The grumpy thread

[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]

6 hours ago, 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.

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]

55 minutes ago, 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

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]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Momsen:-

 

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

[myglaren]

51 minutes ago, DavieW said:

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

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]

4 hours ago, Bren said:

shoes falling out of a loft.

That's another one for the Profanisaurus.

14 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

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

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]

14 hours ago, 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...

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]

30 minutes ago, 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.

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 18:13, DavieW said:

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

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]

17 hours ago, 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.

 

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]

4 hours ago, 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.

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]

43 minutes ago, 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

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

 

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, 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 😃

The German expression for diarrhoea is very apposite.

Durchfall = Throughfall.

[Boycie]

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

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

 

He is , highlight was West end girls 

[Supernaut]

4 hours ago, 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.

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

Specsavers, etc.

[Markeh]

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

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

Specsavers, etc.

It did seem a bit strange!

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

[barefoot]

19 hours ago, artdjones said:

The German expression for diarrhoea is very apposite.

Durchfall = Throughfall.

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

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

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

Glad I’ve had my lunch. Nice image!

[EyesWeldedShut]

21 hours ago, Boycie said:

He is , highlight was West end girls 

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)

 

[vulgalour]

Once again, I am the victim of having to work on my own engine.  I took great care doing the shims on the Princess, even improved things if the measurements are to be believed.  Hand cranked when it was all together to be sure of no issues on start up.  Everything appeared to be present and correct, there was nothing more for me to check... turned the key and something has gone wrong.

Whatever has gone wrong has happened between me turning the engine with a sensible amount of resistance due to compression with a hand tool, to something now binding after being started on the key.  I really hope it's something like the cambelt has skipped one tooth and I just need to correct that (it has done this to me randomly before) and fit a new belt.  I really hope I haven't gone and smashed all the valves into all the pistons again, although I really can't see how I could have been to blame since it was fine right up until I put the key in the ignition and turned it.

More fool me for thinking I could work on an engine without supervision.

 

[Pieman]

On 09/06/2024 at 15:45, andy18s said:

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

He is responsible for one of my favourite cover versions (as in, if he hadn't written it this cover wouldn't have happened)...
 

 

[vulgalour]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

More fool me for thinking I could work on an engine without supervision.

 

I R THICK.

It was two stupid little mistakes.  The first was the gasket I'd made for the camshaft end plate was cut ever so slightly wrong and binding on the end of the camshaft.  The second was that I'd put the distributor in on the wrong timing.  Fixed both of those and now it's fine.  In fact it's more than fine, it's driving better than it has in ages which was a bit of a surprise.  One valve is still a bit noisy but it can wait, it's within tolerance and right now I don't care.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Pieman said:

He is responsible for one of my favourite cover versions (as in, if he hadn't written it this cover wouldn't have happened)...
 

 

Best thing he did, IMHO

[jakebullet]

Down the bottom end of my estate there's some purpose built "dump granny" sheltered housing maisonettes. The council have decided when Ethel shuffles off that it would be a great idea to move in druggies / released from prison / other twats. Cos they'll integrate really well with 90 year olds, they love a bit of bangin trance.

For some reason that nobody can fathom crime has increased and there are lots of young men who like wearing ballies strolling about selling herbal supplements*.

[TataBobu]

The upper radiator hose blew in my new (to me) Elantra. And the only one to be found on all the parts stores is the too short one, which fits the Accent. Now I have to find a sure way to measure the diameter and buy the hose by the meter.

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Down the bottom end of my estate there's some purpose built "dump granny" sheltered housing maisonettes. The council have decided when Ethel shuffles off that it would be a great idea to move in druggies / released from prison / other twats. Cos they'll integrate really well with 90 year olds, they love a bit of bangin trance.

For some reason that nobody can fathom crime has increased and there are lots of young men who like wearing ballies strolling about selling herbal supplements*.

Pure coincidence 

[omegod]

Currently on holiday in Malta with the wife and received a call from my panic stricken  daughter who'd received a letter from a collections agency stating she had failed attend Bromley magistrates court ( we live in Liverpool ) in January for a matter and the £75 fine is now at £1,109 and a warrant has been issued by the court  for collection agents to secure goods to this effect immediately. 

She didn't have a clue what it was about but was in tears and whirling off into a hyper panic, I dread to think what my phone bill will stand at but I called the debt collectors who wouldn't discuss it so got her to call and give consent to deal with me, they weren't interested in the fact we had received no letters regarding this prior , refused to discuss what the original issue was or where an offence was committed and kept asking if I would make full payment ....... like fuck I would as she's never been to Bromley .  Long call to Court services and it transpires the person concerned lives in Essex and has the same name and DOB as my daughter and got pulled for no insurance in Hackney,  seems the collections agency just plucked the wrong person from equifax and sent them someones debt. 

I called the collections agency and informed them they had fucked up royally and made a data breach but they weren't arsed even though they had the Essex address on file  and they curtly said " that's sorted now bye",  had the recipient been of poor mental health this could easily have tipped them over the edge.   

Sorry for the long rant but this was fucking awful and I'm seething, I'll be reporting the data breach to the information commissioner in the hope they get a fat fine and I want my phone bill paid...twats 🤬

[EyesWeldedShut]

On 12/06/2024 at 19:58, Pieman said:

He is responsible for one of my favourite cover versions (as in, if he hadn't written it this cover wouldn't have happened)...
 

 

For a bad moment there I thought you meant this cover - that one really belongs in the Grumpy Thread