The grumpy thread

[Christine]

 

19 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

It’s there for cyclists who think they are immortal. I hate them too. But they work round these parts.

.And me , i hate cyclists as well ...

[purplebargeken]

Blind corners at speed seems to be an increasing thing. Stupid cunts.

[myglaren]

9 hours ago, Wack said:

My son's girlfriend is going to be looking for a new car , some numbnuts in a crew cab pickup rounded a bend on a country lane on the wrong side of the road 

She put hers up the grass but not enough to avoid him,  the cunt just drove off , didn't even stop to check she was ok , he didn't get far as it had a flat tyre and knackered suspension , she's got broken fingers, damaged teeth and whiplash 

She was lucky it wasn't a head on with 2t of toyota hilux

I hope he sees the inside of a prison for that.  Driving off is unforgivable.  Bastard.

[hairnet]

Fuck Mondays

Hospital rings on a private number which I couldn't answer anyway find out who to ring and then it rings out to voicemail

Ffs

Was that distracted by it I went to Preston for something even tho I didn't need to

#annoyedasfuck ( not about Preston)

[eddyramrod]

16 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Did you get it on your dashcam?

That's in the Suzuki....

[iainrcz]

Fucking Three again.

Take my bill money, refund the cunt then text me telling me  I haven't paid. 

Fuck me.

Last time was an hour on the phone to Outer Mongolia or somewhere. Just got nowhere on their online chat app thing. So I'm now on hold to Outer Mongolia again.

 

[artdjones]

1 minute ago, iainrcz said:

Fucking Three again

Take my bill money, refund the cunt then text me telling me  I haven't paid. 

Fuck me.

Years ago I sent in my paper self employed tax return with a final figure of £22500 taxable income. Whoever did the data entry left a 0 off, so I got a final liability notice based on an income of £2250, and an immediate automatic rebate into my bank of all my preliminary tax, two or three thousand. I rang up and set them right, but it only took a couple of days for them to send me a final demand letter as if I'd never paid in the first place.

[iainrcz]

3 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Years ago I sent in my paper self employed tax return with a final figure of £22500 taxable income. Whoever did the data entry left a 0 off, so I got a final liability notice based on an income of £2250, and an immediate automatic rebate into my bank of all my preliminary tax, two or three thousand. I rang up and set them right, but it only took a couple of days for them to send me a final demand letter as if I'd never paid in the first place.

I'm hoping its not cocking my credit score up. I've already explained all my other direct debits get paid.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Dad has finally bought himself a forklift to lighten up the work. 20m into the property and it has got stuck. This does not seem promising.

I've driven forklifts a lot in the past and know they're not good off-road, but I didn't think they were that bad. And after a lot of swearing and and a tractor, we got it loose.

And everything at the moment is like this, everything turns into problems, I dread working on the Mercedes as this will probably also turn in to a nightmare.

[Wack]

18 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Jesus fucking christ! Did someone get their details? 

Had an update , the POS did try and do a runner , a witness chased him until he had to stop because he was driving on the rim 

Within minutes a load of men appeared,  it's a rural area so she thinks they were farmers but I have my doubts 

[cobblers]

11 minutes ago, Wack said:

Had an update , the POS did try and do a runner , a witness chased him until he had to stop because he was driving on the rim 

Within minutes a load of men appeared,  it's a rural area so she thinks they were farmers but I have my doubts 

A Hilux being driven irresponsibly then making off from an accident doesn't conjure up images of someone with a history of paying any council tax. The fact that a load more blokes turned up all of a sudden again isn't surprising. 

Sorry to hear she's had to go through this. 

[Wack]

6 minutes ago, cobblers said:

A Hilux being driven irresponsibly then making off from an accident doesn't conjure up images of someone with a history of paying any council tax. The fact that a load more blokes turned up all of a sudden again isn't surprising. 

Sorry to hear she's had to go through this. 

Thanks

My thoughts exactly , it's taxed and mot'd so hopefully the claim will go through ok 

[Talbot]

Look into bringing a private prosecution against him for every single penny of losses.  That's her injury costs, loss of earnings, every minute of loss of time dealing with the crash and the resultant medical travelling/time/etc.  Your loss of time dealing with it, a rental car, etc.etc.etc.  Every single penny.

It'll be thousands.  Probably ten(s) of thousands.  And you should claim every single bit of it.  Screw the bastard into the ground and then some.

[iainrcz]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

Fucking Three again.

Take my bill money, refund the cunt then text me telling me  I haven't paid. 

Fuck me.

Last time was an hour on the phone to Outer Mongolia or somewhere. Just got nowhere on their online chat app thing. So I'm now on hold to Outer Mongolia again.

 

Three - It's not their fault. Have I got money.

Barclays - it's their fault, something to do with a direct debit mandate.

Three - have you got any money.

No -  "We'll sort it sir after all it's our cock up"

Pricks.

 

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Dad has finally bought himself a forklift to lighten up the work. 20m into the property and it has got stuck. This does not seem promising.

I've driven forklifts a lot in the past and know they're not good off-road, but I didn't think they were that bad. And after a lot of swearing and and a tractor, we got it loose.

I'm sure you already know this, but that is a hard-surface fork-lift and will only really work on concrete or tarmac.  For lose gravel like that, you're going to need a rough terrain fork-lift.  Something with inflatable tyres and more ground clearance.  More like this:

[jakebullet]

I'm supposed to be on holiday and having fun.

The Mrs. is spinning an elaborate web of lies to her Ma who happens to live here. Instead of saying we'll go out for a coffee instead of the meal Ma wants I've become gluten free so we can't, which Ma has translated to vegan, so off to the nut roast speciality crap coffee shop. Oh, n we're going home today, when we're not, 'cos it's easier* to slink around constantly looking for them than to say we have plans for us time.

Constant rehashing of she said this, n I said that. Who gives a shit, let it go and perhaps do holiday things? There was also huge pre-planning of various things not to say, so approx 7 seconds after meeting she says "John's got a tattoo and is an idiot". Er, that's on the no list you've been practising for weeks???? 

Before I left my Ma insisted I move her from o2 to asda mobile 'cos it's gone up by £2, and that's a king's ransom. Of course it's got fucked up porting the number, and my idiot sister is doing anything but phone asda and say fix it. Lot better plan to contact 02 she's no longer with and threaten offcom.

[Dyslexic Viking]

3 minutes ago, Talbot said:

I'm sure you already know this, but that is a hard-surface fork-lift and will only really work on concrete or tarmac.  For lose gravel like that, you're going to need a rough terrain fork-lift.  Something with inflatable tyres and more ground clearance.  More like this:

Yes, I am aware of that. But had hoped that it would be a little better than this. For se what he will do possible twin wheels will help.

It is not easy to find machines here that do not cost a fortune. A small compact wheel loader would have been better but it is almost impossible to find a cheap used one and even Chinese new ones are expensive. So a forklift was worth a try.

[Talbot]

1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

But had hoped that it would be a little better than this.

In my (limited) experience of forklifts, anything with small solid wheels and no ground clearance is utterly shit on anything other than a smooth warehouse floor.  Even running them over slightly-uneven tarmac is asking for trouble.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

That's in the Suzuki....

Might be worth getting another, I forgot to move mine from the van to the car yesterday, would have a lovely clip for AS viewing if I had.

[Pieman]

2 hours ago, jakebullet said:

I'm supposed to be on holiday and having fun.

The Mrs. is spinning an elaborate web of lies to her Ma who happens to live here. Instead of saying we'll go out for a coffee instead of the meal Ma wants I've become gluten free so we can't, which Ma has translated to vegan, so off to the nut roast speciality crap coffee shop. Oh, n we're going home today, when we're not, 'cos it's easier* to slink around constantly looking for them than to say we have plans for us time.

Constant rehashing of she said this, n I said that. Who gives a shit, let it go and perhaps do holiday things? There was also huge pre-planning of various things not to say, so approx 7 seconds after meeting she says "John's got a tattoo and is an idiot". Er, that's on the no list you've been practising for weeks???? 

Before I left my Ma insisted I move her from o2 to asda mobile 'cos it's gone up by £2, and that's a king's ransom. Of course it's got fucked up porting the number, and my idiot sister is doing anything but phone asda and say fix it. Lot better plan to contact 02 she's no longer with and threaten offcom.

Seriously, just move somewhere remote and tell all your family not to contact you or you'll have the law on them.

[Wack]

4 hours ago, Talbot said:

Look into bringing a private prosecution against him for every single penny of losses.  That's her injury costs, loss of earnings, every minute of loss of time dealing with the crash and the resultant medical travelling/time/etc.  Your loss of time dealing with it, a rental car, etc.etc.etc.  Every single penny.

It'll be thousands.  Probably ten(s) of thousands.  And you should claim every single bit of it.  Screw the bastard into the ground and then some.

Her mother has already engaged a solicitor so I'm doing my best to stay out of it 

The car is 100% a write off but being a 10 + year old vw fox won't be worth much 

My own limited experience of insurance companies is they're shit so I will say if his insurance offers to manage the claim let them 

When I was hit my insurance appointed an accident management company who tried to get me into a £1000 excess £220 a day hire car which i refused when I read the other side may not cover the hire car if they feel it's not justified 

If they provide a hire car that wouldn't happen 

[Talbot]

What I'm suggesting is outside of the insurance liability of the other party.  I'm pleased to hear you have a solicitor working on your behalf, but definitely look into a private prosecution.  It's not often done, but in this case I think would be very worthwhile.

[High Jetter]

Yes, this is more than knock-4-knock. Am no lawyer, but there could be an arguement for wilful intent?

[Wack]

40 minutes ago, Talbot said:

What I'm suggesting is outside of the insurance liability of the other party.  I'm pleased to hear you have a solicitor working on your behalf, but definitely look into a private prosecution.  It's not often done, but in this case I think would be very worthwhile.

Just in care you're unaware,  she's my sons girlfriend , her mother has engaged a solicitor , she's not the type to let it drop so if there's a cross he'll be getting nailed to it .

I'm just glad she's got away with it fairly lightly considering how bad it could have been.

[artdjones]

6 hours ago, Wack said:

Had an update , the POS did try and do a runner , a witness chased him until he had to stop because he was driving on the rim 

Within minutes a load of men appeared,  it's a rural area so she thinks they were farmers but I have my doubts 

Probably just on their way back from a demolition job.

 

20 minutes ago, Wack said:

Just in care you're unaware,  she's my sons girlfriend , her mother has engaged a solicitor , she's not the type to let it drop so if there's a cross he'll be getting nailed to it .

I'm just glad she's got away with it fairly lightly considering how bad it could have been.

The first thing might be to look into the guy's background. If he loses the case, but claims to have no money, and lives surrounded by his relatives on a site the police are scared to visit because there may* be guns there it's going to be very difficult to get any money out of him. And the solicitors and barristers employed  to prosecute him will still want paying.

[eddyramrod]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

 everything at the moment is like this, everything turns into problems, 

You just described my life as it is now.

[Remspoor]

I am having a hells job trying to get the Westminster's brakes to function.

Like most cars that have not been touched  for a while The bleed nipples are mainly rusted  up. There are one for each rear drum and two for each front disc. Making 6 in total.

The rear brake lines can be detached from the cylinders. However, to remove the cylinders from the backing palate I have to remove the bleed nipples. There is a not a lot of room for a spanner to coax the bloody things to open. Front calipers are NLA. I dare not drill the nipples out and try and find replacements.

I am really thinking about scrapping the car. What with brake issues plus some welding which looks to be beyond my skills. I have not even thought about the total cost either.
So it looks like scrapping the car is the only way. Shame I have never scrapped a car.  It has survived since 1963.

[Rocket88]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I am having a hells job trying to get the Westminster's brakes to function.

Like most cars that have not been touched  for a while The bleed nipples are mainly rusted  up. There are one for each rear drum and two for each front disc. Making 6 in total.

The rear brake lines can be detached from the cylinders. However, to remove the cylinders from the backing palate I have to remove the bleed nipples. There is a not a lot of room for a spanner to coax the bloody things to open. Front calipers are NLA. I dare not drill the nipples out and try and find replacements.

I am really thinking about scrapping the car. What with brake issues plus some welding which looks to be beyond my skills. I have not even thought about the total cost either.
So it looks like scrapping the car is the only way. Shame I have never scrapped a car.  It has survived since 1963.

Bigg Red can rebuild pretty much any brake calliper

[Lankytim]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

I am having a hells job trying to get the Westminster's brakes to function.

Like most cars that have not been touched  for a while The bleed nipples are mainly rusted  up. There are one for each rear drum and two for each front disc. Making 6 in total.

The rear brake lines can be detached from the cylinders. However, to remove the cylinders from the backing palate I have to remove the bleed nipples. There is a not a lot of room for a spanner to coax the bloody things to open. Front calipers are NLA. I dare not drill the nipples out and try and find replacements.

I am really thinking about scrapping the car. What with brake issues plus some welding which looks to be beyond my skills. I have not even thought about the total cost either.
So it looks like scrapping the car is the only way. Shame I have never scrapped a car.  It has survived since 1963.

Westminster- scrap/ Does not compute! Is there nobody local that could lend a hand? 

[juular]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

The bleed nipples are mainly rusted  up.

Something in your favour here is time, since you aren't needing to drive it. Can you get a small socket in there? One that just fits over the nipple end but not the actual hex part. Then give it some good solid whacks end-on with a hammer. Quite often this is all you need to shock the threads loose.

If you can combine doing this repeatedly with some wire brushing and penetrating fluid with time in between attempts, its likely that they will come out OK.