The grumpy thread

[trigger]

Sorry to hear that MrDuke, you cat was the twin of mine.

[cort16]

The merc is still bogging down between 1-2000 rpm. After that it flys and it ticks over fine .

No Eml either so can't get any codes.

I think it's going to put pay to my swap with the sl as who's going to want one if these running like shite.

 

I unplugged the MAF and it runs much better. I got a new old one off ebay for 35 quid from an S500, which hopefully will fix it.

[xtriple]

Sorry about your puss mate. I couldn't read the post as after the first bit I knew it was bad news.

 

God bless puss.

[xtriple]

I unplugged the MAF and it runs much better. I got a new old one off ebay for 35 quid from an S500, which hopefully will fix it.

I ran my Sl for months with the maf unplugged! Apart from the fuel consumption got even worse it ran fine. An unscrupulous person would do the same and swap as is!

[cort16]

Haha it did cross my mind but I'm too honest. I'll be regretting that of course when the car I'm getting blows up on the way home.

[fordperv]

Sorry for your loss fella, the same happened to my beautiful tabby kitty, i havn't had a cat since.

[155V6]

Sorry for your loss Mr Duke,she was a gorgeous looking cat 

[MarvinsMom]

so sorry to hear of your loss mr duke, he was a magnificent looking animal.

 

i'd be lost with out my cat tomas (or ratbag when he's been a pest...)

 

[gordonbennet]

Sorry to hear about your cat, lovely looking puss.

 

I love tabbies, got given a tabby kitten from the almost wild anti rodent crew they kept on the payroll at the spice warehouse near here many years ago, she was really small but a tough little sod, when she herself had kittens she'd nip over the road onto the allotments, drag a full grown rabbit back and over 1 x 6ft and 1 x 4 ft brick walls and kill the thing in front of the kittens, presumably teaching them how to survive (nature in all its base cruelty), and they'd all scoff it, sod me...how the hell she got that rabbit (several) over the walls is still a mystery...she never came home one day, presumably her road escapades did for her too, never had another since then.

[steve_earwig]

I watched that cat, er, watch a few months back, it said cats learn how to kill from their mothers, they're born with the hunting instinct but they don't know how to kill unless they're shown. Which is probably why most domestic moggies keep catching and releasing their prey until either it either escapes or it succumbs.  

[MrDuke]

Thanks for the sympathy guys. Most people would do the 'meh, it's just a cat' thing, but she was a major part of our lives - we got her as a tiny kitten from a rescue centre, and had her for 7 years. Today I have mostly been snivelling in a very un-manly way.

She was 'adopted' and taught to kill by our older male cat (who ironically is now too lazy to actually kill anything), and single-handedly wiped out 2 seperate rat colonies at different houses. Despite her predatory skills, she was incredibly affectionate with people, and ended up being a surrogate mum to 2 other kittens that we rescued 3 years ago. And if you threw her a ball of wool, she'd go back into full-on kitten mode like a loon. Most cats can be really annoying in many ways, but she was genuinely awesome in every way, with no faults at all. I've lost cats before, and consoled myself by getting replacements, but I know I'll never have another one as good as her.

[michael1703]

At least you found out about the cat, my wife lost one 15years ago and still wonders what happened to it.

 

I actually managed to kill one of her cats once, I ran it down with a Honda fireblade, wasn't a nice day

[Parky]

Cats are never "meh", they are special in many ways. Often perceived as aloof you soon learn that they do show affection, not always on demand but you do build up a powerful rapport with them.

 

When Oz comes in demanding fuss and food, he chirrups away, not sure if he is complaining about the lack of mice, the cold, or whether he is telling me about how he is going to rip my face off one day but I enjoy our chats.

 

I had three cats two years ago, one died and one had to be given away. I do miss him a lot and still think about him every day, even emailing his new owners to check up on him. I must get on their tits worrying about a cat I don't own anymore

[gm]

So sorry to hear about your poor cat, you must be devastated. Some folk just don't understand how big a part of our lives these little furry fellows become. He looks like a real character, I'm sure he will be sorely missed.

[Mr Lobster]

Sorry to hear that MrDuke. That's horrible.

 

I still miss our cats and would really like another but time isnt really right with two small children in the house and whatnot.

[purplebargeken]

Sorry about the kitteh. Bloody sad.

[M'coli]

Sorry to hear that, MrDuke, it's awful when that happens.

[Lankytim]

I'm now unable to park anywhere my house thanks to the Romanian driveway mechanic 2 doors down parking 12 of his customers fucked old bangers all over the place. It's a regular occurrence for the wife to get home with the kids and be unable to get on the drive thanks to some shitty old Slovakian registered skoda felicia or similar being parked in the middle of the road with all the doors and bonnet open and a couple of disinterested looking fellas stood next to it picking their noses.

 

The road is littered with oil slicks and oily rags. 

 

Apart from setting fire to the cars Bickle style, is there realistically anything which can be done? They're pissing off the whole neighbourhood. Ideally I'd like them all to just die of aids. 

[Timewaster]

Local clowncil should be all over him if they discover he is running a car business from home.

It's a dilemma though. Not really the as way to dob him in for having shit old cars about the place.

But you want to get into your house. Hmmmmm

[Rusty Pelican]

my ebay and paypal accounts wont speak to each other and dont seem to be linked even though they are .I can sign on to ebay and my paypal accounts seperately though 

GR8 4 saving money , shite if like me you actually want to buy something.

[Station]

I had a cat, but didn't get on with it - I once saw it sitting in the window of another person's house down the road! It ran away for four weeks, and then reappeared at the door.

And then it ran away and never came back. I don't know what he had been eating as every night he would come home and do the mutha of all diarrhoea dumps - not in the kitty litter box, but on the floor next to it. You've never heard such a noise! He used to come back, do a dump, and then f*ck off out again.

[rml2345]

Chair fixed.

Flu acquired.

Bumhats.

[michael1703]

I'm now unable to park anywhere my house thanks to the Romanian driveway mechanic 2 doors down parking 12 of his customers fucked old bangers all over the place. It's a regular occurrence for the wife to get home with the kids and be unable to get on the drive thanks to some shitty old Slovakian registered skoda felicia or similar being parked in the middle of the road with all the doors and bonnet open and a couple of disinterested looking fellas stood next to it picking their noses.

 

The road is littered with oil slicks and oily rags. 

 

Apart from setting fire to the cars Bickle style, is there realistically anything which can be done? They're pissing off the whole neighbourhood. Ideally I'd like them all to just die of aids.

 

Say a few cats died from licking up antifreeze he left outside,that he doesn't have a waste transfer license etc

[cort16]

Ask them to do some work on your xm that should scare them off.

[Lankytim]

None of them speak a word of English. There was a 4 yr old kid who spoke a little, but he's disappeared. I guess I could so some sort of mime involving hydropnumatic suspension but it would probably easier to give them the wanker sign. 

[dugong]

An somewhat irritating friend* of the family decided to lecture me about my accident. He's one of these braggart 'font of all knowledge' types who's never wrong** and has done everything you have, albeit one better.

 

Him: 'Well, you wouldn't know anything about skillful driving; you've never ridden a big motorbike (apparently a Laverda Jota isn't a proper crotch rocket)."

 

Me: "Is that why you drive a Nissan X-Trail?"

 

[sILENCE PREVAILS]

[Partridge]

my ebay and paypal accounts wont speak to each other and dont seem to be linked even though they are .I can sign on to ebay and my paypal accounts seperately though 

GR8 4 saving money , shite if like me you actually want to buy something.

You save money though not buying stuff...

[Noel Tidybeard]

An somewhat irritating friend* of the family decided to lecture me about my accident. He's one of these braggart 'font of all knowledge' types who's never wrong** and has done everything you have, albeit one better.

 

Him: 'Well, you wouldn't know anything about skillful driving; you've never ridden a big motorbike (apparently a Laverda Jota isn't a proper crotch rocket)."

 

Me: "Is that why you drive a Nissan X-Trail?"

 

[sILENCE PREVAILS]

meh "only" 90bhp and 140mph

[dave21478]

I'm now unable to park anywhere my house thanks to the Romanian driveway mechanic 2 doors down parking 12 of his customers fucked old bangers all over the place. It's a regular occurrence for the wife to get home with the kids and be unable to get on the drive thanks to some shitty old Slovakian registered skoda felicia or similar being parked in the middle of the road with all the doors and bonnet open and a couple of disinterested looking fellas stood next to it picking their noses.

 

The road is littered with oil slicks and oily rags. 

 

Apart from setting fire to the cars Bickle style, is there realistically anything which can be done? They're pissing off the whole neighbourhood. Ideally I'd like them all to just die of aids. 

 

I fking HATE the concept of grassing people up for earning a bit on the side and I REALLY hate the way people are being made to believe this is the right thing to do whether its benefit cheats or whatever by government ad campaigns but these guys sound like they are taking the piss and have crossed the boundary between fixing a few cars for cash and running a full-scale business.

 

Council will be interested to know about whats happening - they dont like businesses being run from residential houses and I am pretty sure the inland revenue will have some kind of hotline to dob people in for undeclared income.

[Dippy]

I have now reached a new level of grumpiness having phoned my local council to make an official complaint after some inconsiderate council contractors bin wagon parked outside my house at 6:30 this morning with the engine running and beacon flashing.

 

He didn't apologise or even think he was doing anything wrong when I asked him at 7:30 to turn off the engine as it was disturbing people because he was broken down and waiting for a mechanic.