The grumpy thread

[PhilA]

6 hours ago, New POD said:

Politics

It's like a night out on the beers and curry.

You have to choose which end to hang over the toilet.

Either choice is not great.

 

Welcome to the polls here.

[Floatylight]

On 21/01/2024 at 23:04, Pieman said:

That looks like a decent channel, but...is he filming on a hand-held phone while driving at times?  If so, he's a dick.

 

He's got a chest harness for a Gopro I think.

He's got quite a few interesting old transits he's working on as well.

[richardmorris]

On 21/01/2024 at 23:04, Pieman said:

That looks like a decent channel, but...is he filming on a hand-held phone while driving at times?  If so, he's a dick.

 

I think he’s got a chest mounted GoPro.

[richardmorris]

6 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Every year at Christmas, we buy a box of Ritz crackers. Like this year, these are often ignored and usually binned months later - but wife had 'the munchies' last night so we opened them. WTF have they done to them? Tasted nothing like we remember, that lovely salty tang has completely gone.

I use ritz crackers for making pork or veal escalopes / snitchel. 

[richardmorris]

On 22/01/2024 at 11:44, Talbot said:

That sounds every kind of dodgy.

Doesn’t everyone have an “only fans” account these days?

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

He's got a chest harness for a Gopro I think.

He's got quite a few interesting old transits he's working on as well.

I presume mostly this was for insurance so that everything is recorded, and it’s put on YouTube as a secondary income.

[Rust Collector]

5 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

Well mate, you need to google "Fuck around and Find Out" to explain what just happened. I'm tired, you're an arsehole. With a fat lip and a fucking headache.

Why are people such twats?

I think there’d be less cuntery about if more people got punched in the face for it.

[BorniteIdentity]

Inevitable is unfolding on Twitter/X

Chris Pollitt has another episode of depression. Crowdfunder tries to raise a few bob for him. Accidentally raises nearly £20,000. Car is quickly restored and immediately on the market at a chunky price. Folk feel a bit aggrieved. 

Anyone who raises an eyebrow will be quickly shut down.

I try to see everything positively, but it all feels a bit charlatan. 

[loserone]

7 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Folk feel a bit aggrieved. 

Why the fuck? I don't know much about it but it's fuck all to do with them.  

 

It is not the same as tyres on an old Renault.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I use ritz crackers for making pork or veal escalopes / snitchel. 

Do you think the taste of them has changed?

[richardmorris]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Do you think the taste of them has changed?

I think they’re just as salty as I remember from the 1970s.

[goosey]

One of the guests at the Hotel I’m staying at has just been bollocked for charging their Electric Car by trailing the lead over the car parked next to it through their bedroom room window and plugged into one of the room sockets 

[cobblers]

2 minutes ago, goosey said:

One of the guests at the Hotel I’m staying at has just been bollocked for charging their Electric Car by trailing the lead over the car parked next to it through their bedroom room window and plugged into one of the room sockets 

A bloke I sort of knew charged his i3 up for a few years at my old business centre doing similar. He rented a tiny 10x10 office (bills included) for £200 a month and slung an extension cable out of the window.  Inside the office he had a rack of  computers mining bitcoin which more than paid for the rent. He only got found out about the charging when they cut all the bushes back and found his hidden cable

[sheffcortinacentre]

Good hope he gets a bill for scratches the lead has caused, selfish twat.

[BorniteIdentity]

23 minutes ago, loserone said:

Why the fuck? I don't know much about it but it's fuck all to do with them.  

 

It is not the same as tyres on an old Renault.

The crowdfunder explicitly said get the car off his plate and restored for him to enjoy. I’d imagine it was that bit. 

[loserone]

But he didn't organise it did he? 

[loserone]

Car is restored and off his plate. Win win 

[goosey]

46 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Inevitable is unfolding on Twitter/X

Chris Pollitt has another episode of depression. Crowdfunder tries to raise a few bob for him. Accidentally raises nearly £20,000. Car is quickly restored and immediately on the market at a chunky price. Folk feel a bit aggrieved. 

Anyone who raises an eyebrow will be quickly shut down.

I try to see everything positively, but it all feels a bit charlatan. 

20k on the restoration of a x300 Daimler ? 
i bet it must have been worth at least 6k when it was finished 

[junkyarddog]

Very clean looking Galaxie in the hands of meathead that's going to smash it up🙄

 

 

 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Nyphur said:

£400 for someone to fit a tyre would sting somewhat ..... £400 for them to drive nearly 2 hours each way and fit an unusual size tyre to my wheel of a what, £60k+ I'm guessing car? on the hard shoulder of the motorway in the rain? What a bargain.

What a melt that lad is. "I want to cancel because I'll fit the spare" and the car doesn't even have a bloody spare 😂

I can only think the guy was trying to get a reaction with some choice racist adjectives.  Full marks to the tyre guy for not taking the bait. 
Ridiculous that a car that costs that much doesn’t come with a spare wheel, not even a space saver. 

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Very clean looking Galaxie in the hands of meathead that's going to smash it up🙄

 

 

 

I really hope thats saved somehow, that looks far too good to banger race (if thats what your implying is going to happen to it), especially being a rare RHD one, cant imagine there are many of that configuration still about

@sdkrc you want another one right?  

 

theres  some interesting pictures of it here

https://www.altysfunerals.co.uk/our-history-the-famous-fleet/

[Christine]

Nice to see  the 22 year old Transit saved , and used , rather than sitting under a  tarp , pallets and  old tyres though ...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

8 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Very clean looking Galaxie in the hands of meathead that's going to smash it up🙄

 

 

 

I spotted that one on bookface. He seemed quite proud that he'd bought it and was going to trash it around the oval. Knob. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

I have always thought that cars older than 30 years should have some form of protection as they are historical objects and should be treated as such. It would prevent cars like that Galaxie from getting into the hands of people like that. 

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Very clean looking Galaxie in the hands of meathead that's going to smash it up🙄

 

 

 

I'd laugh if he'd got nailed for being overloaded in the rear axle.

I've tried to like banger racers and have watched many hours of footage on YouTube. I'm not bothered that much about the cars to be honest, but I've yet to see a racer that doesn't come across as someone who will bodge your roof tiles with newspaper after a storm.

[Split_Pin]

First World problems of course but my front fence has blown down, the 75 now thinks it's bonnet is permanently open and the car can't be locked any more and the Audi Cab has filled with water.

[Dave_Q]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I can only think the guy was trying to get a reaction with some choice racist adjectives.  Full marks to the tyre guy for not taking the bait. 
Ridiculous that a car that costs that much doesn’t come with a spare wheel, not even a space saver. 

Drawing on my best stereotypes here but it's the type of car that they probably paid £300 to rent for the day rather than it being their own so obviously paying out £400 on a tyre would smart. 

To cast even further aspersions, some of these rental businesses* just get a car on a normal consumer lease and rent it out for cash so wouldn't have the tyre or breakdown cover a more legitimate outfit would have. 

Allegedly, reportedly, etc.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

I'd laugh if he'd got nailed for being overloaded in the rear axle.

I've tried to like banger racers and have watched many hours of footage on YouTube. I'm not bothered that much about the cars to be honest, but I've yet to see a racer that doesn't come across as someone who will bodge your roof tiles with newspaper after a storm.

I think it's the "Safety" systems that give me the fear. 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Mrs F : Sigmund, dear. The temperature gauge in my 206 has become erratic.
Me : It's probably the thermostat. I'll have a proper look at it as soon as I can.

[2 weeks later]

Mrs F : Sigmund, dear. My 206 is still not going up to temperature and has also started using a fair bit of coolant. I think the headgasket is going.
Me : Nonsense ! It's probably a minor leak somewhere. Just make sure it's topped up. I'll have a proper look at it as soon as I can.

[2 weeks later]

Mrs F : Sigmund, dear. The 206 is using a LOT of coolant. There's also a gurgling noise coming from behind the dashboard. I really think it's the headgasket.
Me : No, you've probably allowed the coolant level to drop too far. It just needs to be bled. I'll have a proper look at it as soon as I can.

[2 weeks later]

Mrs F : Sigmund, dear. The 206 is now becoming tricky to start. I think you really, REALLY need to take a look at it.
Me : OK, OK, I'll drive it to the workshop tomorrow.

Tomorrow arrives, I top up the coolant and set off.

Two miles from Fraud Garages, the thing starts misfiring and the EML comes on. "Hmm... Perhaps there is something sinister going on. But I'm sure I can gently coax it to the workshop."

One mile from Fraud Garages, a cloud of white smoke fit for a Papal conclave appears, and the engine stops. I try the starter, to no avail. The engine is hydrolocked. Bugger.

[junkyarddog]

3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

I spotted that one on bookface. He seemed quite proud that he'd bought it and was going to trash it around the oval. Knob. 

The car has lasted nigh on 60 years in good condition,just to be destroyed.

Seems wrong to me....

Funny breed those racers.