The grumpy thread

[Sheefag]

On 16/01/2024 at 00:07, vulgalour said:

If we're doing the broad strokes approach to countries, then the only thing your average Brit is good at making these days is complaints.

That comment and variations on it about how it's China's fault Britain can't make good stuff any more is utter nonsense.  Britain is no longer a manufacturing power house, hasn't been for decades, while China has been investing heavily in becoming the country that makes everything for everyone.  Stuff made in China runs the whole range from hopeless eBay tat all the way through to high end tech and lots of other stuff besides.

Also Brits are fucking tight and/or skint all the time anyway.  You're not going to pay a premium for a British made thing, you're just going to moan about how expensive it is and then go and buy the Chinese thing you said you didn't want to buy because it's that much cheaper and several levels of quality lower.  Brits are world class hypocrites that way.

People who write off the UK as a manufacturing nation, are badly misinformed.

[sierraman]

2 hours ago, Matty said:

KSC 110 club in Burnley shutting. Another landmark gone. Be no social clubs left at this rate. Same as pubs. Just trendy bars 😭

My local one closed a few weeks ago, we are all devastated. Probably tellingly we have picked another local pub to go to so the community as it were lives on. They can never break that!!! 

[Rust Collector]

26 minutes ago, Sheefag said:

People who write off the UK as a manufacturing nation, are badly misinformed.

I suspect it's the profile of what we manufacture that has changed over time - manufacturing things cheaply here isn't easy from my experience and so you need to manufacture things of value that can support a healthy margin.

[Inspector Morose]

1 hour ago, bezzabsa said:

received THE phonecall this morning, Mother passed away about 8am she had spend 3 1/2 weeks in Hospital and just over24 hours in a Local Very Good Hospice.. 83 and full of cancer, was still out shopping etc 2 days before taking ill. 

Aw, fuck man. So sorry to hear that. If you need anything, just shout out.

[chadders]

48 minutes ago, Sheefag said:

People who write off the UK as a manufacturing nation, are badly misinformed.

We don't do too badly in services:

Rank	Country	Exports (in millions USD)	Year
1	United States	926,012	2022
2	United Kingdom	493,054	2022
3	Germany	428,704

 

[hairnet]

medical can get to fuck

going to hospital - first call said ring 999 which didnt wanna do 

rang them and they said yes go

rather be working

fuck sake

[hairnet]

Motherfucker

[hairnet]

Yay doc said its not heart or respitory

One level was high it went back down ( just waited hour and half for the result

Here's hoping its stays away

 

[Sheefag]

I'd get a 2nd opinion mate if I were you mate, that ECG machine wasn't even plugged in...

[Wibble]

11 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

received THE phonecall this morning, Mother passed away about 8am she had spend 3 1/2 weeks in Hospital and just over24 hours in a Local Very Good Hospice.. 83 and full of cancer, was still out shopping etc 2 days before taking ill. 

Very sorry for you loss.

[SunnySouth]

8 hours ago, hairnet said:

Motherfucker

I initially read that as “EGG MACHINE”….

[SunnySouth]

15 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

I had to drop a colleague off in the centre of Newhaven yesterday. I was surprised to see that the social club there appears to have closed down - always used to be busy when I was younger. I think the railway club may still be going, which is probably the only place left in town now to get a cheap drink.

That said, I'm not sure you can call any of the pubs left in Newhaven high street trendy. Most of the pubs in the surrounding urban area have gone 'gastro pub' though.

I may well be speaking out of turn here, but having driven through a few times is it not the case that Newhaven is an unmitigated, oceangoing shithole of a place? I do confess I never stopped to actually savour the delights, just sort of rushed to get out the other end of the place. Even that yellow ferry that turns up has an air of grim about it, and I’m usually quite keen on a spot of cross channel boatery!

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

I may well be speaking out of turn here, but having driven through a few times is it not the case that Newhaven is an unmitigated, oceangoing shithole of a place? I do confess I never stopped to actually savour the delights, just sort of rushed to get out the other end of the place. Even that yellow ferry that turns up has an air of grim about it, and I’m usually quite keen on a spot of cross channel boatery!

You flatter it, it's worse than that.

[clarky]

People who launch their rubbish out of the car window instead of taking it home and putting it in the bin are the most selfish a-holes in the world.

[hairnet]

All port towns are shitholes

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

All port towns are shitholes

I’m trying to think of an exception, but I think  you’re probably right.

[SunnySouth]

8 hours ago, clarky said:

People who launch their rubbish out of the car window instead of taking it home and putting it in the bin are the most selfish a-holes in the world.

Not even joking…

[loserone]

10 hours ago, clarky said:

People who launch their rubbish out of the car window instead of taking it home and putting it in the bin are the most selfish a-holes in the world.

Report it to your local council.  If you took a pic of the car and are prepared to make a formal statement they will get a £500 fine through a basically automated process.

 

Ask me how the rude cunt who chucked his fag outside my house knows.

[clarky]

40 minutes ago, loserone said:

Report it to your local council.  If you took a pic of the car and are prepared to make a formal statement they will get a £500 fine through a basically automated process.

 

Ask me how the rude cunt who chucked his fag outside my house knows.

Unfortunately where I live is very rural so the chances of catching them are slim to none. I go around with my litter picker a couple times a year to keep on top of it.

[SunnySouth]

5 hours ago, hairnet said:

All port towns are shitholes

You’ve not experienced the majesty of Hull, then??

[hairnet]

45 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

You’ve not experienced the majesty of Hull, then??

along with blackpool (yeah i know) or holyhead

special kinda shithole

either side of them yes 

in them

no

[loserone]

1 hour ago, clarky said:

Unfortunately where I live is very rural so the chances of catching them are slim to none. I go around with my litter picker a couple times a year to keep on top of it.

Mr council man came out to the scene of the crime twice, a nice two hour round trip from the office.  I wouldn't call it a metropolis here.

[RoverFolkUs]

On 18/01/2024 at 10:08, Rust Collector said:

I had to drop a colleague off in the centre of Newhaven yesterday. I was surprised to see that the social club there appears to have closed down - always used to be busy when I was younger. I think the railway club may still be going, which is probably the only place left in town now to get a cheap drink.

That said, I'm not sure you can call any of the pubs left in Newhaven high street trendy. Most of the pubs in the surrounding urban area have gone 'gastro pub' though.

I'm yet to find a nicer pub in Sussex than a wetherspoons 😭

They've all turned to shit in my opinion 

[High Jetter]

Not been in for a while, TBH, but The Marine would be my non W suggestion

[Rust Collector]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I'm yet to find a nicer pub in Sussex than a wetherspoons 😭

They've all turned to shit in my opinion 

There’s loads of good ones, just not in the towns normally. The Plough and Harrow in Littlington is the best near to me. Most of the pubs in Alfriston are good. The Gun at Gun Hill is really nice, as are the Oak near Abbots Wood and also the Yew Tree at Arlington. To name a few.

The weatherspoons nearest me (Brighton or Eastbourne) would be a wasted journey; might as well go to the local flat roof pub, which would be The Good Companions in Peacehaven.

[Rust Collector]

22 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

I may well be speaking out of turn here, but having driven through a few times is it not the case that Newhaven is an unmitigated, oceangoing shithole of a place? I do confess I never stopped to actually savour the delights, just sort of rushed to get out the other end of the place. Even that yellow ferry that turns up has an air of grim about it, and I’m usually quite keen on a spot of cross channel boatery!

It’s a fishing/port town so it’s always had problems. But up until about 15-20 years ago it had a decent high street with independent businesses bar the post office, banks and Safeway. We’ve lost our local police station, the fire station crewing has been reduced down to a day shift and a single watch, the ambulance station has been closed. The fishermen’s club was the first social club to go - it got flattened for a vanity project the regeneration* of the west quay. No doubt the social club that closed recently will be replaced by flats. There were a few car dealers, there were large manufacturers and industrial operations. There was always the slow ferry, but we had the sea cats as well with a 2 hour crossing - I remember my Nan taking me to see it when it left or came in. It’s really gone to shit since retail parks, the internet and a drive for cheapness have taken over, the town has no real structure or community anymore. Everything is just getting turned into shitty housing estates filled with bland boxes and fuck all infrastructure. It’s not the place I grew up in, and even though there were shit things about it when I grew up, it’s difficult to process how shit and dead it is now.

[sheffcortinacentre]

It's any ex industrial town not just coastal/seaside ones.

[clarky]

8 hours ago, loserone said:

Mr council man came out to the scene of the crime twice, a nice two hour round trip from the office.  I wouldn't call it a metropolis here.

At least they came. Some of them don't give a monkeys.

[Rocket88]

12 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

You’ve not experienced the majesty of Hull, then??

They should get the Luftwaffe back to finish the job 

[clarky]

12 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

You’ve not experienced the majesty of Hull, then??

I went to Hull once. Ended up in a pup called The Lair.  I swear the till behind the bar had 3 buttons on it. One marked pints, one marked halfs and one marked drugs. It was a wild place. Had to wade thru a river of urine just to get to the toilets.