The grumpy thread

[cort16]

While the SD1's off the road I'm lacking something in my life so set about the optimistic task of finding myself something that's a bit of fun for a max of £500.

I spotted a V reg 1999 820 vitesse in a local dealers bargain bin section for £495 and was pretty excited about getting some red hot turbo action. When I turned up it looks like stevie wonders' been at all 4 arches with a pick axe handle and a tin of paint from the pound shop. If your going to paint over the rust at least make the effort to 1: rub it down a bit, 2: use at least approximately the right colour of paint. I'm not completely un-sold on the idea but in my huff at the arches forgot to ask how much mot it had.

[Lord Sterling]

Got a phone call from the garage today asking if I had the fuel filter I said I was going to get. No I havent - We're struggling for space - This is the usual excuse I get when my car has been there too long, they want to order a new one from the main dealer, what main dealer? 'Rover' dont seem to have a 'main dealer' anymore. My mate has posted me 2 fuel filters anyway today so I should recieve them either tomorrow Saturday or latest Monday.

 

I want my car back as much as they want rid, but I cant do anything until the filters arrive

 

Also - My cat has gone AWOL, havent seen her since yesterday morning

[theorganist]

If it was that navy blue one, it never met its reserve, so he'll still have it. Therefore you can look at the pictures and decide if you want to pursue it further.

 

Ahh must admit I hadn't realised that, had switched my interest to something else so didn't take any notice when it ended, cheers Mr B. I am doing him a injustice then!!

 

May message him back about it.

[messerschmitt owner]

 

Also - My cat has gone AWOL, havent seen her since yesterday morning

you get £35 for a cat at the scrapyard - guess it's been catnapped and taken there

 

Hope you get it back soon.

[scaryoldcortina]

 

Also - My cat has gone AWOL, havent seen her since yesterday morning

you get £35 for a cat at the scrapyard - guess it's been catnapped and taken there

 

Hope you get it back soon.

 

No, I tried that one once. The guy is specially trained to tell the difference between a cat and a cat.

 

LS - ask the neighbours to see if someone else is feeding it. One of ours tried to move four doors down once.

[Negative Creep]

Have we had this?

 

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.as ... ger+racers

 

 

[Rhythm Thief]

 

Also - My cat has gone AWOL, havent seen her since yesterday morning

you get £35 for a cat at the scrapyard - guess it's been catnapped and taken there

 

Hope you get it back soon.

 

Probably being banger raced by now.

 

Seriously as a fellow cat owner, hope she turns up soon.

[M'coli]

Have we had this?

 

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.as ... ger+racers

 

 

Aye. It runs to 3 pages.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11629

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Needed to plug a sky box into the phone line. The nearest phone socket was downstairs, so I went out to buy an extension (without measuring how long it needed to be, of course). Had to buy the longest to be safe. Got home, and noticed the unused phone socket right by the box.

 

Idiot

[The Moog]

Phoning round to get quotes for VW van.

 

Adrian Flux - Sorry cant give you a quote because you have no reason to have a vehicle with 7 seats!!

 

WTF .. would they refuse to insure me on a volvo estate with 7 seats?

[andrew e]

Tell them your Catholic - your not even sure if 7 seats are enough!

[The Moog]

Ha ha fair point. Never knew I had to justify purchases to the insurance company...

 

Still Peter James has come up with the goods.

[Cavcraft]

Tell them you're a Catholic priest and you're going camping with the Sunday School

 

Right, grumpiness again:

Found my son's 18th birthday present, ticks all the boxes and is a mere catapult's throw away from our front door. I need (ideally) for it to be 'ready to use' by the big day (Wednesday) but the vendor is working nights/days up until then so it's bloody big race against time. Get it right and hopefully he'll be a very happy bunny. Get it wrong and the Fuhrer is going to be SRSLY pissed off with me.

It's not the seller's fault incidentally, I just spotted it fairly late on and dithered about getting hold of him.

[RoadworkUK]

Saw at least 3 Banger-prepped MK2 2-door Cortinas on flatbeds, on the A12 heading North this morning. (sad face)

 

But, on the plus side, I saw an early Mondial on the A23, being driven aggresively. (grin)

[Pillock]

That (pardon my french) fucking car.

 

You know the score - blown turbo, knackered engine, sob sob sob lots of money.

On Tuesday, it evacuated the wishbone bush from the wishbone. Cue lots of banging and thumping every time I even think about braking as the wishbone thumps against the mount.

£90 lighter as I simply haven't got the time, and need a working car.

 

Yesterday? It chewed all the friction material off one (just one!) of the brake pads. At 95mph on the M1. I realised this when the traffic slowed slightly, I went to gently brake and then the contents of my bowels suddenly became at one with my undercrackers as the pedal hit the carpet. A bit of pumping and I get pressure - so I'm still alive. After hearing the grinding noise from the brakes on the way home from work I investigate and discover my 4mm of pad has turned to 0mm and it's pressing metal to metal. I even noticed part of a brake pad on the floor where I parked the car and thought nothing of it!

 

My grump therefore is that sodding vehicle costing more and more money every time I turn the fricking key. Set of pads £20, and discs are £22 a pop.

[maxpower]

"my grump of the day"

 

seeing a crawford corsair covertible on a flat bed(looked in need of a hood) and not having a camera with me to take a pic

[mattblack]

...crawford...

 

That takes the biscuit...

[autofive]

fatha-five had a suspected heart attack yesterday

he's already had a bypass many years ago so looks like he will now need more surgery, he's in hospital 40 miles away for the next few weeks, lots of 80 mile roundtrip hospital visits and associated car park charges make me grumpy today

[CreepingJesus]

Sorry to hear that. Hope he pulls thro.

 

Bloody carless, it's doing my nut in. Apparently Enterprise don't have anything to rent. Bollicks.

[Angrydicky]

The Flickr uploader is so bloody slow. Is there a quicker way of doing it?

 

Not only is it slow at the actual uploading, but you seem to have to select each image from your folder manually which takes ages. On the Photobucket one you just click each picture in the gallery once to select it. I downloaded the Flickr uploader, but either it isn't working or if this is it it's shite!

[eddyramrod]

hospital visits and associated car park charges

 

As if having your nearest and dearest in hozzy wasn't bad enough! Whose fucking bright idea was it, to run hospitals like a business? (British Leyland being the model, it seems)

 

A5, best of luck to your dad.

[Lord Sterling]

A5 - Sorry to hear that man, hope your Dad pulls through.

 

The Flickr uploader is so bloody slow. Is there a quicker way of doing it?

 

Not only is it slow at the actual uploading, but you seem to have to select each image from your folder manually which takes ages. On the Photobucket one you just click each picture in the gallery once to select it. I downloaded the Flickr uploader, but either it isn't working or if this is it it's shite!

 

I dont use flickr but have an account. I did upload 1 picture, but I dont know how to show my images on flickr.

 

I use the tab+arrow button when selecting images, therefore you can select as many images as you like. I used to use that when uploading to Photobucket, but then photophucket created some 'bulk uploader' thing to upload a load of images at once.

 

Anyway, in other grumps, my cat still hasnt returned home

[tonedepear]

Shoddy news A5, sorry to hear that. Best of british to him.

[Cavcraft]

Best of luck for your dad A5.

[warren t claim]

Best wishes A5 from the Claim clan.

[autofive]

thanks for the good wishes, but they sent him home this afternoon

 

it seems the 1st op was a complete success, and now he's home doing nothing for a month - went to see him tonight and he seems fine, just stiff from the op and tired. the wonders of modern medicine and new surgical techniques it seems

[Station]

How old is he? Just wondering, I know loads of blokes who have had heart attacks years ago and are now fine.

He'll no doubt recover and everything will be fine if he's back at home.

[autofive]

66 - 67

 

i was quite amazed to see him up and about. The hospital in question specilises in cardiac and they seem to be doing a fine job

[chaseracer]

thanks for the good wishes, but they sent him home this afternoon

 

it seems the 1st op was a complete success, and now he's home doing nothing for a month - went to see him tonight and he seems fine, just stiff from the op and tired. the wonders of modern medicine and new surgical techniques it seems

Same happened with the old dear about 18 months back; MI the day after the Golden Wedding party (I'm saying nothing...!), blues/twos to the hospital, stabilised, shunt in within 24 hours, home in two days with instructions to rest for a month. Obviously, mother being mother, she was walking a mile to the shops by the end of the second week...

 

All the best to your dad, A5

[myglaren]

Surprising how it can improve lives.

My father in law had a triple bypass and it knocked twenty years off him, ran around like a blue-arsed fly for years afterwards with no hint of a problem.

 

I don't experience any difference in uploads between PotoBucket, ImageShack, Flickr or Google.

I can upload multiple images but have only done so when they have been sequentially listed in my images folder, just select the run and hit enter.

 

Every time I return to Flickr I have to work out anew how to post them in a forum. I blame them for shuffling things around but secretly suspect it is down to inattention and raw dumnity on my part.