The grumpy thread

[sheffcortinacentre]

exactly why I stopped going on there some great projects but to many armchair experts

[Station]

  On 20/06/2015 at 21:14, robinmasters said:

The Blue Forum. 'Chill out man, you're killing the positive atmosphere with your negative vibes'. Fuck off, just fuck right off.

There's often interesting stuff there, but I really can't stomach the patronising

I'm going on the RR holiday thing. I've sent pm's but no one will reply to my questions .

I will go anyway.

I think it's great but I only go in classifieds, and never look at the 'general chat' section.

[Inspector Morose]

It's midnight, I'm three parts pissed and I've suddenly realised I've got to be up at 7 to drive the Titan back from Oxford.

 

(Sobriety will be ensured) but fuuuuck.

[Station]

Does anyone use Chrome on an IPhone and is annoyed by the scroll down to reload the page?

You'd think you'd get used to it but every time I scroll down it always reloads the page. Google, please, leave things fucking well alone ffs!!!!

[AlabamaShrimp]

  On 20/06/2015 at 21:14, robinmasters said:

The Blue Forum. 'Chill out man, you're killing the positive atmosphere with your negative vibes'. Fuck off, just fuck right off.

 

There's often interesting stuff there, but I really can't stomach the patronising, passive aggressive way they respond to anyone who doesn't agree with everyone else.

 

I'm barely able to stop myself from posting something offensive to get myself banned on purpose.

The whole place passes me off. No matter what car or age someone's got its either utter shit/dogs bollocks but either way they all want to lower it and out a new engine in which for me defeats the object of having and old car

[bub2006]

  On 20/06/2015 at 20:35, chaseracer said:

Not without following the appropriate procedure, she can't...

 

https://www.gov.uk/dismissal/overview

 

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1364

 

http://www.acas.org.uk/media/pdf/f/m/Acas-Code-of-Practice-1-on-disciplinary-and-grievance-procedures.pdf

Thanks they may be of help and will message you if I need assistance. Great help thanks again.

[bub2006]

  On 20/06/2015 at 20:57, richardmorris said:

In more ways than this care homes do often seem to think themselves above the law. Hope you get things sorted by the way.

Thanks, so do I.

[bub2006]

  On 20/06/2015 at 22:19, vulgalour said:

Urgh, with what's just hit Bub, the crap I went through and the bollocks my brother and his family have been put through recently I do think Derbyshire is a festering boil on the arsehole of England populated entirely by front bottoms.

 

If there's anything I can do that will help just shout, Bub, you don't deserve that crap.

Thanks angyl. Yes you could possibly help,do you know any farmers wife's with a fetishism for jodhpurs?! If so send them my way!

[jakebullet]

I stupidly agreed to go on a 5 mile walk today with a mentals meetup group. I can meet new people, get out, socialise, all that crap normal people do.

 

Got on the train to Leeds, and there's 9 going. Arrived at Leeds and started walking, and my phone starts vibrating mega. By the time I'd reached the bus station 9 has become 3. Bloody mentals.

 

15,000 steps later and I don't have a single bit that doesn't hurt or a toe without a blister. Right keg.

[Parky]

Worn out. Rough week, long hours, missed meals, too much worrying, and now massive cold sore on my lip which is burning and itching like fuck. Plus Mrs P is treating me like an Ebola victim as she is rightly terrified that I might spread it around the family.

 

I might go back to bed and stay there, except the insomnia is back. I must be the only person who gets seasonal affective disorder when the suns out

[jakebullet]

Insurance on the disco renewed yesterday. ZOMG shock they was still cheapest so I just let it renew.

 

Today I check askmid and it thinks I'm not insured, so I phoned them up.

 

Oh yes, you're insured, it can take 5 days to show up.

So what do I do it the mean time? Drive around with a printout and hope for the best?

You don't need a certificate now, it's all done on computer.

That would be the computer that's saying I'm not insured then?

Oh, you're insured. They can check with us if you get stopped, we're open until 4pm today.

 

Just great. So where exactly that leaves me if I get an arsey copper at 9pm tonight I don't know.

[Lacquer Peel]

BUY NEW CARS OLD CARS ARE DANGEROUS*

 

 

*if you drive like a stunt driver

[chaseracer]

Fifth Gear spouts melodramatic bollocks.  No surprises here...

[dave21478]

lol, what a load of shit isnt it? laughable.

[mercrocker]

Quite agree.....Why I would never buy anything as new as a Y reg Yaris.

[HH-R]

FFS, what a load of shite.

[Pillock]

Do new cars not tip over if you drive like a bellend then? Are they magically fixed to the road? It does often seem like 5th Gear are sponsored by the car manufacturing industry.

[chaseracer]

At least the TG of recent memory had a specific 'news' section where they rehashed (or took the piss out of) press releases.  For FG, it seems to be the basis for the entire programme...

[Jon]

They did a similar thing locally, pitting a 1995 Commodore wagon against a current model Yaris. People seemed genuinely surprised that the older, larger car didn't fare as well as the small* modern car when crashed head on in to each other at 50km/h. It was a 30 minute show which went through a load of waffle before showing the crash (again and again and again) in the last few minutes; in the first bit of the show they demonstrated an air bag going off and guess where they sourced it from? The steering wheel of the Commodore, thus eliminating the singular bit of modern passive safety gubbins that it had. I'm not saying that it would have distorted the passenger cell any less etc. but it seemed a bit unfair.

 

Almost as unfair as calling a new Yaris a small car. I used to regularly park the 205 next to one and they're fucking massive.

[twosmoke300]

I did a driving day with Honda when the 06 shitvic was launched and we did an accident avoidance test with vsa switched on and off and the difference is massive . Not one person would have avoided hitting the cones with it off .

For joe public it's got to be a good thing but I expect that manufacturers have found it cheaper to fit cars with electronic safety aids than develop a chassis with inbuilt passive safety . Or good visibility to avoid accidents in the first place .

[Jon]

It seems this has been a thing for quite a while but is something I've only just learnt about (living in NZ does that to you...). Friends of ours have a 7 month old and had mentioned sorting out 1st birthday photos and how they'd like to do a cake smash but couldn't justify the cost (£300 upwards!). Here's an example of such nonsense:

 

 

Looks like this example was taken in 2010, so I really do have my finger on the pulse. Anyway, apart from having to hang such classy portraiture on your wall, why would anyone want to actively celebrate a child playing with food? It's fine to find the funny side of a baby covering themselves with whatever's placed in front of them when they're learning to feed themselves but this is just stupid. Still, much like littering, it keeps people in employment, so it's all good I suppose.

 

I think I'm getting old.

[Pillock]

Watching that Yaris again, the first time it went onto the grass he made no effort to steer out of the skid, almost like they knew it would dig in and flip better if he was off road.

[Richard]

Also the Yaris is 15 years old and accident damaged.

[plasticvandan]

Three wheelers are dangerous! Oh wait.....

[HH-R]

They must have swerved the Yaris the equivalent of about 5 motorway lanes. If you did that for real, you'd be in someone's front garden/field or through armco/took ten other cars out anyway. I had to do an elk test for real in a Rover 25 to avoid a cow that was standing just after a blind country road corner. Managed not to crash, roll, or kill any thing/one though not panicing and using appropriate speed in the first place.

 

The baby photo thing seems to be something I've only really seen since the recession started. I've heard loads of new parents say how much they're skint then dropped £2-300 on some fancy photos, but it seems like a rite of passage now. Wasting of food pees me right off too.

[ruffgeezer]

I'd like them to repeat that test on some fuckwit's financed to the eyeballs esc-equipped shitbox after it's done 30,000 miles and it is shod entirely on a mish mash of those horrible plastic chinese tyres.

 

I seriously doubt any on board electrics are going to save you from having fu king skidmasters backed up by some part worn squee ling ditch hoppers on the back. It never ceases to amaze me at some of the cars we have through the workshop that have had so much spent on getting a badge or an image car then mither about investing on the important squishy bit between the car and the road.

[Lacquer Peel]

I don't doubt that ESC, ABS and other safety features are helpful in emergency situations, but to paint a modern and competent car as dangerous is ridiculous.

Ruffgeezer makes a good point about tyre quality, I see a lot of nearly new cars that haven't sern their first MoT test, with fucked tyres.

[beko1987]

I walk to work from mums normally, and the amount of 3-4 year old shit i see on the remains of the original tyres is shocking.

 

And theres me paranoid every time i drive the zx on its 3 perished old part worns with ok tread left, yet i bet most dont even care about tjeir tyres and go storming up l3 every day without a care...

 

I still worry about my tyres though. Premium bond money should land in my account this week! .

[Ghosty]

  On 20/06/2015 at 21:14, robinmasters said:

The Blue Forum. 'Chill out man, you're killing the positive atmosphere with your negative vibes'. Fuck off, just fuck right off.

 

There's often interesting stuff there, but I really can't stomach the patronising, passive aggressive way they respond to anyone who doesn't agree with everyone else.

 

I'm barely able to stop myself from posting something offensive to get myself banned on purpose.

 

It's all a load of curse word, isn't it?

[HH-R]

FUCKING Firefox.

 

Crashy pile of toss.