The grumpy thread

7,754 · April 20

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

I saw my first rat in many decades last week, outside Sainsburys.

Times are hard for everyone, the rats usually shop at Waitrose.

5,232 · April 20

I went karting yesterday (electric!?).
2 x fifteen minute sessions… feel like I’ve been hit by a bus this morning, aching all over 😩

I did finish second out of 15 in both though so not bad for someone just shy of 20 stone 😆

30,222 · April 20

4 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

(electric!?)

Not real motorsport. Who wants to ride a washing machine round in a circle?

5,533 · April 20

3 hours ago, myglaren said:

I saw my first rat in many decades last week, outside Sainsburys.

My last time was a few days ago, we have some living in the roof void of the old stables and they shin up and down the drainpipes.

They leave us alone as we have 2 JRTs.

We're surrounded by trees and undergrowth so trying to get rid of them is a sisyphean task, we don't disturb them, they don't disturb us. The same with the mice in the Fruit and Vegetable Gardens.

19,323 · April 20

43 minutes ago, loserone said:

Not real motorsport. Who wants to ride a washing machine round in a circle?

beko

13,988 · April 20

My wife has gone off today visiting a friend in hospital. It’s at least 1 1/2 away , so virtually the whole day gone. But that’s not what I’m grumpy about.

The friend is a devout Christian and goes to a church with a large congregation, a good number of which, she would call her friends. However , she’s been in hospital for at least 6 weeks, and none of the church has been to see her, and yet they’ll all be at the church today , with “praise the lord etc”, preaching all that crap that churches do.

However to my mind, my wife (ironically a pagan), has shown a far more Christian attitude than any of these hypocrites.

What would Jesus do? Visit the friend , I’m sure.

11,120 · April 20

For many it just seems to be a form of social club.

5,232 · April 20

57 minutes ago, loserone said:

Not real motorsport. Who wants to ride a washing machine round in a circle?

It was weird, just the same performance but without the noise/smell. I would have preferred an engine though obviously 😎

20,684 · April 20

1 hour ago, loserone said:

Not real motorsport. Who wants to ride a washing machine round in a circle?

plenty of sexually frustrated/bored housewives I suspect? (or has the modern sex toy industry put an end to that?)

12,824 · April 20

Managed to kill my phone. Bollocks. Need a new one and all the fucking palaver that entails. Might only communicate by fax in future.

14,559 · April 20

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

Managed to kill my phone. Bollocks. Need a new one and all the fucking palaver that entails. Might only communicate by fax in future.

OhShit! Backed up, hopefully?

13,988 · April 21

12 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

My wife has gone off today visiting a friend in hospital. It’s at least 1 1/2 away , so virtually the whole day gone. But that’s not what I’m grumpy about.

The friend is a devout Christian and goes to a church with a large congregation, a good number of which, she would call her friends. However , she’s been in hospital for at least 6 weeks, and none of the church has been to see her, and yet they’ll all be at the church today , with “praise the lord etc”, preaching all that crap that churches do.

However to my mind, my wife (ironically a pagan), has shown a far more Christian attitude than any of these hypocrites.

What would Jesus do? Visit the friend , I’m sure.

Bit of an update. Turns out hubby is on holiday (he normally works nights , so my wife assumed he’d not visit because he was working), but “the buses aren’t great in a Sunday”. He’s got a car ffs but he’s the tightest person I know, and because he’s over 60, he wants to use his bus pass, rather than pay for a gallon and a half of petrol.

1,837 · April 21

The new kwikfit advent.

' tyres for every car on the road!'

That'll be why, when I've gone in and asked about 10 and 13 inch tyres, you've looked at me as though my brain has fallen down the back of my neck, and obviously haven't a clue what I'm talking about.

Not every bastard runs 17+ inch stuff

Don't say it if you don't mean it 🤬

3,322 · April 21

20 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

My wife has gone off today visiting a friend in hospital. It’s at least 1 1/2 away , so virtually the whole day gone. But that’s not what I’m grumpy about.

The friend is a devout Christian and goes to a church with a large congregation, a good number of which, she would call her friends. However , she’s been in hospital for at least 6 weeks, and none of the church has been to see her, and yet they’ll all be at the church today , with “praise the lord etc”, preaching all that crap that churches do.

However to my mind, my wife (ironically a pagan), has shown a far more Christian attitude than any of these hypocrites.

What would Jesus do? Visit the friend , I’m sure.

Sunday Christian's my Grandad called them.

Arseholes the rest of the time but wonderful God fearing kindly people on a Sunday in a Church..

3,498 · April 21

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

The new kwikfit advent.

' tyres for every car on the road!'

That'll be why, when I've gone in and asked about 10 and 13 inch tyres, you've looked at me as though my brain has fallen down the back of my neck, and obviously haven't a clue what I'm talking about.

Not every bastard runs 17+ inch stuff

Don't say it if you don't mean it 🤬

Euro Car Parts had (have?) "Every part for every car" stickers on their vans. I bet they don't.

13,988 · April 21

6 minutes ago, DavieW said:

Euro Car Parts had (have?) "Every part for every car" stickers on their vans. I bet they don't.

They certainly don’t have front lower control arms for a 2004 Impreza wagon.

12,824 · April 21

12 hours ago, High Jetter said:

OhShit! Backed up, hopefully?

Erm.

No.

20,323 · April 21

I erected some gates over the weekend. And now I am aching - a lot.

Con Air was on the TV last night - I feel like the guy who was lobbed out of the plane who landed on the volvo.

19,323 · April 21

so he deed shame

but hes been ill for quite a long time

bbc come out with that

the vance meme thing isnt funny either

11,120 · April 22

Found a credit card outside my house this morning. Have asked various neighbours if they know the person and no-one does including the posties.

There is one with the correct surname but not the right forename.

Impossible to get to speak to anyone at the bank without knowing the account number (on the card) and the account holder's DOB.

7,499 · April 22

2 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Found a credit card outside my house this morning. Have asked various neighbours if they know the person and no-one does including the posties.

There is one with the correct surname but not the right forename.

Impossible to get to speak to anyone at the bank without knowing the account number (on the card) and the account holder's DOB.

The bank will just want you to destroy it. They'll send the account holder a new one when requested.

11,120 · April 22

Just now, horriblemercedes said:

The bank will just want you to destroy it. They'll send the account holder a new one when requested.

I thought that if I could locate them I could just give it back and save them the bother and the wait for a replacement.

7,499 · April 22

40 minutes ago, myglaren said:

I thought that if I could locate them I could just give it back and save them the bother and the wait for a replacement.

Here's the thing though....for the bank, putting you in contact with the account holder is not only more bother, but also illegal without the permission of the account holder, which means more bother again.

The easiest way for them is to cancel the card and send a new one, and this is also the way to avoid any legal issues.

11,120 · April 22

I thought they could direct the account holder to me to recover their card.

7,499 · April 22

Exactly - much easier to cancel that card and issue a new one than to run messages between the two of you.

11,120 · April 22

It was just that the delay in her receiving a new card may have been a problem as there are no actual banks within fifty miles. She could be unable to pay for stuff that she needed.

Oh well!

14,559 · April 22

Just now, myglaren said:

It was just that the delay in her receiving a new card may have been a problem as there are no actual banks within fifty miles. She could be unable to pay for stuff that she needed.

Oh well!

I know it seems daft, but can confirm Mr Mercedes is correct as I phoned a bank ages ago when a card was left in one of my shops and was told exactly the same.

19,323 · April 22

ahhh ffs

so watching countdown and james may space thing at same time

while the ads are on - flick to see whats on later and see the scores for the snooker

theyre talking to hendry and virgo (seeing him is just worse than hearing him)

and cos ronnie mong is playing all they talk about even tho theres ding on the other table

hoping can wwatch that and virgo is commentating on the other match

edit - yay scouse and ken on ding ftw

25,593 · April 22

Phone coverage has been a problem in my area for as long as I've lived here, even where I live it's poor. So this weekend it happened, in a remote area west of me there was a canoe that overturned with 2 people one came ashore and the other was nowhere to be seen, so the one on shore tried to call for help but no phone coverage, but luckily a farmer was nearby who had to drive in his tractor as hard as he could to a point with phone coverage to get help. The missing person was found by a helicopter and unfortunately had drowned. He was in his 20s.

And now there's talk that we need better phone coverage, why do people have to die first before someone will do something?

1,837 · April 22

@Dyslexic Viking twas ever thus.

Doesn't make it right though 🥺

Edited April 22 by comfortablynumb
Bloody autocorrect

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