The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

On 18/05/2025 at 09:30, grogee said:

Left my glasses on my car roof, then drove off. 

They cost me about £300.

Fuming

Did the same with my phone. Slid off the roof at the first junction , stopping impressively close to the give way line. Very lucky not to run over it , it was right inline with the wheel.
£3 Amazon screen protector knackered but phone OK. (Actually they were 2 for £3, so just fitted spare).

[Snipes]

On 16/05/2025 at 21:24, artdjones said:

I've been considering getting a tilting car lift, and a 2 ton item came up on eBay, at a price I would pay, from a motor factor in Newry, so no problems with Vat or customs for the Irish Republic. They have sold 800k items with a 99% satisfaction rating. I put off buying until today, because I'm away at present, then hit Buy it Now. To be greeted by a message saying all the items being sold by the seller were unavailable. They have 20k listings, but eBay are recommending trying other sellers. Of which there are none for what I want. 

Why would a large firm suddenly get kicked off eBay?

my ebay account has a sales for the month limit (which I never hit as I rarely sell nowadays) maybe something to do with that?

[artdjones]

23 minutes ago, Sir Snipes said:

my ebay account has a sales for the month limit (which I never hit as I rarely sell nowadays) maybe something to do with that?

This lot have 20k listings on at any one time, but messaged me today to say that people from the Republic have recently had troubles purchasing, and suggesting I phone them and buy it, strictly against eBay's terms. Plus, I prefer using PayPal as giving out my card number to a company I've never dealt with before isn't something I like to do. 

Still pondering.

[loserone]

If it's a credit card, give them the benefit of the doubt.  

[artdjones]

17 minutes ago, loserone said:

If it's a credit card, give them the benefit of the doubt.  

I probably will, as long as the price isn't upped. It's down as €725, if you search Google for the item. That's buying through eBay. When you get to the listing it's over €100 less, which seems like a price without VAT included which may be what's causing the problem with eBay.

I've wanted to try a tilting lift for a while.

[comfortablynumb]

I've got to the point where I'll find something I need/want on eBay, and then go on Google*(other search engines are available) and find the same or similar item

It's usually cheaper, I guess sellers are bumping prices to cope with fees or the hassle of dealing with eBay.

I don't sell on there anymore 

[Zelandeth]

Why is it that every time I go into Halfords they have somehow managed to make it at least a *little* bit worse than last time I was there?

[New POD]

19 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Did the same with my phone. Slid off the roof at the first junction , stopping impressively close to the give way line. Very lucky not to run over it , it was right inline with the wheel.
£3 Amazon screen protector knackered but phone OK. (Actually they were 2 for £3, so just fitted spare).

Did the same with a pair of walking boots.  Spotted them as they clattered across the bonnet on braking. 

[sdkrc]

I've been replying to this scam message guy for over a week now. Suggestions welcome for responses to 'are you not having this car now'

[reb]

Someone in a very obvious "stealth" camper has just parked up in the yard.

I'm fairly sure they don't have permission from the farmer, otherwise they wouldn't be parked across a field gate.

Not sure if I should go and tell them to piss off or not.

[DVee8]

I came out of work this afternoon, the dashboard lights up with TPM, nearside rear tyre at 8 psi. I pull over in a local pub car park to blow the tyre up. There is a nail in the centre of the tyre, so off to my local tyre place. 

I get there to find him sitting on the wall. Can you fix a puncture? I could, but the owner of this black BMW parked in the entrance to the garage has dropped it off for a puncture and went to the local school to pick her kids up, taking the keys with her.

20 mins later, she comes wandering back, chatting to her mate, 2 kids in tow. Oh, is it fixed? she says.

Aye, 30 mins ago, and now I have 4 cars waiting, he says.

She puts both kids in the car, the parcels/bags in the boot, and then goes to pay.

Bloody entitled, yummy mummy.

 

 

[comfortablynumb]

Nah @reb, leave it till about 1am, then creep up next to it and start howling and scratching at the sides!

Me? Evil? 😄

[reb]

8 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Nah @reb, leave it till about 1am, then creep up next to it and start howling and scratching at the sides!

Me? Evil? 😄

I could run the cables for my giant Kenwoods out the window and play Rage Against The Machine

[reb]

They left in a hurry when my takeaway delivery arrived, which in my mind confirms they didn't have permission to stay here!

[sheffcortinacentre]

6 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Why is it that every time I go into Halfords they have somehow managed to make it at least a *little* bit worse than last time I was there?

Management initiatives 

[artdjones]

8 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Management initiatives 

[High Jetter]

Trains going South to London delayed or cancelled due to a broken rail & truck/bridge impact incident.

[alcyonecorporation]

OK, job agency, let me get this right:

You already get a cut if I go through your site. 
Your terms and conditions enable you to sell my information to third parties, for a fee. 
Now, according to you, *I'm* being unfair and unreasonable for objecting to your latest scheme (because you now want me to a pay a fee on top, to *view* the adverts?)

Are you guaranteeing me a job?
No? 
Thought not. 

'It's not for everyone,' you say. Really? Oh, piss off. 

Are you 'sorry' I 'feel that way', too? That's the other phrase that sends me up, why not say that as well, eh? 
Unsubscribed. 

[DavieW]

Having my meal in the Brewers Fayre in Inverness just now (for work, not my choice), just had Dire Straits Walk of Life 👍but now back to generic pop 🙄

[goosey]

On 20/05/2025 at 16:36, sdkrc said:

I've been replying to this scam message guy for over a week now. Suggestions welcome for responses to 'are you not having this car now'

The car is happening again 

 

[comfortablynumb]

11 hours ago, DavieW said:

Having my meal in the Brewers Fayre in Inverness just now (for work, not my choice), just had Dire Straits Walk of Life 👍but now back to generic pop 🙄

Well at least it was good while it lasted!

Earphones? 

[comfortablynumb]

Funny enough @DavieW it's just come on the radio.

But then ,I listen to planet rock 😁

[hairnet]

test match special is on woop

but within minutes

michael vaughan ffs - like boycott but worse

the zimbabwean chap they have with them is talking at 100 mph - does he not know its 4 days?

also got gary ballance on now

so so the fact two players mixed up in unpleasantness at yorks

are working for the media - wtf is up with that

much like the footy all the people they could ask they pick not the best

[artdjones]

14 minutes ago, hairnet said:

test match special is on woop

but within minutes

michael vaughan ffs - like boycott but worse

the zimbabwean chap they have with them is talking at 100 mph - does he not know its 4 days?

also got gary ballance on now

so so the fact two players mixed up in unpleasantness at yorks

are working for the media - wtf is up with that

much like the footy all the people they could ask they pick not the best

I don't much like Michael Vaughan, but he was cleared of making racist remarks. Unless you think that anyone accused of racism should lose their entire career, regardless of what the evidence show?

[hairnet]

Just now, artdjones said:

I don't much like Michael Vaughan, but he was cleared of making racist remarks. Unless you think that anyone accused of racism should lose their entire career, regardless of what the evidence show?

but he was an idiot way before all that happened

i also didnt mention any of that

[artdjones]

3 minutes ago, hairnet said:

but he was an idiot way before all that happened

i also didnt mention any of that

You mentioned the unpleasantness at Yorkshire and tied him in with Ballance, who admitted to using racial slurs. I don't know of any other recent Yorkshire scandals.

[DavieW]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Funny enough @DavieW it's just come on the radio.

But then ,I listen to planet rock 😁

Planet Rock for me too when I can get a signal in the Toyota. 

[New POD]

On 16/05/2025 at 23:04, Bren said:

Driving to work this morning I clocked two tiny birds in the road. I slowed and eventually stopped as I didn't want to run them over. They flew away.

Car behind me sounded it's horn when I did this. Because I stopped for some animals.

I am beginning to go off people.

My commute used to go via Great Altcar and "the moss".   Since they banned the Waterloo Cup (Hare Coursing) on the farmland there, they have been concentrating on P'easant shooting. 

Obviously not all pheasants get shot, so there's a few out in the Wild.  What really pisses me off is that they have a death wish.  Worse is those drivers that emergency brake for them.  Why? My normal attitude is a light braking force, and if I hit them at least the car behind me won't have rammed me off the road.  But these people. I want to say to them. Its not a nun. Or a small child carrying a basket of kittens.  There is no need to test your ABS. If you hit it, will it really matter? 

  I worked out that I might be less affected if I gave a decent distance to the cars in front.  So over the years my driving has improved*.

[adw1977]

All the plastic on the front of modern cars could take some quite expensive damage from hitting a pheasant, that's probably why drivers are keen to not hit them!

[Zelandeth]

50 minutes ago, New POD said:

My commute used to go via Great Altcar and "the moss".   Since they banned the Waterloo Cup (Hare Coursing) on the farmland there, they have been concentrating on P'easant shooting. 

Obviously not all pheasants get shot, so there's a few out in the Wild.  What really pisses me off is that they have a death wish.  Worse is those drivers that emergency brake for them.  Why? My normal attitude is a light braking force, and if I hit them at least the car behind me won't have rammed me off the road.  But these people. I want to say to them. Its not a nun. Or a small child carrying a basket of kittens.  There is no need to test your ABS. If you hit it, will it really matter? 

  I worked out that I might be less affected if I gave a decent distance to the cars in front.  So over the years my driving has improved*.

Given that a light glancing blow to a pigeon at less than 50mph did over two grand's worth of damage to a 2015 Passat one of our neighbours owns I'd definitely not be wanting to hit a pheasant in a modern at anything over walking pace.  Hit one at normal road speeds and there'd be nothing left of the front end of most moderns.

I do wonder as well if sometimes this is the automated collision avoidance systems that are becoming increasingly common - The ones in a couple of Audis we've had very much liked seeing hazards that didn't exist and slamming the anchors on full power at random times.  Really fun when that happens in busy traffic on a motorway.

Plus I'd rather not hit them anyway,  Not their fault they're not born with road sense, and I'd rather not cause another living thing unnecessary suffering.