The grumpy thread

[EyesWeldedShut]

Crap!
Come back here some* minutes later and I'm in my own echo chamber? Anyways, thought I'd skim the news before locking up for the night but - wtf? This is the front 'page' of news.bbc.co.uk - they're actually joining in on the media frenzy of something that is really not that important? Is that cannibalism?

[Wibble]

My sympathies. My wife has chronic ITP and they now want to take a bone marrow biopsy to test for leukaemia. Ain’t life great🫤

[New POD]

Posts deleted due to an escalation this morning, which is totally and utterly beyond my belief.  This is the grumpy thread nit the catatonic with rage thread, after all. 

[Rust Collector]

3 minutes ago, New POD said:

Posts deleted due to an escalation this morning, which is totally and utterly beyond my belief.  This is the grumpy thread nit the catatonic with rage thread, after all. 

Sorry to hear about the grief mate. I find the best thing you can do with family is focus on your own (yourself, your partner, your kids and your pets) and leave everyone else related to you to get on with their own thing - if it aligns with what you're doing then great, if it's a pain in the arse then they can get on with it by themselves.

My partner struggles in the same way, in that she feels obliged to do certain things due to being related to people and they normally end up detracting from her for the benefit of others who would never do anything for us. It causes some rucks between me and the mrs sometimes, but she normally comes round to my 'fuck em' point of view albeit at a slower pace.

[Wibble]

6 hours ago, New POD said:

Posts deleted due to an escalation this morning, which is totally and utterly beyond my belief.  This is the grumpy thread nit the catatonic with rage thread, after all. 

Well I’ll never know what you quoted me for now as haven’t seen this thread since last night but tend to agree with @Rust Collector

[Metal Guru]

Latest driving hack. Read carefully you really need to know this.

Daily Mirror reveals a trick that stops you getting dazzled by following car especially those with LEDs (doesn’t mention motorbike dicks using full beam all the time).

Apparently there’s a “secret” switch  on the mirror than can divert the glare away from you. Who knew? 
Internet awash with , “wow , great to know”, “ never knew that, it’s a life saver!” etc etc

FFS , I’ve been driving since 1978 ( no wonder I’m tired), and every car I’ve driven had a dipping rear view mirror. 
 

I’m waiting for “ no need to get into your car Dukes of Hazard style with this secret door handle hack”, next.

[EyesWeldedShut]

16 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

“ no need to get into your car Dukes of Hazard style with this secret door handle hack”, next.

Fuck me - I've been carrying a step ladder everywhere to get in and out of the Boxer (peugeot not porsche)
Thank you! I never knew what that bit of trim actually did something.
 

Trustpilot 5* Review fir Metal Guru.

[vulgalour]

That's another dead fan switch in the Maestro.  The fan switch was dead when I got it, it took three attempts to buy a new one that actually worked, and the current one hasn't managed to last more than about 2,000 miles.  Super.  I reckon I'm going to just going to go Full Giffer and wire a toggle switch in on the dash.

[High Jetter]

Something must be killing them. Not sure if there should have been a relay on those, maybe wire one in anyway?

[vulgalour]

Yeah see I'd agree with that if it weren't for a couple of them being DOA when bought new.  Personally, I think it's shit parts.

[High Jetter]

Have you tried opening one up to see if it's fixable? Can be fiddly, but I've had success in the past on other vehicles.

[vulgalour]

They're the sort that push fit into the radiator so I don't really know how I'd seal it up again after reliably given the temperature changes.  It'll just be a bimetallic switch inside the brass casing, built as cheaply as they can get away with, like condensers.

[High Jetter]

Apologies, I thought you meant the heater fan switch.

[andyberg]

Just had a email from Bath council. They are proposing to introduce various charges for their car parks in Bath depending how polluting* (old) your car is. Standard charge for 2 hours is currently £3.40. under the new proposal my 75 would cost £4.50 for the same time, because it is a dirty diesel😡😡 only cars with CO² of less than 130 would be exempt from an increase of variable degrees. Cars before 2001 would see a charge based on the engine capacity.

Makes my piss boil, the stealth taxing cnuts😡😡 

[RoverFolkUs]

31 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Just had a email from Bath council. They are proposing to introduce various charges for their car parks in Bath depending how polluting* (old) your car is. Standard charge for 2 hours is currently £3.40. under the new proposal my 75 would cost £4.50 for the same time, because it is a dirty diesel😡😡 only cars with CO² of less than 130 would be exempt from an increase of variable degrees. Cars before 2001 would see a charge based on the engine capacity.

Makes my piss boil, the stealth taxing cnuts😡😡 

It's almost like new cars take up less space... Oh wait 🤣

[Rustybullethole]

3 hours ago, vulgalour said:

That's another dead fan switch in the Maestro.  The fan switch was dead when I got it, it took three attempts to buy a new one that actually worked, and the current one hasn't managed to last more than about 2,000 miles.  Super.  I reckon I'm going to just going to go Full Giffer and wire a toggle switch in on the dash.

very much liked for giffer toggle switch. 

[GMcD]

Some absolute cock in work has handed over my contact details (including my personal number) to some salesteam who has then passed it across to about 10 other (that I know off) dodgy sales fuckers (I've been registered with TPS for years to cut this shit out). They phone my work landline, work mobile and personal mobile about 3 or 4 times a day and never leave a message. I answer and I can hardly understand a word they are saying as their accent is like pea soup (which is hilariously pointless if they are trying to flog me something or scam me).

I tell them to get fucked (I'm no longer being polite about it!), block them and it's like wack-a-mole. A new number appears a few days later. It's doing my nut in. I'm at the stage I'm going to have to change all my numbers (I've had my mobile number for over 20 years) because these cunts won't fuck off and leave me alone!

 

[RoverFolkUs]

12 minutes ago, GMcD said:

Some absolute cock in work has handed over my contact details (including my personal number) to some salesteam who has then passed it across to about 10 other (that I know off) dodgy sales fuckers (I've been registered with TPS for years to cut this shit out). They phone my work landline, work mobile and personal mobile about 3 or 4 times a day and never leave a message. I answer and I can hardly understand a word they are saying as their accent is like pea soup (which is hilariously pointless if they are trying to flog me something or scam me).

I tell them to get fucked (I'm no longer being polite about it!), block them and it's like wack-a-mole. A new number appears a few days later. It's doing my nut in. I'm at the stage I'm going to have to change all my numbers (I've had my mobile number for over 20 years) because these cunts won't fuck off and leave me alone!

 

There's some sort of energy company that's been pestering the workshop phone for a couple of months now, it's always the same question, something about gas and electricity supply. Numerous times they've been politely fucked off, but the other day was different

He phoned up the first time on that day, same script, same guy, I interrupted him and said that I've already told him before it does not apply and that we're not interested, so please stop calling this number with immediate effect and remove us from their system, as it is wasting our time and holding up the phone line from genuine callers. He hung up. 

An hour later, it rings again, different number, exactly the same fucking bloke reading the same script again. I loudly shouted "fuck off" down the phone and hung up, funnily enough they haven't called back since 🤣🤣

It's never gone this long without a repeat phone call so hopefully that was the last

Similar to your case, it's always been a different number each time and even a mobile number so we have know way of knowing so that we can ignore it

[Noel Tidybeard]

4 hours ago, vulgalour said:

That's another dead fan switch in the Maestro.  The fan switch was dead when I got it, it took three attempts to buy a new one that actually worked, and the current one hasn't managed to last more than about 2,000 miles.  Super.  I reckon I'm going to just going to go Full Giffer and wire a toggle switch in on the dash.

i didn't think it got hot enough for the fan to come on

[myglaren]

31 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

There's some sort of energy company that's been pestering the workshop phone for a couple of months now, it's always the same question, something about gas and electricity supply. Numerous times they've been politely fucked off, but the other day was different

He phoned up the first time on that day, same script, same guy, I interrupted him and said that I've already told him before it does not apply and that we're not interested, so please stop calling this number with immediate effect and remove us from their system, as it is wasting our time and holding up the phone line from genuine callers. He hung up. 

An hour later, it rings again, different number, exactly the same fucking bloke reading the same script again. I loudly shouted "fuck off" down the phone and hung up, funnily enough they haven't called back since 🤣🤣

It's never gone this long without a repeat phone call so hopefully that was the last

Similar to your case, it's always been a different number each time and even a mobile number so we have know way of knowing so that we can ignore it

Isn't there an ombudsman you can contact to get them shut down?

[RoverFolkUs]

5 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Isn't there an ombudsman you can contact to get them shut down?

Maybe, but I don't even know who they are. It's always a generic phone number and they never say clearly who they actually are

[PhilA]

2 hours ago, andyberg said:

Just had a email from Bath council. They are proposing to introduce various charges for their car parks in Bath depending how polluting* (old) your car is. Standard charge for 2 hours is currently £3.40. under the new proposal my 75 would cost £4.50 for the same time, because it is a dirty diesel😡😡 only cars with CO² of less than 130 would be exempt from an increase of variable degrees. Cars before 2001 would see a charge based on the engine capacity.

Makes my piss boil, the stealth taxing cnuts😡😡 

Because why?

It's not like you go and drive there and let the car sit and idle for 2 hours while you go do shopping.

What nonsense 

[EyesWeldedShut]

19 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Because why?

It's not like you go and drive there and let the car sit and idle for 2 hours while you go do shopping.

What nonsense 

Ka-ching - they want money, Bath has an LEZ already but are now thinking of following the likes of Westminster Council  who 'surcharge' dirty diesels to park in their section of town - (so TfL knock you to drive there already then the local council double dip),
LEZ /ULEZz I can relate to but screwing extra out of you to also park just smacks of making money rather than a valid attempt to clean up the air.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Then they'll be asking why trade is falling.

[vulgalour]

1 hour ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i didn't think it got hot enough for the fan to come on

It gets hot enough to put the overheating light on and the fan should come on well before that point.  I've got the jumper wire I made as a solution in the meantime.

[Wibble]

13 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Then they'll be asking why trade is falling.

As will Glasgow no doubt. Lots of places we often visit and now can’t as my current car is not compliant. It’s not just an extra charge of £10 or £12 pounds either, it’ £60 for the first time and keeps doubling, as far as I can see. 
 

As for public transport, the last time I got a train out of Glasgow central, I sat down to discover someone had pissed on the seat and I had to sit in it and then sit on a plastic bag in the car home. Won’t be doing that again!

Boss asked yesterday if we’d be going out for day trips when we’re up and I told him, many places we’d like to visit we can’t, because of the car being non compliant. Maybe he’ll think again about replacing it now, especially as I’d just told him about Mrs W’s latest health news🤞

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

27 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Then they'll be asking why trade is falling.

Gosh! No!
(Being sarky) - the sort of shop and shopper that they wish would not be seen dead in a Dirty Diesel or PoundLand - so the Yummy Mummies can shop in Fortnums' and the plebs (and the pleb shops) feck off elsewhere?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Maybe, but I don't even know who they are. It's always a generic phone number and they never say clearly who they actually are

I went to a trade show a couple of months ago and as part of that, when you visited booths manned by the reps they would scan your entrance lanyard.  This passed on your details to them and made their figures look good.

Spoke to one company in particular and had a demo.  Was genuinely interested in their system and thought it might be a good fit for our business but we decided to renew the contract with our current supplier.

I got bombarded by emails and phone calls for over a week by them.  Every day, at least two phone calls and at least two emails.  After nearly two weeks I finally lost my cool when they phoned my work number (to this point they'd been phoning my mobile number) which is a call group with three others.  I lost my rag and told the rep that they had been aggressively bombarding me and as a result was no longer interested.  He tried to carry on and I bluntly told him to 'back off'.

An hour later I got an email from them trying to justify their 'professional persistence'.  Blocked permanently on all systems now.  I was about a second from telling them to fuck off on the phone but all of our calls are recorded...

To any sales people on this board, if an opportunity doesn't respond to your multiple messages a day you can probably close that opportunity on the CRM, otherwise you just look like a prick.

[Wibble]

I get this a lot too, fortunately our calls are not recorded, so they get the message 😉

[andyberg]

9 hours ago, PhilA said:

Because why?

It's not like you go and drive there and let the car sit and idle for 2 hours while you go do shopping.

What nonsense 

Trouble is Bath LEZ is free for any private car, no matter if it's compliant or not. I think they realise they made a mistake just because they didn't want to piss off the commuters that come from outside the city ( read, to gain electoral votes). So the emissions in the city haven't really dropped at all. Hence charging now for parking. It will kill Bath because the park and ride is £3 a person so a family of 4 will need to pay £12 to go shopping or stump up at least £ 5for 2 hours parking, more if you want to ' make a day of it'. People, me included, will go elsewhere. I bloody love* living in ripoff Britain.

 

* I fu*king hate living here now. So looking forward to my retirement in another country.