The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

On another note, are you sorted for a lift? We're in Pembroke next week, heading home via Hay, but there's probably not much room spare in the car for another passenger ( will be five up plus luggage already).

 

Thanks. I think a local friend can get me as far as Bristol, which is close enough.

[purplebargeken]

Fucking noisy, stupid neighbours are getting worse. 

[beko1987]

Money. SWMBO goes on maternity soon, and the wage drop may kill us. She says that towards the end it will drop even more, need to look into that as that would be fatal.

 

My wages will 'just' cover all the bills, with fuck all left over for fuel to get to work, let alone food, so this may not be good. May have to start selling off some of my Hoover collection and save the cash, which will be tricky as we will need that cash as soon as I make it!

 

Anyone want a Hoover Compact or 4?

[Pillock]

 

 

Many are now stuck in big campsites in Athens wondering why they bothered.

I think you're mistaken. They're ALL in Calais waiting to get into the UK, land of (farmer-bankrupting) milk and (imported, due to lack of bees) honey.

 

Must be true, it was in the Daily Mail.

[The Moog]

Dvla and paperwork. They can all fuck off...

[AlabamaShrimp]

Frontera failed it's test....

 

I knew the cat was bad due to it having a giant patch on it but the tester thinks it's actually empty and that's why the emissions are really high.

 

Worse thing is the tyres though. It's going to be at least £300 for a full set, didn't pay much more for the whole thing

 

[beko1987]

Ouch

[scdan4]

DIY.

 

Fitted some outside lights. Nice.

 

All up tidily in proper conduit. Spur taken from fcu tidily. Great.

 

Switch by back door where its sensible to be, even though that involved pulling meters of cable through conduit up down and round corners. Smashing.

 

Had a brain fart and wired it all up in series like DC rather than looped in parallel like AC should be. Imatwat. Arse.

 

80 Volts per bulb anyone? Grrrrr.

[dave21478]

Frontera tyres  - If you need something a little chunky for all terrain use, I can recommend Insa Turbo Rangers. They are remould copies of the BFGoodrich tread pattern and work well. I have them on the Shitlander and the pickup. Good on road, ok in the wet for a knobbly-ish All Terrain and decent enough off road for normal use. Nice and cheap too.

 

 

[michael1703]

what size are the frontera tyres? I've got some decent 16inch part worns off range rovers

[Slappy]

Did my best to reduce bee numbers . Was playing sports and felt something just catch my skin. Thinking it was a blade of grass or something, I opened up my t-shirt sleeve to let it drop out and <IMMEDIATE THROBBING PAIN>. Stinger was still in so I felt regret that a bee felt threatened enough to end its days attacking me.

 

If it had been a wasp I would have stamped on the fucker repeatedly!

[barmatt]

what size are the frontera tyres? I've got some decent 16inch part worns off range rovers

 

^^^what he said, I have a couple of spare ones off the jeep and a couple of not so good ones (but mot-able) off a disco.

[xtriple]

Met some lovely people today while walking the dogs, Chester made friends with their dog and was invited to their picnic... He had three slices of honey roast ham posted down his throat while I was offered a cuppa. The grump bit (and it's very minor) is that the young lad (about was playing with Chesters extension lead which was in my hand...  He pulled it out to full extension (25 metres!) and let the bastard go. By the time it connected with my left shin it was travelling at about 96MPH

 

Fortunately, my left leg is as dead as a dodo so no biggy on the pain front but I have a cut and a bruise - who can I sue?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Thanks for the offers they are 225/75 15 on the Frontera. Have found some really bf Goodrich ones at £57ish

 

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=40728745.110.25289&sowigan=Wi&Breite=225&Quer=75&Felge=15&Speed=S&Load=102&kategorie=6&Marke=&tyre_for=&x_tyre_for=&m_s=3&rsmFahrzeugart=ALL&filter_preis_bis=&filter_preis_von=&homologation=&search_tool=original-equipment&Label=E-F-76-3&details=Ordern&typ=R-172919

 

Still comes out at loads with fitting so I'm willing to take anything anyone's got

[fred]

Bloody Pikey numbers have expanded on the local common, over 30 plus caravans, trucks, cars, etc....all over the place... Had Fire engines there last night as they set a load of tyres on fire.

Fucking tossers, got rubbish strewn all over the place. The Council tried to clear up the crap but the kids chucked stones at the workers this evening, plod turned up, they did their best but they are fucked because of the fucking human rights act etc.... Fuck sticks and spunk trumpets .......Wankers the lot of em

[Inspector Morose]

Fred, where are they at? Not Pelsall common?

[Inspector Morose]

Shit that reminds me. I've got to be up,in four hours. Night night.

[fred]

No on the Yew Tree Estate Common Just off the Delves mate

[Tetleysmooth]

DEATH WISH.

I know I'm always on here grumbling about drivers/driving, but the stupidity of people never ceases to amaze.

Last night at about 18.45, I was nearly responsible for the deaths of two people.

I had an artic out last night. The 13 metre trailer was almost new and fitted with sideskirts.

I had two drops on it, Romford and Braintree. Did the Romford delivery without any problems whatsoever.

Then it was a matter of driving through Romford to get to the A12. So, there I was in Waterloo Rd waiting at a set of lights. Just a car and a single deck bus in front of me. I saw something out of the corner of my right eye. I looked in the offside mirror just in time to see two blokes disappear under my trailer. I was stationary remember. Apparently, they were crossing the road, and rather than walk round the front or rear of my truck, they went under the trailer between the wheels of the tractor unit and the trailer. I looked in my nearside mirror to see them emerge from the other side. At that precise moment the lights went to green.

Suppose I hadn't seen them. Suppose the lights had changed a second or two earlier. I would have had the deaths of two people on my conscience. I would have no doubt been arrested at the scene and held until investigations had been carried out.

I'm still a bit shaken by it now, just thinking of what could have happened.

[skattrd]

Shrimp - check ebay for wheels with tyres. I got a replacement set for the Umm for £40. Just check a wheel compatibility list and look for ones listed for anything that's compatible with Fronterrors.

[The Moog]

Thanks for the offers they are 225/75 15 on the Frontera. Have found some really bf Goodrich ones at £57ish

 

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&cart_id=40728745.110.25289&sowigan=Wi&Breite=225&Quer=75&Felge=15&Speed=S&Load=102&kategorie=6&Marke=&tyre_for=&x_tyre_for=&m_s=3&rsmFahrzeugart=ALL&filter_preis_bis=&filter_preis_von=&homologation=&search_tool=original-equipment&Label=E-F-76-3&details=Ordern&typ=R-172919

 

Still comes out at loads with fitting so I'm willing to take anything anyone's got

I would find some on eBay that fit. You can normally get a set with steels/alloys with tyres cheap enough

 

EDIT Skattrd beat me to it.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Ah, eBay wheels word be lovely but you haven't met my wife. She's not a worrier as such but is strange and always thinks new is better...

[purplebargeken]

They were probably sizing up one of your axles for comfort and accessibility re: Operation Escape Romford.

 

Calais may have seemed more appealing to them.

 

Stupid gormless fuckers. Eyes in the back of head needed with regards to the level of stupidity nowadays. I mourn the passing of common sense. 

[dollywobbler]

Someone has managed to get into my email account and steal my address book. They've since been merrily sending emails to my contacts that contain links to further spam and that appear to come from me (not very convincingly as I don't actually use my name in my email address). Still bloody infuriating, especially as I'm VERY wary about clicking dodgy links etc. Malwarebytes found a shed load of naughty stuff on my laptop and this has puzzled me a great deal. Especially as AVG has not batted an eyelid. Frustrating FAIL. At least the last time this happened, I know it was because I was stupid enough to log into my email on a library PC.

[the judge]

DEATH WISH.

I know I'm always on here grumbling about drivers/driving, but the stupidity of people never ceases to amaze.

Last night at about 18.45, I was nearly responsible for the deaths of two people.

I had an artic out last night. The 13 metre trailer was almost new and fitted with sideskirts.

I had two drops on it, Romford and Braintree. Did the Romford delivery without any problems whatsoever.

Then it was a matter of driving through Romford to get to the A12. So, there I was in Waterloo Rd waiting at a set of lights. Just a car and a single deck bus in front of me. I saw something out of the corner of my right eye. I looked in the offside mirror just in time to see two blokes disappear under my trailer. I was stationary remember. Apparently, they were crossing the road, and rather than walk round the front or rear of my truck, they went under the trailer between the wheels of the tractor unit and the trailer. I looked in my nearside mirror to see them emerge from the other side. At that precise moment the lights went to green.

Suppose I hadn't seen them. Suppose the lights had changed a second or two earlier. I would have had the deaths of two people on my conscience. I would have no doubt been arrested at the scene and held until investigations had been carried out.

I'm still a bit shaken by it now, just thinking of what could have happened.

What the fuck? Why would someone do this? Fucking crazy!!

[dollywobbler]

People are idiots. I was once getting a tow on a bar from the AA and a group of daft twats decided to cross in front of me. The brakes in my Peugeot 306 were unable to stop the AA van. I ended up with scratches in the sodding bonnet! Idiots.

[EssDeeWon]

Bloody Pikey numbers have expanded on the local common, over 30 plus caravans, trucks, cars, etc....all over the place... Had Fire engines there last night as they set a load of tyres on fire.

Fucking tossers, got rubbish strewn all over the place. The Council tried to clear up the crap but the kids chucked stones at the workers this evening, plod turned up, they did their best but they are fucked because of the fucking human rights act etc.... Fuck sticks and spunk trumpets .......Wankers the lot of em

 

They are lovely people, have you not seen the big fat gypsy documentaries?

 

Its never ever them, its everyone else who blames them. Their the salt of the earth. Lovely lovely people....

[UmBongo]

A few of these cheeky chappies were camped near my place of work for one night and the mess they left behind looks like the equivalent of three wheelie bins full of rubbish strewn across the car park.

 

Life on the open road and all that, eh?

[phil_lihp]

Someone has managed to get into my email account and steal my address book. They've since been merrily sending emails to my contacts that contain links to further spam and that appear to come from me (not very convincingly as I don't actually use my name in my email address). Still bloody infuriating, especially as I'm VERY wary about clicking dodgy links etc. Malwarebytes found a shed load of naughty stuff on my laptop and this has puzzled me a great deal. Especially as AVG has not batted an eyelid. Frustrating FAIL. At least the last time this happened, I know it was because I was stupid enough to log into my email on a library PC.

 

You probably have already, but I would suggest changing your password, preferably to a sentence with some capitals and punctuation (e.g. 'Istolethewheelsoffmy2CV!').  Not only is it easier to remember than 'Wi28*DYH*jk398', it reduces the chances of a brute-force attack where automated processes fire endless password attempts at email accounts.  If your password is relatively short, it won't take it long to hit the right combination.

 

BTInternet are the worst for this kind of issue, you may not have done anything to assist the hack, it's possibly just bad luck.  It's extremely common and I see it all the time and it's nearly always a @btinernet.com address.  Have a long password, ignore any 'problem with your account, click here to reconfirm your details' emails as they won't be genuine and don't use the same password on different services - because if, for example, your Amazon account was successfully hacked, the hacker would then have both your Amazon password and your email address and can try them both together on other services, including your email provider.

 

Are you sure the Malwarebytes (excellent choice by the way, probably the best malware scanner out there at the moment) scan didn't just find masses of tracking cookies?  It's perfectly normal for them to accumulate if you don't clear cookies and temporary internet files regularly, they're pretty much just used to target advertising and are harmless but good to get rid of.  Also, programs like Malwarebytes will usually find a different set of nasties to an antivirus program like AVG, they'll find legit but unwanted/irritating adware programs for example, which AVG would consider a perfectly benign program, which it technically would be.

 

AVG isn't the best these days anyway, it's not bad but you might find Avast! free is a better option, once you've turned off the sound option so the woman doesn't keep talking to you every time it launches or updates.  That, combined with Malwarebytes and plenty of caution when browsing the internet, is usually a good combination for home users to keep their computers clean.

[dave21478]

Pikeys have set up on old railway sidings in my nearest town. They have 4 or 5 of those big Intex free standing swimming pools set up!