The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

To be honest I'd complain anyhow. If the seller has asked you to pay Paypal's charges, eBay will take a dim view of this because it's against their rules.

[dollywobbler]

I'd shag Sarah Palin until her teeth fell out.

 

I'd smack her in the face until her teeth fell out. (Figure of speech - I wouldn't actually hit anyone, male or female) Not sure she's that powerful - she's not the hottest at public speaking and some of her opinions are outright dim-witted. I find her as arousing as the idea of George W Bush in a mankini. That's not at all just in case you were wondering...

 

Clever girls really float my boat. Victoria Coren, Dr Alice Roberts, the Wife. Paris Hilton? I think not.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Agreed. After one relationship with a GR9-looking-but-less-than-clever girl, I think I lack the mental strength to endure another experience like that.

[Cavcraft]

Many moons back I was knocking off a really (academically) intelligent bird but she was as thick as shit about 'real life' things to the point of embarrassment. She did have smashing tits though.

[Pete-M]

She did have smashing tits though.

 

You should have kept one .....

 

[/Hirst mode]

[Cavcraft]

I did, but it broke after I smashed a socket over it.

[ashmicro]

I went out with a girl called Joanne who was the image of Tasmin Outhwaite from EastEnders. Really good looking, nice company, but as dumb as a ten-pound bag of dick hair. We were in the local Tesco, and there was one of those backlit advert things and it said "Conquer Varicose Veins". She asked me "So, are conquer varicose veins worse than normal varicose veins, then?"

 

She's really sweet, and we are still good friends. She's now seeing an old Army mate of mine, and he's good to her.

 

Claim to fame (ish): I once snogged Andrea Corr at a wedding in Dundalk. Her cousin was getting married to a mate of mine. In her defence, she was wasted.

[retrogeezer]

I once snogged Andrea Corr at a wedding in Dundalk.

 

you lucky bastard!!

[ashmicro]

It must have been a subconcious thing, but my current (and last) girl looks a bit like Andrea Corr. And Andrea licked my nose. So there.

[Amazo]

I once snogged Andrea Corr at a wedding in Dundalk.

And you're putting this in the Grumpy thread?

[warren t claim]

I once snogged Andrea Corr at a wedding in Dundalk.

 

you lucky bastard!!

 

I hope you also got at least fingers and tops as well!

[scaryoldcortina]

Hey, can we get back tto being grumpy for a second?

 

I notice the hounds are sniffing around a new member deciding where best to bite... I'd just like to say this is NT_LOL and it would probably best to just ignore him. He can't help it, or he's a troll - baiting him will only upset all the sensitive types again.

[Guest]

Aaaaand the topic of previous employment rears its head again. I've been given a P46 to fill in at new work. PANIC.

 

I might have told my new job that I haven't worked for a while to avoid discussions of RESIGNATION_UNPLEASANTNESS. However, this is going to bum me for tax purposes, I suspect. If I put that I haven't worked, will the IR take me up the arse and tell my new place? Or if I fib again and say I had some temp work in the last tax year and can't find the P45, will this come back and bite me?

 

Basically, I need to put something down without my new place finding out that I resigned from my last job. So what do I do?

 

And yes, I know I'm a dick, it's just the previous HORRID SITUATION was 2 weeks fresh in my mind at the time.

[myglaren]

Absolutely amazing. Tried to log on to internet banking today, fucking site locked me out after 3 attempts, I had to re-register and now had a 3-5 day wait for my new password to come through by Royal-fail. Why all this? because my fucking CAPS LOCK was on. I promptly gauged the key out and threw it somewhere.

The first thing I do with any new keybroad is to chuck the capslock key away.

[scaryoldcortina]

proboards seems to be down. This means I can't look for replies to a thread I posted on a forum I give a damn about, and also I can't look at Retro-Rides.

 

edit - forget it, it's come back on

[Volksy]

Wat, how big is the company you're working for now? Normally in bigger companies the payroll drones will just process the P46 and not reference to you cv/person who interviewed you, why should they tbh. As im sure you're aware HR depts generally are clueless.

[Cavcraft]

It'll probably be ok if you're doing ok at your current job, Jon. If they know you're a grafter and are earning them money/doing your bit I doubt they'll be too arsed.

I reckon most people lie on their C.Vs* to be honest, and I'm damned sure most employers know this. They took you on after an interview where they could have said 'no' so I'd guess you'd probably be ok.

 

 

*I told an incredulous white lie at one interview that was so far fetched it almost had to be true as not many people would have made something up like that. Got me the job and stayed there for years.

[ProgRocker]

Basically, I need to put something down without my new place finding out that I resigned from my last job. So what do I do?

 

Probably put down 'Personal reasons' as reason for leaving?

[ProgRocker]

It'll probably be ok if you're doing ok at your current job, Jon. If they know you're a grafter and are earning them money/doing your bit I doubt they'll be too arsed.

I reckon most people lie on their C.Vs* to be honest, and I'm damned sure most employers know this. They took you on after an interview where they could have said 'no' so I'd guess you'd probably be ok.

 

+ 1.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

If they do ask you (unlikely), you could always say that you only did a couple of days' worth of temp work and therefore didn't feel like it was worth mentioning.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

On the 'lies on CVs' bit, I recently applied for a job in Switzerland. They wanted scanned copies of degrees and reference letters from previous employers (I sent them the degrees and told them 'reference letters are unusual in the UK, but here's the e-mail address of my last manager in case you want to ask them anything').

 

If you had to do this here, unemployment levels would soar to 30%.

[M'coli]

Got sniped on an auction for a pair of sills for the Imp - I'd forgotten when the auction ended and was out with the dog at the time. The winning bid was 66p more than my original top bid. Arse.

[MrDuke]

I really, really need another PC. Not a new one, that would be silly, just a fairly recent one that works?

Mrs_Duke uses the laptop most nights to catch up on TV shit, so I'm relegated to the decrepit pile of crap upstairs. It used to run XP fine many many years ago, now I can barely get Puppy Linux to work on it There's constant white noise coming through the speakers/headphones, the graphics drivers I need to use with my screen are way too advanced for it (resulting in pretty flashing lines everywhere) and the symbols on my keyboard will randomly switch places with each other for no reason. Oh, and the cooling fan sounds like a medium-sized plane taking off.

The sad thing is, if I stopped buying Vodka for a couple of months, I could probably buy another one. Ho hum

[eddyramrod]

and the cooling fan sounds like a medium-sized plane taking off.

 

Mine too, I think it's giving me tinnitus

[ashmicro]

and the cooling fan sounds like a medium-sized plane taking off.

 

Mine too, I think it's giving me tinnitus

 

 

It's probably full of dust/fluff and the computer is overheating. I fixed my ex-s PC by simply poppring off the CPU heatsink and fan, and cleaning them. The thing looked like it had a fur coat on.

[myglaren]

I take mine to work and blow them out with the airline but at least the fans are always silent on mine.

The two on the power supply, at the bottom front (kind of upside down) hardly ever run, only the top two and the CPU fan (silent)

[MrDuke]

and the cooling fan sounds like a medium-sized plane taking off.

Mine too, I think it's giving me tinnitus

It's probably full of dust/fluff and the computer is overheating. I fixed my ex-s PC by simply poppring off the CPU heatsink and fan, and cleaning them. The thing looked like it had a fur coat on.

 

No, it's because it dates from the late bronze age, long before quiet PCs were invented

[eddyramrod]

Aye, probably!

[Volksy]

Mine is currently the same, the hard drive in my new laptop died, now just out of warranty. So need to find some funds to replace it. So back on my ancient desktop who's normal reaction to running more than one program is to sound like it's having a brain haemorrhage, freeze for five mins then manage to do, well, not a lot.

 

Think 850cc A series fitted to a Hummer and you're about there.

 

Means I'm accessing the tinterweb from my phone, which works but isn't the easiest. Plus Apple not allowing Flash Player on mobile platforms, amongst others means it's limited at best.

 

I know a new hard drive is only about £50 but I don't have that spare at the moment. Bumhats!

[messerschmitt owner]

my most modern car (2005) has broken down again with a terminal problem.

 

Haven't worked out, cos I've been in Brighton all weekend, if it is the clutch drive plate sheared again or whether it has knackered an engine mount - whatever, makes some horrible noises when driving along, with clunks to add to the cacophony.

 

If I don't get blown away, it'll be up on ramps tonight to diagnose ... but when i looked I noticed I had lost a chunk of the gearbox casting that holds one part of the exhaust on!

 

Piece of French shit!