The grumpy thread

[Wibble]

6 hours ago, dean36014 said:

Just had that myself with my partner. I'd removed her off the list on there but still got a an email. It's a quick way to fuck your day up and leave you feeling miserable as shit and reaching for the box of tramadol.  18 months and still as raw as fuck 

And they’ve emailed me asking if I want to opt out of Mother’s Day offers. How the fuck do they know she’s just died?

[DavieW]

1 hour ago, Wibble said:

And they’ve emailed me asking if I want to opt out of Mother’s Day offers. How the fuck do they know she’s just died?

Dobbies garden centre did the same with me. Must be a "cover all" clause to seem caring as my mother is alive and well.

[Wibble]

6 minutes ago, DavieW said:

Dobbies garden centre did the same with me. Must be a "cover all" clause to seem caring as my mother is alive and well.

I’m very glad she is but I’m sick of everything we say being listened to by our phones and then used by all sorts of marketing.

[High Jetter]

Not much help now, but opting out of everything can  reduce the quantity of incoming crap.

[myglaren]

20 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Even my moto g13 I got in December does this bullshit sometimes.

It comes up with a notification that it won't let me dismiss, telling me to select some games to install.

So I untick all of the suggestions and click ok.

 

It's also worse than all the other Motorola phones I've had because the karate chop for the torch doesn't bloody work! I have to go into the settings then turn it off then on again before it decides to work for about 10 minutes, then it completely ceases functioning again...

I have had a Moto somethingorother for a couple of years and I get nothing at all like that.

Perhaps as I dislike phones and hardly ever use it.  It is a camera/mp3 player/satnav/textything only and not used for any of those functions much.

 

A G30, apparently.  It doesn't know its own number is one glitch I have discovered.

[myglaren]

On an ungrumpy note I have found recently that the way we are often dumped at the foot of the next page here, instead of the top, has ceased and desisted.

Applause for whoever fixed that.

[andy18s]

22 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Don’t despair - proper Android phones quickly learn what you want, and a swift mute will take care of others.

I was going to extol the virtues of Apple; and how their stuff comes deliciously free of bloat. Then, inexplicably, I found myself whistling U2 - Songs of Innocence. 

As you were… 

Looking at the IPhone in the For Sale section and it's showing over 9k unread emails...I couldn't have that showing all the time.

[Rust Collector]

3 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Looking at the IPhone in the For Sale section and it's showing over 9k unread emails...I couldn't have that showing all the time.

I had over 70k emails showing on mine until my aol account unlinked itself from my phone. I’ve had the email since I was a teenager so there’s a lifetime of junk Mail on there and I have no inclination to sort back through that many emails. I was interested to see if it would get over the 100k mark.

[TataBobu]

22 hours ago, myglaren said:

On an ungrumpy note I have found recently that the way we are often dumped at the foot of the next page here, instead of the top, has ceased and desisted.

Applause for whoever fixed that.

Not yet... Or at least the Brexit is so strong that the patch is not exported to Europe.

[vulgalour]

Almost got wiped out twice on the way home from getting some lunch today.  First by someone trying to go through a gap that wasn't there, I somehow didn't hit them or the parked car I and a queue of traffic was going past.  The second was a gigantic SUV that just drifted on to my side of the road, leaving me nowhere to go and the only option horns and emergency stop.  Thankfully they saw me in time and corrected but still, no fun.  Should've stayed in bed.

[3VOM]

A picture paints a thousand words:

 

[Zelandeth]

Today on "exciting things someone left for me I only found by being hyper vigilant when driving..."

Whoever last worked on the rear wheel bearings on the Trabant never bent over the locking tabs for the hub bolts.  Noticed a slight rotational rubbing noise that wasn't there last time I drove it today...Nearside hub bolt was still attached by about 1/2 a thread.  That could have been fun if I hadn't investigated that noise.  Offside hadn't unscrewed itself, but was similarly not locked in place.

[sdkrc]

PROTIP: instead of going to TGI Friday's and spending £70 on a meal, simply sit down next to a bin for 60mins and then pay a tramp to fart in your mouth.

[Lacquer Peel]

41 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

PROTIP: instead of going to TGI Friday's and spending £70 on a meal, simply sit down next to a bin for 60mins and then pay a tramp to fart in your mouth.

 

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, 3VOM said:

A picture paints a thousand words:

 

You can probably get a replacement door from PM Sportscars in Shardlow. 01332 799217

[Rust Collector]

On 10/02/2024 at 21:26, Rust Collector said:

I'm applying for a job in the council. The application process is doing my head in.

I can't remember the last time I had to write so much when applying for a job. I really hate writing, and I really hate self promoting, so producing about 6,000 words about myself to address every point in the person spec (not how I'd normally do it, but their specific request) has been torture. I feel like just fucking it off so that I can have a rest, after picking away at it in the odd spare moments I get over the past week I'm sick of the sight of the fucking thing.

Well, after all of my pissing and moaning I did complete the application over the weekend. I definitely didn't* misread the guidance and I absolutely didn't* have to rewrite most of it on Sunday.

I've had an email today to invite me to an interview, so I guess it was worth the effort.

If I don't get the job then I have at least saved everything that I had to write, and I can rehash this to apply for other similar council and NHS jobs with minimal effort.

The interview is on Microsoft Teams, I've only ever had face-to-face interviews before so that will be a new experience.

[3VOM]

36 minutes ago, barefoot said:

You can probably get a replacement door from PM Sportscars in Shardlow. 01332 799217

Company who did it will be first in line for an explanation and reparations.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

I've had an email today to invite me to an interview, so I guess it was worth the effort.

Hurdle 1: Aced. Good luck on the day.

[Rust Collector]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Hurdle 1: Aced. Good luck on the day.

Thank you, I’m simultaneously trying not to get my hopes up whilst trying to stay confident.

The interview is scheduled for 6 days before my partner’s due date for child number 2.

What could possibly go wrong.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

Thank you, I’m simultaneously trying not to get my hopes up whilst trying to stay confident.

The interview is scheduled for 6 days before my partner’s due date for child number 2.

What could possibly go wrong.

Child No2 arrives 7 days early 🤣

[New POD]

4 hours ago, barefoot said:

You can probably get a replacement door from PM Sportscars in Shardlow. 01332 799217

I've dealt with them ref being experts in mx5s.  

[barefoot]

Paul & Mike's sports cars. 

[Zelandeth]

Ah, this is going to be one of *those* weeks.

Having narrowly avoided losing a wheel on it yesterday, the Trabant has decided to reward me by blowing a head gasket today.  At least that's what my ears are telling me is going on.

They're like £5 each so not the end of the world, but annoying when it's less than 48 hours after you last ordered other parts.

[Supernaut]

Limp mode in the Astra is getting more frequent and more violent.

Tame mechanic isn't replying to messages.

Plugging in my own diagnostic dongle shows no stored codes.

 

Fuuuck's sakes.

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 13/02/2024 at 15:27, Zelandeth said:

Whoever last worked on the rear wheel bearings on the Trabant never bent over the locking tabs for the hub bolts. 

Been doing La Sproglette's Ungrateful B'stad Bini today - neither hub nut on that was staked into the driveshaft - maybe it's a 'thing'?
Looks like both wheel bearings are fecked plus the centre support bearing on the longer driveshaft.  Joy*

[artdjones]

On 13/02/2024 at 14:38, 3VOM said:

A picture paints a thousand words:

 

Awful, but at least it's confined to one bolt on panel. If it was the quarter......

[Saabnut]

Should have been a grin as it is the start of my last trip offshore. Early flight so taxi booked for 0630 from my friends place 40 minutes away so leave home at 0530 so no rush. About 2 miles from home the AX had a puncture, the first one on a journey to or from the airport in over 35 years. Tyre is buggered so decided it was quicker to drive home and swap cars than try changing the wheel in the dark. 
Discovery started fine, arrived at my friends at the same time as my taxi. Now at the airport drinking coffee 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Why do I always end up picking the mornin scab that is the BBC News website?

British phone booth? WTF.

Box.

We had boxes not feckin' booths. That was Betty. Next thing you know we'll have Superman stripping off in one.
Bollox, off on the morning commute (16 stairs and turn left on the landing - not cocked that up - yet)

[horriblemercedes]

This morning my car is slammed at the front. The other day it was fine 

[24vdiamond]

18 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Limp mode in the Astra is getting more frequent and more violent.

Tame mechanic isn't replying to messages.

Plugging in my own diagnostic dongle shows no stored codes.

 

Fuuuck's sakes.

What part of the country are you? Ive got the GM Tech 2 diagnostic thingy but im North Lincolnshire