The grumpy thread

[EssDeeWon]

 

Yeah that needs replacing JM, that doesn't look anything like L81 VRW at first glance.

[J-Rod]

Slugs:  Quiet but why do they have to eat my flowers and not the bloody weeds 

Because they're like that...

[Bren]

I'd love to know what it is that is causing me to cough shite up day and night and why even simple things like climbing the stairs are leaving me short of breath and rattling my chest / throat. I even struggle to sleep and I have been in the spare room for the last six months.

 

Never suffered with anything like this before, it's not asthma ( had a spirometery test) - six months ago I was running 10 k in under an hour and doing kickboxing- I should have competed in an inter club in march.

 

It has absolutely flattened me.

[Lukas]

I hate these romanian gangs that send young boys and girls around, knocking at my door and begging for money. 

 

Makes me very angry. 

[HH-R]

Was supposed to get almost £80 cashback from Topcashback for buying broadband from TalkTalk, been waiting almost three months and nada.

 

Told them to shove it, first and last time I'll be using anything like that.

[gordonbennet]

Twats setting out roadworks diversions, effin use some common sense if it's not been banned.

 

Yesterday, Saturday evening/night, M25 clockwise closed jct 19 (Watford) to 21a, not a problem cos 19 leads off at a maximum speed 2 sliproad onto a half mile long road ending up at the A41/411 roundabout where you just carry onto the old North Orbital Road, all dualled, brill bit of design, just as quick sometimes to use that old section instead of the M25 either way.

 

Fuck that, we're not doing any works there but what we'll do is cone it right down to a single lane for 400 yards immediately before the 2 lane clear skip road begins, which is running swimmingly by the way, massive queues for no reason whatsoever other than sheer cuntishness.

 

How did we stay a world power for hundreds/thousands of years yet the present day fruit of their British lion loins couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, what went wrong.

[dave21478]

One of the horses on the farm is having a proper spack-attack. Cant walk, can barely stand, generally confused and anxious. Been like that since Thursday night but is still eating and drinking relatively normally. The vet has been out and after an awful lot of IV fluids, blood tests and various other medical procedures, their official diagnosis is "I dunno."  Brilliant.

She has been separated from the others but fell over and has fucked up her eye now as well. If there is no improvement by tomorrow I think she will have to be put down.

[scaryoldcortina]

"The space permitted between a “1†or an “I†and another character is proportionately greater than the above dimensions"

 

If that's the only thing it failed on go back and kick him in the nuts.

[EssDeeWon]

Was supposed to get almost £80 cashback from Topcashback for buying broadband from TalkTalk, been waiting almost three months and nada.

 

Told them to shove it, first and last time I'll be using anything like that.

 

I wouldn't tell them to shove it.

 

I would pursue them for it, after all they agreed a deal that meant you get £80 cash back, but they don't cough up?

 

It takes only a few minutes to drop a line to the financial ombudsmen. (And then send them the case number)

[HH-R]

I might have burnt my bridges a bit now, could give it a go though.

 

Their Facebook page is full of complaints that cashback hasn't tracked, TCP's answer to that being that you can lodge a missing cashback claim and it MIGHT appear sometime in the next three months... or six... or never.

 

I never have any luck with stuff like that, TT's £100 shopping voucher offer that's on more often than the DFS sale wasn't on for three days, which is when I signed up, typical.

 

Still happy with the deal, saving £26 a month compared to BT and the broadband hasn't dropped out since June which is a new record.

[cort16]

I fucking hoovered up a sock as I was hoovering around it due to not being arsed to pick it up. It's a dyson and it's sooked it up deep, deep inside and when I turn it on smoke pours out (no doubt from the smouldering sock). I did attempt to dismantle it but my hung over brain can't cope so I just gave up. 

Fuck socks, literally. I guess it's a trip to the dyson doctor.

[hairnet]

tv decided to change channel at 7pm onto radio 1 - havent listened to them for at least 20+ years

 

no stuff set till later (film)

 

and ive been out all day and watched nothing - listening to cd purchased from amazon who delivered today (WTF??)

[EssDeeWon]

I might have burnt my bridges a bit now, could give it a go though.

 

Their Facebook page is full of complaints that cashback hasn't tracked, TCP's answer to that being that you can lodge a missing cashback claim and it MIGHT appear sometime in the next three months... or six... or never.

 

I never have any luck with stuff like that, TT's £100 shopping voucher offer that's on more often than the DFS sale wasn't on for three days, which is when I signed up, typical.

 

Still happy with the deal, saving £26 a month compared to BT and the broadband hasn't dropped out since June which is a new record.

 

You might be surprised. If Talk Talk are approached by the FOS it costs them £550 so they might just pay up the £80 they owe you.

[Taff]

I might have burnt my bridges a bit now, could give it a go though.

 

Their Facebook page is full of complaints that cashback hasn't tracked, TCP's answer to that being that you can lodge a missing cashback claim and it MIGHT appear sometime in the next three months... or six... or never.

 

I never have any luck with stuff like that, TT's £100 shopping voucher offer that's on more often than the DFS sale wasn't on for three days, which is when I signed up, typical.

 

Still happy with the deal, saving £26 a month compared to BT and the broadband hasn't dropped out since June which is a new record.

 

send them some feaces, then

[cort16]

Someone's been reading too much hot rod magazine,

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-SD1-Vitesse-V8-Modified-selling-as-a-project-/252051986226?hash=item3aaf781732

[fred]

Someone's been reading too much hot rod magazine,

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-SD1-Vitesse-V8-Modified-selling-as-a-project-/252051986226?hash=item3aaf781732

I could 'roll' in that as the yoof saying gos

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I lost £100 in cash at the side of the A43 near Northampton last night at about 3am.

[danthecapriman]

Why is it always raining in this fucking shit miserable cunt-ry we seem forced to have to exist in!?

It's fucking mid August, it should be hot and sunny but instead it's pissing down, dark, cloudy and miserable. I hate rain and being wet. Just in time for my 2 weeks off work!

[scdan4]

Thought I'd spend some kwality time with the darling offspring. I know, lets speak in bad cockenee accents and go fly a kite.

 

1) Buying a kite is surprisingly difficult. But in the 4th store managed it.

 

2) Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad,dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad

 

3) Got the kite in the air "How do I do a loop the loop?"   "It's not a loop the loopy type kite love, the shop didn't have any of those"  "I'm bored of kite flying. Can we go home.

 

4) Got a headache now. 

[beko1987]

It sounds as painful as the why why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why whywhy why why why that I get with my 3 year old now.

 

Apparently "Because it is" is not a resonable explination of whatever it is...

[Junkman]

If that's the only thing it failed on go back and kick him in the nuts.

 

I shall do that regardless.

If there is a thing that makes my piss boil, it's this stupid British MoT, which's pointlessness can't be appropriately worded.

[scaryoldcortina]

I have to disagree, it isn't pointless. For a starter it keeps me in a job.

 

For every stupid tester that doesn't read the manual and fails things that they shouldn't there are hundreds of drivers who never look at their car except to find it in a car park. Bald tyres, bad brakes, blown bulbs, that "funny clonk noise" you have been ignoring.... I see some absolute heaps at times, and they are always owned by someone who is surprised that it failed.

[Junkman]

Concentration camps also kept people in jobs, however, there are decent ways to feed a family.

[scaryoldcortina]

I hope that was a joke.

[meshking]

 

 

Apparently "Because it is" is not a resonable explination of whatever it is...

My default answer "because the drummer from Def Leppard has only got one arm". Stops them dead in their tracks. For a while.

[bub2006]

 

My default answer "because the drummer from Def Leppard has only got one arm". Stops them dead in their tracks. For a while.

I'm going to remember that and use it in future, thanks!

[Slappy]

I hate the m4 round brissle. especially on fridays. It is always, always broken. Slightly different reasons, slightly different places, but always, always broken.

 

The hatred is such we now refuse to travel near it on a friday.

 

Remember kids, just say no.

 

 

Oh Balls, guess what I'm doing Friday...

[Rusty_Rocket]

As much as I find the more trivial MoT failure points annoying, I'm thankful we have the system we do.

 

The average British driver never even glances at his/ her tyres, let alone checks the pressure and tread.  We all have to mix with these selfish pricks on a daily basis, while they seemingly do everything in their ability to collide with other road users with their 2-ton killing machines.

 

The fact that there is a professional checking these things once a year is a thing we should all be very happy about.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

The MOT system in this country is great, I am constantly amazed at how much thought goes into making sure the test is fair and appropriate to all the thousands of different types of car out there with all the different technologies in them all. And that it costs so little. It seems amazing that it hasn't been comprehensively 'reformed' by cack handed ministers and turned into some half arsed stitch up effort run by Capita or whatever by now.

[cobblers]

Yeah I'm totally on board with it, it's really quite fair. Most testers are pretty good, you might find one with a fly up his arse about something or other but you can always just go to another place!

It could be a hell of a lot worse, like bollox says if it was taken over by one of the main players in bureaucratic outsourcing we'd be fucked, they would probably bring in some insane rule like just give you a pass/fail and if the car failed you'd have absolutely no idea why, and it's a 3 month wait plus £200 for another crack.

 

Plus it's still just about lax enough that if you find the right tester they will overlook the complete lack of a catalytic converter and other victimless crimes.