The grumpy thread

[alcyonecorporation]

IT'S POLLITT TWITTER BINGO TIME!!!!
 

'I was right all along'

'I knew he was a wrong 'un, I told you so, where's my humanitarian award to sanctimony?'
 

'People deserve second chances'

'Courts make mistakes, y'know, I'm the only one being objective here'

'This is, actually, all about me'

[myglaren]

I always buy butter, haven't had any alternative for as long as I can remember.  Cook with butter quite a lot.

But it always, or almost always, needs a quick zap in the microwave to soften it although it is always left out, never in the fridge.

Have had a grandson living with me for a year and to avoid the microwave nonsense I bought "I can't beleeeeve it's not butter" for him.  He is gone now and although I bought half a dozen blocks of butter yesterday, thought I may as well finish off the ICBINB off, and almost new tub.

I was thinking the ham must be off, but then had some earlier in a sandwich with butter,

Disgusterous!  The grease is just 'orrible.

And I don't buy expensive butter, just the FarmFoods Irish stuff.  Read recently that Aldi butter is supposed to be the best and superior to the Danish stuff, may try it next time I need any.

[Back_For_More]

I know this may sound weird.... But it's really getting g on my tits tbh. 

Why in the ever fucking moronic planet are we repeatedly shown Speeding Kills adverts all the time (wait for it warriors) 

WITHOUT 

A equally vociferous message to the gormless fuckwits with an updated Green Cross Code ffs. 

Yes - take it easy and be careful behind your death wagon. But can we please have the same shit ton of adverts saying something like - GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR PHONE AND WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU FUCKING SELF ABSORBED BADGER FELCHER! 

sorry.... But it isn't just the drivers fault every time

 

Explanation.... 

Stupid fat tart, head in phone walks straight onto the road on a fucking roundabout... 

Brakes slammed on... Horn blast. 

She screamed - You should've not pulled out.... 

My response - I had every right, it's a pity your dad didn't though..... 

She'd have wrecked the car to be fair.... Just HUGE 

[comfortablynumb]

There was a hilarious clip doing the rounds a while ago about some bint on the phone walking straight into an ornamental pond.

When it went viral, she was moaning about it not being funny.

Oh yes it was 🤣

[sheffcortinacentre]

I'm sick of the speed kills obsession, wreckless driving is far worse epidemic.

As for the pedestrian, I was told the motorist has to rely on sight to avoid an accident were as pedestrians, cyclist etc can both see & hear traffic so has more chance of avoiding accidents.

[richardmorris]

Bit of a grump today. In to work at 7 to prepare for an BSi audit at 9.  Make sure i get the actual work sent out before the day is overtaken. Phone call at 8.15 saying the auditor was ill and couldn’t make it ( fair enough), could reschedule remotely for today, but we are on 1mb broadband so that doesn’t work. They’ve rescheduled for the 16th.

My grump is that if I had cancelled for illness, we would have to pay the £1100 day fee plus the same again for the rearranged date. They don’t pay anything in compensation for my time.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I'm sick of the speed kills obsession, wreckless driving is far worse epidemic.

As for the pedestrian, I was told the motorist has to rely on sight to avoid an accident were as pedestrians, cyclist etc can both see & hear traffic so has more chance of avoiding accidents.

Not so easy for pedestrians to hear EVs though, especially in noisy towns

[EspenO]

On 30/09/2024 at 06:30, somewhatfoolish said:

How so? The logical locations are co-located with universities that produce research scientists or near centres of population where those scientists might like to live.

Or, y’know, near the phenomena they wish to study.

I suspect we’re more in agreement than you think.

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Not so easy for pedestrians to hear EVs though, especially in noisy towns

But EVs aren't that much quieter than a modern petrol engine in reality. All this talk of them being silent is bollocks, at least from the outside.

[somewhatfoolish]

Very rarely; there are no universities at the top of Mauna Kea or at ORM on La Palma, the observatories are operated by detached teams of astronomers or in some instances technology now allows them to be operated remotely by the universities. 

[jakebullet]

I can never go to the cinema again.

Bit back went to the matrix 25th >>> Ray's Mrs. dies unexpectedly while I'm in the cinema with phone off.

Today, Interstellar on 70mm >>> Come back to Ma having a total breakdown. All she keeps saying is "I can't make kettle work". She either thinks it's cos she can't see to use it, or has dementia n forgot how. Reality is the bastard thing has chosen just now to shuffle off to silicon heaven.

Cinema kills!

[somewhatfoolish]

I'd say that's grounds to buy a cinema membership and go once a week.

[EspenO]

26 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Very rarely; there are no universities at the top of Mauna Kea or at ORM on La Palma, the observatories are operated by detached teams of astronomers or in some instances technology now allows them to be operated remotely by the universities. 

The methods of observing chiroptera and celestial bodies of course having many similarities.

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm by no means an expert on vivisection but I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that no-one does it in caves or indeed any other natural homes for bats.

[EspenO]

I’m sure they’d want a handy research facility nearby, yes. 

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I'm sick of the speed kills obsession, wreckless driving is far worse epidemic.

As for the pedestrian, I was told the motorist has to rely on sight to avoid an accident were as pedestrians, cyclist etc can both see & hear traffic so has more chance of avoiding accidents.

I was in the USA in Oregon about 20 years ago and they had “common sense” speed limits. Middle of the night , deserted freeway in good weather, 90mph , no problem. 
30 past a school or too fast for bad weather even if below posted limit, you’d get a ticket. Don’t know if they still have this or not. Probably green Libby has got it changed.

There’s a radio ad on at the moment, with a driver in remorse for (presumably having a crash) because he did 68mph instead of 60. It’s bad driving (which may or may not including speeding), that causes accidents, not purely speed.

But bad driving (reckless/ dangerous / driving without care etc) is subjective and needs to be proven . Plod doesn’t like this , it’s hard work. Over the speed limit, easy to prove, don’t even need a person to be involved. Case solved for plod, clear up rate improved, box ticked by chief constable.

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Not so easy for pedestrians to hear EVs though, especially in noisy towns

Another problem with them.

[somewhatfoolish]

EVs make towns quieter.

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Not so easy for pedestrians to hear EVs though, especially in noisy towns

I’m sure the manufacturers could easily engineer something with a proximity detector that activates a pre-recorded loud speaker announcement along the lines of “oi! Moron on the phone, get out of the f@cking way!”

[New POD]

4 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’m sure the manufacturers could easily engineer something with a proximity detector that activates a pre-recorded loud speaker announcement along the lines of “oi! Moron on the phone, get out of the f@cking way!”

I've been cycling a lot on shared paths. Having a bell seems to work. 

[beko1987]

7 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

EVs make towns quieter.

I've learnt to listen out for the crunch of the tyres over the road nowadays, especially when going slow. 

I've been teaching the kids to judge the speed of cars now, especially Eva. Helps a bit when she crosses the bigger roads to school that have faster speeds. It is working I think as she's started grumbling about the drivers who do 50/60 in the 40 she crosses occasionally

And slowly instilling the same mantra I try and use, which is it hurts to get hit by a vehicle no matter who'se fault it was, don't do it 👌

[somewhatfoolish]

They should quietly play 'green sleeves', but as ice cream van chimes.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

I've learnt to listen out for the crunch of the tyres over the road nowadays, especially when going slow. 

I've been teaching the kids to judge the speed of cars now, especially Eva. Helps a bit when she crosses the bigger roads to school that have faster speeds. It is working I think as she's started grumbling about the driver who do 50/60 in the 40 she crosses occasionally

And slowly instilling the same mantra I try and use, which is it hurts to get hit by a vehicle no matter who'se fault it was, don't do it 👌

Teaching my granny to suck eggs possibly, but when you teach kids to use Zebra and Pedestrian crossings, make sure they understand that the cars need to be stopped before they start crossing, and that a green man means proceed with caution and only then IF the cars have actually stopped. 

[beko1987]

45 minutes ago, New POD said:

Teaching my granny to suck eggs possibly, but when you teach kids to use Zebra and Pedestrian crossings, make sure they understand that the cars need to be stopped before they start crossing, and that a green man means proceed with caution and only then IF the cars have actually stopped. 

Oh yes. And not to stop right at the very edge of the road edge, stand back a bit and start looking. Nor to mill around, especially at zebra crossings. 

 

[24vdiamond]

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

They should quietly play 'green sleeves', but as ice cream van chimes.

They just need a couple of crates of empty milk bottles strapped to them, they would sound like the real deal and quite retro/nostalgic! 😁 

[adw1977]

11 hours ago, Yoss said:

But EVs aren't that much quieter than a modern petrol engine in reality. All this talk of them being silent is bollocks, at least from the outside.

When cruising along, yes.  But starting from standstill some EVs are remarkably quiet, wheras a petrol engine will always be revving a little bit to get started. 

[adw1977]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

I've been teaching the kids to judge the speed of cars now, especially Eva.

Pre-teenage children cannot judge speed as well as adults.  It doesn't matter how much they concentrate, their perception just isn't the same.

[somewhatfoolish]

30 and above tyre noise is predominant just like with most ICE cars, below that they are quieter. No consensus has emerged about how to deal with this, carmakers are all winging it with various noises but perhaps TRRL etc should work on a standard.

[Metal Guru]

1 minute ago, somewhatfoolish said:

30 and about tyre noise is predominant just like with most ICE cars, below that they are quieter. No consensus has emerged about how to deal with this, carmakers are all winging it with various noises but perhaps TRRL etc should work on a standard.

Seeing how most exhaust notes on ICEs are fake today, why not have a small library of engine sounds to choose from on your EV.

American V8, Ferrari or Aston V12, Lambo V10, Porsche flat 6, Subaru flat 4, Detroit 2 stroke diesel, Yamaha FS1E with copper pipe insert, B52, Concorde, Saturn V.

 

[New POD]

Or just build the CV joints with a bit of backlash so they rattle and whine a bit.