierraman]

I think the job landscape will change, employers will soon cotton on they don’t have to pay people as much if it’s a job where you can work at home. 

[chadders]

It depends on the availability of staff, if there's a shortage then you have to be competitive irrespective of their personal costs.

The employer is also saving on office costs, which can be considerable.

Trying to reduce someone's salary is very difficult in my experience, as I found out when my main base was changed to an out of London site.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

...employers will soon cotton on they don’t have to pay people as much if it’s a job where you can work at home. 

The more rapacious employers (or rather their HR and accounts departments) certainly will.

Still, if employers pretend to pay their employees, then it may well be that said employees pretend to work. Or, as might* become common practice, "shirk from home".

[Borsuq]

Does anyone else get a bit weird when you can't drive your sheds for a while? I've not been able to go for a drive at all (other than taking what I call a scenic route back from work) in 2 weeks, and haven't driven my FSO in about 3 weeks, and that kinda put me on edge. I think I'm really feeling now that winter is coming and my cars will have to go in storage till spring again so I'm feeling a lot of pressure to drive them.

I'm also kinda annoyed with myself for buying a nice Polonez. I wanted one partially because I was craving a shed I could rock all year round, but now that I've bought a really well preserved one it'd be a real shame to ruin it.

Weather better fucking improve soon cause I'm not mentally ready to give up my shit cars for the year quite yet.

Also, in other news, I've been denied a raise I thought was pretty much guaranteed, so that's pretty damn annoying.

[LightBulbFun]

18 minutes ago, Borsuq said:

I'm also kinda annoyed with myself for buying a nice Polonez. I wanted one partially because I was craving a shed I could rock all year round, but now that I've bought a really well preserved one it'd be a real shame to ruin it.

surely the (autoshite) solution to that problem is simply buy another scruffier Polonez for year round usage, and you can temporarily rob it for bits if the nice one breaks!  

[Borsuq]

56 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

surely the (autoshite) solution to that problem is simply buy another scruffier Polonez for year round usage, and you can temporarily rob it for bits if the nice one breaks!  

That's always a bit of a conundrum, innit. Does one get more shite that's in good nick to enjoy during good weather, or is it better to double up on some cars by having both good and sheddy examples.

I think I'm currently leaning towards saving up for a Wartburg 353 or a nice Żuk rather than getting a 2nd Polonez. Unless I find one that really wins me over for some reason, obviously.

[djoptix]

People that call their cars a "track slag" (or "track weapon", even worse).

Universally means it's a shit BMW/MX5 that they have lowered, taken the interior out of, put tow straps on, and probably a host of other modifications which don't make it  go any faster but destroy the resale value.

Cnuts.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, Borsuq said:

a nice Żuk

Phrases you will only read on Autoshite #15283.

[catsinthewelder]

12 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

surely the (autoshite) solution to that problem is simply buy another scruffier Polonez for year round usage, and you can temporarily rob the nice one for bits if it breaks!  

Efa

[rainagain]

My bank are pissing me off. I went paperless a while back. I now need an actual printed statement for ID purposes. I asked them on live chat and was told they’d send one out. Two weeks passed, no statement. So I called them, the woman apologised and promised to send one out. Another two weeks have passed and guess what, no statement. 
 

I’m going to call them, put in a complaint and go back to paper statements. It‘s only their money they’ll now be wasting having to post me a statement every month. 

[Cheggers]

My bank are pissing me off. I went paperless a while back. I now need an actual printed statement for ID purposes. I asked them on live chat and was told they’d send one out. Two weeks passed, no statement. So I called them, the woman apologised and promised to send one out. Another two weeks have passed and guess what, no statement. 
 
I’m going to call them, put in a complaint and go back to paper statements. It‘s only their money they’ll now be wasting having to post me a statement every month. 

Is there no function on the app/ website to download and print a pdf version? - I was having the same issue but my solicitor confirmed a pdf was OK as ID.

[rainagain]

1 minute ago, Cheggers said:

7 minutes ago, rainagain said:

My bank are pissing me off. I went paperless a while back. I now need an actual printed statement for ID purposes. I asked them on live chat and was told they’d send one out. Two weeks passed, no statement. So I called them, the woman apologised and promised to send one out. Another two weeks have passed and guess what, no statement. 
 
I’m going to call them, put in a complaint and go back to paper statements. It‘s only their money they’ll now be wasting having to post me a statement every month. 

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Is there no function on the app/ website to download and print a pdf version? - I was having the same issue but my solicitor confirmed a pdf was OK as ID.

Sadly my solicitor is insisting on a printed copy. Probably because they are the only people I know who still use fax machines as apparently they’re more secure than email. 

[cort1977]

How can they tell who printed it? Are they a funny size?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I still have paper bank statements. None of this online tomfoolery. 

Come to think of it, I was still using a fax machine at home until it broke down a couple of months ago. Must find a replacement.....

[fairkens]

Tbf they're not wrong about the security thing, partly because who has a flipping fax machine now anyway