The grumpy thread

[Bren]

Just been to a toy and train fair at Haydock Park.

 

Why do so many of the men who attend these events smell like they have died?

 

To be honest it is so bad I have thought about setting up a sprinkler by the entrance like what was used during the last foot and mouth crisis, delivering hot, soapy water.

 

Never mind buying that Hornby Pullman, buy some soap, you smelly bastards.

[ruffgeezer]

Well they do say you can smell your own...

 

 

[Bren]

Never heard that one before....

[TimothyClaypole]

Ebay, broken again, useless.  

 

0 stars for them.

[saucedoctor]

Gas heating can Foxtrot Oscar. "get the gas in" they all said, "it's great" they all said. MY ARSE. I'm 2 and a half grand lighter and the thing is a pain in the hole.

 

• The "Comfort" setting is supposed to keep heat in the heat exchanger, so you get warm water when you turn on the tap. Nope. Takes about 20 seconds, and therefore wastes water
• The wireless remote control panel can't be placed anywhere that's too hot. Or too cold. Or a bit draughty.
• It is necessary to keep an eye on the water pressure in the boiler thing. It has a meter that looks like the signal bars on an old mobile phone. Unspecified BAD THINGS will happen if it's not right.
• The boiler is fucking enormous.
• Very slow to heat up the radiators. My old Riello/Bluebird oil system fired in 10 seconds, and within 90 seconds the rads were hot.

 

Wish I hadn't bothered. The oil system was perfectly OK in hindsight. And the supplier, Phoenix Gas(tards) have just hiked the price.

[richardmorris]

I get nearly all the couriers delivering to work each day. Well the proper ones - yodel just deliver our wine every month or so. The worst are UPS who don't appear to have a policy of hiring anyone who can read English. Tuffnels are great, ditto Mr "Kelly's Van Hire" who delivers for overseas FEDEX, DHL ok, Parcel force hit and miss. Post office seem to deliver every other day now though, and the special before 1pm delivery has never, ever beaten the standard postman. Both DHL and FEDEX use different delivery drivers for UK and International (and EU) parcels. One day we had two Fed exes and three DHL drivers.

 

We (work) got someone at UPS sacked because they'd twice forged signatures for timed deliveries - supposed to be before 10am and turned up at 5.15pm despite the customer having a confirmed delivery sig. from 9.20am. One was a squiggled X. We played hell as it makes us look as if we're lying and not doing the work on time.

[willswitchengage]

politics

 

soz

 

http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/scotland-and-snp-fooling-yourselves-and.html?spref=fb

[jonathan_dyane]

Spent much of today attempting to change the XM's water pump and timing belt after the water pump started leaking badly the other week. Unfortunately the 'specialist' who did the job the last time had massively overtightened and pre-rounded a very inaccessable bolt which must be slackened to release the timing belt tensioner.

 

There is a sporting chance I can undo it if I remove the upper engine mounting casting from the engine to give access to weld a nut on, but being welderless the only easy way for me to do this is to first limp the car up to the fathers in Durham first...

[vulgalour]

 

Why do so many of the men who attend these events smell like they have died?

 

To be honest it is so bad I have thought about setting up a sprinkler by the entrance like what was used during the last foot and mouth crisis, delivering hot, soapy water.

 

Never mind buying that Hornby Pullman, buy some soap, you smelly bastards.

 

Furry conventions have this issue but an enterprising lot started selling novelty soap and, to all intents and purposes, appear to be making a killing.  They named their product Con-tact, which I thought rather witty.

 

Maybe you need to set up a stall selling train-shaped soap.

[AlabamaShrimp]

For the last 2 weeks I've been meaning to vac out the fiesta and paint the wheels to be all posh for my first day of college like a proper swat.

 

Instead I've been a fat lazy shit making the most of my last few days of freedom playing video games those rust wheels are proper messy though...

[robinmasters]

This thread. I've just read 15 pages of it, and it's confirmed that everything in the world is shit and everyone is a horrible, selfish bastard.

[skattrd]

This thread. I've just read 15 pages of it, and it's confirmed that everything in the world is shit and everyone is a horrible, selfish bastard.

 

Now go and read 15 pages of the grin thread to balance things out.

[richardmorris]

Just been to a toy and train fair at Haydock Park.

 

Why do so many of the men who attend these events smell like they have died?

 

To be honest it is so bad I have thought about setting up a sprinkler by the entrance like what was used during the last foot and mouth crisis, delivering hot, soapy water.

 

Never mind buying that Hornby Pullman, buy some soap, you smelly bastards.

 

 

A colleague of mine in the RSC is into short wave radio in a big way (30ft extending aerial etc), his wife has refused to attend any more meetings with him as she can't stand the smell.

[The Moog]

Furry conventions .

I had to look that up. Never heard of them before

[Inspector Morose]

You live a sheltered life mr Moog! Look up Shep Shepard. (If you don't mind Shep?)

[Bren]

Furry conventions have this issue but an enterprising lot started selling novelty soap and, to all intents and purposes, appear to be making a killing.  They named their product Con-tact, which I thought rather witty.

 

Maybe you need to set up a stall selling train-shaped soap.

At least those attending furry conventions have an excuse - unlike the patrons who attended Haydock Park today who in their quest for expensive old tin plate and hornby OO are probably down to their last pair of underpants.

 

Well thats what it smelled like.

[Micrashed]

People who cant be arsed to read adverts properly.

 

 

Non Runner - no compression, I suspect either piston rings or piston is holed.
Starter motor also off at present.

Email chain.....

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Hello what up with the moped.

its not running

 

 

How much would it cost to run

 

£17 road fund licence

100 mpg (ish)

 

I pay £89 a year insurance fully comp. You may have to pay more, I dont know how old you are, whether you hold a full licence or learner one or whether you have any points on said licence - these things make a differene to your premium.

 

 

 

Okay how much would it be to repair the moped

 

If I tried to get it running, possibly more than the national debt of Bolivia as Im quite kack handedA, a garage would probably be a bit less.

[Bren]

I advertised a vivaruim on mongtree with all the dimensions in mm.

 

I got an email asking "IF IT WAS THREE FEET WIDE?"

 

Are people really this fucking stupid?

[chaseracer]

Yes.

[chaseracer]

A colleague of mine in the RSC is into short wave radio in a big way...

Live theatre isn't what it used to be, etc.

 

[jakebullet]

Just sold 50 dice on evilbay.

 

Messages from buyer:

1. Great, I love these!

2. Wait, are these dice and not valve caps?

3. Just send me the same amount of valve caps then.

 

I've not actually replied to any of these messages, it's like he's thinking by the medium of email.

 

3) is especially hilarious. 50 dice are £7. valve caps are £25 if you have the cheap ones. I don't have a magic pixie who like drilling holes in the bastards and does it for free.

[Richard]

Against my better judgement I agreed to go and see the Kelpies today. You couldn't get near the horsey bastards, all the car parks were full and there were cars parked on the grass verges all the way up the approach road. We decided life was too short and went somewhere else instead. The Kelpies can get to Falkirk as far as I'm concerned.

[Station]

The CV joint gaiter kept coming off the driveshaft on my Astra. I clipped it back on three times and it kept sliding back up when I turned the wheel.

 

That was because it was made of -plastic-, and not rubber.

 

A hard, plastic CV gaiter:

 

 

I also removed it by hanging the driveshaft from the top of the garage door, opening the circlip and tapping it with a hammer. CV joint comes out, and so do four of the bearings. Spent 10 minutes putting it all back together again, popped it back on, the joint won't 'turn', it's stuck. Realised I put the innards in the wrong way.

[michael1703]

I love the pic of it on a shovel, sitting there like a steaming turd

[Lankytim]

Did you use a cable tie or the proper metal jobbie?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Those plastic CV gaiters are colossally shit, I hate them. You do need to use proper metal clips with them (done up with the proper tool) otherwise you have no chance.

[320touring]

Those plastic CV gaiters are colossally shit, I hate them. You do need to use proper metal clips with them (done up with the proper tool) otherwise you have no chance.

There's a tool for that? I thought you just had to save up a weeks worth of swearing..

[mat_the_cat]

http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/ligarex-plier-only-instructions-p-1208.html

 

I don't have a set though, and make do with a set of ground down carpenters pincers.

[320touring]

http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/ligarex-plier-only-instructions-p-1208.html

 

I don't have a set though, and make do with a set of ground down carpenters pincers.

Cheers for the info and link, at that price i'll stick to the swearing..

[Mr_Bo11ox]

You can get one off eBay for 15-20 quid.

 

http://ebay.us/ynqr7x