The grumpy thread

[jakebullet]

Ebay groundhog day.

"Where is my item !!!! I paid extra for first class yesterday and paid straight away." say mr. Knob Jockey.

 

Dear mr. Jockey,

Next working day dispatch means I'll bung it in a post box with your precious first class stamp on the day after you pay up. It doesn't mean it will be teleported to you in 5 nanoseconds.

 

Do one.

Me.

 

Followed by some twunt in Italy wanting his tracking number cos it's been 2 days now. (do one)

Couriers losing 2 more sodding items.

PC on cnc mill going tits up and doing a good impression of a brick.

 

Fuck Fucking ebay.

[STUNO]

Small, lite grump;

 

Shit me man, this being piss poor and penniless has got to (and will) end soon, it really isn't funny anymore. Today I had to pop to Worcester to see my mate, my Rover 827 has been knocking back fuel like George Best on the beers. I managed to rustle up a £10, Phew.

 

The answer to your poverty problem is.....PUBLIC TRANSPORT !

then you can really strart to enjoy travelling

[wuvvum]

Dartag.jpg

So how the fuck are they going to collect money from the thousands of foreign-registered HGVs that use the crossing every day then?

 

Mind you, they were supposed to stop charging a toll once the crossing was paid for, which was years ago now, so fuck 'em.

[myglaren]

Ebay must be a nightmare for sellers.

 

I rarely have a problem.  Buyer only though.

 

Recently bought some Swedish books, a couple hadn't turned up after a fortnight so contacted the sellers to confirm they had been sent, which they did.

Both turned up two days later - on from eight miles away

 

Ordered a Lenovo laptop Tuesday morning, three day delivery so my son would be here to take it and sign for it on Friday.

Got in last night and checked email, said driver Shaun was on his way and would deliver parcel between 16:30 and 17:30.

I thought it must have been something else but ten minutes late here is driver Shaun on the doorstep with the laptop.

 

Most things arrive within a couple of days.  A DVD from America took four days recently.

[Cavcraft]

 

 

Recently bought some Swedish books

 

 

 

And this is in the grumpy thread, because...?

[Alan_Green]

This is the American way, they claim to be able to do a change for less than the price of the parts but then try to find other things or sell you dubious oil treatments.   

 

I still do it myself though because I like doing it, I know I put in the correct oil, I don't put dirty marks all over the car and I am a grumpy bastard.

 

A pattern filter and oil from asda means you can do it for less than £30.

Yes it can be satisfying to do it yourself, especially in the sun (Texan or otherwise). But London is underwater right now and Summer is a long way away.  An extra £5 not to lie in a puddle and not to have to make that trip to the dump with the old oil?  Surely this is a worthwhile tip?

[ruffgeezer]

And this is in the grumpy thread, because...?

 

Due to a translation error, he got several issues of "reader's woofs" a riveting collection of hilarious stories about dogs splashing in fjords.

[drum]

I would have happily paid a fiver just to have someone change the air filter on the alfa 147 never mind the oil. Still fuming about how bad that design is.

[Station]

Didn't want to say this but have found the second hypodermic syringe in the Starion with about five torn off coke can bottoms, with what can only be either crack or heroin residue in it. Nice of the seller to tell me this though when I bought it.

"Yeah so the fuel pump was seized, the tank is full of grunge which will require an acid bath to remove and the steel brake lines are all burst. And oh yeah, it was used as a crack den by some random smack head. So wear chain mail gloves while you are either rummaging through the rats nest wiring where the radio used to be or in the centre console area, which is by the way melted because of the candle used to bake the smack."

Ugh, RANK.

 

The Starion shall be known as the Smackrion from now on.

[robinmasters]

The shortened url shows as 'http://retrorides.pr...ats-pros?page=1'. That's made my day.

 

Slowly going from being a very rare Van into a wankermobile

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/162679/1986-mk2-fiesta-alleycats-pros?page=1

[Lord Sterling]

The answer to your poverty problem is.....PUBLIC TRANSPORT !

then you can really strart to enjoy travelling

Not really. It would cost me the same as the money I spent on petrol, possibly more, it wouldn't be door to door and take twice as long, though it still might be better than driving the embarrasingly bad the 827 Coupe. I dislike public transport, accept trains, I sometimes like trains. I shall certainly be using some trains next weekend during a car swapping session.

[cort1977]

Yes it can be satisfying to do it yourself, especially in the sun (Texan or otherwise). But London is underwater right now and Summer is a long way away.  An extra £5 not to lie in a puddle and not to have to make that trip to the dump with the old oil?  Surely this is a worthwhile tip?

Yep sorry not being critical definitely worth it if circumstances make DIY hard. After many years of working outside in all weathers I now have a garage and already take it for granted.

[oman5]

Didn't want to say this but have found the second hypodermic syringe in the Starion with about five torn off coke can bottoms, with what can only be either crack or heroin residue in it. Nice of the seller to tell me this though when I bought it.

"Yeah so the fuel pump was seized, the tank is full of grunge which will require an acid bath to remove and the steel brake lines are all burst. And oh yeah, it was used as a crack den by some random smack head. So wear chain mail gloves while you are either rummaging through the rats nest wiring where the radio used to be or in the centre console area, which is by the way melted because of the candle used to bake the smack."

Ugh, RANK.

The Starion shall be known as the Smackrion from now on.

I wonder what they used the proceeds from selling the car to buy?

[purplebargeken]

Some white or brown powder which has nothing to do with cooking, ah, erm. Culinary practices. 

[Station]

I really doubt it was the seller, he just didn't look the type. The interior is quite tidy but I'm removing it and giving it a good 'Rug Doctor' treatment though.

[chaseracer]

...I sometimes like trains...

 

[Angrydicky]

University politics society offering a few free places to get on a Minibus driving scheme, to earn the D1 entitlement on your licence. A boody useful thing to have, unfortunately I didn't hear about it until about a week after the deadline because it wasn't very well publicised. I enquired anyway. Of course, all the places have gone, because the bloody sports societies took the piss with loading their members onto the course. Ah well, the society president owes me a favour so he's going to get me onto next year's one, still very annoying though.

[AlabamaShrimp]

know seem to be posting in the grump thread recently...

 

 

Think I'm stuck in a vicious circle at the moment. Going to college to learn how to properly fix cars, but don't have any money coming in. Tell wife I'm going to spend what I have on tools and a car to learn/fix then sell on at a profit, she gets in a shit and sulks.

 

How the fuck does she think I'm going to earn money when I've finished the course?? Think she sulks as she's had the same job for 24 years and just doesn't understand how to work any other way

[Cavcraft]

Some thieving twat had my much prized mountain bike off last night. If (and I know it's unlikely) anyone gets offered a black and red 2012/13 Trek 4500 disc mountain bike, please let me know, I'll add a picture later.

[ruffgeezer]

How the fuck does she think I'm going to earn money when I've finished the course?? Think she sulks as she's had the same job for 24 years and just doesn't understand how to work any other way

Hello and welcome to Ruff's tool supplies, what can we do you for?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Hello and welcome to Ruff's tool supplies, what can we do you for?

Lol a unit with either kind of lift in it, a compressor and a mig welder please (yeah I know I'm not asking for much!)

[panhard65]

Lol a unit with either kind of lift in it, a compressor and a mig welder please (yeah I know I'm not asking for much!)

Being in the trade I wouldn't bother if I were you. The days of making easy money are over. The used car market is a nightmare with anything under a grand being worth more in parts than as a decent car. Then you have the modern customer. Most don't have a clue and seem to think servicing is what happens when it goes wrong. Or they buy from the dealer on these rental type schemes and think they are getting a good deal as servicing is included. If I hadn't already been in this trade for nearly 30 years I would sack it off tomorrow and get a proper job. By the time I have paid the rent etc I am lucky to see £100 a week at the moment. Then there are the costs setting up and maintenance for the lift and keeping the code reader up to date. Lucky this is the grumpy thread as the more I think about it the more I want to sack it all off and get a job.

[ruffgeezer]

For lifts try Ramco for second hand ones, I can't help with premises though.

 

I try and keep a steady flow of hand tools and toolboxes going through though. I've got an engine stand in stock, a snapon top chest oh and a nice little van to put it all in

[vulgalour]

Sadly what Panhard says is very true for small independant type garages.  You have to focus on niche markets to stand a chance and even then it's far from easy.  'Proper jobs' strangely seem to involve a lot less actual work, shitty wages, shitty people and a mind-numbing grind of monotony day in and day out just so you can try and fail to make ends meet.

[daveb47]

Just heard on the radio jeremy porter/jamie cullem fatally manging the old Animals hit "dont let me be misunderstood"

As blues singers these 2 dont even manage a lime green.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Sadly what Panhard says is very true for small independant type garages. You have to focus on niche markets to stand a chance and even then it's far from easy. 'Proper jobs' strangely seem to involve a lot less actual work, shitty wages, shitty people and a mind-numbing grind of monotony day in and day out just so you can try and fail to make ends meet.

This is why I'm trying it on my own as a "proper job" is what I eventually had and it was ruining my life. I would rather have a shit garage that makes no money and be happy than go back to working for twats

[Bren]

As the saying goes "it's the economy stupid."

 

Only a few years ago people were chucking credit cards at main stealers - then we had the crash.

 

Now people are using food banks. Too many people and not enough money.

 

I concur with panhard, it must be a mare trying to earn a living - if somebody offered me a foreigner I would turn it down - expected to do it for nothing methinks.

[myglaren]

And this is in the grumpy thread, because...?

See your point but it was a kind of balance for Jake-Bullet and his woes.

 

They weren't those kind of Swedish books either (that are actually German or Danish, mainly)

[HH-R]

Fuggin EML light is on in my car AGAIN and it's being a PITA to start. Same fault code, Camshaft sensor circuit A. Pretty sure it's the actual wiring now that's knackered, that will be nice and easy to sort*.

 

All modern cars are utter shit.

[purplebargeken]

Wanker kid and his dickhead mates on the wotton road playing chicken. Pitch black and raining. Dickheads