The grumpy thread

11,121 · January 25

Just dug my passport out and there is very little difference to now.

The driving licence photo was rubbish though, too many generations.

20,323 · January 26

On 24/01/2025 at 07:55, Boycie said:

My Dad died last night , currently sitting in a farmhouse on a hill waiting on 100mph winds to hit , this is safely going into my top 10 worst day lists , only solace is sitting in my dad's chair

My condolences.

20,323 · January 26

On 24/01/2025 at 10:51, mrbenn said:

So sorry to see this. RIP.

Take care of yourself. I cried so hard when my terrier died a year or so ago I nearly passed out and have tears rolling down my face now.

When we lost our first king charles I hardly spoke for two weeks.

January 26

Thanks Bren

9,007 · January 26

technical things , we decided to watch a freeview program tonight ... it did not work , we have not used it for ages , so retuned ..

it still broke up and squawked , so tested the aerial lead and it cleared up , so redid the plug end into the telly ....

and it still broke up , so I turned the telly a bit , and it worked , turned it back and it broke up ...

so I moved the router , and it still broke up ...

turned out it was the ..... nearby phone base station , not the phone . which I picked up a few months ago

shows how much we use freeview ...!!

11,121 · January 26

Tried to take driving licence photo's. Spent an age setting up the DSLR to do it perfectly, one problem to overcome was the remote not working. Then the battery ran out. Bugger. Had tried with the phone and the pictures were crap.

Went to Morrisons and used the photo booth there, went OK but that was two hours gone already.

Took the papers and photo's to the woman next door to sign for me. Unfortunately she was out and her husband was there. He was OK with doing it but filled in my bit instead of his bit, so have to go and get a new set of forms tomorrow, try and get them signed and take them to the DVLA for approval. Which will take all day and there may not be time to get to the DVLA.

4,424 · January 26

Ordered new work boots.

Size 11.

Put them on, too fucking big.

Turns out my 11s are a euro 45. Size 10.5

New 11s are euro 46.

So I'm back in my knackered old ones.

7,677 · January 26

47 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Tried to take driving licence photo's. Spent an age setting up the DSLR to do it perfectly, one problem to overcome was the remote not working. Then the battery ran out. Bugger. Had tried with the phone and the pictures were crap.

Went to Morrisons and used the photo booth there, went OK but that was two hours gone already.

Took the papers and photo's to the woman next door to sign for me. Unfortunately she was out and her husband was there. He was OK with doing it but filled in my bit instead of his bit, so have to go and get a new set of forms tomorrow, try and get them signed and take them to the DVLA for approval. Which will take all day and there may not be time to get to the DVLA.

Arse.

I liked the days when one didn't have buy a new licence cos the sell by date was up.

11,121 · January 26

Just now, Rustybullethole said:

Arse.

I liked the days when one didn't have buy a new licence cos the sell by date was up.

Would have been free if I hadn't let it expire (unintentionally, no reminder)

7,677 · January 26

38 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Would have been free if I hadn't let it expire (unintentionally, no reminder)

Had to pay for mine both times. Couldn't tell you why mind.

Hope it all gets sorted. Any reasonable insurance firm would surely put aside this slight admin hiccup. I'm employing the treating others how I would like to be treated ethic here. Am sure many folk still operate like that.

1,837 · January 27

Sorry @Rustybullethole

'reasonable' and 'insurance company ' do not belong in the same sentence... 🙄

Totally agree with your philosophy tho

13,988 · January 27

11 hours ago, Rustybullethole said:

Had to pay for mine both times. Couldn't tell you why mind.

Hope it all gets sorted. Any reasonable insurance firm would surely put aside this slight admin hiccup. I'm employing the treating others how I would like to be treated ethic here. Am sure many folk still operate like that.

No insurance company is going to accept an expired licence.

17,638 · January 27

12 hours ago, Rustybullethole said:

...Any reasonable insurance firm would surely put aside this slight admin hiccup. I'm employing the treating others how I would like to be treated ethic here. Am sure many folk still operate like that.

Oh my sweet summer child.

21,823 · January 27

Someone reversed into my car twice this morning in the Aldi car park and then drove off (no obvious CCTV cover)

Unfortunately for the driver of the 2006 Fiesta with P plates my 17 YO daughter was in the back of the car whilst I was in the shop and had the presence of mind to take down the number plate ( but not use her bloody iphone that is glued to her hand all the time to take a photo of the car).

I dont really want the hassle of going through my insurance, if they had stopped & exchanged deets I'd have just said bung us £50 and I'll buy some paint myself and that would have been that, but its this attitude now that "if I dont stop no one can prove anything and Ive got away with it"

I can pay a tenner & get her details off the insurance database, but can I really be arsed with it & the aggro?

30,225 · January 27

1 minute ago, UltraWomble said:

I can pay a tenner & get her details off the insurance database,

Just call the police and report them for leaving the scene of an accident without leaving details? I had to do this once and they were given a caution (or so the police told me)

15,227 · January 27

16 minutes ago, loserone said:

Just call the police and report them for leaving the scene of an accident without leaving details? I had to do this once and they were given a caution (or so the police told me)

An elderly family member (who probably shouldn’t have been driving) clipped a parked car, thought she hadn’t done any damage and so carried on (obviously not the right thing to do), and as a result got a visit from the local constabulary.

9,329 · January 27

Definitely worth a 101 call to plod. Photos would have been better but a witness in the car should back up your claim.

24,726 · January 27

3 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

No insurance company is going to accept an expired licence.

It's the photo that is expired, not the license

11,121 · January 27

37 minutes ago, cobblers said:

It's the photo that is expired, not the license

I do hope that you are correct with this. Unhappiness will follow if not.

24,726 · January 27

40 minutes ago, myglaren said:

I do hope that you are correct with this. Unhappiness will follow if not.

The dates on the back of the licence next to each category are the ones where your entitlement to drive is affected - usually expiring when you are aged 70 I seem to recall?

11,121 · January 27

A shame that the licence in question was lost in South Shields police station.

4,424 · January 27

Can we have a folding shower screen?

Yes dear

And this is the usual level of arsedness of folding it.

40,674 · January 27

Bumhats.

And I was just on my way over to the exhaust place to get the rotten centre section sorted out, too.

What a racket!

20,323 · January 28

23 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

Someone reversed into my car twice this morning in the Aldi car park and then drove off (no obvious CCTV cover)

Unfortunately for the driver of the 2006 Fiesta with P plates my 17 YO daughter was in the back of the car whilst I was in the shop and had the presence of mind to take down the number plate ( but not use her bloody iphone that is glued to her hand all the time to take a photo of the car).

I dont really want the hassle of going through my insurance, if they had stopped & exchanged deets I'd have just said bung us £50 and I'll buy some paint myself and that would have been that, but its this attitude now that "if I dont stop no one can prove anything and Ive got away with it"

I can pay a tenner & get her details off the insurance database, but can I really be arsed with it & the aggro?

They may have no insurance or pissed or on drugs. Absolutely report it to the police.

20,323 · January 28

The 12v sockets on the BMW are kaput.

There are FIVE fuses for the circuit. Some in the boot.

Access to the fuses behind the glovebox is very poor - you remove a small panel.

I have checked four of them. The fifth is inaccessible- the glovebox needs to come out.

Well done BMW...

17,142 · January 28

28 minutes ago, Bren said:

The 12v sockets on the BMW are kaput.

There are FIVE fuses for the circuit. Some in the boot.

Access to the fuses behind the glovebox is very poor - you remove a small panel.

I have checked four of them. The fifth is inaccessible- the glovebox needs to come out.

Well done BMW...

If it's a 1 or 2 series, the fusebox comes out the bottom very easily.

21,823 · January 28

52 minutes ago, Bren said:

They may have no insurance or pissed or on drugs. Absolutely report it to the police.

26,895 · January 28

20 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Bumhats.

And I was just on my way over to the exhaust place to get the rotten centre section sorted out, too.

What a racket!

Better thant than it falling off on the way back🤣

20,323 · January 28

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

If it's a 1 or 2 series, the fusebox comes out the bottom very easily.

5.

40,674 · January 28

41 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Better thant than it falling off on the way back🤣

Fair point!

Used a bass string and the towing point to tie up off the road and get on my way again.

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