The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

^^^ I could not agree more. Minimise contact, minimise risk.

[Supernaut]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

^^^ I could not agree more. Minimise contact, minimise risk.

I'm doing my part!

I didn't leave the house all day yesterday. I bought Automation and made all sorts of shite virtual cars.

[myglaren]

My grandson is unable to have driving lessons although my daughter has been accompanying him a couple of times a week.

The driving instructor told him the lessons were postponed and there were no tests being done.

The dozy lad across the street has continued having lessons, also practising with his mother, father and grandfather in his car (not all at once) and has now passed his test (surprisingly as he is pretty hopeless).

[crad]

morons parking with their fucking hazards on outside one stop on the high street where theres double yellows. how about you park in the two big fuck off car parks just up the road, or are you too bloody thick. boils my piss cos all it does is clog up the roads. bloody townies.

[High Jetter]

^^^ At night, do they 'park' facing oncoming traffic leaving their headlights on too? That riles me even more.

[montytom]

25 minutes ago, crad said:

morons parking with their fucking hazards on outside one stop on the high street where theres double yellows. how about you park in the two big fuck off car parks just up the road, or are you too bloody thick. boils my piss cos all it does is clog up the roads. bloody townies.

I fully agree once the hazards are on it seems they think the rules of the road dont apply to them.

[beko1987]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

^^^ At night, do they 'park' facing oncoming traffic leaving their main beams on too? That riles me even more.

Efa. Especially when you can see them a mile up the sodding road and be blind the whole way

[Wack]

I wouldn't want to be on the bottom of the London property ladder in 2021 

[crad]

Just now, Wack said:

I wouldn't want to be on the bottom of the London property ladder in 2021 

its the same in the south east- i've no chance

[Fumbler]

10 minutes ago, crad said:

its the same in the south east- i've no chance

Same here. The best I can do is rent.

[cort1977]

Couldn't find more up to date figures but I'm sure London prices haven't fallen...

[Pieman]

Won't matter when we're all dead by July.

[New POD]

23 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Won't matter when we're all dead by July.

You okay? 

[New POD]

27 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

Couldn't find more up to date figures but I'm sure London prices haven't fallen...

Looks to me like houses in the North are still affordable. 

[bobdisk]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

^^^ At night, do they 'park' facing oncoming traffic leaving their headlights on too? That riles me even more.

I turn my main beam on at them, if no one is coming the other way. Sometimes they get the hint.

[jonathan_dyane]

Bloody bastard toothache

[omegod]

I didn't think I could be more pissed off with the government but seeing the farcical food parcels sent out to kids while their Tory chums are skimming off the top I actually felt like crying. Twats 

[Wack]

20 hours ago, New POD said:

Looks to me like houses in the North are still affordable. 

The amount of londoners there are in Warrington I think they've realised that , 650k would buy a very big house up here , not a 3 bed semi 

[omegod]

11 minutes ago, Wack said:

The amount of londoners there are in Warrington I think they've realised that , 650k would buy a very big house up here , not a 3 bed semi 

Time to get the pitchforks out and run the f*ckers out of town ? 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

House sellers who answer every question you ask them except the one about vehicular access to the property and then go silent   😒

 

21 hours ago, Wack said:

I wouldn't want to be on the bottom of the London property ladder in 2021 

 

Having recently left I'll say yes.. in fact  you can prery much discount being able to afford anything if you are a mere mortal without a heathy five figure income and a pile of cash for a deposit.  Because "lhaaaandahhhaaaaan"

[richardmorris]

21 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Same here. The best I can do is rent.

Yep, renting for 25 years now.

[Wack]

19 minutes ago, omegod said:

Time to get the pitchforks out and run the f*ckers out of town ? 

I'll just buy up all the shiny buttons ,they'll soon go 

[Wack]

 

23 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Having recently left I'll say yes.. in fact  you can prery much discount being able to afford anything if you are a mere mortal without a heathy five figure income and a pile of cash for a deposit.  Because "lhaaaandahhhaaaaan"

I've posted this before, I found a Surrey  builders catalogue from 1958 , 

 

The most expensive house on the list is £5350 which according to the inflation calculator is £127,500 in 2020

Those houses would be 800k+ today 

 

 

 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

7 minutes ago, Wack said:

 

I've posted this before, I found a Surrey  builders catalogue from 1958 , 

 

The most expensive house on the list is £5350 which according to the inflation calculator is £127,500 in 2020

Those houses would be 800k+ today 

 

 

 

 

 

Dream on , a detached, 3 bed with garage in Surrey (and no doubt a real garden worth having not "an postage stamp") , that's  getting on for a million quid if not more.

I lived in a less fashionable, east end (just!) suburb and an average 3 bed  end of terrace is  £450 -550k, af the posher end  of town near the forest a semi detached  was 650 -800k beyond the compreshension of my tiny vallies mind to me. Rent in London is also insane

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

I didn't think I could be more pissed off with the government but seeing the farcical food parcels sent out to kids while their Tory chums are skimming off the top I actually felt like crying. Twats 

I'd like to know by what measurement that's £20 of food. An outrage.

[High Jetter]

Why did they call the bungalow 'Mole' when, I presume, it wasn't underground?

[Mr Pastry]

2 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Why did they call the bungalow 'Mole' when, I presume, it wasn't underground?

The Mole is the Holy River of Surrey.   And does go underground in places.

[Wack]

29 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Dream on , a detached, 3 bed with garage in Surrey (and no doubt a real garden worth having not "an postage stamp") , that's  getting on for a million quid if not more.

I lived in a less fashionable, east end (just!) suburb and an average 3 bed  end of terrace is  £450 -550k, af the posher end  of town near the forest a semi detached  was 650 -800k beyond the compreshension of my tiny vallies mind to me. Rent in London is also insane

My first real exposure to London house prices was 2014 , I had a job as a medical courier 

Went to a house in Ealing , 3 bed detached , while waiting for him to come to the door I was looking at the cars in the street , not one under 50k 

He opened the door and the smell of the 50s hit me , a guy in his 90s who'd obviously lived there for decades 

When I got home I had a look on rightmove,  the semi next door had sold for 1.1m 2012 

Went to a flat and a woman in her mid 80s had a baby grand piano in the front room, they must've taken a window out , she used to be a concert pianist , that's a posh neighbourhood when you're banging on the floor to get the concert pianist to stop playing Bach 

[omegod]

43 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I'd like to know by what measurement that's £20 of food. An outrage.

It's actually meant to be £30 worth I believe

[adw1977]

47 minutes ago, Low Horatio gearbox said:

Dream on , a detached, 3 bed with garage in Surrey (and no doubt a real garden worth having not "an postage stamp") , that's  getting on for a million quid if not more.

I live in a detached 3 bed house in Surrey.  No garage, admittedly, but it's worth well under half a million.

I know it's still not exactly affordable for most people, but it ain't a million quid!