The grumpy thread

[cort16]

I spent most of my time an university/college drinking and getting really really fucking good at Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. A lot of the time I was doing both at the same time.

I can't remember anything I learned at college but I am still really good Mario Kart, which has served me a lot better in later life than any of the systems analysis bollocks they where trying to teach me at the time.

[Lacquer Peel]

Tree Surgeons

 

4 weeks ago quote a frankly astoundlingly cheap price to hack my trees down to size. Haggled anyway, agreed a cash price and a date for the work.

 

2 weeks later they call 2 mins before they are due to arrive. Cant make it due to a man falling off his bike or somesuch. Fair do's, shit happens. Rearranged to come back today instead.

 

This morning they arrive. Have a brew, have a mooch & then announce its too cheap, the lad who quoted has fucked up and told them it was a straightforward hedge trim, when it is clearly not. They havent brought the right kit & to be honest their time would be better spent making some money somewhere else & coming back another time. They say they will honour the quoted price anyway & the lad will get a shoeing. So we rearrange for the 15th.

 

I hope they are coming back but am worried* that they wont bother if they they arent making a bean on the job & Ill have to fork out double or worse still have to do the bastard things myself.

 

JUST CUT MY FUCKING TREES DOWN!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*properly shitting it

 

They sound a bit incompetent - 'hacking' trees isn't something a decent tree surgeon would do in the first place.

 

What is the spec of the job and where are you?

 

http://www.treesurgery.com/tree-owners/ ... ee-surgeon

[Danblez]

I spent most of my time an university/college drinking and getting really really fucking good at Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. A lot of the time I was doing both at the same time.

I can't remember anything I learned at college but I am still really good Mario Kart, which has served me a lot better in later life than any of the systems analysis bollocks they where trying to teach me at the time.

 

Sounds very familiar. These valuable skills stay with you for life.

[Junkman]

I spent most of my time an university/college drinking and getting really really fucking good at Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. A lot of the time I was doing both at the same time.

I can't remember anything I learned at college but I am still really good Mario Kart, which has served me a lot better in later life than any of the systems analysis bollocks they where trying to teach me at the time.

 

I spent most of my time at university/college drinking and fucking. A lot of the time I was doing both at the same time.

I can't remember anything I learned at university/college and I still suck at most things.

Since I dropped out of U, nobody has ever asked me whether I actually have an education.

[Keymaster]

They sound a bit incompetent - 'hacking' trees isn't something a decent tree surgeon would do in the first place.

 

What is the spec of the job and where are you?

 

http://www.treesurgery.com/tree-owners/ ... ee-surgeon

 

Thanks mate.

 

Theyve got all the right credentials, certificates & insurances, I wouldnt have let them through the front door to quote without.

 

"hack" was my turn of phrase not theirs, I know its a bit more technical than that but it would deffo be a hacking job if I was left to do it myself!!

 

Im in Liverpool & this is the job, I promised myself last time that "I wouldnt let it get that bad again." It has.

 

[trigger]

I can't see the problem myself, at least you can sunbath nude without getting eyed up by the horny housewifes.

[plasticvandan]

im detecting a distinct lack of sheddage in that photo,and i would just trim the top of those hedges flat and square,privacy like that usually costs many thousands

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

See, no offence like, but this is just another reason why I don't really get university. It seems to me that people complaining their marks should have been better or that they should have got in at a certain university are surely missing the point: someone has looked at your work and/or application and decided it wasn't good enough.

 

Yes, that's fair enough. But the whole point of university surely has to be building up some critical thinking- knowing you've failed is not much use unless WHY you have failed, in which case you can improve your skills, approach to research etc. They can reject me all day long- as long as they tell me what I need in order to be successful next time round.

 

It's a bit like some bleeding 'talent show' on the telly sometimes where people aren't good enough but because they think they are, or family and friends have told them so, they rail bitterly about not getting through. Not having a go at anyone in particular by the way, and I've put in for loads of jobs and didn't get them because I wasn't good enough, that's life.

 

That's completely reasonable when you're talking about jobs. But scholarships aren't jobs. They're totally different- they essentially focus on a single thing (research ability), and they're public money that comes from the taxpayer and/or the EU- so accountability is important.

[Keymaster]

I can't see the problem myself, at least you can sunbath nude without getting eyed up by the horny housewifes.

 

Cor!

 

im detecting a distinct lack of sheddage in that photo,and i would just trim the top of those hedges flat and square,privacy like that usually costs many thousands

 

Yeah that shed is tiny & shagged. I keep most of my crap in my lock up

 

I know what youre saying about just squaring it off. Im having about a 3rd taken off them as they are blocking too much sunlight in the evenings. They will still be 15ft tall but those housewives trigger is on about will finally see what theyre missing

[cobblers]

Welding other peoples cars up at the side of the road, without having it high enough up in the air to properly clean/prep/fit underneath wearing the mask/fit the torch under at a proper angle, all with cars flying past at many miles an hour threatening to knock the car off the axle stands onto my face. Snots of weld burning through all my clothing, landing in my ear etc etc and a 100% shit quality job overall. It'll do for the MOT and keep her on the road for another year, but overall I'm not proud and I'm burned all over the place.

[Minimad5]

A lad i know has recently got another finance deal, yay i hear you ask .... NO !

 

 

Fuckin' mong flies around at mach 10 and can't even navigate his "Baby" between two lines .... twat

[Spiny Norman]

Driver of the TiT hasn't really left him much option, to be fair.

[retrogeezer]

apart from all those other empty spaces that are around..

[hairnet]

not exactly pushed for space 10 feet to the left.........

[garbaldy]

Snots of weld burning through all my clothing, landing in my ear etc etc and a 100% shit quality job overall.

 

Be very cautious with welding splatter. it bloody hurts when you hear the sound of bacon frying deep inside your ear,

two years ago now and I still cant hear properly from the passenger side ear,

I have lost count of how many hearing tests ive endured,

its a bit of a shock to the doctor when he hears that I could whistle from my ear, I cant even put it under water without giving serious pain, it makes you think twice,

That was with a full face mask as well damn splatter bounced in behind it of chassis rail

[TimothyClaypole]

Big shout out to MSN for dumping me onto Skype.

 

What a pile of toss, I just want Instant Messaging not some social media bandwagon jumping guff.

 

All my smilies down the river - on no look they have an Emo one and a disco dancer so it's alright.

[Lacquer Peel]

http://www.amsn-project.net/

 

http://www.pidgin.im/

[Station]

I stopped using MSN a few years ago when MSN decided they wanted to make half the window a running advert. I use Facebook Messenger all the time at work and phone, seeing as pretty much everyone I know is on it.

Was told they had transferred over to Skype, which is a bit mad.

[cort16]

I hate welding outside. I once set fire to a bit of kitchen roll I had stuffed in my ear to protect from weld sparks while it was still in my ear.

[Tetleysmooth]

I don't usually rant.

I don't usually use foul language on t'internet, but....

 

If a local authority is repairing a road, why must they close that entire sodding road?

I drive trucks at night for my sins. 44 tonners. Big bastards.

A couple of weeks ago, I was given the task of delivering to two stores, Eastbourne first, then onto Whitstable. It's a bit of an arse getting from Eastbourne to Whitstable in a truck, so I thought, A259, A2070, M20, A2, then A299 and bobs your uncle, you're there. Got as far as Dover docks, went to turn right up Jubilee Way, the A2, and.......road closed. Shit, where do I go now? Turn back. Past Folkestone and back onto the M20 Junction 9. Yep, I'll use the A251 Ashford-Faversham road. It's a poxy road, narrow and twisty, but at night, do-able. Got halfway across and...... road closed. For FUCKS SAKE. Thoughtfully, they'd put the closure signs at a bit of a T junction, so was able to spin round. All the way back to the M20 and ended up going right down to Junction 7, up Detling hill and onto the M2. Now all this doesn't look much in print, but the journey took bloody hours. No warnings about the roads being closed.

Monday night just gone. Was given a delivery to Sevenoaks Riverhead store as my second job of the night. I like this trip and the store. They turn you round quickly and you're on your way again. Anyway, got right down into Sevenoaks town, went to turn left on the road to the store (about a quarter mile away) and..... road closed. I just sat there. I didn't know where to go. One of the workmen told me to do a u turn and follow the diversion signs. There was only one sign which put me back on the M25????????? The only other way I knew into the store which is lorry-friendly, took me an hour. There is another way in, but your thinking 'low bridges, width restrictions etc.

So, please, local authorities, if you're going to repair a road, can't you do it one side at a time, so we can still get through?

I'm bloody scared to leave the depot now.

Rant over. Feel better.

Roll on tonight........

[RedSparrow]

Day off work to day (May day).

Spent the morning removing a nasty virus from my PC. It's called a 'Police' virus - basically a screen comes up saying you have been downloading stuff illegally and you have to pay a fine or you'll be arrested in 72 hours, and locks you out of your computer. Scared me a bit but having researched it on the mobile I found out it's increasingly common. Worst virus I've ever experienced, apart from that time I had to visit the 'special' clinic.

[M'coli]

Re: welding spatter down the ear canal - I realised the dangers of this ages ago and always wear earplugs, even if they're made of snot-rag. I'd prefer my hearing to be ruined by close-proximity racing cars or music gigs.

[Cavcraft]

Tesco last week: 3 litre bottles of veg oil=£3.00.

Tesco this week: 3 litre bottles of veg oil=£4.55.

 

Luckily I had my fiver off coupon and still managed to clear them out of the 5 and 15 litre ones.

[skattrd]

Asda/Tesco veg oil went back to normal prices round here last week.

The 15l drums are only £15.99 in Tesco and the 5l containers are £6 each, but often 2 for a tenner.

[Cavcraft]

I took the last couple of 5 litre ones (as you said 2 for 10) and three 15 litre drums.

I'd buy more of the 15 litre ones in future but it works out at .017p per litre more than my current supplier and the round trip to the nearest supplying Tesco is about 190 yards further.

[Ben_L]

Had the Civic for a week now - All going well apart from some weird noise from the clutch/gearbox...

 

Ask Cousin for the detachable part of the tow bar to get response "I threw it away". No bother, I thought... Go to the Scrappy and get one...

 

Beck Row breakers in Mildenhall must have 20 Civics (Less now, as 4 got cubed when I was there!!) and not one with a tow bar. Been to 10 breakers yards and covered many miles looking for one but no cigar. Honda want £230 for the detachable bit and I'm getting a bit pissed off as I MUST collect SWMBO's Moped from Wales before I get shouted at/start my new job/stop being taxi service!!!!

 

Anyone got a Honda Civic 1999 Tow bar!?

 

 

(Rover 45's may apply too!)

[plasticvandan]

thought the whole point of cars was that you can put a moped in the back?

Unless its a seperate booted saloon,stick it in the back!

I managed to get a 1940s autocycle (precursor to the moped) INSIDE a Skoda Rapid,through the side door (bought it before realising i had gone to the autojumble in the Skoda haha.And have had a whole Vespa inside a Reliant Robin hatchback,with the hatch shut.

[MrDuke]

Whereabouts in Wales is it?

[warren t claim]

Fucking £600 legal bill to pay tomorrow. If I'm found not guilty (as my solicitor expects) I'll not be able to claim costs back other than standard legal aid rates. FUCKING GOVERNMENT. Justice is open to all.....

[vulgalour]

In the excitement of putting the BX engine bits back on I've managed to lose a bolt down the back that I can't see or reach as the car is on the deck, I think I've cross-threaded another somehow and in trying to start the car I've flattened the battery. I have FAILED at car today.