The grumpy thread

[Asimo]

Work is driving me round the bend too.

Nothing to do for months, and I mean absolutely zero for me and colleagues. And now I have so-called line management on my case because of my " negative attitude displayed during the annual appraisal process."

[TimothyClaypole]

I just like to annoy the people who spend all day at work looking at rubbish on the internet that benefits them in no way at all by doing some craft type stuff.  They don't understand it so I do it even more.

 

This is made from some cards that were on flyers set to customers, they send them back still in the box with whatever stuff they are returning, so I sliced the shiny top layer off, scraped all the printing off, cut them into 5mm x 10mm bits then glued them one at a time to some rafters made from coffee stirrers.

 

 

This week I am cutting out palm trees leaves. 

 

 

Having a grump the 3D printer I've had on my test bench 2 days is rubbish.  I put a new name tag on it re-branding it "The Trinket maker".

 

[doobietoo]

So the flexy pipe on the Golfs exhaust gave up the ghost this week and in their wisdom VW connected it direct to the cat and front pipe so the whole lot had to be changed.... Had the old exhaust off and the new one on inside an hour with absolutely no problems at all the old nuts just undid and the new exhaust fitted perfectly.

 I thought at the time it all went too well and it was proved true as i totally failed to get the lambda sensor off the old exhaust....so its either £40 for a new sensor or buy a special tool in the hope i can get the bloody thing out... grrrrrrrrrr 

[messerschmitt owner]

it's genuinely less hassle buying a new lamda sensor!

[twosmoke300]

Run a bead of weld around the boss where the sensor screws in , 22 mm spanner job done

[Louise2cv]

There is a dog that keeps wandering around the village, quite often pestering other dogs and their owners on the cycle track and even entering people's gardens and no doubt he is not picking up after himself. I spent a couple of hours trying to find his owner a couple of weeks ago and I know of 3 other occasions my neighbours have done the same. Not to mention the times he has been seen but evaded capture.

 

Anyway I thought maybe its time the dog warden got involved, as his owners don't seem to be doing anything about it.

 

So let's email them. Go to council website.

 

Contact us. Not an email address but a "we have changed our website to make things easier for you" handy form. Ok then *click*

 

"You must log in or register"

Ffs, OK then. Choose password. Retype password. Select three security questions. OK. Submit....

 

"You can't have that password, put some capital letters and numbers in it". F. F. S.

 

"Thank you for registering". Click again on contact us.

 

"Please log in or register"... What the? Log in.

 

"This account has not been activated, please follow the instructions in our email." Faaaaaaaaaaacking hell!

 

Do that, fill in form: Breed; colour; sex; description; describe problem; any further details; Done.

*Submit*

 

"You have exceeded maximum number of characters for Any further details. Please use 225 or less."

 

Gah! OK. Let's cut and paste some into describe problem box. *Submit*

 

"You have exceeded maximum number of characters for Description of problem. Please use 225 or less."

 

Ffffffffffffffffff!

 

Alter slightly, *submit*

 

"What breed/sex/colour is the dog?" WTF you asked me all that on the last page. But OK. *submit*

 

"An error occurred, your report may not have sent, please click here to check your account actions."

 

*click*

 

"ERROR. Please try again later."

 

FFF....ARGH!

 

 

 

 

I hope the dog has a lovely time crapping everywhere and trying to get his end away with little old ladies' poodles and/or legs.

[alf892]

There is a dog that keeps wandering around the village, quite often pestering other dogs and their owners on the cycle track and even entering people's gardens and no doubt he is not picking up after himself. I spent a couple of hours trying to find his owner a couple of weeks ago and I know of 3 other occasions my neighbours have done the same. Not to mention the times he has been seen but evaded capture.

Anyway I thought maybe its time the dog warden got involved, as his owners don't seem to be doing anything about it.

So let's email them. Go to council website.

Contact us. Not an email address but a "we have changed our website to make things easier for you" handy form. Ok then *click*

"You must log in or register"

Ffs, OK then. Choose password. Retype password. Select three security questions. OK. Submit....

"You can't have that password, put some capital letters and numbers in it". F. F. S.

"Thank you for registering". Click again on contact us.

"Please log in or register"... What the? Log in.

"This account has not been activated, please follow the instructions in our email." Faaaaaaaaaaacking hell!

Do that, fill in form: Breed; colour; sex; description; describe problem; any further details; Done.

*Submit*

"You have exceeded maximum number of characters for Any further details. Please use 225 or less."

Gah! OK. Let's cut and paste some into describe problem box. *Submit*

"You have exceeded maximum number of characters for Description of problem. Please use 225 or less."

Ffffffffffffffffff!

Alter slightly, *submit*

"What breed/sex/colour is the dog?" WTF you asked me all that on the last page. But OK. *submit*

"An error occurred, your report may not have sent, please click here to check your account actions."

*click*

"ERROR. Please try again later."

FFF....ARGH!

I hope the dog has a lovely time crapping everywhere and trying to get his end away with little old ladies' poodles and/or legs.

.

 

Aah yes.....another great con of the modern age........along with customer service.........easy communication forms and no phone numbers on websites. All to make it easier for us

[MrDuke]

Take it to the vets as a "stray" and ask them to scan it for a microchip. If they can't find one, run out of the door and drive off.

[Louise2cv]

The day I caught him Matt had the car, otherwise I might have done more. As it was, I put him in the back yard (you might remember how tall the walls are) and while I was asking passers by if they knew his owners he some how escaped!

 

I usually try and get strays home or keep them safe but my friend got him back to the owners before Christmas and said they weren't bothered and kept letting it happen. I was kind of hoping that paying to get him back from the dog warden will concentrate the owners minds and save him from a fight, or from being run over, heaven forbid.

[MrDuke]

Is that the kind of situation that might interest the RSPCA? I mean, it's not exactly neglect, but it does show a blatant lack of concern for his welfare. Maybe a visit from someone in uniform might help (unlikely, but you never know).

[EssDeeWon]

If the local council website is not working then I'd be tempted to walk him down the local council office next time you catch him, report it face to face and leave him there.

 

And tell em to sort their fuggin website out.

[Louise2cv]

Maybe, I don't want to be a busybody but I do worry about the dog and also if he is getting in gardens, who knows what might happen (kids, other dogs, jumping up at frail elderly people)?

 

He is a lovely dog, but I didn't realise how powerful Labs were, it was quite a task walking him. He must be a serial escaper, I still can't see how he got out of our yard, the walls must be 6 foot high...

[MrDuke]

A 6-foot wall or fence wouldn't keep a really determined Lab-size dog in - a friend's German Shepherd will easily get over a hedge that's 5' high and 2-3' deep. As you say, they have plenty of power and could feasibly injure someone without being aggressive.

[HillmanImp]

or from being run over

 

I doubt he will get run over, he probably has a lot of road sense if it is out a lot. As far as crapping everywhere, if he is outside all the time he probably does it privately. As a lot of dogs that are always on leads they will crap where they can but I find that if a dog spends a lot of time off the lead they will generally try and take a dump in relative privacy in a bush or behind a wall.  Okay still crapping outside but lots of animals crap outside without fouling the footpaths or the middle of your lawn, there is nothing to suggest this dog will.

[fordperv]

Louise2cv every time I have found a stray dog wandering around in the past couple of years, i have given it a good meal made sure it's watered as I don't know when they last ate or drunk, and popped it in my car and taken it to the local vets, they check for a micro chip and 3 times out of 4 the dogs have been chipped, they always ring us with the outcome, one of them had been missing for days, another for 2 months and the third which I had to bath before putting in my car because he was covered in paint, the vets wouldn't release to the owner because they thought it was unsafe for him due to the aggressive the owner was displaying at the news he had been found, they thought the dog had been kicked out,so the nurse kept him as he was an absolute gentlemen. The non chipped fella got re homed In a local rescue after the vets sorted the dog collection man

[Louise2cv]

Yeah, don't get me wrong I have done that in the past, but when I found him I had the kids to think about/manage and no car. I tried to keep him in the back until Matt got back with the car but he did one!

 

I'm a dog lover and understand that occasionally a dog might escape or get lost... Matt has even bought dogs home from work (feeling sorry for them as it was too late for the warden to come out and the police won't take them in anymore) and we have looked after them until arrangements can be made.

 

Like I say I don't want to be the busy body that gets the owners in trouble or the dog sent to the pound, but this one is out a lot and he is chasing and hanging off other dogs, jumping up people and entering property. If my kids were out in the garden when he turned up he'd knock them over and if my dog was out there might be a fight (he's a bit of a knob sometimes). 

[beko1987]

Fucking travelodge, or rather their website

 

SWMBO's dad wants me to create them a travelodge account (trust me, they know sweet fuck all about a computer, the internet or anything)

 

No worries, ill set up an account in their name. except the password box doesnt work

 

I've tried upper, lower, names, places, special characters, numbers, 1 character, 8, 12, 6254 IT WONT TAKE FUCKING ANY OF THEM. Occasionally a green tick will come up, but then when I fill out the 'confirm password' bit both boxes go to a red cross for WRONG YOU DICKSPAZZ

 

Feel a phonecall to customer services coming tomorrow to laugh at their attempt to help me with something I know they wont know anything about either as it's blatently farmed out to someone else for the website.

[jakebullet]

Interweb goes down randomly this afternoon. 10pm it comes back up, but now my wireless router doesn't work. If I plug a pc directly into the cable modem I have interweb.

 

If it doesn't magically fix itself overnight it's going to be a barrel of laughs, as I need the wireless router to connect to the 2 ancient printers I need to do the job. I've currently got my spare laptop in the other room connected to the wired, and broadcasting me a wireless signal so I can moan in here, but it won't work for 'work' unless I keep swapping wireless networks every time I want to print. Or unless I go get a 20 yard cat 5 cable in the morning, but where can you buy such things on the high street without £bumrape?

 

TL DR: fucking internet

[steve_earwig]

We get the odd dog or 3 wandering up and down the village, there used to be more but they made it illegal for people to let their dogs out unaccompanied. It still doesn't stop idiots obviously, and this is the time when people do it the most as it's chip and rabies shot time, so those too cheap/hard up to pay for it let their mutts out and maybe pick them up again when it's all over. It's a nuisance to us as our dogs go berserk whatever time of day, and the stray is likely to keep returning because of our dogs. Feeding them is a mistake, they never go away then.

 

Mostly it's labrador/alsation and mixtures thereof but a few years back there was a tornjak outside the gate for a few days, which are massive and, I don't mind telling you, a bit scary. Especially when you try to get to your car and he tries to shag your leg, stands up on it's back legs and is taller than you are...

 

Here he is with Betty, (full.size and fairly overweight golden retarder) for scale:

(Please excuse the poor kwality of my old mobile phone)

 

 

Gah, I forgot what I came in here for - first thing the forecast said no rain for a few days - yippee! I might get some gardening done today. Then the heavens opened and our front garden is turning into a swimming pool

[xtriple]

What has made me grumpy... more upset really is a mates dog has died. It was only 11 months old and a lovely chap, pinched my walking stick and hobbeld off with it and chewed it up when he was about 6 months old.

 

And therein lies the problem; hobbled off at 6 months old. Born with no cartilage in his front legs and hip dysplasia in his rear. Died while being operated on to have a new hip fitted. Lab with full hip score report etc.

 

Fucking breeders.

[dave21478]

Fucking postal service.

I got an email yesterday, "Yo, your parcel will be delivered by your postman tomorrow, be there or be square be obliged to travel 30 minutes to the depot to collect it on Monday"

 

Well, no work for me tomorrow morning then, I guess.

 

1.30pm, and still no sign of the twat. I guess thats the afternoon gassed as well then.

[andy18s]

You need to stomp around the place making a big fuss about popping down the shop for 2 mins.

Then hide around the corner and pounce on the postie who Will turn up just as you get out of sight....

[The Moog]

Flip flopping about the new 405.

 

Doesnt have the charm of the last one, mainly I suspect because it needs a few jobs.  I am using it everyday at the moment so cant afford to take it off the road to have a look at the water pump / overheating issue.  That combined with wishbone bushes need replacing, front right tyre rubbing, ride height at front is off kilter, central locking playing up, bit of rust and probably a new clutch makes me want to punt it on. But then what would I get for it and what would I replace it with.

 

Garage prices mean it needs probably best part of £500+ spending on it (depending on what is causing the ride height issue).Reality is that I dont need an estate every day, just when taking dogs away to London or Scotland. We are completing on a new house in 3 weeks so will need to move then. Which an estate would be good for.

 

Grumpy because I cant just accept that I should drive the 405 until something goes wrong and then bin it off. I have the AS curse of wanting to fix it at no economic sense.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What has made me grumpy... more upset really is a mates dog has died. It was only 11 months old and a lovely chap, pinched my walking stick and hobbeld off with it and chewed it up when he was about 6 months old.

 

And therein lies the problem; hobbled off at 6 months old. Born with no cartilage in his front legs and hip dysplasia in his rear. Died while being operated on to have a new hip fitted. Lab with full hip score report etc.

 

Fucking breeders.

Why did your mate buy the dog? I hate these specialist dog breeders too, but surely they wouldn't exist if no-one bought their mutant dog products for BIG $$$$

[xtriple]

Why did your mate buy the dog? I hate these specialist dog breeders too, but surely they wouldn't exist if no-one bought their mutant dog products for BIG $$$$

He bought the dog (Bentley) from them 'cos his last dog came from them 13 years ago so he thought he knew what he was getting. He wanted a golden Lab, he wanted it from a pup and he wanted it to be healthy and they had all the hip scores.reports etc so he thought he'd be safe.

 

Strangely, Labs and other none fashionable breeds were the cheapest thoroughbreds around when I was looking (before I got Chester back, so late 2013) and could be bought for £300 when Springadors/Labradingers/and all the other bloody cross' were up in the £800 plus range! I don't agree with buying from breeders at all, but, if you want a particular type of mutt, what else do you do?

 

I have never been bothered about breeds and tend to just take pity on something (Chester was bought from the 'breeder' but he and his ten siblings were a 'mistake') and round here, getting a bloody dog away from a rescue centre is one step removed from impossible!

[Lacquer Peel]

Flip flopping about the new 405.

 

Doesnt have the charm of the last one, mainly I suspect because it needs a few jobs.  I am using it everyday at the moment so cant afford to take it off the road to have a look at the water pump / overheating issue.  That combined with wishbone bushes need replacing, front right tyre rubbing, ride height at front is off kilter, central locking playing up, bit of rust and probably a new clutch makes me want to punt it on. But then what would I get for it and what would I replace it with.

 

Garage prices mean it needs probably best part of £500+ spending on it (depending on what is causing the ride height issue).Reality is that I dont need an estate every day, just when taking dogs away to London or Scotland. We are completing on a new house in 3 weeks so will need to move then. Which an estate would be good for.

 

Grumpy because I cant just accept that I should drive the 405 until something goes wrong and then bin it off. I have the AS curse of wanting to fix it at no economic sense.

 

Is there a scrapyard near you with a 405 in it to swap the front struts with? It's quite an easy job.

 

Even if you're not comfortable with doing the springs and shocks, or pressing bushes in, doing a lot of the drudge work taking the wishbones and struts off for a garage to fit new springs, dampers and bushes to saves a lot of money.

[greengartside]

Astra's brake caliper stuck on today, had to get towed 50 miles home. ALL VORXORLS R SHIT.

[dave21478]

You need to stomp around the place making a big fuss about popping down the shop for 2 mins.

Then hide around the corner and pounce on the postie who Will turn up just as you get out of sight....

 

True - also, going for a shit is a sure-fire way to get a long awaited courier to turn up at the door. You then have the dilemma - you know he will knock once and piss off 15 seconds later if there is no answer, so do you risk pinching off and wiping in the hope of getting there in time or do you skip the wipe to answer promptly and deal with the aftermath once he is gone....

[The Moog]

Even if you're not comfortable with doing the springs and shocks, or pressing bushes in, doing a lot of the drudge work taking the wishbones and struts off for a garage to fit new springs, dampers and bushes to saves a lot of money.

Booked it in to local guy to have a look at it Monday. He is going to have a look at ride height at front and overheating. Once I get a diagnosis might do that.

[jakebullet]

Idiot sister is getting a man in to do her decorating cos she's bone idle. 1 wall is a bit damp. Man suggests you could try your luck bunging anti damp undercoat on it, but he's not doing it. Little miss keg can't possibly do it, as she's so busy riding her horse / going out for meals / fucking random people off tinder.

 

Instead of saying well unlucky then, Ma has had a go. Would I care to go round and see what I think? There are more waves than a royal visit. It took a while but I finally got Ma to understand that if there's 1/8 inch thick ridges in the undercoat you get 1/8" ridges when you topcoat it.

 

Zero points for working out which lucky bastard will be sanding it all off, should it eventually manage to dry. I hate them all.