The grumpy thread

[Zelandeth]

38 minutes ago, Blunderguts said:

Firefox's recent update has broken private browsing mode. Any attempt to go on utube results in neverending cookie consent pages. I click 'fuck off' (they call it reject) and get presented with the consent page again. No amount of clicking fuck off works.

Only fix is to turn off private browsing.

Cnuts.

Does clicking accept work?  Any cookies will just be wiped when the tab is closed if you're in private browsing mode.

[myglaren]

Will have to give it a try, never use it normally, no need.

I do run the browser cleaners on shutdown, followed by BleachBit, so nothing remains.

 

 

EEE dit.

Looks as though private browsing locks out the adblockers.  A couple of very brief ads, gone in the time it took me to turn the amplifier on.

May try the Brave and Chromium options to see what they do.

[Blunderguts]

9 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Does clicking accept work?  Any cookies will just be wiped when the tab is closed if you're in private browsing mode.

Nope, same thing irrespective of what is clicked. It runs fine in 'normal' mode.

Firefox are normally pretty good at fixing issues so we'll wait and see.

[dozeydustman]

Bought everything for the Kia’s front suspension as it has a weak spring and very crusty shocks. Or so I thought.

Top mounts in the box are just the bearings and rubbers not the mounting plate for the car. No locknuts to fit the damper to the top plates.

And my compressor’s hooks are too short for the spring coils, so won’t grip it properly.

Arse.

[twosmoke300]

On 19/09/2024 at 23:32, Metal Guru said:

When my son was coming up to 17, I got him a car a few months before his birthday. I thought we could use car parks for lessons before he was 17 and got a provisional , but found out for insurance and  licensing purposes, private ground with public access was the same as on road.

I’ve heard your local park is good for that kinda thing 😂

[Bren]

On 20/09/2024 at 10:43, horriblemercedes said:

Yep, this is almost completely the case as defined in the Road Traffic Act (1988).

 

It has occasionally been challenged, but it's best to assume it's a public place. Here are some examples of it going either way:

Quote:

This is a matter of fact to be determined by the court. The following have been held to be "public places":

• The car park of a pub; Vannet v Burns (1988)
• A hotel driveway; Dunn v Keane (1976)
• A multi-storey NCP car park; Bowman v DPP (1991)
• A hospital car park; DPP v Greenwood (1997)
• The car park of a car dealership; May v DPP (2005)
• A field used for point-to-point racing; Collinson (1931)
• A field used for parking at an agricultural show; Paterson v Ogilvey (1957)
• A privately owned caravan site; DPP v Vivier (1991)
• Freight immigration lanes at a dockyard; DPP v Coulman (1993)
• A school playground; Rodger v Normand (1994)

The following have been held not to be "public places":

• Privately owned land next to a private club; Pugh v Knipe (1972)
• A community centre car park; Havell v DPP (1993)
• A company car park used by staff and customers; Spence (1999)
• An internal roadway at a University campus; Cowan v DPP (2013)

 

 

Source:

https://www.counsel.direct/news/2015/11/18/what-is-a-public-place-in-the-context-of-the-road-traffic-act

I know of things being chucked out on the basis that the land was neither owned or maintained at public expense.

[Zelandeth]

9 hours ago, Blunderguts said:

Nope, same thing irrespective of what is clicked. It runs fine in 'normal' mode.

Firefox are normally pretty good at fixing issues so we'll wait and see.

Seems it must be somewhat dependent on the system in question.

I just out of sheer curiosity tried it here and it worked fine.  Firefox last updated this morning according to the logs.  This is on a Linux host though, so no idea how different things might be with regards to the inner workings of the browser.  My curiosity didn't extend as far as rebooting into Windows and no doubt having to install a couple of dozen updates, to see if it was working as well.

[Spiny Norman]

Fucking Asda!

Ordered stuff online end of July for click & collect, never got the goods and was told my card would be refunded, fair enough.
That was the end of July and I'm still waiting for a refund. They're a near impossible company to get any sort of meaningful response from, I can't find an email address that gets answered, Faceache messages go unanswered, and I've waited over an hour more than once for the phone not to be answered.

I've accepted I've lost the money but any ideas how one might theoretically 'hurt' them to the tune of about £50? If I see one of their vans parked up I'm quite tempted just to tan the windscreen but they've probably got cameras in them...

[somewhatfoolish]

Claim it back via the card company?

[Spiny Norman]

Believe me, I've tried. I don't have all the information they need for the claim and of course I'm not going to get it from Asda.

[Metal Guru]

58 minutes ago, Spiny Norman said:

Believe me, I've tried. I don't have all the information they need for the claim and of course I'm not going to get it from Asda.

Re-order but for delivery to your home. Then deny you’ve ever received anything. This time make sure you’ve got all the info for a credit card refund.

Alternatively, shop lifting to the same value.

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Believe me, I've tried. I don't have all the information they need for the claim and of course I'm not going to get it from Asda.

Worth going to an in-store help desk and camp out until they get bored looking at you.

[andy18s]

30 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Worth going to an in-store help desk and camp out until they get bored looking at you.

Surely just filling a trolley and walking out is how it's done these days?

[Blunderguts]

11 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Seems it must be somewhat dependent on the system in question.

I just out of sheer curiosity tried it here and it worked fine.  Firefox last updated this morning according to the logs.  This is on a Linux host though, so no idea how different things might be with regards to the inner workings of the browser.  My curiosity didn't extend as far as rebooting into Windows and no doubt having to install a couple of dozen updates, to see if it was working as well.

It's doing the exact same thing on my Android tablet.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Worth going to an in-store help desk and camp out until they get bored looking at you.

I tried that in Comet once when they wouldn’t refund me something with a three year guarantee because I didn’t have the box. Who keeps a box three years ffs?

I just stood by the entrance telling people not to buy anything because they don’t honour guarantees. No one turned away or even asked me about it. More interested in the instant gratification of spending £2k on a telly.

Any way my wife getting more and more embarrassed dragged me away.
 

[warch]

Not absolutely sure whether this should be in the other thread, because I'm perversely enjoying people losing their shit about this. 

I live right next door to a level crossing on a railway line into Wales (sadly about a mile outside God's own country so I don't get free prescriptions or Bara Brith). Anyway Network Rail decided that the level crossing needed completely ripping out and replacing, quite a major task even on a single track line. They started the works last Friday which obviously involved closing the crossing and the road that runs over it (until Wednesday when they can finish off the resurfacing).

Oh the drama... The village Faceache page is chocka with people whinging about not been able to get through, not been able to take their kids to school or get to work. There are still two ways out of the village on either side of the crossing, and a five/ten minute detour will get anyone where they need to go. Or they can use the booted bony things on end of each of their legs should they need to go somewhere in the other of crossing (which is open to foot traffic).  The irony with this is that amongst the only people not moaning are the two families that live directly next to the crossing where all the noise (night works) was going on*.

I'm not going to mention that they got to close the road again in a few months time to replace the tracks as well...

*The noise used to really annoy me, but happily I invested in a set of super duper noise cancelling earbuds for me and mrs Warch. Not cheap at 6 quid a pair (although you can pay ten times that) but absolutely gamechangingly effective at cancelling out things like Stihl saws, tracked machinery, reversing beepers and concrete breaking right outside my bedroom window at three in the morning.  

[Westbay]

8 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Believe me, I've tried. I don't have all the information they need for the claim and of course I'm not going to get it from Asda.

Have read of this :-

https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money

 

[comfortablynumb]

BBC news is pissing me off.

Massive floods a bit further south than me, fortunate for me, but I feel for the poor sods whose lives are turned upside down from it, having had a relative flooded I have some idea of the toll it takes.

What do the BBC go on about?

A football match has had to be cancelled 

Fuck off. Just fuck off 

I'm becoming more and more in the Guy Martin camp that there's a conspiracy to force football down peoples throats to stop them realising how much shit theyre in.

And what did George Orwell say in '1984?'

 

TL:Dr I fucking hate football 

[Rocket88]

14 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

BBC news is pissing me off.

Massive floods a bit further south than me, fortunate for me, but I feel for the poor sods whose lives are turned upside down from it, having had a relative flooded I have some idea of the toll it takes.

What do the BBC go on about?

A football match has had to be cancelled 

Fuck off. Just fuck off 

I'm becoming more and more in the Guy Martin camp that there's a conspiracy to force football down peoples throats to stop them realising how much shit theyre in.

And what did George Orwell say in '1984?'

 

TL:Dr I fucking hate football 

You think you’ve got problems, my other half supports Scunthorpe….

[Pieman]

5 hours ago, warch said:

Not absolutely sure whether this should be in the other thread, because I'm perversely enjoying people losing their shit about this. 

I live right next door to a level crossing on a railway line into Wales (sadly about a mile outside God's own country so I don't get free prescriptions or Bara Brith). Anyway Network Rail decided that the level crossing needed completely ripping out and replacing, quite a major task even on a single track line. They started the works last Friday which obviously involved closing the crossing and the road that runs over it (until Wednesday when they can finish off the resurfacing).

Oh the drama... The village Faceache page is chocka with people whinging about not been able to get through, not been able to take their kids to school or get to work. There are still two ways out of the village on either side of the crossing, and a five/ten minute detour will get anyone where they need to go. Or they can use the booted bony things on end of each of their legs should they need to go somewhere in the other of crossing (which is open to foot traffic).  The irony with this is that amongst the only people not moaning are the two families that live directly next to the crossing where all the noise (night works) was going on*.

I'm not going to mention that they got to close the road again in a few months time to replace the tracks as well...

*The noise used to really annoy me, but happily I invested in a set of super duper noise cancelling earbuds for me and mrs Warch. Not cheap at 6 quid a pair (although you can pay ten times that) but absolutely gamechangingly effective at cancelling out things like Stihl saws, tracked machinery, reversing beepers and concrete breaking right outside my bedroom window at three in the morning.  

The only time I had cause to complain about road closures was when different companies/services managed to put roadworks with temporary lights simultaneously on all four sides of the estate I live on, which meant at peak times you couldn't get out of the estate.  

[Zelandeth]

Yeah, it's a bit wet.

 

Good couple of inches in the garage.  

Have a pump in place to attempt to keep it under control when round 2 hits us later.

[comfortablynumb]

When I used to tanker for Anglian water @warch,there were a few people who would come out at night and complain about the noise the tanker made ( they're not quiet)

Usual response was ' that's fine, I can stop no problem, so long as you don't mind your living room filling with raw sewage!'

Most people saw it my way 😆

[Pieman]

53 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

BBC news is pissing me off.

Massive floods a bit further south than me, fortunate for me, but I feel for the poor sods whose lives are turned upside down from it, having had a relative flooded I have some idea of the toll it takes.

What do the BBC go on about?

A football match has had to be cancelled 

Fuck off. Just fuck off 

I'm becoming more and more in the Guy Martin camp that there's a conspiracy to force football down peoples throats to stop them realising how much shit theyre in.

And what did George Orwell say in '1984?'

 

TL:Dr I fucking hate football 

It has however cheered me up to see that said football match is AFC Wimbledon and they now have a dirty great sinkhole in their pitch.

Shouldn't have built over our stock car stadium then should you, you twats?

[dozeydustman]

As if a previous owner of the Saab chewing the heads up on the break disc retaining screws was bad enough, the discs are also rust welded to the hubs. I gave up after 30 mins with my heaviest hammer as the bearing is now a bit grumbly. I could heat and quench but that really would finish off the bearing. At least my pads and discs are correct.

I moved the Citroen and it promptly blew its exhaust.

I’ve just spent £40 on more suspension bits for the Kia, £60 on a pair of front bearings for the Saab and now I need an exhaust for the Citroen.

Arsebiscuits.

[lisbon_road]

7 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

As if a previous owner of the Saab chewing the heads up on the break disc retaining screws was bad enough, the discs are also rust welded to the hubs. I gave up after 30 mins with my heaviest hammer as the bearing is now a bit grumbly. I could heat and quench but that really would finish off the bearing. At least my pads and discs are correct.

I moved the Citroen and it promptly blew its exhaust.

I’ve just spent £40 on more suspension bits for the Kia, £60 on a pair of front bearings for the Saab and now I need an exhaust for the Citroen.

Arsebiscuits.

Years ago, I couldn't get the discs off a Sierra.  In the end, I tried cutting through the flat disc area with a hacksaw - which is easy as the cast iron is easy to saw though.  This stress relieved the discs and they fell straight off.  Honestly, a lot easier than it sounds and better than sledging them - which I had tried and didn't work.  

Stating the obvious, you want to make sure you don't saw through something else at the same time.  

[omegod]

14 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

I've accepted I've lost the money but any ideas how one might theoretically 'hurt' them to the tune of about £50? If I see one of their vans parked up I'm quite tempted just to tan the windscreen but they've probably got cameras in them...

Find a local shoplifter and order your Christmas meat and booze  

[dozeydustman]

17 minutes ago, lisbon_road said:

Years ago, I couldn't get the discs off a Sierra.  In the end, I tried cutting through the flat disc area with a hacksaw - which is easy as the cast iron is easy to saw though.  This stress relieved the discs and they fell straight off.  Honestly, a lot easier than it sounds and better than sledging them - which I had tried and didn't work.  

Stating the obvious, you want to make sure you don't saw through something else at the same time.  

This is something I was considering, either a hacksaw or the angery wheel of death, but as the bearing is grumbling and it’s combined with the hub as knock-out assembly, I can just knock out the bearing with the disc attached. 

[warch]

9 hours ago, warch said:

Not absolutely sure whether this should be in the other thread, because I'm perversely enjoying people losing their shit about this. 

I live right next door to a level crossing on a railway line into Wales (sadly about a mile outside God's own country so I don't get free prescriptions or Bara Brith). Anyway Network Rail decided that the level crossing needed completely ripping out and replacing, quite a major task even on a single track line. They started the works last Friday which obviously involved closing the crossing and the road that runs over it (until Wednesday when they can finish off the resurfacing).

Oh the drama... The village Faceache page is chocka with people whinging about not been able to get through, not been able to take their kids to school or get to work. There are still two ways out of the village on either side of the crossing, and a five/ten minute detour will get anyone where they need to go. Or they can use the booted bony things on end of each of their legs should they need to go somewhere in the other of crossing (which is open to foot traffic).  The irony with this is that amongst the only people not moaning are the two families that live directly next to the crossing where all the noise (night works) was going on*.

I'm not going to mention that they got to close the road again in a few months time to replace the tracks as well...

*The noise used to really annoy me, but happily I invested in a set of super duper noise cancelling earbuds for me and mrs Warch. Not cheap at 6 quid a pair (although you can pay ten times that) but absolutely gamechangingly effective at cancelling out things like Stihl saws, tracked machinery, reversing beepers and concrete breaking right outside my bedroom window at three in the morning.  

It gets better. Some septuagenarian Daily Male in the village has been around to photograph the progress on the level crossing  (9.45 and still no one on site!) for his own self aggrandisement on social meeja. Luckily I'm no longer on the village Facebook page because my response would be some along the lines of;

No you worthless old git, there isn't anyone on site because they were there all weekend in the pissing rain rushing to finish the job four days ahead of schedule including past 3 o'clock this morning when you were fast asleep. They can't reopen the road because the resurfacing crew isn't available until Wednesday  (information volunteered by the bloke from Network Rail) and they can't put road plates over the railway line in the meantime because (and IANA train driver) the trains probably wouldn't like it.

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

I'm becoming more and more in the Guy Martin camp that there's a conspiracy to force football down peoples throats to stop them realising how much shit theyre in.

I bet you don't get free tickets, do you? 😉

[jakebullet]

I'm on a terrible caravan holiday. There's grade 1 scum next door.

No smoking sign? That only applies to tobacco not weed.

One is a shirtless moron wearing shorts n flip-flops cos the ladies* love a bit of gut hanging out. They've done preloading and just gone out. Mr gut has accessorised with a cagoule n his gut still hanging out. Be fighting them off with a shitty stick.

Can't wait till the 2am Jerry Springer fights.