The grumpy thread

[Erebus]

On 06/10/2024 at 09:12, beko1987 said:

I love snowfoam and have always got on with it, but I use a foam cannon that fits on the pressure washer. Always been a bit dubious of these hand pump things that seems to be the current tend.

Nice thick foam from the lance, then go round with the brushes and do the trims and tightwork. A good rinse and 70% of the dirt should come right off

It works better if you clean the car every week/2 weeks. A foam and rinse on a well waxed car will be all you need

But that's alot of effort 😂

 

That looks like good stuff.  What brand of snowfoam is it?

[beko1987]

2 minutes ago, Erebus said:

That looks like good stuff.  What brand of snowfoam is it?

Autosmart stuff. At the end of my 5l bottle now after 4 years, will need more next spring 😂 I'm going to go back to this stuff though, I've had it before and it was very nice

https://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product/elite-snow-foam-professional-pre-wash-foam-5-litre/

My foam cannon is one like this (I paid way more for it but they were quite new at the time as a product) 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387371736232?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ef_jdcfat2a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Just buy the one that fits your pressure washer lance fitting. 

I've been known to do a cheeky re foam before washing too, makes it lovely and slick.

My purchase this year was one of these! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364958308098?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=konpgmwnr9s&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=634556185759&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Their bloody brilliant as you can get up close without having the lance in the way. Makes doing door shuts and the boot shut easier. Easy to almost shoot yourself in the face doing under the wheel arches and sills too... 😂 Good job I had my glasses on 😬

[Erebus]

14 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Autosmart stuff. At the end of my 5l bottle now after 4 years, will need more next spring 😂 I'm going to go back to this stuff though, I've had it before and it was very nice

https://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/product/elite-snow-foam-professional-pre-wash-foam-5-litre/

My foam cannon is one like this (I paid way more for it but they were quite new at the time as a product) 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387371736232?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ef_jdcfat2a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Just buy the one that fits your pressure washer lance fitting. 

I've been known to do a cheeky re foam before washing too, makes it lovely and slick.

My purchase this year was one of these! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364958308098?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=konpgmwnr9s&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=QOvj0cTJQtq&var=634556185759&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Their bloody brilliant as you can get up close without having the lance in the way. Makes doing door shuts and the boot shut easier. Easy to almost shoot yourself in the face doing under the wheel arches and sills too... 😂 Good job I had my glasses on 😬

That's great info.  Thanks very much.  Appreciate it

[vulgalour]

So far I've been referred by my gp to a mental health team, another mental health team, and a mental health nurse.  I've also been instructed to self-refer to a mental health service.

The result of that is being told that the self-referral was the only thing I needed to actually do as the other referrals were just going to refer me there anyway.

Considering I have issues with memory and get easily confused this isn't helping me recover!  Latest shenanigans has been getting a new sick note which I was supposed to receive on Friday (so my notes tell me) but the gp didn't call me to confirm.  They have completed the sick note but I only know that because I chased it up today and then found out they've left a several day gap between it and the last one even though I'm not fit to work.  Apparently I will get a call later today confirming correct note and receive a copy I can then send to my employer.

Why does it always feel with mental health care that the onus is on the patient to take control of their recovery, and not on the provider to actually provide care?  (this is a rhetorical question)

 

Anyway, I'm getting really fed up of being ill now and would quite like everything to go back to normal so I can Get Shit Done.

 

[Keymaster]

@vulgalour, a couple of weeks ago I was where you are virtually word for word. I'm at week 4 of being signed off and finally the brain fog has started to thin out a bit. Stick with it, use the Wysa app or similar if they've sent it to you - I found it a bit naff at first but it does help.

[vulgalour]

Sick note updated and received, dates corrected, so that's something.  Also found out the self-referral appointment I thought was on Friday wasn't, the phone call I got then was from one of the other mental health teams that were discharging me from their services since I was with the self-referred service.  Said service also manage two different systems and the reason they haven't called me on Friday is actually the earliest I was supposed to hear from them was today, so I should get an appointment this week when someone has reviewed my assessment and assigned a worker to my case.

I'm writing this down more as a place to jog my memory than anything else and to highlight how confusing this is even without brain problems.  It's an absolute shambles.  I'm also supposed to be getting the results of a blood test done last week but I don't know if that's something I chase up or not, and if it is something I chase up I have no idea how long I am or am not supposed to leave it.  Hopefully the test comes back totally normal so we can hopefully rule out a physical cause.

I'm still pro-NHS, in principle, but in practice it's an overstretched underfunded chaotic nightmare due to decades of neglect and the care I'm currently receiving is representative of the state of things.

[Zelandeth]

Not even anything on the door to explain why they're closed two hours plus change earlier than the posted hours this time.  Heaven forbid I actually needed anything that was really urgent.

[sierraman]

Why are DHL so impossible to deal with? Unless you physically answer the door they will not deliver the parcel, what about normal people that have these things called jobs that involve not being stood at the back of letterboxes all day. Why can’t they use some fucking common sense and leave with a neighbour or drop it off somewhere relatively close by. Instead I’ve now got to do a 40 minute round trip to collect a fucking parcel. Wasting yet more of my time. 

[MikeR]

Went out for a shop , Asda , again a  SUV parked up with bald tyres , not just low tread , but all the wear marks well worn as well , FFS sake don't people bother anymore and they prob complain when some SUV punches the road  barrier on a wet day .. 

[Metal Guru]

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[Bren]

Had a tooth pulled last Friday. For some reason it has flattened me - not helped by doing a weekend of nights. Really tired with no energy.

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, MikeR said:

Went out for a shop , Asda , again a  SUV parked up with bald tyres , not just low tread , but all the wear marks well worn as well , FFS sake don't people bother anymore and they prob complain when some SUV punches the road  barrier on a wet day .. 

Nope it's someone else's responsibility.

[MikeR]

walked past a house yesterday on the way to Tesco ," Professional roofers " were setting up outside a house , fat twat on roof yelling at worker to carry full roll of felt up a ladder to roof top via ladder access , walked back today and they were finishing off , fat twat sat in van , had a look a the roof and edges were all over the place , new felt was draped over old felt near the chimney , no sign of a tar boiler or blow torch , looked a shit job from the ground ..

made a note of van signage and not to ever consider them .....

[maxxo]

Fucking evri again

needed to post a t shirt, surely they can’t fuck that up

the parcel printer in the shop didn’t print but charged me, rang their customer services and they were saying they can’t do anything for 2 weeks

right, feeling pissed off there

opened the Monzo app, disputed the transaction and then 2 hours later I got it refunded

i like Monzo, shame they’re online only but they’re annoyingly good

[lesapandre]

On 08/10/2024 at 12:36, sierraman said:

Why are DHL so impossible to deal with? Unless you physically answer the door they will not deliver the parcel, what about normal people that have these things called jobs that involve not being stood at the back of letterboxes all day. Why can’t they use some fucking common sense and leave with a neighbour or drop it off somewhere relatively close by. Instead I’ve now got to do a 40 minute round trip to collect a fucking parcel. Wasting yet more of my time. 

If you can and it's not valuable I always opt for the drop off to a local shop or business that has a drop point.

In France the local cafés have taken this up to boost their income - so makes life very easy.

[lesapandre]

On 07/10/2024 at 18:21, vulgalour said:

Sick note updated and received, dates corrected, so that's something.  Also found out the self-referral appointment I thought was on Friday wasn't, the phone call I got then was from one of the other mental health teams that were discharging me from their services since I was with the self-referred service.  Said service also manage two different systems and the reason they haven't called me on Friday is actually the earliest I was supposed to hear from them was today, so I should get an appointment this week when someone has reviewed my assessment and assigned a worker to my case.

I'm writing this down more as a place to jog my memory than anything else and to highlight how confusing this is even without brain problems.  It's an absolute shambles.  I'm also supposed to be getting the results of a blood test done last week but I don't know if that's something I chase up or not, and if it is something I chase up I have no idea how long I am or am not supposed to leave it.  Hopefully the test comes back totally normal so we can hopefully rule out a physical cause.

I'm still pro-NHS, in principle, but in practice it's an overstretched underfunded chaotic nightmare due to decades of neglect and the care I'm currently receiving is representative of the state of things.

Very sorry to hear all this.

If your GP referred you - the results should be back in about a week I find.

Even if your GP did not refer you they will get a copy - if you've not had anything back after 10 days I'd chase.

I'd discuss the results with your GP.

 Bloods can tell a lot and as you say may come back normal but may show something up - which in itself may help to explain your symptoms.

If you are not getting on with your GP (I have no indication) shop around for another it can make a big difference.

Hope all goes well.

[lesapandre]

On 07/10/2024 at 18:54, Zelandeth said:

Not even anything on the door to explain why they're closed two hours plus change earlier than the posted hours this time.  Heaven forbid I actually needed anything that was really urgent.

It's probably a staffing issue. Boot's is owned by US private equity - staff may feel pissed off and 'work to rule '.

[Spiny Norman]

5 hours ago, maxxo said:

Fucking evri again

+1 😠

They've managed to deliver my eBay parcel to the Click & Collect desk at Argos without me getting any confirmation so I waited over a week before sending an 'Item not received' claim to eBay which resluted in a phone call hopefully to sort the situation because without the QR code I can't pick the thing up and ther's no acknowledgement at all the thing's even been delivered apart from a photo of a parcel on a desk on Evri's tracker.

Argos send stuff back to the seller if a package isn't collected within 7 days and that's now elapsed, still with no notification being sent.
What a shower of tossers they are...

[SunnySouth]

13 minutes ago, Spiny Norman said:

+1 😠

They've managed to deliver my eBay parcel to the Click & Collect desk at Argos without me getting any confirmation so I waited over a week before sending an 'Item not received' claim to eBay which resluted in a phone call hopefully to sort the situation because without the QR code I can't pick the thing up and ther's no acknowledgement at all the thing's even been delivered apart from a photo of a parcel on a desk on Evri's tracker.

Argos send stuff back to the seller if a package isn't collected within 7 days and that's now elapsed, still with no notification being sent.
What a shower of tossers they are...

I have no f’king idea why anyone uses ‘budget’ couriers like this lot, it’s asking for trouble. I do the odd bit of ebaying and everything goes via Postman Pat’s red wagon with the King’s crown on the side, dispatched via the staff at my local Post Office. It’s slightly more expensive but it usually gets there!

A couple of times an inbound parcel has gone for a wander, and their tracking has always been accurate and honest so far - “Oops, we sent your parcel to furthest point of Scotland by mistake….” etc; annoying but at least they know where it is!

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

It's probably a staffing issue. Boot's is owned by US private equity - staff may feel pissed off and 'work to rule '.

They're owned by Walgreen's, their US equivalent, though any US ownership is not usually good for service levels.

[maxxo]

34 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

I have no f’king idea why anyone uses ‘budget’ couriers like this lot, it’s asking for trouble. I do the odd bit of ebaying and everything goes via Postman Pat’s red wagon with the King’s crown on the side, dispatched via the staff at my local Post Office. It’s slightly more expensive but it usually gets there!

A couple of times an inbound parcel has gone for a wander, and their tracking has always been accurate and honest so far - “Oops, we sent your parcel to furthest point of Scotland by mistake….” etc; annoying but at least they know where it is!

Because there’s not much choice otherwise 

I tend to use the Royal Mail these days and good old postman pat and they’ve never fucked up

i used to like sending via DHL as they were staggeringly reliable and efficient but they’ve become a faff on

evri have been completely mixed for me, sometimes good sometimes shite no inbetween 

that’s why I only send low value stuff with them now after a fiasco with a computer which I still feel bad about

[calebaaront]

The joys of selling on marketplace

 

[lesapandre]

Why do they do it? Why? To flip, for fun - it's just ridiculous. When they ask I'd just increase the price. £250? Nope £750...that's  a £250 'service charge' for each daft question.

IMHO for a lot of stuff the internet is finished.

[Stanky]

Just tell them that if they cannot afford £500 then the world of car ownership is not for them, and perhaps any money they can put aside may be best spent on either bus tickets or a pushbike.

 

[horriblemercedes]

My next door neighbour (and good friend) died yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. 

My memories of Saturdays in the sun, working on our cars together will be cherished. 

 

RIP Mark. One of the good ones. 

[jakebullet]

CND has expanded his fleet to 2 x transit tippers + obligatory no MOT disco 4*

He has zero off road parking, so pikey 1 is blocking the rear access road, pikey 2 he's playing touch park Hazel's fiat 500, disco dumped wherever Katie Price has least distance to walk. Hazel has grown a bit of backbone, and parked a smidge further back so there's no space for pikey 2, with the result he's still touch parking, but also blocking old fella next door's drive as well. Fucks given, zero.

We have a serial bullseye winner nearby (caravan, speedboat, trailer, works van, tesla, smoll car 1 & 2), and have none of this shit from him 'cos he's got the brain power to buy a house with suitable parking.

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, calebaaront said:

The joys of selling on marketplace

 

Huh, is there a sale fred I missed?

[Chas4545]

On 07/10/2024 at 18:21, vulgalour said:

Sick note updated and received, dates corrected, so that's something.  Also found out the self-referral appointment I thought was on Friday wasn't, the phone call I got then was from one of the other mental health teams that were discharging me from their services since I was with the self-referred service.  Said service also manage two different systems and the reason they haven't called me on Friday is actually the earliest I was supposed to hear from them was today, so I should get an appointment this week when someone has reviewed my assessment and assigned a worker to my case.

I'm writing this down more as a place to jog my memory than anything else and to highlight how confusing this is even without brain problems.  It's an absolute shambles.  I'm also supposed to be getting the results of a blood test done last week but I don't know if that's something I chase up or not, and if it is something I chase up I have no idea how long I am or am not supposed to leave it.  Hopefully the test comes back totally normal so we can hopefully rule out a physical cause.

I'm still pro-NHS, in principle, but in practice it's an overstretched underfunded chaotic nightmare due to decades of neglect and the care I'm currently receiving is representative of the state of things.

Get the nhs app on your phone and you will be able to see blood test results etc.  The nice thing about blood tests is they are either in  or out of the nhs limits. If they are out , theres the problem.  Good luck with it.

[New POD]

On 10/10/2024 at 18:21, horriblemercedes said:

My next door neighbour (and good friend) died yesterday after a long struggle with cancer. 

My memories of Saturdays in the sun, working on our cars together will be cherished. 

 

RIP Mark. One of the good ones. 

Cancer really is a fucker. 

[maxxo]

down at the parents house today

replaced the torn and shredded jacket on their hot water cylinder

what a cunt of a job, absolutely no room to the sides

Oh aye and it was red hot as well so that felt really enjoyable

i really enjoyed squeezing my hands round the back of some nice hot copper, with even hotter pipes coming out of it, I’m surprised I didn’t actually burn myself

The string was a bastard as well to put round it

only took me a good half an hour

i know it’s not the best string work but no I don’t care