The grumpy thread

[Parky]

Not THAT CBT. I think.

Ha ha, I should have specified the meaning and not just quoted the acronym. Too long spent in offices listening to bullshit.

 

CBT in this case stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Think of it as reprogramming an ECU in that it is designed to help alter the way you interpret things. For example your boss passes you in a corridor, face like thunder and ignores you. Depressed person will think "he hates me, he wants me out" whereas a reasonable person might think "looks like the vending machine has run out of double deckers"

 

The first scenario will play on your mind, you sink further into misery and increase chances of long term sickness, drugs, suicidal thoughts, marital issues, risk of divorce, etc. it becomes self perpetuating and you can't stop it on your own. And someone telling you to cheer up, worse things happen at sea doesn't help at all.

 

The second scenario on the other hand doesn't lead to this thought process but you do find yourself really fancying a Double Decker. You are unlikely to consider topping yourself if only Drifters are available unless you really really like Double Deckers.........

 

Either way depression will affect a quarter of us at some point. Blokes generally think they are being weak and can't cope but it's nothing to do with that, it's a chemical thing. It usually only affects sensitive and conscientious people as daft people are incapable of interpreting things around them so well. Sufferers included Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Akira Kurosawa, Isaac Newton and many others so you are in good company.

 

Modern life is crap. Moving away from home for work, long hours, chemicals in food, air pollution, sedentary lifestyles, none of it helps but having a chat early doors helps. So if you feel depressed, see your GP. It's fixable but unfortunately someone has to make the first move and for a depressive making that move can be very very hard.

[dugong]

2 radially torn discs in my lower back.

 

Bollocks.

 

FUCK. Can it mend?

[chaseracer]

Bought a better coil for the 2cv, it was stumbling a bit when it got hot and decent original spec coils are hensteeth.  My recent trip to the states allowed me to pick up an Accel super coil for much less than in the UK.  Fitted all good. As usual, anything superfluous for my car I purchase is swiftly rewarded with a breakdown.  Driving home, the heater cable came loose and tangled in the driveshaft. That'll be two punctured cv boots, filthy shirt from unhooking it and grease everywhere.

 

 

 

And still we love them...

 

[CortinaDave]

The deluge of 200 CASH2NYT M8 wannabe traders any time you sell a car on gumtree.

 

I listed the alfa last night. 750, thinking I'll listen to any offer of 6 or better...

 

Got the usual flood of the above... But also a guy offering 5 which I knocked back... He then replied "I may go as far as 6 if it's truly excellent in every way"

 

What the hell! On what planet do you get ANY car that's truly excellent in every way for 600 quid??

 

It's tidy, there's nothing major wrong and it's got a ticket. That's yer whack!

[barefoot]

From the telegraph; 

 

Telephone Preference Service fails to block cold calls

 

Well fuck me, how much did that cost them to find out?

[AlabamaShrimp]

That piece of shit is off with the loud music again. Rung the council yesterday who range back today saying obviously the letter they sent last time didn't work.... No shit sherlock

 

There getting someone to ring me back. I aren't holding my breath

[The Moog]

Had a fairly innocuous calf injury about 9 weeks ago when out running.

It still hurts even after 8 weeks of physio including acupuncture. That means going to have to cancel my tri again after cancelling one two weeks ago. Makes me really grumpy as had planned to get 5 completed this year.

[AlabamaShrimp]

What a twat! There was a signed for letter pushed through the door today, no knocking or anything.

 

Check it's tracking number, the lying can't of a post man has made some shit up!!

 

It wouldn't normally bother me, at least I got the letter, but I'm turning in a mega twat myself and feel the need to complain about everything lately

[xtriple]

Just had a bust up with a fat south african twat, telling me to put my dog on the lead as he can tell it's not good around children and that this is a 'no dogs' area.

 

Wrong on both counts and I told him so. First time I've sworn at anyone in ages, he really wound me up... I got to the point of taking my watch off...

[Parky]

I think it's the heat. Next door are having their kitchen done and the fitters came back yesterday to collect the old carcasses. They were trashed so not salvageable before anyone asks!

 

Anyway they parked half way across my drive - empty street and they could have parked anywhere but no, they obstructed my driveway.

 

I popped over and asked them if they could move it as I needed to pop out and they said "yeah, sorry mate, with you in a sec" that was a reasonable answer but I did get a bit humpy with that, and might have said "no, you will move that fucking thing NOW or I will ram it, and it's more valuable than my car is. The C word was used more than once.

 

The guy moved it staightaway and couldn't have been more apologetic. That was very uncharacteristic behaviour from me, can only put it down to being unable to escape the unrelenting heat and humidity

[CortinaDave]

^^ This happened to me as well yesterday funnily enough. Guy upstairs was getting his kitchen done, Arrived home and the fitters had parked their transit in my drive, and set up a joinery outfit all over my front garden.

 

In fairness to them they did shift it.

[Cavcraft]

The deluge of 200 CASH2NYT M8 wannabe traders any time you sell a car on gumtree.

 

I listed the alfa last night. 750, thinking I'll listen to any offer of 6 or better...

 

Got the usual flood of the above... But also a guy offering 5 which I knocked back... He then replied "I may go as far as 6 if it's truly excellent in every way"

 

What the hell! On what planet do you get ANY car that's truly excellent in every way for 600 quid??

 

It's tidy, there's nothing major wrong and it's got a ticket. That's yer whack!

 

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's the moronic mentality of those who watch 'Dickenson's Rear Deals' and whatnot on the telly, who then just assume that anybody selling anything second hand is there for the taking with stupid fucking offers. This and the wanky Facebook way of making offers for things before they've seen them is the norm these days.

If you ever view these knobs on social media, you'll see them making derisory offers to all and sundry, then if their offer is accepted they either just vanish or say they've changed their minds for some totally spurious reason. You'll also notice (and I include many so called 'experts' and 'traders' that they never actually buy anything at all, so are thus the exact opposite of 'expert' and 'trader.' 

 

The very moment someone asks you what your best price is, or makes an offer before they've viewed, is the exact moment you should realise they are a fucking idiot who you should just ignore because they are NOT going to buy it.

[dollywobbler]

Fuggin' bees! Some bumblebees seem to have set up home in my garage in a random pile of junk. That's ok. I'm not planning to move the junk for a while and I like bees.

 

Unfortunately, they're a bit stupid and keep flying into our dining room, which is above the garage. Then they bounce repeatedly against the windows until you shepherd them out of the HUGE OPEN WINDOW that's right next to where they're glass-bashing. How have such stupid creatures survived?! I blame Darwin.

[tooSavvy]

From the telegraph; 

 

Telephone Preference Service fails to block cold calls

 

Well fuck me, how much did that cost them to find out?

 

nowt.... they didn't press button 'B'

 

TS

[quicksilver]

Fuggin' bees! Some bumblebees seem to have set up home in my garage in a random pile of junk. That's ok. I'm not planning to move the junk for a while and I like bees.

 

Unfortunately, they're a bit stupid and keep flying into our dining room, which is above the garage. Then they bounce repeatedly against the windows until you shepherd them out of the HUGE OPEN WINDOW that's right next to where they're glass-bashing. How have such stupid creatures survived?! I blame Darwin.

So true, I still marvel at insects' inability to retrace their route and exit via the way they came in. We get bees, wasps and flies at work and they try to get out through every window in the room except the open one. Dumbasses.

 

EDIT: just to prove the point, no sooner had I finished typing this, a butterfly came into the conservatory right on cue and did exactly that - had to catch it in a roll of paper and put it out through the enormous open door it used to get in.

[ShiteRider]

This fucking heat is shit. I've spent all evening welding a transit up and sweating like Jimmy Savilles' paperboy!

Sweat, combined with oxidised ford has liberally coated my body and filled all my face holes.

I've another to do tomorrow........

[Honey Badger]

FUCK. Can it mend?

Don't know yet, I've got another MRI booked then the slightly terrifyingly named Dr Saw will give me the options.

[fordperv]

I have just seen a lovely looking mg metro at a Mini speshalists, i really hope this isn't going to be a victim of engine rape (the only reason this is in grump as it may be the case)

[fordperv]

ive just been back to have a look at the metro after getting my tea from the kebab house and its mintier than a mint factory, i think my fears are unfounded after seeing it properly (at least i hope they are) there is a plastic seat cover on the drivers seat and it looks as if someone has spent a lot of time and effort making it nice

 

i even took a picture

 

[Angrydicky]

That used to live in Southend, I think EssDeeWon photographed it at its old address. It was at the Gaydon BMC/Leyland show at the end of June as well, it's like new.

[trigger]

1983 MG Metro 1300 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

That's a pretty well known Metro, I doubt it will be engine raped. Horrible wheels on it now though.

[EssDeeWon]

Pretty sure that red MG Metro had different wheels on when I papped it back in February...

[EssDeeWon]

Here it is Feb this year..

 

[fordperv]

thank god its well known and the outcome i feared is unlikely, i will actually sleep tonight

[CortinaDave]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's the moronic mentality of those who watch 'Dickenson's Rear Deals' and whatnot on the telly, who then just assume that anybody selling anything second hand is there for the taking with stupid fucking offers. This and the wanky Facebook way of making offers for things before they've seen them is the norm these days.

If you ever view these knobs on social media, you'll see them making derisory offers to all and sundry, then if their offer is accepted they either just vanish or say they've changed their minds for some totally spurious reason. You'll also notice (and I include many so called 'experts' and 'traders' that they never actually buy anything at all, so are thus the exact opposite of 'expert' and 'trader.'

 

The very moment someone asks you what your best price is, or makes an offer before they've viewed, is the exact moment you should realise they are a fucking idiot who you should just ignore because they are NOT going to buy it.

Spot on. Thankfully in the sea of muppets it has found a buyer. Sold and away.

 

Another guy had viewed it earlier in the day and offered 400. Told him to FRO. He walked away - then tonight after it had sold he text me saying " I can go up to 5"

 

Told him it had sold and got the following delightful message-

 

"Fucking wanker. Hope you got fuck all for it"

 

Maybe if you'd made a sensible offer rather than a laughable one it'd be sitting in your drive??

 

I sold it for 6.

[forddeliveryboy]

Fuggin' bees! Some bumblebees seem to have set up home in my garage in a random pile of junk. That's ok. I'm not planning to move the junk for a while and I like bees.

 

Unfortunately, they're a bit stupid and keep flying into our dining room, which is above the garage. Then they bounce repeatedly against the windows until you shepherd them out of the HUGE OPEN WINDOW that's right next to where they're glass-bashing. How have such stupid creatures survived?! I blame Darwin.

 

Well, despite the billions of acres of glass we have around the planet, all the roadkill and so on, they were thriving very healthily until Homo Sapiens decided that the best way of making money from food growing was to kill or make insects poorly. And the UK has recently decided that some of the worst chemicals for bees should be exempted from an EU ban. Now, I see the EU for all its evils, but trying to preserve the insects which billions upon billions of plants and trees rely on for reproduction does seem to make sense.

 

But I do understand your frustration DW, watching insects whose satnav skills are many times the American's best latest omg secret amazing tech, struggling to (repeatedly) smash a pane of glass. Let's all just enjoy doing our preservation bit in this amazing world, for once!

[Lord Sterling]

The guy moved it staightaway and couldn't have been more apologetic

Lol, that reminds me of a few months back before I left England, I'd come back from work and couldn't find anywhere near to park by my house, I noticed a pick up truck parked outside, so I went inside. Because I'd worked in an office I wore a suit and just I was about to get changed, I noticed someone loading the pick up truck, so I stuck on a Black T-shirt over the white one and my Black overcoat as it was pretty nippy outside, then I went outside and asked if he was going so I could park in his place, he Irish fella loading the truck couldn't have been more apologetic, I said not to worry about it, just as I went to my car, the fella asked me if I was a Catholic Priest! It was then I realised what I was wearing probably made me look like one!

[dugong]

Ebay sellers lying about the state of the tyres they sell. This is the second time I've bought wheels and tyres off eBay and the second time something's been wrong when they've arrived.

I needed wheels and tyres in a hurry for the van, as I should have been carrying a heavy load for AlabamaShrimp in the van yesterday (it got bloody hot and I had to stop to let it cool on the way down, but that's another story). Knowing 106 Rallye steels fit without any clearance issues, I found a set on eBay about 30 miles away, bid on the auction and won.

I thought it was a bit odd the seller wouldn't let me collect, and insisted on delivery. The ad clearly stated all four tyres were legal with '4-5mm' of tread. The pictures very conveniently omitted any close ups of the tyres themselves.

Unpacking them, it's clear that whatever they were on last, it had serious alignment issues. The shoulders were utterly DESTROYED - and that was just one Michelin, which also had perished sidewalls. The other two were scrubbed to nothing on their edges and barely had tread above the TWI. The final one was cobby but usable, so that went back on. The wheels themselves were straight (which was an improvement after the Volvo 480GT bent rim debacle) but the tyres were an utter shambles.

Basically, the seller gets one chance to put this right, or I'm negging him. He can have a few quid for the wheels and one tyre that matched his description. I'm out £110 on new tyres I didn't want to buy - the old wheels and tyres had to come off because they were scrubbing like crazy at the back and were severely bent at the front.

I'm not buying wheels and tyres off eBay again unless I can inspect them beforehand.
 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221493511712?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

Tyre 1. Scrubbed shoulder and virtually no tread left. 



Tyre 2, Michelin. Perished sidewall and shoulder. 



Tyre 3. Scrubbed shoulder. 

They didn't need to be amazing, just legal, as the seller stated. They were going to be used as placeholders while I sorted a set of tyres out through work. Never mind. 

[Cavcraft]

Spot on. Thankfully in the sea of muppets it has found a buyer. Sold and away.

 

Another guy had viewed it earlier in the day and offered 400. Told him to FRO. He walked away - then tonight after it had sold he text me saying " I can go up to 5"

 

Told him it had sold and got the following delightful message-

 

"Fucking wanker. Hope you got fuck all for it"

 

Maybe if you'd made a sensible offer rather than a laughable one it'd be sitting in your drive??

 

I sold it for 6.

 

 

Another reason not to reply to these dickheads. If you get bored though post his number up, I expect there's a bit of fun to be had with that.

[purplebargeken]

Text him back and say you got £750 but thanks for the cheap fuckwit offer which I would have declined anyway 'cos you are an arsehole. Then post his number on here for all to abuse in the name of justice and sheer entertainment. We should post the funniest one's on here for maximum giggle factor. 

 

 

 

Exactly in what universe are those tyres legal. Not in this one they ain't. You paid HOW much? Fuck!!!