The grumpy thread

[UmBongo]

And just how does that make him an arse then?

Everything I've bought and opted for first class has been delived the next day.

Even yodel managed to collect a light from my house at 3pm and deliver it to southland before the next day was out, that was on the 48hr delivery too.

 

I think the OP is referring to an email received from said buyer making some kind of threat related to delivery times.

 

Possibly.

[garbaldy]

Ah right I see.

[fordperv]

a used front abs sensor came for my saph today to replace the one that wasnt reading at all, put it on and the light goes out when the ignition is switched on, brilliant i thought then i test drove it and the light comes on after 10mph, tested it with a meter and the resistance is all over the place, so that means the abs ecu is getting confused by the signal. bugger!!

 

thought screw it and buy a new one from ford, guess what....... they are discontinued, after market ones range from £144 to £230 which i dont have a quibble paying for as long as its a decent one not cheap chinese shit

 

oh to top it all off ive just switched my computer speakers on and they have gone bang

[oldcars]

My plastic shed is leaking water pissing in the roof on my lawnmower, machine polisher and lots of other kit. Need to seal it up tonight in the dark, should be fun. That and one drum brake on the Shuma is binding on and smoking 

[dave21478]

a used front abs sensor came for my saph today to replace the one that wasnt reading at all, put it on and the light goes out when the ignition is switched on, brilliant i thought then i test drove it and the light comes on after 10mph, tested it with a meter and the resistance is all over the place, so that means the abs ecu is getting confused by the signal. bugger!!

 

thought screw it and buy a new one from ford, guess what....... they are discontinued, after market ones range from £144 to £230 which i dont have a quibble paying for as long as its a decent one not cheap chinese shit

 

oh to top it all off ive just switched my computer speakers on and they have gone bang

 

Apologies if teaching egg sucking etc, but have you checked the pickup ring/toothed wheel? Rust buildup, splits or other damage can screw things up.

[meggersdog]

It must have been said numerous times, and maybe I'm a little grumpy today anyway, but a lack of lights in the dark.

DLR's that only work on the front lights can F.O.

5 O'clock tonight and some twunt two cars ahead,admittedly in a line of traffic, has no rear lights and what appear to be candles lighting the way infront.No doubt DLR's illuminate the dash and matey is oblivious.

Most nights on my way home I spot atleast 3-4 vehicles with a headlight out.That's on a six mile drive home..

Finally, what is it with youngsters riding bikes in the dark with no lights at all.

It's getting dark earlier so just fix yer lights the lot of yer.

[Minimad5]

^ Seems to be a favourite around here to drive with just sidelights and front fogs on. Seems to confuse and annoy many when i flash them in anger.

[fordperv]

no problem a fresh pair of eyes or ideas sometimes sorts problems because of things being overlooked, the toothed wheel looked fine, i also thought this so I checked the replacement sensor off the car and the resistance was fluctuating

[jakebullet]

I must look like a grade 1 pikey.

 

Ma had a combi boiler installed. Plumber couldn't rape every pipe in sight due to built in wardrobes, so I ended up with the job. I've then got a tank, n a bit of lead n copper pipe. Went to weigh it in and the fun begins.

 

Photo driving license?

No, paper one.

Passport?

Yes.

Need a recent utility bill then.

Not my house.

Need a utility bill in your name.

Haven't got one. I'll be back in a bit.

 

So I went back with passport, paper driving license, bank statement, V5 for the motor, letter from HMRC n he's still sucking teeth, n doing me a massive favour 'cos I've not really got enough ID. All for £63.

[CortinaDave]

Scrapped a black MG I had around a month ago - the policy was due to lapse a couple of days ago so I decided to let it run out rather than cancel to avoid the cancellation fee.

 

Lo and behold they've "auto renewed" the policy without my agreement and although I rang on the day they renewed it they say I have to pay them a £50 arrangement fee for the new policy which pisses me right off.

 

I would just tell them to FRO but theres 8 years no claims on that policy so Im not willing to let that go. Grrrr

[dollywobbler]

As long as you've got a piece of paper stating 8yrs NCD, then tell them to get stuffed! 

[scruff]

Poor young fella? For being 21 and still doing what his mummy and daddy tell him.

 

As for spunking £2700 on a complete girls car thats really only worth a grand, there is only one winner here and thats the dealer who took the chance of advertising a shitty pug 206 for nearly 3 grand. He who dares etc etc...

 

I read that in the voice of the gent in your avatar. Should be a grin 

[beko1987]

^ Seems to be a favourite around here to drive with just sidelights and front fogs on. Seems to confuse and annoy many when i flash them in anger.

Round here its one side of the car in darkness, and one side with main beam on. Sometimes with added fogs. They get arsey when I put the full beams on to call them a cock, but if they maintained their car I wouldn't be doing it.

 

And the 'oh but its difficult to change the headlight bulb on a modern' brigade (who probably aren't on here) can fro too, no excuse! Don't buy a shit new car if you don't like the work you have to do on it!

[MrDuke]

As long as you've got a piece of paper stating 8yrs NCD, then tell them to get stuffed! 

 

 

This. As long as your previous policy ran to the end, you have 8 yrs no claims, full stop. You can be as rude as you want with them, they can't 'take away' any of your insurance history.

[sheffcortinacentre]

if you were I pikey you'd have no problem weighing your scrap in as being of no fixed abode (wonder where the trucks & insurance are reg'd to??) they don't have to proved id or show where they got all the cable & railway track from.

[Asimo]

Pitch dark, wet, country A road, 1 dim light flickering toward me?

 

Fuck-off enormous John Deere tractor!

 

Look in the mirror, nothing at all, no rear lights on it of any kind, dab my brake lights on, not even a reflection from a number plate.

 

Madness

[Albert Ross]

Ref:206 maladies. Bougicord coil and Bosch plugs, apparently. That's the way to do it.

[DS20]

To the roadbandit in the Peugeot behind me on the A46 this evening: either overtake, or leave a sensible gap. Don't tailgate.

 

I was at or above the speed limit, too, and she/he had at least half a dozen safe overtaking opportunities. 'You *%#!?%#?' was mostly what I was thinking.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Think I've lost £40 from my wallet. I would normally be annoyed but get over it, but now I've got sod all coming in I'm really pissed off its gone, it can't just have fallen out!!!

[EssDeeWon]

Think I've lost £40 from my wallet. I would normally be annoyed but get over it, but now I've got sod all coming in I'm really pissed off its gone, it can't just have fallen out!!!

 

No one could of dipped in it? Left it laying about anywhere like on a desk at work etc..? You 100% defo have not spent it?

 

I know its mega annoying when this sort of thing happens

[320touring]

Think I've lost £40 from my wallet. I would normally be annoyed but get over it, but now I've got sod all coming in I'm really pissed off its gone, it can't just have fallen out!!!

*looks at empty wallet*

*looks at full bottle recycling tub*

*looks at hyundai pony on driveway*

*looks at empty wallet*

 

*WINS*

 

Sorry to hear you've lost the pennies. Still, as outlined above,could be worse..

[rml2345]

5 O'clock tonight and some twunt two cars ahead,admittedly in a line of traffic, has no rear lights and what appear to be candles lighting the way infront.No doubt DLR's illuminate the dash and matey is oblivious.

Most nights on my way home I spot atleast 3-4 vehicles with a headlight out.That's on a six mile drive home..

Finally, what is it with youngsters riding bikes in the dark with no lights at all.

It's getting dark earlier so just fix yer lights the lot of yer.

There seems to have been a huge increase in the number of cars cutting about in the dark with one headlight out. They then feel the need to use main beam on busy, unlit roads and blind folk. Buy s headlight bulb FFS! Halfords will even fit it for you.

I see a lot of cyclists with constantly flashing headlights, which is a good idea in built up areas. It seems a really stupid idea in the country though. I tried it once on a quiet stretch and couldn't see where the fuck I was going apart from anything else.

[castros_bro]

Thank you Mr Foreign Taxman for using my UK passport as an i\d card to give me a Tax Number and hence a bank account, elect account, water account, council tax, internet, pizza delivery,  Now I discover I can’t do anything as when I had to renew my UK passport it has a different number so I am now, officially,  a different person. May have to sell my wheels to myself as a different person.

[dave21478]

I am beginning to think that just myself and maybe 100 other people - many of them users on here - are the only sane people left and everyone else is retarded and/or a cunt.

 

A friend just phoned me up quite upset. She inherited her fathers house a few years ago and has been renting it out with no real problems. She had no use for most of his stuff so left it in the house, including several hundred paperback novels. They werent itemised, but just listed on the inventory as "5 bookcases full of books" or something. She was fully aware that there would probably be some "shrinkage" as books tend to get lost, borrowed and loaned etc, but she was fine with this and had no problems with previous tenants.

The current folk - a couple in their late twenties - have just had their first annual  inspection and when she went in saw all the books were gone - every single one of them.

 

"where are the books?"

 

"oh, we couldnt find any firewood so we have been burning them." 

was the reply, given without a hint of apology or realisation they had done wrong.

 

...

....

......

 

literally speechless.

[Craig the Princess]

I am beginning to think that just myself and maybe 100 other people - many of them users on here - are the only sane people left and everyone else is retarded and/or a cunt.

 

A friend just phoned me up quite upset. She inherited her fathers house a few years ago and has been renting it out with no real problems. She had no use for most of his stuff so left it in the house, including several hundred paperback novels. They werent itemised, but just listed on the inventory as "5 bookcases full of books" or something. She was fully aware that there would probably be some "shrinkage" as books tend to get lost, borrowed and loaned etc, but she was fine with this and had no problems with previous tenants.

The current folk - a couple in their late twenties - have just had their first annual  inspection and when she went in saw all the books were gone - every single one of them.

 

"where are the books?"

 

"oh, we couldnt find any firewood so we have been burning them." 

was the reply, given without a hint of apology or realisation they had done wrong.

 

...

....

......

 

literally speechless.

 

 

What the actual fuck? We didn't find any wood so thought we would burn your stuff?

[oldcars]

I am beginning to think that just myself and maybe 100 other people - many of them users on here - are the only sane people left and everyone else is retarded and/or a cunt.

 

A friend just phoned me up quite upset. She inherited her fathers house a few years ago and has been renting it out with no real problems. She had no use for most of his stuff so left it in the house, including several hundred paperback novels. They werent itemised, but just listed on the inventory as "5 bookcases full of books" or something. She was fully aware that there would probably be some "shrinkage" as books tend to get lost, borrowed and loaned etc, but she was fine with this and had no problems with previous tenants.

The current folk - a couple in their late twenties - have just had their first annual  inspection and when she went in saw all the books were gone - every single one of them.

 

"where are the books?"

 

"oh, we couldnt find any firewood so we have been burning them." 

was the reply, given without a hint of apology or realisation they had done wrong.

 

...

....

......

 

literally speechless.

 Total madness. Some folk don't give a shit about other folks property. This kind of thing properly winds me up 

[hairnet]

Scrapped a black MG I had around a month ago - the policy was due to lapse a couple of days ago so I decided to let it run out rather than cancel to avoid the cancellation fee.

 

Lo and behold they've "auto renewed" the policy without my agreement and although I rang on the day they renewed it they say I have to pay them a £50 arrangement fee for the new policy which pisses me right off.

 

I would just tell them to FRO but theres 8 years no claims on that policy so Im not willing to let that go. Grrrr

ring them back and say your renewal says 8 yrs ncd if you dont see the auto renewal cancelled youll pass on the details to the ombudsman

 

happened to me and within hour of phone call - even tho they were told NOT to auto renew in writing they still did it - it was sorted and refunded

[hairnet]

I am beginning to think that just myself and maybe 100 other people - many of them users on here - are the only sane people left and everyone else is retarded and/or a cunt.

 

A friend just phoned me up quite upset. She inherited her fathers house a few years ago and has been renting it out with no real problems. She had no use for most of his stuff so left it in the house, including several hundred paperback novels. They werent itemised, but just listed on the inventory as "5 bookcases full of books" or something. She was fully aware that there would probably be some "shrinkage" as books tend to get lost, borrowed and loaned etc, but she was fine with this and had no problems with previous tenants.

The current folk - a couple in their late twenties - have just had their first annual  inspection and when she went in saw all the books were gone - every single one of them.

 

"where are the books?"

 

"oh, we couldnt find any firewood so we have been burning them." 

was the reply, given without a hint of apology or realisation they had done wrong.

 

...

....

......

 

literally speechless.

theyre tenants and destroyed your or her property - they need to pay up or criminal damage claim for them.....throw lawyer at them

[AlabamaShrimp]

I don't know what to say about the book thing other than, what the fuck?? I would kick them straight out and take them to court.

 

As for my missing money. No not taken it out anywhere, not spent it and not been taken by the wife...

[beko1987]

Who burns books?

 

Shame they were worth £550, which you will take out of the deposit as inventoried items... (Possibly)