The grumpy thread

[myglaren]

Would this be any better?

 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, myglaren said:

Would this be any better?

 

It might be, I've not seen that before, but I'm not going back out now. I have successfully walked the dog with my fingerbob (it is tempting to paint a face and stick ears on it but that might involve use of Stanley knife again. 

Chieveley is interested. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I love it when the clocks change in the autumn as darker evenings means I'm more likely to get my telescope out and do some astronomy...

[Rocket88]

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

Would this be any better?

 

Basically, Superglue 

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, Rocket88 said:

Basically, Superglue 

That's what my mum has been using for years.

That or nail varnish, which stings a bit......

[AnnoyingPentium]

On 26/10/2024 at 21:15, Spiny Norman said:

When I got my 2001 CRV I went and checked to see whether or not it was exempt from Glasgow's ULEZ zone and was quite surprised to see that it was.

Checked it again the other day and now presumably because I've put a private plate on it, it's coming up as not allowed.
Not that I'm ever in the ULEZ zone but since they're doing major fuckage with both the M8 and M73 motorways just now it's quite possible that I may have to divert through the city centre coming back from my mate's place in the east end.

From my experience of the fuckery around M8/77/74 etc, they disable the ULEZ cameras on diversion routes. But they'll book you if you stray outside of the posted diversion within the ULEZ. YMMV and aw that.

[somewhatfoolish]

I think they're trying to annoy motorists enough that they all converge on George Square and set fire to the city chambers, then it can be demolished and a statue of Alec Salmond erected instead*.

 

Probably not, just sell it to some developer to put up more student halls of residence.*

[reb]

I'm browsing houses and land for sale, daydreaming about the unlikely possibility of winning a million on the premium bonds.

By fuck is it grim.

I'd want something more or less like what I rent at the moment, but maybe with a bigger garden and kitchen and an extra bedroom.

Nothing doing anywhere I've looked so far. Unless I want to blow the whole million on some minor mansion and have nothing left over to rennovate and maintain the place.

Everything seems to just be generic shit with tiny rooms and tiny gardens. Land suitable for building on seems to only come in small plots that would leave fuck all space for a decent garden.

 

It's all academic though since it's not going to happen.

[Dyslexic Viking]

4 minutes ago, reb said:

I'm browsing houses and land for sale, daydreaming about the unlikely possibility of winning a million on the premium bonds.

By fuck is it grim.

I'd want something more or less like what I rent at the moment, but maybe with a bigger garden and kitchen and an extra bedroom.

Nothing doing anywhere I've looked so far. Unless I want to blow the whole million on some minor mansion and have nothing left over to rennovate and maintain the place.

Everything seems to just be generic shit with tiny rooms and tiny gardens. Land suitable for building on seems to only come in small plots that would leave fuck all space for a decent garden.

 

It's all academic though since it's not going to happen.

Marry a Norwegian and move to Norway, lots of cheap rural properties here.

Alternatively, Sweden and Finland.

[reb]

1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Marry

This might prove an issue as I'm terribly offputting.

 

What's the best site to window shop such cheap properties?

[Dyslexic Viking]

4 minutes ago, reb said:

What's the best site to window shop such cheap properties?

292 properties under 70,000 pounds in Norway cheapest to most expensive

https://www.finn.no/realestate/homes/search.html?property_type=1&property_type=11&property_type=18&property_type=9&sort=PRICE_ASKING_ASC&is_new_property=false&price_from=50000&price_to=1000000

[somewhatfoolish]

@Dyslexic Viking regularly posts rural nordic idylls on the Shitemove thread. Invariably they are ridiculously cheap compared to equivalents in the UK.

[hairnet]

so yer in leicester all day and come out and get to motorway and the sign says blocked at get on

ffs

get 200 yards and stopped 15 mins

the next junction is half a mile away

going looking for somewhere to stay as im not dealing with that

get off and the cheapest place to stay which was only 3 miles from the junction

the place i was in last night in the room across the corridor from last night

also as i got off the motorway the traffic stopped and as i went under it - still stopped

google said 18 miles = an hour to the a50

fek that

tay and star trek now

good job dont start till friday (the reason i told them as knew going home at this time from here would be a problem )

daft but not insane

[Remspoor]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Marry a Norwegian and move to Norway, lots of cheap rural properties here.

Alternatively, Sweden and Finland.

Yer but it bloody dark at this time of year. Who wants that?😉

[hairnet]

even tho had important appointment today and i do know what day it is

keep thinking its wednesday tomorrow

no hope

or is that what the east mids does to you

[jakebullet]

Mad Jean reappeared to attack the Mrs, 'cos Jean's been in hospital and nobody came to visit or even ask how she is. She wants leaving alone to die with her sick husband, carry on living your selfish lives.

Er, you didn't make the bbc breaking news, so how are we supposed to know?

Worse, the poetry* is back:

The spark.... The spark of sacred fire is He, the Saviour who died  upon the cruel cross for me, Died in agony and misery for  my sin to set me free. His hands and feet were pierced He bled, It is finished then He said, "Forgive them for they know not what they do" "" but, have no fear H,ll will reappear, I will come back to you" The crowds will cheer, "That man is here"and want to to touch His hem. Christ crucified, the onewho died, is back on earth again.

[maxxo]

Apparently in late 2022 my XM had its timing belt plus both auxiliary belts replaced

okay fair enough some debris could have caused this

however the V belt driving the hydraulic pump, note how sunken into the pulley it is

i decided for the sake of £6 to replace it today while doing the alternator belt, why not I have to take it off anyway

hmmmmmmm apparently 2 years old, I’m sorry I don’t believe it

look how much better the new one sits on the pulley 

I don’t care that it probably wasn’t replaced, it’s more the fact I’ve got an invoice stating it was, clearly lying

its now got me doubting if the timing belt was actually done to the point when I can afford it I’m half tempted to get it done again

[Split_Pin]

I've had 2 cars at least where the aux belt has lasted several years less than the timing belt, my Clio 172 and Audi TT being 2 examples. 

[Rust Collector]

10 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Worse, the poetry* is back:

The spark.... The spark of sacred fire is He, the Saviour who died  upon the cruel cross for me, Died in agony and misery for  my sin to set me free. His hands and feet were pierced He bled, It is finished then He said, "Forgive them for they know not what they do" "" but, have no fear H,ll will reappear, I will come back to you" The crowds will cheer, "That man is here"and want to to touch His hem. Christ crucified, the onewho died, is back on earth again.

I think you should join in with her, and contribute some poetry about our lord and saviour:

‘Jesus Christ, super star, came from heaven on a Yamaha…’

[Rocket88]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

I think you should join in with her, and contribute some poetry about our lord and saviour:

‘Jesus Christ, super star, came from heaven on a Yamaha…’

Reading back on some of your posts about the author of this epic tome, I do get the impression that the Good Lord is probably now regretting some of his career decisions…

[captain_70s]

9 hours ago, maxxo said:

 

hmmmmmmm apparently 2 years old, I’m sorry I don’t believe it

I can. The Dolomite's aux belt is about the same age and looks much the same. Just cheap modern rubber.

[jakebullet]

Mad Jean again:

DEAR LORD JESUS I AM PRAYING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE PEACEFUL LIFE SO I PRAY AND ASK YOU TO HELP ME TO FIND A AN PEACEFUL , HAPPIER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE SUCH AS TO LIVE IN LINDISFARNE KNOWN AS HOLY ISLAND, PLEASE LORD HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR DEAR NAMESAKE JESUS I ASK THIS.Amen.

I'm not a member of club Jesus, but surely this is wrong? Jesus isn't a magic lamp you can rub and get free wishes? Heal the sick, feed the starving, and I'd like to order a new washing machine Jesus, the one on page 342 of the argos catalogue. AMEN!

Even if THE LORD shouted GRANTED! and lo, mad Jean is transported to holy moly, isn't it going to have just a few tourists passing her door every day, just the same as her current house in Whitby? Plus currently driving 0.5 miles to co-op is an epic journey, so how's being on a tidal island going to work?

[IronStar]

The local big supermarket has new security staff standing by self-checkout. As usual here, they’re there for insurance reasons, like 60 and I can’t possibly imagine them stopping someone able-bodied from carrying out half the (painfully understaffed) store. Unlike the previous ones, who were aware of this and were super friendly and helpful towards (mostly older) people stuck with self-checkouts, new guys apparently aren’t and are taking it way too seriously. Standing half a meter behind you, breathing down your neck, laser-focused on what you’re doing, without even saying hello. I’m not a knuckledragger nor do I shoplift, but I’m torn between wanting to turn around and ask for some fucking breathing space, turning around and showing them out the way, and walking out with an entire shopping basket unscanned to see what happens and what’s the plan to stop someone twice their size. Judging by the tension in the air, reactions from other shoppers seem to be similar to mine.  
Is giving them some basic manners training if they obviously don’t have it, or using common sense to leave people a bit of personal space really all that complicated? 

[grogee]

10 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

Mad Jean again:

DEAR LORD JESUS I AM PRAYING TO HAVE A MUCH MORE PEACEFUL LIFE SO I PRAY AND ASK YOU TO HELP ME TO FIND A AN PEACEFUL , HAPPIER AND BETTER PLACE TO LIVE SUCH AS TO LIVE IN LINDISFARNE KNOWN AS HOLY ISLAND, PLEASE LORD HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR DEAR NAMESAKE JESUS I ASK THIS.Amen.

I'm not a member of club Jesus, but surely this is wrong? Jesus isn't a magic lamp you can rub and get free wishes? Heal the sick, feed the starving, and I'd like to order a new washing machine Jesus, the one on page 342 of the argos catalogue. AMEN!

Even if THE LORD shouted GRANTED! and lo, mad Jean is transported to holy moly, isn't it going to have just a few tourists passing her door every day, just the same as her current house in Whitby? Plus currently driving 0.5 miles to co-op is an epic journey, so how's being on a tidal island going to work?

I'm new to Mad Jean but I'm enjoying the updates, and the fact that I don't live near her. 

What media is she using to communicate with Our Lord - Teams, FB Messenger, WhatsApp or spoken word...? 

Re: Jesus/magic lamp - I watched a Simpsons episode recently which explored this very theme. 

[Pieman]

I think she's the one buying the drugs being grown by Jake's neighbours (I am still convinced that's what's going on in there anyway).

[Yoss]

Well it's an improvement, I can see skin regrowing which is quite miraculous really. 

The worst bit was because I had wrapped it in bandage the skin had started growing into the bandage so that was fun to remove. But lots of soaking and very slow peeling got it off.

But now I can see where the damage is I was able to put a plaster on which wasn't possible yesterday as there was so much blood. Should be OK now. 

 

[jakebullet]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

I'm new to Mad Jean but I'm enjoying the updates, and the fact that I don't live near her. 

What media is she using to communicate with Our Lord - Teams, FB Messenger, WhatsApp or spoken word...? 

Re: Jesus/magic lamp - I watched a Simpsons episode recently which explored this very theme. 

Same as everything else, posts it on her facebook wall, and facebook will magically route it to the correct person. As well as Jesus she's told the chemist that she doesn't want any more of the following medication by scribbling NO!!! on a repeat prescription (strangely* wrote yes next to Valium). Plus writing to Sir Keir by the same technique.

She did experiment by trying to find the correct person, but has gone off that one after picking 20 or so fake fiddlers when she wanted a chat with Andre Rieu.

[barefoot]

4 hours ago, jakebullet said:

but surely this is wrong? Jesus isn't a magic lamp you can rub and get free wishes?

'When I was back in seminary school, there was a person there who put forth the proposition that you can petition the Lord with prayer...'

[MikeR]

18 hours ago, maxxo said:

Apparently in late 2022 my XM had its timing belt plus both auxiliary belts replaced

okay fair enough some debris could have caused this

however the V belt driving the hydraulic pump, note how sunken into the pulley it is

i decided for the sake of £6 to replace it today while doing the alternator belt, why not I have to take it off anyway

hmmmmmmm apparently 2 years old, I’m sorry I don’t believe it

look how much better the new one sits on the pulley 

I don’t care that it probably wasn’t replaced, it’s more the fact I’ve got an invoice stating it was, clearly lying

its now got me doubting if the timing belt was actually done to the point when I can afford it I’m half tempted to get it done again

tbh , I have bought 2 new belts the same in the past ,fitted them to a double pulley system and one belt has been a lot lower in its pulley than the other one , with a result that the belts fight each other and squeal due to the differing turning diameters , some selective shopping to cure that one ..  could of just been a shit belt .

[Rust Collector]

2 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Same as everything else, posts it on her facebook wall, and facebook will magically route it to the correct person.

To be fair to her, although she hasn’t directly sent the message to Jesus, she has written it in ALL CAPS so that there’s a better chance that he hears her.