The grumpy thread

[RoverFolkUs]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

I pulled in there just over a year ago. Not impressed, didn't buy anything. Shite location.

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

[crad]

14 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

the shell in our village got done for overcharging

[RoverFolkUs]

4 minutes ago, crad said:

the shell in our village got done for overcharging

They're all doing it, so much for the 5p fuel duty relief 🙄

[High Jetter]

28 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yeah never been there myself. Couldn't actually see where the shop was!? (At a very quick glance only, admittedly) 

Usually Shell are my first choice. Most of them in Sussex that I've been to are pretty good. 

Shop at downhill (exit) end IIRC. Unpleasant staff, would not visit again.

'You can be sure of Shell', tho...

[RoverFolkUs]

4 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Shop at downhill (exit) end IIRC. Unpleasant staff, would not visit again.

'You can be sure of Shell', tho...

Ah yes, just looked on google maps, it's there, where you say. 

Though it's covered in VOSA MOT signs which made me think it was a workshop rather than a shop, especially at a quick glance!

[Markeh]

Go abroad with friends, they said. It'll be fun, they said. First holiday abroad in 8 years and first proper holiday abroad without my folks.

Whoever they are, they didn't account for one of said friends completely losing control of a dodgy hired jetski, coming over the line into the swimming section of the beach and crashing straight into me in the process.

I'm fine, other than a sore shoulder, leg cramps from wild flailing to surface again, and a missing week old pair of prescription sunglasses. Fair play to the lad, he's absolutely mortified (and a bit bruised himself - I'm told while I was in the process of trying not to drown, he flew off rather spectacularly) and has offered to replace them when we're back in the UK, and the shoulder will heal. But come on, we'd maybe been in Turkey for 16 hours at this point, hopefully this will be the last of the near death experiences. Although we were on about hiring a car so maybe not!

Maybe this is Him upstairs' way of getting karma on me for the other week's shunt in London.

[beko1987]

32 minutes ago, Markeh said:

Go abroad with friends, they said. It'll be fun, they said. First holiday abroad in 8 years and first proper holiday abroad without my folks.

Whoever they are, they didn't account for one of said friends completely losing control of a dodgy hired jetski, coming over the line into the swimming section of the beach and crashing straight into me in the process.

I'm fine, other than a sore shoulder, leg cramps from wild flailing to surface again, and a missing week old pair of prescription sunglasses. Fair play to the lad, he's absolutely mortified (and a bit bruised himself - I'm told while I was in the process of trying not to drown, he flew off rather spectacularly) and has offered to replace them when we're back in the UK, and the shoulder will heal. But come on, we'd maybe been in Turkey for 16 hours at this point, hopefully this will be the last of the near death experiences. Although we were on about hiring a car so maybe not!

Maybe this is Him upstairs' way of getting karma on me for the other week's shunt in London.

Might be safer to just stay at a bar for the rest of the trip 😂

[Markeh]

36 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Might be safer to just stay at a bar for the rest of the trip 😂

Oh I don't know. Everyone else had bets on what day I was going to fall over pissed before we came!

[Timewaster]

57 minutes ago, J W Pepper said:

Just read the Daily Mail

I stopped reading your post after this point.

 

Something about electric cars causing cancer?

https://youtu.be/q3chJN9DCGg

[Dyslexic Viking]

The only ethanol free petrol is 98 octane in Norway and this cost 2.5 pounds per liter today. And the other thing is this temperamental old thing that is constantly annoying me with problems.

[J W Pepper]

12 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

I stopped reading your post after this point.

 

Something about electric cars causing cancer?

https://youtu.be/q3chJN9DCGg

I agree the daily mail do have a habit of using the same words in different articles and clump things together, I just think the technology isn't ready yet, and it would be better to develop more efficient engines.

[Timewaster]

22 minutes ago, J W Pepper said:

I agree the daily mail do have a habit of using the same words in different articles and clump things together, I just think the technology isn't ready yet, and it would be better to develop more efficient engines.

It is an emerging technology, look at how far we have come from the G-wizz to something like a Ionic5.

The next 10 years should see some amazing EVs. They could be mega efficient if they don't keep on building bloody huge things like Audi Q7s that no one needs and make something more like an A2.

Diesel engines have peaked imo, modern ones are saddled with fragile adblue and dpf systems. 

 

[J W Pepper]

10 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

It is an emerging technology, look at how far we have come from the G-wizz to something like a Ionic5.

The next 10 years should see some amazing EVs. They could be mega efficient if they don't keep on building bloody huge things like Audi Q7s that no one needs and make something more like an A2.

Diesel engines have peaked imo, modern ones are saddled with fragile adblue and dpf systems. 

 

You make a good point regarding the G-wizz and how the ranges are increasing, but the charging times still need to be reduced to something convenient, and prices reduced to something affordable, but it is improving, and should get better in the next few years like you say. And you make another good point in making smaller cars rather than big cars

[beko1987]

They need to make them bigger. Both sets of parents have an ev/hybrid and I'm forever helping collect things, do tip runs and etc with my estate. 

I make a point of telling them we'll cancel out all the environmental good they've done by owning their cars and flooring the shit out of the Xsara until it makes power clouds... 

Dad's ioniq is lovely though once acclimatised, if I could ever afford one/they survive well enough to become cheap enough that I could afford one I would

[AnnoyingPentium]

Saw a lot of petrol stations that are bringing petrol prices up to diesel prices. Morrisons has done no such thing, neither has Jet. Thankfully. Still, fucking £1.73 a litre, do they think I'm made of fucking money?

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Timewaster said:

Diesel engines have peaked imo, modern ones are saddled with fragile adblue and dpf systems.

Diesel engines peaked around 1994.

[artdjones]

4 hours ago, Markeh said:

Go abroad with friends, they said. It'll be fun, they said. First holiday abroad in 8 years and first proper holiday abroad without my folks.

Whoever they are, they didn't account for one of said friends completely losing control of a dodgy hired jetski, coming over the line into the swimming section of the beach and crashing straight into me in the process.

I'm fine, other than a sore shoulder, leg cramps from wild flailing to surface again, and a missing week old pair of prescription sunglasses. Fair play to the lad, he's absolutely mortified (and a bit bruised himself - I'm told while I was in the process of trying not to drown, he flew off rather spectacularly) and has offered to replace them when we're back in the UK, and the shoulder will heal. But come on, we'd maybe been in Turkey for 16 hours at this point, hopefully this will be the last of the near death experiences. Although we were on about hiring a car so maybe not!

Maybe this is Him upstairs' way of getting karma on me for the other week's shunt in London.

Don't hire any motorbikes, scooters or mopeds.

[wuvvum]

If anyone was in any doubt that the quality of BBC journalism is dropping...

Platinum Jubilee: Queen 'humbled and touched' by celebrations - BBC News

Quote

The Trotters' Robin Reliant from sitcom Only Fools and Horses

FFS.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

Don't hire any motorbikes, scooters or mopeds.

...or women!

[Timewaster]

42 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

If anyone was in any doubt that the quality of BBC journalism is dropping...

Platinum Jubilee: Queen 'humbled and touched' by celebrations - BBC News

FFS.

Trotters van from Only Horses and Idiots?

[Dyslexic Viking]

Tried to give my cat drops in the neck against ticks and as a typical man I did not read the instructions. According to this I should wear gloves that came with it something I did not see. So this with the fact that my cat would not cooperate we are both protected against ticks now.

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Tried to give my cat drops in the neck against ticks and as a typical man I did not read the instructions. According to this I should wear gloves that came with it something I did not see. So this with the fact that my cat would not cooperate we are both protected against ticks now.

We never wear gloves to give ours the flea treatment. Just wash our hands right away. Give it to them just as they finish their food. They are calmer when licking the bowel.

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

We never wear gloves to give ours the flea treatment. Just wash our hands right away. Give it to them just as they finish their food. They are calmer when licking the bowel.

This is a good way to do it will try it next time. Thanks!

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Tried to give my cat drops in the neck against ticks and as a typical man I did not read the instructions. According to this I should wear gloves that came with it something I did not see. So this with the fact that my cat would not cooperate we are both protected against ticks now.

Several years ago, I was applying the tick treatment to our cat while my wife held the cat. The cat was not impressed by the application of the treatment and reared up, pushing the treated bit of neck fur into my wife's face/mouth. She said she could still taste the treatment 2 days later!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

We never wear gloves to give ours the flea treatment. Just wash our hands right away. Give it to them just as they finish their food. They are calmer when licking the bowel.

Whose bowel are they licking?  Just for clarity.

[wuvvum]

With cats it's usually their own.

[barefoot]

Fucking Download Festival.

I live in Castle Donington & have walked up to it for most of the last forty years. This year they've made it impossible to get to on foot. There's some sort of drop off/pick up point over towards Melbourne. Which is via the A453 which is the busy main road past EMA without a footpath. Twats.

[JimH]

I dare say this is discussed elsewhere, however...

I'm a lazy sod. If something is arranged and stays arranged and the lights come on, the credit card keeps working and the cars stay legal then I'm not going to shop round. I can't be arsed to save a few pence flitting from one service to another. I'm also happy to tick the "recurring billing" box if it stops me needing to remember something. I really think I'm the sort of person you want as a customer. Uncomplaining and lazy. 

So why is it that there are some that just take the piss? More specifically why does the RAC always take the piss? I've paid them money for the past twenty years and called them a sum total of four times (not counting the European hiccup but that was paid for separately). On one of those occasions (too embarrassing for words) you were unable to help me so I had to sort myself out but I still carried on giving you money). But no, each year it is the same  - send a renewal notice with an odd "administration and what the fuck ever" charge of between £50 and £60. Every year the person on the end of the line mutters something about introductory discounts not applying anymore and offering to knock it off the bill. I mutter something about if you do that again I'm cancelling it, rinse and repeat. 

Only this year the same thing happens, I go and see what the cover I think I've got costs me on line and I see that the renewal this year is cheaper. Ah well, that's nice. Then you notice on page 2 in quite little letters is a description of your cover which is not national recovery but instead roadside assistance with the promise of a 10 mile tow. Hang on, I've been paying you, or at least assuming I'm paying you to get me home. Forgive me for being a smart arse but if you can mend it then so can I so all I want you to do it recover the twat if it is broken in a need to get it back to the workshop sort of a way. It now appears that when Dearheart called to complain about the spurious admin charge last year they made it cheaper by  reducing the cover. Gee thanks. It turns out that you now want to stiff me £20 more for useless cover than you charge on the internet and if I want the cover I need you want another £35 or so. I know that it is my fault for not reading what I am supposed to read but it still struck me as what my Grandfather would call "sharp practice". It turned out that the AA was having a "Jubilee Sale Now On" so national recovery for two people was £106. 

Why do this? It hardly presents an impression of a company that is going to be around for the long haul of you are constantly trying to nickle and dime people. 

Whinge over.

[MikeR]

Just spent the morning why YouTube did not work on any pc in the house ,but it worked on a hotspot ??? , It all worked yesterday FFS ....

BT had helpfully switched on and updated the child protection gizmo on the BB account ..

[cobblers]

35 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Just spent the morning why YouTube did not work on any pc in the house ,but it worked on a hotspot ??? , It all worked yesterday FFS ....

BT had helpfully switched on and updated the child protection gizmo on the BB account ..

Hey, at least they were kind enough to block something like youtube so when you call up to turn the content filter off you have plausible deniability.