The grumpy thread

[myglaren]

17 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Boars (not the South African kind) digging up my grass and ruining the tomato plants.

And I thought that I had problems with slugs 

[Metal Guru]

1 minute ago, myglaren said:

And I thought that I had problems with slugs 

I thought I had a problem with slugs but was surprised they’d eaten through the woody runner bean stalks. Plants are normally safe from them once the stems get woody. However just caught the cat chewing through them , so I’ve been blaming the wrong culprit. 

[loserone]

We've had problems with rabbits and deer this year. And moles.  And rats.  And a grey squirrel.

 

FFS.

 

[reb]

19 hours ago, warch said:

The trick is to string them along and start wasting their time. 

I had one about an RTA I'd been in.

I said I'd been waiting for them to call because I was waiting for my compensation for being killed in a 100mph head on in a reliant robin.

The fact they didn't immediately hang up tells you everything you need to know.

[andy18s]

5 hours ago, loserone said:

We've had problems with rabbits and deer this year. And moles.  And rats.  And a grey squirrel.

 

FFS.

 

Now we have decent fencing up and the dogs have the run of the garden,our rodent and cat issues have disappeared. 

Honey the small terrier has caught and killed a couple of rats whilst the other 3 keep chasing after the Magpies and Jay's that come looking for water.

A neighbour was walking her dogs which includes a mature Karakachan when they met a pack of Jackals that that wouldn't back down.

She did a quick about turn whilst the Chan going nuts and trying to chase them off.

[Dead_E23]

5 hours ago, reb said:

I had one about an RTA I'd been in.

I said I'd been waiting for them to call because I was waiting for my compensation for being killed in a 100mph head on in a reliant robin.

The fact they didn't immediately hang up tells you everything you need to know.

I find it rather amusing to speak to unsolicited callers in a somewhat disrespectful manner and then make them end the call.  Here's how one went recently:

*ring ring*. 

"Hello?"

"Oh hello, it's about your recent accident". 

"You fucking stupid cunt! You made me stand up!"

"I beg your pardon? That's very rude"

"I was in the middle of something, you cocksucker.  If you don't like the way the call is going I suggest you hang up". 

[Fumbler]

On 22/09/2022 at 16:23, chodweaver said:

On 22/09/2022 at 15:49, Wack said:

You put your phone number on a car ad and all you get is arseholes 
Just had a call 
Hello I'm calling about your life insurance and a possible shortfall 
OK which life insurance policy , which company 
We work with various companies 
OK but which company am I with 
I don't have that information 
No you wouldn't because you're a thieving scamming cunt now fuck off 
I wonder if they record calls for training purposes, I'll be on the really pissed off don't call again list 
 

Is there mileage in giving them fake bank details, telling them to fill their boots and immediately contacting the FCA with their number? Or is it equally likely they'd be successful in pulling money out of the account if the details you give out turn out not to be fake?

It works well with advance fee scams if they ask for it. Because they're desperate to carry on smoothly with scamming you, they don't usually bother to check if it's actually genuine.

[Saabnut]

8 hours ago, loserone said:

We've had problems with rabbits and deer this year. And moles.  And rats.  And a grey squirrel.

 

FFS.

 

Or a mixed stew as it is known!  

[sierraman]

I’ve massively misunderstood the Highway Code I think. The rule now is whoever is approaching in the fastest and most uncontrolled manner has priority on a roundabout. 

[horriblemercedes]

On 9/22/2022 at 5:31 PM, Remspoor said:

Boars (not the South African kind) 

Even so, I've never met a nice one 

[adw1977]

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’ve massively misunderstood the Highway Code I think. The rule now is whoever is approaching in the fastest and most uncontrolled manner has priority on a roundabout. 

That's certainly how it seems to work in India.

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

That's certainly how it seems to work in Birmingham

Fixed that for you. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, adw1977 said:

That's certainly how it seems to work if you're under 35

EFA

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, sierraman said:

I’ve massively misunderstood the Highway Code I think. The rule now is whoever is approaching in the fastest and most uncontrolled manner has priority on a roundabout. 

Unless it’s an HGV with Polish or Lithuanian plates which have priority over everything else.

[New POD]

10 hours ago, adw1977 said:

That's certainly how it seems to work in Birmingham (especially) if you are under 35 and Indian. 

Almost correct now. 

[RoverFolkUs]

Went to the car boot this morning, except I didn't

Got there and there was a 1/4 mile or so queue, uh oh

After sitting in said queue, got there and the gates had been closed

Totally rammed to capacity, both buyers and sellers

That has never happened before

It's the last one for the season, and it's a nice day. No wonder really

Now I'm imagining all the stuff I've missed out* on

Perhaps on the bright side, I was trying to have a bit of a clear out so maybe not being able to buy more crap is an enforcement of that..

Oh well, 6 months to go until the next one

[MikeR]

Oh look the fridge/freezer in the static flat lined last night due to the cold  .... The expert told me it would be ok ...  Better check if the tell tale ice cube melted when we get there ....

[reb]

33 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

I'm just glad it wasn't for real money

The only casino card game I actually understand well enough not to lose all of my money immediately is Blackjack.

 

 

 

It takes me at least half an hour to lose all my money.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Nyphur said:

I'm just glad it wasn't for real money

TBF quads are so rare that most would go in with that full house.

[cobblers]

There's a nice bakery near our new unit. Real good gear - Focaccia bread, Croissants, Cinnamon rolls, them pecan plait things, all that bollocks but incredibly nice.

Last week I bought £12 worth of fancy stuff, ate half a cinnamon roll and brought it all home, left the bag on the kitchen side and went in the shower.

Dog ate the fucking lot. FFS

Friday after work I popped to the new unit to have a clean up etc, and the bakery was still open (they seem to be going 6am-9pm!) so I bought another bag of lovely stuff. 

Left it on the kitchen side.

Went in the shower this morning.

Yup. It's all in the dog again. FFS

[108]

5 minutes ago, cobblers said:

There's a nice bakery near our new unit. Real good gear - Focaccia bread, Croissants, Cinnamon rolls, them pecan plait things, all that bollocks but incredibly nice.

Last week I bought £12 worth of fancy stuff, ate half a cinnamon roll and brought it all home, left the bag on the kitchen side and went in the shower.

Dog ate the fucking lot. FFS

Friday after work I popped to the new unit to have a clean up etc, and the bakery was still open (they seem to be going 6am-9pm!) so I bought another bag of lovely stuff. 

Left it on the kitchen side.

Went in the shower this morning.

Yup. It's all in the dog again. FFS

You need to throw the dog in the shower and eat the bread. 

#helpful_suggestion

 

🥲

[dozeydustman]

That Mini fought me all weekend and had another present for me this morning. Just wanted to check everything was still torqued up and secure. Popped to the shop and heard a rattle from driver’s front.

Drop link thread had sheared but thankfully ECP had one on the shelf so that was another hour or so faffing around I hadn’t planned.

[dozeydustman]

Oh, and the Saab may now need an indicator switch as the headlamp main/flash function is pissing around

[somewhatfoolish]

22 hours ago, 108 said:

You need to throw the dog in the shower and eat the bread. 

#helpful_suggestion

 

🥲

Shower with the dog #savingenergy

[Datsuncog]

Ask to use the bakery's shower before going home

OR

Bring the bread into the shower with you, wrapped in plastic bags?

 

This is getting a bit like one of those logic riddles involving foxes, chickens, farmers and boats...

[High Jetter]

How about having a convenient cupboard in the kitchen that the bread could go into? Or a bread bin?

[somewhatfoolish]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

How about having a convenient cupboard in the kitchen that the bread could go into? Or a bread bin?

Where's the fun in that? Captain sensible.

[Split_Pin]

My dad was ripped off by a main dealer today (no surprise but wait until you hear this right old load of tripe).

He had his 2017 Volvo V40 cross country into John Clark Volvo in Edinburgh for a service and MOT. He's 74 now and hates the long and busy drive in from Linlithgow so they always collected it and dropped it back off which is brilliant.

They delivered it back to him and said that there were some rusty screws on the undertray and they broke it whilst trying to remove it. 

And charged him £400 for a new one (which took 3 days as the wrong part arrived initially)

It also needed a new front damper which was £160 for the part.

For a service, MOT, parts and labour, they charged him TWELVE HUNDERED POUNDS.

I'm below amateur and even I have removed an undertray which has had rusty fixings without breaking the thing. Cutting the bolt and making do with the no doubt countless other fixings would surely have sufficed.

Obviously he is going to complain but I'm beyond words how a main dealer can do this to someone. They obviously saw he was a pensioner who lived in a nice house and just took the piss. 

I'm really angry about it.

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

My dad was ripped off by a main dealer today (no surprise but wait until you hear this right old load of tripe).

He had his 2017 Volvo V40 cross country into John Clark Volvo in Edinburgh for a service and MOT. He's 74 now and hates the long and busy drive in from Linlithgow so they always collected it and dropped it back off which is brilliant.

They delivered it back to him and said that there were some rusty screws on the undertray and they broke it whilst trying to remove it. 

And charged him £400 for a new one (which took 3 days as the wrong part arrived initially)

It also needed a new front damper which was £160 for the part.

For a service, MOT, parts and labour, they charged him TWELVE HUNDERED POUNDS.

I'm below amateur and even I have removed an undertray which has had rusty fixings without breaking the thing. Cutting the bolt and making do with the no doubt countless other fixings would surely have sufficed.

Obviously he is going to complain but I'm beyond words how a main dealer can do this to someone. They obviously saw he was a pensioner who lived in a nice house and just took the piss. 

I'm really angry about it.

I genuinely don't think they do this stuff out of malice, I think the "system" just ends up this way. The guy doing the work is given set times for jobs so if he spends half an hour extra trying to sort the undertray out, it comes out of his own pocket and he'd have to jump through hoops to try an get paid for it, so the procedures just mean they order a new undertray.

Doesn't make the shafting any better, but I always subscribe to the "do not immediately attribute to malice what could otherwise be attributed to incompetence"

[Split_Pin]

Seriously, fuck the mechanics pocket man. My dad has just been charged £400 for a part that could have been taken off without breaking it. So you're saying just suck it up as long as the mechanic doesn't have to pay for it?

I can't believe 4 other folk on here actually liked the above response as well.