The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

the owners of the blast furnace at redcar sound like they are going bust.

 

production will end today, or paused in SSI's words, and the layoffs have already started.

 

most of the 2000 workers will be gone by Monday, with god knows how many others will loose out when the plant shuts.

 

the owners though have given it a good go, I cannot take anything away from that. they and the workforce have tried their damnedest to make it pay, cheap rubbish from china though and a falling steel price have made it inevitable.

 

doesn't make the closure any easier though.

 

very sad for all those involved.

 

 

It's shit news, they (the company) have apparently defaulted on a few recent repayments to the bank. I hope for the work force a buyer is found, maybe there another company (Tata?) who can get better steel at a better price? The thought of anyone losing their job is sickening, let alone 2,000 people.

[dugong]

'Genius' makes stupid offer and then gets offended. So goes 98% of the internet (and 100% of Facebook). 

Good riddance, Lunatic \ Billy - penniless idiots aren't worth your time. Put some vaseline'd photos up next time; that way your thread will go gold. 

[purplebargeken]

Mr. Lunatic Billy!!!!!! I nearly puked with laughter when I read that. 

 

If he is studying at Oxford I am a fucking genius physicist.

[MarvinsMom]

i think alot of the problems with SSI is that the chinese have taken to dumping steel on the world market at rock bottom prices, since demand in china has slumped.

 

i know that the chinks have been dumping reinforcing bars/mesh for some time..

 

thing is when this stuff has been tested it is nowhere near the correct strength/tolerance/spec etc as you would expect been monkey metal made from from recycled bikes and bean tins....

 

but since Redcar can churn out high quality product week in/week out which was why SSI bought the plant in the first place, to feed the thai car industry (mainly)

 

the losses though cannot go on indefinitely, and it seems that the money has run out.

 

when an italian steelworks got into money troubles earlier in the year, the italian government nationalized the site to give them a chance to sort themselves out. no chance of that happening her though....

[doobietoo]

Took the Saab to a not so local *specialist Saab garage for a service and change the gearbox bearing/seal. dropped it off on wed night and dropped keys through the letterbox. Got a call at half ten on Thurs morning saying "got a chest  infection so I can't do your car you will have to pick it up."

 Yeah thanks for leaving my car with the keys in it on a busy industrial estate knowing I was working and unable to pick it up until the evening......luckily it was still there when I finally got there... Needless to say I won't be going back there..... Am I expecting too much that a company would actually look after my car ??

[EssDeeWon]

Took the Saab to a not so local *specialist Saab garage for a service and change the gearbox bearing/seal. dropped it off on wed night and dropped keys through the letterbox. Got a call at half ten on Thurs morning saying "got a chest  infection so I can't do your car you will have to pick it up."

 Yeah thanks for leaving my car with the keys in it on a busy industrial estate knowing I was working and unable to pick it up until the evening......luckily it was still there when I finally got there... Needless to say I won't be going back there..... Am I expecting too much that a company would actually look after my car ??

 

Blimey no! On the odd occasion I leave my car with a garage based on an industrial estate I always make sure it will be locked away at night.

 

A car left out on a local industrial estate screams torch me/steal me/brick my windscreen !!

[Aston Martin]

I go to many different carveries, they all gate the Yorkshire puddings off. 

[fordperv]

What have I missed why is this and the grin thread in here and not on the main board, did someone draw a cock on them?

[chaseracer]

When an Italian steelworks got into money troubles earlier in the year, the Italian government nationalized the site to give them a chance to sort themselves out.  No chance of that happening here though....

 

No, indeed.  This only happens with banks...

[trigger]

What have I missed why is this and the grin thread in here and not on the main board, did someone draw a cock on them?

There's something strange going on with this forum at the moment, we havent moved it that I know off, I noticed a few threads I've clicked on have started on the 1st page too rather than the last page like normal.

[outlaw118]

 

 

 

fordperv, on 18 Sept 2015 - 8:43 PM, said:

What have I missed why is this and the grin thread in here and not on the main board, did someone draw a cock on them?

 

It's all Billy's fault. 

 

he's a lunatic y'know.

[fordperv]

I never would have thought it would be the serial vauxhall botherer with the small cloud dog.

 

I do understand the theory of moving it though

[trigger]

I'm great at this moderation stuff aren't i, I hadn't even spotted that thread!

[fred]

Think I may have found the dumbest Mouth breather on gods green Earth today, I had a car parked across my drive and a woman trying to get into my house.... I jumped out the car and YELLED

 

'OI WTF you doing?''  She turned and said - 'For your fucking information you nosey cunt, my sister has just bought this house, she has asked me to give it a good clean out as she is away right now'' 

 

''Try the fucking one opposite with the SOLD sign on it you thick inbred  twat''

 

Fuck me sideways - I fear I have another 'Gene pool'' neighbour - cockwombles sake God, what sin have I done Now! Why do you inflict crap into my life

[Ghosty]

I fear I may be suffering from a bout of psychosis.

Been plagued with fear, panic attacks and existential thoughts for the last week and I just don't feel right. Behaviour is a bit off too I think.

I'm 19, I don't understand why it's so scary.

 

Going to see a doc ASAP.

[Bren]

the owners of the blast furnace at redcar sound like they are going bust.

 

production will end today, or paused in SSI's words, and the layoffs have already started.

 

most of the 2000 workers will be gone by Monday, with god knows how many others will loose out when the plant shuts.

 

the owners though have given it a good go, I cannot take anything away from that. they and the workforce have tried their damnedest to make it pay, cheap rubbish from china though and a falling steel price have made it inevitable.

 

doesn't make the closure any easier though.

 

very sad for all those involved.

Jaguar Land Rover built a plant in china to get around the punitive tax they have on stuff coming into China.

 

The chinese will not buy the china built cars - they want the UK built ones.

 

Even the chinese think their own stuff is shit.

[chaseracer]

^ YAY for globalisation and the failed neoliberal experiment.  Everything is utterly fucked, but so long as there is cheap shiny stuff to buy on tick and brainless crap on a 50" curved LED TV, most people haven't noticed yet.

 

I seriously want to go off-grid.

[Taff]

just spent 15 minutes hitting refresh and still didn't get tickets for Dismaland

[chaseracer]

just spent 15 minutes hitting refresh and still didn't get tickets for Dismaland

 

Probably an integral part of the overall experience... 

[DVee8]

How fucking hard can it be to buy a new car modern car toss so some may not be interested.

Rang a Evan Wankshaw yesterday about a car.Yes it is still here,Ok great will ring in the morning before we set off to view 60 mile round trip.

 

Well if you leave a £200 deposit it will be here,Yeah right on. I'll chance it.

 

Rang them this morning.Sorry we don't know were the car is!How can you loose a big black 14 plate 4x4? put on hold for around 10 mins,then can we ring you back.

 

Right we have found the car.

Great.

It is in the workshop.

Why?

Don't know but the engine is part stripped and it has no oil in so you can't drive it as the workshop go home at 12.00.

It is a year old why the fuck is it stripped?Tell you what i'll just leave it.

[Cavcraft]

How fucking hard can it be to buy a new car.

Tell me about it.

 

 

 

Pissing me off even more than usual is X Factor. Absolute and utter crock of bollocks.

[chaseracer]

Pissing me off even more than usual is X Factor. Absolute and utter crock of bollocks.

 

[Station]

I fear I may be suffering from a bout of psychosis.

Been plagued with fear, panic attacks and existential thoughts for the last week and I just don't feel right. Behaviour is a bit off too I think.

I'm 19, I don't understand why it's so scary.

 

Going to see a doc ASAP.

Panic attacks etc are just a symptom of modern times Ghosty there's nothing wrong with you. I think EVERYONE on here has them lol. You don't have psychosis, just chill out and stop concentrating too much on 'I'm going mad'. I've had panic attacks and anxiety for 18 years, it took about ten years to realise I wasn't going to die:going mad etc. just keep busy, they go away

[Station]

Tell me about it.

 

 

 

Pissing me off even more than usual is X Factor. Absolute and utter crock of bollocks.

My mum had it on before. I reckon it's 100% scripted. And 200% bollocks.

[M'coli]

Pub! Pub! Pub!

 

Don't fucking watch the shite on ITV and go off to t'pub!

[purplebargeken]

Think I may have found the dumbest Mouth breather on gods green Earth today, I had a car parked across my drive and a woman trying to get into my house.... I jumped out the car and YELLED

 

'OI WTF you doing?''  She turned and said - 'For your fucking information you nosey cunt, my sister has just bought this house, she has asked me to give it a good clean out as she is away right now'' 

 

''Try the fucking one opposite with the SOLD sign on it you thick inbred  twat''

 

Fuck me sideways - I fear I have another 'Gene pool'' neighbour - cockwombles sake God, what sin have I done Now! Why do you inflict crap into my life

 

 

Oh sweet jesus, my chest hurts from laughing so much. Oh it hurts! 

[Bren]

Having attended Whiston hospital every day (sometimes twice) to see my newborn son who is still in the special care baby unit, I strated parking on an estate 5-10 minutes walk away as we were spending a fortune on parking.

 

Come back to the car today - a resident had left a note saying that I could be fined as it is residents only - one sign around 50 metres from where I park.

 

I appreciate they dont want hospital visitors dumping cars everywhere - in my defence my car was not causing a nuisance where I had parked it.

 

I am glad some people have so few issues in their life that they have time for stuff like this.

[Inspector Morose]

I'm up at 6. Next door think it's okay to have a party going on at full volume still. No one will complain. Their cars will not be there or be burnt out if they do. I'm glad to be out of there for a few weeks. Shame really because, apart from them, the street is great and full of the most wonderful people...

[Cavcraft]

Having attended Whiston hospital every day (sometimes twice) to see my newborn son who is still in the special care baby unit, I strated parking on an estate 5-10 minutes walk away as we were spending a fortune on parking.

 

Come back to the car today - a resident had left a note saying that I could be fined as it is residents only - one sign around 50 metres from where I park.

 

I appreciate they dont want hospital visitors dumping cars everywhere - in my defence my car was not causing a nuisance where I had parked it.

 

I am glad some people have so few issues in their life that they have time for stuff like this.

 

 

We had the same when my wife was in hospital for 6.5 weeks when my son was born. The parking fees even then (22 years ago!) were getting silly, especially when you visit a few times a day as you say. At the time there was no sort of rule where you couldn't park on nearby side streets, and I'd never block anyone off or park on the pavement, but I got a few 'curtain twitcher' notes under my wipers. I was there again Friday, but have found a sneaky on-site free parking area for a couple of hours.

 

Anyhow, more importantly I hope your son is out of the special care unit soon and able to come home.

[Richard]

It's possible that the note was from somebody who knew the signage was inadequate and didn't want to see you getting a fine. The obvious solution would be to stop charging people to use a car park that they already own, which has already happened in Scotland at all but three hospitals.