The grumpy thread

[Markeh]

Of course I get a bloody awful cold before I'm away for two weekends in a row.

I guess my only hope this weekend is if some lucky lady out there is interested in a wardrobe sized man who smells strongly of Vicks VapoRub.

[HillmanImp]

On 13/03/2024 at 16:49, Wack said:

What does this woman have to do before she sees a prison cell

People can be sent to prison for not paying a TV licence fine FFS 

She didn't even turn up to court 

She's got her licence back but they gave her 8 points so she's now on 11 

What are they going to do when she hits 12, give her another ban she'll ignore 

Well for one, she'd need to commit a crime punishable with a prison sentence. From what I understand, this particular event wasn't. 

And it wasn't that she was banned, I read it was that she'd not reapplied for the physical copy of her licence after serving her ban. 

Not saying that driving without insurance shouldn't be punishable with prison but I read online somewhere that it's not. 

[rattlecan]

She’s just fuckin horrible, that’s it. She was fuckin horrible when she split from Peter Andre, slagged him off, left right & centre (oh the irony) she’s been smashed more times than a nonces lounge widow.

He took the high ground, never once saying anything bad about the mother of his kids. She’s basically scum done good, then all the way back down.

[Wack]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

Well for one, she'd need to commit a crime punishable with a prison sentence. From what I understand, this particular event wasn't. 

And it wasn't that she was banned, I read it was that she'd not reapplied for the physical copy of it after serving her ban. 

Not saying that driving without insurance shouldn't be punishable with prison but I read online somewhere that it's not. 

turns out it's not , she has been convicted of driving while drunk with no insurance and under a drivng ban , that got her a suspended sentence , I think it's fairly obvious until she sees what life behind bars is like she'll just carry on as she is, flouting the law and generally being an arsehole , something which it seems people are willing to pay to see , fuck knows why

[castros_bro]

Half a packet of Polos with outer paper removed and rolling round cubby hole under radio fits nicely into the unoccupied fag lighter socket where it's silver paper shorts out the 12 V making intermittent sizzling noises and smoldering plastic with hint of mint smell unable to remove it whilst driving on M3 to job interview as it's also hot as the center of a very hot thing till some tiny inaccessible fuse give up and Polos cool down and become stuck in solidified plactic.  Lateness caused by not having anywhere to plug GPS into but I didn't want the job anyway.

[Marina door handles]

A couple of months back one of my more pessimistic colleagues said "with the rate our company is losing money I do wonder if they will just give up and close the doors come the new financial year in April?"  Well he was pretty much spot on, its now March and it looks like I have about 40 days to find a new job, oh goody 😬!

[ETCHY]

Dogs barking.

I don't mean just a normal dog barking 'cos it's protecting it's property or owner. I mean the sort of fucktard mutt with a tosser owner that just leaves it outside barking it's bloody head off all the time & does nowt about it.

[Minimad5]

Ffs.

Injury meaning I'm potentially off work for the short term. No sick pay. Great 👍

[High Jetter]

24 minutes ago, Minimad5 said:

No sick pay.

Not even SSP?

[rattlecan]

1 hour ago, ETCHY said:

Dogs barking.

I don't mean just a normal dog barking 'cos it's protecting it's property or owner. I mean the sort of fucktard mutt with a tosser owner that just leaves it outside barking it's bloody head off all the time & does nowt about it.

I have exactly that issue. My next door neighbour had two retrievers in lockdown. Just opens the back door & leaves them to bark continuously at nothing in particular at their gate. I’ve been round twice to see them about it & fuck all changes. I’m due another knock on their door & this time they are having the ultimate of sort it or I start a complaint through the council. To be honest don’t hold any hope out there but, ya gotta try

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Not even SSP?

Certainly should be.

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

Ffs.

Injury meaning I'm potentially off work for the short term. No sick pay. Great 👍

Tell me to FRO if the question's impertinent, but was the injury sustained at work?  If so, has it been recorded/reported appropriately?

[Minimad5]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Not even SSP?

Possibly, but this most certainly won't cover mortgage etc.

 

Just now, chaseracer said:

Tell me to FRO if the question's impertinent, but was the injury sustained at work?  If so, has it been recorded/reported appropriately?

Yes and yes . Do feel free to P.M me further details, as I'm rather clueless on this matter

[chaseracer]

3 minutes ago, Minimad5 said:

Yes and yes . Do feel free to P.M me further details, as I'm rather clueless on this matter

PM sent.

[ETCHY]

3 hours ago, rattlecan said:

I have exactly that issue. My next door neighbour had two retrievers in lockdown. Just opens the back door & leaves them to bark continuously at nothing in particular at their gate. I’ve been round twice to see them about it & fuck all changes. I’m due another knock on their door & this time they are having the ultimate of sort it or I start a complaint through the council. To be honest don’t hold any hope out there but, ya gotta try

It's just ridiculous & the trouble is it gets logged so you can't even move without it coming up on a search.
Something needs to change, brainless thoughtless twats shouldn't be able to so easily impact those who just want to live in peace.

[sheffcortinacentre]

We had one last year poor thing was outside 24/7 whining etc as it was only young & obviously lonely.

Reported by numerous neighbours.

His solution was to come out at reg intervals & shout abuse at it ( probably hit it ) Inc "your obviously one of those dogs that needs it beating into you"  authorities Inc RSPCA  uninterested as no proof! 

I'm several houses away & you can clearly here him on my camera over the general noise.

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

Yes and yes

Thoughts with you. Try not to panic, you shouldn't suffer financially.

[rattlecan]

4 hours ago, ETCHY said:

It's just ridiculous & the trouble is it gets logged so you can't even move without it coming up on a search.
Something needs to change, brainless thoughtless twats shouldn't be able to so easily impact those who just want to live in peace.

Pulled up on my drive 40 mins ago (so 10 .50 at night) after returning from Lanzarote & the first thing I can hear before even exiting the car, is the pair of dogs barking their cunts off.  Don’t the bastards ever get a sore throat?

[horriblemercedes]

Ffs

[Sh'Eds]

Received this in the post yesterday, a taxed, MOT'd and insured vehicle parked legally on the street on which I live but the council have decided it is abandoned and they are threatening to remove it. 

Interestingly no option presented in the letter to dispute this, just to 'discuss removal' or confirm 'no longer require the vehicle'

 

 

 

[High Jetter]

8 minutes ago, Sh'Eds said:

Interestingly no option presented in the letter to dispute this, just to 'discuss removal' or confirm 'no longer require the vehicle'

I would urgently phone the AVA and inform them of those facts, ideally confirming in writing in case they do proceed.

[horriblemercedes]

20 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

Ffs

Can't even blame BMW for this one. A Michelin tyre that I last checked yesterday 

[Sh'Eds]

9 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I would urgently phone the AVA and inform them of those facts, ideally confirming in writing in case they do proceed.

I will be doing so / enquiring exactly what their criteria for this assessment was etc.

In the meantime, to mitigate any chance of removal, I have moved the vehicle to off street parking but that in itself is inconvenient as other vehicle usually uses that space so it will just be a different car parked on the road.

[Dan29]

16 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I would urgently phone the AVA and inform them of those facts, ideally confirming in writing in case they do proceed.

@Sh'Eds Yes and I would urgently hide the car, preferably off the road, even better in a garage or somewhere else where it can't be seen. Obviously just moving it to a different street would be an option, but I'd be a bit concerned now it's on their radar.

EDIT: Just saw your reply above. Maybe just make sure the other vehicle swaps streets regularly so people can't say it's not being used? A pain in the arse, admittedly.

[High Jetter]

I just noticed the letter is unsgned,l which might alter it's validity. However, I'm more concerned with their criteria, if it's a taxed, ticketed and insured legally-parked vehicle. God knows there are plenty out there that don't possess those qualities.

[Sh'Eds]

27 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

However, I'm more concerned with their criteria, if it's a taxed, ticketed and insured legally-parked vehicle.

Exactly. It is, to be fair, an infrequently used car but always kept legal, of course the concern now is following the temporary hiatus of it being parked off road I will, as the weather improves, be using it more and it will be getting parked on the road, so to avoid falling foul of any further such threats I will want to ascertain exactly what criteria are used!

[castros_bro]

1 hour ago, Sh'Eds said:

Received this in the post yesterday, a taxed, MOT'd and insured vehicle parked legally on the street on which I live but the council have decided it is abandoned and they are threatening to remove it. 

Interestingly no option presented in the letter to dispute this, just to 'discuss removal' or confirm 'no longer require the vehicle'

 

 

 

Sound like a visit to the Coventry City Council office's car park is required as I am reliably informed there are a number of vehicles parked abandoned there which need reporting.

PS.     Registration document is not proof of ownership.

[horriblemercedes]

2 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Ffs

Made it home. AA guy was a good dude. Looks like I've got away with minor damage. He has left it on an axle stand so I can take the wheel straight to a tyre place. The tyre itself is properly shredded

[cort1977]

@Sh'Eds It may well be a form letter sent out based on a nosy neighbour complaint.  Hopefully responding promptly and politely telling them it's not used everyday but fully legal will see the end of the matter. Would still move it around a bit though just in case.

[Sh'Eds]

21 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

@Sh'Eds It may well be a form letter sent out based on a nosy neighbour complaint.  Hopefully responding promptly and politely telling them it's not used everyday but fully legal will see the end of the matter. Would still move it around a bit though just in case.

To be honest I expect as much as it has been parked in the same spot for a while. Oh well spurred me on to getting it moved round to the garage to do some maintenance as drop links need replacing anyway, just haven't had opportunity/ headspace to deal with car stuff for a while due to miserable weather, lack of time, work and family stuff.

Now we have a bit of light in the evenings I am hoping to regain some enthusiasm.