The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

My Merc is sometimes a bit sluggish under acceleration. I have put this down to the air getting in to the system via dodgy o rings in the fuel lines. This morning I went to the local Merc dealership and spent £60 on a few bits of plastic fuel pipe with o rings. These have now been replaced but there is still air getting in to the fuel system.

I love spending time and money doing this crap for it to have NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER.

 

I feel your pain...

[Parky]

I have an issue with my stomach and am extremely sensitive to artificial sweeteners so only drink the full sugar shit when I can't get a cup of tea. I hate this artificial crap too

[purplebargeken]

I always warm up cans of paint in a shallow bit of hot'ish water for 5 mins or so. Tends to minimise that OMGEXPLODINCANKAOS. Ouch.

[RoadworkUK]

I'm currently drinking sweetener-free apple and mango cordial.

I bought it from Sainsbury's, but I know Tesco have similar options.

 

Yep, but as above our Co-Op no longer stocks any. Heaven forbid I should need to leave the Mistley / Manningtree area to score my shopping.

[Lord Sterling]

Brown trouser moment........................doing a bit of titivating on ex purplebargeken BMW 318........painted the front end with Halford rattle cans, and was warming up the lacquer in front of an electric blow heater, picked it up to give it a shake, and the bloody can exploded ! 

Shot across the garage with a huge bang, and punched a hole in a green plastic box. Not hurt, but bloody deafened ! Glad it wasn't paint, it would have been a right mess............................

Bloody 'ell.

 

That reminds me of the time in France when I tried to get a bit more puff out of the can of plastic bumper dresser. The cut-off straw bit in the can disappeared and released a load of the dresser stuff, when it calmed down a bit I managed to use what was left to dress the plastics on an old and rarely washed Peugeot 306.

[ruffgeezer]

I own a pipe wrench and at least two pairs of molegrips. Can I find them? Can I ffff...

 

This is an issue as our Calor gas bottle has a minor leak, and I'm too cheap to buy the correct spanner. However, I now have absolutely no way of tightening the nut. Fail.

 

 

It just so happens @dollywobbler, that I have selection of Calor spanners amongst the old shit in my garage, pm me please and I'll get them dug out.

[dollywobbler]

Too late, though the thought is appreciated! I have ordered one. It is less than £2 though, so maybe I should take your kind offer anyway just on the off-chance that the quality* product I have purchased snaps on first use. 30mm please.

[Craig the Princess]

I'm currently drinking sweetener-free apple and mango cordial.

I bought it from Sainsbury's, but I know Tesco have similar options.

 

Our local Tesco stopped selling the added sugar squash about 6 months ago.

 

Robinsons do a double concentrate version so we now get that.

[M'coli]

Sugar costs more than artificial sweetner these days, so it's got nowt to do with people who "can't control themselves" and a huge wadge to do with the other sort of greed, i.e. profit.

[EssDeeWon]

Brown trouser moment........................doing a bit of titivating on ex purplebargeken BMW 318........painted the front end with Halford rattle cans, and was warming up the lacquer in front of an electric blow heater, picked it up to give it a shake, and the bloody can exploded ! 

Shot across the garage with a huge bang, and punched a hole in a green plastic box. Not hurt, but bloody deafened ! Glad it wasn't paint, it would have been a right mess............................

 

Apart from the exploding lacquer can I'm pleased to hear the 318 is receiving some tlc. Great car that is, was only talking about it in the pub today...

[jakebullet]

Bored waiting in chemists so started reading the leaflets. Had a cough for 3 weeks? You haz lung cancer (maybe).

 

As I'm sick of this bastard cough I'm taking said leaflet to the vets and saying fix me. Anyone want to bet I'm the lucky* one?

[maxpower]

Do supermarkets think people are really stupid?...... twix 55p......... same twix but in american isle £1.30???... same with cereals..add £1-£1.50 a box if you cant be bothered walking any further than "the american isle"..ffs what's goin on are we helping to pay for their next space mission?

[chaseracer]

I note your location, MP - you live in a different country to many of the rest of us.  What IS an "American aisle"...?

[Mr Lobster]

I note your location, MP - you live in a different country to many of the rest of us.  What IS an "American aisle"...?

 

Oddly Tesco in Padiham have an American section (not a full aisle though) which contains full sugar Pepsi, Hershey chocolate and other stuff from over the Atlantic. 

 

No idea why though, perhaps East Lancashire has a significant US population which I have never noticed.

[Pillock]

We have several American "candy" stores with such delights as a small bag of m&ms for £2.75.

 

I used to get the PB ones but now you can get them from Morrisons for about a fifth of that price.

[fairkens]

I've not seen a yank aisle, but I'm a big fan of the world food aisles generally. The polish stuff can be half the price of the British equivalent, likewise the massive bags of spices you can get for the same price as those tiny glass pots

 

Not to mention the veg oil

[outlaw118]

This may not appear at first to be a grump.....

 

My family is diseased.

 

Stepson & Partner, Granddaughter and eldest granson have all got the "brown rain" lurgy; not a massive problem, they don't live here.

 

However we had the youngest grandson overnight in a vain attempt to save him from germs.

 

It didn't work, he's had a couple of accidents which he's got upset over (he's 3, and proud of his toilet abilities), and appears to have given it to Mrs_Outlaw, whose birthday it is today.

 

I'm ok..... for the moment, although i'm certain to get it at some point.

 

And it means Mrs_outlaw doesn't want to eat, so I'm currently quarantined in my den with a bag of peanuts and a cheese sammich.

 

 

Actually, this isn't so bad.........

[EssDeeWon]

Do supermarkets think people are really stupid?...... twix 55p......... same twix but in american isle £1.30???... same with cereals..add £1-£1.50 a box if you cant be bothered walking any further than "the american isle"..ffs what's goin on are we helping to pay for their next space mission?

 

There is a shop near me called Mr Simms that sell all stuff like that, because its all yank imports.

 

Bollox to that. As you say M&M's for £2.50, or a Caramac bar for £1.75, when you can cross the road and buy the same stuff for £70p in the newsagents.

 

Glad im not the only one perplexed by all this overpriced chocolate.

[Cavcraft]

Deal Or No Deal: Fark me, if nothing shows the greed and horribleness of people, that does. Crying/going silent/spying their arse because they didn't win big and not thanking people who opened a box because it had a big prize in it. It's hardly their fault, is it?

Grasping bleeders.

[Mr Lobster]

I think I must be dead and have been transported to hell.

 

Sunday afternoon, raining and for some reason I am in one of those children's play places. The noise is defening most of the parents look like they have come here for a break from stealing from Asda and the cups of mysterious brown liquid they sell under the guise of coffee are too expensive.

 

On the bright side, I'm just playing on the Internet whilst wife supervises the mini Lobsters.

[hairnet]

Deal Or No Deal: Fark me, if nothing shows the greed and horribleness of people, that does. Crying/going silent/spying their arse because they didn't win big and not thanking people who opened a box because it had a big prize in it. It's hardly their fault, is it?

Grasping bleeders.

aye - one last week said yes to 15k then when their box got opened at the end and there was 50k in it it was like the world has fell out their arse

 

you sat for an hour having nice chat with noel and counted to 22!!!

 

FRO!!!!

 

funny when they go ill do this ill do this no deal all  way thorugh then they get 50p

 

makes me larf

[Pillock]

"I've got a system Noel....."

 

Like fuck. It's a game of chance. DOND could be cut down to a thirty second lottery of "pick a box, open it and you get that cash" but Noel loves to string it out so he gets his face on telly.

 

There's only one winner, if you could give that label to a man who introduced us to Mr Blobby. An average prize of £20k per show is nothing compared to the royalties of board games, DVDs, the advertising slots. My friend even went into a waiting list to be in the audience!

[HillmanImp]

It must be nice for Noel Edmonds to open something without someone plummeting to their death.

[jakebullet]

I truely cannot see the appeal of that box opening shit. Where is the entertainment ?????

 

You could bang dulux on a wall and have a commentry on how it's drying compared to the shade card and it would be more fun.

[Keymaster]

I was planning to sell my mint MR2 for a tidy sum, but instead I discover it needs a respray.

 

Nice one, world.

[jakebullet]

I'm being fucked with from beyond the grave. Down the garden are 2 long forgotten coal bunkers. As we now have fire investigation was in order, 'cos they'll do to bang wood in.

 

Bunker 1: A few inches of coal dust. Fairy snuff.

Bunker 2: Full to the top! Of bastard broken bricks and soil. Tight bastard father has lugged a cubic meter of shit to fill said bunker rather than pay for a skip, or drive the full 1 mile to the dumpit site. Remind me to piss on his grave. Twat.

[xtriple]

Mate of mine has a lovely little Lab pup. When I first met the dog - Bentley - I thought he walked funny but he was only four months old. Ut got worse...

 

Turns out he was born with no cartlidge in his front leg joints. The vet says to wait until he's finished frowing and they'll sort it out then - he's 9 months old now.

 

He's started falling over when he walks now as his back end keeps going - hip dysplasia! So he's booked into Bristol Animal hospital for two new hip joints!

 

He has a pedigree as long as your arm and his parents were hip scored etc  - breeders (who were 'friends' ) don't want to know. It seems that pedigree dogs are just soooooo unhealthy now you're MUCH better off getting a mutt.

[vulgalour]

Pedigree over-breeding actually upsets me, unnecessary pain and suffering inflicted on animals for human vanity.

 

 

Wasn't happy at finding my road-side door mirror bent forwards against the A pillar when I went to the Xantia this afternoon.  Neighbour's car has had their door mirror on the same side bent in the same direction.  No damage to either car, thankfully, and it's not like we're parked in the middle of the road so I've no idea wtf it's about.

 

It would worry me less but there's been increasing police presence here during the day and this is how shit started at Bolsover and I don't want to go through that again.

[skattrd]

Another 2 hrs wasted today trying to sort the air getting in to the fuel on the Merc. On the plus side I think I know where it's getting in. On the down side the o ring I believe to be the issue is on the back of the stop valve. This is held in place by 2 T27 torx screws, guess what ... 17 year old torx screws don't want to come out - bastard.

 

This is now 4 things stuck on that engine, 2 glow plugs and 2 torx screws.

[DS20]

The Saab has started jumping out of reverse nearly every time that gear is selected. If I slip the clutch like mad, it'll reverse for a little way, unless reversing uphill, in which case instant jumpage occurs.

 

I can see a gearbox rebuild coming up before long