The grumpy thread

[reb]

I'm currently stuck in Tesco car park because I have a great big shiny blob in my vision straight ahead. Not a clue what's caused it but I can hardly see my phone screen. I hope it fucks off soon because I want to go home and go to bed.

[reb]

Apparently it's the start of a migraine. Great.

[cobblers]

5 minutes ago, reb said:

Apparently it's the start of a migraine. Great.

Yep, ocular migraine. Fucking shite they are! I get em now and again.

Get some paracetamol down you now cos there's a good chance you've a headache coming.

Stay somewhere dark and stay away from screens for a while.

The day after I have one I feel totally wiped out, I lose about 50% of my IQ, so don't plan owt for tomorrow.

Stress and eye strain can bring them on. If you wear glasses, get your eyes tested to make sure your prescription is right. If you don't wear glasses, get your eyes tested cos you might need to. 

[cobblers]

I'm a cyclist and I live near a road junction, I would probably rather be run over by a lorry than hear any more "beep beep, stay clear, this vehicle is turning left" warnings that trucks now have fitted that wake me up all fucking night.

If you are on a bike, on a road, stay out of the way of anything really big like a truck. If you need a loud tannoy message to remind you of this, then I'm afraid that natural selection has chosen you to do something very noble. 

[New POD]

I'm a cyclist. 

But I'm not brave or stupid.

There's a Road on my way home from work, goes down a hill called Marchington Cliff.  STEEP. WITH A BEND OR TWO.

It's not smooth either. 

I followed a cyclist down there yesterday. 

At the end he's  doing 45 mph.  Luckily there is a long straight that flattens out a bit before it reaches a tee junction. 

Brave or stupid ? 

[beko1987]

8 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'm a cyclist and I live near a road junction, I would probably rather be run over by a lorry than hear any more "beep beep, stay clear, this vehicle is turning left" warnings that trucks now have fitted that wake me up all fucking night.

If you are on a bike, on a road, stay out of the way of anything really big like a truck. If you need a loud tannoy message to remind you of this, then I'm afraid that natural selection has chosen you to do something very noble. 

I have the same logic and method about staying away from lorries and trucks and anything bigger than me in the car and I've never had a horrifying crash j volvo g any of those things yet 🤔

Must be the common sense 😂

[iainrcz]

Removed rusty gate latches.

Found suitable container*, aluminium tin foil tray. Job's a good 'un.

Dumps in half a bottle of rust remover.

Fucks off for 2 hours.

 

Can anyone tell me what happened next?

[anonymous user]

You have no gate latches, no container and a hole in the ground 

[Spurious]

I'm guessing no container and a rusty spot on the patio that wife will certainly notice 

[iainrcz]

Luckily my shed benches are wood as I'd probably have walked in to half a workbench!

[chodweaver]

"I am unsubscribing as I'd rather not be reminded of how your other customers are ruining old vehicles with fake patina, lo rider stances, bogus roof racks, stretched tyres and ill advised camber angles, because undoubtedly once any of this has been done, the venerable motor is at the end of its life, the market for such molested cars being non existent. A perfect example being your current Customer's car of the month, which saddened me."

[GrumpiusMaximus]

18 hours ago, reb said:

I'm currently stuck in Tesco car park because I have a great big shiny blob in my vision straight ahead. Not a clue what's caused it but I can hardly see my phone screen. I hope it fucks off soon because I want to go home and go to bed.

Hope you're feeling better mate.

I had one like this a few years ago where I gradually lost my vision as I was driving.  Usually mine are just fuck-off headaches with a sore neck.  I was quite grateful to have something else for a change but it wasn't much fun at the time.  I just slept it off in the end.  I've had one where my arm tingled before as well.  But out of the hundred or so that I've had, those are the only two times it hasn't had the headache.

[MikeR]

interesting drive up north on the M6 in the "downpour" and the person up front lost their bottle and kept slamming on instead of easing off !!

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea.

[Dyslexic Viking]

19 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea.

I agree. I hate it.

[jakebullet]

22 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea.

KN95 masks are great at keeping the pollen out when you get nagged into cutting the grass. Super cheap now too. Only snag is you attract clever cunts who like to tell you covid is over.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

KN95 masks are great at keeping the pollen out when you get nagged into cutting the grass. Super cheap now too. Only snag is you attract clever cunts who like to tell you covid is over.

Cheers, will keep that in mind. It's more the issue of existing outside (washing cars for a living) that seems to be the biggest issue.

[Dan29]

5 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Cheers, will keep that in mind. It's more the issue of existing outside (washing cars for a living) that seems to be the biggest issue.

Which antihistamines are you taking - cetirizine or loratadine? Might be worth switching to the other type for a bit. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 hours ago, Dan29 said:

Which antihistamines are you taking - cetirizine or loratadine? Might be worth switching to the other type for a bit. 

Loratadine. Will try switching.

[Mr Pastry]

10 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Hay-fever can get in the blooming sea

A couple of hay fever tips which you may or may not know - but it was many years before anybody told me, and I've had it all my life.

Don't blow your nose too much as it causes more inflammation.  Of course it's not nice sniffling all the time, but actually if you do the irritation will reduce.

Snort some lukewarm water up your nose to clear it.  Takes practice but works really well - one nostril at a time, just a splash of water in the palm of your hand.

I don't take antihistamines as I don't like them, but I find  a couple of paracetamol helps calm things down when I start sneezing.

HTH. 

[cobblers]

5 hours ago, Dan29 said:

Which antihistamines are you taking - cetirizine or loratadine? Might be worth switching to the other type for a bit. 

Also just take an extra tablet if you're really bad

[beko1987]

Use the hoover to suck away your tears as they fall 👍 Ditto for a quick nostril unblock if no ones looking but be careful doing that... 

[AnnoyingPentium]

6 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said:

A couple of hay fever tips which you may or may not know - but it was many years before anybody told me, and I've had it all my life.

Don't blow your nose too much as it causes more inflammation.  Of course it's not nice sniffling all the time, but actually if you do the irritation will reduce.

Snort some lukewarm water up your nose to clear it.  Takes practice but works really well - one nostril at a time, just a splash of water in the palm of your hand.

I don't take antihistamines as I don't like them, but I find  a couple of paracetamol helps calm things down when I start sneezing.

HTH. 

Ta. I tend not to blow my nose anyway, just suffer and be crabbit. 😂

I'll keep the paracetamol thing in mind. Ta

[Bren]

We had a severe weather warning here yesterday - flash floods. It dribbled for about half an hour.

I wonder how much the met office costs? Reading tea leaves would be cheaper.

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, Bren said:

We had a severe weather warning here yesterday - flash floods. It dribbled for about half an hour.

I wonder how much the met office costs? Reading tea leaves would be cheaper.

Same here! Utter doom and gloom forecast. It did go grey and sprinkle down for 10 minutes in the morning. BBC weather would have you building noahs ark fucking ASAP 

Was sports day at school yesterday... 10.20am they bottled it and cancelled. Brightened right up at about 10.45am but by then they'd sent the email 😂

[Bren]

I fancied a pie for my dinner.

Until I saw my reflection in the TV.

I am beginning to look like I have been rogered by an omnibus.

Must get back in the gym.

[iainrcz]

4 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Loratadine. Will try switching.

I take a generic Cetirizine, seems to work ok. Though I'm usually in a world of my own so probably wouldn't notice if it wasn't.

[Pieman]

58 minutes ago, Bren said:

I fancied a pie for my dinner.

Until I saw my reflection in the TV.

I am beginning to look like I have been rogered by an omnibus.

Must get back in the gym.

[myglaren]

14 hours ago, jakebullet said:

KN95 masks are great at keeping the pollen out when you get nagged into cutting the grass. Super cheap now too. Only snag is you attract clever cunts who like to tell you covid is over.

I wear mine most of the time I am out, filters out tobacco smoke,  perfume, deodorant, aftershave etc. pongs that stop me being able to breath.

No-one has commented yet.

Used to have crippling migraines when I was in my twenties.  Nothing for years but recently had a few instances of a weird 'swirling' optical effect, similar to the old screensaver where a whirlpool sort of thing bounced around the screen distorting everything.

[barefoot]

On 6/15/2022 at 9:01 PM, barefoot said:

 

Should two year old/250 mile fuel hose that's only ever seen E5 behave like this?

 

Remember my grumble?

I emailed this to the offending garage on Monday morning. By close of play that day, he had offered a refund which landed in my account this morning. 

I don't think that's too bad a result, do you?