The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

Back to Christmas works outings...

Being generally asocial and something of a miserable git when confronted with organised jollity, I've never much enjoyed them. Now that I'm effectively self-employed, I don't see this changing...

 

 
 

[Craig the Princess]

I like this plan. Think I'll wait a few days so he gets used to it being on his car before offering return for refund. I'll be getting negged anyway so may as well have fun

 

Dog turd in the post to him. Why do people do that for bugger all gain.

[nacho man]

Battery light on few weeks ago, buy new alternator, fit alternator, works, today fine on the way home, get home turn off then go to move again, battery light on, voltage 12.4 so too low, check belt, its fine, earths clean, terminals clean and tight, has the new alternator died after three weeks???

[cobblers]

Definite possibility if it's a recon one, they are generally quite shit.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yeah my recon one didn't last long, I came home on the back of a lorry

[Negative Creep]

I thought everyone did anyway, well except for that fraction of the population who survive off of Greggs pasties and panda pops...

 

 

I go there for last year's shoes at half price and their sports socks. COME AT ME BRO

[Cavcraft]

DO U EVEN LIFT, BRO?

 

I go there too, but only because I'm a right mingebag.

[Lord Sterling]

Broken Boiler.

 

A mate of mine who lives a couple of doors up has not had his boiler working for about 7 years. This is about as long as his W-reg MR2 has been sitting on driveway after an engine failure. Its now looking rather Green....

[cobblers]

They are giving free boilers out like fuggin youth club rubber jonnies at the moment, see if you can get one. I thought it was a load of bollocks right up until they installed mine the other month. 

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/free-cavity-loft-insulation

[nacho man]

Definite possibility if it's a recon one, they are generally quite shit.

It is a recon, hopefully will get my money back or a exchange as its exactly a month old, it does say CANNOT BE RETURNED IF ELECTRICAL on the reciept but will be nice and polite and if he says no I will have a tantrum and start crying.

 

Then propably have to fork out more cash money on the £500 shed, currently running at £364,764,234 in replacement parts.

 

Best bit is when her indoors comes home and shes sees the garage light on and my pissing about with a multimeter, and I just get the look, its not a nice look either.

[TimothyClaypole]

I'm ordering one of those cameras (We did sell a similar one at work but they were nearer £50) then I'm starting a site to post videos of all the knobs at the Asda in Rotherham who think that giving way to the right doesn't apply in the Asda car park.  I was just about parked into the side of one bloke today while he drove past wondering why I was giving him a stern head shake. 

[cobblers]

I'm ordering one of those cameras (We did sell a similar one at work but they were nearer £50) then I'm starting a site to post videos of all the knobs at the Asda in Rotherham who think that giving way to the right doesn't apply in the Asda car park.  I was just about parked into the side of one bloke today while he drove past wondering why I was giving him a stern head shake. 

 

That whole place is a total shitfest but the carpark especially is like driving in india or something.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I pulled out in front of someone in an Asda carpark once, I thought 'hit it man, this is the wild west' They drove straight into me and i lost (inexplicably) half my no claims bonus. FUCK THAT SHIT

[Cavcraft]

Insurance? Timely:

 

Lad's insurance was £2,000 on his first year on his Corsa. Get's a years no claims, his next car (147) is about the same. he cancels his insurance on it, goes to go back to the Corsa and they want £2,400! WTF?

They will be shoving that where the sun don't shine, that's for sure.

[Timewaster]

It is a recon, hopefully will get my money back or a exchange as its exactly a month old, it does say CANNOT BE RETURNED IF ELECTRICAL on the reciept but will be nice and polite and if he says no I will have a tantrum and start crying.

 

They can write what they like on the reciept, makes no odds.

Faulty is faulty sunshine, now hand me a new one or my cash back. Chump.

[beko1987]

Tonight, Meriva has started dribbling oil out of the rocker cover gasket. Well, I think its that, so much old shit on the block I couldn't spot new leaks. All cleaned up and awaiting inspection after a test drive tomorrow. Annoying, but not insurmountable.

 

What is annoying is it dribbles straight onto the exhaust fannymold, and smokes slightly/smells like burning oil, which alarms the missus to the point of phoning me saying "my car's on fire what do i do?" when all she means to say is "a little dribble of oil is fizzling on the heatshield, should I be alarmed..."

 

Had 7 rollies now, she owes me a tenner worth of pez for driving like a twat to get to her in the rush hour

[beko1987]

I hate moving (especially back in with my mum). Sorted out the car insurance (£40 increase going from an unsecured car park to a driveway), council tax (£170 back woohoo) DVLA (Amy needs a new counterpart and address change, D1 form ordered, I need an address change which I may be able to do online but need my license number which is at home), EDF can do one for now, landlady needs to be told, bt needs cancelling but leaving it live for now whilst we move out, Sky has been moved to my mums and the water needs cancelling

 

On the plus side the shitsters who are PPC can do one regarding my unpaid invoice for not getting a ticket a stoke mandeville 8 times in a row, wont be telling them anything...

[nacho man]

They can write what they like on the reciept, makes no odds.

Faulty is faulty sunshine, now hand me a new one or my cash back. Chump.

Took the morning off which cheered my boss up loads* couldn't take the stag to work as I had the whole exhaust off in the garage as it was blowing slightly, the Williams has just been sorned as I can't afford to tax and insure it yet, so the pressure was on to fix it.

 

Took it to the factors who said they would swap it, however didn't have one in stock, another one did 8 miles away so went there, where they said there not meant to swap recon units there meant to be sent back for testing, but because matey boy at the other shop said I can have a new one, they swapped it for a new one, RESULTx100

 

All working so the grump flipped 180 to a grin.

 

Till this recon alternator gives in.

 

 

[cort16]

Ouch my FUCKING TOOTH! Or should I say ex-tooth, I now have a falser and it's horrible and the hole won't stop bleeding.

[Rusty_Rocket]

Ouch my FUCKING TOOTH! Or should I say ex-tooth, I now have a falser and it's horrible and the hole won't stop bleeding.

 

I sympathise.  Get a really good mouthwash like Corsodyl and use it every half hour until things improve.  It doesn't taste very good but the decent medicated mouthwashes don't- the sweet tasting (much cheaper..) ones do sod all IMO.

[cort16]

Cheers, I'll buy some of that stuff. I can't actually chew anything which is probably good thing given my current girth.

[cort16]

Ghhaaa, I've just noticed that when the wheely bin got blown over at the end of last week it's scratched the SHIT out of the door on the Rover. Not "will buff out "scratches either.,

[dangerousdave]

just seen this for the first time I have the same gripes as some others

1) car names I really hate it when all vans get called transit my manager at work would sometimes say "your driing the transit today " I really wanted to shout "its a f***ing Iveco"

or if somebody says "can you move your jeep" its a f***ing range rover

2) rear window stickers best one I saw as a little hatchback with one of those if you can read this ive lost my caravan stickers the car didn't even have a tow bar

[Mr Livered]

I've had good results using a strong and very hot saline solution as mouthwash after dental work.

[Lord Sterling]

Well, been told today that Friday will be my last work day. I'm not overly down by it, the job wasn't one that I would have picked, but, the small team of people/management were great, very kind people and very easy going so there is that to lose.

 

I wonder how long I'll be out of work this time for.

[cort16]

That's what the dentist recommends but I recon some industrial strength mouth watch I can keep at work will be useful.

[Mr Lobster]

I have one like this-

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-HD-Car-Vehicle-Dash-Dashboard-Camera-IR-DVR-Cam-CCTV-Night-Vision-Recorder-/190858462767?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item2c700d062f

 

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Right, I've ordered one of these so hopefully we'll see if it's any good this weekend.

[Mr Livered]

I have a dashcam too, which I keep in the Saab. Never had to use it "in anger" but it's quite fun to hoon around Dartmoor in the knowledge that everything you see could be a photo or video clip when you get home.

 

In fact I could probably do a spots thread using just stills from the dash cam, unintentionally captured on shopping trips etc. I did once have a spots thread (called Livered Spots or some such) on here in about 2008, but can't find it now.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I might get one of these and point it at myself, film my facial expressions as I'm rowing the Doblo along in 3rd gear behind another sodding lorry

[Mr Livered]

^yeah I'd watch that