The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

How does that work? Pick up car at airport. Travel in car to shop, with no booster seats.  Go to charity shop, drop the booster seat off. Drive sans booster seat to airport.  So risks were taken to save a few quid.

Picked the car up in city, Vancouver, got a taxi from the airport. Spent a few days in the city before needing a car. Taxis don’t normally have booster seats either but what can you do?

[Remspoor]

Today in Lidl, somewhere in Spain.

[IronStar]

I really really really REALLY fucking despise dealing with wreckers on Facebook. You ask for some parts. 10 of them pop up. 5 of them are saying I don’t have all of it/have something random mildly related. 4 them will say “I have it” snd then dully proceed to ignore the question “how much” or phonecalls on the phone number they fucking posted. 1 will reply with the price, but will never read the message or pick up the phone.

Fuck the fucking fuck off, bunch of mouthbreathing idiots. How do you even stay in the business and make money?

[maxxo]

Cannot stand living back in Middlesbrough for a moment longer, end of July I’m determined to move back to County Durham

tonights fun, A19 Tees Flyover I was going 70 and I saw a golf full of young lads come flying up behind me at well over 100

balloons in their mouth etc and on the phone 

somehow didn’t hit me, a combination of me absolutely booting it and I suspect the auto emergency braking in the Golf as I saw the driver looking at the passenger the whole time 

I hate driving the XM in Teesside, nearly lost it tonight and I know something will happen to it

im actually very pissed off about that

led me to have a slightly unpopular opinion 

I think it’s good pretty much all moderns have auto emergency braking and with the way people drive I can’t wait for self driving cars

not feeling the best today anyway

[IronStar]

18 hours ago, IronStar said:

I really really really REALLY fucking despise dealing with wreckers on Facebook. You ask for some parts. 10 of them pop up. 5 of them are saying I don’t have all of it/have something random mildly related. 4 them will say “I have it” snd then dully proceed to ignore the question “how much” or phonecalls on the phone number they fucking posted. 1 will reply with the price, but will never read the message or pick up the phone.

Fuck the fucking fuck off, bunch of mouthbreathing idiots. How do you even stay in the business and make money?

Dear God this is still going. I’m looking for a very specific “high” radio for Bravo that supports CD Changer so I can plug in Bluetooth dongle. I added a photo in the OP stating I’m looking this specific radio. Not a random one that went in. Specific. 
i’ve been offered at least 15 so far from the few wreckers that have been so kind to answer the phone or read a message. 
Answers on the postcard how many of these are the one I’m looking for.

[MikeR]

18 hours ago, IronStar said:

I really really really REALLY fucking despise dealing with wreckers on Facebook. You ask for some parts. 10 of them pop up. 5 of them are saying I don’t have all of it/have something random mildly related. 4 them will say “I have it” snd then dully proceed to ignore the question “how much” or phonecalls on the phone number they fucking posted. 1 will reply with the price, but will never read the message or pick up the phone.

Fuck the fucking fuck off, bunch of mouthbreathing idiots. How do you even stay in the business and make money?

Stopped dealing with breakers years ago , nearly new prices for worn out shite and attitude to match , I use the local parts shop that supplies the local garages and local people now . 

[EyesWeldedShut]

"I'm only changing the pads" he cried
"You'll need these then, sonny boy"
Discs x 2
Backing plates x 2
New handbrake shoes x 4
Expander x 1
Fitting kit.
The misery, the misery  

[jakebullet]

Mad Jean in doom shock. Jean messages the Mrs. that dad has lost his marbles / memory and has been pushing her.

Hmmm. Talked with idiot sister who knows how the social worker game works / what options are. Talked with Mrs's brother, and plan is contact out of hours social workers and get them both assessed today. What we actually got is SW phoned Jean, chat later they're going to send out normal social workers tomorrow.

Jean then wants Mrs to go to Whitby right now, as she needs someone to talk to. Er, no, you can talk on the phone rather than a 2 hour drive later. Dad rings up to say thanks for dad day stuff, and appears totally rational. Jean does usual drone on about people who died 20 years ago etc.

7pm Jean tries for well can't the Mrs. get on a bus right now and go? Yeah, there's a 24 hour bus service, oh wait no there isn't.

We're at a total loss as to what is really going on. All we have is Mad Jean's word, and she's not the most reliable of witnesses. Have told her if she's genuinely in fear phone cops and wait for them to fire up the sectioning machine. Not sure who would get the room with rubber wallpaper. Going to be a long night.

[High Jetter]

We're confused too. Good luck

[cort1977]

Had an old friend visit over the weekend, not seen for years because he lives in Australia.  Was great to see him, hasn't changed, had a fun time etc. 

But he hasn't changed at all. What's funny and not a big deal in a young man without responsibilities seems childish and selfish in a man in his forties with a wife and kids.

And now I'm grumpy and a bit sad because one of my oldest friends is a bit of a twat really.

[Spiny Norman]

Maybe he was just trying to be that same good old tosser of a mate he was 20 years ago so you both had a good time?
Or maybe he's not changed but you have?
Or maybe Oz just does that to you?

[goosey]

Had it 5 mins and I’ve already got bag of shit peacocks climbing all over it 

[Pieman]

Can you roast peacock?  Bet it's miles better than turkey.

[Rocket88]

8 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Can you roast peacock?  Bet it's miles better than turkey.

Not as nice as swan…..😱

[ruffgeezer]

4 hours ago, Pieman said:

Can you roast peacock?  Bet it's miles better than turkey.

Yes but don't overdo it or you end up with Crisp- oh nevermind! 

[Pieman]

6 minutes ago, ruffgeezer said:

Yes but don't overdo it or you end up with Crisp- oh nevermind! 

Get OUT! 😆

[Markeh]

While a day-long Virgin outage is great for not having to do work, it also does get in the bloody way, quite a lot.

[goosey]

this was at just the right height to jab me in the balls 

[EyesWeldedShut]

7 minutes ago, goosey said:

this was at just the right height to jab me in the balls 

Look on the bright side, if you were a dwarf you’d be blind in one eye instead??

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 hours ago, Markeh said:

While a day-long Virgin outage is great for not having to do work, it also does get in the bloody way, quite a lot.

They're hard to find in Essex too.  Or so I hear.

[EyesWeldedShut]

32 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

They're hard to find in Essex too.  Or so I hear.

I thought it was Cardiff?

(the old Welsh RareBit joke) 😉

[IronStar]

On today’s menu:

In my city there are multiple streets with the same name, and I live in one of them. The namesake one is across the city, 30 minutes drive away. Guess which one my package went to, for the umpteenth time, despite me telling the sender to state part of the city I’m in when sending? Delivery company’s take? Oh, sorry, we’ll get it to you tomorrow. Full price for the next day delivery, no sorry we fucked up and delayed it for a day. 🙄

In other news, the very useful guy that worked in the parts store has quit, and has inevitably been replaced with “I need a VIN to sell you parts” guy. He has all the details he needs, has the parts, but wants VIN to confirm. For a car made in ‘98. 🤦

[goosey]

walked to the top of Easington Colliery for this beautiful view and all I can hear is some bloke shouting at his dog the way someone would shout at a pisshead in a pub 

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, goosey said:

all I can hear is some bloke shouting at his dog

 

[maxxo]

7 hours ago, goosey said:

walked to the top of Easington Colliery for this beautiful view and all I can hear is some bloke shouting at his dog the way someone would shout at a pisshead in a pub 

never got round to venturing up the top there

seen the sculpture millions of times, hell been in the car park loads

looks absolutely lovely! that's my weekend walk sorted

[myglaren]

Never stopped off there but we used to drive to Whitby every weekend and there was a conveyor system around there that dumped the unusable detritus from the pit into the sea.  Used in "Get Carter" IIRC.

Must go and have a look one day.  Don't go to Whitby any more, except on my brother's birthday and not always then.

[NorthernMonkey]

When you’re there, pop round and make sure mad Jean’s ok, will you?

[Markeh]

Well... I'm an idiot then.

First agent I spoke to at Virgin 'give it 24 hours' - erm, no, it worked perfectly fine before your scheduled maintenance and now only 1 out of 20 devices in the house wants to connect to the network, you've clearly fucked something up.

Two hours of calls later I got an engineer appointment for Thursday morning. This after I'd threatened cancellation, complained and been passed to several departments (I was never rude or anything, I'm not THAT kinda dickhead with call centres).

Been out to the pub this evening.

Lo and behold half of the stuff is seemingly working again... well don't I feel stupid

[RoverFolkUs]

Parts in motion. 

Why is it double the price for a set of gear cables which are literally 1-3mm longer...? 

Supposedly the cheaper ones which I ordered are "wrong"

They can't be, the Ford IB5 box is the same across the board...

Edit - 

Looks like a definite crafty upsell, scroll down a bit and here we have another set, same as the "correct" £112 ones, for £60... 

How awfully convenient, "sorry, these £57 ones are wrong but don't worry, we have the correct ones for £112"

It would be a different matter if I had ordered the incorrect ones, but they were NOT shown in the list of results when I searched by reg before ordering

[Tickman]

6 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Parts in motion

My experience is very similar. I'll not use them at all now.