The grumpy thread

[jakebullet]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Sorry to hear this, have you made contact with RNIB? My grandmother had some help from them - she had wet macular degeneration and we think couldn’t see anything towards her end of life - she tried to hide it though.

I don't think there's anything they can do for her. She's been registered blind since 1991, but it feels now we're going towards nothing left. She has dry macular which in theory is 10 years on average to knacker you up, but I'm assuming that's 10 years starting from normal eyesight. I've been rereading letters from previous visits and the one from 2 years ago says 'normal & healthy', then they start saying a bit pale, so maybe 1.5 years down the slope already. 

She has a low vision converted phone & tablet and uses Alexa for a lot of things, Maybe I could smart home things a bit more to make things easier. 

Half the terror from my viewpoint is she's too independent. Takes herself for a walk to asda which is suicidal even when you can see. I dragged a 2 person lift box idiot sister sent here to the front of the house, and told her don't do anything while I get the disco round the front. Got there to find she'd dragged it out the gate, and wonders why her back's knackered. Idiot sister is the anti - help. She's busy* so mum is often walking idiot's dog / doing her washing / general slave duties, while at the same time Idiot is trying to upset her constantly. Yes, I keep telling mum to tell her to fuck right off, but it's not happening.

[Pieman]

I'm getting very close to asking you to DM me your sister's address so I can go round and give her the biggest bollocking ever which you should have done years ago.

[cort1977]

11 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Sorry to hear this, have you made contact with RNIB? My grandmother had some help from them - she had wet macular degeneration and we think couldn’t see anything towards her end of life - she tried to hide it though.

Just to echo this,my dad has similar and the rnib are very good with audio books etc.

[JB77]

Royal bloody mail, need I say more! It's getting to be a toss up who's the worst parcel carrier. Paid for next day delivery and get a notification that the delivery has been rescheduled for later in the day up to 7.30pm. At 5pm I get another notification that they couldn't deliver as I wasn't home despite altering the delivery details to deliver to next door. There was also a note on the door to deliver to next door. Asked the neighbours and they reckoned no royal mail van or person was seen. I do believe them as the wife is the nosiest bint this side of the Severn bridge and lives in the window! Spent half an hour on the phone waiting to get through to their customer service line and the call get dropped and then a bloody survey on how we'll they did! I don't need the blood pressure up this high on a Friday!

[jakebullet]

10 hours ago, Pieman said:

I'm getting very close to asking you to DM me your sister's address so I can go round and give her the biggest bollocking ever which you should have done years ago.

Mum doesn't want trouble*, which leads to constant appeasement. Idiot sister constantly sends parcels here despite working from home, which is why we got a huge box containing flat pack table & chairs. Mum, tell her to stop sending parcels. No, she'll be angry, you could ask her. So I send a subtle text saying "Stop sending fucking huge heavy parcels here".

Next thing I know I've got Mum blowing up how could I be so rude, and she can't believe I said that, and basically I'm in the wrong for days. Until I show her my phone. Idiot had been telling Mum I've been calling her a fucking cunt and I'm going to smash her face in if she sends any more parcels. On the bright side there hasn't been a single parcel since.

Idiot wants to paint her shitbox horsebox, and is constantly harassing that she's been to the wholesale place, and they have cans of spray paint, get me to go look at them and tell her if she can use to paint shitbox. Fuck right off, they sell loads of different paint, haven't got a clue which you was looking at. N you're just setting up for me to paint it and/or to blame me when it looks like a dog's dick.

Instead of telling her to read the can and make her own judgement, mum is constantly suggesting* I could just have a drive there and do what idiot wants. With a side order of "she's piggy in the middle" and suffering sister's abuse. No, you're not in the middle you're encouraging her behaviour. Tell her to contact me directly if she wants me to do things, and then you're not involved. Then I can tell her to fuck off.

[barefoot]

Blimey

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, jakebullet said:

Mum doesn't want trouble*, which leads to constant appeasement. Idiot sister constantly sends parcels here despite working from home, which is why we got a huge box containing flat pack table & chairs. Mum, tell her to stop sending parcels. No, she'll be angry, you could ask her. So I send a subtle text saying "Stop sending fucking huge heavy parcels here".

Next thing I know I've got Mum blowing up how could I be so rude, and she can't believe I said that, and basically I'm in the wrong for days. Until I show her my phone. Idiot had been telling Mum I've been calling her a fucking cunt and I'm going to smash her face in if she sends any more parcels. On the bright side there hasn't been a single parcel since.

Idiot wants to paint her shitbox horsebox, and is constantly harassing that she's been to the wholesale place, and they have cans of spray paint, get me to go look at them and tell her if she can use to paint shitbox. Fuck right off, they sell loads of different paint, haven't got a clue which you was looking at. N you're just setting up for me to paint it and/or to blame me when it looks like a dog's dick.

Instead of telling her to read the can and make her own judgement, mum is constantly suggesting* I could just have a drive there and do what idiot wants. With a side order of "she's piggy in the middle" and suffering sister's abuse. No, you're not in the middle you're encouraging her behaviour. Tell her to contact me directly if she wants me to do things, and then you're not involved. Then I can tell her to fuck off.

For god's sake, instead of telling all of us this, tell it to THEM.  Or fucking let me do it, which they will certainly know about!

(As an aside, when my sister was between residences she lived back with me and my parents for a year, and the entire household HAD to revolve around her all the time, and our mum always took her side in everything - it was like living with a new baby at times.  After several months I had had enough of it and properly blew my top at both of them, and it worked.  I think doing the same will work for you.)

[Supernaut]

Just had a tooth extracted a couple of hours ago.

Harrumph.

My first ever tooth extraction at the grand old age of 36 so not that bad, in some respects. Also a very very back one so no obvious gap left.

Still. I can feel the anaesthetic wearing off, and despite taking paracetamol earlier it feels like a storm is brewing...

[gm]

the replacement carpet for the green mx5 has been hanging up in the garage to dry for a couple of days but isn’t quite there yet.

i know, i’ll hang it outside in the breeze, that will finish the job

one hour later….

fucking snow !

 

[Saabnut]

We have had a couple of lovely sunny days and things are just starting to dry out a bit.....

More rain forecast though

[Noel Tidybeard]

23 hours ago, worldofceri said:

Thanks @Popsicle.  I’ll certainly do things a bit differently if I do go back to it. Many an important lesson have been learned over the last few years!

what shall you do next? will i bump into you at UHCW?😁

[EyesWeldedShut]

Nail in tyre of NeddyTransportVan. Fuckit.
Bang in the centre of the tread pattern - not so fuckit.
Get wheel off, chuck it in back of Bini #1 and off we go to Mr Tyreman.
En route - something's quietly humming and it's not my socks.
Bloody hub bearing. Back to fuckit mode.

Always on a Friday at the last knockings......

 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, Saabnut said:

We have had a couple of lovely sunny days and things are just starting to dry out a bit.....

More rain forecast though

Rain - bloody luxury .... this is us at lunchtime...

[Back_For_More]

We're looking to move...... So P6 welding is now on a time restriction. Welder has been of faithful service for over a decade and it chose Friday to die on me..... Fuxtix

Ordered parts for the PCB (Thanks for the help with that guys) ..... Cancelled by seller as out of stock - double fuxtix

Drove 2hrs for replacement welder - they're in new offices and pay machine was dead..... - triple fuxtix

Went for cash..... Visa card is damaged and machine wouldn't read it - FUCK IT ALL

Have to go back Monday with cash.... 

E46 330 decides to show me the engine light too  - GF just laughed at me and walked away from my crying puddle like form on the sofa

[omegod]

Wife is watching the Brits,  what an absolutely soulless heap of horseshit with the most cringe making presenting I've ever seen 

It used to be pretty decent back in the 90's IIRC 

[cort1977]

I liked the year it was presented by Samantha fox, TV gold.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Funny you should mention that ken Bruce was talking about it on Fridays show  think he said it's something like 40 years ago!

[Steviemillar]

Out for the weekly shop just now, 0830 Sunday morning, spots a fancy pushbike seemingly abandoned beside a grassed area, has the appearance of being stolen and dumped to me 

First try to contact Police Scotland on 101 so that the bike can hopefully be picked up before it’s nabbed again - “all operators are busy…”, really, it’s Sunday morning FFS. Currently still on hold 20 mins later 

I’ve  tried filling in their Report A Crime form while on hold, over five minutes on and I’m still not all the way through it

Do the police not want anything reported??? Don’t answer that, it’s obvious they don’t 

 

[jakebullet]

It's cat madness.

Mrs. Announces she's getting a cat. From amazon. Eh? Box arrives, she now owns a robot cat for only £120. Your money sweetie.

Ma then announces she's at pets at home with idiot as idiot is getting a cat to go with the dog. Yeah that will work well. But not just any cat. She's found this website where they sell cats that have been used in films. As there is a LAW that cats can only be in a film once.

This sounds totally feasible. There's obviously a huge UK film industry so there will be 100s of surplus cats. It can't remotely be a scam at all.

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 02/03/2024 at 21:42, omegod said:

Wife is watching the Brits,  what an absolutely soulless heap of horseshit with the most cringe making presenting I've ever seen 

It used to be pretty decent back in the 90's IIRC 

You are not the target audience (today) if you were alive, and out of nappies, in the 90's? 
Bit like TOTP (or whatever they have these days) - it's all about the current pop stars (i.e. let's make lots of money) rather than long lived talent* - there's some sort of limbo land that lies between current pop and classical music - I've yet to find the ideal TV/radio outlet for that.

Today's GRUMP from here (was going to be a Grin):
Sun's out, no rain, spanners out -
Bini - new boot handle fitted, the boottee can now be accessed  (the ladies then feck off to England so, I'm Free!)
R75 - new engine mounts & oil change
Ovlov - oil change, refit all belts  

Happy, feckin days !
Phone rings - Bini - "EML is on what do we do?"

FFS

*I will not include Sir Paul McC there
 

[Soundwave]

I'm detecting some slight* oil fouling on my Rover's #3 sparkplug...

[wuvvum]

11 hours ago, jakebullet said:

It's cat madness.

Mrs. Announces she's getting a cat. From amazon. Eh? Box arrives, she now owns a robot cat for only £120. Your money sweetie.

Ma then announces she's at pets at home with idiot as idiot is getting a cat to go with the dog. Yeah that will work well. But not just any cat. She's found this website where they sell cats that have been used in films. As there is a LAW that cats can only be in a film once.

This sounds totally feasible. There's obviously a huge UK film industry so there will be 100s of surplus cats. It can't remotely be a scam at all.

You are by far the most sane person in your family.  Which, if you stop and think about it, is fucking terrifying.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

there's some sort of limbo land that lies between current pop and classical music

Yup, the great talent divide, tho classical is a broad church.

[horriblemercedes]

21 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Ma then announces she's at pets at home with idiot as idiot is getting a cat to go with the dog. Yeah that will work well. But not just any cat. She's found this website where they sell cats that have been used in films. As there is a LAW that cats can only be in a film once.

This sounds totally feasible. There's obviously a huge UK film industry so there will be 100s of surplus cats. It can't remotely be a scam at all.

That reminds me of the mega exclusive Japanese restaurant in Parks & Recreation where all the sushi comes from fish that once were pets of celebrities

[jakebullet]

The Saudis are attempting a bit of sports washing by sticking on snooker in the hope of it being the 4th main event.

Shame they couldn't force anyone to turn up to watch it. Qualifiers from Barnsley have more people in the crowd.

Oh, also......

 

Did Jack take a bung to dress up? Was half expecting him to carry on film it up.

[EyesWeldedShut]

20 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Phone rings - Bini - "EML is on what do we do?"

Upshot of this is that we've decided that the 'new' Bini has been remapped with a DPF/EGR delete but then had a pukka DPF fitted.
I did stick a post on 'Ask a Shiter' about this but then had a ponder/realised I could compare readings with the other Bini which we know for certain has had a DPF/EGR delete done - all the readings are the same  
Pulled that post down - just need to work out what to do about this.
Not right now as the Spring weather is lovely

[Metal Guru]

Wonky veg in the supermarket.

Now I’m all for reducing food waste and don’t care what shape a vegetable is , most get cut up anyway.

However, recently I’ve notice it’s not just misshapen veg being sold as wonky, a few well past their best , are finding their way in. Again not a problem if they tell you and you get a big reduction, but typically wonky veg are around 10p a pack less than the standard ones. Yet again big business taking the piss cashing in on our desire to be green.

[MikeR]

Did a oil change and saw silver bits in the oil . Nearly s£!# myself but it turned out to be bits of white paint mixing with the oil ....!! 

[Datsuncog]

Just remember to top up the white paint tank before closing the bonnet, and you'll be grand. 👍

[Zelandeth]

Sitrep: Trabant is meant to be going to Rustival at the weekend.

 

Trabant: Wheel bearing has progressed from occasional slight rubbing noise to making a horrible gronking noise with each wheel rotation.  Was meant to be going for a test on Thursday, but I think that will be getting cancelled now.  I really don't think I'm going to have time to get that bearing done tomorrow (and change a steering rack gaiter), especially as someone has booked an appointment that's going to take up a huge chunk of my afternoon.  Test isn't actually out until the 14th, so the weekend is the real deadline. 

Rover: Wasted well over three hours today pissing around with it before establishing that the £70 fuel pump from J R Wadhams was faulty out of the box, and that my fuel return system actually works bloody fine.  Oh, and that the seals in the second Hardi pump I've since been given need to be replaced as more fuel peed out of that through the seals than was coming out of the previous pump when it was running.  Really wish I'd not touched that car now and had just cracked on with the Trabant work.  Utterly sick of new parts being dead right out of the box too.  Especially when they kinda sorta work but misbehave in really hard to understand ways.

Peugeot: Has a wheel bearing on the way out somewhere, not entirely sure which one yet - but has been regularly needed by others over the last week so haven't really had a chance to look at it.  Rear axle really is getting bad too.

Renault: Hasn't been touched for months, noticed when walking past that one of the fuel lines under the car has decomposed to the point that it's detached itself from the fuel filter - that will be the one remaining one I didn't change last time I was under there because I didn't have enough on hand.

Invacar: Well and truly buried in the garage, and hasn't been started since the end of September I think.  Can't actually remember if I reconnected the wiring to the fuel pump after I borrowed it to get the Rover home when its original fuel pump failed (for the second time) a while back...Kinda hope not as it looks like I'll be nicking that again for the Rover again shortly!

 

Just had one of those days where I really question why I have this hobby.