The grumpy thread

[Rust Collector]

14 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Then some random person said "Jesus Christ"

Come on, own up... Was it you? 😅

[reb]

On 22/10/2023 at 10:28, w00dy said:

Couple of members of the "Travelling community" came down my tiny close yesterday and it's got me rather nervous. They started with the old we'll do your driveway chat (very keen to get on the property to give a quote, they've switched to offering resin, how modern) "Is your Mummy or Daddy in? I want to speak to the organ grinder not the monkey" I presume trying to size me up a bit since I'm clearly in my mid-30s. "Quiet round here isn't it? How long have you lived here?" "Is your neighbour in? Before pounding on their door to ask if they want their back yard clearing and finally "Do you want to sell the van for cash?" I was blunt, but civil, since they know where I live, but perhaps I should've told them where to stick it. Now I'm going to have to keep the van blocked in order to sleep. Brilliant.

I had them at mine on Sunday too. Wanting to buy the "starter engine" off my volvo. Telling me I'll get fuck all for the car because "Scrap's at £22 a ton".

[Rocket88]

8 minutes ago, reb said:

I had them at mine on Sunday too. Wanting to buy the "starter engine" off my volvo. Telling me I'll get fuck all for the car because "Scrap's at £22 a ton".

It probably is if it’s been stolen…..

[Rust Collector]

10 minutes ago, reb said:

Telling me I'll get fuck all for the car because "Scrap's at £22 a ton".

'I won't get fuck all scrap money for it as I don't want to scrap it, you chancing cunts'

**Proceeds to get instantly killed by rigger boot enthusiasts**

[reb]

3 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

'I won't get fuck all scrap money for it as I don't want to scrap it, you chancing cunts'

**Proceeds to get instantly killed by rigger boot enthusiasts**

His response to me calling him a chancer was to threaten to punch me in the face (which seems kind of pointless to me, if you're going to punch someone just do it!) then shout to the two in the van "He's a pedo! He just touched my bum!" which is funny because he was at least 15 years older than me, though he did appear to have the intellect of a 9 year old.

[Rocket88]

59 minutes ago, reb said:

His response to me calling him a chancer was to threaten to punch me in the face (which seems kind of pointless to me, if you're going to punch someone just do it!) then shout to the two in the van "He's a pedo! He just touched my bum!" which is funny because he was at least 15 years older than me, though he did appear to have the intellect of a 9 year old.

Think you’re doing the average 9 year old a disservice….

[hairnet]

On 21/10/2023 at 23:53, RoverFolkUs said:

On 22/10/2023 at 00:03, High Jetter said:

Is that boasting? 🤣

*touches large piece of wood*

someone elses no?

 

[DavieW]

It seems every other pub round here now sells Madri on draught and done away with some of my favourites. 

[warch]

I'm starting to appreciate the benefits of going to an actual shop and buying stuff rather than relying on the bullshitters who work for Evri. Apparently they've successfully delivered my order which is in my garage. Only problem is I don't have a garage, and the photo is of someone else's garage, presumably in an unspecified property in the locality. 

[High Jetter]

'shops are real, man...'

[Pieman]

On 22/10/2023 at 17:58, richardmorris said:

Plenty of stupid drivers about.

 

That would be made even better if the cameraman made the drivers do a piece to camera, introducing themselves and making them admit how bloody stupid they are.

And the footage of the tractor busting through the closure barriers further up the page is quite scary - if that trailer had fallen over, fuck knows how they'd have recovered it all!

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

And the footage of the tractor busting through the closure barriers further up the page is quite scary - if that trailer had fallen over, fuck knows how they'd have recovered it all!

It would have served the idiot behind the wheel absolutely right if it had gone over.  Given the location, very unlikely anyone else would have been hurt, and he'd be very unlikely to be able to clear it up before the police arrived...

[goosey]

We got this new apprentice at work and he keeps doing this weird grin like he knows something you don’t and in reality he probably knows fuck all that’s really important or worth knowing 

[Metal Guru]

16 minutes ago, goosey said:

We got this new apprentice at work and he keeps doing this weird grin like he knows something you don’t and in reality he probably knows fuck all that’s really important or worth knowing 

I work in schools occasionally and 15 year olds do it all the time, but you expect it.

However one of my brother in laws does it too and he’s 53! Just want to punch him.

[Pieman]

Annoyed with myself tonight for making a stupid mistake - went to speedway in Birmingham, paid for the car park on arrival, went and watched the meeting and came out afterwards to find I'd left my driver's side window open.  I was lucky the bloody car was still there!

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 22/10/2023 at 19:18, Zelandeth said:

Why are people so daft?  Charging into deep water at those sorts of speed in most vehicles is only going to end one way.

You really do have to question the air intake setup on a lot of moderns too.  We regularly used to get one bit of road by where I used to live flooded to I'd say a bit above knee high, and not one of my crappy old Metros, Saabs, a Mk IV Fiesta, Novas or my dad's Fiat Panda had any bother whatsoever with it...The only one which complained once was the Sierra which required the distributor cap attacked with WD40 on one occasion.

I did have great fun attacking it full rally style in the Skoda Estelle's though...rear engine for the win.

The amount of scenes I've seen with HGVs having issues surprises me too, have they tended to go the same way now?  I'm used to seeing their air intakes on big risers on the back of the cab - though my brain does still tend to think of things like the Ford Cargo as being a few years old...

the modern scanias do NOT have a cab rear mounted snorkel

[High Jetter]

50 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Annoyed with myself tonight for making a stupid mistake - went to speedway in Birmingham, paid for the car park on arrival, went and watched the meeting and came out afterwards to find I'd left my driver's side window open.  I was lucky the bloody car was still there!

Moar lucky it wasn't pissing down!

[Dyslexic Viking]

Managed to drop a glass of tomato sauce on the floor at the till in the food store, and it exploded, was tomato sauce and glass shards everywhere.

[Rust Collector]

51 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Managed to drop a glass of tomato sauce on the floor at the till in the food store, and it exploded, was tomato sauce and glass shards everywhere.

In a similar vein, last night I sat on the sofa to watch tv and drink a beer.

It was one of the bigger 660ml bottles, and before I drank any I managed to drop it on its side so that it poured all over myself and the sofa cushion.

In my panic to resolve the problem, I picked it up too fast and frothed the beer up so it was now frothing out like some kind of lazy volcano.

In a further bout of panic, I put my finger over the top of the bottle but didn't manage to cover it completely.

As if it couldn't get any better, my mrs was stood there watching throughout the whole debacle, having only just said to me 'are you really going to have another beer?!' right before all this happened.

[Datsuncog]

Sounds like you may have been on the receiving end of a minor hex.

In other news...

Well, bugger.

Yeah, that'll be bust then. 

It was a replacement handle fitted about six years ago, too.

Just sheared off, same as the original.

So now we have a highly creative remote door-pull mechanism install involving shoelaces, operated via the back seat...

[castros_bro]

22 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

So now we have a highly creative remote door-pull mechanism install involving shoelaces, operated via the back seat...

 

Also available for MOTs.  

 

 

[Datsuncog]

I've another pattern replacement on order from eBay for £16, delivered.

I'm quite certain it won't fit out of the box (facelift Yaris models like this have a bigger lock barrel than earlier versions, for some reason) but I'll make it fit, like last time.

Second-hand parts don't strike me as much use since they'll be at least eighteen years old now and likely failing along the same points.

I'm gonna guess the new handle will probably outlive the car...

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

 'are you really going to have another beer?!' right before all this happened.

"apparently not" would seem to be the reasonable response there, since the majority content of that beer was liberally spread across several soft furnishings in your home...

[wuvvum]

On 26/10/2023 at 10:57, castros_bro said:

 

Also available for MOTs.  

 

 

Citroën C2?

[Zelandeth]

Well that went well.

Newly fixed fuel pump lasted approximately four miles before it quit.

Assistance on the way. Just annoying.

[castros_bro]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Citroën C2?

No thanks I've already got one.

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Well that went well.

Newly fixed fuel pump lasted approximately four miles before it quit.

Assistance on the way. Just annoying.

Friend gave me a run back home to grab some stuff after we pushed the car out of the bus stop into an adjacent car park to hopefully avoid a parking ticket.  

30 seconds of bodgery later and we were back up and running.

Got back home without missing a beat.

Wouldn't do that with a modern Audi with the same fault!

[andyberg]

Went out for breakfast to a local tea room. 30 mins before the end of serving. I got there and about 30-40 cyclists had just turned up. I asked if I could jump the queue to order as they weren't having breakfast, got a straight no from everyone of them😡 bloody selfish attitude.

[Bradders59]

Spending my birthday doing a 12 hour shift. Doesnt really matter in the grand scheme of things as the wife hasnt been at all well (spent 7 hours at A&E with her yesterday) so she understandably hasnt even been able to buy a birthday card.

Not bothered as her health is of course far more important.

Cheered up though when my mate from Norn Irn sent me a big box of Tayto cheese & onion and then found inside it a framed photo of me in my Chevette HS from 1979.

Didnt even know he still had the photo.

 

[loserone]

Great picture.  Hope your Mrs is ok @Bradders59