The grumpy thread

[skattrd]

Breadvan did say he may return when I was emailing him the other week ... still not seen him yet.

[trigger]

He often posts on my 1970's cars Facebook page so he's still about.

[mat_the_cat]

Sorry to hear your news Samba, that really sucks. Makes my moans seem incredibly trivial.

 

Dugong, hope the outlook is good for your Mum.

 

I think I mentioned before that our nearest neighbours are selling their house to a company who wants to turn into a rehab centre for getting ex-cons and drug addicts back into society. Obviously not overjoyed by it, and someone has started a petition against it and we aren't alone!

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/objection-against-planning-application-ref

 

It feels a bit selfish and NIMBY to hope that planning isn't granted, but we are genuinely worried about more break-ins

 

It's now hit the papers:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/blaenau-ffestiniog-residents-launch-petition-7989755

 

There seems to be a lot of support on the Daily Post's Facebook page *for* the centre. Still feel bad for not wanting it, not least as the old couple who live there have been trying to sell for a while, and they are decent people. I think they genuinely believe there won't be any problems. Which of course there may not be, but that doesn't stop the fear of problems, and the effect on the house value. We will see...

[EssDeeWon]

Sorry to hear your news Samba, that really sucks. Makes my moans seem incredibly trivial.

 

Dugong, hope the outlook is good for your Mum.

 

 

It's now hit the papers:

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/blaenau-ffestiniog-residents-launch-petition-7989755

 

There seems to be a lot of support on the Daily Post's Facebook page *for* the centre. Still feel bad for not wanting it, not least as the old couple who live there have been trying to sell for a while, and they are decent people. I think they genuinely believe there won't be any problems. Which of course there may not be, but that doesn't stop the fear of problems, and the effect on the house value. We will see...

 

Like you I would also fear the worst Mat, but without tarnishing lots of people with the same brush....petty crime can follow these people around. Some people can be helped and others not. It only takes one petty crim to move into a neighbourhood, but if he/she knows 5 others petty crims then there is your problem.

 

I really hope it works out ok, but you are right to be sceptical mate.

[saucedoctor]

It would be a terrible shame if the house burned down while it was empty.

 

#innocentface

[AlabamaShrimp]

Sodding Blackpool! Never again (though I've said that before) was totally rammed with everything on two legs you can imagine. Only place that was partly clear to walk without dodging dickheads was the beach because it was cold.

 

Illuminations were crap too and we couldn't drive up to see them all as the road was jammed

 

Anyway got a very nice radio from micrashed (thank you) so wasn't all wasted

[SambaS]

Went for a drink in Masham, Ripon and Harrogate tonight. Wish I hadn't. Becks Blue of cours as I was driving and buying 2 mates drinks. I shouldn't moan.

 

Being around so many people sucks the life out of me. Urghhhhhhhh.

[dugong]

DUGONG_MUM is back home and doing pretty well. She has to go for daily wharferin (or nearest non-union Mexican equivalent) injections to sort things out - the scans showed she had a bad blood clot below her right knee. When your medical history is as complicated as hers, sorting it out isn't that straightforward. 

She borrowed my car to 'do some very important shopping' and got mithered by a gibbon from a well known tyre fitters adjacent to the car park (clearly scalping for trade). The OSF tyre was indeed gubbed, but £120 for a 'fitted' and 'balanced' tyre when the offending item was *just* on the TWI? Eff right o, bell-end. 

Also, I have these new ear drops that have sorted my ears out like nowt else before or since. I CAN NOW HEAR THROUGH TIME AND I DON'T LIKE IT. 
Technically that means I was almost deaf before. Worrying. 

[beko1987]

I had my ears cleaned with a tiny pressure washer by the nurse last year, that was fucking amazing! Driving to work afterwards I could hear cows in fields I'd never heard before!

 

Probably needs doing again soon...

[Cavcraft]

Meh, he'll come back if he wants to. There's enough dummy spitters about on the internet without having to worry about another, or beg him to come back.

 

 

Better news on your ma, Dugong, hope she's fully recovered asap.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Spent this morning crawling under Mrs.F's awful modern VW... "Exhaust is loud again" she said, "Can't be, we only changed it last autumn !", I said.

 

I was wrong. The lovely* people at Klarius guarantee their products for 12 months, knowing that at 13 months they will be doing an excellent impression of an out-of-tune bassoon.

 

I suppose it's my fault for being cheap... Next time I'll pay the extra £10 for a Bosal.

[Cheggers]

I believe said caps lock lingo is used ironically on here. Occasionally it gets a bit out of hand with silly child speak and a lawyer leaves. (which is a shame. I must have missed the great Breadvan send off).

I just read "caps lock" as "cock lapse"...from now on, ironic OMG-age shall be know as cock-lapse speak (in my head, anyway)

[Craig the Princess]

World's most minor grump.

 

My fat fingers just pressed the mark everything read button on here

[quicksilver]

McDonalds have found a new way to make fast food even faster and remove what little human interaction remained by installing computerised self-service stations. No longer having to speak to anyone seems to have attracted a whole new class of grunting mongs who were previously kept away by their inability to communicate with human beings. I'll go upstairs for a bit of peace thinks I as said mongs are probably too lazy/stupid to climb stairs. That didn't work, a family sat down at the next table and every other word in the conversation seemed to be fuck.

 

I know you'll tell me just not to go to McDonalds at all and you're absolutely right, I've learned my lesson. I suppose I was nostalgic for my childhood when a McDonalds after a day of shopping was the routine, but <old man>it ain't like it was in them days</old man> and frankly hasn't been the same since they stopped selling rootbeer. The Big Mac isn't even big anymore and the whole experience was just depressing.

[fairkens]

I've not been to a town McDs for ages but this^^ is the reason I always use the drive thru and enjoy my cheese* burgers in the car listening to r4 in peace

[purplebargeken]

Why can't people actually take notice of filter lanes at traffic lights?

[Pillock]

Big Macs are the same size, your hands and mouth are bigger

[dave21478]

They have had those self-order terminals here in France for quite a while now and IMO they are a massively good idea. I go reasonably regularly and know exactly what I want, so if the drive-through is too busy I can go inside and hit one of these terminals. They have a dedicated pick-up point so you completely bypass the queues of folk gawping slack-jawed at the menu above the counter and trying to ask their 5 kids what they want. I get my slop served up straight away and am out the door back to the car before the urge to kill everyone gets too strong. I never eat in the place, I always go back to the car and find a quiet spot to park up and eat in peace.

 

I reckon within 5 years the whole restaurant will be automated with just a couple of human supervisors checking on it and feeding the ingredients into the machines.

[Wackeldackel]

Go to fridge, open door, mmmm grapes, break off a few, slosh under tap and then smash about 3 into my gob. Then fractionally too late, remember I am a tight bastard and therefore have not paid the extra €0.49 a kilo for the SEEDLESS grapes.

[purplebargeken]

Drove to Warwickshire to go to the Restoration Show today. Drove in the MGF, which was fab. The excruciating pain in my foot and leg were not fab and I seriously considered amputation. Fuck off pain, just fuck off. 

[dollywobbler]

That reminds me. GP utterly failed to work out why my toe hurts sometimes. Put a downer on the six mile hike me and Mrs DW went on today. Also not thrilled that a different GP told me that my damaged tendon sheath in my left hand "Might get better in a few months." Can't play uke, can't play bass, have a gig in December and typing is also a pain in the hand as I can only use one finger on my left hand. I'm trying some serious rest for it over the next week.

[vulgalour]

It's that extravagant* lifestyle you lead, DW, you must have the gout.  I believe this can only be cured by drinking a lot of port and complaining loudly about everyone not in tweed.  Unless I've got cause and cure mixed up again.

[jakebullet]

Ebay grump again. Just had a shouty email on the lines of where be my item? It's for a birthday tomorrow and now it's all ruined. RUINED!

 

Since the mega cheery inpost parcel lockers became even cheaper than royal fail 2nd class I've been bunging all my parcels in there. Checks tracking... fires off reply... you was carded on the 8th. If you don't follow instructions on the card you don't get your item.

 

Why would any sane person wait 21 days for delivery, and then expect the seller to be able to sort it at 11pm on a Sunday night for the next morning?

[vulgalour]

Rookie error, you assumed the buyer was sane.

[dugong]

MY SISTER AND I MUST HAVE MATCHING COATS WEVE GONE ON HOLIDAY EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS WITH MATCHING COATS MY MATCHING COAT HAS NOT ARRIVED AND YOU HAVE RUINED MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I WILL NEVER USE (name of high street supplier) AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was a verbatim email I actually received while working at a call centre for a respected house-hold name which farmed out its e-shopping to a poxy office in Heald Green full of depressed Mancs and pissed off Scousers. 

[Cavcraft]

Yes, yes of course I'll take 1/3rd of the asking price for my car because you live 40 miles away, or because you've seen one cheaper. Oh, wait, I'm lying. Find one nearer or buy the cheaper one, either way just fuck off.

[tooSavvy]

InPost lockers....

 

If you find a 'black/blank screen', vomit smeared screen, door won't latch..... (other issues experienced).

 

Dont poke me with your virtual finger!!!

 

I sacked off that job..... not worth the rubber gloves I needed for fix/cleaning jobs.

 

MINGGGINNNNNG!!!

 

 

TS

[Lankytim]

Fuck you Maersk. Wasting hours of my life again.

[Pillock]

My local MyHerpes locker has gone tits-up, won't scan. And you need to scan to start anything happening.

 

It does say you can type in the parcel number, and gives you 6 spaces to get 12 digits into. Then says you didn't wrong.

[xtriple]

Not sure if this is a grin or a grump.... I was too stupid to change the clock on my car and had to read the manual! How embarrassing  

 

Also, took the mutts out this lunchtime and got talking to a bloke with a Labrador pup. Lovely dog right up until he decided his need for my walking stick was greater than mine, and pinched it mid stride.... I went down like a sack of shite and the bloody pup legged it with my stick clenched firmly in his gob, went in the woods and chewed it to bits!!!!