The grumpy thread

[Spiny Norman]

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[Fumbler]

  On 02/01/2024 at 00:34, Spiny Norman said:

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Ope, had to re-upload the image.

[Markeh]

Due to the weather and my driveway being unfit for purpose I managed to get stuck last night. Managed to get it moved today.

Will get done in a couple of months when I get some cash through. Hopefully before I get stuck again!

[Tenmil Socket]

  On 02/01/2024 at 14:03, Markeh said:

Due to the weather and my driveway being unfit for purpose I managed to get stuck last night. Managed to get it moved today.

Will get done in a couple of months when I get some cash through. Hopefully before I get stuck again!

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Move to the right a bit 👍

[Markeh]

  On 02/01/2024 at 14:10, Tenmil Socket said:

Move to the right a bit 👍

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You're not wrong. Normally I do park on the slabs (or even with one side on the path itself) but when I moved the car last night I was in a rush and clearly wasn't paying enough attention! One advantage of this being a modern with cameras is that I can look at how I'm lined up at least. Did help with maneuvering to get it unstuck.

[nev_jr]

Yeah I got out, but WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU BLOCKED ME IN YOU CUNT?!?!?!

 

[myglaren]

Had a look to see if the Mazda has a spare wheel yesterday.

Pleased to see that it has.  Not pleased to see that the wheel well is full of water, as is the well for the jack.

Also tried to fix the non-working interior lights.  Removed the bulbs, not an easy task, checked them and photons were released in the usual way.  Refitting them, I got one skewed and it lit up.  Still didn't work when properly fitted.

Checked the fuse and it was OK.  Refitted it and the puddle lights in the doors came on, as did the rear interior light and the underseat light.  Not the glovebox, can't see that anywhere and the map reading lights still didn't work, but then started glowing slightly.

Left it at that and dropped the car at my son's to use for work (nights, no public transport).

The following night got an urgent message that the battery was flat and the car wouldn't start.

Took the charger for him and recharged for 48 hours.  All OK, used it myself for a few hours then pulled the fuse and found that remote locking doesn't work.

Refitted the fuse yesterday and had a bugger about.  Interior lights working again, except the rear passenger one, remote locking restored.

Took it back for son to use but removed the fuse so he doesn't get stuck at work.  Further bodgery expected.

 

[tooSavvy]

@nev_jr.... IIRC the 'street parking' issue, on residential estates etc, runs to 'if a dropped kerb/driveway' then Don't Be A Knob.... But if you yark yours over the path then it can reasonably be regarded a 'garden ornament'. Local council won't be impressed with broken paving slabs either...

Neighbours, you might assume, can be relied upon to show discretion 😯.

[BorniteIdentity]

  On 03/01/2024 at 09:03, nev_jr said:

Yeah I got out, but WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU BLOCKED ME IN YOU CUNT?!?!?!

 

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You don’t have an easement in place do you? 

If you own your house, it’s a simple procedure. I’d wager he wouldn’t have parked like that if you had a legitimate right of way across the pathway. 

If you rent, it’s worth asking the landlord if you can pay for it or help with the process. 

In reality, he’s not done anything wrong. I wouldn’t have done it myself, but that’s life. 

[cobblers]

  On 03/01/2024 at 09:03, nev_jr said:

Yeah I got out, but WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU BLOCKED ME IN YOU CUNT?!?!?!

 

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you are totally within your rights to ram it out of the way as far as I'm concerned 

[Bren]

Today bought two radiator valves. A litre of corrosion inhabitor and a tube of jointing paste.

That will be £51 please.

Things are getting silly expensive.

[nev_jr]

  On 03/01/2024 at 13:30, cobblers said:

you are totally within your rights to ram it out of the way as far as I'm concerned 

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Was so tempted, but I haven’t had the Volvo long enough and respect it too much to do such a thing with it. 

[Pieman]

  On 30/12/2023 at 20:18, outlaw118 said:

I wonder about myself sometimes

Bought something for SWMBO's birthday in Halfrauds sale, a dashcam and it was suggested I might like the little bag, SD card etc for £3, reduced to clear, discontinued stock.

BILLY BARGAIN

My local one at Lakeside didn't have one, so I pressed the "look further" button and it came up with Gravesend @14.7 miles away or Chadwell Heath @ 16.5 miles.

I've got local resident discount for the Dartford Crossing, so it'll cost me 20p there and back. The traffic should be OK 4pm on a Saturday afternoon yeah?

Was it bollocks. So, doing what any sane person would do I missed the sliproad and proceeded to Chadwell Heath.

As soon as I passed the little green sign that said ULEZ zone, I figuratively punched myself in the clack.

So, saving a few quid on the purchase now means I'm paying £12.50 for the pleasure* of driving through Dagenham to get to the shop.

FERFUXAKE.

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Reminds me of when I turned off a main road to go to a petrol station I knew was fairly cheap on my way back from somewhere.  As I tried to get back on my main route I had to divert due to a road closure so stuck the twat-nav on to assist in finding a quick way to the main road....and the bloody SD card corrupted and it stopped working.  So for the sake of saving a few pounds on petrol I had to spend £80 on a new SD card!

[artdjones]

I ordered a new genuine key card for the Megane on the 6th December,  so chased it today. Not arrived and won't come for at least another week.

"It has to come from France."

I couldn't help pointing out that France is less than a day from Ireland by ferry.

[Spiny Norman]

  On 03/01/2024 at 18:39, artdjones said:

"It has to come from France."

I couldn't help pointing out that France is less than a day from Ireland by ferry.

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I bought a camera from a seller in Japan a few months ago, Osaka to Glasgow in 4 and a bit days...

[Joey spud]

I've been tasked with finding a half tidy but cheap Previa for the sister in law and found one "that'll do" last week.

So I have been checking it over and was pleased this one still has solid ends to the sills and arches but decided to straighten out the lip on the ends of the sills where some Simpleton has jacked up on them and left them mangled and ripe for rust to take a hold only for me to sniff the waft of fuel.

Removing the plastic arch liner revealed the filler neck was absolutely buried under a couple  of inches of wet crud and has rotted to buggery.

I honestly think arch liners cause more problems than they solve.

 

[Remspoor]

  On 03/01/2024 at 18:39, artdjones said:

I ordered a new genuine key card for the Megane on the 6th December,  so chased it today. Not arrived and won't come for at least another week.

"It has to come from France."

I couldn't help pointing out that France is less than a day from Ireland by ferry.

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We ordered a motorway toll pass electronic tag that covers most of Europe. They for some reason would not post to Spain. They will accept a Spanish car reg details. They will accept Spanish bank payment details. Solution it is sent to a friends address in The Netherlands. They repackage and send it on to us here in Spain. That small package has been stuck in Spanish customs for 4 days. I thought this was one borderless EU?

[Metal Guru]

  On 04/01/2024 at 14:24, Joey spud said:

I've been tasked with finding a half tidy but cheap Previa for the sister in law and found one "that'll do" last week.

So I have been checking it over and was pleased this one still has solid ends to the sills and arches but decided to straighten out the lip on the ends of the sills where some Simpleton has jacked up on them and left them mangled and ripe for rust to take a hold only for me to sniff the waft of fuel.

Removing the plastic arch liner revealed the filler neck was absolutely buried under a couple  of inches of wet crud and has rotted to buggery.

I honestly think arch liners cause more problems than they solve.

 

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Ditto under trays and brake backing plates. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

It's cold

[myglaren]

Saw in Dagens Nyheter that it was -41°C in the north.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Yes, there is a real cold wave going on now. It's minus 25 here now.

[Low ontime]

  On 04/01/2024 at 14:24, Joey spud said:

I've been tasked with finding a half tidy but cheap Previa for the sister in law and found one "that'll do" last week.

So I have been checking it over and was pleased this one still has solid ends to the sills and arches but decided to straighten out the lip on the ends of the sills where some Simpleton has jacked up on them and left them mangled and ripe for rust to take a hold only for me to sniff the waft of fuel.

Removing the plastic arch liner revealed the filler neck was absolutely buried under a couple  of inches of wet crud and has rotted to buggery.

I honestly think arch liners cause more problems than they solve.

 

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Had a P reg previa the same time hing happened…… had it a week filled the tank up parked on a hill and it basically poured out like a colander …. A salty £400 to replace

[iainrcz]

First night back at work.

Want to hang myself already.

[captain_70s]

  On 05/01/2024 at 14:04, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's cold

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Warm house though. Must be well insulated as we can't get ours above 16C once it's below freezing outside!

[Dyslexic Viking]

  On 05/01/2024 at 20:41, captain_70s said:

Warm house though. Must be well insulated as we can't get ours above 16C once it's below freezing outside!

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It is not well insulated, it is an over 100 year old log house, so the walls are mostly logs and the windows etc are bad. But have good wood stoves and that helps.

I can't understand that you can't get it warmer than that and I've lived in several bad houses and even lived in caravans and never had it that bad. So something must be really wrong with your house?

[MikeR]

found out today that my 500mb hdds are no longer sufficient to hold all the yearly back ups , 1TB seems to be the new target size so I dont have to split up my film dir ....  thankfully the servers are ok , but its another reason to visit CEX

[Dyslexic Viking]

It's even colder now

[captain_70s]

  On 05/01/2024 at 20:49, Dyslexic Viking said:

It is not well insulated, it is an over 100 year old log house, so the walls are mostly logs and the windows etc are bad. But have good wood stoves and that helps.

I can't understand that you can't get it warmer than that and I've lived in several bad houses and even lived in caravans and never had it that bad. So something must be really wrong with your house?

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Perhaps UK central heating/housing isn't as robust...

Certainly the 100 year old cottage I lived in frequently dropped to 6C overnight and 12-14C in winter was normal with the heating maxed out.

The houses I grew up in were largely the same, and around the same age.

This place was built in the 1980s but the heating is from 2006 and I think it was quite a cheap system back then...

Folks I know in new houses never seem to have to run the heating at all to maintain 25C!

[Split_Pin]

22.5c is literally my optimum temperature for the house inside. It's probably just a mental thing though.

There's thick frost on the cars that haven't moved today already and its only 11.10 pm.

[Bren]

  On 05/01/2024 at 19:23, iainrcz said:

First night back at work.

Want to hang myself already.

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I know that feeling.