The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

58 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I haven’t bought one for 25 years. My father in law ‘stumbled’ on some in a lay-by a while back. I’m calling bullshit on that though. 

I would definitely thought they’d be finished now by the numerous (so I’m told) porn sites on t’internet. 

[MikeR]

confirmed , they do have a screw loose !!

 

 

[Remspoor]

The other day had a nice meal at a typical Portuguese restaurant.  My grump is about the view.

 

[hairnet]

fkin eric clapton

the first tune they had him sing and it was like they didnt turn on the microphone

but then they have him on with smokey robinson and obvs hes at the back only playing the guitar

has always been a better musician than a singer im now watching 90s totp as they now have him playing guitar with townsend ffs (another massive felcher)

and hes on all night ffs

then moto gp at 9 on quest (the sprint) 

then sounds of 80s on radio 2 (now the only thing i listen for )

*drinks tea *eats sandwich

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

fkin eric clapton

the first tune they had him sing and it was like they didnt turn on the microphone

but then they have him on with smokey robinson and obvs hes at the back only playing the guitar

has always been a better musician than a singer im now watching 90s totp as they now have him playing guitar with townsend ffs (another massive felcher)

and hes on all night ffs

then moto gp at 9 on quest (the sprint) 

then sounds of 80s on radio 2 (now the only thing i listen for )

*drinks tea *eats sandwich

I went to his house once. Will watch it...sometime Leita

[Sh'Eds]

Mmmm. Forbidden milkshake.

Immediate FFS head gasket thoughts, but red tinge makes me think it probably more likely that trans cooler, which is housed in reservoir end of rad, has let go. Not sure if that is better or not. No milkshake on either oil or trans dip sticks so hopefully a one way leak under pressure so a rad change and coolant flush followed by trans fluid filter change should resolve, or is that just wishful thinking...

 

[sdkrc]

I got a modest bonus at work in December '22.

Off the back of that, in January '23 I promised to take the missus to Disneyland Paris for a holiday for her 40th. 

Later that month I got a fucking huge tax bill because my employer had used the wrong tax code for several years. A couple months later I lost an even larger sum moving houses due to some fuckaboutery that wasn't my fault. 

I have only just financially recovered from this and am looking at Disneyland holidays. First holiday of any kind in 7 years. Holy shit fuck it's expensive. 

£3k for a 4 day trip staying in the cheapest hotels and doing packed lunches. Absolutely dreading it and know there's better value elsewhere but this isn't really for me.

[Yoss]

24 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

I got a modest bonus at work in December '22.

Off the back of that, in January '23 I promised to take the missus to Disneyland Paris for a holiday for her 40th. 

Later that month I got a fucking huge tax bill because my employer had used the wrong tax code for several years. A couple months later I lost an even larger sum moving houses due to some fuckaboutery that wasn't my fault. 

I have only just financially recovered from this and am looking at Disneyland holidays. First holiday of any kind in 7 years. Holy shit fuck it's expensive. 

£3k for a 4 day trip staying in the cheapest hotels and doing packed lunches. Absolutely dreading it and know there's better value elsewhere but this isn't really for me.

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

[Bren]

I ordered an alternator plug for the SD1 last friday. The packaging and carriage was almost 50% on top of the purchase price - DHL were delivering.

I also ordered a used copy of the psychopath test by Jon Ronson as I should read more instead of looking at my phone. £2.70 all in.

The book arrived ten minutes before the part.

[sdkrc]

12 minutes ago, Yoss said:

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

Same. 

If the missus and the boy have a good time then it's a success. 

If they have a bad time then I get to gloat and I pick all the future holidays.

It's a win-win

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

[Pieman]

23 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

Same.  I just don't see the appeal of spending a load on travel to go and sit on a beach doing fuck all for a week or more.  I can sit doing fuck all at home for no cost.

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

We are the same. We didn't really trust anybody else to look after Chieveley anyway but now he's classed as an XL Bully we definitely don't. So Lorraine goes off on holidays with her friends while I stay home with the dog and I go off on Eastern European railway jaunts while Lorraine stays home. 

If we do go on holiday together the dog comes with us, so it somewhere in the UK. 

Some people think I'm weird but I love going off on my own, I don't get lonely at all and it's great just being able to go where you want when you want. I can highly recommend. 

[DavieW]

A quote from a member of the public in Camsuland regarding a fire in Cumbernauld reported on the Daily Record website......

One person said: "I can see the smoke from Cambuslang." Another added: "What is going on with all of this smoke? I am scared for my life."

"I am scared for ny life".  Cambuslang is 13 miles from Cumbernauld. Over reacting arsehole. 😡

[Zelandeth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30qlrl8vvpo

Well this is disturbingly close to home - does explain the seemingly random road closures and All The Sirens Ever earlier on though.

[goosey]

It’s always good when I get home early from work and the wife has to spend over an hour on the phone dealing with her mother 

[myglaren]

7 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30qlrl8vvpo

Well this is disturbingly close to home - does explain the seemingly random road closures and All The Sirens Ever earlier on though.

Just seen that and was wondering if you had been affected by it.

[captain_70s]

15 hours ago, DavieW said:

A quote from a member of the public in Camsuland regarding a fire in Cumbernauld reported on the Daily Record website......

One person said: "I can see the smoke from Cambuslang." Another added: "What is going on with all of this smoke? I am scared for my life."

"I am scared for ny life".  Cambuslang is 13 miles from Cumbernauld. Over reacting arsehole. 😡

I passed that by about a mile on my way home yesterday. At no point did I feel endangered by it.

The folks on the M80 randomly slowing to a crawl to stare at the smoke on the other hand did do their best to finish me off...

[Westbay]

 

16 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30qlrl8vvpo

Well this is disturbingly close to home - does explain the seemingly random road closures and All The Sirens Ever earlier on though.

"Police shoot man dead at railway station"

"Officers said they did not believe there was further risk to the public "at this time"

That'll sort it ... but ... does that mean there's more of 'em ?

[loserone]

Men at railway stations? Yes, usually.

[IronStar]

Quote

smart meters

A couple of years ago, I switched from a single-phase 16A power line to a 3-phase 32A one. Fees paid, new smart meter purchased from the utility company (just to be handed back over to them, duh). Cue a three-month wait for someone to come and bother wiring it up, just for them to do it by killing the power mid-meeting, but I digress.
Since then, I've yet to receive a bill that doesn't state my power usage is 0kw. I've complained multiple times and received all good in writing.

A few months ago, I got a knock on the door from chap working for the power company.

-Mr Star?
-Yes?
-Hi, I'm from the power utility company. Do you maybe know where your power meter is?
-Sure, downstairs, next to all the other meters. Why?
-Can you please show me which one it is? I can't seem to find it.
*walks down, points at the meter*
-This...this...doesn't match. The type and number are wrong, this serial is indicating an ancient single-phase meter!
-That was replaced years ago by your fucking company. Want a receipt?
-Are you getting the bills?
-Yes, with 0kw used. I've complained multiple times and received all good.
-Oh...

Cue a call to his boss.

-Well turns out that the company we subcontracted the installation to never updated the record and never reported it installed, so all the bills were pointing to the new plan, but the meter ID was the old one, so we never got the usage.
-Hardly my fault that, is it? What happens to the bill now?
-Er....um...uh.....I....er....we'll probably charge you for everything retroactively.
-No, no you won't because a) this is not my fault and b) your charges go stale after 2 years, and it's been more than that since this was installed.
-Er........emmmmm....I....er....you might be right. I'll update the ID on the record anyway, see what happens on the next bill and we'll adjust that.
-Don't worry, my lawyer will make sure you will. Thanks for getting this finally sorted anyway!

It's been months since this interaction, and I'm yet to receive a bill that's not 0kw used. 🤦‍♂️

Smart meters - only as smart as the person installing it.