The grumpy thread

[Mac69400]

On 9/8/2023 at 8:41 PM, Mac69400 said:

Some arsehole punched a hole in my van door, opened it and looked inside, then fucked off. Fortunately one of my girlfriend's neighbours caught it all on CCTV.  We've got clear images of the car used, the reg, and the driver and passenger. 

I've reported it online, but I'm expecting a crime reference number and a referral to victim support. There's not much worth stealing in the van, but I've got to shift what there is into my girlfriend's house tonight, or go home and not get laid. Bastards. 

 

As expected.

 

[andyberg]

3 minutes ago, Mac69400 said:

As expected.

 

So the police have evidence of the culprits, can find their address from the car reg, and admit they have committed a crime. But still won't do the right thing and go arrest and charge them?

Jesus Christ on a motorbike!!! It's a bloody joke this country 😡😡

[MikeR]

my wife has just thrown out tons of shite , I was not allowed to sort out and chuck out ....

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, andyberg said:

So the police have evidence of the culprits, can find their address from the car reg, and admit they have committed a crime. But still won't do the right thing and go arrest and charge them?

Jesus Christ on a motorbike!!! It's a bloody joke this country 😡😡

Two show jumpers over there just got convicted of stealing £50k worth of fellow competitors tack. Suspended sentence. 

[Markeh]

You know, it's true. Scotland really does have some picturesque sights.

What beautiful scenery.

Predictably it was too good to be true that the puncture had actually been properly repaired, judging by the TPMS warning that came up for the same tyre today. Yet to hear whether it'll be a new tyre or not but I'm assuming it will be. Not losing as much air as it was but given I'm travelling 5 up with luggage I don't want to take a chance.

[Ghosty]

3 hours ago, andyberg said:

So the police have evidence of the culprits, can find their address from the car reg, and admit they have committed a crime. But still won't do the right thing and go arrest and charge them?

I got assaulted in Wolverhampton a few years ago. The copper admitted they knew exactly who it was but half of them got off on insufficient evidence and I couldn't positively ID the one they asked me to either from the identity parade they showed me on a tiny CRT. The court case got pushed back three times before I gave up pressing charges as I was moving away.

[rusty_vw_man]

After spending the day grinding cutting and welding my phone has a great new ‘textured’ screen thanks the various grinding metals that have embedded in the screen. It’s quite invigorating to use, and my finger tips have never been so smooth….. not sure I like it as a long term feature!! 

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, MikeR said:

my wife has just thrown out tons of shite , I was not allowed to sort out and chuck out ....

My wife understands that she'd be on the pavement if she engaged in such despicable behaviour.

Hang on, has she been weightlifting?

[RoverFolkUs]

8 hours ago, Mac69400 said:

As expected.

 

Should have said they made their escape doing 23 in a 20mph. The entire fleet from your local station would have been dispatched 😂

[Metal Guru]

48 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Should have said they made their escape doing 23 in a 20mph. The entire fleet from your local station would have been dispatched 😂

Or said you identify as non binary and they called you “he”.

[wuvvum]

Hub nuts.  (Not you Ian.)

I started to have a look at the rear brakes on the Visa between downpours, but to get the drum off you have to remove the hub nut and the outer wheel bearing.  Which is fine, but the nut has evidently been off a few times as it's been staked in so many times it almost certainly won't take another.  Can't do the old trick of swapping the nuts side to side either as that's already been done too, given that the nut has chisel marks on the other side as well.

So I need a new hub nut if I'm going to take the drum off.  But the only ones I can find look like this.

How the actual cunting fuck am I supposed to stake in a 2mm thick steel collar, on a nut that can only be tightened finger tight or it crushes the bearings?  The answer, as I discovered with the similar nuts provided with the wheel bearing kits for the Mazda, is that I can't.  All the hammer and chisel does is to make a dent in the outside of the collar, the inside edge doesn't move until you chisel all the way through it, and even then it's almost impossible to bend down into the slot in the stub axle - and completely impossible whilst trying to maintain the correct (minimal) torque on the nut.

What was wrong with the old brass nuts with a nice thin collar?  And why is everything these days totally unfit for purpose?

[Coprolalia]

Ongoing grumble (in amongst others).

Our house is a 1930s terrace. Neighbours on one side are students, with proper slum landlord owners. The slum landlords are a pair of outwardly successful dentists, and I've contacted them in the past about going halves on preventative maintenance work, but they're never interested.

The house next door has the original sash windows, currently rotting out. Gutters falling off, soaking the front of the house. Various other things that could be fixed and prevent future worse costs, but are being ignored.

Over the summer I noticed some of their slates had slipped, leaving a hole into their attic. The hole includes some of the party wall with our property. 

Contacted the owners multiple times to get them to fix it, no response.

Guess I'll be going up there to check for damp later...

[Rocket88]

18 minutes ago, Coprolalia said:

Ongoing grumble (in amongst others).

Our house is a 1930s terrace. Neighbours on one side are students, with a proper slum landlord owners. The slum landlords are a pair of outwardly successful dentists, and I've contacted them in the past about going halves on preventative maintenance work, but they're never interested.

The house next door has the original sash windows, currently rotting out. Gutters falling off, soaking the front of the house. Various other things that could be fixed and prevent future worse costs, but are being ignored.

Over the summer I noticed some of their slates had slipped, leaving a hole into their attic. The hole includes some of the party wall with our property. 

Contacted the owners multiple times to get them to fix it, no response.

Guess I'll be going up there to check for damp later...

If they’re local, go and sit in reception with a “ your dentist is a slum landlord” placard…..

[Metal Guru]

9 minutes ago, Coprolalia said:

Ongoing grumble (in amongst others).

Our house is a 1930s terrace. Neighbours on one side are students, with a proper slum landlord owners. The slum landlords are a pair of outwardly successful dentists, and I've contacted them in the past about going halves on preventative maintenance work, but they're never interested.

The house next door has the original sash windows, currently rotting out. Gutters falling off, soaking the front of the house. Various other things that could be fixed and prevent future worse costs, but are being ignored.

Over the summer I noticed some of their slates had slipped, leaving a hole into their attic. The hole includes some of the party wall with our property. 

Contacted the owners multiple times to get them to fix it, no response.

Guess I'll be going up there to check for damp later...

If you haven’t got legal insurance on your house insurance, make sure you do when you renew. Then get a solicitor on it.  They’ll ignore you forever, but if they think they might cop for some hefty legal costs , they might well decide to do the repairs instead. 

[ruffgeezer]

Useless lazy parcelforce walker not ringing the doorbell, or indeed leaving the parcel with any of the  neighbours whom were all in (indeed those opposite were in the front garden) 

He'd better leave it tomorrow or it will be another strike against the workshy cunt.

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, ruffgeezer said:

Useless lazy parcelforce walker not ringing the doorbell, or indeed leaving the parcel with any of the  neighbours whom were all in (indeed those opposite were in the front garden) 

He'd better leave it tomorrow or it will be another strike against the workshy cunt.

Had a sorry you were out email from them today at work. We weren’t out and they didn’t attempt a delivery, as at the time they claimed I was outside washing the windows.

[Popsicle]

19 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Hub nuts.  (Not you Ian.)

I started to have a look at the rear brakes on the Visa between downpours, but to get the drum off you have to remove the hub nut and the outer wheel bearing.  Which is fine, but the nut has evidently been off a few times as it's been staked in so many times it almost certainly won't take another.  Can't do the old trick of swapping the nuts side to side either as that's already been done too, given that the nut has chisel marks on the other side as well.

So I need a new hub nut if I'm going to take the drum off.  But the only ones I can find look like this.

How the actual cunting fuck am I supposed to stake in a 2mm thick steel collar, on a nut that can only be tightened finger tight or it crushes the bearings?  The answer, as I discovered with the similar nuts provided with the wheel bearing kits for the Mazda, is that I can't.  All the hammer and chisel does is to make a dent in the outside of the collar, the inside edge doesn't move until you chisel all the way through it, and even then it's almost impossible to bend down into the slot in the stub axle - and completely impossible whilst trying to maintain the correct (minimal) torque on the nut.

What was wrong with the old brass nuts with a nice thin collar?  And why is everything these days totally unfit for purpose?

It would be a ballache but could you drill a hole through the axle and use a castle nut and split pin?

[MikeR]

Precut some vertical slots on the staking bit of the nut to form some preset staking points ,bit like fingers pointing up ,  then press in the preset stake to the nearest fit ? 

[somewhatfoolish]

20 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Hub nuts.  (Not you Ian.)

I started to have a look at the rear brakes on the Visa between downpours, but to get the drum off you have to remove the hub nut and the outer wheel bearing.  Which is fine, but the nut has evidently been off a few times as it's been staked in so many times it almost certainly won't take another.  Can't do the old trick of swapping the nuts side to side either as that's already been done too, given that the nut has chisel marks on the other side as well.

So I need a new hub nut if I'm going to take the drum off.  But the only ones I can find look like this.

How the actual cunting fuck am I supposed to stake in a 2mm thick steel collar, on a nut that can only be tightened finger tight or it crushes the bearings?  The answer, as I discovered with the similar nuts provided with the wheel bearing kits for the Mazda, is that I can't.  All the hammer and chisel does is to make a dent in the outside of the collar, the inside edge doesn't move until you chisel all the way through it, and even then it's almost impossible to bend down into the slot in the stub axle - and completely impossible whilst trying to maintain the correct (minimal) torque on the nut.

What was wrong with the old brass nuts with a nice thin collar?  And why is everything these days totally unfit for purpose?

If you have a means of mounting them in a drill you could thin the collar down with an angry grinder; alternatively fit the nuts, mark where you need it thinner and take just that bit down with the angry grinder. Failing that buy them and post them to a shiter with a lathe. 

[MikeR]

20 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Hub nuts.  (Not you Ian.)

I started to have a look at the rear brakes on the Visa between downpours, but to get the drum off you have to remove the hub nut and the outer wheel bearing.  Which is fine, but the nut has evidently been off a few times as it's been staked in so many times it almost certainly won't take another.  Can't do the old trick of swapping the nuts side to side either as that's already been done too, given that the nut has chisel marks on the other side as well.

So I need a new hub nut if I'm going to take the drum off.  But the only ones I can find look like this.

How the actual cunting fuck am I supposed to stake in a 2mm thick steel collar, on a nut that can only be tightened finger tight or it crushes the bearings?  The answer, as I discovered with the similar nuts provided with the wheel bearing kits for the Mazda, is that I can't.  All the hammer and chisel does is to make a dent in the outside of the collar, the inside edge doesn't move until you chisel all the way through it, and even then it's almost impossible to bend down into the slot in the stub axle - and completely impossible whilst trying to maintain the correct (minimal) torque on the nut.

What was wrong with the old brass nuts with a nice thin collar?  And why is everything these days totally unfit for purpose?

See my comment above ..

[dozeydustman]

Went to bed early last night feeling crap.

Woke up this morning with sore throat, cough and a 39 temperature.

So have the wife and stepdaughter.

[New POD]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If you have a means of mounting them in a drill you could thin the collar down with an angry grinder; alternatively fit the nuts, mark where you need it thinner and take just that bit down with the angry grinder. Failing that buy them and post them to a shiter with a lathe. 

Cut castles in the top with a dremmel and then drill one hole through the end of the shift for a splitpin. 

[New POD]

I don't know if this is a grin or not. 

Astra was in a local garage being repaired. Supposed to be Today, but it was yesterday they did it. They delivered it back about 5pm. We were both in. I'd been in the lounge facing the window all day working from home. 

At about 5:30, the woman 2 doors down knocks on the door to say "why have I got your car on my drive, and a set of keys to it and a bill for £450" 

Grinning because I don't have to use wife's car today. And don't have to worry, about whether they actually plan to do it this week. 

Grinning because the poor woman was totally confused and ended up laughing  

Grumpy because, thier mistake could have gone wrong in so many ways. I'm sure there are places where your neighbour would take the keys and drive the car to a mate, and flog it on gumtree. 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

  Just this (again).

[New POD]

Ah yes. The weather. I'm heading her in a couple of hours 

https://andertoncentre.co.uk/

On a team building day.

Apparently there's a group session to solve some problems. Some raft building and orienteering. I have packed 2 spare sets of clothes. I'll probably drown in Rivington Reservoir. 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

8 minutes ago, New POD said:

Ah yes. The weather. I'm heading her in a couple of hours 

https://andertoncentre.co.uk/

On a team building day.

Apparently there's a group session to solve some problems. Some raft building and orienteering. I have packed 2 spare sets of clothes. I'll probably drown in Rivington Reservoir. 

 

You'll be fine, we have your back:

[andy18s]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

I don't know if this is a grin or not. 

Astra was in a local garage being repaired. Supposed to be Today, but it was yesterday they did it. They delivered it back about 5pm. We were both in. I'd been in the lounge facing the window all day working from home. 

At about 5:30, the woman 2 doors down knocks on the door to say "why have I got your car on my drive, and a set of keys to it and a bill for £450" 

Grinning because I don't have to use wife's car today. And don't have to worry, about whether they actually plan to do it this week. 

Grinning because the poor woman was totally confused and ended up laughing  

Grumpy because, thier mistake could have gone wrong in so many ways. I'm sure there are places where your neighbour would take the keys and drive the car to a mate, and flog it on gumtree. 

 

Have you phoned the garage and asked where the car is yet?

[Coprolalia]

19 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

If you haven’t got legal insurance on your house insurance, make sure you do when you renew. Then get a solicitor on it.  They’ll ignore you forever, but if they think they might cop for some hefty legal costs , they might well decide to do the repairs instead. 

We have legal insurance on the house insurance, just trying to decide what to do.

I've got a scaffold tower on hire next week to patch and repaint the render to the rear of ours, so might well just pop the slates back up, mastik them down and not say anything. We're planning to sell next year and don't really fancy having to declare an ongoing legal dispute on the sale particulars.

[cobblers]

29 minutes ago, Coprolalia said:

I've got a scaffold tower on hire next week to patch and repaint the render to the rear of ours, so might well just pop the slates back up, mastik them down and not say anything. We're planning to sell next year and don't really fancy having to declare an ongoing legal dispute on the sale particulars.

100% this is the way to go.  A couple of hours bodging someone elses roof isn't something you should have to do, but on balance it's a lot less headache than having to answer "yes" to certain questions on the home sellers from.

[GMcD]

On 9/18/2023 at 2:35 PM, w00dy said:

Darwin Insurance doesn't allow you to cancel auto-renewal online so I had to go through all the bollocks of the automated phone system to finally get through to a person.

"Can I ask why you don't want to renew?"

"It's 71% higher than last year despite an additional years NCB and no accidents"

"Have any of the details changed?"

"No"

"Well I can't change the price then."

 

This. Does my nut in. It's not right that it's so easy to take out insurance but usually a pita to cancel or stop the auto renewal online with a lot of companies. But then all insurance companies are bastards so to be expected.

It should be standardised to be simple as texting a number to get your PAC code (or simple email reply, or link)  rather than a 30 minute phone call.