The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's now summer so Norway is being invaded by @hairnet

EFA.  Happy hols, NG - travel safe! 😎😃

[DSdriver]

15 hours ago, ETCHY said:

Conveyancing Solicitors.

We're selling our house. If they'd have a 5 minute fucking phone call then we could exchange contracts & get a completion date... But no it hasn't been sorted in the past 2 weeks. I mean  it's a fucking phone call - yes a fucking phone call between two people, how the holy living shit can that not have happened, how can there not have been time to do this??

Utter & complete bloody twats !🤬

I'm not tryong to stress you out even more but you wait till you see the invoice, some 2 minute calls by the solicitor on our behalf for my mothers probate were billed at £200, total bill was over 10 large. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

I feel the same way about all caravans, regardless of what's towing them...

The highest speed reported on this was 40 km/h downhill.

The average caravan with a car moves faster than this so better.

[myglaren]

1 hour ago, DSdriver said:

I'm not tryong to stress you out even more but you wait till you see the invoice, some 2 minute calls by the solicitor on our behalf for my mothers probate were billed at £200, total bill was over 10 large. 

I seem to have been very lucky then.  Bought this house from the housing association six years ago, took about a month all told, a few personal visits to the solicitor, close to where I worked, mostly emails though.  £500 all in.

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Supernaut said:

I feel the same way about all caravans, regardless of what's towing them...

Try the A66 before the Appleby horse fair. Horse drawn caravans normally with the “driver” walking alongside, so 3 mph max on one of the North’s busiest roads.

[maxxo]

No hot water today from the boiler

central heating working as is immersion

ffs

checked everything before venturing into the loft

why is the header tank for the central heating empty?

how is the central heating still working?

more faff

 

[myglaren]

Buggered inlet valve?

[Surface Rust]

On 06/07/2024 at 06:30, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's now summer so Norway is being invaded by Germans which is fine enough but going on holiday with a freaking tractor is not fine. 

This bellow caused complete chaos on one of our main roads yesterday. This should be illegal. And the driver must be a really selfish bastard to think this is okay.

I agree that is selfish, but I am also staggered that he drove it all the way from Germany to Norway! 

Surely it'll be time to turn around when he gets there.

[Dyslexic Viking]

19 minutes ago, Surface Rust said:

I agree that is selfish, but I am also staggered that he drove it all the way from Germany to Norway! 

Surely it'll be time to turn around when he gets there.

Back in 2014, when I was almost at the North Cape, I met a column of German tractors with caravans that had been to the North Cape. 

So would not be surprised if they in picture has plans to go much further north.

[maxxo]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Buggered inlet valve?

I’d say so it’s jammed solid

i don’t touch plumbing nor do I want to try and get the air locks out the system

[gm]

gah !

no problem, i have a handy inflator

nope. 

how about that can of foam i’ve been carrying about for years ? 

nope. 

how about i just fit the spare wheel ? 

nope.

bottle jack is too tall to fit under the sill  

time for a mayday call.

 @DVee8 is on his way  

 

[horriblemercedes]

On 06/07/2024 at 06:30, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's now summer so Norway is being invaded by Germans which is fine enough but going on holiday with a freaking tractor is not fine. 

This bellow caused complete chaos on one of our main roads yesterday. This should be illegal. And the driver must be a really selfish bastard to think this is okay.

That must be sociopathic, surely. The thought process:

"I'm doing what I want to do and I seriously don't care that it causes problems for thousands of people" 

[Pieman]

Seeing this on Facebook just annoyed me.



I know it's "just a meme", but...if you hate your kids that much, why the fuck did you have them?

[horriblemercedes]

7 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Seeing this on Facebook just annoyed me.



I know it's "just a meme", but...if you hate your kids that much, why the fuck did you have them?

Probably didn't hate them before they existed

 

 

But yes, I agree with your point. After forcing them to exist, it's not acceptable to treat them like that

[fairkens]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

Seeing this on Facebook just annoyed me.



I know it's "just a meme", but...if you hate your kids that much, why the fuck did you have them?

Ask the risk of going all Andrea Leadsom, the joke (which is what it is) is funnier if you have school age kids. 

Nobody hates their children 

Also, Big 'ev, never not funny

[Pieman]

1 minute ago, fairkens said:

Nobody hates their children 

Also, Big 'ev, never not funny

My girlfriend's mother did.

And who's Big'ev?

[fairkens]

5 minutes ago, Pieman said:

My girlfriend's mother did.

And who's Big'ev?

Woman in the meme. Eastenders c. 20 years ago

[Pieman]

Never watched a minute of Eastenders in my life, so that's why I had no idea!  

[gm]

4 hours ago, gm said:

gah !

no problem, i have a handy inflator

nope. 

how about that can of foam i’ve been carrying about for years ? 

nope. 

how about i just fit the spare wheel ? 

nope.

bottle jack is too tall to fit under the sill  

time for a mayday call.

 @DVee8 is on his way  

 

rescued in double quick time, many thanks to @DVee8 for rushing over with a jack, we had the wheel changed and i was back on the road in no time at all  

the tyre is trashed, must have been that pothole i hit along the felling bypass - more unplanned expense  

[myglaren]

You probably have it organised already but there is a good tyre place in Birtley, near the crem.

CT Tyres.  Used principally but they have new tyres as well.

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, gm said:

gah !

no problem, i have a handy inflator

nope. 

how about that can of foam i’ve been carrying about for years ? 

nope. 

how about i just fit the spare wheel ? 

nope.

bottle jack is too tall to fit under the sill  

time for a mayday call.

 @DVee8 is on his way  

 

Sorry. The foam pic made me laugh out loud.

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, fairkens said:

Ask the risk of going all Andrea Leadsom, the joke (which is what it is) is funnier if you have school age kids. 

Nobody hates their children 

Also, Big 'ev, never not funny

Tell that to my mate who's mother ( late 20's) dropped his two daughters 5&6 for there regular visit 3 months ago & has gone off with boyfriend  & has now decided to play housey with him the other side of town, only communication "I can't cope with them" .

Must be ok as her mother did same with her & when contacted during search said she'll be ok & anyway I've no time to help I'm gunna the Costas next week!

 

[sdkrc]

Found a lil bag'o'coke on the road this morning on my run. Friendly reminder to always log your Columbian marching powder before and after a night out to avoid any mishaps like this

[Dick Cheeseburger]

6 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Found a lil bag'o'coke on the road this morning on my run. Friendly reminder to always log your Columbian marching powder before and after a night out to avoid any mishaps like this

Could have been anyone, I guess. 

[Supernaut]

Could whatever virus I have please fuck off now, thanks?

Tuesday to Friday last week, felt like shite, signed off work.

Felt better over the weekend.

I managed an hour at work this morning and could barely stand up straight. I now have a phone appointment with my GP sometime between 1-6pm! Useful.

[RoverFolkUs]

47 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Could whatever virus I have please fuck off now, thanks?

Tuesday to Friday last week, felt like shite, signed off work.

Felt better over the weekend.

I managed an hour at work this morning and could barely stand up straight. I now have a phone appointment with my GP sometime between 1-6pm! Useful.

You managed to get past the receptionist head consultant, which is something 🙃

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 05/07/2024 at 20:45, EyesWeldedShut said:

Two houses ago the doorbell rang when we were in your situation. Our buyer in a state:
"My lawyer says he's still waiting on the copy of the plans for your extension"
"Oh, I dropped them off to their office THREE weeks ago"  (local family firm)
"Really?"
"Yes - here, have another copy - you can drop them in yourself tomorrow"
The guy was a really nice bloke - he stomped off with a sheaf of papers in his hand and a glint in his eye.

We exchanged and completed on the same day about a week later.

 

My Dad had one a decade ago when trying to sell.

The buyer had agreed to purchase, wheels were in motion.  They went to India for a month to see family.  No problem.

Two months later, complete radio silence.  Solicitors contacted, etc. confirmation that buyer had received messages asking for contact.  Nothing.

Dad pulls the sale.  That night, the buyer turns up at the door step ranting and raving telling my Dad how angry was that he'd pulled the rug.  I think my Dad's words were something like

'Maybe you should have the common fucking courtesy to communicate.  Now fuck off and if you have any questions, ask your solicitor'.

Sold the house to a neighbour about a month later with absolutely no issues whatsoever.  They're still there.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

13 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Found a lil bag'o'coke on the road this morning on my run. Friendly reminder to always log your Columbian marching powder before and after a night out to avoid any mishaps like this

You broke your 5K record this morning, right?

[MrGTI6]

14 hours ago, sdkrc said:

Found a lil bag'o'coke on the road this morning on my run. Friendly reminder to always log your Columbian marching powder before and after a night out to avoid any mishaps like this

3 randoms please. 

[Pieman]

3 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

My Dad had one a decade ago when trying to sell.

The buyer had agreed to purchase, wheels were in motion.  They went to India for a month to see family.  No problem.

Two months later, complete radio silence.  Solicitors contacted, etc. confirmation that buyer had received messages asking for contact.  Nothing.

Dad pulls the sale.  That night, the buyer turns up at the door step ranting and raving telling my Dad how angry was that he'd pulled the rug.  I think my Dad's words were something like

'Maybe you should have the common fucking courtesy to communicate.  Now fuck off and if you have any questions, ask your solicitor'.

Sold the house to a neighbour about a month later with absolutely no issues whatsoever.  They're still there.

That's how things in life go with me in general - it's always me making an effort with everybody else, never seems to be the other way round.

Then people ask why I've been quiet and haven't talked to them.  Friendships work two ways, you selfish fuckwits!