The grumpy thread

[Christine]

Well at least it's not gone mouldy

[myglaren]

I had a car battery delivered yesterday that was packaged far better than that.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Someone broke into a museum here last night and tore the doors off several irreplaceable old buildings and set the doors on fire.

One can really wonder what is wrong with people.

[Yoss]

4 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

Grump Part 3: do I need to say anymore?

amazingly "only" 1 tube out of these 6 got broken, but blimy what a piss poor packaging job from the seller, and then this is the response I get from the seller on the matter!

im sorry but thats bullshit! I have personally sent well over 100 tube across Europe and even to the USA without much in the way incident so it is entirely possible to post lightbulbs more securily than this! which involves lots of bubble wrap and ideally another box to place it in also

*grumble*

I like the way he thinks bubble wrap would be overkill. Isn't that exactly what bubble wrap is for? 

We don't deliberately jump up and down on packets but at the same time they all have to go in the big containers with all the other packets and that is absolutely not adequate packaging. Does he think we pick it up from him and carry it on its own all the way to you? 

I get a lot of model railway stuff through the post and most of it is packaged way better than that, and a lot of it comes in bubble wrap even though that is complete overkill apparently. Some doesn't and I have had some things arrive with damage. Unfortunately some people don't understand how the postal system works. 

[comfortablynumb]

20 hours ago, maxxo said:

Just had a chat with my next door neighbour

she kept apologising about her son being noisy

apparently whoever lived here previously used to complain all the time about him

in all honesty I barely hear anything

anyway even if I did does it matter?

hes an autistic seven year old, it doesn’t matter if he’s noisy or anything

i told her to not worry about it and let him do whatever makes him happy I don’t mind normal family noises

im grumpy that someone would complain about that

MK2 daughter, sil and 3 kids, 2 severely autistic, have just moved into an old cottage, semi-detached.

Sil went to meet the attached neighbours, an older couple, and to apologise in advance for the noise ( 3 yo screams a lot)

Response? ' Noise? What noise? And even if we hear it, it's not an issue, they're kids with needs!'

I think they've just found their forever hone

Edited December 11, 2024 by comfortablynumb
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[Zelandeth]

12 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I like the way he thinks bubble wrap would be overkill. Isn't that exactly what bubble wrap is for? 

We don't deliberately jump up and down on packets but at the same time they all have to go in the big containers with all the other packets and that is absolutely not adequate packaging. Does he think we pick it up from him and carry it on its own all the way to you? 

I get a lot of model railway stuff through the post and most of it is packaged way better than that, and a lot of it comes in bubble wrap even though that is complete overkill apparently. Some doesn't and I have had some things arrive with damage. Unfortunately some people don't understand how the postal system works. 

I still think my record was successfully receiving a Toshiba T3200 - 10+Kg of late 80s portable computer, with a fragile glass display panel from some idiot on eBay.  It was sent wrapped in a single layer of brown packing paper.  Nothing else whatsoever.

How the hell it arrived intact and undamaged I have no idea!

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

Grump Part 3: do I need to say anymore?

amazingly "only" 1 tube out of these 6 got broken, but blimy what a piss poor packaging job from the seller, and then this is the response I get from the seller on the matter!

im sorry but thats bullshit! I have personally sent well over 100 tube across Europe and even to the USA without much in the way incident so it is entirely possible to post lightbulbs more securily than this! which involves lots of bubble wrap and ideally another box to place it in also

*grumble*

You would make me a wee bit pissed off by writing Hello I hope all is well.

I bet you do not give a figs about how well I am😠

 

[High Jetter]

20 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

You would make me a wee bit pissed off by writing Hello I hope all is well.

It's modern speak fo 'Oi, shitface!'

[High Jetter]

Had an appointment for my kidney removal (has a small cancerous bit inside it, no trace of spread - just thanking fuck that radiographer spotted it on scan for something else) booked for Dec 19th. Perfect, my staff finish for hols on the 20th, and I have 2 quiet weeks over crimbo / new year in my recovery time so I won't be climbing walls. Then they rang wanting to change it to Jan 2nd - I explained how awkward that would be in comparison, they then came back wth Dec 17th a couple of weeks ago. Fine, I'll work round it, not so easy.

They rang again today, I'm back to Jan 2nd as someone has a more urgent situation. Can't argue with that, but a lot of re-arranging will have to be done.

[Rust Collector]

17 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Had an appointment for my kidney removal (has a small cancerous bit inside it, no trace of spread - just thanking fuck that radiographer spotted it on scan for something else) booked for Dec 19th. Perfect, my staff finish for hols on the 20th, and I have 2 quiet weeks over crimbo / new year in my recovery time so I won't be climbing walls. Then they rang wanting to change it to Jan 2nd - I explained how awkward that would be in comparison, they then came back wth Dec 17th a couple of weeks ago. Fine, I'll work round it, not so easy.

They rang again today, I'm back to Jan 2nd as someone has a more urgent situation. Can't argue with that, but a lot of re-arranging will have to be done.

If there’s anything I can do to assist whilst you’re recovering then don’t hesitate to give me a nudge, I’m only over the other side of the hill!

[High Jetter]

Just now, Rust Collector said:

If there’s anything I can do to assist whilst you’re recovering then don’t hesitate to give me a nudge, I’m only over the other side of the hill!

Ah man, that's really kind of you, thanks.

[maxxo]

8 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

MK2 daughter, sil and 3 kids, 2 severely autistic, have just moved into an old cottage, semi-detached.

Sil went to meet the attached neighbours, an older couple, and to apologise in advance for the noise ( 3 yo screams a lot)

Response? ' Noise? What noise? And even if we hear it, it's not an issue, they're kids with needs!'

I think they've just found their forever hone

aye that was exactly my reaction

it's very rare i actually hear anything, and if i do it sounds like just normal family noises

even so, who cares, i really don't care it's not an issue for me at all

i've told her not to worry at all about it

i get where she is coming from, apparently the last resident in my house wasn't very nice and complained about even the slightest noise

 

[Metal Guru]

12 hours ago, myglaren said:

I had a car battery delivered yesterday that was packaged far better than that.

I actually bought a roll of bubble wrap and it was packaged better than that. No joking, it was wrapped in another layer of it and packed in a large box.

[wuvvum]

I had two very bad nights on Monday and Tuesday.  Usually when I'm short on sleep I do stupid stuff, so I was quite pleased with myself when I managed to get to bedtime yesterday without any major mishaps or things I'd forgotten to do.

So imagine my amusement* when I left the house this morning to find that I'd left the driver's door of the Merc open all night.  It was drizzling most of the night here so the interior is now slightly* moist.

Excellent.

[reb]

Apparently the christmas cards I bought are slightly too big to go in any of the pockets of my army jacket.

If they did it would mean I could walk with them to the postbox in the village without having to carry a bag just to carry a bunch of paper and card.

[horriblemercedes]

We should probably let the army know - they'll be appalled as the main consideration in the design of their clothing is that it should be able to transport Christmas cards without hassle

[reb]

It's either the American army's fault for designing it wrong or the Austrian army's fault for manufacturing the pockets too small.

It is actually incredible how much you can carry in it though. When I still did film photography I could carry two camera bodies, three lenses, and a bunch of film, all without a camera bag.

[Datsuncog]

Reb, on his way to the postbox...

[Timewaster]

On 06/12/2024 at 22:06, Timewaster said:

Driving the Mrs car today, spot something fairly big laying in the road, couldn't see what it was.

Couldn't go around it so aimed for the middle and hoped for the best.

BANG! FUCK!!!

Pulled into an entrance at the side of the road accompanied by some awful scraping noise.

Reverse a bit and it is quiet, go forwards and its horrible scraping again. Whatever it is must be stuck underneath.

Stuck a wheel up o the kerb to see if I can get it out. Look underneath the car and there is a massive chunk of  metal on the ground and oil pissing out of a split in the sump.

Fucksticks.

Recovery truck time.

Update.

I got the bugger square on.

I also managed to mangle the bottom of the dipstick tube.

[Zelandeth]

53 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

Update.

I got the bugger square on.

I also managed to mangle the bottom of the dipstick tube.

You managed NOT to mangle the bottom of the crankshaft at least!

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, reb said:

Apparently the christmas cards I bought are slightly too big to go in any of the pockets of my army jacket.

If they did it would mean I could walk with them to the postbox in the village without having to carry a bag just to carry a bunch of paper and card.

Smoller cards are usually cheeper, a thought for next year.

[reb]

Just now, High Jetter said:

Smoller cards are usually cheeper, a thought for next year.

I deliberately bought slightly expensive "premium" cards, so it wouldn't make much difference to price anyway. By next year I'll be driving again, so the cards can be any size they like and go on the passenger seat while I post them while I'm out doing something else anyway!

 

New grump is that one of the camcorder batteries I got in a twin pack with a charger is duff. Don't want to return the whole lot since that seems like a waste. I've left a 1 star review, now to see if I can remember how to get in touch with an actual human at amazon.

[robt100]

7 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I had two very bad nights on Monday and Tuesday.  Usually when I'm short on sleep I do stupid stuff, so I was quite pleased with myself when I managed to get to bedtime yesterday without any major mishaps or things I'd forgotten to do.

So imagine my amusement* when I left the house this morning to find that I'd left the driver's door of the Merc open all night.  It was drizzling most of the night here so the interior is now slightly* moist.

Excellent.

On the plus side, the area ia safe enough to leave a door open all night without anything getting vandalized/nicked!

[wuvvum]

Aye, it's pretty quiet around here.  Living in the arse end of Norfolk has its advantages!

I ran the Merc for an hour when I got home from work with the heater and the heated seat on flat out, now I've got a blower heater sitting in the footwell drying out the carpet.  Fortunately as it was drizzle rather than heavy rain it doesn't seem to have soaked in too deeply...

[IronStar]

Went to change oil on the 159. Can’t put the socket on, subframe leg is in the way. Oh, okay, plug is a bit worn, but I’ll slip a wrench on and turn. Well this wrench is a bit shit and plug is very stuck, but surely it’ll be fi…slip. Bollocks. 
Thankfully there was a vacuum sucker so I managed to get the oil out and put the new one in, but now I need a new sump plug and will have to find a way to remove the fucker next time I’m doing an oil change.  

[chadders]

1 hour ago, robt100 said:

On the plus side, the area ia safe enough to leave a door open all night without anything getting vandalized/nicked!

Wuvvums reputation in Norfolk would ensure that wouldn't happen, he's like the Don Corleone of the Broads.

[Minimad5]

My 'grump'

Some clever f*cker has  cloaned my card, and enjoyed a wee spending spree. Bastards.

Bank appears to be dealing with returning the funds rather slowly. GR8. 🙈

[Wibble]

Went to visit my sister in Gloucestershire today and it turned into a 168 mile round trip. Shouldn’t have been but M4 east bound was closed from Swindon to Hungerford for pretty much all day, making my return trip somewhat longer.

The real grump though, is that I went to swap out her integrated Smeg dishwasher with a new Beko one. She’s had the Smeg repaired twice recently and was now being quoted £270 for a new board. Anyway, got to work to find the decor panel had been bonded to the inner door. I could see the original fixings after some dismantling of the inner door but could not get the outer door off without fucking it. It should lift up and off, by the look of the fittings but looks like it has been a problem in the past, so previous house owner resorted to multiple adhesive pads to stick it on and these weren’t budging. She decided, in the end, to return the new integrated machine for a free standing one and I’ll return when that’s done to install it.

Nice to see her, of course but what a fucking waste of a day. Left at 9am and was home at 4.20pm.

[High Jetter]

50 minutes ago, Minimad5 said:

My 'grump'

Some clever f*cker has  cloaned my card, and enjoyed a wee spending spree. Bastards.

Bank appears to be dealing with returning the funds rather slowly. GR8. 🙈

How were you compromised? 

[maxxo]

well

rather foolishly on the 17th november i purchased something from someone on facebook who seemed reputable

an being as it was an intruder alarm panel i thought the risk of being scammed was low

he asked me to pay via paypal family and friends, sure why not

this was my mistake

still haven't recieved anything and he isn't responding to messages

so that's me out of £60