The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Your internet connection must be slower than his workmen?

[TimothyClaypole]

YouTube, I'm not that bothered about the ads here and there but they've foisted some new ones on that come on between songs all the time, like after every one or two tracks.  

 

I have a list I use at work for testing speakers and projectors etc. it's a hard life but someone has to do it, it's up to about 72 tracks at the minute and I swear If I hear about "ball cancer" once more I'll find their address and cut theirs off...

[dollywobbler]

Firefox or Chrome + Adblock = no ads on YouTube. It's a godsend. I'm not anti-advertising - websites have to make their money somehow - but I hate adverts that actually get in the way of stuff.

[burraston2006]

Why can't the missus park the Fxxking car? Drove round the block three times and eventually settled on a space twice the size of the car and it was either on the pavement or you needed an atlas to find the curb! I mean it's not exactly difficult. They can send texts and do the makeup whilst driving so this should be a piece of cake!

[Cavcraft]

ebay. It just seems to swamp my pc recently and not all the pictures show up either.

[Station]

I work away from home through the week.

I get down on Sunday night around about 8pm (if I'm lucky), and from then to Friday morning, my week has followed the same routine for the past year.

I stay late in work, get home, eat noodles or beans from a tin, watch the telly for a bit, go on internet, play xbox for a bit, then get a shower and go to bed around 11.30.

Wednesday night I wash a dry my clothes, Thursday evening I fuel the car up, Friday morning put all my stuff back in the boot, go to work and then do the usual M6 commute home on the dot at 4pm.

I then manage to fit about five day's worth of activites into 1 and a half days, before starting the slog again.

I've gone beyond 'cabin fever' (I stayed in hotels for a year, which in some ways is better than owning your own dwelling), I have a two bed maisonette, but have never used the extra two rooms as I have a futon that I have to open out and close morning/night.

I quite like the routine, but in the same time, I really hate it and it's numbingly boring. Everything has to be set to the hour, or I end up late in work or clothes don't get dry/don't have clothes to wear, etc etc

 

Does anyone else have to do the routine through the week?

[Des]

My weekly routine is fairly repetitive, confusion, procrastination, hate fuelled rages and nodding off, I think you seem pretty well organised but the grass is always greener.

[Negative Creep]

Firefox or Chrome + Adblock = no ads on YouTube. It's a godsend. I'm not anti-advertising - websites have to make their money somehow - but I hate adverts that actually get in the way of stuff.

 

 

Very true, although Youtube keeps signing me in on my poxy POS Google+ account that no one asked for or wanted as well as randomly unsubscribing me

[Junkman]

Conrad showed up today at the Junkman residence with his ex-Junkman P6.

His car is not possessed by an evil spirit, mine is.

[Caffiend]

Why can't the missus park the Fxxking car? Drove round the block three times and eventually settled on a space twice the size of the car and it was either on the pavement or you needed an atlas to find the curb! I mean it's not exactly difficult. They can send texts and do the makeup whilst driving so this should be a piece of cake!

 

1. Many women have difficulty parking because we've been told too many times that this much <-> is 10 inches.

2. Some cars are just a bitch to park - I could never reverse park the Xsara into a sensible size space, I'm fine with the BX.

[beko1987]

Very true, although Youtube keeps signing me in on my poxy POS Google+ account that no one asked for or wanted as well as randomly unsubscribing me

 

My youtube does that every now and again! People know me on YT as beko, WTF would I want to change it to Sam?

 

On my work laptop, with a 5 month old install on it adblock has blocked 137336 ads! Looking for that info just now revealed that AS has zero ads on it, which is fucking brilliant, but the wrong thread!

[Cavcraft]

 

 

Does anyone else have to do the routine through the week?

 

 

I expect everyone has a routine, regardless of what job they do. I always get up early (5.30am for a 7.00am start, 6.20am for an 8.00am start and about 6.30am for a 13.30 start!) and it becomes habit of course. Driving to work same route (lanes and A road) driving home all A roads.  

I like going by cycle now and then though as it's far more enjoyable plus I can vary the route home enormously, my favourite being getting on to the start of the Shropshire Union canal and going a few miles down before taking whichever route takes my fancy after that.

 

I commuted once or twice for 5 days to Liverpool/back on a union course and I just don't know how people do it. It's soul destroying sat in a car somewhere like the A41 in rush hour, watching and sometimes joining in the fruitless game of lane changing to try and save 1.9 seconds, and getting cross at slow drivers and missed traffic lights.

Look at the M56 in the morning about 7.00am, it's bumper-to-bumper heading East, must taking bleeding hours to get to Manchester or wherever. I'd honestly rather be stuck in a lower paid job than join the rat race, it'd drive me mental in no time.

[beko1987]

I have a routine, but if I break it and am late for work I wont get told off, but I'll have a shitter drive home by leaving later to do me hours

[Angrydicky]

Was celebrating finishing the last bit of welding on the Maestro (rust hole in the roof), then happened to notice a small hole in the front of the sill, poked at it and now it needs the front of the passenger side sill replacing. All old cars r shit etc. At least everything else is done now, including both arches, sills, floor, jacking point, rear door and roof! Plus a complete new exhaust system and a pair of new front shocks.

[drum]

Dicky, did you fabricate arches or did you manage to get replacements? I need front wings and rear arches for mine.

[Richard]

I fell in a weighbridge pit today. I landed astride a beam with the impact shared between my baws and my left hand. The load cell mount I had in my hand acted like a hammer and crushed the finger that was almost back to normal after the last time I crushed it. It continued to bleed profusely for the rest of the day and it might be broken, I've to go for an X-Ray on Monday. Fucksticks. That wasn't even the worst thing that happened today

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Conrad showed up today at the Junkman residence with his ex-Junkman P6.

His car is not possessed by an evil spirit, mine is.

 

Still suspiciously hot though. Might run it for a while with the old radiator cap on since aside from the coolant that's the only thing I replaced. 

[TimothyClaypole]

Ebayers, it's not that hard is it?

 

5 items at £10.00 each, they are £40.00 new so hardly likely to be £10.00 for all 5. Ok, you can have all 5 for £40.00 cash on collection tomorrow anytime AFTER repeat AFTER 4.30pm as I'm at work until then.

 

No show.

 

Today while I was at work they've bought 4 via Ebay/Paypal (for which they've taken £5.96 off me in fees etc) and "told" me to take the other from sale as I'd agreed they could have it for free, then can we collect today before 4.30pm.... give me strength. 

 

(No message to say when they might turn up yet). 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just tell them to FOAD

[cort16]

The speedo drive on the cortina needs a new circlip so I ordered 2 off ebay on Monday. On tuesday I found a place on ebay selling circlip pliers for 2 quid and after the piss arsing around with the old one I bought them. They turned up on Wednesday but the circlip is stil MOI so I have the pliers but no clip. I've essential got a teapot but no tea bags.

[Lankytim]

Caught some chancer climbing over the garden fences and trying back doors tonight. By the time id gone outside he was trying the next but one neighbours back door. He didn't half jump when I asked wtf he was doing! He then threatened to box my face, which I thought was a bit cheeky tbh, seeing he was trying to break into houses and nick stuff. I thought better of it and rang the police which made him even more irate. Rozzers arrived in 5 mins flat but of course the villain had scarpered. Cheeky Bastard!

[hairnet]

There's no chod left in ireland

 

PHAKT

 

In limerick and seen two eighties ford tra motors a fergie and a zetor

 

Where's all the cars

[saucedoctor]

There's fuck all in NI either. Scrappage scheme killed a good lot of stuff off. Small dealers are looking for good used 4-7 year old stuff, and it's not around in numbers, older stuff is virtually non-existent.. The dealer I sold our auction-buy Fiesta TDCi to  gave me his number and asked me to phone him when we get more cars.

 

Even when I was at the breakers on Saturday there was only one car in the whole place that was older than my Rover (12 years old)

[Angrydicky]

Dicky, did you fabricate arches or did you manage to get replacements? I need front wings and rear arches for mine.

I bought a passenger side arch, but couldn't find a drivers side one anywhere, so cut it up to repair both sides. It actually worked quite well. I did have to also repair the inner arch and the backs of the sills as the rot had spread quite extensively. I managed to get a pair of pattern front wings from someone in the club, but the fit isn't amazing. Someone on the Maestro forum has genuine wings for both early and late metal bumper Maestros for sale at the moment.

[beko1987]

Missus had some r&wank shit music channel on earlier. Its no wonder the women who dress like that get raped and stabbed, its almost as if they aspire to it. I spotted about 3 that I would, all the rest did nothing for me. Just listened to some Dream Theater to cleanse myself

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Missus had some r&wank shit music channel on earlier. Its no wonder the women who dress like that get raped and stabbed, its almost as if they aspire to it. I spotted about 3 that I would, all the rest did nothing for me. Just listened to some Dream Theater to cleanse myself

 

Which three women would you rape and stab? Let's all post our top three

[beko1987]

I dont know who they were, so cant help I'm afraid! Was all just noise to me!

[Lacquer Peel]

I think old Conelrad is alluding to the fact that it's a horrible thing to say.

What a horrible thing to say.

[dollywobbler]

Indeed. Disgustingly short-sighted. Perhaps we should insist on wrapping women up in sacks just so our manful lustings can be kept in check.

 

Or perhaps not.

[tooSavvy]

^^^^ Taliban 'Beard' wearing to become Law.  'Hand chopping' causes havoc with 'Kleenex' moments, whilst watching girls 'grind' on MTV..... allegedly??

 

TS