The grumpy thread

[ruffgeezer]

Get some exercise you lumpy git. I promise it helps with the gloom.

[DS20]

The wind is from the north-east, which means that my neighbourhood smells of fish.  This, IMO, is Not Good.  

[hairnet]

Not a grump in the big scheme of things, I suppose but I've really been feeling shit of late. Not ill shit as such but complete lack of, well, gumption. No idea and having a bit of trouble raising myself out of bed type of meh thing. Could do with a really big kick up the arse but I can't be arsed to do it.

Not a major grump but it pisses me right off.

massive meh is usually down to food

 

lack of sugar or some such

 

to paraphrase dunwatanabe

 

I NO DIS FEELIN TOO WELL

[cort16]

Long gone, I assume?

 

Yip. At one point we where seeing 80.000 hits a day and this in the early 2000's. We uttered the words "we'd have to be idiots not to make any money out of this". Sure enough.

It was hosted on a server and my mates work, something happened and I lost access then the place shut down and although I had the code we didn't have access to the electoral role anymore.

 

My dotcom bubble burst. Although I see this week that labour of all people have flippin stolen the idea. 

 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/labour-wants-everyone-to-find-out-how-many-people-have-thier?s=mobile

[steve_earwig]

If we start criticising everyone's grammar and spelling we'll never get anything else done...

Me and my mate did a website years ago that told you how many people in the uk had the same name as you. We decided on yourenotme.com but he registered it as yournotme.com and no one noticed until we started getting bazillions of emails slagging off out grammar. . I just made it a running joke.

Swift hijack there. When I left school I met a lad in the dole queue with pretty much the same name as me, except I'm Stephen John, he was Steven John, I won't add the surname as you'll take the piss but it's an unusual spelling of a not very common name "Are you...? Yeah, me too." Sadly it turned out my namesake is a crim. How do I know this? I was in court for (ahem) smoking something I shouldn't (teenager, remember) and before they did the sentence thing they read out all my* previous convictions: Burglary, assault, receiving stolen goods etc. etc. WTF?? Check the date of birth!!!

 

I wonder how much of this you get if your name's John Smith...

[Alan_Green]

When I left school I met a lad in the dole queue with pretty much the same name as me, except I'm Stephen John, he was Steven John, I won't add the surname as you'll take the piss but it's an unusual spelling of a not very common name "Are you...? Yeah, me too." Sadly it turned out my namesake is a crim. How do I know this? I was in court for (ahem) smoking something I shouldn't (teenager, remember) and before they did the sentence thing they read out all my* previous convictions: Burglary, assault, receiving stolen goods etc. etc. WTF?? Check the date of birth!!!

 

I wonder how much of this you get if your name's John Smith...

I was told that is why the dole office scene in the Full Monty is unrealistic. Signing on times are allocated alphabetically. So all of the unemployed guys in your town with the same name as you are in the queue in front of you or behind you. Makes it difficult if staff have to call someone out for interview.  "David Williams"  six guys - "Yes!".

 

[cort16]

It looks like the SWAP is on for this SL. I was thinking of going down on Sunday but of course the CL has developed a weird clunk from the front end. Cocksticks. I bet that'll be cheap to fix*

[Station]

I'm a grammar nazi, but I don't know which is correct:

 

a) I think this is your's

I think this is yours

 

I'm sure it's the last one. In which case can you use the first one?

[cort16]

I have a massive problem with were and where. I genuinely cannot tell when to use each one. It's been like this from school and I've read loads of stuff on the correct context to use them yet I still can't get it right.

[steve_earwig]

I'll just slap we're into that mix...

 

Mate of mine at school had terrible trouble telling the difference between b and d, eventually he realise if he thought of the word bed he could tell them apart, as the word kind of looks like one, whereas deb doesn't.

 

I've not seen Full Monty but I understand that it was the time for people with the same initial letter of their surname to attend, it's just quite unlikely that someone unrelated to me should have the same name as me, let alone actually meet them. And then have their criminal convictions attributed to me in court.

[Station]

I have a massive problem with were and where. I genuinely cannot tell when to use each one. It's been like this from school and I've read loads of stuff on the correct context to use them yet I still can't get it right.

 

Where relates to location, as in 'Jesus Christ man! I've lost my f*cking pen again. Where the f*ck is it, for f*ck's sake?'.

 

Where is only ever used when you're lost or you want to know 'where something is'.

 

You would use were to proceed a verb in the past tense, 'We were looking on Autoshite, when we saw some old crappy car that all the users were salivating over for some reason'. Best way to tell is if you were describing two or more people doing something in the past, you would use were (plural of I was).

(Station - a-level in English Lit).

[cort16]

[EssDeeWon]

Why is everyone so imcompetant these days!!?

 

My GF changed her address recently with spec savers for delivery of her contact lenses.....Today someone elses contact lenses arrive at her 'old' address.

 

Another thing....The boundry fence has twice been smashed in by local yoof from the delightful council estate we unfortunately live next to, so fence panel 1 was replaced just before christmas then fence panel 2 was smashed out a few weeks ago, so I go about reporting it again and wait 3 weeks......

 

Chased them up yesterday to be told "Yes someone has been out and the new panel is fitted"

 

FFS (face in palm) and what about the 2nd smashed out panel?? "Oh they didn't spot that"

 

All this because the lazy git couldnt be arsed to walk 10 paces to properly inspect all of the fence, so now we wait another 3 weeks for someone just to inspect it, despite me telling them the fence panel is out and broken into about 6 peices. Meanwhile the local little chavs use our carpark (private property) as their short cut, and if you dare say anything you get the middle finger and some expletives.

[dugong]

I'm a grammar nazi, but I don't know which is correct:

 

a) I think this is your's

I think this is yours

 

A possessive apostrophe indicates ownership. In the firsy instance, the item in question would belong to your.

 

I'm sure it's the last one. In which case can you use the first one?

[vulgalour]

EssDeeWon:  I've got a roll of barbed wire that you could fashion a decent fence panel out of.

[Alan_Green]

 it's just quite unlikely that someone unrelated to me should have the same name as me, let alone actually meet them. And then have their criminal convictions attributed to me in court.

If you had kept schtum would he now have your weed conviction?  

[dave21478]

Online parts suppliers.

 

I ordered a part in early January which arrived a few days later and unsurprisingly was completely the wrong part. I sent it back (at my own expense - no way to get that refunded despite it being their mistake) and got the correct part later.

STILL haven't been refunded for it. 

Christ, they hoover the money out of your account within nanoseconds of placing the order, take their sweet time sending the (wrong) parts but take over a month to refund cough a refund.

[fordperv]

I'm pretty sure the distance selling regulation states that incorrectly supplied items return postage must be refunded by the seller, they get 28 days from receiving the item back to refund you, if its past this email them with your intentions to involve trading standards if it's not refunded within 48 hours then go from there with trading standards if you get no joy.

 

I used to work for a thieving scumbag of a parts shop, i was the guy who helped people out so used to dish out the same advice, the other staff weren't bothered if no one got a refund, the crooked boss was also the customer services person, customer services didn't exist he hoped people would forget about owed refunds after months of chasing it, the accounts lady was straight like me and after a chat gave me authorisation on the online terminal to give refunds, that pissed the boss off

[cms206]

Dingbro.

 

"Hello, looking for a timing belt and head gasket for a Volvo 740."
"Registration?"
"G476 WOY"
"It pulls as a B230E... but none of the belts the system is bringing up are for the B230E. Also the head gasket doesn't exist."

 

SUPER

[steve_earwig]

If you had kept schtum would he now have your weed conviction?  

It's a thought but I'm sure that would have been of little consolation while I was paying his fine/serving his time...

[steve_earwig]

 

It's a bit of an oldy...

[dave21478]

I'm pretty sure the distance selling regulation states that incorrectly supplied items return postage must be refunded by the seller, they get 28 days from receiving the item back to refund you, if its past this email them with your intentions to involve trading standards if it's not refunded within 48 hours then go from there with trading standards if you get no joy.

 

I used to work for a thieving scumbag of a parts shop, i was the guy who helped people out so used to dish out the same advice, the other staff weren't bothered if no one got a refund, the crooked boss was also the customer services person, customer services didn't exist he hoped people would forget about owed refunds after months of chasing it, the accounts lady was straight like me and after a chat gave me authorisation on the online terminal to give refunds, that pissed the boss off

 

Unfortunately, I am in France where they fart in the general direction of customer service or distance selling laws.

 

 

Hidden cam footage of an Oscaro customer service worker....

[richardmorris]

started a biking holiday in ireland on tuesday

 

a resheduled gig (t'pau) happened tonight so had to come back from dublin this afternoon

 

they got little bit thru the third song and stopped

 

mrs d had flu and even speaking you could tell something wasnt right (she also was sporting a pot on her foot cos it was broke)

 

grump is i hope i can make the next gig

i didn't know t'pau were still going. China in your hand!

[Richard]

Loads of 80s bands are still going* and doing shows where they play their hit and bugger off http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/revealed-the-line-up-for-rewind-scotland-festival-2015-1.797505

[HillmanImp]

Yeah, being in a band really seems to pay off these days. back in the 70's people were in bands and then working in Tesco on the nightshift 10yrs later. These days you can really sell some nostalgia. I see the Mission are on tour at the moment playing two dates at the O2 academy in London. As if. 

 

I used to love the Mission but I could not face seeing them now with a bunch of equally overweight balding losers like me and their middle management friends reliving their youth. 

 

[Ghosty]

2000 pages of grumpy.

Also the court folks emailed me back, not actually addressing my complaint but spouting loads of bullshit. Going to keep pursuing them.

Meanwhile Old Man is having similar issues with the council.

Backstory:

My street was built in about 1962, and the clever person tasked with naming it saw that there's a street called xxxx Street at the bottom, and instead of making our street a continuation of the exisitng street as would make sense, named it xxxx Avenue. 

53 years later, there is precisely one of a possible four street name signs where the two roads meet, and some bellend always parks a Zafira in front of it so there's nothing to suggest that there are in fact two separate streets. Delivery drivers, taxis and such always go to the Street instead of the Avenue - we often miss deliveries and have to piss about driving to depots and such to get packages.

Old Man emails the council citing Town and Country Planning Act - the council are required to put up signs, besides, it might ease confusion. I'd have liked him to suggest a road rename in the name of common sense but he didn't bring that up.

Council's reply was supposedly one sentence saying what amounts to 'nope, can't afford that'.

Can't afford a couple of fucking signs?

Needless to say OM is unimpressed and might even write to the MP if he can't get something done and/or a reasonable response.

[Richard]

 

 

I used to love the Mission but I could not face seeing them now with a bunch of equally overweight balding losers like me and their middle management friends reliving their youth. 

 

 

 

My sister went to see the Stone Roses and she said the audience was a tragic sight, full of men who looked as if they had been partying since 1989.

[doobietoo]

My sister went to see the Stone Roses and she said the audience was a tragic sight, full of men who looked as if they had been partying since 1989.

 

 

You say this like its a bad thing.....

[chaseracer]

Not a grump in the big scheme of things, I suppose but I've really been feeling shit of late. Not ill shit as such but complete lack of, well, gumption. No idea and having a bit of trouble raising myself out of bed type of meh thing. Could do with a really big kick up the arse but I can't be arsed to do it.

Not a major grump but it pisses me right off.

 

I think we may be due a roadtrip, mon ami... 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

2000 pages of grumpy.

Also the court folks emailed me back, not actually addressing my complaint but spouting loads of bullshit. Going to keep pursuing them.

Meanwhile Old Man is having similar issues with the council.

Backstory:

My street was built in about 1962, and the clever person tasked with naming it saw that there's a street called xxxx Street at the bottom, and instead of making our street a continuation of the exisitng street as would make sense, named it xxxx Avenue. 

53 years later, there is precisely one of a possible four street name signs where the two roads meet, and some bellend always parks a Zafira in front of it so there's nothing to suggest that there are in fact two separate streets. Delivery drivers, taxis and such always go to the Street instead of the Avenue - we often miss deliveries and have to piss about driving to depots and such to get packages.

Old Man emails the council citing Town and Country Planning Act - the council are required to put up signs, besides, it might ease confusion. I'd have liked him to suggest a road rename in the name of common sense but he didn't bring that up.

Council's reply was supposedly one sentence saying what amounts to 'nope, can't afford that'.

Can't afford a couple of fucking signs?

Needless to say OM is unimpressed and might even write to the MP if he can't get something done and/or a reasonable response.

 

Sorry Ghosty but this grump has been declared 'C-, just too downright boring, reccomended sell' by 'Moodys' the international grumpy bastard ratings agency