The grumpy thread

[New POD]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Again, thank fuck for the NHS. Even if they keep you awake. All night.

No. It wasn't the NHS that kept me awake. It was some old bloke with dementia in a side room. 

[ruffgeezer]

@Rovorsche the mot manual would only allow that to be failed if it was leaking at the time of test, that being said if they had spotted it they could have advised it.

 

[twosmoke300]

And then had people bitch and moan about giving advisories ? 
 

Testers cant win 

[Sham]

I'm very much in the 'not an expert' category, and there are plenty of things I might miss when giving a car the once over that wouldn't fail an MoT.

I would much rather have an advisory that I can fix before the next test than not know and fail the next test.

On a car purchase, the only time I have concerns is when the same advisory is on the certificate year after year - shows careless ownership in my view and such cars get passed over. An advisory that's gone the following test is fine by me.

[myglaren]

On 19/01/2021 at 11:31, New POD said:

My wife phoned 111 when I had neck pains that were becoming chest pains.  

15 mins later I was on a cardiac monitor, had some tablet under my tongue, and 20 mins after that I was on my way to hospital. The monitors did not show a heart attack but blood tests showed my enzymes were 10 times what they shoukd have been and an X ray and then an ultrasound showed moderate damage.  2 days later I was having a stent fitted through a tube in my wrist, which went all the way to my heart. 

I keep saying it.  NEVER ignore chest pains.  Even if it turns out to be trapped wind. 

They were pretty sure that I'd probably had 2 small ones in the previous 2 weeks. 

A neighbour opposite always used to sit in the window watching TV.  A big, very healthy looking bloke.

The kids used to call him "The Dead Man" as he never moved.

He complained about indigestion one day.

He was sat in his chair as usual - but this time he really was the dead man - heart attack.

[MikeR]

FFS , I clicked a news item .

Not bigbaps.com 

[somewhatfoolish]

I see the problem; you're reading the Daily Wail. That shit is bad for you.

[Minimad5]

Fire up the computer .... Machine Check Exception.

Aah fuck 🤦‍♂️

[New POD]

38 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I see the problem; you're reading the Daily Wail. That shit is bad for you.

I've tried to tell him. That and the "Formby Bubble" 

Both to be avoided. Along with twatter and arsebook 

[somewhatfoolish]

13 minutes ago, New POD said:

I've tried to tell him. That and the "Formby Bubble" 

Both to be avoided. Along with twatter and arsebook 

Formby Bubble sounds like a digestive complaint.

[New POD]

1 minute ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Formby Bubble sounds like a digestive complaint.

I've never looked at it, but daughter tells me it's like it sounds.  

[Pieman]

On 1/15/2021 at 11:48 AM, eddyramrod said:

You've just about described my school life too!    I am in touch with only one person I knew back then ( late 60s/early 70s) and that's because she's my kid sister.  I'm in touch with almost nobody from previous jobs too.

You read about people having lifelong friends, and childhood sweethearts, and good luck to them, but I completely fail to understand how they do that.  People who were really good friends years ago have just fallen away.  It probably doesn't help that I emigrated in 2009 and when we returned, came to a town a hundred miles from where we used to live.

It has crossed my mind that maybe I should be making more effort to stay in touch, and with a couple of them I do, but of the rest, several know where I am and none are putting in any effort.

I'm slowly realising that too.  No one from previous school, studies or work has spoken to me since I left, and even with current friendships, no one talks to me unless I contact them first, I'm never included by anyone in anything and the first I find out about anyone's life is when they post it on Facebook three days later (I had a separate rant about that recently on here).  My own parents don't even really try to talk to me or show any interest in my life...and I fucking live with them.

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

[MikeR]

Going to need wellies to get home .

Wonder if the river has topped over, it did last time the meter hit the high spot !!

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/5227?direction=u

[Minimad5]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

Don't take this sort of thing to heart.

I'm a proper weirdo and feel uncomfortable with 'small talk' , so to me talking to folk is easier when it is about a subject - Cars or if you need help with something. 

So don't just take it you are the problem, as folk may have inner / hidden problem such as lack of communication skills. (Have you ever made the first move and expressed interest in the other persons interests or hobbies ? ... this can get the chatty juices flowing)

[Sham]

2 hours ago, Pieman said:

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

I envy you.

[Frogchod]

My mate's just bought a C15 Mixte. 

Greedy git won't sell me his C15 pick up. 

[New POD]

5 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

With that Formby Bubble, do you get a free Ukelele after three years subscription?

Wigan.  He's from Wigan 

[MikeR]

FFS , it's snowing now in Liverpool 

 

[myglaren]

Just went to take the car for my son to take to work.

Flat tyre

Pump doesn't even look at it  

No spare wheel, naturally    

 

[High Jetter]

Yea, I'm married too.

[Crackers]

Slightly self-inflicted grump, but having been without a car for a week and a half I'd realllllllly appreciate if Autodoc might bother to get my order out the door some day soon.

 

Yes, should have done my research first, if I'd known they've gotta get here slowtime from Germany I'd not have bothered. I feel rather thick for assuming ".co.uk" means "We have a warehouse and distribution system within the UK".

Doh.

[TataBobu]

Yes, I've also learned that the (same) hard way about autodoc.ro in my case. It took two weeks for a pair of shock absorbers and the wrong handbrake cables. Found out I've got the wrong ones with the car dismantled, they were for the drum variant, not disks.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Anyone else fed up of the constant doom & gloom TV ads? If it's not animals starving, mistreatment then it's kids! Some of us are having a tough enough time with loneliness especially over the past year with out this too.

Or  am over sensitive/care to much!?i

[Jerzy Woking]

Every news story I read seems to include in it somewhere, the phrase "mental health and well being" when it doesn't seem relevant (at least in my eyes).  

Grump over. Got to go shopping tomorrow, so will actual be able to speak to a real person, even if stood two metres away, for tye first time in 10 days. 🙂

[eddyramrod]

38 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Anyone else fed up of the constant doom & gloom TV ads? If it's not animals starving, mistreatment then it's kids! Some of us are having a tough enough time with loneliness especially over the past year with out this too.

Or  am over sensitive/care to much!?i

You are not, not at all!  I'm with you all the way.

[Noel Tidybeard]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Just went to take the car for my son to take to work.

Flat tyre

Pump doesn't even look at it  

No spare wheel, naturally    

 

jack the wheel up then use pump-sometimes they unseat when fat

[myglaren]

Thanks, I'll have a crack at that in the morning.

[Parky]

Job interview this morning.  Job sounded ideal, played beautifully to my skills, but then the bombshell - You are a contractor and it’s commission only.  That will fuck any chance of getting a mortgage for a while.  Plus ain’t nothing worse than putting in the first few months with no pay.  Or even petrol money.  I don’t think I deserve that.

Another role, perfect for me led to a rejection email as I haven’t been in the country long enough.  It would appear a year of shuffling papers around an office is more value than 25 years experience of the same sort of job.

Financial exam.  Four elements to it, two essays and two sets of questions.  Failed one of the essays due to misinterpreting the requirement.  Basically had to explain what an adviser needs to do to get authorised.  Explained in detail and failed.  Turned out the answer was as simple as “complete relevant forms and submit”.  Tutor has given me another go luckily.  Then I failed the multi choice section on one question which again is massively open to interpretation so appealing that and hopefully I will be allowed to redo it.  I wouldn’t mind so much but I have paid A LOT of money to do these exams and I get no backup whatsoever.  Tutors can only be contacted by a central portal which everyone can see.  Sometimes you just need thirty seconds on the phone which isn’t possible.  

Plus I got so caught up on redoing the essay and job applications I forgot I had a doctors appointment.  Had to pay $49 for missing it.  

Credit card company locked me out of my online account and will only send a Password reset reminder via text.  What number is on my account?  Yup, uk number.  Does it still exist?  Nope.  Can they email it?  Nope....

God I am depressed and fed up.  I only want a job in my field and am fed up with being told that my experience isn’t good enough for Christchurch.  A chunk of it is from Christchurch!  I don’t even mind stepping back a bit into a junior role but that’s not allowed either.   Mrs P is pushing me to earn so we can get a mortgage ASAP.  Junior is doing the same.  Feel like I am letting the side down  

[Wilko220]

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/cars/e10-petrol-will-become-standard-year-despite-risks-older-cars-heres-what-you-need-know-about-fuel-change-3104048

 

[UltraWomble]

Im getting worried about what an incredibly grumpy bastard Ive become.

1) I hate lycra clad cyclists. Its an irrational hatred borne about by a few who think that the highway code doesnt apply to them. If you are wearing normal clothes to ride I dont seem to have the same hatred towards you. Unless you are doing something dickish, like riding at night with no lights, wearing dark clothes, smoking a fag and having a conversation on your mobile.

2) I hate cyclists who have those fucking ridiculous retina burning stroboscopes attached to their bikes. I want to run them into a ditch.

3) Ive started reporting Facebook posts now with anything I dislike as having adult nudity. Mostly its foreign people posting stupid videos on selling sites of some bloke chucking a chicken down a muddy hole to catch a fish that looks like it originated in Sellafield's cooling pond. Occasionally however its people I know who post incredibly cutesy photos of their kids saying how fucking wonderful and special they are.