The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

OMG ALL MODERATURS R WANKAS. WHO VOTED FOR THEM? I DIDNT SO DEY IS ALL WORSE THAN HITLER!

 

Anyway, after commenting on Cavette's very sensible thread locking, I shall get to a non-shite grump. Our village shop/Post Office is closing at the end of the month. This saddens me very much. The economics just sadly don't stack up. It ended up getting into a Catch 22 situation that they didn't stock stuff we wanted to buy, just Happy Shopper shite. With the economics going down the pan, they didn't want to risk getting better stuff in, so all we bought there was eggs and milk (the latter pretty much every day but how much profit on a bottle of milk?).

 

I should be happy, because it means I now have to drive a car at least four miles to the nearest shop. I'm not though.

[Wilko220]

I don't think the mods are "wankas" or question their motives. On the contrary.

I just think they should stick by their previous words and not start going beyond their agreed remit.

[Cavcraft]

Unlocked, I look forward* to further input into that thread now.

[maxpower]

Still finding bastard fleas in my room despite daily vacuuming and 2 doses of ultra strength flea spray

 

There is flea stuff called "advatage" that kills the fleas and the eggs on animals and their bedding... might help...

 

 

Grump of the day:   What's the fuggin point of having pavements when every twat is determined to walk in the road in the middle of traffic???

 

very tempted to clip one of these idiots.... wtf happened to the "jaywalking" offence?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

There's no such thing here, and rightly so. Jaywalking laws can go to hell. 

[Cavcraft]

Is it just me or are about 85% of motorists zooming up to junctions recently, then slamming on when they're either right on the road markings or several inches over them?

 

Seems to be happening all the time recently, an accident waiting to happen I reckon.

[Wilko220]

I've noticed it too. Apart from anything else, it's a very uneconomic way to drive - although you'll probably find the same people who waste their petrol in this way will merrily castigate the government for the unfairness of it all every time fuel prices rise by 0.1p per litre.

[chaseracer]

Going for a jacking train, or a follow-in the full length of the straight?

 

(Sorry...)

[Tonka]

OMG BangerSpeak..............

[Tonka]

Sat at work and it's too hot, wish I was at home but then it would still be too hot to do something constructive on one of the fleet.

 

There has to be a continent somewhere missing it's weather, some obscure tribe woke up two weeks ago to discover mist fog rain etc for me they can have their weather back now cos we prefer ours,it's too fooking hot!   

[Spiny Norman]

27C up here today.

The average Scotsman melts into a foaming goo of Tennents Super lager and Greggs steak bakes at 22....

 

 

And sorry to bang on about this again, but this "new" member 'Adzladz' was just a bit too convenient, wasn't he?
At the top of every page on this forum (if you haven't signed in) are the words,

"WARNING"--Your first 5 posts will be approved by staff before they appear on board

So why was this obvious troll's first post approved?

[cort16]

It's defo 2hot4scots. I need some of this.

 

[Spiny Norman]

I had that on my Facebook page last week, quite apt. At least the wind's changed direction today, last couple of days we were being treated to the delightful odour of the sewage treatment plant a few miles away.

Not nice.

[chaseracer]

OMG BangerSpeak..............

Learn the dialect. It confuses them...

 

[maxpower]

There's no such thing here, and rightly so. Jaywalking laws can go to hell. 

 

well they should use the fuckin pavements or implement the jaywalking law.

[rml2345]

Run them over and they'll soon learn.

My grump is also the persistently roasting weather as it seems to be making folk short tempered as well as too fucking hot.

[Angrydicky]

There used to be an Abbeyfield type care home for old people over the road from me. Never had any issues with it. 

A few years ago it closed and was taken over by a company who run care homes for adults with mental health issues.

Most of them seem ok, but there is one particular 'inmate' over there who screams and rants constantly through the night. Since they had double glazing installed it has generally been ok (you can still hear him but it's manageable) until last night, when it was so hot they had all the windows (10 at the front of the three storey building) open, and I didn't get to sleep until gone midnight for the racket he was making.

Also they have an employee who seems to spend the entire working day sat outside smoking and coughing his lungs up, which sounds fucking disgusting.

[beko1987]

Is it just me or are about 85% of motorists zooming up to junctions recently, then slamming on when they're either right on the road markings or several inches over them?

Seems to be happening all the time recently, an accident waiting to happen I reckon.

Makes me wince every time it happens to me, the thought of 'stop then you cunt' and hoping they do

[Sigmund Fraud]

Just spent an hour underneath the 760 sweating like a pig and swearing like a sailor.

 

I was trying to replace the bottom arm balljoint, but the bugger is too large for the jaws of my scissor-type separator. I found my old fork-style separator and tried it with the help of a BFH, but the bastard balljoint would still not budge. How irritating !

 

Any tips before I bring out the can of petrol and matches ?

[Richard]

My usual strategy with ball joints is to remove the nut, then put it back on a few threads, lever the bottom arm down and keep some pressure on it, then hit the side of the arm (the bit that goes around the ball joint pin, can't think what you would call it) very hard with a hammer.

[TimothyClaypole]

Reply from Rotherham MBC - "Yes they are correct at the tip, you can only take 3 bags of soil there every SIX MONTHS."

 

[Cavcraft]

If that doesn't encourage fly tipping I don't know what does!

[Richard]

Three bags you say?

 

 

 

[Cavcraft]

Just spent a couple of hours this morning and some running round in the week to sort a mate's car out. Bought parts, bought more parts and generally pissed about. Just finishing off and got 'Ok I'll pay you next week'.

Say what? Seemingly he wants to try it out for a week first to make sure it's ok. I told him to try that with a garage next time and see what they say.

 

I smell burnt bridges.

 

[Wilko220]

Maybe he just took exception to your cuntish superiority complex.

Try discussing it with him again when your time of the month is over.

[John F]

well they should use the fuckin pavements or implement the jaywalking law.

 

There *is* no 'jaywalking' law. That's something you've seen on an american TV show, it doesn't exist in Britain.

[RedSparrow]

Just spent a couple of hours this morning and some running round in the week to sort a mate's car out. Bought parts, bought more parts and generally pissed about. Just finishing off and got 'Ok I'll pay you next week'.

Say what? Seemingly he wants to try it out for a week first to make sure it's ok. I told him to try that with a garage next time and see what they say.

 

I smell burnt bridges.

 

Never, ever do work on friends' cars. They will expect you to do it for nothing and moan like fuck if something goes wrong.

Don't go there sister.

[Cavcraft]

It's not something I'll be repeating for him, that's for sure. I normally don't mind as I quite enjoy it but I had to get someone in to help as itw as brakes which I'm shit at and my lad is working, so I paid a neighbour to help out and I'm out of pocket for that too.

 

Oh well, if he does complain I'll get him to bring his back, take the new brake parts off it and tell him to f*ck off before walking off and leaving him stranded!

[Richard]

Maybe he just took exception to your cuntish superiority complex.

Try discussing it with him again when your time of the month is over.

Let it lie man! Put him on ignore if he bothers you.

[SambaS]

I fitted some new front pads to a mates car, I generally leave brakes alone as they're a pretty key part to the safety of a car, but I did it non-the-less and all was fine.

 

A few weeks ago at midnight I got a call saying there was a bang now the brakes don't work I was a bit tense waiting for him to bring the car to me, and hoped I hadn't done something wrong but alas a rear cylinder had given up and pissed very nearly all the brake fluid out onto the wheel, inner arch and car park.

 

He took it to a garage the next day as I've never done rears before. All's well that ends well really.