The grumpy thread

[anonymous user]

MPV = Mangled Parking Vehicle, saw a similar instance in the small Greggs vs Tesco Metro car-park in Pencoed last year where a lady reversed into a parked car, when doing her 98 point turn to get out of the car-park, her passenger got out and looked at the damage to the other car (looked to have popped the rear bumper off it's mountings)  before they drove off. I and another pasty eater asked in both the Tesco and Greggs in case the owner was there, but to no avail. So we left a note on the windscreen as witnesses, did get a phone call from the car-owner as thanks, never heard any more about it.

[eddyramrod]

Trying to upload a video audition for New Top Gear, will Outlook accept it?  Will it buggery, not even as a so-called "compressed" zip file.  So nearly famous...................

[burraston2006]

There is still Teletext?

not on the t.v but there's teletext holidays which can be a good place to look for nice hotels etc ( I think the Russsians use it aswell, as where ever we go the place is full of them!).

[EssDeeWon]

not on the t.v but there's teletext holidays which can be a good place to look for nice hotels etc ( I think the Russsians use it aswell, as where ever we go the place is full of them!).

 

Have you tried booking anything through Teletext Hols? Good luck.

 

I did about three years ago, never ever again.

[Skizzer]

MPV = Mangled Parking Vehicle, saw a similar instance in the small Greggs vs Tesco Metro car-park in Pencoed last year where a lady reversed into a parked car, when doing her 98 point turn to get out of the car-park, her passenger got out and looked at the damage to the other car (looked to have popped the rear bumper off it's mountings)  before they drove off. I and another pasty eater asked in both the Tesco and Greggs in case the owner was there, but to no avail. So we left a note on the windscreen as witnesses, did get a phone call from the car-owner as thanks, never heard any more about it.

 

A few years ago, I watched a woman in a 406 full of kids back her car into a parked Orion hard enough to break its front bumper in half.  She then drove off, looking backwards at the damage she'd done, straight into me and my bike (which I'd stopped a few yards away to watch what she did, and leave a note for the Orion's owner if necessary).  Then she yelled at me to go fuck myself, and drove out of the car park.

 

I reported her to the police for failing to stop after an accident, and they prosecuted.  I was called as a witness.  Turned out she had lots of previous and no tax or insurance, and got a fairly lengthy ban as I recall.  There is some justice.

[burraston2006]

Have you tried booking anything through Teletext Hols? Good luck.

 

I did about three years ago, never ever again.

 

Used them a fair few times. Never had any issues. You just need to remember that the price you pay will be 10% more than the screen price by the time you've added in extras i.e luggage!!

[EssDeeWon]

Used them a fair few times. Never had any issues. You just need to remember that the price you pay will be 10% more than the screen price by the time you've added in extras i.e luggage!!

 

I was gettin screwed left right and centre, at this point they already had the credit card details.

 

I said to my GF there and then, Never again.

[burraston2006]

When we book they try to bump the price but we just play hard ball and say that X is the budget and we'll happily go elsewhere. They usually get to the price or as close as makes no difference.

[DVee8]

Have you tried booking anything through Teletext Hols? Good luck.

 

I did about three years ago, never ever again.

We have used teletext hols for the last 6-7 years with no problems at all.

[cobblers]

Spent about £700 on new front tyres and new none cheapo shit suspension for my daily ibiza cupra megaturbo because It's been good to me and not wanted anything for months. The tyres that were on had "some" tread left but I thought I'd upgrade from Kumhos to Pirellis to match the rears.

 

Driving to work today I get some megavibrations from the rear, turns out one of the back tyres is falling apart. While inspecting the tyre (Pirelli Pzero with loads of tread but was manufactured in 2003, 2 years before the car!) I noticed that one of the rear calipers must be binding and it has fucked the pads and rear disk too. 

Great stuff.

[Skizzer]

Whoever sold you a 12 year old tyre, claiming it was new, probably* owes you some money back.

 

Edit: re-reading, looks like the tyre in question wasn't one of the new ones.

[sporty-shite]

Grappling round on the floor in the rain, changing the leaky fuel tank on the Celica. Bad enough? Then my trusty 3/8" ratchet broke. Fucker.

[jakebullet]

Squeaky fart songs on the radio.

Why the sudden fashion to pay an elderly snake charmer to eat a big plate of beans and fart down his instrument?

 

Like this steaming pile:

http://youtu.be/YBHQbu5rbdQ

[STUNO]

Asked you brits to send some heat here when you were all complaining about having too much. In the time honoured routine of internet requests you got it wrong. I asked for warm, you sent more cold, Thanks. Max forecast temp for this town tomorrow is 5 C. And it's already bloody cold and many roads in the central North island closed by snow. The good bit is that salt is never used on the roads, only grit.

[Bobthebeard]

Insurance companies not updating the MID. Despite renewing the insurance ten days ago the MID still shows the Honda Accord as uninsured. Guess who got pulled over in an ANPR check? Phone call to insurers got the thumbs up and I was on my way again blameless. When I got home I rang the insurance company. They replied " Sorry sir, it can take up to 14 days to appear on the database".

 

Rubbish. They are supposed to do it within 7 days apparently. The other two cars appeared on MID within hours (different insurance company).

[Bren]

Good to see Gideon justifying his budget on the basis that we don't want to end up like Greece.

 

I Listened to a professor on qustion time prior to the election - he stated that we would end up like Greece eventually because our economy is borked. No manufacturing and too much reliance on service and banking.

 

If it does happen it will be because wages are wank - not enough paying a reasonable amount of tax and too many companies and wealthy individuals exploiting loopholes.

 

£9 an hour wage by 2020 for over 25's?

 

Do us a favour Gideon and get folding those bastard towels because you will never be a chancellor as long as you have a hole in your arse.

[Lacquer Peel]

[panhard65]

Good to see Gideon justifying his budget on the basis that we don't want to end up like Greece.

 

I Listened to a professor on qustion time prior to the election - he stated that we would end up like Greece eventually because our economy is borked. No manufacturing and too much reliance on service and banking.

 

If it does happen it will be because wages are wank - not enough paying a reasonable amount of tax and too many companies and wealthy individuals exploiting loopholes.

 

£9 an hour wage by 2020 for over 25's?

 

Do us a favour Gideon and get folding those bastard towels because you will never be a chancellor as long as you have a hole in your arse.

I suppose at least he can't fuck things up any worse than good old Gordon did though.

[purplebargeken]

Stupid cow and her kids nearly got hit by me on the pushbike. They didn't even look when crossing and were oblivious until my brakes squeaked. North London zombies. 

[saucedoctor]

Similar thing this morning. A great porker with earphones in just stepped onto a zebra crossing. Looked neither to the left or the right. Nearly got collected by me, and then a second later by an ancient Avensis taxi. Stupid fat bastard.

[nacho man]

 

eBay grump alert

 

Why is it so hard lately.

 

Looks at that address what the hell is going off.

 

I sold a old film camera a while back. and that was sent to some distribution centre and then off to the USA, even though I put UK shipping on both these items.

[fred]

Well after about a month since being here, I is now fit enough to appear again.

 

what was I thought man flu, was pnemonia after seeing my Dr stare at me and phone an ambulance as I sat in his office gasping for breath

put me in an induced coma for a week. And proceeding (They said - I was dead!) suck all the crap out my lungs and generally pump me so full of drugs

I had a week of the most fucked up dreams and I couldnt wake up. Fucking horrific.

Pulled me out of the coma over a day or so, and spent 3 days covered in tubes and rather looking like more computer than grumpy bugger.

Oh and when you see actors jump out of bed after a coma. Thats bollocks, I lost a quarter of body muscle mainly legs and arms in a week.

Onto the wards after that for a week or so,

took me 3 days just to stand up unaided for 5 seconds. 2 weeks later after physio I could walk enough for the powers that be let me home.

that was about 5 days ago, still having to excersise the arms and legs to get back up to pressure.

So chaps - I hope to god you never catch pnemonia - fucking awful illness, drowning in your own phlegm ....

So straight to the Dr's with just a sniff of a cold for me from now on ....

 

And thanks to the Heartlands staff, pulled me back from the mortal coil. Amazing guys and girls ..

And your dinners where bloody awesome, Pink custard and chocolate sponge! classic!!!!!

[twosmoke300]

So basically 2 man up pills twice a day , tube of germolene and a cuddle !

 

 

All joking aside I'm glad you are better , sounds a nasty ordeal

[stillOrange]

Oh shit!

 

Glad you're recovering

[Lord Sterling]

Yo welcome back Fred, glad you recovering. Here's to a continued progress for you and hope you'll be fitter and stronger than before.

[Parky]

Jeez Fred, that's bad! I had that 15 years ago but only need antibiotics and a week off (but I was 27 so much stronger, etc)

 

It must have been an epic strain. Thank god your doc didn't say you had a cold and sent you home with a box of Lemsip!

 

Other grump - Tube Strike. I respect the reasons but fucking up an entire city and costing millions? some folk think "yay, day off!" But I have shit to do and can't get in to do it.

[fred]

Cheers Chaps, probably would have been just a few pills, but me being a arse biscuit held back seeing the doc till the foo was in full pelt!

[michael1703]

The phrase

 

"To Be Honest"

 

Sick to death of this football manager speak idiocy that people use to start or end a sentence.

 

These annoying phrases come and go as fashions, I remember in the mid 90's, people used to start sentences with the word "basically"

 

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

[skattrd]

Glad you're ok Fred.

Which reminds me, I wonder how Volksy is doing, and has Hillman_Imp been around recently?

[trigger]

Glad to hear your getting better Fred.