The grumpy thread

[Spiny Norman]

9 hours ago, hairnet said:

walliams

unpleasant creepy smug bastard - and thats probably before he was famous

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg59q1xgv8o

Better not tell anyone about Allo, Allo, Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers, Colditz etc... 

He is a slimy cunt right enough, but not for that. 

[artdjones]

It's amazing how people are getting more and more het up about this stuff 80years after the war finished. Back in the 60s and 70s, when most people had actually lived through the war, nobody turned a hair. 

Agreed, DW is a creep.

[beko1987]

11 hours ago, grogee said:

Washed my clothes, hung them outside. It immediately started raining, so I chucked them in the tumble dryer in disgust. 

Then when I retrieved the dried clothes, I found my wallet. 

Every single card is warped... 

I usually achieve the same by just sitting on my wallet over 6 to 7 months 😢 

Its better now I've got a new wallet, my old one just bent all the cards, the because of our contactless society I'd only realised when I needed some urgent cash for something and got a card error 😡

Renault laguna 2 keycards fucking HATE a trip through the washing machine though 

[Bren]

18 hours ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

I now remember why I dislike fixing drum brakes. I have not got the knack of how to get these buggers under tension together again.

This is even before the fight to change the brake cylinders and then the bloody spring retaining clips thingies using  unsuitable pliers. 

Having the proper tool makes things much easier. I bought a pair of BFO brake pliers and the tool for the spring retaining clips.

[Slowsilver]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

Having the proper tool makes things much easier. I bought a pair of BFO brake pliers and the tool for the spring retaining clips.

I got fed up struggling with brake shoe hold down springs so I bought a double-ended removal tool with two different-sized ends, neither of which were correct for any of my three cars. Using normal long-nosed pliers usually results in the cap and spring pinging off and disappearing so I now clamp the cap with a small pair of mole grips, which seems to be more successful.

 

[hairnet]

9 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Better not tell anyone about Allo, Allo, Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers, Colditz etc... 

 

yeah but comedy

walliams is nowhere near that

[EspenO]

10 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

Better not tell anyone about Allo, Allo, Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers, Colditz etc... 

He is a slimy cunt right enough, but not for that. 

Yup, just seems like an edgy joke that didn’t work. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

yeah but comedy

walliams is nowhere near that

I don’t think Colditz was a comedy.

[Remspoor]

Entitled.

 

[Pieman]

Should have put the window through and released the handbrake and let that hateful thing roll into the traffic.

That video shows why I won't work with the public.  If someone came up to me pointing a finger in my face and threatening me purely because of their self-absorbed me-me-me attitude, they'd be put flat on their arse.

[Mrcento]

Been an almighty smash down the road from me. Road shut for hours, tent over the car, ambulance left the scene a while back with a police escort and full sirens.

I heard the car involved about 5-10 minutes before the sirens. 

Lived in this area for 30 years and i have NEVER heard a car go past that fast, the tyre noise alone was like a rifle going off, seen + heard some things going past at what i'd guess was 50-60 (it's a 30) and this just from sound was nothing like that, 90+ easily. Pretty sure he's lost it on the bend or met something coming the other way, 2 cars involved, but several others damaged as they skittled into parked cars, debris field is huge. Never seen the likes. Awful.

[richardmorris]

9 hours ago, hairnet said:

yeah but comedy

walliams is nowhere near that

He’s always seemed creepy and unfunny to me.

[MikeR]

That's a few more trees gone so that people can park up to see the wild life ... At Formby squirrel reserve .. 

[Display Name]

My favourite beach. 40 years ago 🤷‍♀️

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, MikeR said:

That's a few more trees gone so that people can park up to see the wild life ... At Formby squirrel reserve .. 

Yes but all in the effort to help save the planet so worth it.

[Zelandeth]

Well I'm now absolutely 100000% awake.

Smoke detector in here apparently just decided it would be fun to utterly randomly go off.  It's pretty much directly above the bed.  Launched myself straight out of the bed in sheer terror and damned near knocked myself out on the bedside table before then smacking the other side of my face on the wall, and biting my tongue as I finally made it as far as the floor.  Dog was asleep under my desk and managed to knock a bunch of stuff over when they also levitated a couple of feet in the air in response to the sudden 500000dB screaming out of nowhere.

Not...amused...

No, there is absolutely no smoke in here, or anywhere in the house.  No idea what was up with it.  Fucker is now sitting on the desk sans battery.  I'll replace it tomorrow.  I did at least stop short of launching the thing at the nearest wall as I don't particularly want to spend half an hour picking up tiny bits of shattered electronics at one in the morning.  I am not guaranteeing it won't meed the 4lb lump hammer tomorrow before getting chucked in the electronics recycling box (yes it's just an optical one, so no radioactive bits to worry about).

Have slept really badly all week this week, actually managed to get settled down nicely today and then that goes and happens right after I doze off.  

On the plus side, the multimeter that I'd been trying to figure out what I'd done with for the last week reappeared from somewhere among all the crap that got knocked over.

[Marina door handles]

Popped round to the inlaws old house (which we are trying to sort out to sell) and found this....

 

Hmmmmmm well bollocks!

It was pretty apparent what has happened, the water tank sits right above the area and after some fishing about it appears the float is no longer floating. I managed to secure the float up and stop the flow of water into the tank, We also attempted to turn the water off but I am not convinced the stop cock is really working properly...

Good job the place is still insured....

 

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, Marina door handles said:

Popped round to the inlaws old house (which we are trying to sort out to sell) and found this....

 

Hmmmmmm well bollocks!

It was pretty apparent what has happened, the water tank sits right above the area and after some fishing about it appears the float is no longer floating. I managed to secure the float up and stop the flow of water into the tank, We also attempted to turn the water off but I am not convinced the stop cock is really working properly...

Good job the place is still insured....

 

 

Grim.

I remember having the same. However I was at home and saw the water pissing out of the ceiling.

Shot up there but annoyingly it was the connection of the float valve that had fucked itself. I managed to make it a bit better but lack any plumbing tools nor experience to not make things worse.

The mains stopcock to the house didn't work either so at 10pm I phoned the magic landlord agent number and 50 minutes later a chap drove out from abingdon. 

I'd spent that time with a 1990 Aquavac Bulldog vacuuming off the ceiling and keeping the tank empty enough to allow me to take it all downstairs and empty it and bring it back up (15l.)

The plumber tightened everything up and all was well again and off he went. The siezed stopcock got quickly replaced too, luckily I'd mentioned it in writing a few times in a 'well I'd hate to see your house destroyed just because I can't shut the water off...' kind of way.

A couple of years later and you can see where ever joint in the ceiling plaster has expanded and then dried... Would have been worse if I didn't get the insulation off it ASAP and get it dried though.

[Richard_FM]

I remember my family went on holiday to come home to find the water tank had overflowed.  Luckily mostly out of the overflow pipe through the wall, but some of it managed to soak into the plaster & wallpaper on the lounge wall, which left a mark when things dried out.  I think my parents had the plaster reskimmed when they next redecorated in the lounge.

In the office where I had my old job the drinks machine on the floor above leaked water a couple of times, I remember my supervisor's desk had a lot of soggy ceiling tiles on it one morning!

[Spiny Norman]

Some years ago I inherited a small flat which needed a bit of minor redecoration and titivation before sale. Got a decorator in to paint all the walls and woodwork, and had the bathroom re-tiled and new floor, plus one or two other little jobs. Didn't spend a fortune on it because it was a do-er upper for a quick turnaround, but in between getting the work done and being arsed to get an estate agent out to value it, the upstairs neighbours' shower sprung a leak and because no one was living in the place it went unnoticed for several weeks. 
It was so bad the internal wall between the bedroom and bathroom had to be torn out and replaced, undoing all the work I'd had done. 
Upstairs' insurance covered it but was still an absolute ballache. 

[comfortablynumb]

I had a mate with a house on a hill in brizzle, box of those with no underfloor access one side, but 4 feet the other.

He went and a long-saved- for trip to Australia, it appears he'd only been gone a few days when a pipe went.

It filled the entire underfloor area, and wasn't noticed until it was literally running out of the front door.

He had mould spores everywhere, the whole place turned a weird orange colour with growth, everything had to be binned and he was in alternative accomodation for about 6 months.

I suppose it was a mixed blessing that he was the last house in the row, if he'd have been the first it'd probably have been noticed sooner, but there'd have been more damage to others.

Not a nice scenario to come home to 

[Back_For_More]

Mine was an old terraced place in Windsor.... Old dear of 91 sold up to go care for her son who'd had a stroke. 

Place hadn't been modernised at all - last decorated in the late 70s. Just epic. 

I was starting the rewire while I had the central heating installed..... They fucked it up. 4days of unanswered calls later I got home to the boiler sounding like it was about to explode.... I ran upstairs and switched off/stopped everything. 

Then noticed the 'tropical' smell - it had pumped the entire heated system through all the downstairs ceilings. 

Their insurance covered a complete remodel and replacement of everything electrical ruined.... A ball ache at the time - but a massive win looking back. 

I'm looking at a ship to buy now - I'll do the plumbing with proper brass connectors and avoid these push fit bits I think 😁

[Popsicle]

Woo-hoo, 7th puncture this year.....

[High Jetter]

Touch wood, it's been 20 odd years since any of our shite have thusly deflated. I know you do less miles now, so why?

[Mrcento]

Panel Vans. Not the Vans themselves, but more the drivers of said vans.

They need to realise vans are massive fucking hunks of metal that you cannot see through and at least try to be a little considerate.

I am utterly fucking sick to death of them just now, always parked/dumped on corners, or near junctions or crossings.

How the fuck are you meant to look for oncoming traffic when they are parked a few feet from the corner on your right side? Even creeping out of a junction to see around them and anything oncoming is right on you?, Meanwhile 20ft down the road there's a massive space they could have stopped and kept the sight lines clearer, but of course they stop at the worst bit and make a hazard. Ever. Fucking. Time. Every. Fucking. Junction.

How the fuck are you meant to cross the road at the designated spot? Pop your head around said parked van and scare the living shit out the driver who doesn't know if you're going to just walk or not any more?

Utter fucking cunts.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Norway is starting to be invaded by foreign tourists all summer long now. It started already in May where I live and will probably last out August. Motorcycles that treat the roads like their own racetrack and campers and caravans that think it is acceptable to drive far below the speed limit on roads where the local massive logging trucks keep the speed limit and more just fine. It's frustrating but I can't really complain as my area is mostly quiet, it's worse for the poor people who live in tourist areas, they experience people shitting in their gardens, people camping everywhere, throwing trash all over and going to the bathroom everywhere. I've seen this myself and it's disgusting.

My dislike of people just grows.

[Popsicle]

35 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Touch wood, it's been 20 odd years since any of our shite have thusly deflated. I know you do less miles now, so why?

Dunno, can't put my finger on it, never had a year like it before. Normally I get a puncture every 200k miles, so every 2-3 years.

It was fine until I started doing deliveries for the local nail and screw factory.....

[Popsicle]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway is starting to be invaded by foreign tourists all summer long now. It started already in May where I live and will probably last out August. Motorcycles that treat the roads like their own racetrack and campers and caravans that think it is acceptable to drive far below the speed limit on roads where the local massive logging trucks keep the speed limit and more just fine. It's frustrating but I can't really complain as my area is mostly quiet, it's worse for the poor people who live in tourist areas, they experience people shitting in their gardens, people camping everywhere, throwing trash all over and going to the bathroom everywhere. I've seen this myself and it's disgusting.

My dislike of people just grows.

I feel your pain DV. I've had a day doing deliveries around a local tourist area, the Peak District. Double parked on tight country lanes, dawdling along in a convoy of campers, holding up the tipper trucks from the local quarry, who really don't hang about, saw some spectacularly shit driving by tippers and campers today.

Then the other side of things are the bikers driving at 10/10ths like Barry Sheene and cyclists in a pack blocking the road like they're on the Tour de France. I watched a pack of cyclists overtake a tipper truck on a downhill section of the A515 towards Ashbourne, 50mph limit, no overtaking signs, so the trucks stayed behind the campers doing 30, push bikes went flying by. Makes me wince, as there are so many side roads joining and it only takes one vehicle to pull out and its game over.

I'll probably get one of these through the post in a few days 😂.

[artdjones]

45 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Norway is starting to be invaded by foreign tourists all summer long now. It started already in May where I live and will probably last out August. Motorcycles that treat the roads like their own racetrack and campers and caravans that think it is acceptable to drive far below the speed limit on roads where the local massive logging trucks keep the speed limit and more just fine. It's frustrating but I can't really complain as my area is mostly quiet, it's worse for the poor people who live in tourist areas, they experience people shitting in their gardens, people camping everywhere, throwing trash all over and going to the bathroom everywhere. I've seen this myself and it's disgusting.

My dislike of people just grows.

Are the Germans still coming over towing caravans with agricultural tractors?

[artdjones]

6 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

I feel your pain DV. I've had a day doing deliveries around a local tourist area, the Peak District. Double parked on tight country lanes, dawdling along in a convoy of campers, holding up the tipper trucks from the local quarry, who really don't hang about, saw some spectacularly shit driving by tippers and campers today.

Then the other side of things are the bikers driving at 10/10ths like Barry Sheene and cyclists in a pack blocking the road like they're on the Tour de France. I watched a pack of cyclists overtake a tipper truck on a downhill section of the A515 towards Ashbourne, 50mph limit, no overtaking signs, so the trucks stayed behind the campers doing 30, push bikes went flying by. Makes me wince, as there are so many side rides joining and it only takes one vehicle to pull out and its game over.

I'll probably get another one of these through the post in a few days 😂.

They have time to sit around polishing their trousers seats doing this kind of thing, but not enough time to attend burglaries.