The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Is it me, or is there a new bastardisation of the English language involving missing words doing the rounds now? It seems to revolve around expressions starting with 'It'll need' such as: 'It'll need trailered away'

 

Surely that should be 'It'll need TO BE trailered away'?

[eddyramrod]

I've noticed Americans using that kind of expression, Billy. "It needs restored" for example. Yeah, it grates on me too. It needs restoring!

[DSdriver]

The standard of education in the US is abysmal, kilt is apparently the past tense of the verb to kill. They probably spend too much time in the schoolroom teaching kids that Darwin was wrong and also that there is no such thing as global warming.

Spell checkers are also partly to blame.

[DSdriver]

Since when has Millom in Cumbria been in the Highlands? Logistics is in a new phase of nightmare - I now have to get a customers postcode and check whether it is designated "Highlands and Islands" before quoting delivery. I expect if I could be bothered to check that they are surcharging the Isles of Dogs and Sheppey.

[Richard]

I've noticed Americans using that kind of expression, Billy. "It needs restored" for example. Yeah, it grates on me too. It needs restoring!

 

I would say the former is correct, or at least less grating.

[ashmicro]

"It wants to be" pisses me off. Example: some years ago my Uncle and I built a rally car for a gurning Yorkshireman, who complained about everything.While he was bitching about the seat, he said "it wants to be a quarter inch lower". My Uncle lost the bap with him, and said "It's a fucking seat! An inanimate object. It has no aspirations or desires whatsoever you cockhead"

 

Funny enough, the seat was just fine, as it happened.

[Tayne]

Since when has Millom in Cumbria been in the Highlands? Logistics is in a new phase of nightmare - I now have to get a customers postcode and check whether it is designated "Highlands and Islands" before quoting delivery. I expect if I could be bothered to check that they are surcharging the Isles of Dogs and Sheppey.

 

Change couriers.

If the post office, the pallet guys and various other privates can do flat rate for the whole of the UK then your lot are a bunch of shysters.

A lot of courier firms just take the piss.

For example, UPS claim my place of work is "in a remote area with infrequent deliveries". Is is bollocks, its 9 miles from in an international airport where DHL have an airside hub.

[DSdriver]

I use a site called Interparcel. They are very good as they give you a choice of different carriers, delivery options and prices so you can choose the most suitable. However, in this case they only listed two couriers willing to deliver to Millom and I tend from experience not to choose the cheapest as they don't collect when they should. So that left one company. I am not sure if each company has its own idea of which places are "Highlands and Islands" and Interparcel have refused my initial request for them to supply me with a list of the affected postcodes (which they used to publish on the website).

I am pretty sure we were promised that this sort of thing wasn't going to happen when HMG removed the Post Office monopoly. It makes it difficult for small businesses and ebay traders to give a fair P&P and it penalises the rural areas.

[Guest]

I use a site called Interparcel. They are very good as they give you a choice of different carriers, delivery options and prices so you can choose the most suitable. However, in this case they only listed two couriers willing to deliver to Millom and I tend from experience not to choose the cheapest as they don't collect when they should. So that left one company. I am not sure if each company has its own idea of which places are "Highlands and Islands" and Interparcel have refused my initial request for them to supply me with a list of the affected postcodes (which they used to publish on the website).

I am pretty sure we were promised that this sort of thing wasn't going to happen when HMG removed the Post Office monopoly. It makes it difficult for small businesses and ebay traders to give a fair P&P and it penalises the rural areas.

 

They still sound better than HDN \ Yodel. A mate's new phone got sent to Inverness by mistake because they reckoned Salford was somewhere in Scotland. It disappeared up North to the wrong hub, and then one of the staff nicked it. 'They're from the agency', was their excuse.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

All couriers are TWATS.

[eddyramrod]

I sold my big telly the other day, after reposting the ad with some reductions (including that). Very nice chap came, saw it, bought it, paid cash, no haggling, took it away...

...Today I got a PM from him. He set it up, watched it the first night, smelled something overheating. Following day, no picture. He's sent it away to be assessed, and hopefully repaired.

Shit.

I've spent at least half the money already, on fripperies like bread and milk. Do I play the good guy and offer him a contribution to the repair? Or do I just say "look matey, that's tough, but hey, it's yours now" which makes me look a right cold bastard? Fucked if I know...

Bugger.

Further complication: we talked about a tool cabinet for outside use; it just so happens I have one, and I've already offered it to him at 1/3 new price.

 

I hate selling stuff and I hate dealing with people.

 

Also, Mrs R is full of cold. Understandable as we're getting some real English weather at the moment! You should be able to see individual drops...

Andreas's garage, 12.15 today...

 

Oh yeah, and we still have one puppy left to re-home.

[autofive]

All couriers are TWATS.

 

some are for sure

 

hermes tracking details for a scimitar caliper i sent to a unit on a farm. (postcode is correct, hermes have both mine and mechanics phone numbers on the parcel, but havent rang either number) still not delivered after 16 days. the caliper is a freeby for a customer sent to his mechanic's address. looks like they are running out of excuses and the parcel is lost/stolen

 

Date Time Status

20/01/2012 11:36 Delayed at Depot

19/01/2012 18:19 Not Delivered

19/01/2012 10:38 Courier Received

19/01/2012 02:43 Out For Delivery

17/01/2012 19:46 Courier to Re-attempt

13/01/2012 00:27 Receipt at Depot

09/01/2012 14:53 Not Delivered - Postcode error

09/01/2012 12:41 Courier Received

09/01/2012 04:04 Out For Delivery To Courier

08/01/2012 22:14 Processed at Depot

08/01/2012 21:04 Receipt at Depot

07/01/2012 13:59 Receipt at Hub

06/01/2012 11:45 In Transit

05/01/2012 10:57 Collected

05/01/2012 05:05 Pick-Up Request Manifested

[Alexg]

Bought an original Allegro tax disk holder on eBay. It arrived last week and looked awesome. I left it by the front door in an envelope until today when I collected the car from it's garage. Could I find the tax holder anywhere, nope! The Mrs now admits she thought it was rubbish and threw it away...

 

I'm seriously annoyed.

[trigger]

Since Thursday I've been struggling to connect to the internet on my new Dell PC, it was fine until then but now it keeps coming up with install a driver for your network adapter.

 

I rang BT thinking it was my old home hub and got the brand new home hub 3 delivered today and it still won't connect.

 

So I've been on the phone to Dell this afternoon for 45mins trying to fix it, after installing a new driver fix it still hasn't cured it, it turns out the modems knackered on my computer and its all part of the motherboard and it needs replacing.

 

As its only 2 months old its under warranty but its 2 weeks before i can get it fixed or pay £29 and have a engineer come out tomorrow and fix it. what a con.

[cort16]

Just wang one of those cheapo wireless network dongles in the USB hole it until it's sorted.

[Tayne]

My childhood has been ruined.

 

It was all lies.

 

 

He couldn't fix it, despite having a biro, two paperclips, a pack of gum and a pair of sunglasses in the glove box.

[trigger]

Who is it?

[scaryoldcortina]

[trigger]

I thought that was a made up character from The Simpsons!, he's aged a bit looking at that photo!

[Tayne]

I thought that was a made up character from The Simpsons!,

 

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/

[eddyramrod]

Well the last puppy went to a new home today. I'm going to miss them, especially him as we had him the longest. He was 8 weeks old yesterday.

 

In other news, we've had industrial quantities of wind and rain over the last few days. My carports have been lacerated, and since I can't afford to replace the covers I'll just have to patch them up. And there's more wind and rain to come, apparently...

 

Also, the bloke who bought my telly has been in touch, seems it's a 400 euro repair. He's wanting to return the set and claim a refund. I've told him I've spent the money, but he can have it when I sell something else. I don't think there's really anything else I can do, so that's as fair as I can be.

 

Money = the root of all evil. It certainly seems to be, in my life!

[sporty-shite]

Why do people put ebay classified ads on their watch list? Just phone me, FFS.

[Angrydicky]

Run out of mig wire. Bollocks.

[Cheggers]

Why do people put ebay classified ads on their watch list? Just phone me, FFS.

 

I've been known to do that - Bookmarking it until your own car sells and you have the cash

[Cavcraft]

I thought that was a made up character from The Simpsons!, he's aged a bit looking at that photo!

 

+1

[sporty-shite]

Why do people put ebay classified ads on their watch list? Just phone me, FFS.

 

I've been known to do that - Bookmarking it until your own car sells and you have the cash

 

Fair point. At least people might be interested in it. Could do with it gone, though, too many bills, not enough cash

[RoadworkUK]

In addition to my other grumps, today, as I turned up at work I was amazed to discover that the dealership had taken in not one but two Peugeot 406s as part-exchange over the weekend. An 'S and an '02. £250 each, apparently. One a GLX, the other a Rapier.

 

Why the grumps?

 

They both disappeared on the Auction Lorry Of Doom within half an hour of me getting in and I didn't get to have a play.

[ashmicro]

Grump. I was in an RTC yesterday tea time. I was a passenger in my mate's Getz when a clampitt in an A6 Avant sailed out on front of us. Whammo! Getz is totalled, my mate the driver bashed her nut on the B post and I have some world-class bruises on my legs. Nothing serious, thankfully, and we have an eye witness who was on foot and only about 20 feet away.

 

Big thumbs up to the NI Ambulance Service who checked us out and calmed us down, and props to the PSNI officer who gave me a cigarette!

[Guest]

Grump. I was in an RTC yesterday tea time. I was a passenger in my mate's Getz when a clampitt in an A6 Avant sailed out on front of us. Whammo! Getz is totalled, my mate the driver bashed her nut on the B post and I have some world-class bruises on my legs. Nothing serious, thankfully, and we have an eye witness who was on foot and only about 20 feet away.

 

Big thumbs up to the NI Ambulance Service who checked us out and calmed us down, and props to the PSNI officer who gave me a cigarette!

 

Urrrgh. Hope everything get sorted out.

 

The following aren't full on grumps, but they're still annoying.

 

1. STILL waiting on a place to get back to me about a job I might have got. Going to ring today even though part of me thinks I'm being a nuisance.

 

2. STILL waiting on a piece of kit I ordered from the States. It left San Diego on the 15th. Have HMRC got it and doing their usual? How do I track it to see if it's in the UK or not?

[dollywobbler]

Gah. WRC footage. Last year, ESPN did it and I benefited by being able to download it from YouTube. This means that really, I have no grounds for complaint.

 

But I will. Eurosport seem to have got it this year and it's entirely unwatchable! Whoever recruited the commentators (there are two of them from the few minutes of Day 1 and Day 5 that I watched) was clearly at lunch while any tests were done. Or perhaps in a different universe. What really is the pinnacle of motorsport (whatever Little Bernie would have us believe) has been utterly ruined, I fear forever. MINI are apparently struggling to get sponsorship this year. Well, I don't think the telly is going to help them!

 

It should be massively exciting. Lots of team changes, new manufacturers coming in yet sadly it's let down by the absolute shambles that is the coverage.

 

It would be better if they got Raymanboy to do it. I'm in a real sulk now.