The grumpy thread

[iainrcz]

Turns out landing flat on your arse hurts.

[New POD]

6 hours ago, MikeR said:

travel insurance .....

normal person ..circa 30 quid

me ... lets times that by 10 .....

fro

Where are you going? 

[hairnet]

bootle

[AnnoyingPentium]

Forty One whole fucking quids to brim the Fabia... £1.39 p/litre at Asda in Ayr. Might have to start going to the cheap one in Cumnock again, it was only £1.32 p/litre.

[reb]

37 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Forty One whole fucking quids to brim the Fabia... £1.39 p/litre at Asda in Ayr. Might have to start going to the cheap one in Cumnock again, it was only £1.32 p/litre.

I was £94.50 to fill the Volvo the other day, scarily close to maxing out the pay at pump.

[Spurious]

2 minutes ago, reb said:

I was £94.50 to fill the Volvo the other day, scarily close to maxing out the pay at pump.

£124 to fill a pretty empty Fiat Ducato. Luckily it's not mine to fill. The Trust must be spending a fortune on fuel these days. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, reb said:

I was £94.50 to fill the Volvo the other day, scarily close to maxing out the pay at pump.

[cobblers]

2 minutes ago, Spurious said:

£124 to fill a pretty empty Fiat Ducato. Luckily it's not mine to fill. The Trust must be spending a fortune on fuel these days. 

yup, my Peugeot boxer, yesterday. The light wasn't even on yet!

😭

[angle]

Gah, someone's had the cat off my sister in laws Civic. Doubt it's worth saving at 20 years old and very scruffy, but jesus there's nothing worthwhile around for under a grand is there?

[horriblemercedes]

3 minutes ago, angle said:

Gah, someone's had the cat off my sister in laws Civic. Doubt it's worth saving at 20 years old and very scruffy, but jesus there's nothing worthwhile around for under a grand is there?

That's a real pain, but it's probably not too bad just to put a cheap aftermarket one on. Something like this would keep it legal: 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-INCH-SPORTS-CAT-CATALYTIC-CONVERTER-HI-FLOW-100-CELL-UNIVERSAL-STAINLESS-/174108557807?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

[reb]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

In fairness I'd run it more than 50 miles with the light on, which would have added a gallon or two to the total.

[Fumbler]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Forty One whole fucking quids to brim the Fabia... £1.39 p/litre at Asda in Ayr. Might have to start going to the cheap one in Cumnock again, it was only £1.32 p/litre.

£1.39? One pound thirty nine pence? I wish it was that cheap here. Best I've found was £1.45.

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

£1.39? One pound thirty nine pence? I wish it was that cheap here. Best I've found was £1.45.

Road trip?

[Spurious]

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

yup, my Peugeot boxer, yesterday. The light wasn't even on yet!

😭

Oh no.

 

They need to really do something about fuel in the short term. Oil's creeping up again and it'll be hitting us in the pumps again.  They need to cut the duty on it.

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Spurious said:

 They need to cut the duty on it.

Cut the duty? I reckon hell freezing over is more likely to be honest; this is a nice little money spinner for the government. Though I do wonder how much public pressure would be required to lower fuel duty?

[carburettor]

8 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Oh no.

 

They need to really do something about fuel in the short term. Oil's creeping up again and it'll be hitting us in the pumps again.  They need to cut the duty on it.

Absolutely no chance of that as far as I’m concerned though, with this govt. or the next.

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, Fumbler said:

Cut the duty? I reckon hell freezing over is more likely to be honest; this is a nice little money spinner for the government. Though I do wonder how much public pressure would be required to lower fuel duty?

Pressure on local MPs.  Lot of these "red wall" tory seats are getting a bit shifty as they'll probably get a P45 the next election.  They're already telling Boris they'll send letters into Graham Brady so it's not impossible I would think. They're facing pressure on this NI increase too.

Cost of living has seen a massive jump in the last year.

I dunno, wishful thinking perhaps.

[carburettor]

6 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Cut the duty? I reckon hell freezing over is more likely to be honest; this is a nice little money spinner for the government. Though I do wonder how much public pressure would be required to lower fuel duty?

Demonstrating, the yellow jerseys as in France? Yes it would be great but that is what needs to happen, however there are far too many middle class Daily Fail readers who will moan like fuck on Twitter and assume they are fighting the cause, whilst actually doing nothing really.

[Fumbler]

3 minutes ago, carburettor said:

Demonstrating, the yellow jerseys as in France? Yes it would be great but that is what needs to happen, however there are far too many middle class Daily Fail readers who will moan like fuck on Twitter and assume they are fighting the cause, whilst actually doing nothing really.

Er right. I don't think I'll be seeing any demonstrations (let alone any yellow jacket action) demanding to cut fuel duty any time soon. Besides, anyone could very easily spin the rising fuel costs as an incentive to buy an electric car.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Here, the petrol price is almost 20 kr (1.66 pounds) per liter..

[sheffcortinacentre]

The cash cow motorist has got to take up the slack as usual & as said to much trouble while the rest are I'm alright jack.

[artdjones]

19 hours ago, iainrcz said:

Turns out landing flat on your arse hurts.

Especially if you do it from 10ft up as I once found out.

[BorniteIdentity]

14 hours ago, Spurious said:

Oh no.

 

They need to really do something about fuel in the short term. Oil's creeping up again and it'll be hitting us in the pumps again.  They need to cut the duty on it.

Effectively, they have. It’s been frozen since 2011 so - in real terms - you’re making a good saving. £100 then is about £129 in today’s money; God only knows what fuel duty would be if it had kept up with inflation etc. 

There’s no way they’ll delete the VAT either: if they wont do it on heating fuel, there’s no chance on road fuel. 

[iainrcz]

11 hours ago, artdjones said:

Especially if you do it from 10ft up as I once found out.

Oof, thankfully I was only stood up. Took the wind out of my sails a bit.

 

[reb]

I've started using a radio alarm clock app on my phone again, I used to use it with Absolute Radio, but now that just elicits silence. So I switched it to Planet Rock, which worked fine for a couple of days, but this morning there was a message saying "this service will no longer be available in a few days, you can still listen on the website" which is just brilliant.

I don't know what station to try next, maybe 6 Music?

[Metal Guru]

16 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Road trip?

Two to avoid. The Esso and Shell stations in Penrith. £1.65 for v power ,  price fixing ( I mean matching ) in place.

Only seen dearer on the motorways.

[Spurious]

46 minutes ago, reb said:

I've started using a radio alarm clock app on my phone again, I used to use it with Absolute Radio, but now that just elicits silence. So I switched it to Planet Rock, which worked fine for a couple of days, but this morning there was a message saying "this service will no longer be available in a few days, you can still listen on the website" which is just brilliant.

I don't know what station to try next, maybe 6 Music?

TuneIn? Used to have a wide range of stations to listen to. Probably has all those you listed above. 

[reb]

1 minute ago, Spurious said:

TuneIn? Used to have a wide range of stations to listen to. Probably has all those you listed above. 

Does it provide an alarm functionality though? That's the most important part. The message came from Planet Rock itself, I'm pretty sure the actual app will continue to function with a different station, I just don't know which will suit me.

If I can't find something that works I'll search out my DAB clock radio.

[jamescarruthers]

1 hour ago, reb said:

I've started using a radio alarm clock app on my phone again, I used to use it with Absolute Radio, but now that just elicits silence. So I switched it to Planet Rock, which worked fine for a couple of days, but this morning there was a message saying "this service will no longer be available in a few days, you can still listen on the website" which is just brilliant.

I don't know what station to try next, maybe 6 Music?

6Music is just outstanding, give it a go! This accompanies so much of my life. I find Mary Ann Hobbs choices not to my own but other than that I think it’s the best station I’ve ever heard. I do go back to Radio 2 for Jo Whiley sometimes but that’s about it. 
 

Specifically alarm clock radio then you’ll be listening to Lauren Laverne and she has a pretty good range of tunes. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

51 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Two to avoid. The Esso and Shell stations in Penrith. £1.65 for v power ,  price fixing ( I mean matching ) in place.

Only seen dearer on the motorways.

Cheers. There's one at the back of Cumnock (follow the road from Douglas into the back of Muirkirk if coming from the north) where the petrol was £1.32 for E10 95, now £1.35 the last time I checked.