The grumpy thread

[hairnet]

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.

used watch it like mad but now only watch the last 10 mins - then watch lovejoy

[MrDuke]

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.

 

Jon Ronson does an excellent piece on DOND in the "Lost At Sea" book. Apparently the contestants are all confined to a hotel together until the series filming is completed, and the resulting claustrophobia and frustration is totally encouraged and played on by the production company. Also, Edmonds is worryingly obsessive and possibly mildly deranged in real life.

[fordperv]

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.

Poor little fella

 

I blame the kennel club and their breed standards, they promote inbreeding and from that comes health issues along the line, but hey why not fuck the dogs health because they are the right height and their muzzle is just the right size, fuck the kennel club right up the arse with a pointy stick

[cort1977]

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.

Wtf would anyone want to buy yank chocolate? it's shit.

[Richard]

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

 

I've a feeling the reverse gear can be replaced with the gearbox in situ. I'll find out and let you know.

[steve_earwig]

Wtf would anyone want to buy yank chocolate? it's shit.

 

Ah, that explains the taste... British chocolate isn't much different.

 

I actually bought a Hershey bar because of The French Connection 2, I've had worse.

[dugong]

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.

 

Friend of mine had a Bulldog that died at a very young age because breeders ranked appearance over the ability to breathe properly. 

 

Poor little sod, it was a really placid dog, too. She had every right to be a mardy, angry little fucker but Molly was wonderful with kids and wanted to lark about all the time (even though she ran out of breath really quickly and her shoulders caused her agony).  

[The Moog]

Looks like the pug isn't going to make 250k. It is eighty miles short and shit its brakes over night.

 

Is it wrong to obsess over getting it to a randomly unimportant number versus being sensible and swapping insurance over to new car?

[dugong]

Potential buyer number seven has dropped out on buying the Charade. 

Oh dear. I shall have to resort to the option everyone dislikes. 

[MrDuke]

Couldn't you just do another 80 (really careful) miles without brakes?

[steve_earwig]

Put it up on axle stands.

 

The Croatian Kuna is back to being worth less than tenpence, hooray. Why couldn't this have happened before I finished paying for the solar panels?

[HillmanImp]

Can't get on here at work all of a sudden

 

Probably noticed i spend too much time looking at pictures of old cars instead of proper work.

[Cavcraft]

It's amazing how many people are only interested in KC registered dogs. Ours is a pedigree but not reg'd and we spoke to a few people who nearly had a massive epi when we asked him breeding with their precious bitch.

 

Mind you, the whole dog world is mad. Years back you wouldn't have got a penny for a crossbreed dog, now if your poodle slips a drop of Rohypnol into your neighbour's labrador's water you'll get about £800 each for the puppies. That said, there's a theory that expensive dogs are less likely to be abandoned and abused.

[xtriple]

The only pedigree dog I've ever had was a present for my 14th birthday - I've always been obsessed with mutts -he was a golden cocker spaniel with a really good pedigree (Crufts grand master etc) and he was a proper mardy grumpy vicious little bastard that hated me! He lived to be a right old age (with my mother, not me!) and had zero health problems. He, is the only pedigree dog I've ever known that was healthy!

 

I don't agree with pedigree dogs on principle. I don't agree with puppy farms or breeders who are just in it for the cash... in fact, I fooking hate them! I recued Phoebe from a puppy farm with the aid of a few friends and a shotgun! We didn't give the arsehole ANY options but to choose a different line of work! He was well known in the area - he's moved now. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a 'hard man' in fact a more placid chap you'd be hard to find, until I see animal cruelty when something just flips in my head!

 

When I was looking for another dog (before I got Chester back - he stayed with my wife when we split up but blotted his copybook in some way and she offered him back to me - I jumped at the chance!) all the dogs are Labradoodles or cockerpoos or some other mix and prices are fucking absurd. The cheapest dogs for sale are pedigrees or Pitt bulls! Chester is apparently 'worth' £1100 - he's a fucking crossbreed Basset - a Heinz 57 - a mongrel, the kind of dog that twenty years ago you couldn't give away! I actually did pay for Chester, £150 from a lovely lady whose two dogs had got together without permission and there were 11 little offspring.

 

The whole dog thing is ridiculous.  When we were looking for another dog, I wanted to rescue as usual (so many dogs in rescue centres there 'should' be no need to buy/encourage breeders) but we were not allowed to get a dog from our local charity. This even though I had been sponsoring them for the previous 5 years X amount per month. We were declined because we had 'kids and cats' - not suitable owners. Do I need to say I no longer sponsor them or the RSPCA (look up what they get up to, it's shocking!) and now I just sponser a dog at Dogs trust (probably me and ten thousand others all sponsoring the same dog 'Sidney' - I hope the bugger lives in a velvet lined centrally heated house with sat telly constantly set to 'Animal planet') and try hard to stay out of politics and not look too hard for news in them.

 

I really dislike the whole 'dogs as a fashion accessory' thing. Dogs are pretty wonderful things (I like them much better than 99% of people - can you tell?) from the 'handbag dogs' to Pitbulls who make their owners look 'hard'. Don't have a problem with Pitbulls, some are really lovely dogs but too many of them are fucked up by chav scum.

 

Sorry for the rant!

[Bobthebeard]

^^ No problem here regarding the rant.

Am a total softy myself and have had rescue dogs all my adult life. Any animal cruelty makes me fume, dog cruelty in particular! The only time in my life that I ever got into a fight was to protect a dog from being beaten by a horrible man who should never be allowed to own a dog again... Long story. I lost the fight but made sure he lost the dog. I went round to his house two days later and offered him £100 for the dog. She lived for 12 years with me after that. Loved her to bits.

 

Edit. She was a mongrel BTW.

[dave21478]

Brother in law just came round asking for help. He loaned is Renault Mascot tipper to a guy we know who has somehow kippered it. Apparently the starter spins but wont engage, the cooling fan has had all its fins smashed off and it wont bump start either....feck knows whats going on there....sounds like its been in a ditch or something.

 

It needs towed back home. Brother in law has to work tomorrow so I will only have the guy to help me - I hate towing with people I dont know well/trust. I reckon I will knock up a tow pole tomorrow morning rather than risk a strap. iirc it has a towing pin/hitch thing on the front bumper, so a bit of scaffolding pole and some welding should see something usable.

[fordperv]

Animal cruelty is one thing that boils my piss, i would rather help a mistreated dog than to go a breeder to get a puppy, the only reason I have had a proven pedigree dog from a puppy is because mother fp bought her for us as a surprise because she knew we'd love the little pup to bits and she would get anything she could ever want, i did moan at mum fp over it though because I despise pets being given as gifts.

[bub2006]

I own a Staffordshire Bull terrier. Soft as shit and daft as a brush. Paid 30 quidfor him when he was 9 weeks old. He has not long turned 3 and has been the best 30 quid I ever spent

[HH-R]

Inbred cats are the same. I've taken in a fair few moggies that were unwanted/dumped/homeless and with the exception of one tom having cystitis, they've all lived to a grand old age or are still alive. (cystitis kitteh is still going strong, just need to watch what he's being fed)

 

Took a pedigree in who didn't get on with other cats (she cost a fortune too, I'd never pay for a cat, especially that much) and she's lovely but has an almost concave face, it can't be good for their breathing.

[dugong]

YEAH! 

YEAH!

WHIIIIITTTTTE ROOOOOOOOOOM

[steve_earwig]

Black curtains?

[Mr Lobster]

Further to Sundays grump re: Childrens Play Centres.

 

Behind the counter where they slopped out over priced, under tasting 'coffee' they had the following sign.

 

 

My first reaction to this was 'who the fuck goes up to the counter and asks for no salad 'cos they are allergic to it' but then on looking around it did indeed seem that there may be quite a few who have this salad allergy.  

 

Or at the very least are somewhat unfamiliar with the whole salad concept.

[cms206]

Two hours so far on the M77 with a dead Volvo which isn't mine for a change...

 

[dugong]

Eurrgh. 

 

[dave21478]

Brother in law just came round asking for help. He loaned is Renault Mascot tipper to a guy we know who has somehow kippered it. Apparently the starter spins but wont engage, the cooling fan has had all its fins smashed off and it wont bump start either....feck knows whats going on there....sounds like its been in a ditch or something.

 

It needs towed back home. Brother in law has to work tomorrow so I will only have the guy to help me - I hate towing with people I dont know well/trust. I reckon I will knock up a tow pole tomorrow morning rather than risk a strap. iirc it has a towing pin/hitch thing on the front bumper, so a bit of scaffolding pole and some welding should see something usable.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9tBI7_nq8

 

 

 

 

When we got to where this guy had left it, I hopped in and tried it. The starter seemed to engage fine. It would lurch forwards in gear using the starter so obviously it was turning over with no compression.

 

Back at the farm I took the timing belt cover off and the belt is all wrapped around the bottom pulley with bits flapping out, which is probably what smashed the rad fan.

 

According to the service history numbers written on the cam cover in tippex, the belt was changed 70k kilometers ago so thats about 40k miles? I dont know what the interval is on these but since the dude he bought it off was a shifty looking soap dodger I would bet that it was never actually changed.

[OwdChina]

Damm..........should've been on a plane to Boston Logan but New England airports

are closed cos of some snow. Pah.

[Cavcraft]

That cam belt change in Tippex should be in the thread about annoying sellers.

I know it was quite rife at one time, you just wrote it our, let it dry then wiped oily rags over it. Apparently.

[Station]

It's amazing how many people are only interested in KC registered dogs. Ours is a pedigree but not reg'd and we spoke to a few people who nearly had a massive epi when we asked him breeding with their precious bitch.

 

Mind you, the whole dog world is mad. Years back you wouldn't have got a penny for a crossbreed dog, now if your poodle slips a drop of Rohypnol into your neighbour's labrador's water you'll get about £800 each for the puppies. That said, there's a theory that expensive dogs are less likely to be abandoned and abused.

 

When I got our Pug (dog not car), it cost just over 1000, she had a good pedigree, but that didn't matter.

We never got out papers from the breeder, and they disappeared. Still have the lineage, and scarily, the pug's sister lives round the corner (both came from South Wales!). She's never been bred, and has had a good life in the warm without being a 'cash cow' like most dogs are - and they all look completely knackered by 5 years old.

[chaseracer]

Single foglights operating with the indicators*.  In broad daylight.  WTaF is that about?  Seems to be a VAG thing, completely unsurprisingly...

 

 

* ...on those rare occasions when they're actually used, obvs.

[Pillock]

Cornering lights. VAG have had this affliction, I mean feature for a couple of years, my 2014 Peugeot 2008 also did it.

 

It seems, from the drivers seat, to do the square root of toss all. It only illuminates the six inches of kerb directly in front of the car which is no use to man nor beast.

 

Since it's VAG mainly, and works on steering angle rather than indicators, it's a subtle way of allowing for the fact that all* VAG drivers are morons who don't indicate.

 

I have noticed drivers of new Seats appear to be frustrated Audi-driving wannabes and adhere to the same road rules of "fuck everyone"