The grumpy thread

[Zelandeth]

There is a fscking HUGE spider in here.  I'm not generally prone to arachnophobia, but that sucker needs to be somewhere else.  Bugger must have a span of two inches plus change.

After I found something with which to trap the thing it had bloody vanished.

I now know the fucker is somewhere within a few feet of me but have no idea where.  I do not like this turn of events.

[mitsisigma01]

Set the dog on it 👍

[Metal Guru]

On 25/08/2022 at 23:31, HillmanImp said:

I mean, you need to declare inheritance tax these days.  The government trusts you to say if you owe owt as the amount of people who rip it off is less than it takes to pay people to police it. 

Just fucking lie on the form. 

Okay,  if your dads Richard Branson but if you're flogging a £500k house just lie about the value and keep hold of it for a bit. If you get pulled on it just plead stupidity. 

No cunt earning minimum wage at HMRC is going to give a fucking toss. 

Inheritance tax is completely wrong given it taxing what’s left for at least the third time. Most of what’s left has probably been paid for from taxed income , has had taxes paid on it , ( VAT, council tax , etc) and then the government wants more when you die.

Of course people with multimillion pound estates have clever accountants and don’t pay any way.

[artdjones]

5 hours ago, Wibble said:

I don’t know why you’re making such an issue of me simply having a grump about Irish inheritance tax rates being unfair but at what point did I suggest IHT was abolished? I’m not 12 years old! “Shove them down the back of the sofa”, I thought we were adults! I’ve only ever said it was an unfair rate.

You have conceded that the services you listed that were paid for by IHT are actually covered, supposedly, by income tax and as for my Aunt not paying the tax, it was her bloody money!

I'm merely making the point that 33% is not a particularly unfair rate. Some other countries are 50% or more. It's up to Ireland to balance its tax rates. If inheritance tax was low many other taxes would be higher.

Your Aunt doesn't care about her money any more, and her legatees will have an unearned lump of money even after the tax.

[fairkens]

6 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

 

Of course people with multimillion pound estates have clever accountants and don’t pay any way.

In the UK it's incredibly easy for anyone  to avoid inheritance if they want to. I don't know why anyone gets worked up about it. Particularly when you have to be pretty wealthy to qualify in the first place

[Split_Pin]

15 hours ago, maxxo said:

Hate me all you want, behead me etc

ive said it before, and I’ll say it again

those who remove the DPF and or adblue systems from their vehicles 

I find it really, well, anti social, it’s just a bit of a dickhead thing to do

apart from some early designs they’re mostly sorted these days, and with the correct driving manner, or at least take it on the motorway sometimes to regen they’re fine

same as those who remove the catalytic converters 

I’m not a fan of people tampering with emission control devices on their cars

 

so yeah, hate me all you want, it just annoys me

50% of my fleet have the EGR removed, its OK though I've met you and you're sound!

[maxxo]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

50% of my fleet have the EGR removed, its OK though I've met you and you're sound!

EGR I can live with! 
 

but I suspect you all know exactly the sort I’m talking about, the ones who remap a diesel to an inch of its life and remove the dpf so you have clouds of black shit from the exhaust, they stink and tend to get driven in a poor manner

[andy18s]

3 minutes ago, maxxo said:

EGR I can live with! 
 

but I suspect you all know exactly the sort I’m talking about, the ones who remap a diesel to an inch of its life and remove the dpf so you have clouds of black shit from the exhaust, they stink and tend to get driven in a poor manner

Seeing how the EPA have killed tuning anything with wheels in the US,it's a matter of time before their practices are adopted in the UK

[sierraman]

17 hours ago, maxxo said:

Hate me all you want, behead me etc

ive said it before, and I’ll say it again

those who remove the DPF and or adblue systems from their vehicles 

I find it really, well, anti social, it’s just a bit of a dickhead thing to do

apart from some early designs they’re mostly sorted these days, and with the correct driving manner, or at least take it on the motorway sometimes to regen they’re fine

same as those who remove the catalytic converters 

I’m not a fan of people tampering with emission control devices on their cars

 

so yeah, hate me all you want, it just annoys me

A genuine replacement DPF on many cars is £1000-1500. EGRs can be fairly expensive as well and prone to causing issues. It’s quite easy to be prescriptive and criticise someone for doing that but faced with a bill of the thick end of £2,000 to replace something fairly unnecessary in the day to day running of the car is daft. Especially at the moment people have other priorities than spending thousands replacing unnecessary emissions equipment just the keep the car ‘factory’

[Zelandeth]

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

[beko1987]

21 minutes ago, sierraman said:

A genuine replacement DPF on many cars is £1000-1500. EGRs can be fairly expensive as well and prone to causing issues. It’s quite easy to be prescriptive and criticise someone for doing that but faced with a bill of the thick end of £2,000 to replace something fairly unnecessary in the day to day running of the car is daft. Especially at the moment people have other priorities than spending thousands replacing unnecessary emissions equipment just the keep the car ‘factory’

Was £700ish in just cheap parts on my £150 laguna before I broke my clutch change cherry and needed to buy more tools. Single mass conversion wasn't much cheaper either. Was only the slave cylinder being an actual issue too, but gearbox off for that and the dmf was rattly as balls and 160+k old

ASM had it after I procured a nice zx petrol to replace it and the scrap cost paid for the new car 👌

[sierraman]

26 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Was £700ish in just cheap parts on my £150 laguna before I broke my clutch change cherry and needed to buy more tools. Single mass conversion wasn't much cheaper either. Was only the slave cylinder being an actual issue too, but gearbox off for that and the dmf was rattly as balls and 160+k old

ASM had it after I procured a nice zx petrol to replace it and the scrap cost paid for the new car 👌

Cheap DPFs very hit and miss. Could be ok, could be shit. 

[ETCHY]

48 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

Bloody hell, that's a big sod.

[Datsuncog]

I relocated a similar size of spider-friend outside to the garden yesterday evening - looks like the slightly cooler weather might be causing them to come inside again. That's been three this week I've had to scoop and shift.

I feel faintly guilty as they are house spiders, but MrsDC doesn't much care for them once they exceed the size of a 50p piece - and if the cat were to happen upon one, it's usually not a pleasant outcome for the spider.

If they want to go up into the garage rafters where it's dry and sheltered, then I'm cool with that. But parading across the living room carpet, as happened last night, is a no-no.

[myglaren]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Dishwasher just failed. Must kick her out investigate why no water going in tomorrow.

Mine did a couple of months ago.  Must get round to having a look at it one day.

And the tumble dryer.

Still waiting for parts for the washing machine, it has been four months now.

[myglaren]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I relocated a similar size of spider-friend outside to the garden yesterday evening - looks like the slightly cooler weather might be causing them to come inside again. That's been three this week I've had to scoop and shift.

I feel faintly guilty as they are house spiders, but MrsDC doesn't much care for them once they exceed the size of a 50p piece - and if the cat were to happen upon one, it's usually not a pleasant outcome for the spider.

If they want to go up into the garage rafters where it's dry and sheltered, then I'm cool with that. But parading across the living room carpet, as happened last night, is a no-no.

They tend to take up residence under the floor-standing speakers in the dining room, some are huge when they venture out.

Have one in the utility room too now.

Found the corpse of one near the door, ants came in and murdered it.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Those things aren't natural most animals have 4 limbs why do they need so many!!!😱

[cort16]

I sold my BMW but still have the Megane for backup going to see new cars etc. Well at least that was the plan until I found one of the brake lines that go to the back fo the car is leaking due to corrosion by the looks of it..  The pedal is fine but don't fancy it blowing entirely  while I'm coming down an off ramp on the motorway.

[Jazoli]

30 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I sold my BMW but still have the Megane for backup going to see new cars etc. Well at least that was the plan until I found one of the brake lines that go to the back fo the car is leaking due to corrosion by the looks of it..  The pedal is fine but don't fancy it blowing entirely  while I'm coming down an off ramp on the motorway.

Be reeet cut it before where its leaking, fold it over a couple of times and clamp it with locking pliers, job done!

I'm not recommending this but I have done it in an emergency before

[mitsisigma01]

6 hours ago, myglaren said:

And the tumble dryer

What's the dryer doing or not doing .... I regularly get them just in need of a clean through and a reset of the thermo cutout ... easy money earner

[ETCHY]

8 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

When they get to that size put a collar & lead on it & you've got a pet.

[maxxo]

Here’s another

shopping

i bloody hate it, I hate the supermarket, I hate customers and I hate people who just stand in the middle of the aisles or take ages at tills

i do mostly online grocery shopping and it’s great 

but today, no as I was passing I decided to call in

yep, misery

[mitsisigma01]

19 minutes ago, maxxo said:

who just stand in the middle of the aisles

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

[High Jetter]

25 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Here’s another

shopping

i bloody hate it, I hate the supermarket, I hate customers and I hate people who just stand in the middle of the aisles or take ages at tills

i do mostly online grocery shopping and it’s great 

but today, no as I was passing I decided to call in

yep, misery

Ever delivered your own order? With staff discount, natch.

[maxxo]

11 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Ever delivered your own order? With staff discount, natch.

I’d love to do that

it would likely be a terrible shame, the entire order would be so damaged I’d unfortunately be left with no option but to refund the lot

[High Jetter]

You should give yourself a negative review then. 

[maxxo]

19 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

Exactly

the ones which don’t have their method of payment primed and ready before they reach the cashier 

then spend what feels like 6 hours fumbling around waiting to pay

i can do a full weekly shop in less than 20 minutes

[High Jetter]

Your invitation to dine with you is, regretfully, declined.

I know our local Sainsb pretty well, if it's a full job it's 30 mins from van to van. Only 5! manned checkouts now, very rare to see them all staffed. 

[mitsisigma01]

Lucky to get one manned till in Horsham, yet only 1 occasionally 2 youngsters left to run about 30 automated self scan type tills requiring authorisations,fk ups , card rejected, scanner not recognised, car park ticket pass outs ... so still as slow as ever just with a lot less staff ....

[Pieman]

2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

Oh don't even bloody get me started.  In the last two days I have driven nearly 800 miles, almost all of it on the M25, A1M, M1, M6, M40 and M42, and I think I encountered over 100 of the brainless fuckers.  I have no shame in admitting I breezed past all of them in lane one.

As for supermarkets, it seems people lose their ability to think from the moment they enter the car park.