The grumpy thread

[Westbay]

8 hours ago, nev_jr said:

Wise words, thank you for the guidance that may or may not work in my favour.

"Faint heart never won fair lady"

[hairnet]

Various versions of the railway children have been on in the last week apart from the original

What did i notice just now while flicking channels

Bernard cribbins ffs - its about an hour in ffs

Ahh well watch it on iplayer later

[barefoot]

On 28/12/2024 at 18:25, Sunny Jim said:

If they're valuable to you they'll be valuable to someone else - don't let them be thrown away.

My Dad who's now in his eighties has a huge collection of steam railway emphemera - models, books, magazines, enamel signs etc. Neither myself or my siblings have any interest or knowledge in it but we have had the discussion with him about what he would want done with it when he's gone. He's catalogued everything and left instructions as part of his will.

It would be a terrible shame for your collection to end up as landfill - is there a society or museum you could leave it to? Don't leave it as a burden for your kids, leave them precise instructions.

 

On 28/12/2024 at 15:40, New POD said:

My Dad is now at home under the Palitive care team, and I had a discussion with my 87 year old mum about what she's going to do when he's gone (don't have crystal ball but if he's alive by March it would be a miracle) 

She's adamant that a 4 bed dormer bungalow with a big garden in the countryside  with a haphazard bus service isn't ideal for her and what she'd like is a nice flat with a decent sized balcony walking distance from the town centre.

And sell the big car to buy a small one. 

I said. What are you going to do with all this stuff.  

Make 3 piles. 

1  Essential to take with her. 

2 Sell or charity shop or dump.

3 Store for 12 months in a storage unit, and if she don't miss it, revert to 2. 

 

She's ruthless. I remember moving house aged 10 and being shipped off to grandparents for a week. Got to the new house. Half my toys had gone. "Well you never played with them" 

 

On 28/12/2024 at 14:34, chadders said:

I expect that my books, several thousand of them, all my rare VW parts, all the stuff of my memories etc.etc..will probably be binned or 'house cleared'. 

The lads have busy lives and won't have time to work out what is valuable and what isn't, especially with the aircraft books some of which cost hundreds, although I suspect EBay might have a few views.

I expect that my MGB, which I've had for nearly 50 years now, will be sold for a pittance as neither of them have ever shown any interest in it.

They're all only really valuable to me, I'll be dead and they'll be busy selling the house so need to get rid of the stuff ASAP.

 

On 28/12/2024 at 08:45, New POD said:

During lockdown I watched 5 skips bring filled with the stuff 95 year old Fred had filled his house with by his Neice. 

Furniture he'd made. Collections of books, mid-century furniture he'd bought in the 60s.  Every fucking item. 

 

On 28/12/2024 at 13:38, Metal Guru said:

That’s a real shame and if it is worth anything it’s stupid just to dump it. But if no one wants it, what are you going to do with it? You reach a point where things have to go (usually when a house is sold).

Is there a solicitor on here who'd write me a lovely complex, but fun will whereby my survivors would be obliged to sift through all my shit and sell it for a good price. We could mention something about the hidden barefoot rubies...

Obviously, my estate would pay the writer handsomely for the mega chaos that it caused.

[omegod]

I made a start on clearing my MIL's house yesterday , was heartbreaking to be honest, 3 tip runs and chucking stuff you'd consider to be useless tat but which were beloved possessions for someone they'd accumulated over a lifetime 

[Wibble]

3 hours ago, omegod said:

I made a start on clearing my MIL's house yesterday , was heartbreaking to be honest, 3 tip runs and chucking stuff you'd consider to be useless tat but which were beloved possessions for someone they'd accumulated over a lifetime 

Yes, it’s shit. We’ve just finished doing this with my parents house.

[omegod]

2 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Yes, it’s shit. We’ve just finished doing this with my parents house.

Aye it's shite ,There were a few smiles too though...why so many spare bloody light bulbs !!  obligatory first aid biscuit tin full off plasters from 1976 !! 

[Wibble]

Just now, omegod said:

Aye it's shite ,There were a few smiles too though...why so many spare bloody light bulbs !!  obligatory first aid biscuit tin full off plasters from 1976 !! 

Yes, we had moments like that, it does help.

[Split_Pin]

I drove gingerly through flood in the grey A4 today, it wasn't even that deep. However I've ripped off the middle exhaust heat shield and it's dragging along the ground. That's going to be fun to extract tomorrow!

[LightBulbFun]

24 minutes ago, omegod said:

why so many spare bloody light bulbs !!

you say that like its a bad thing! Im always happy to give lightbulbs surplus to requirements a good home  

[myglaren]

2 hours ago, omegod said:

Aye it's shite ,There were a few smiles too though...why so many spare bloody light bulbs !!  obligatory first aid biscuit tin full off plasters from 1976 !! 

I'm as bad if not worse.  I had dozens of CEF bulbs free from British Gas when I bought my fridge freezer (from the Electric Board) and still have a load of them.  If I want a bulb, mostly LEDs now, I usually get at least half a dozen.

[gm]

6 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I drove gingerly through flood in the grey A4 today, it wasn't even that deep. However I've ripped off the middle exhaust heat shield and it's dragging along the ground. That's going to be fun to extract tomorrow!

could you drive through the flood again but a bit faster ?   

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, gm said:

could you drive through the flood again but a bit faster ?   

Yes, presumably a conrod will escape and take the offending heat shield out with it on the way?

[Markeh]

Not even 24 hours into 2025 yet and every event/trip that was planned involving other people looks to not be happening - people deciding to go do other things instead, badly-timed holiday bookings and what I'm reasonably sure but can't confirm yet for obvious reasons is a friend of mine being in the early stages of pregnancy. No judgement on any of the people involved, naturally, just a little bit disappointing that's all!

2025 is either the year of me finding new people to do things with or the year of doing it all by myself, I think!

[comfortablynumb]

15 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Yes, presumably a conrod will escape and take the offending heat shield out with it on the way?

Pot, kettle, black!

JOKING 😁 

[RoverFolkUs]

24 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Pot, kettle, black!

JOKING 😁 

New year new me 😇😂

[Volksy]

Went over to near Skipton for new year. It absolutely tipped it down on New Years night. Seems the Merc was parked at the exact right angle for the interior leak to surface again. 

Got in it to drive home the following afternoon and the passenger footwell was soaked through. 

Not so much of an issue, but this morning we had a snap freeze at around 5-6am, which meant that, with the moisture all the glass was frozen inside and out. Took a good 20 mins of idling this morning to get it into a state where I could safely drive it. Doors were frozen shut, locks frozen solid. Thankfully the boot lock worked and triggers the central locking, so I could get into it at least. I hate winter.

[hairnet]

had a ping about a job vacancy - which they were told i didnt want to do that type of work

read the description anyway and it said the induction was in london

but the trains are on strike (i was looking at something else to cooincidentally find that out)

[High Jetter]

Survived my op for kidney removal today. Felt fine since recovery, want to get up & move for exercise, as I know they like to get you moving quickly. "Sorry, we only have 4 covering the whole ward, can't risk patients having a low BP wobbly".

FFS it's 8pm and there's at least 8 of them milling around!

[reb]

25 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Survived my op for kidney removal today. Felt fine since recovery, want to get up & move for exercise, as I know they like to get you moving quickly. "Sorry, we only have 4 covering the whole ward, can't risk patients having a low BP wobbly".

FFS it's 8pm and there's at least 8 of them milling around!

Throw grapes at them until they let you.

[Wibble]

28 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Survived my op for kidney removal today. Felt fine since recovery, want to get up & move for exercise, as I know they like to get you moving quickly. "Sorry, we only have 4 covering the whole ward, can't risk patients having a low BP wobbly".

FFS it's 8pm and there's at least 8 of them milling around!

Glad you’re on the mend👍

[High Jetter]

6 minutes ago, reb said:

Throw grapes at them until they let you.

No-one bought me any 

[reb]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

No-one bought me any 

Bloody hell, what is the world coming to? Everyone knows grapes are an important part of hospital recovery.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Is there anyone local to him here who can do an emergency grape delivery?

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Survived my op for kidney removal today. Felt fine since recovery, want to get up & move for exercise, as I know they like to get you moving quickly. "Sorry, we only have 4 covering the whole ward, can't risk patients having a low BP wobbly".

FFS it's 8pm and there's at least 8 of them milling around!

Great news that you're feeling fine after the op mate 👍.

When I had mine done there were a couple of physical therapy nurses that had me mooching around the wards, up and down the stairs etc. Honestly, one of them was mid 20's, fit as fuck and looked like she'd been poured into her uniform, I would have walked bloody miles following her lovely arse around! Definitely not good for you when a catheter is still in.

Hope the recovery goes well for you.

[Pieman]

On 01/01/2025 at 17:50, Markeh said:

Not even 24 hours into 2025 yet and every event/trip that was planned involving other people looks to not be happening - people deciding to go do other things instead, badly-timed holiday bookings and what I'm reasonably sure but can't confirm yet for obvious reasons is a friend of mine being in the early stages of pregnancy. No judgement on any of the people involved, naturally, just a little bit disappointing that's all!

2025 is either the year of me finding new people to do things with or the year of doing it all by myself, I think!

Just don't do anything, it's far easier.  I've learned now that if I plan something in advance with anyone, they will then go and find something else to do that clashes with it, because they don't actually like me or want to do anything with me but don't want to say it.

[Supernaut]

12 hours ago, Pieman said:

Just don't do anything, it's far easier.  I've learned now that if I plan something in advance with anyone, they will then go and find something else to do that clashes with it, because they don't actually like me or want to do anything with me but don't want to say it.

I read a lot of your posts and feel like we'd get along well.

I'd arrange a pint or even a virtual meet-up but I know something else will come up, as that's my experience my whole bloody life too!

[MikeR]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Survived my op for kidney removal today. Felt fine since recovery, want to get up & move for exercise, as I know they like to get you moving quickly. "Sorry, we only have 4 covering the whole ward, can't risk patients having a low BP wobbly".

FFS it's 8pm and there's at least 8 of them milling around!

take it easy , I felt like a balloon afterwards  and could not move , their again they had left mine a bit late and the resultant scars were a bit bigger as a result , enjoy the morphine pump if you have one , and make sure all the post op care is sorted before you leave the hospital , I spent a day trying to book staple removal as no one had sorted it , ended up just telling the local Dr's I could not get a booking , then a local nurse contacted me to do the job , some 40 staples to come out in one sitting instead of two , had to be done with an extractor  that I was given ....  and if you are doing the daily anti clotting injections , just stab with the needle rather than push , it goes in easier ...  👍

[MikeR]

14 hours ago, Popsicle said:

Great news that you're feeling fine after the op mate 👍.

When I had mine done there were a couple of physical therapy nurses that had me mooching around the wards, up and down the stairs etc. Honestly, one of them was mid 20's, fit as fuck and looked like she'd been poured into her uniform, I would have walked bloody miles following her lovely arse around! Definitely not good for you when a catheter is still in.

Hope the recovery goes well for you.

My  ward was  a scream 

one chap falling asleep and losing his false teeth under his bed all the time .

one pissed off bloke in the corner going awol all the time as he was fed up with waiting for something to happen ..

one young  lad came in late with twisted bollocks , came back from theatre full of drugs , wanted to do this that and the other , fell asleep and woke up feeling like his balls had been kicked into orbit ..

old chap next to me desperate to go home , but had to pass the pee test , when he could , he phoned home to ask his wife to pick him up and was told to wait as she was having her hair done !!

[High Jetter]

48 minutes ago, MikeR said:

take it easy , I felt like a balloon afterwards  and could not move , their again they had left mine a bit late and the resultant scars were a bit bigger as a result , enjoy the morphine pump if you have one , and make sure all the post op care is sorted before you leave the hospital , I spent a day trying to book staple removal as no one had sorted it , ended up just telling the local Dr's I could not get a booking , then a local nurse contacted me to do the job , some 40 staples to come out in one sitting instead of two , had to be done with an extractor  that I was given ....  and if you are doing the daily anti clotting injections , just stab with the needle rather than push , it goes in easier ...  👍

Thanks, just feeling a bit bloated. No need for morphine, the only pain I've had is ache - a bit like a stitch - where they pierced me. Think soluble staples, but will check, thanks. Stuff self injecting, I can pass out when receiving injections. Having tablets instead.

[Remspoor]

22 hours ago, High Jetter said:

No-one bought me any 

 

22 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is there anyone local to him here who can do an emergency grape delivery?

I thought the Spanish had the market sown up at this time of year. They have to eat 12 grapes on the chime of the bells leading up to Midnight on teh 31st Dec. A tradition only  be going a century and abit and was dreamed up by sellers of grapes to boost slow sales.