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3 hours ago, Fumbler said:

I wake up this morning to:

  • News my grandmother's toaster has broken
  • Her Rav4 has literally no oil in it. I knew it was burning oil massively but my brother spied the low oil light on and found the dipstick dry. She says she will keep it for just one more year, that is, if the engine lasts
  • Father's cyst on his back (very painfully) burst when he got to his office this morning. The local minor injuries unit couldn't help him, he cannot see a doctor or nurse until the end of the week and his antibiotics haven't worked. All of this because the doctor he saw last week didn't note down that immediate treatment was required.

This might be a long day.

Just because the dipstick is dry doesn't mean there's no oil in at all. Just top it up to full and keep an eye on it. Being a Toyota, she may get her year out of it.

No suggestions for fixing toasters or useless doctors, I'm afraid.

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14 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Just because the dipstick is dry doesn't mean there's no oil in at all. Just top it up to full and keep an eye on it. Being a Toyota, she may get her year out of it.

No suggestions for fixing toasters or useless doctors, I'm afraid.

We dumped 2L of diesel oil in it and fortunately that was what we needed. It's not been treated well during the 11 or so years she's had it and it's puffing out progressively larger amounts of blue smoke every time it's running. Luckily enough it's being serviced next week with a coolant change, oil change and timing belt change. So far it's gone through 3 clutches and 2 DMFs. Can't blame the poor thing for burning some oil at least.

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This is really starting to piss me off now 

I live in a cul de sac of five houses , we're lucky because you can get at least 3 cars on every drive on the whole estate 

This is the road that leads to the 5 houses , not a car in sight , it's wide enough that you don't need to park on the kerb 

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This is the access road to the cul de sac , none of the owners of these cars live here they all live on the empty road at the bottom 

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There's a red BMW in front of the Seat that was parked there for 3 months while the owner was out of the country , he's back now but has claimed the spot 

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Possible HGF on the LTD (see my "addressing engine sludge" thread), so I discuss it with a classic car specialist over the telephone and arrange a time and date to bring the car in. I book the afternoon off work, arrange a lift to get home and drive 45 minutes out to this garage only to be turned away because they don't have room to take on new work. WHY THE FUCK DID THEY THINK I WAS BRINGING THE CAR TO THEM?!

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On 4/13/2021 at 6:54 PM, Fumbler said:

They do just fine, as it happens. You can try pulse dialling without a rotary phone by rapidly pressing the hang up switch on a landline phone to dial a number veeeeeery slowly.

I bought an old phone that'd been converted with a bt plug , plugged it in and rang it 

I was straight back in the 70s with the bell ringing , you couldn't say you hadn't heard it , I could hear it ringing  up the garden.

 

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1 minute ago, Wack said:

I bought an old phone that'd been converted with a bt plug , plugged it in and rang it 

I was straight back in the 70s with the bell ringing , you couldn't say you hadn't heard it , I could hear it ringing  up the garden.

 

Absolutely brilliant things. I've got an American one from the 80s with some really loud bells in it. You can hear it everywhere even with the doors closed.

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1 minute ago, Fumbler said:

Absolutely brilliant things. I've got an American one from the 80s with some really loud bells in it. You can hear it everywhere even with the doors closed.

All I get ringing me on the landline are scammers , if it weren't for the fact there's no cable here I wouldn't have a landline at all 

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9 hours ago, Bren said:

The row over Greensill Capital and David Cameron. We have become like a banana republic.

We are not special in that regard; corruption has always happened in public office although evidence suggests the UK has 'enjoyed' relatively low levels compared to peer nations. It's fair to say the Greensill thing seems particularly egregious though, the insidious nature of what might be deemed 'soft' corruption as opposed to stuffed brown envelopes makes it easier for spivs like Cameron to  convince themselves it's OK.

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12 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

We are not special in that regard; corruption has always happened in public office although evidence suggests the UK has 'enjoyed' relatively low levels compared to peer nations. It's fair to say the Greensill thing seems particularly egregious though, the insidious nature of what might be deemed 'soft' corruption as opposed to stuffed brown envelopes makes it easier for spivs like Cameron to  convince themselves it's OK.

Britain has usually been quite subtle about its corruption over past decades, but better information/leaks these days means it's much more visible.

Doesn't really matter what system you have, because corruption will always be there, and people will invariably adapt and learn how to game the system. 

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On 4/10/2021 at 9:35 PM, MikeR said:

Double figures on dispatched mice .

10th one has just departed this existance .

Those Little Nippers really are the bollocks. I don't know why I didn't order them in the first place. I've used them before with good results. The splatter traps are for bigger vermin methinks. The bait was being taken without springing the trap.

Set a Little Nipper last night baited with Double Decker chocolate bar, and had my first dead Stuart Little this morning.

 

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Radio shows and radio stations. I'm mid forties so haven't listened to the faeces that is R1 for many years. R2 is ok occasionally although many of the castoff R1 DJs were crap years ago, let alone now. 

Local radio- Pirate FM - rubbish.

Heart Radio - dull as dishwasher. 

I used to listen to XFM and enjoyed it until it morphed into Radio X with Moyles/Vaughan. 

Recently I returned to Virgin Radio.  I know the general concensus is Chris Evans is a knob, but I can just about tolerate him. Thing is, I'm now noticing he talks over the start and end of EVERY SINGLE TRACK he plays and it's becoming tiresome. 

Back to Spotify again I guess...

Any online stations in the vein of the old XFM and which aren't complete shite which anyone recommends? 

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25 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Radio shows and radio stations. I'm mid forties so haven't listened to the faeces that is R1 for many years. R2 is ok occasionally although many of the castoff R1 DJs were crap years ago, let alone now. 

Local radio- Pirate FM - rubbish.

Heart Radio - dull as dishwasher. 

I used to listen to XFM and enjoyed it until it morphed into Radio X with Moyles/Vaughan. 

Recently I returned to Virgin Radio.  I know the general concensus is Chris Evans is a knob, but I can just about tolerate him. Thing is, I'm now noticing he talks over the start and end of EVERY SINGLE TRACK he plays and it's becoming tiresome. 

Back to Spotify again I guess...

Any online stations in the vein of the old XFM and which aren't complete shite which anyone recommends? 

I presume you're way out of London. Think yourself lucky you can't get James O'Brien on LBC. He just drips poison for 3 hours. Yes, I know there's an off switch and I use it at 10 am Monday to Friday.

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10 minutes ago, Tetleysmooth said:

I presume you're way out of London. Think yourself lucky you can't get James O'Brien on LBC. He just drips poison for 3 hours. Yes, I know there's an off switch and I use it at 10 am Monday to Friday.

Cornwall,  so miles from everywhere*. 

I tend to use the Echo to listen to online radio though, so am open to suggestions. 

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33 minutes ago, Tetleysmooth said:

I presume you're way out of London. Think yourself lucky you can't get James O'Brien on LBC. He just drips poison for 3 hours. Yes, I know there's an off switch and I use it at 10 am Monday to Friday.

You mean, just like Julia Dunning-Kruger Hartley-Brewer does and until he was booted out, Farage did? (presenters chosen purely for balance, you understand)

LBC's national online and on DAB and I still feel no need to listen to it. I hate talk radio with a passion - most of my radio listening is Radio 3.

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7 minutes ago, R1152 said:

Have you tried Radio Garden for something to listen to?

http://radio.garden/visit/falmouth/W4vw1MWo

The world's really your oyster with that.

What an amazing find! I love the way you can travel around and choose from a huge array. I can see myself spending a fair bit of time searching on there! 

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2 hours ago, barefoot said:

My theory about why Top Gear suddenly became so 'laddish' and destructive is that someone, somewhere pointed out that it was all a bit private school; what with Jeremy, James, Timothy Needell, Quentin Wilson & Victoria Double-Barrelled.

I always thought his first name was Tiffany.  Disapoint.

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2 hours ago, barefoot said:

My theory about why Top Gear suddenly became so 'laddish' and destructive is that someone, somewhere pointed out that it was all a bit private school; what with Jeremy, James, Timothy Needell, Quentin Wilson & Victoria Double-Barrelled.

I've heard it said that having a double-barrelled name used to mean you were posh.

Nowadays, having a double-barrelled name tends to mean you're illegitimate. 

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