The grumpy thread

[DavieW]

Apparently Taylor Swift is in Edinburgh for 3 gigs. BBC Radio Scotland has never stopped talking about all day.

[myglaren]

Son's garage broken into during the night and his Triumph Street Triple and two mountain bikes stolen.

We think they were after his Yamaha touring bike but it was chained up.  The Triumph doesn't run, he was renovating it.

Four padlocked bolts on the door, two outside and two inside.  Padlocks cut off the outside bolts and the inside ones crowbared out.

He and girlfriend going to Switzerland on the Yamaha next week.

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 07/06/2024 at 17:13, DavieW said:

Apparently Taylor Swift is in Edinburgh for 3 gigs. BBC Radio Scotland has never stopped talking about all day.

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BBC News website keeps punting articles/'news' about her in front of me. Boring

[myglaren]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:30, EyesWeldedShut said:

BBC News website keeps punting articles/'news' about her in front of me. Boring

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Seems to be a smart woman, a decent person and very attractive but her music does nothing for me.

The other Taylor (Momsen) is a different story.

[DavieW]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:32, myglaren said:

The other Taylor (Momsen) is a different story.

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😍😍

[Metal Guru]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:32, myglaren said:

Seems to be a smart woman, a decent person and very attractive but her music does nothing for me.

The other Taylor (Momsen) is a different story.

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Same here. Inoffensive poppy music, don’t hate it but couldn’t even be bothered to go as far as asking Alexa to play her. Really can’t see what the fuss is about. 
Momsen? No idea.

[DavieW]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:47, Metal Guru said:

Momsen? No idea.

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Google "The Pretty Reckless"

[Spiny Norman]

Is Taylor Swift not the one who uses a private jet to fly to Japan to pick up some sushi and has a CO2 footprint bigger than Latvia?

[myglaren]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:27, myglaren said:

Son's garage broken into during the night and his Triumph Street Triple and two mountain bikes stolen.

We think they were after his Yamaha touring bike but it was chained up.  The Triumph doesn't run, he was renovating it.

Four padlocked bolts on the door, two outside and two inside.  Padlocks cut off the outside bolts and the inside ones crowbared out.

He and girlfriend going to Switzerland on the Yamaha next week.

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One of his neighbours, who I fortunately have known for decades, has some evidence on her security camera where they can be sen wheeling the mountain bikes away.

And I found a clip on my dashcam where there were three teenagers purportedly wanting to wash the Maxi outside his neighbour's garage a couple of days ago.

Unlikely as it hasn't moved in five years, the windscreen is shattered (rust on the frame).  The tyres are flat, there is rust raining from it and it is covered in moss and birdshit.  The police may be able to identify them.

[maxxo]

Grump at myself

always liked old computer tat

i threw away a Dell Dimension 2400 today, not even 1GB of ram in it 

just had to no use for it at all, it’s not worth anything and well the capacitors had blown

but I always liked them

i feel bad about taking it to the tip but it was just clutter

[myglaren]

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:47, Metal Guru said:

Same here. Inoffensive poppy music, don’t hate it but couldn’t even be bothered to go as far as asking Alexa to play her. Really can’t see what the fuss is about. 
Momsen? No idea.

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Momsen:-

 

[jakebullet]

Close escape with mad Jean today. Posts on facebook that she can't understand and needs help installing teamviewer like the nice* man from India was telling her.

FFS what part of do not install anything without asking those of use with brains larger than a grape do you not understand? 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 08/06/2024 at 16:48, maxxo said:

Grump at myself

always liked old computer tat

i threw away a Dell Dimension 2400 today, not even 1GB of ram in it 

just had to no use for it at all, it’s not worth anything and well the capacitors had blown

but I always liked them

i feel bad about taking it to the tip but it was just clutter

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Believe me, this is honestly the best way with stuff like this.  Otherwise you end up like me with a dozen laptops and half a dozen iMacs randomly distributed around the house.  Or you need a special shed with reinforced shelves like @Markeh...

[DavieW]

  On 08/06/2024 at 16:59, myglaren said:

Momsen:-

 

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That could quite easily be a James Bond theme tune. Brilliant track. 

[myglaren]

  On 08/06/2024 at 19:06, DavieW said:

That could quite easily be a James Bond theme tune. Brilliant track. 

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Not exactly typical of her though.

 

She was 16 here:-

Nine here I believe:-

 

[Bren]

I cannot eat cuts of pork as it makes me quite ill. I can have the occasional pork pie though.

I had one today. The dog got some of the filling but my god I was glued to the toilet.

In fact it was like shoes falling out of a loft.

 

[Pieman]

  On 08/06/2024 at 20:52, Bren said:

shoes falling out of a loft.

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That's another one for the Profanisaurus.

  On 08/06/2024 at 10:30, EyesWeldedShut said:

BBC News website keeps punting articles/'news' about her in front of me. Boring

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To look at any media outlet in the last few weeks, you'd think she was the only thing that existed or mattered in the fucking world!  WE DON'T GIVE A SHIT.

[Markeh]

  On 08/06/2024 at 17:45, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Believe me, this is honestly the best way with stuff like this.  Otherwise you end up like me with a dozen laptops and half a dozen iMacs randomly distributed around the house.  Or you need a special shed with reinforced shelves like @Markeh...

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I can't even argue with this because this is the back of my car right now. All collected from a shop in Somerset.

[Supernaut]

  On 09/06/2024 at 08:43, Markeh said:

I can't even argue with this because this is the back of my car right now. All collected from a shop in Somerset.

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That is not a hobby, nor an interest.

That's hoarding.

Quite a few people on here need to be told that.

I've just spent the past several months dealing with my dad's hoarding, and have turned a large farm shed from a no go area into a usable workshop area. There's still a long way to go, too.

[Boycie]

  On 07/06/2024 at 17:13, DavieW said:

Apparently Taylor Swift is in Edinburgh for 3 gigs. BBC Radio Scotland has never stopped talking about all day.

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It's all I've heard about all weekend .....she doesn't half whine on , saw the Pet Shop boys in Glasgow on Tues , that my friends is music

[ETCHY]

  On 08/06/2024 at 20:52, Bren said:

I cannot eat cuts of pork as it makes me quite ill. I can have the occasional pork pie though.

I had one today. The dog got some of the filling but my god I was glued to the toilet.

In fact it was like shoes falling out of a loft.

 

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I'm sorry about your arse ( I share your pain believe me)

However "shoes falling out of a loft" analogy is superb, really made me laugh 😃

[Markeh]

  On 09/06/2024 at 09:14, Supernaut said:

That is not a hobby, nor an interest.

That's hoarding.

Quite a few people on here need to be told that.

I've just spent the past several months dealing with my dad's hoarding, and have turned a large farm shed from a no go area into a usable workshop area. There's still a long way to go, too.

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I mean, I call it a business that's making me money, to be honest, but each to their own!

I could (and have considered) quite easily put the entire contents of that shed on Ebay in one job lot tomorrow. I have no attachment to any of it. It is here temporarily until it is either sold, parted out or binned. To me, that isn't hoarding.

[andy18s]

  On 09/06/2024 at 13:59, Boycie said:

It's all I've heard about all weekend .....she doesn't half whine on , saw the Pet Shop boys in Glasgow on Tues , that my friends is music

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I'm sure Neil Tennant is responsible for a lot of catchy tunes...

 

[artdjones]

  On 09/06/2024 at 14:10, ETCHY said:

I'm sorry about your arse ( I share your pain believe me)

However "shoes falling out of a loft" analogy is superb, really made me laugh 😃

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The German expression for diarrhoea is very apposite.

Durchfall = Throughfall.

[Boycie]

  On 09/06/2024 at 14:45, andy18s said:

I'm sure Neil Tennant is responsible for a lot of catchy tunes...

 

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He is , highlight was West end girls 

[Supernaut]

  On 09/06/2024 at 14:16, Markeh said:

I mean, I call it a business that's making me money, to be honest, but each to their own!

I could (and have considered) quite easily put the entire contents of that shed on Ebay in one job lot tomorrow. I have no attachment to any of it. It is here temporarily until it is either sold, parted out or binned. To me, that isn't hoarding.

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Shit, thought it was somebody else I was replying to!

Specsavers, etc.

[Markeh]

  On 09/06/2024 at 18:29, Supernaut said:

Shit, thought it was somebody else I was replying to!

Specsavers, etc.

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It did seem a bit strange!

I think my folks would agree with you and call me a hoarder, mind!

[barefoot]

  On 09/06/2024 at 16:20, artdjones said:

The German expression for diarrhoea is very apposite.

Durchfall = Throughfall.

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When I am afflicted by the diarrhoeas,  it sounds like I'm running a bath.

[Metal Guru]

  On 10/06/2024 at 11:58, barefoot said:

When I am afflicted by the diarrhoeas,  it sounds like I'm running a bath.

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Glad I’ve had my lunch. Nice image!

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 09/06/2024 at 16:32, Boycie said:

He is , highlight was West end girls 

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Saw them live back in the day and did think that he should have stayed writing at Smash Hits (?) as he seemed to just talk his way through every song.

The rendition of Go West was, by far, the best (just twigged that was about 40 years ago though)