The grumpy thread

[MikeR]

but throw a freebie flu shot in , and the q will be out of the door !!!

21 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Currently sat at the drs for the first time in about 15 years. I'm still dizzy af and fell again yesterday. Only me and one other here. I thought the place would have been rammed.

 

[paulplom]

A bit of a waste of time I think. Probably the reason I don't bother going. He reset the gyroscopes in my head by lying on the table and moving my head about. Could take a few days  before the reset completes.

He did do my blood pressure which was quite high. I had just got out the shower 10 minutes earlier and briskly walked to the surgery.

I test it at least once a week at home and it's normally okay. I have to do a record of it three times a day and he's ringing me in two weeks.

Did I mention it's a waste of time and I don't normally go to the drs.

[paulplom]

1 minute ago, MikeR said:

but throw a freebie flu shot in , and the q will be out of the door !!!

 

I'm absolutely terrified of needles. I'd be out the fucking door.

[MikeR]

4 minutes ago, paulplom said:

I'm absolutely terrified of needles. I'd be out the fucking door.

so am I , I dont know how I got through the cancer op !!!!

I even had to inject my self

[MikeR]

F in drains are blocked , 3 houses affected , its the pipe out to the road ,

I can get the hose pipe out as far as the lamp post by the pipe , 

which was changed a while back for a new LED job ....

water chaps eta ..... Sunday

F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y

[Christine]

6 minutes ago, MikeR said:

F in drains are blocked , 3 houses affected , its the pipe out to the road ,

I can get the hose pipe out as far as the lamp post by the pipe , 

which was changed a while back for a new LED job ....

water chaps eta ..... Sunday

F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y

LBF will be disappointed to hear that  

[New POD]

18 hours ago, MikeR said:

but throw a freebie flu shot in , and the q will be out of the door !!!

 

Just been invited for mine. 2 weeks. 

[New POD]

9 minutes ago, MikeR said:

F in drains are blocked , 3 houses affected , its the pipe out to the road ,

I can get the hose pipe out as far as the lamp post by the pipe , 

which was changed a while back for a new LED job ....

water chaps eta ..... Sunday

F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y F ck it y

Do you want to borrow my hose pipe? It's about 10 metres long. Come and get it. 

[New POD]

2 minutes ago, Christine said:

LBF will be disappointed to hear that  

LBF ? I think it's United Utilities around here.  Street light will be Sefton council.  

[MikeR]

1 minute ago, New POD said:

Do you want to borrow my hose pipe? It's about 10 metres long. Come and get it. 

I have a long one that could reach the street , thanks

[beko1987]

18 hours ago, paulplom said:

Currently sat at the drs for the first time in about 15 years. I'm still dizzy af and fell again yesterday. Only me and one other here. I thought the place would have been rammed.

I love how time warp doctors buildings are! Ours is the same, bar a fresh coat of white on the walls every so often it's the same as wen it opened in the mid 90s I think! Others have been too

Gws etc

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, New POD said:

LBF ? I think it's United Utilities around here.  Street light will be Sefton council.  

*mumble grumble*

it will be some PFI bollocks probably

*mumble grumble*

[MarvinsMom]

just heard that a good friends youngest lad has been killed in a car crash.

some twat in a mitsubishi outlander thing hit him in his MGB head on, SUV twat walked away, Ryan was declared dead at the scene.

we had known him since he was a baby, even buying the black mini off him a couple of years back.

he was 29, leaving behind a wife,toddler and big soppy dog.

 

[EssDeeWon]

23 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

just heard that a good friends youngest lad has been killed in a car crash.

some twat in a mitsubishi outlander thing hit him in his MGB head on, SUV twat walked away, Ryan was declared dead at the scene.

we had known him since he was a baby, even buying the black mini off him a couple of years back.

he was 29, leaving behind a wife,toddler and big soppy dog.

 

Good god thats awful.   An unthinkable thing to have happen to a young family.  The only minor, and it is a minor consolation is the SUV twat now has to live with that and hopefully thinks twice before being a dickhead next time.  

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, EssDeeWon said:

Good god thats awful.   An unthinkable thing to have happen to a young family.  The only minor, and it is a minor consolation is the SUV twat now has to live with that and hopefully thinks twice before being a dickhead next time.  

Having been a passenger in an accident which killed a pedestrian, in 1986, I would agree that my friend (Bob) was not unaffected by the knowledge that he'd killed a father and grand father even though the coroner and magistrate both ruled he wasn't to blame and it was a freak accident.  

Do we know what happened? 

[MarvinsMom]

Not really, just what has been reported,  it seems that on Tuesday around 5.pm there was a coming together up near Settrington on one of the back roads near Malton.

Mitsubishi man got airlifted to hospital in York, though was discharged later on that night, and Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene.

ryan we know won't have been pushing on cos he had not long finished a full restoration on the MG. 

the how and why they came together head on, well that we don't know. 

[Lankytim]

That's terrible news.  It's incredible how a few seconds can have such a drastic effect on peoples lives.

 

Deepest condolences to all those involved. 

[bangernomics]

What a terrible waste of a young life, my condolences.

[greengartside]

Just having a vent. 
 

I’m looking for another car. Budget is up to £1500. I need a 5 door and mileage preferably under 100k. It has to have a decent MOT too. I’d really like a Fiesta or a Ford of some sort,  but can I find one in my area? Not a bloody chance. It seems like the used car market has dried up in East Anglia. 
 

Every car I’ve seen has turned out to be a heap, the first one I saw a few weeks ago didn’t feel ‘right’ to me.

I don’t want to travel hundreds of miles to view a car that ends up to be shit.

Mojo/mood/mental health is all-time low, I’m driving myself mad going in circles looking at the same shit on eBay/bumtree/autotrader.

I give up. FFS.

[MikeR]

drains are blocked and backed up  ....  and its pissing down

[Cavcraft]

1 hour ago, greengartside said:

Just having a vent. 
 

I’m looking for another car. Budget is up to £1500. I need a 5 door and mileage preferably under 100k. It has to have a decent MOT too. I’d really like a Fiesta or a Ford of some sort,  but can I find one in my area? Not a bloody chance. It seems like the used car market has dried up in East Anglia. 
 

Every car I’ve seen has turned out to be a heap, the first one I saw a few weeks ago didn’t feel ‘right’ to me.

I don’t want to travel hundreds of miles to view a car that ends up to be shit.

Mojo/mood/mental health is all-time low, I’m driving myself mad going in circles looking at the same shit on eBay/bumtree/autotrader.

I give up. FFS.

The second hand car market seems insane at the moment. If anything, some (second hand) cars seem to have gone up in price, and more than one dealer is refusing to budge on price even when they must know they're asking top dollar. When you see shit ones for sale locally, it does indeed make you ponder travelling for miles to find something equally crap.

[Talbot]

40 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

The second hand car market seems insane at the moment. If anything, some (second hand) cars seem to have gone up in price, and more than one dealer is refusing to budge on price even when they must know they're asking top dollar.

Given the massive drop in new vehicle sales, it's hardly surprising that the second-hand market has gone up in price.  It's just supply and demand.  I suspect it'll take a few years to go back to how it was, if indeed it ever does. 

[Jazoli]

I think its great, my car has stopped depreciating and is actually worth more than I paid for it,  same with the wife's, I know I could sell the both for more than I paid, but would struggle to replace them.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Talbot said:

Given the massive drop in new vehicle sales, it's hardly surprising that the second-hand market has gone up in price. 

Yea, but how many 70 reg have you seen? They're everywhere down here.

[Fumbler]

9 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Yea, but how many 70 reg have you seen? They're everywhere down here.

Plenty down here, too. However, it took a little longer than usual for the new registrations to appear this time.

[High Jetter]

Yes, maybe, but September only just gone. There's loads of them.

[HillmanImp]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Yea, but how many 70 reg have you seen? They're everywhere down here.

Funnily enough I was talking about this yesterday as I saw one on the M1 and exclaimed how few I'd seen. 

I know I've not been far but I've noticed 2 of them in a month round here. 

I'd normally see more, even just round the village. 

[Craig the Princess]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Yes, maybe, but September only just gone. There's loads of them.

There seem to be loads round this way, completely different to 20 plates which were very scarce.

[Craig the Princess]

On 10/2/2020 at 10:53 AM, MikeR said:

I have a long one that could reach the street , thanks

Show off.

[paulplom]

Just been to pick the kids up from my mothers 12 miles away. I saw a speed camera van on the A19 dual carriageway in a layby. Passed it on my way back home and you could barely see it because of the sun. A first for me and a new low for them imo.