The grumpy thread

[sporty-shite]

So sorry to hear about your uncle, Jon. It certainly does sound like the world is a poorer place without him.

 

Cliched, I know, but remember the good bits. At least he left a legacy, and had a positive impact on those he met.

 

If you need anything, you have my number....

[michael1703]

Ive gone off this site,it's not doing it for me,same people posting on every thread,lots of pointless updates on their own threads and needing a poll to decide whether to have ham or cheese for lunch

[Rocket88]

Ive gone off this site,it's not doing it for me,same people posting on every thread,lots of pointless updates on their own threads and needing a poll to decide whether to have ham or cheese for lunch

 

 

What would you propose to do about it?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Can you even have a poll on here? SOunds a bit hi tech.

[Guest]

Ive gone off this site,it's not doing it for me,same people posting on every thread,lots of pointless updates on their own threads and needing a poll to decide whether to have ham or cheese for lunch

 

I wouldn't look at the Facebook page if things are doing your nut in here. 60,000 people fapping over extremely dull cars that were turgid when new when other random obscurities get ignored. Corsas were boring and shit when they were new. Nothing's changed.

 

I can't be arsed posting up anything requiring effort because all you get is 'nice pics m8' or 'where are the J reg Protons?' I have plenty of content, it'll just go on the blog site thing I'm building up. At least I can control what goes on in there, no dreary bollocks about knackered gold Mini Metros to contend with.

[RedSparrow]

It's the old problem. If people kept off topic stuff to the grumpy/grin threads and didn't start a new thread for every individual photo they take it would be fine.

Best threads in my opinion are about tat collection missions, resto work and obscure/unusual cars.

[dollywobbler]

I saw one idiot in an MX5 changing lanes after every car he passed, even if he immediately had to move back out again for the next car.

 

Isn't that what you're supposed to do? Assuming there's quite a long gap between the slower cars.

 

There wasn't.

 

Sorry about your uncle Wat. The Big C is sadly no judge of character.

[Wilko220]

One of the main problems with this site for quite a while has been the number of people bemoaning how rubbish it is "these days".

If people just ignored the threads they don't like and commented on the ones they do, then everyone would be happy - surely?

 

Separate note - condolences about your uncle, Watanabe. Sounds like he was in a class of his own.

[meggersdog]

Who said Bosch pumps are veg friendly ? who was it, come on own up.

 

To be fair there has always been a faint whiff of diesel.Earlier today thought I'd have a look at what I assumed was a leaky leak off pipe on the Pug.It has been getting steadily worse and starting has become a problem due to what I thought was drain back.The block has diesel over it but although there is oil on the head it didn't look diesel-ish.The injector pump looked dry from above but,oh yes I see, the fuel distributor head is dripping.There is an O ring between the distributor head and injector pump body which has obviously sprung a leak.Whether running on 50/50 veg mix caused it or not I don't know.Maybe the faint whiff is why the previous owner got rid and the veg oil just finished it off.Whatever it's a pump off jobbie and I'm a bit miffed.

[Spiny Norman]

One of the main problems with this site for quite a while has been the number of people bemoaning how rubbish it is "these days".

If people just ignored the threads they don't like and commented on the ones they do, then everyone would be happy - surely?

THIS.

 

Too often we get the same half a dozen grumpies moaning because someone else has dared to post something something that doesn't meet their approval. If you don't like it, move on, there's bound to be another thread you can post on and if there isn't, start one about something that is to your liking.

This is like every other forum on the net, it's not entertainment provided by a third party for your amusement like the telly, it's an interactive thing. It's as good or as bad as everyone makes it.

 

 

Separate note - condolences about your uncle, Watanabe. Sounds like he was in a class of his own.

 

Also this.

Sorry for your loss Wat, sounds like he was a top bloke.

[retrogeezer]

Yeh, sorry to hear about your loss Jon, RIP Uncle Wat.

[skattrd]

Sorry for your loss Jon.

 

I know what people mean about the site, it is a bit PSA mingebag motoring atm. I think there is also less attitude than used to be. When people ask for advice they are given it, and not just told to get a horsey horseless or whatever. I'm sure it'll cycle round back to "proper" shite sooner or later, and toys will be thrown from pram etc. etc.

[michael1703]

Just a grump,nothing to see here, hoping things pick up with good weather

[TimothyClaypole]

A house on our street has "a new caller" in a blue Pug 306 who thinks he's living the 90's with his bangin stereo rattling the windows.

[Lord Sterling]

One of the main problems with this site for quite a while has been the number of people bemoaning how rubbish it is "these days".

If people just ignored the threads they don't like and commented on the ones they do, then everyone would be happy - surely?

 

+2

 

I really don't understand whats going on of late? I come home and on here to find a thread about moving sites and others complaining of the content, I though we got passed this months ago? We seem to get this every year now.

 

There is a lot of stuff on here that interests me, but equally there is also a lot of stuff that doesnt. I reply to things that interest me, but sometimes I don't, but it doesnt mean I doesnt interest me. Other stuff that doesnt interest me doesnt get read, I don't complain about it. Most input here is interesting, I find tat collecting threads to spotted threads, ebay and such forth entertaining enough, sometimes even OT threads can be interesting.

 

If people are bored of this place, take a holiday from here for a bit, don't log on, don't peek in or lurk, do other more constructive stuff with your time, come back when you feel to do so.

 

I hope no one takes offence to what I have said, its not aimed at anyone in particular, just some general thoughts and observations.

 

Jon - My sincere condolences to you and your family, your uncle sounded like a right top bloke. May he rest in peace now.

[Cavcraft]

We can all pick holes in threads or messages and sometimes we do. Nobody is perfect, sometime people believe they have a valid moan, sometimes they are probably wrong (including me) but I repeat nobody is perfect. Shit is shit, shite is shite, but you could argue some people only post to complain about something.

 

I think the 'cool thread/nice car' comments are a tricky one. Do you say nothing so the OP thinks no one is interested in their spottings or do you risk sounding patronising by making a polite comment? I'd prefer the latter but we're all different.

[Wilko220]

I don't see anything wrong or patronising with encouraging comments, when a thread is interesting, either. Not least, they keep the thread near the top for a little longer, rather than just disappearing in half an hour...

[burraston2006]

I think some of these moaners are having a mid life crisis! My advise is to find a lady 15 years younger, buy a merc coupe get it out of your system and then come back when you've taken your head out of your ar*e!

[Inspector Morose]

LS, I think you're about spot on. This place is a great place to be but there is a load of stuff that is not of particular interest to me so I read it, say meh and then move on to the next. It probably is of interest to someone on here so it doesn't offend me.

I don't post a lot either as my kind of interest in shite is somewhat 'specialized' and would bore the crap out of most. I may get frustrated and spout off about life in general in the grump thread every once in a while but that's just me being me and I expect to be ignored.

This place is just like a local, people come, people go. Some are miserable gits and are only interested in moaning about the world and some seem to merrily achieve wonderful things with nothing more than an old shoelace and a rusty old bean tin. The point is that it needs all of these to be what it is. Without the moaners, it would be just a sterile techie forum. Without the high shite achievers, it might as well just be the Daily Mail forum. Add the occasional loopy juice and pedant into the mix and you get this place. Unique, in a beige kind of way.

 

Anyway it's time I went back to lurking again until someone else starts talking about buses.

[eddyramrod]

At this point there are just two things I want to add: Metrobi, agreed, and have you looked at Barrow Wheels lately? And Jon, condolences; as others have said, it sounds like your uncle was the kind of uncle all Shiters should have for at least some of their lives.

[sporty-shite]

The Big C

 

THIS. This pisses me off like nothing else. It's CANCER. It's a fucking horrible disease that consigns people to a painful death, way before their time. I find it infuriating that people see fit to give it a nickname, regardless of the reason.

[Lankytim]

It's because people sometimes find it hard to even say it's name.

[sporty-shite]

I understand that, Tim, but to give it a twee little title is to diminish the utter devastation it causes. Just makes it sound like a cartoon character, in my opinion.

 

Just for perspective, I speak from experience of losing someone very close, very early, to this bastard of a disease. I'm not just a moaning bastard.

[MrDuke]

On a similar subject, THIS is very sh1tty indeed.

[trigger]

I've got 3 work mates with cancer, two of them in my small team of 28 alone and all under 40, One mate has it pretty bad, kidney cancer but it's spread so will be on medication for the rest of his life and my other two mates have testicular cancer.

 

Awful stuff indeed.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

if i had cancer or some member of my family did, i'd let them call it whatever the fuck they liked

[freebird]

My missus had a scare a few weeks back, well we both did, my arse hit the floor and we both wondered "if this was it".

The moral, if there is one, is to stop fucking moaning and enjoy your life. This place is the only refuge on the WWW where you are allowed to cream your pants over a dead Marina. I think, maybe, sometimes the more hardened posters on here forget just how refreshingly different this place is. Yep, some threads are utter wank and some are blindingly good, it makes the whole world go round.

From my perspective, as ive just been kicked up the arse with the boot of "life is too short" I am up at 4am to catch the 5.17am Train for three ours of purgatory ( if thats the right word) all to go and pick up an ebay purchase. My rucksack is full of tools I may need, my wallet is stuffed with cash and I dont give a fuck because it makes me happy.

Hopefully the car will make me doubly happy..

Its what life should be about.

[PhilA]

Stupid blasted wiper blades, stupid blasted model/manufacturer specific fittings, stupid blasted wiper rubber that doesn't quite fit the old arm assembly, stupid blasted thing now wipes two lines across the screen where I pulled at it with pliers to make it fit.

 

Gonna go elsewhere and pony up for the proper blades now

[Station]

I agree. It's an Internet forum, not real life, and it shouldn't matter too much. I'm sure the place wouldn't be the same if whatever members left, but ffs grow up all you moaners!

 

Waiting on the least enthusiastic other forum member to 'flash' my saabs ECU, before I put the engine in my Astra. The problem is, the engine needs to be in the Saab to have it done, and I took ten days off work for the sole reason of doing the engine swap. I've done NOTHING with only two days of my AL to go. Also same with person who said I can pick up F28 gearbox on way home from work last week, except they have yet to remove it from the car.

[Richard]

The hour change is pissing me off. The hour going forward always knocks me off kilter and I don't really feel right until it goes back again.

 

Apart from the physical effects it offends me because it means midday isn't in the middle of the day. It's a completely outdated concept too, workers no longer have the right to work in daylight or any kind of work/life balance. All the spring hour change does is make it more of a shock when we go back to the correct time in the winter- and then we get thicko politicians lobbying to stick with the wrong time all year round.