The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

5 hours ago, Yoss said:

That's a bugger, I didn't know that. I was looking forward to some cheap days out in six years. That doesn't sound too far away. But 13 years does, no point daydreaming of days out to Salisbury and Winchester now. 

So if you are 60 in London or Wales or Scotland can you only use your free pass in those places or once you have a pass is the world (the rest of England anyway) your oyster or can you only use it where you live. 

We pay more tax, especially as the 40% rare kicks in much earlier and it’s 41.

[Mally]

I'm in Sunny Beach.

It's not!

[Wack]

17 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Mate's mum's tidy early Corsa B (some of you may remember it from FOTU last year) was broken into at the weekend - they smashed the nearside rear door window.  I've found another one on eBay (mate doesn't do online auction sites) and ordered it on his behalf.  Just checked the order details and it's being delivered by fucking Hermes.

Chances of it arriving in less than 1,000 pieces?

This is how some railway track I posted with hermes arrived , I'd wrapped it in 3 layers of card 

good luck

 

[Lacquer Peel]

15 hours ago, Wack said:

 it seems that Scotland, Wales, NI and London it's 60 for a free bus pass

England it's state pension age which for me is 67 , why is that ?

Tories

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Tories

I can assure you the SNP are far worse than the Tories especially in the porkie pie dept. 

[Lacquer Peel]

Just now, Metal Guru said:

I can assure you the SNP are far worse than the Tories especially in the porkie pie dept. 

K. I was talking about provisions for pensioners.

[myglaren]

17 hours ago, Wack said:

 it seems that Scotland, Wales, NI and London it's 60 for a free bus pass

England it's state pension age which for me is 67 , why is that ?

I was offered mine when I was 55.  No use at all to me.  I could have gone to and returned from work using it but of course it isn't valid at those times.  And took twenty five minutes where it takes eight to drive there.  And a mile walk from the nearest bus stop.

Too much of a bumache to get one as well, all the forms and photo's, having to go to the bus station among all those people

I could in theory take a 'selfie' and print it.  If I had a printer.

[NigeT]

After several years without selling a car, I've advertised Rover in all the standard places and I'm astounded at the number of absolute cuntwombles wasting my time. Just as well I'm dealing with it for my old man (who suffers from social anxiety) or it would probably be the end of him.   

[tooSavvy]

F.F.S!! Several days ago, driving up the back lane, I spotted a 'snowdrift' of polystyrene pills lying near our rear yard door. Someone had gutted a beanny bag/duvet 🥺.

I put a 'fly tipping' email in to the council, helpfully *observing that a quick pass, with the street cleaner 'Vac Truck' could sort it 👍

NOW... A week later, my rear yard is like a Santa's grotto = inches deep in fake snow!

This morning I popped £30 for an eBay special 'garden vac' suckker upper >> that we might stop the evil white curse invading our kitchen everytime I take something out the back door. F.F.S!!

Give Me Strength

*.... Council, eh? F.F.S!!! 🤐

[Tubbo]

[cobblers]

Having my entire weekend wasted - I'm being dragged to an incredibly ill advised party hosted by my wife's mates who are in the middle of an awkward divorce, but for some reason she has suggested having "one last party" in their marital home.  It's a couple of hours drive away and it will fuck up most of my Saturday, then we won't get home til 3AM on Sunday so that's yet another day wasted as I'll be too exhausted to really get anything done. I'm driving so can't even have a drink to take the edge off, I barely know any of these people and my presence is completely pointless other than to avoid my wife having to make some excuse as to why I'm not there - "He's very busy with work and really needs to work all weekend to try and keep on top of things" for example. It wouldn't even be a lie.

Realistically, not one of these people actually gives a shit if I am there, and they will only even ask where I was out of politeness or to demonstrate that they've remembered I exist.

I find prolonged social gatherings like that incredibly stressful - I'm fine for a couple of hours, but these things always go on and on for hours longer than is reasonable, so by the time we do leave I'll have been deep in a state of despair for some time.

I'm probably on some part of the autistic spectrum for sure, but even so I do honestly think that if you went round and in confidence asked everyone at these kind of parties if they actually genuinely wanted to be there, I would predict at least 80% of attendees would very much rather be sat on their own sofa in their pyjamas instead of being stood awkwardly around someone else's house waiting for the earliest polite opportunity to fuck off home.

I wish we could make it acceptable to be honest and sincerely say "Look, thanks for the invite, I appreciate the thought but I would really not enjoy that at all, in fact it is pretty much my own personal hell, nothing personal though"

[sierraman]

Someone has had their money’s worth on this Transits tyre...

[Remspoor]

27 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Having my entire weekend wasted - I'm being dragged to an incredibly ill advised party hosted by my wife's mates who are in the middle of an awkward divorce, but for some reason she has suggested having "one last party" in their marital home.  It's a couple of hours drive away and it will fuck up most of my Saturday, then we won't get home til 3AM on Sunday so that's yet another day wasted as I'll be too exhausted to really get anything done. I'm driving so can't even have a drink to take the edge off, I barely know any of these people and my presence is completely pointless other than to avoid my wife having to make some excuse as to why I'm not there - "He's very busy with work and really needs to work all weekend to try and keep on top of things" for example. It wouldn't even be a lie.

Realistically, not one of these people actually gives a shit if I am there, and they will only even ask where I was out of politeness or to demonstrate that they've remembered I exist.

I find prolonged social gatherings like that incredibly stressful - I'm fine for a couple of hours, but these things always go on and on for hours longer than is reasonable, so by the time we do leave I'll have been deep in a state of despair for some time.

I'm probably on some part of the autistic spectrum for sure, but even so I do honestly think that if you went round and in confidence asked everyone at these kind of parties if they actually genuinely wanted to be there, I would predict at least 80% of attendees would very much rather be sat on their own sofa in their pyjamas instead of being stood awkwardly around someone else's house waiting for the earliest polite opportunity to fuck off home.

I wish we could make it acceptable to be honest and sincerely say "Look, thanks for the invite, I appreciate the thought but I would really not enjoy that at all, in fact it is pretty much my own personal hell, nothing personal though"

Sounds like something from After Life.

[captain_70s]

32 minutes ago, cobblers said:

my wife's mates who are in the middle of an awkward divorce, but for some reason she has suggested having "one last party" in their marital home.

Well. That sounds like the absolute worst fucking idea ever.

And that's coming from a man who daily drove a Triumph Dolomite. Twice.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

37 minutes ago, cobblers said:

I'm probably on some part of the autistic spectrum for sure

Realistically, I think many of us on here are. 

[GMcD]

43 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Having my entire weekend wasted - I'm being dragged to an incredibly ill advised party hosted by my wife's mates who are in the middle of an awkward divorce, but for some reason she has suggested having "one last party" in their marital home.  It's a couple of hours drive away and it will fuck up most of my Saturday, then we won't get home til 3AM on Sunday so that's yet another day wasted as I'll be too exhausted to really get anything done. I'm driving so can't even have a drink to take the edge off, I barely know any of these people and my presence is completely pointless other than to avoid my wife having to make some excuse as to why I'm not there - "He's very busy with work and really needs to work all weekend to try and keep on top of things" for example. It wouldn't even be a lie.

Realistically, not one of these people actually gives a shit if I am there, and they will only even ask where I was out of politeness or to demonstrate that they've remembered I exist.

I find prolonged social gatherings like that incredibly stressful - I'm fine for a couple of hours, but these things always go on and on for hours longer than is reasonable, so by the time we do leave I'll have been deep in a state of despair for some time.

I'm probably on some part of the autistic spectrum for sure, but even so I do honestly think that if you went round and in confidence asked everyone at these kind of parties if they actually genuinely wanted to be there, I would predict at least 80% of attendees would very much rather be sat on their own sofa in their pyjamas instead of being stood awkwardly around someone else's house waiting for the earliest polite opportunity to fuck off home.

I wish we could make it acceptable to be honest and sincerely say "Look, thanks for the invite, I appreciate the thought but I would really not enjoy that at all, in fact it is pretty much my own personal hell, nothing personal though"

Sounds like a drunken fight is a certainty!

I hate most social events unless its with close friends.  Normally what happens is my wife goes away to mingle and forgets about me for hours leaving me to either sit myself like a loser or leave me having to make inane chit chat with people I really don't particularly like nor care for and will likely never bump into them again for years. 

I'm normally dez  (I don't drink that much and I'd rather not waste my weekends in bed with a hangover) which is why I always take a 2-seater to such events so I don't have to drop off some random drunk 15 miles away in the opposite direction of where I stay when inevitably my wife asks someone if they want a lift up the road. 

I'm a ray of sunshine 😁. 

[cobblers]

22 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Realistically, I think many of us on here are. 

We're like pistonheads only without the big budget or the ability to comfortably make eye contact while talking to people

[chaseracer]

That's our new marketing strategy, right there.

[cobblers]

i hope it doesnt work very well

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, NigeT said:

After several years without selling a car, I've advertised Rover in all the standard places and I'm astounded at the number of absolute cuntwombles wasting my time. Just as well I'm dealing with it for my old man (who suffers from social anxiety) or it would probably be the end of him.   

Have you tried selling it on here?

[Garythesnail]

1 hour ago, Gerrymcd said:

which is why I always take a 2-seater

Genius

[NigeT]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Have you tried selling it on here?

Yep, it’s for sale on here. Roffle had some initial interest which then totally died out. Can’t be that many running, driving, MOT’d cars around for under £750. 

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, cobblers said:

Having my entire weekend wasted - I'm being dragged to an incredibly ill advised party hosted by my wife's mates who are in the middle of an awkward divorce, but for some reason she has suggested having "one last party" in their marital home.  It's a couple of hours drive away and it will fuck up most of my Saturday, then we won't get home til 3AM on Sunday so that's yet another day wasted as I'll be too exhausted to really get anything done. I'm driving so can't even have a drink to take the edge off, I barely know any of these people and my presence is completely pointless other than to avoid my wife having to make some excuse as to why I'm not there - "He's very busy with work and really needs to work all weekend to try and keep on top of things" for example. It wouldn't even be a lie.

Realistically, not one of these people actually gives a shit if I am there, and they will only even ask where I was out of politeness or to demonstrate that they've remembered I exist.

I find prolonged social gatherings like that incredibly stressful - I'm fine for a couple of hours, but these things always go on and on for hours longer than is reasonable, so by the time we do leave I'll have been deep in a state of despair for some time.

I'm probably on some part of the autistic spectrum for sure, but even so I do honestly think that if you went round and in confidence asked everyone at these kind of parties if they actually genuinely wanted to be there, I would predict at least 80% of attendees would very much rather be sat on their own sofa in their pyjamas instead of being stood awkwardly around someone else's house waiting for the earliest polite opportunity to fuck off home.

I wish we could make it acceptable to be honest and sincerely say "Look, thanks for the invite, I appreciate the thought but I would really not enjoy that at all, in fact it is pretty much my own personal hell, nothing personal though"

 I think if you told the hosts that they might not be that offended. Whether your wife would accept it is probably a different story.

Could end like Abigail's Party.

[Zelandeth]

One week on...still testing COVID positive.

Joy.

If this could fuck off now I'd be fine with that.

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

Someone has had their money’s worth on this Transits tyre...

Must've taken a good-year or two to get to that stage..... 

 

...... 😬😅

[AnnoyingPentium]

10 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Must've taken a good-year or two to get to that stage..... 

 

...... 😬😅

You are @High Jetter, AICMFP.

[mitsisigma01]

15 hours ago, Wack said:

This is how some railway track I posted with hermes arrived , I'd wrapped it in 3 layers of card 

good luck 48.28 kB · 0 downloads

 

Being an ex courier handler problem solver , what were the maximum dimensions and weight allowed for your price ..... Why not package it to the max , maybe shitloads more cardboard or even thin plywood strips , something to add rigidity. Yours I'm afraid to say would fail a drop test and be deemed to be insufficiently packaged .😕

[mitsisigma01]

7 hours ago, cobblers said:

It's a couple of hours drive away and it will fuck up most of my Saturday,

Drop her at the party , go out lazy car spotting, go for fish n chips on the beach or the cinema or anywhere more interesting than a crap party you don't want to be at , then kip in the car til she's ready to go . Result

[RoverFolkUs]

25 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

You are @High Jetter, AICMFP.

Had to get in there first yano... Couldn't leave it too (ling)long to make a tyre related pun

[High Jetter]

Just now, mitsisigma01 said:

Drop her at the party , go out lazy car spotting, go for fish n chips on the beach or the cinema or anywhere more interesting than a crap party you don't want to be at , then kip in the car til she's ready to go . Result

I'm guessing you're not married?