The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

  On 30/01/2023 at 21:19, RoverFolkUs said:

Is there anything more disappointing than realising your favourite has been discontinued

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No. Terry's 1767 selection, RIP. So many layers.

[purplebargeken]

What is am nhs dentist? Haven't been able to register with one at all since Oct 2020...

[sierraman]

  On 30/01/2023 at 20:18, Wack said:

My dentist? 

They've all been on a sales course at mine 

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Can’t get in at mine for life nor money but they e-mailed me yesterday to say they could do cosmetic work. They tried back end of last year telling us they couldn’t see us unless we paid the private rate even though I am under NHS with them. Greedy cunts. 

[Talbot]

  On 30/01/2023 at 22:26, omegod said:

Booked myself a day off today, also it's my birthday tomorrow. Had a look at fitting some replacement spotlights in the kitchen and swapped one that hadn't been working for a while, wired it in, fuck all from the kitchen light switch but the other ones still worked....baffled, wired it again ...fuck all so I put the old fitting back in with a new bulb...... fuck all from the kitchen switch . I eventually remembered that this light is part of the hallway circuit and swore loudly  

As a result of my fury I stomped into the storage room and dumped my tools with a loud " fuck this shit" then exited the room speedily and stubbed 4 toes on my right foot against the doorway, I saw lights ( not spotlights)  and came to facedown on the stairs with the large cracking sound i'd heard still echoing in my ears along with a background noise ( made by me )  not unlike a Jack Russel that had just been accidentally stood on. 

Anyway I've broken my middle toe and it really fucking hurts! !

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You utter *utter* bellend! 😁

[Rust Collector]

  On 30/01/2023 at 21:18, RoverFolkUs said:

I admire your perseverance

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Perseverance / Penny pinching 😅 I need to sell the ZX to fund some of my other shenanigans so I'm trying to avoid the parts cannon where possible otherwise the whole exercise is somewhat pointless lol.

[Bren]

Not grumpy. Sad.

The miniature pony centre on Dartmoor is closing due to rising costs. Went there a few times when the boys were small.

It won't be the last.

[captain_70s]

  On 31/01/2023 at 07:58, purplebargeken said:

What is am nhs dentist? Haven't been able to register with one at all since Oct 2020...

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I managed to get one but every visit I was needing so much work it couldn't get done fast enough. 

So I'd have a checkup, require fillings, first of two appointments would be 6 months from then. I'd go to that and have them done but be told that as well as my second appointment works (in 6 months) I'd need MORE work afterwards.

They also insisted I got a filling in a rear tooth that's previously been filled 3 times and over half of it is missing. Regular ones fall out within days of getting them, apparently composite ones bond better but are £££. 

I asked them to pull it and they refused.

Then COVID happened and that was that. Had an appointment in Nov, they said they'd phone me to arrange the next one but it'd be June time. Chased them in June and they pushed it back till January. At that point I just gave up - I can't afford the volume of works required anyway.

[MikeR]

Just changed the oil on the C1 , 7k and it's black ,and the engine rattled like f@@@, so in went some Redex stuff on offer at 12 notes a 2l bottle , on offer from 18 notes !! , New filter and the engine is quiet .. normally the car has done some 3k a year but this year it got hit with 7k , so I think the 10k service is a bit stretched and it will be a 6k service in future !!!!

[mitsisigma01]

  On 27/01/2023 at 15:25, Split_Pin said:

Why could they not have made me a more competitive offer in the first place?

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Aviva, absolute pricks for this 

[New POD]

  On 31/01/2023 at 15:53, MikeR said:

Just changed the oil on the C1 , 7k and it's black ,and the engine rattled like f@@@, so in went some Redex stuff on offer at 12 notes a 2l bottle , on offer from 18 notes !! , New filter and the engine is quiet .. normally the car has done some 3k a year but this year it got hit with 7k , so I think the 10k service is a bit stretched and it will be a 6k service in future !!!!

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Only started rattling since you started driving it. 😂

[New POD]

  On 31/01/2023 at 14:24, Bren said:

Not grumpy. Sad.

The miniature pony centre on Dartmoor is closing due to rising costs. Went there a few times when the boys were small.

It won't be the last.

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And yet the number of people who give money to donkey sanctuaries in their wills far out weighs any other charities 

[Mally]

  On 01/02/2023 at 05:22, New POD said:

And yet the number of people who give money to donkey sanctuaries in their wills far out weighs any other charities 

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I'd like to see your spreadsheet on that.

[New POD]

  On 01/02/2023 at 07:06, Mally said:

I'd like to see your spreadsheet on that.

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An old news item 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/apr/23/charitablegiving.childprotection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you hate people it's the best way to piss them off when you die. 

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/support-us/legacy/leaving-a-legacy

 

[MikeR]

  On 01/02/2023 at 08:12, New POD said:

An old news item 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/apr/23/charitablegiving.childprotection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you hate people it's the best way to piss them off when you die. 

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/support-us/legacy/leaving-a-legacy

 

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or buy a toilet in Africa .....

[Mally]

  On 01/02/2023 at 08:12, New POD said:

An old news item 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/apr/23/charitablegiving.childprotection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you hate people it's the best way to piss them off when you die. 

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/support-us/legacy/leaving-a-legacy

 

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Donkeys are well down on mine, also old.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3315049/War-heroes-bequeathed-money-DONKEYS-people-s-wills-British-Legion-received-16m-year-compared-sanctuary-charity-got-21m.html

[sierraman]

  On 01/02/2023 at 08:12, New POD said:

An old news item 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/apr/23/charitablegiving.childprotection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

If you hate people it's the best way to piss them off when you die. 

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/support-us/legacy/leaving-a-legacy

 

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I’m sure I read Sting was going to leave his kids nothing in his will. I mean fair play to him I guess, you’ve to make your own way in the world. 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

The parlous state of our road network; the gift* that keeps giving*

Hopefully this won't be a cunt to change... 

 

 

[hairnet]

If things had gone right 

Would be going to that

@Parkyis there a Christchurch version

[New POD]

  On 01/02/2023 at 12:35, sierraman said:

I’m sure I read Sting was going to leave his kids nothing in his will. I mean fair play to him I guess, you’ve to make your own way in the world. 

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I think telling them that they will get nothing, which might make them incredibly angry and dysfunctional or might make them blossom into model citizens is one thing. Given that they will be mature grown up adults, and long before he's old he'll be able to tell if they are parasitic knobheads, or well rounded and successful in their own right, I'm guessing that he might not actually do that. 

Mind you, if I was his child, I'd like to think that he would do something useful with his money whilst he can actually see the positive impact it might have. 

Also, it's not strictly true that the kids have "Made their own way". I bet they went to the best schools, and had some fantastic childhood experiences, and mixed in the right circles.  

Like any (decent) parent he will have tried to give them the best start in life.  Probably. 

[sierraman]

  On 01/02/2023 at 17:36, New POD said:

I think telling them that they will get nothing, which might make them incredibly angry and dysfunctional or might make them blossom into model citizens is one thing. Given that they will be mature grown up adults, and long before he's old he'll be able to tell if they are parasitic knobheads, or well rounded and successful in their own right, I'm guessing that he might not actually do that. 

Mind you, if I was his child, I'd like to think that he would do something useful with his money whilst he can actually see the positive impact it might have. 

Also, it's not strictly true that the kids have "Made their own way". I bet they went to the best schools, and had some fantastic childhood experiences, and mixed in the right circles.  

Like any (decent) parent he will have tried to give them the best start in life.  Probably. 

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I’m a good few million behind Sting so apart from a collection of tools and a clapped out Focus I’ve not got a lot to leave them. I do hear a lot of people hope upon receiving a windfall when said relative carks it which doesn’t sit right with me. It’s no good living your life on the off chance you get left something, after all you’ve nothing to work for if it’s handed to you on a plate? 

[Zelandeth]

Today can get in the sea.  Nothing car related, but absolutely everything I've tried to do today has absolutely fought me.

Plus we now have the in-laws staying (they're looking after the house for us over the weekend), so I'm now trying to get everything organised while my thoughts are being continually drowned out by menial quiz shows at 83756583dB on the TV and the absolutely choking reek of cigarette smoke.  Neither of these factors are doing anything to improve my mood.

I'm about where I'd hoped to be about 1500 this afternoon, have a load of crap still to do but am rapidly running out of energy - and have a six plus hour drive tomorrow so need to not overdo it today.  Argh.

[High Jetter]

  On 01/02/2023 at 18:13, Zelandeth said:

absolutely choking reek of cigarette smoke.

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How inconsiderate, in a non-smoking household. Unless they've been given permission, of course.

[Jazoli]

  On 01/02/2023 at 18:13, Zelandeth said:

Today can get in the sea.  Nothing car related, but absolutely everything I've tried to do today has absolutely fought me.

Plus we now have the in-laws staying (they're looking after the house for us over the weekend), so I'm now trying to get everything organised while my thoughts are being continually drowned out by menial quiz shows at 83756583dB on the TV and the absolutely choking reek of cigarette smoke.  Neither of these factors are doing anything to improve my mood.

I'm about where I'd hoped to be about 1500 this afternoon, have a load of crap still to do but am rapidly running out of energy - and have a six plus hour drive tomorrow so need to not overdo it today.  Argh.

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Why are you letting them smoke in the house? Fuck that.

[Zelandeth]

They're not - however absolutely *reek* of it.  Like to "I can smell it before they open the car door" levels.

They've been here for about three hours and I've already got a headache that's trying to turn into a migraine and my lungs feel like they've been through a cheese grater.

[Split_Pin]

Spoke to my dad on the phone earlier and he told me that someone had side swiped his car in Tesco Car park and fucked off. Theres a big grey scuff right down both offside doors so he says. I'll get a look at it on Saturday night but it sounds like a bodyshop job.

Some people eh.

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 01/02/2023 at 12:36, Leyland Worldmaster said:

The parlous state of our road network; the gift* that keeps giving*

Hopefully this won't be a cunt to change... 

 

 

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Solid beam suspension, piss easy, 20 minutes max

[Leyland Worldmaster]

  On 01/02/2023 at 19:05, RoverFolkUs said:

Solid beam suspension, piss easy, 20 minutes max

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It was ! Needed some assistance with leverage... But not far off 20 minutes... 😎 

[sierraman]

  On 01/02/2023 at 18:57, Split_Pin said:

Spoke to my dad on the phone earlier and he told me that someone had side swiped his car in Tesco Car park and fucked off. Theres a big grey scuff right down both offside doors so he says. I'll get a look at it on Saturday night but it sounds like a bodyshop job.

Some people eh.

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Worth speaking to Tesco, they will have CCTV plus probably ANPR on the car park to stop people overstaying. Whether they’ll release that to your car insurance on the other hand. 

[High Jetter]

The successful* denture repair I did between Xmas and New Year has just failed. Not due to get my new set until next Monday, so will have to get the glue out again tomorrow.

[New POD]

  On 01/02/2023 at 18:03, sierraman said:

I’m a good few million behind Sting so apart from a collection of tools and a clapped out Focus I’ve not got a lot to leave them. I do hear a lot of people hope upon receiving a windfall when said relative carks it which doesn’t sit right with me. It’s no good living your life on the off chance you get left something, after all you’ve nothing to work for if it’s handed to you on a plate? 

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A kitchen fitter, told me, that he reckoned, 50% of kitchens (where the home owner hasn't recently moved in) are paid for by an inheritance.