The grumpy thread

[trigger]

You tell me RS!, One of my work mates took it, someone said it was Aussie?.

[eddyramrod]

 

Lush! I want!

 

And btw Trigger, glad you stayed, I would have missed you.

[RedSparrow]

Thought it was one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casspir

or these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marauder_%28vehicle%29

But could well be wrong having looked them up!

[trigger]

And btw Trigger, glad you stayed, I would have missed you.

 

Thanks Eddie, things have seemed to improve today, and i hope your wife gets better soon too.

[eddyramrod]

Thank you. In fact, thank you all for the messages of support. We've been back to the GP today and there's talk of blood pressure being the culprit. Medication adjusted, so we'll see. For better, for worse, and all that...

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I saw an ad for the new Focus. Some of the marvellous 'new technology' (i.e. stupid little gadgets) it boasts is the Automatic Park Assist, a system that helps you park in 'tight spots'. Apparently, Ford's definition of a 'tight spot' is one that's 1.2 times the length of a car, i.e. 87cm longer than the car. If there are any people so hopelessly bad at judging distances that they'd make a mess of such a massive space to park in, they're better kept OFF THE BLOODY ROAD, not encouraged to merrily wreak havoc.

[RedSparrow]

Best wishes to you and her eddy.

[r.welfare]

Parkers appear to have 'helpfully' redesigned their website, such that the very useful functionality that enabled you to look up the full spec of a particular car by year (including what was standard and optional, with original option prices, colours, original list price etc) has been replaced by a crappy, dumbed-down table similar to what Ford used to put in their brochures in the 80's, and only shows specs at the beginning of a model's life.

 

Thank you, Bauer Media. Thanks a bunch.

[Cavcraft]

Talking of Parker's, are their vaulations still as laughable as ever?

[r.welfare]

Probably, but I never use it for the valuations - more to check out the spec of a prospective purchase because the numpty eBay/Autotrader seller hasn't filled in the specification boxes correctly.

[chaseracer]

Thank you, Bauer Media. Thanks a bunch.

Nuff said. Mr D Wobbler may be along presently to offer a view...

[tonedepear]

I saw an ad for the new Focus. Some of the marvellous 'new technology' (i.e. stupid little gadgets) it boasts is the Automatic Park Assist, a system that helps you park in 'tight spots'. Apparently, Ford's definition of a 'tight spot' is one that's 1.2 times the length of a car, i.e. 87cm longer than the car. If there are any people so hopelessly bad at judging distances that they'd make a mess of such a massive space to park in, they're better kept OFF THE BLOODY ROAD, not encouraged to merrily wreak havoc.

 

It's not the inability of drivers, as much as the inability of modern car designers to design cars you can see out of. There are exceptions, but there are a few modern types you'd be relying on witchcraft to park judging from the outside.

 

Probably, but I never use it for the valuations - more to check out the spec of a prospective purchase because the numpty eBay/Autotrader seller hasn't filled in the specification boxes correctly.

 

Bugger. I used to love Parkers for that. It filled the gaps left by Honest john reviews. AA PDF reviews are still a goldmine though*, and you can usually get the default spec info from comparable autotrader listings if you like living dangerously.

 

*http://www.theaa.com/staticdocs/pdf/carreports/AA_REPORTS/VAUXHALL_CAVALIER_1.6_E-DRIVE1.8I_LS2.0I_LS2.5_V6_AND_1.7_.PDF

[autofive]

bert jansch is dead

[pompei]

Eddy - just read your posts - hope all continues to improve.

 

Ash - likewise.

 

Trig - don't go.

 

And I came on here to moan about focking Saab

[Cavcraft]

Appreciate he's not exactly easy on the ear himself at times, but Chris Evans' replacements this week on R2 are blooming awful. If I wanted to hear rubbish 'banter' and cheesey, unfunny comments I'd put a local commercial radio station on. Someone make them go away please.

[The Moog]

No one wants to buy the caravelle. Two people have pulled out of coming to see it. One bloke and his son came and looked at it and then never got back to me.. and now missus is giving me lots and lots of grief ...

[cobblers]

Appreciate he's not exactly easy on the ear himself at times, but Chris Evans' replacements this week on R2 are blooming awful. If I wanted to hear rubbish 'banter' and cheesey, unfunny comments I'd put a local commercial radio station on. Someone make them go away please.

 

 

They are properly awful, I was going to post whinging about this myself. Miranda Hart is awkward but just about bearable, but that bloke with her is just terrible. I can't remember hsi name, but his voice constantly has a tone to it like he's been mildly offended by someone.

Together they are truly painful to listen to

[Cavcraft]

I don't know tbh, that bird has grating voice and is (imho) slightly more annoying than that bloke, who happens to sound like an ever lower rent Chris Tarrant.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

My mong 'friends' on Faecesbook are making me grumpy. I am not about to dance on anyone's grave, but I DON'T FUCKING CARE WHETHER SOME MILLIONAIRE CEO HAS DIED. I bet none of them would notice the life or death of a food scientist whose work has helped feed billions of people or a doctor who has managed to cure a serious ailment, yet selling plastic tat is somehow equivalent to possessing a 'vision' for humanity. TWATS.

[Pete-M]

Miranda Hart is completely unfunny. A more unfunny 'comedian' is hard to find. Jo Caulfield being the obvious exception as she has never knowingly said anything even remotely chuckleworthy.

 

All Hart does is come out with line after line of middle class Southern tedium. "Oh, Mr. Blenkinsop at No 43 is wearing socks today" . I really don't have a clue how either of them ever managed to wangle a gig, never mind how they ended up on Radio / TV, yet that Hart bint appears all over the place and Caulfield appears to be rent-a-quote on all those "Top 100 moments of the year / week / hour" shows.

 

Replacing Chris Evans with Miranda Hart is a slap in the face to people who like to be entertained.

[Danblez]

To be honest anyone is better than Richard Madeley.

 

My favourite ring in topic was what funny word comes out of your phones predicitive text when you write your name. If I could have ripped out the radio with my bare hands I would have done.

 

Why on earth he has ever been allowed in the media, never mind a quality product of the BBC is beyond me.

[dollywobbler]

Radio 2 has been creaking towards death for years. Steve Wright is possibly the most overpaid moron in entertainment, Terry Wogan probably wasn't worth what he was paid, but he was at least entertaining. Far more so than anything that followed. Chris Evans is a twat. Got sick of the way he was always bullying the sports chap. Ginger kid fancies dishing out what he received plenty of at school perhaps? The last straw was booting the Radliffe and Maconie show onto 6 Music. I haven't listened to Radio 2 since.

[Cavcraft]

Ken Bruce is holding the place up, he's brilliant.

 

*Should be in the 'grin' thread really but R2 are playing the Sex Pistols right now.

[Pete-M]

Ken Bruce is holding the place up, he's brilliant.

 

*Should be in the 'grin' thread really but R2 are playing the Sex Pistols right now.

 

Evans, Bruce, Mayo and occasionally Vine. Richard Allinson when he does the stand-in stuff tends to be good too.

[Rocket88]

PHACT.best bloke on BBC radio.............Danny Baker, sadly under used

[Cavcraft]

PHACT.best bloke on BBC radio.............Danny Baker, sadly under used

 

 

Say what?

 

Change 'sadly' to 'happily' and you're there.

[Guest]

Change 'sadly' to 'happily' and you're there.

 

+ 100.0000

[warren t claim]

The stand in Chris Evans is John Holmes (obv not his real name) and he was sacked from Virgin 1215 for getting a listener to go up to the gates of the mental hospital that Adam Ant was sectioned in and start singing Goody Two Shoes.

[Cavcraft]

There'll be a few more people in that hospital if they continue to have him as a D.J.

[HillmanImp]

I like Chris Evans but its all down to personal taste I suppose, I can see how he would be annoying. He is nice and chirpy in the mornings which is what you need on a dreary journey to work - a positive outlook. If I dont listen to him I put on some reggae which puts you in a nice frame of mind for the day.

 

The other week I got in my car at lunch and turned on radio 2. It was a news bulletin about an the Argentines invading the Falklands. I listened to it for 2-3 minutes - shocked - and got out of my car and went back in the office to read about it in more detail online, telling everyone in the office that the Argies had attacked again.

 

There was nothing online. Odd, i thought, they must be slow in updating. I went back out to my car to get lunch thinking I would read up about it when I got back. The bulletin on the radio is still going on but then finishes with Jeremy Vine stating, 'and that was the original news report from 1982 at the beginning of the Falklands war'

 

At work for the rest of the afternoon all i got was 'Have you heard, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinalnd has just been shot' or 'My mate just rang up and said that the Zulu's have just attacked Roukes Drift'........Thanks Vine.