The grumpy thread

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

I had a lovely time coming home this evening with this knob jockey sitting right up my arse through the residential speed zone and then repeatedly flashed his high beams and blew his horn because I had the audacity to indicate, slow down and turn into my driveway.

I reviewed the situation, checked my indicator was working properly and concluded that he was simply a professional grade bell end.

That happened alot at my mums old house, busy road and indeed it was easier to reverse in otherwise you couldn't see out. 

I fucking loved it when someone came haring around the corner then stops right behind me, until they get the hint and reverse with me. Judicious use of leaning on the horn usually made them get the hint, and the reversing lights and hazards... 

 

[New POD]

10 hours ago, PhilA said:

Supposed to be 7-14 days to collect.

 

21 days later and the trees have superbly killed the lawn. I guess we see how well that comes back (it should)

We had a skip delivered arranged by our kitchen fitter.  This being a 8 day job with a weekend in the middle. 

The skip hire company came after 7 days. Which included the weekend.  So they had all the packaging for all the appliances still to dispose of.  Fitter was not happy, as it was only half full. 

They took it away in thier van. I reckon it will go at the bottom of the skip for the next job on day 1. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after saying goodbye to 377 quid for replacement varifocals.  Daylight feckin' robbery. Eyesight has got worse over past two years.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

Bet you didn't see that coming

I'm no clairvoyant

[PhilA]

Ugh. My electric bill has gone up just over $100 every month in the past year.

That's over $1200 a year extra. 

The electricity we get hasn't become any better

[omegod]

2 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Ugh. My electric bill has gone up just over $100 every month in the past year.

That's over $1200 a year extra. 

The electricity we get hasn't become any better

How much is it current ly  

[PhilA]

1 minute ago, omegod said:

How much is it current ly  

$284 this month

[red5]

That bill meet with much resistance?

[anonymous user]

He needs it for his ohm

[omegod]

Fuck me that bill brought me right back down to earth but I'm trying to stay positive

[Remspoor]

All those electric one liners are shocking.

[High Jetter]

I'm trying to stay neutral on this one.

[omegod]

Just now, Remspoor said:

All those electric one liners are shocking.

Guilty as charged ! 

[High Jetter]

They sure know how to rAmp it up, over there. (I bet @PhilA is losing the will to live! 🤣)

[PhilA]

Hah

[Egrvalve]

Shouldn't it be H Ah? 

[MikeR]

Watt ever fits ...

[tooSavvy]

We live up n doon... Terraced flat.

Up are having a small window bricked up [we learn.. when large, bearded sweaty man appears in back yard - bearing bricks]

Two hours ago we get asked to close the bathroom window 'cos guy coming (with wheely platform) to cut out/brick up window.

Cue >>> Stihlsaw armageddon (notching in) and a sandstorm in red dust!!

All windows now pink tint, dglazing all pink, yard dusted like studio closeups for Lawrence of Arabia.... This equates to pink footprints into the house... if we venture out

Hosepipe + sprinkler best cure, I reckon..... EVERYWHERE..... Who might be doing that, you reckon??

ar$ebiskittz

[somewhatfoolish]

I blame Alan Titchmarch.

[Minimad5]

5 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

We live up n doon... Terraced flat.

Up are having a small window bricked up [we learn.. when large, bearded sweaty man appears in back yard - bearing bricks]

Two hours ago we get asked to close the bathroom window 'cos guy coming (with wheely platform) to cut out/brick up window.

Cue >>> Stihlsaw armageddon (notching in) and a sandstorm in red dust!!

All windows now pink tint, dglazing all pink, yard dusted like studio closeups for Lawrence of Arabia.... This equates to pink footprints into the house... if we venture out

Hosepipe + sprinkler best cure, I reckon..... EVERYWHERE..... Who might be doing that, you reckon??

ar$ebiskittz

I've been on this forum for years, and I still find it much easier to understand the Romanian bloke down the road, than any of tooSavvys posts.

[Dan the van]

I feel compelled  to grump about the price of fuel which has reached an all time high of 1.31pl for unleaded and 1.37pl for diseasel.And that's supermarket prices.Thank fuck I only do 4k a year now.Was a time I was doing 50k.

[MikeR]

15 minutes ago, Dan the van said:

I feel compelled  to grump about the price of fuel which has reached an all time high of 1.31pl for unleaded and 1.37pl for diseasel.And that's supermarket prices.Thank fuck I only do 4k a year now.Was a time I was doing 50k.

Same here , i topped out at 17k a year with a 240 !!! 

M way prices are up around 1.56pl 

[tooSavvy]

13 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

We live up n doon... Terraced flat.

Up are having a small window bricked up [we learn.. when large, bearded sweaty man appears in back yard - bearing bricks]

Two hours ago we get asked to close the bathroom window 'cos guy coming (with wheely platform) to cut out/brick up window.

Cue >>> Stihlsaw armageddon (notching in) and a sandstorm in red dust!!

All windows now pink tint, dglazing all pink, yard dusted like studio closeups for Lawrence of Arabia.... This equates to pink footprints into the house... if we venture out

Hosepipe + sprinkler best cure, I reckon..... EVERYWHERE..... Who might be doing that, you reckon??

ar$ebiskittz

Postscript...

Yeah, well, just been out and lightly dusted down all the windows & ledges, swept chunks of mortar off the bins !!

It is going to properly chuck it down, after 12noon..... Most of the Gobi Desert will swill away into the drain.

FFS

[Angrydicky]

1.35 a litre for unleaded in Norfolk now. Robbing bastards!

I guess they’re trying to recoup their losses from last summer.

[tooSavvy]

On the subject of robbing fuel prices..

The GeoMetro forum (Septics Swift) reckon they have been gargling E10 through 'old motors' (90's like mine) with no ill effect.

Mebbies I'm not going over to Super U/L

[PhilA]

Wide pan shot of the weather that just made the morning turn dark again; it's currently shaking the house with deep bass thunder. Why can't we get a few days where it doesn't rain?

[Zelandeth]

Good lord, the current generation Transit is biblically shit isn't it...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

17 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Good lord, the current generation Transit is biblically shit isn't it...

Worst hire van I've ever driven.  Comically bad clutch, huge gap between gear ratios on the base engine, badly screwed together and uncomfortable.

[Zelandeth]

19 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Worst hire van I've ever driven.  Comically bad clutch, huge gap between gear ratios on the base engine, badly screwed together and uncomfortable.

The 3000rpm rev limit in 1st gear and binary (yet horrifically spongey) brakes are probably the things that are doing my head in the most.  The fact the brake pedal is so high up you can't rest your foot on the floor and operate it (you just have to hover your foot on it like the clutch) makes is near impossible to stop smoothly.

Oh, and the giant fscking touch screen that you can't properly turn off (it has an off button but wakes itself back up if you adjust the heater, someone walks in front of you at a pedestrian crossing, the stop/start activates and wants you to press the clutch so it can restart...you get the idea).

Shocking visibility on the nearside front isn't earning any favour either.

Crunchy sybcromesh on 3rd gear too...it has 4700 miles on!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

This all sounding familiar.  We hired one to take down to Devon.  I've driven quite a few Transits, including an absolutely knackered X-reg N/A diesel former minibus in my old job.  Liked them all except for the new one.  It was total shit.  I didn't notice the brakes as much as the completely binary clutch, which when you're constantly hunting for the right gear because of the enormous gap between 2nd and 3rd, didn't make for much fun.  With the one we hired, it felt like the gear ratios were for a more powerful engine map, which is exactly what I think happened...