The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

Yup, there's the problem.

[Wibble]

Get an ozone generator, kills bacteria and viruses. Portable ones not expensive but don’t expose yourself to it. Ozone reverts to oxygen after two or three hours. 
We use them for this purpose and also for deodorising smoke damage. Good for all sorts of odour and bacterial problems but must be used with caution as will cause respiratory problems if used incorrectly.

 

 

[Rust Collector]

So, I finally owned up to buying the 100 today (yes, it’s been sat on the drive for a few days now).

As I wasn’t planning on bringing it home, I told my mrs ‘I have a car to move’ when I went to collect it. Then due to Murphy’s law I’ve ended up bringing it home and leaving it on the trailer (if it doesn’t touch the ground, I don’t have to own up to owning it, right?). Obviously, I have been doing everything asked of me by my partner whilst it is out there in order to keep things sweet and avoid questions until I can shift it 😅 

Today I wanted to play cars, but she fancied a trip to the beach. No bother, whilst I don’t like the beach it’s only down the road, and I can take beers to pass the time. Keeping her happy is the name of the game until I think of a way to own up to my bad decisions.

I’m an idiot and I often forget to use sun lotion. Last weekend I got burnt like a bastard on my shoulders and I’ve been uncomfortable all week. Before we left I asked if she had packed the sun lotion. ‘Yes, it’s in the bag’. We go to the beach. First call of action for me, sun lotion as I don’t want to get burnt again… yeah, the sun lotion isn’t in the bag. My dearly beloved forgot to pack it (‘yes, it’s in the bag!). I’m not happy but I don’t complain. A little while later, I’m asked out of the blue ‘when are you going to own up to owning that Audi?’ 😳 oh dear. I fessed up, told the story of the ancient advert etc., she wasn’t angry (we have enough cars that it’s obvious I had a problem already) but she did chirpily mention that we’d now be staying at the beach as long as she liked.

Now, I’m definite that she didn’t deliberately leave the sun lotion at home, it was an honest mistake. However, karma is a bitch, because I’m burnt to fuck and she’s absolutely fine!

here’s to another week of discomfort then…

[vulgalour]

I'm sorry for your sunburn.  I'm not so sorry I found the story amusing.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, Wibble said:

Get an ozone generator, kills bacteria and viruses.

Is this a solution for the noisy neighbors? Might do the trick 😂

[Wibble]

19 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Is this a solution for the noisy neighbors? Might do the trick 😂

I wouldn’t recommend it for that 🤣

[Remspoor]

11 hours ago, mat_the_cat said:

Their policy is that guests shouldn't travel if testing positive, but nowhere did it state where we stood if we cancelled the booking. Potentially we'd be fined, unable to have anyone else in for those dates, and lose the Superhost status. Phoned them up and was told that they can have a refund if they supply proof of the positive test, which is not what I wanted to hear! I asked if we would be penalised and they said they needed to escalate the query.

6 hours later, and half an hour before they were due to arrive, Airbnb messaged to say that if we got in touch with our local health department, they would be able to advise, or we could host them at our own risk. Decided on the latter, worried about being penalised. So now we're having to have a mammoth cleaning session when they leave, otherwise it's hardly fair on the next guests. There's disinfectant 'bombs' which can do a whole room, so have ordered a pack of those.

That makes my run in with the website (as a guest) as very trivial. They are seriously messed up.

These disinfectant bombs can be harmful to your health too. I hope you have enough time  between these leaving and the next ones....Good luck

[Lacquer Peel]

On 6/17/2022 at 8:14 PM, Dyslexic Viking said:

I regularly struggle with wanting to save cars and the current one is this.

It does not get better that this is a diesel something I like a lot and that they are almost extinct here. It is also cheap and is 30 years old next year so will be cheap to own. Can we possibly create a support group here? Because I need help.

Turbo diesel?

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

So, I finally owned up to buying the 100 today (yes, it’s been sat on the drive for a few days now).

As I wasn’t planning on bringing it home, I told my mrs ‘I have a car to move’ when I went to collect it. Then due to Murphy’s law I’ve ended up bringing it home and leaving it on the trailer (if it doesn’t touch the ground, I don’t have to own up to owning it, right?). Obviously, I have been doing everything asked of me by my partner whilst it is out there in order to keep things sweet and avoid questions until I can shift it 😅 

Today I wanted to play cars, but she fancied a trip to the beach. No bother, whilst I don’t like the beach it’s only down the road, and I can take beers to pass the time. Keeping her happy is the name of the game until I think of a way to own up to my bad decisions.

I’m an idiot and I often forget to use sun lotion. Last weekend I got burnt like a bastard on my shoulders and I’ve been uncomfortable all week. Before we left I asked if she had packed the sun lotion. ‘Yes, it’s in the bag’. We go to the beach. First call of action for me, sun lotion as I don’t want to get burnt again… yeah, the sun lotion isn’t in the bag. My dearly beloved forgot to pack it (‘yes, it’s in the bag!). I’m not happy but I don’t complain. A little while later, I’m asked out of the blue ‘when are you going to own up to owning that Audi?’ 😳 oh dear. I fessed up, told the story of the ancient advert etc., she wasn’t angry (we have enough cars that it’s obvious I had a problem already) but she did chirpily mention that we’d now be staying at the beach as long as she liked.

Now, I’m definite that she didn’t deliberately leave the sun lotion at home, it was an honest mistake. However, karma is a bitch, because I’m burnt to fuck and she’s absolutely fine!

here’s to another week of discomfort then…

Your wife is a clever lady 😄

[Dyslexic Viking]

52 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Turbo diesel?

No it is the non turbo version something I actually prefer for simplicity.

[Lacquer Peel]

4 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

No it is the non turbo version something I actually prefer for simplicity.

It's a good engine. We have its 1.6 litre predecessor in a Renault Express van. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

13 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

It's a good engine. We have its 1.6 litre predecessor in a Renault Express van. 

The fact that it is a diesel is one of the main reasons I want it as I like simple old diesel engines. And these are good engines as you say it also contributes a lot to wanting it. So I want it the problem is just getting it home. I guess it's been a long time since the timing belt was replaced and that's the biggest thing that stops me from trying to drive it home as I do not want to risk destroying the engine.

[sierraman]

Fucking crap nights sleep. 12pm the loft hatch blew open... 1:45 the Focus decided to start up an impromptu disco with the alarm going off and the wipers, lights flashing, cue disconnecting the battery... 3:00 then someone up the road decided to have a massive fucking row in the street...

[Lacquer Peel]

8 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The fact that it is a diesel is one of the main reasons I want it as I like simple old diesel engines. And these are good engines as you say it also contributes a lot to wanting it. So I want it the problem is just getting it home. I guess it's been a long time since the timing belt was replaced and that's the biggest thing that stops me from trying to drive it home as I do not want to risk destroying the engine.

It looks like an easy belt to do, there is lots of space around the timing end unlike many fwd cars. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

6 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

It looks like an easy belt to do, there is lots of space around the timing end unlike many fwd cars. 

Yes, they are probably simple for those who can. I have tried in the past to change timing belts and I have always messed it up so it is a job I do not do myself unfortunately.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Aerial in the car is very much fucking fucked now, think it's the amp in the aerial base. Signal is extremely weak and won't hold a station at all no matter which stereo I use.

[omegod]

Today i was this many days old when I discovered that 6ft 2" does not fit into a roofed MX5 without risk of concussion when driving over a crisp bag, this has made me very very sad   

 

[jakebullet]

Return of the random writing on the rear window of the c1. Previously it was homophobic now it's weird "mam told me not to" crudely drawn cock.

???

[Supernaut]

13 hours ago, omegod said:

Today i was this many days old when I discovered that 6ft 2" does not fit into a roofed MX5 without risk of concussion when driving over a crisp bag, this has made me very very sad   

 

I've heard of taller people fitting different seat runners to MX-5s to lower the seat.

Not that I have any first-hand experience, being 5ft 6" myself!

[loserone]

On 19/06/2022 at 10:29, Dyslexic Viking said:

Yes, they are probably simple for those who can. I have tried in the past to change timing belts and I have always messed it up so it is a job I do not do myself unfortunately.

Yes, but have you bought it yet?

 

I would love to try a diesel 19.  

[myglaren]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the happy thread.

Knock on the door, not expecting any deliveries.

Postie on the doorstep to tell me my keys are in the door.

Been there since yesterday evening   and 

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, loserone said:

Yes, but have you bought it yet?

 

I would love to try a diesel 19.  

No I do not unfortunately. I'm struggling to find a way to get it home. Talked to Dad today and he does not understand why I need another car and understands even less of what I'm going to do with that old Renault. So I wonder if I have to let this pass also something that is a bit annoying as i will probably not get the chance to buy a diesel 19 again. 

 

But I am considering contacting the seller and asking if he can let me know if he is unable to sell the car and wants to scrap it something I think is a big chance  will happen.

[Rust Collector]

21 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

So I wonder if I have to let this pass also something that is a bit annoying as i will probably not get the chance to buy a diesel 19 again. 

This is what's troubling me at the moment. I have this nagging thought that each time I see something old and cheap it will be the last chance I have to own one before prices get silly/they become even rarer. I find it best not to look anywhere that I might see adverts these days 😅

[Dyslexic Viking]

15 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

This is what's troubling me at the moment. I have this nagging thought that each time I see something old and cheap it will be the last chance I have to own one before prices get silly/they become even rarer. I find it best not to look anywhere that I might see adverts these days 😅

The big problem I have is that I live in Norway and the car market here is much smaller than the UK so there is a high probability that this is Norway's last surviving Renault 19 diesel.

But I should also stop looking at cars for sale but struggle to do it. Had I had space and money and a car transporter, I am convinced that I would have owned hundreds of cars within 10 to 20 years. This is how bad I am.

[Pieman]

On 6/18/2022 at 11:24 PM, Rust Collector said:

So, I finally owned up to buying the 100 today (yes, it’s been sat on the drive for a few days now).

As I wasn’t planning on bringing it home, I told my mrs ‘I have a car to move’ when I went to collect it. Then due to Murphy’s law I’ve ended up bringing it home and leaving it on the trailer (if it doesn’t touch the ground, I don’t have to own up to owning it, right?). Obviously, I have been doing everything asked of me by my partner whilst it is out there in order to keep things sweet and avoid questions until I can shift it 😅 

Today I wanted to play cars, but she fancied a trip to the beach. No bother, whilst I don’t like the beach it’s only down the road, and I can take beers to pass the time. Keeping her happy is the name of the game until I think of a way to own up to my bad decisions.

I’m an idiot and I often forget to use sun lotion. Last weekend I got burnt like a bastard on my shoulders and I’ve been uncomfortable all week. Before we left I asked if she had packed the sun lotion. ‘Yes, it’s in the bag’. We go to the beach. First call of action for me, sun lotion as I don’t want to get burnt again… yeah, the sun lotion isn’t in the bag. My dearly beloved forgot to pack it (‘yes, it’s in the bag!). I’m not happy but I don’t complain. A little while later, I’m asked out of the blue ‘when are you going to own up to owning that Audi?’ 😳 oh dear. I fessed up, told the story of the ancient advert etc., she wasn’t angry (we have enough cars that it’s obvious I had a problem already) but she did chirpily mention that we’d now be staying at the beach as long as she liked.

Now, I’m definite that she didn’t deliberately leave the sun lotion at home, it was an honest mistake. However, karma is a bitch, because I’m burnt to fuck and she’s absolutely fine!

here’s to another week of discomfort then…

Solution: get a partner who likes cars as much as you do, like I have.  I think she enjoyed the historic meeting at Donington yesterday even more than I did.

[Rust Collector]

18 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Solution: get a partner who likes cars as much as you do, like I have.  I think she enjoyed the historic meeting at Donington yesterday even more than I did.

To be fair to her she may have had a point that 13 cars is possibly* more than we need 😅

[Sunny Jim]

20 hours ago, omegod said:

Today i was this many days old when I discovered that 6ft 2" does not fit into a roofed MX5 without risk of concussion when driving over a crisp bag, this has made me very very sad   

 

You need to perform a "foamectomy"! You take the cover off the seat and then cut away foam from the base so you sit lower in it. I'm 6'1" and it did the trick for me (but only 11 stone so don't sink that low in a seat!).

https://www.miata.net/garage/foamectomy/index.html

[Yoss]

5 hours ago, myglaren said:

Not sure if this belongs here or in the happy thread.

Knock on the door, not expecting any deliveries.

Postie on the doorstep to tell me my keys are in the door.

Been there since yesterday evening   and 

Don't worry (too much) that's quite a regular occurrence. I find keys in doors quite regularly, probably at least once a month, and I've been a postie for 32 years so that's a lot of months.

I always knock and almost always the people inside didnt know they were there. Very occasionally someone has said they left them there because they were coming in and out or something but even then they don't seem to mind me pointing it out.

It's just another public service we perform that no one knows about. 

[Garythesnail]

9 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Return of the random writing on the rear window of the c1. Previously it was homophobic now it's weird "mam told me not to" crudely drawn cock.

???

 

 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

It's just another public service we perform that no one knows about. 

Yup, key personnel.