The grumpy thread

[mitsisigma01]

Top thanks to your Mrs and all her nursing colleagues, ??????

[bonehead]

2 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Top thanks to your Mrs and all her nursing colleagues, ??????

They are indomitable and are so appreciative of everyone's' thanks

[paulplom]

3 hours ago, bonehead said:

OK possibly a bit self centered but highly apposite.....

My better half is a critical care nurse and came back home today after 2 back to back 15 hour night shifts ( which does not phase her or any of her colleagues at all apart from being frazzled) and said that once this crisis is over, she was considering leaving nursing.

When I asked why, the ensuing conversation boiled down to the fact that she. and many there are disconsolate that they are unable to give effective care to patients in desperate need as the system is completely overloaded and they are questioning their calling and inability to help the very people they are putting themselves at risk to help. She has a serious heart condition and asthma, but refuses to stop nursing as she says their need is greater than hers.( Whilst worried I cannot tell you how in awe I am of her)

After many tears and words I think I managed to convince her that not only is she so totally suited to nursing with her empathy and drive to serve those who are at their most vulnerable, but their helplessness is shared by all the worlds' health professionals and they should hold their heads high rather than eviscerate themselves for doing over and above their requirement.

I am incredibly angry and whilst I could pen a diatribe on the political cuts of the last 10 years, will conclude by saying that these people, despite having been placed in an almost untenable position, continue to, despite deficiencies in protective equipment, tend to the desperately sick at palpable risk to themselves and do it gladly.

Please, once this awful situation has passed, can we all make sure that these wonderful people are not left hamstrung and poorly equipped in future?

Rant over, as you were

 

 

I feel completely sorry for her and can't imagine how difficult it must be.

Too many chiefs and not enough indians. It's all the management that needs fucking off. My ex was a clinical secretary for 20 years. Two of her bosses were on 100k plus and she did 95% of their work for them. She took minutes at their 'important' meetings where they'd spent 4 hours trying to justify their jobs. It's a fucking disgrace and it wouldn't last five minutes as a private company.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

...Too many chiefs and not enough indians. It's all the management that needs fucking off. ....

Management is pretty much the growth industry. 'Tis a bit like a virus; it spreads everywhere. 

[Mally]

Went to the shop for some bread, first time in the car for ages, my son's shopping for me, but I forgot the bread.

Anyway,grump is I could hardly press the clutch pedal, my knee complained a lot.

By the time this is over I'll kneed an auto.

[New POD]

10 hours ago, bonehead said:

OK possibly a bit self centered but highly apposite.....

My better half is a critical care nurse and came back home today after 2 back to back 15 hour night shifts ( which does not phase her or any of her colleagues at all apart from being frazzled) and said that once this crisis is over, she was considering leaving nursing.

When I asked why, the ensuing conversation boiled down to the fact that she. and many there are disconsolate that they are unable to give effective care to patients in desperate need as the system is completely overloaded and they are questioning their calling and inability to help the very people they are putting themselves at risk to help. She has a serious heart condition and asthma, but refuses to stop nursing as she says their need is greater than hers.( Whilst worried I cannot tell you how in awe I am of her)

After many tears and words I think I managed to convince her that not only is she so totally suited to nursing with her empathy and drive to serve those who are at their most vulnerable, but their helplessness is shared by all the worlds' health professionals and they should hold their heads high rather than eviscerate themselves for doing over and above their requirement.

I am incredibly angry and whilst I could pen a diatribe on the political cuts of the last 10 years, will conclude by saying that these people, despite having been placed in an almost untenable position, continue to, despite deficiencies in protective equipment, tend to the desperately sick at palpable risk to themselves and do it gladly.

Please, once this awful situation has passed, can we all make sure that these wonderful people are not left hamstrung and poorly equipped in future?

Rant over, as you were

 

 

Wife left nursing in 1993 and never returned. After 8 years, she couldn't take knowing that proper care wasn't being provided. 27 years of cuts later.....

And

My daughter moved from working as a Pharmacist in a shop, to a Hospital 6 months ago...she, not quite 24 years young, has suddenly realised she's in a war zone.  Every patient has C19 and they expect half to die.......If she doesn't come through this with Post Traumatic Stress I'd be surprised. 

Wife said she'd rather be dead than anything happen to our daughter, but i pointed out that isnt a choice you can actually make. 

If it were a choice, many parents and grand parents would have done just that. 

On the upside ?  Labour has a new leader, who actually seems intelligent for once.  

[Cavcraft]

'I know you said no silly offer, but due to the virus...'

 

Which, as you can probably guess, was followed by a stupid fucking offer.

[omegod]

16 hours ago, bonehead said:

OK possibly a bit self centered but highly apposite.....

My better half is a critical care nurse and came back home today after 2 back to back 15 hour night shifts ( which does not phase her or any of her colleagues at all apart from being frazzled) and said that once this crisis is over, she was considering leaving nursing.

When I asked why, the ensuing conversation boiled down to the fact that she. and many there are disconsolate that they are unable to give effective care to patients in desperate need as the system is completely overloaded and they are questioning their calling and inability to help the very people they are putting themselves at risk to help. She has a serious heart condition and asthma, but refuses to stop nursing as she says their need is greater than hers.( Whilst worried I cannot tell you how in awe I am of her)

After many tears and words I think I managed to convince her that not only is she so totally suited to nursing with her empathy and drive to serve those who are at their most vulnerable, but their helplessness is shared by all the worlds' health professionals and they should hold their heads high rather than eviscerate themselves for doing over and above their requirement.

I am incredibly angry and whilst I could pen a diatribe on the political cuts of the last 10 years, will conclude by saying that these people, despite having been placed in an almost untenable position, continue to, despite deficiencies in protective equipment, tend to the desperately sick at palpable risk to themselves and do it gladly.

Please, once this awful situation has passed, can we all make sure that these wonderful people are not left hamstrung and poorly equipped in future?

Rant over, as you were

 

 

I'm NHS but away from the front line these days but my much younger brother ( ODP )has just been moved from theatre's to support Critical Care intubating C19 patients. I spoke to him the other night and he's terrified at what is to come and scared of falling apart. I gave what encouragement I could and wheeled out my personal mantra that's got me through some tough times  " Being in a position  to provide care to those in such vulnerable situations is the highest privelege there is"  . I doubt many nurses or doctors will come through this experience unscathed mentally and provision needs to be made for this now, I fear nothing will change post C19 sadly and nurses will continue to have the piss took out of them.  

The systematic underfunding of the NHS correlates exactly with the Tories utter contempt for the working classes,  

Can you please say thanks, on my behalf, to your better half for the work she does , she's undoubtedly f*cking amazing ! 

 

 

 

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, Mally said:

Anyway,grump is I could hardly press the clutch pedal, my knee complained a lot.

By the time this is over I'll kneed an auto.

See what you did there! 

[Cavcraft]

...and a random friend's request from some sort of eccentric looking old duffer who wants to view my car. Accepted his request (don't usually bother if not known personally) and within minutes he's posted some bollocks about churches being shut but mosques allowed to stay open. FUCK.RIGHT. OFF. 

[captain_70s]

Not much of a grump compared to some of the above but the fridge at work is disgusting.

The canteen is closed for refurbishment but due to the virus the building work is permanently postponed. So I've taken to bringing in my own food.

The smell from the communal fridge is nauseating, and I'm fairly difficult to disgust. The bottom of it is solid green with mould/rot and everything stored in there comes out smelling of it.

The Tupperware box I store my sandwiches in has to go in the boot of the car on the drive home or the smell makes me feel sick.

[dozeydustman]

great. Washing machine is growling on a spin.

I hope it holds out for a while so I can find what bearings it uses, so far this morning a googlefu has been inconclusive.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

18 hours ago, captain_70s said:

.....The smell from the communal fridge is nauseating, and I'm fairly difficult to disgust. The bottom of it is solid green with mould/rot and everything stored in there comes out smelling of it...

Could that possibly contain the basis of a vaccine for COVID-19?

[hairnet]

Peugeot can FRO

[chaseracer]

What have you done now, FFS...? ?

[hairnet]

14 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

What have you done now, FFS...? ?

electric converstion

 

[Cavcraft]

Further than your moped would get you from the house to be fair!

[vulgalour]

One of the new fuel hoses arrived for the BX.  What I thought was a connection on the old one is actually just a bracket and the hose itself is about four miles long.  Not faffing with that today.  Oh but wait, what's this?  Why yes, that's another diesel leak from somewhere and the car barely wants to idle.  It's leaking from somewhere between the engine and the subframe near the driver's side engine mount, but not from a component you can actually see.  That is going to be fun to locate.  I bet another hose has let go.

[LightBulbFun]

33 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

One of the new fuel hoses arrived for the BX.  What I thought was a connection on the old one is actually just a bracket and the hose itself is about four miles long.  Not faffing with that today.  Oh but wait, what's this?  Why yes, that's another diesel leak from somewhere and the car barely wants to idle.  It's leaking from somewhere between the engine and the subframe near the driver's side engine mount, but not from a component you can actually see.  That is going to be fun to locate.  I bet another hose has let go.

I wonder if it would be worth figuring just how much fuel hose the entire car has, and ordering it all up and replacing it all in one go?  

because it sounds like its all deteriorating at the same rate, so as you replace one section, another section is not going to be far off, so would be worth replace everything in one go so your not constantly chasing leaks until you do eventually end up replacing everything anyway!

[Cavcraft]

The oddballs are back. 

 

Machine gun questioning over my car earlier on, and now someone who we'll just describe as 'odd' is sending me more and more bizarre questions as the time passes. He wants a discount because of some border line comedy reasons.   It's on WhatsApp so the messages aren't costing me money, but perhaps he hasn't quite appreciated just how much of his own time he's wasting by suggesting spurious reasons he's expecting a hefty discount.

 

[GBJ]

22 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Not much of a grump compared to some of the above but the fridge at work is disgusting.

The canteen is closed for refurbishment but due to the virus the building work is permanently postponed. So I've taken to bringing in my own food.

The smell from the communal fridge is nauseating, and I'm fairly difficult to disgust. The bottom of it is solid green with mould/rot and everything stored in there comes out smelling of it.

The Tupperware box I store my sandwiches in has to go in the boot of the car on the drive home or the smell makes me feel sick.

You could clean it perhaps?

[hairnet]

@Kiltox can you leave him alone please

 

[outlaw118]

Work related grump ... or left hand v right hand....

 

Currently WFH, as previously mentioned somewhere, ringing up punters, trying to get them to sort bills, attempting to resolve queries yadda yadda.

Had a call just after lunch from a witheld number; had it been on m,y own mobile, it'd have gone unanswered, but as it was works....

"Hello is that Bob?"

"Yes, that's me, can I take your postcode or account number please?"

"No, you're a fucking scammer, how dare you phone, me, the fucking water board wouldn't ring from a mobile, I've just rung them, and you don't work for them, fuck off, if you ring me again, I'll find you and I'll beat seven bales of shit out of you" (Hangs up)

WOTEVS. The righteous* indignation is normal, the swearing and threats are normal - usually on the doorstep, makes a change to get them down the phone, people are braver then.... What piqued my interest was his assertion that he'd rung the main number and been told I don't work there.

So, using my Troll Facebook account, I messaged the firm under the guise of the concerned husband of a punter, asking if I work there, and that I'm concerned about scams. The reply came back, "Yes, Bob is a Customer Resolution Manager (new bollocks title, same shit different day), if you've got an outstanding job like a leak (I've not worked on the pipes EVER) or meter query (not done metering for 12 years) then you should answer. If not you can ignore the call".

Well thanks very much for your support. 

TL:DR I work with twats.

[outlaw118]

20 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

more and more bizarre questions

This comment is nothing without quotes

[0ldCh0d]

Well, I am unsure if this is the right thread to post this in, but if it’s not, I apologise & mods feel free to move it.

I have not been on here for a while, in fact, I was last on here in Nov 2019.

So, what has happened since then?
Well....quite a lot actually.

Me & Mrs OC split up for good in February there, which has obviously had quite an effect on me, as I didn’t see it coming, but that’s the way life goes sometimes I suppose. Just need to pick myself back up & get on with it.

So, I have had to re-locate to another house, which was a pain in the arse, you don’t realise how much stuff you actually have until you have to gather it all up, but I am settling in now.

Our boy is now 2 years old.

I still have my CLK 430 & my Rover 75.

My Daily is now a 2005 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro.

 

So, I now have more time on my hands than I ever planned to. 

To keep me going, I have decided to really concentrate on getting the Mercedes finally sorted out & on the road (I know, I have said that before), but this time, I am actually going to go do it, as it will take my mind off of things & I need a distraction.

obviously, this lockdown doesn’t help anything, but it is what it is. 
 

Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but I couldn’t find the “Jeremy Kyle” thread..? 

I also apologise if I have now killed this thread , I didn’t mean to ?

 

[paulplom]

Get yourself on the single and sad thread. We need to hear your exploits on plenty of fish.

[0ldCh0d]

13 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Get yourself on the single and sad thread. We need to hear your exploits on plenty of fish.

? I am not ready for dating again at the moment, but when I am, I will definitely do that ??

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, 0ldCh0d said:

Well, I am unsure if this is the right thread to post this in, but if it’s not, I apologise & mods feel free to move it.

I have not been on here for a while, in fact, I was last on here in Nov 2019.

So, what has happened since then?
Well....quite a lot actually.

Me & Mrs OC split up for good in February there, which has obviously had quite an effect on me, as I didn’t see it coming, but that’s the way life goes sometimes I suppose. Just need to pick myself back up & get on with it.

So, I have had to re-locate to another house, which was a pain in the arse, you don’t realise how much stuff you actually have until you have to gather it all up, but I am settling in now.

Our boy is now 2 years old.

I still have my CLK 430 & my Rover 75.

My Daily is now a 2005 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro.

 

So, I now have more time on my hands than I ever planned to. 

To keep me going, I have decided to really concentrate on getting the Mercedes finally sorted out & on the road (I know, I have said that before), but this time, I am actually going to go do it, as it will take my mind off of things & I need a distraction.

obviously, this lockdown doesn’t help anything, but it is what it is. 
 

Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but I couldn’t find the “Jeremy Kyle” thread..? 

I also apologise if I have now killed this thread , I didn’t mean to ?

 

Been there last year and it still hurts. It gets slightly easier though. 

You can be fun daddy now, leave all the other shit to the ex... 

[twosmoke300]

14 hours ago, vulgalour said:

One of the new fuel hoses arrived for the BX.  What I thought was a connection on the old one is actually just a bracket and the hose itself is about four miles long.  Not faffing with that today.  Oh but wait, what's this?  Why yes, that's another diesel leak from somewhere and the car barely wants to idle.  It's leaking from somewhere between the engine and the subframe near the driver's side engine mount, but not from a component you can actually see.  That is going to be fun to locate.  I bet another hose has let go.

When dads mk1 bx broke down on the way back from SF the fuel lines were the problem. They had swollen up and blocked internally and the metal pipes looked very thin too . I ended up replacing them with 8 and 10 mm nylon pipe with push fit couplings on the tank . The 90deg ones were perfect for the top of the tank and the bend around the rear footwell . The nylon pipes also fitted the clips on the chassis rail perfectly . Just used a short bit of rubber ( gates ) hose to connect under the bonnet . 

[0ldCh0d]

45 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Been there last year and it still hurts. It gets slightly easier though. 

You can be fun daddy now, leave all the other shit to the ex... 

Agree, It does indeed hurt, I am not going to lie.
But, I can’t control things that are out with my control & that’s what I tell myself.

As for the fun daddy now, I definitely am going to be (I was before we broke up) unfortunately, at the moment I can’t get him because of the current lockdown situation & not mixing with other people.
 

Still, FaceTime is helpful, so I still get to see/speak to him.  

Anyway, apologies for derailing this thread with my shit ??