The grumpy thread

[hairnet]

It's too fkin early @PhilA I r in Ur timezonez

4 hours sleep since 7am UK time yesterday

It's just before 6 been up since just before 5

 

[MikeR]

just glad I stayed away from Southport today , the airshow is not going to plan ..

miles Q's of cars on the roads still waiting to get in , the show started at 12.

the beach is muddy and not suitable for parking at the last moment , the red arrows have cancelled ..

some very pissed off people on FB venting ..

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, cort16 said:

My sister has a parrot, which we're reluctantly look after while she's on holiday for 2 weeks. If you're not in the room with it giving it 100% attention it squawks, screeches and makes other god awful noises.

I work from home so get to listen to this all day. I can't have it in the room during work as it squawks on the conference calls so it has to be upstairs screeching ALL DAY! 

We live in a terraced house and I can;t look my neighbours in the eye. 

We've had it 1 week now, 1 week to go I think my nerves will be shattered by the time she picks it up. I've got the radio on for it, it has cardboard to play with, I go up every hour and give it snacks but IT'S NEVER ENOUGH!

Why would you have one of these as a pet?

Unrelated rambling anecdote alert; at primary school we had a budgie, to 'switch' it off you just put a cloth over the cage so it thought it was night time, not that it made very much noise anyway, just occasional unhappy dial-up modem noises.

[Zelandeth]

7 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

... just occasional unhappy dial-up modem noises.

That made me laugh more than it probably should have.

[somewhatfoolish]

For the benefit of the youngsters reading this.

 

[Zelandeth]

Of course today when it's a thousand degrees outside is when the front door decides to completely at random and without prior warning to fall off its hinges.

[richardmorris]

I take it hearing hundreds of things buzzing the other side of the plasterboard isn’t a good sign? Rather alarming, and putting an ear to the wall does sound worse!

have emailed the out of hours line although I expect “ pests” are down to me.

 

[New POD]

9 hours ago, MikeR said:

just glad I stayed away from Southport today , the airshow is not going to plan ..

miles Q's of cars on the roads still waiting to get in , the show started at 12.

the beach is muddy and not suitable for parking at the last moment , the red arrows have cancelled ..

some very pissed off people on FB venting ..

The fuck twats have made my comute home from work a bit shit since Tuesday when they closed the coast road, so your post makes me smile. 

What right have they to close what is effectively a Bypass around the town centre. Surely there is a better plan. 

[Wack]

Just watched a bit of the Freddie Mercury shite auction 

People will die this winter because they can't afford to heat their houses and some mug just bought a  fucking garden gate for £330,000 

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Of course today when it's a thousand degrees outside is when the front door decides to completely at random and without prior warning to fall off its hinges.

Isn't that the new build with 10 yr g'tee?

[hairnet]

Well Wendy's aucked

Guy waiting and they didn't even ask him anything then he left and couple then shouted are you gonna serve us 

But then the chap tool that long to process th the guy behind me left 

It's like they were serving one person at a time literally then take the.next order and.do that without doing lots at once ( there was plenty of staff)

Maybe it was this one as been to Wendy's before and the drive thru was fine

Went across the road.to.an.arbys and withing seconds see ed and minutes - food

While having the craic with them cos they slagged my accent while I asked them about their crockery 

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

Just watched a bit of the Freddie Mercury shite auction 

People will die this winter because they can't afford to heat their houses and some mug just bought a  fucking garden gate for £330,000 

Baby grand is I'm sure worth eleventy twelve millions.

[Popsicle]

Oh bollocks, hope one of the local motor factors open on a Sunday have a set of leads in for daughter numbers 1's floppy top Beetle.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

Just watched a bit of the Freddie Mercury shite auction 

People will die this winter because they can't afford to heat their houses and some mug just bought a  fucking garden gate for £330,000 

And people will buy £250k cars , £10m paintings , £500 bottles of champagne etc etc. or even invest £500m in a football club.

Whats the problem? They were never going to say “mmm shall I buy  a Picasso or  help 10,000 pensioners with their winter dual bills?”.

[cort16]

16 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Unrelated rambling anecdote alert; at primary school we had a budgie, to 'switch' it off you just put a cloth over the cage so it thought it was night time, not that it made very much noise anyway, just occasional unhappy dial-up modem noises.

That does work and I put a cover over him at 8pm overnight but it I don't like doing it during the day.  He must have woken up in a bad mood as the little shit was trying to bite my fingers when I was changing his water.

[barefoot]

Can't you put him and his cage outside in the back yard so he is kept entertained?

[EyesWeldedShut]

Last weekend I ordered pads/discs/calipers/fitting kits/brake lines for the up on blocks 940.
Late yesterday afternoon it all arrived, delay due to local RM depot having no staff  so no delivery since Wednesday (minor grump).
Just unboxed the bits, two items are wrong - down to supplier not me for a change  
So I can have a car with three wheels by tonight, not four.(major grump)

[EyesWeldedShut]

11 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I take it hearing hundreds of things buzzing the other side of the plasterboard isn’t a good sign? Rather alarming, and putting an ear to the wall does sound worse!

have emailed the out of hours line although I expect “ pests” are down to me.

 

If you're lucky it'll be a bog standard wasps' nest and they all feck off pretty soon - queen will move to pastures new and hibernate over the winter. Most of the rest die a lingering death (away from the nest). 
It's their way of spring cleaning - rather than reuse the (possibly infected/dirty) old nest they start over. Same as a lot of birds.

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

If you're lucky it'll be a bog standard wasps' nest and they all feck off pretty soon - queen will move to pastures new and hibernate over the winter. Most of the rest die a lingering death (away from the nest). 
It's their way of spring cleaning - rather than reuse the (possibly infected/dirty) old nest they start over. Same as a lot of birds.

Have let a message with the recommended pest controller. Looking with binoculars on the outside there are plenty of wasps coming and going in the corner of the roof. The thing is, it’s my wall they’re behind, but not getting to the inside through my bit of roof, can hear the buzzing and crackling noises behind the rectangular area, but loudest in circle.

[PhilA]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

 can hear the buzzing and crackling noises 

Just don't unscrew the light switch off the wall and you're ok

[PhilA]

12 hours ago, hairnet said:

 Wendy's 

Depends where you are, really. Some do suck and it comes down a lot to the franchisee.

[horriblemercedes]

On 9/9/2023 at 5:37 PM, somewhatfoolish said:

For the benefit of the youngsters reading this.

 

 

[barefoot]

Anyone else struggling to make 12 ft ladder tall enough to climb over paywalls?

I’m certainly having probs reading the daily telegraph.

[Wack]

20 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

And people will buy £250k cars , £10m paintings , £500 bottles of champagne etc etc. or even invest £500m in a football club.

Whats the problem? They were never going to say “mmm shall I buy  a Picasso or  help 10,000 pensioners with their winter dual bills?”.

A Picasso is not a gate 

[D.E]

3 minutes ago, Wack said:

A Picasso is not a gate 

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

Anyone else struggling to make 12 ft ladder tall enough to climb over paywalls?

I’m certainly having probs reading the daily telegraph.

It was great for me for a few weeks then everyone made the walls 14ft high

[Wack]

On 9/7/2023 at 6:36 PM, andyberg said:

Me and my wife are going to retire in China in about 10 years. Personally I can't bloody wait. I know it may be hard but we have an apartment in a small town near Guangzhou. I can't wait to leave this country and the ' rat race' . If we can go sooner we will. A colleague at work has just been diagnosed with brain cancer, he had been getting a bit confused on occasion, this gives me more determination. Life is to short, do what you need to do to be happy chap, you won't regret it.

Watched a few videos about Chinese surveillance cameras and instant fines for jaywalking  plus public shame in the form of your picture and name on an electronic billboard 

It all sounded a bit hunger games to me 

[Wack]

On 9/9/2023 at 10:06 AM, cort16 said:

My sister has a parrot, which we're reluctantly look after while she's on holiday for 2 weeks. If you're not in the room with it giving it 100% attention it squawks, screeches and makes other god awful noises.

Why would you have one of these as a pet?

To torture your brother , next time make sure you're unavailable 

In the words of my late mother in law when a relative made a vague reference about coming to see her at some undefined point in the future 

"I'll be out that day" 

 

[Wack]

37 minutes ago, D.E said:

Still not a gate 

[Datsuncog]

Burst myself over a long, hot, sweaty weekend drylining a bedroom with insulated plasterboard, getting the ceiling primed with bluegrit, plus all the electrics and radiators removed and capped off ready for the plasterer to start work in the morning.

Got a call from him this afternoon to say he's hurt his back, so won't be able to come. Maybe later in the week. Maybe.

I guess the prep's now done and all - and I know back pain's a bit of a bastard - but hot damn, I really didn't need further delays to this project.

The flooring's arriving on Thursday; fuck knows where I'm going to put all that, as the garage is full of bathroom and the living room's full of bedroom.