The grumpy thread

[mrbenn]

How effing hard is it to buy a car? I'm trying to deal with some complete tit who's clearly as conversant with emails and pictures as my pet twatting fish

That reminds me, your fish hasn't paid for the exercise bike he won on my eBay auction. Have a word will you.

[chaseracer]

Depression. Conjours all sorts of dark images for me... Times I feel like crying, days I don't want to get out of bed...

 

Sounds familiar.

[chaseracer]

That reminds me, your fish hasn't paid for the exercise bike he won on my eBay auction. Have a word will you.

 

'Cos it's more than three seconds ago.  He's taken a turn around his bowl since then and he's forgotten!

[Cavcraft]

garbaldy, on 26 Sept 2015 - 12:45 PM, said:

Said tit doesn't bide in the north east and have an aversion to coo skin.

 

 

Nope, North Wales coast (which tells it's own story, really) and it's probably THE most Autoshite (of it's age) car it's possible to buy. I'm just about out of patience and my window of collection is shutting anytime now.

[Lord Sterling]

I've only been back at uni a week and the dreaded depression has got hold of me again. Feel like shit, no motivation and I'm missing my friends and family terribly. And the new housemate keeps smoking in the house (despite me asking him politely not to) and playing shit rap music which makes the walls shake it's so loud.

I just want to get this final year of uni over with, get a job that pays enough to move out of my parents house, and I'd like to spend the rest of my life with the girl of my dreams. I don't want much out of life really, but lately it just seems like everything I try and do I fail miserably at. For a bloke I'm too sensitive and fall in love far too easily as well

Might give the forums and stuff a break for a bit, see if it makes me feel any better.

AD. Whenever I've felt this before, I usually try and find things to please/cheer me up a bit. I used to sometimes take a drive to the countryside and explore new places, little things like going for a walk, buying second-hand tat that I always wanted etc... would bring a 5 minute smile to my face.

 

But it also provided me with small memories of a nice day, as tedious as it might have been, it helped anyway.

 

If that didn't really help, then being a bit like Hirst says, eccentric, not giving a fuck and basically not hiding who you really are can also help to bring yourself out of the shell of depression. Don't try and reason or justify yourself, you are who you are.

 

Sometimes just remaining painfully positive helps too. A lot of shit has crossed my path over the last few months. Merc being bashed in, losing my job, no money, the stress of keeping Mrs_Sterling positive and trying to bring her over as well as the crisis my family are facing and feeling helpless to help them. I just think hey, fuck it, these things happen, so what? . No doubt it is very difficult to thing to do but you need to focus on arriving at that point because life is full of potholes, it'll never be perfect or easy. Yes it can be easy for some people and very difficult for others, sadly many of us on here are the unlucky ones, life is hard and we keep getting hit with shitty situations and problems.

 

Put yourself in the situation of being back surrounded by family and friends, whats to say you wouldn't feel sad if you were there. Your family being too busy or dealing with a problem, your friends the same leaving you feeling alone and unwanted. I'm not casting any aspersions on anyone but rather more exploring different scenarios because in life, you can never know, even if you think you do, or you think everything is in place.

 

First thing to do is make some time and go and meet up with some local shiters. Trust me, you will have a great day. Then kick the Black dog in the face and keep positive, stay strong minded and keep smiling.

[chaseracer]

^ This is why my house is full - and I do mean FULL - of books. 

 

I like them as artifacts, I enjoy the choosing/purchase process.  I love reading them, obviously.  Some are read immediately, some are started then put aside, some may spend years on the shelf before being picked up again at the right time.

 

"A library is a hospital for the mind." - Anonymous.

[vulgalour]

Made a start doing the bad scratches on the Rover, the white lines were really beginning to annoy me.  The worst of the scratches are red now but I wasn't too thrilled to discover a whopping great football print on one of the Rover's back doors.  I've been getting a couple of new scratches through to primer on the Rover every week now and while I'd like to point fingers I can't because I can't prove anything.  The only thing I do know is that it happens at home, I never pick up new dents or scratches when I'm out and about.

[purplebargeken]

^^ cunts. 

[Cavcraft]

I've actually just witnessed some soft bint in a 64 plate Insignia park perilously close to my Berlingo in an other wise 1/2 full car park and open her door against it, before shoving my mirror in with her arse. Minor dink on an otherwise shit tip of a car, but that's not the point.

Unfortunately, I recalled I had to look for something in my car and unfortunately returned the favour. Once on the way into my car, once on the way out. I also accidentally moved it a bit nearer and got out of my passenger door. She's really struggling to get back in and now and clearly hasn't realised. Daft cow.

[DeeJay]

Nope, North Wales coast (which tells it's own story, really) and it's probably THE most Autoshite (of it's age) car it's possible to buy. I'm just about out of patience and my window of collection is shutting anytime now.

Rhyl?

[beko1987]

Me fluxcocillin tablets must be in full flow, I slept from 8pm toll 9am today, just fallen asleep for another 5 hours just now. Still feel tired...

[Cavcraft]

DeeJay, on 26 Sept 2015 - 5:20 PM, said:

Rhyl?

 

 

To be fair, a bit posher (which isn't at all difficult) it's Llandudno.

[twosmoke300]

Another glove box rant . Ones that are too small to take been the standard book pack ? What's the point of it at all if you can't keep that in there ? Grrrrr

[Bren]

I find exercise beats depression, plus it gets a bit of timber off the frame and leaves me knackered so I can sleep.

 

sniff about for good quality exercise bike, mine is ex-gym stock, RRP was £600, I paid £15 for it 2nd hand.

 

You're getting fit, you're losing weight, you're not wasting time. lots of win

Exercise is a good call.

 

I also have it on good authority that magnesium tablets from health food shops can be beneficial for people suffering from depression.

 

Got to be better than prescription meds from a doctor.

[Bren]

The caravan park we stay at on our hols just off the A379 in Devon is to close. It is in Holcombe, between Dawlish and Teignmouth.

 

The proprietor passed away suddenly earlier in the year, it appears that his family want rid.

 

There are people who live on the site all year round who will have to find new homes.

 

Gutted.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Another glove box rant . Ones that are too small to take been the standard book pack ? What's the point of it at all if you can't keep that in there ? Grrrrr

Mine doesn't have a door, but then it was never meant and to. Something stop me throwing crap in it, then watching it all fall out going round corners

[richardmorris]

They're generally useless. I think they're just a way of doing something with the space. the one in thex1/9 is large enough for a torch and mini fire extinguisher (always useful when the fuel pump is 12 inches behind your back). My merc doesn't have one- it was replaced by an air bag for the model year but has a useful locking roll-top console box. For an extra£££ you could have one in the back too.

[Pillock]

 

 

I also have it on good authority that magnesium tablets from health food shops can be beneficial for people suffering from depression.

 

Got to be better than prescription meds from a doctor.

I dunno, I tend to be of the opinion that years of medical science is quite trustworthy! Problem with popping stuff from a health food shop is there's no dosage, and everything is poisonous if you OD.

[Cavcraft]

It's taken me half an hour at least to type this, so apologies for rambling on (again) :

 

Incredibly pissed at the moment, so trying to make sense, but failing. What was it someone said? 'just be yourself and see what happens' This is great if you're a cynical old twat (like me) who's got the wife and family (or whatever your ideal is) but it's not always utopia. There are no perfect relationships, there no perfect lifestyles, there is no perfect world.

I honestly don't want to sound like a twat, but if you peel away the supposed veneers of a perfect life, you'd find there isn't one. What does count is accepting what you are for who you are, and if you need help (in some form or other) then bloody well ask for it. Don't even think for one minute that someone else you might know has it good, because you never know what they're going through. It's very easy for people (especially on the internet) to seem like they have everything, but trust me that isn't always the case. Take a look at some big earners, it appears they have the lot, like flash women and massive bank balances (or whatever) and it's hard to see how they can crack, but it's actually very easy, I reckon. Don't believe the hype, but do believe there's help if you need it and there's no shame in seeking it.

Apologies for sounding like a complete bell end, it's just hard to put it into words without doing so. 

[Timewaster]

Eloquently put Billy.

[fred]

''I see sad people''  Tis my 6th sense

[fairkens]

Agree with everything above. The day my career took off was the day I stopped trying to be like everyone else and was just myself. Turns out there aren't many people like me in my line of work.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I have to agree with Hirst and Cavcraft at being yourself is the way to go and fuck what others think.

 

The only exception is knowing when not to say exactly what you want. I don't always know when that is, I just know sometimes it's best to shut up

[xtriple]

Unto you own self be true.

 

I have been my own man for years and it has cost me lots over the years. Recently, my marriage, home and comfortable lifestyle. But, I was thinking about this very thing last night, I don't regret the stand I took one bit. Yes, I regret some of my actions as they were misplaced and childish (but I am!) but the basic problem was dealt with honestly.

 

I guess, when you are on your deathbed you have to have the ability to admit to yourself where you went wrong and where you were right even when it cost you big time. Of course, you've also got to face your regrets - buy a Bentley and say ; 'Fuck it!' 

 

I wander around repeating almost mantra like: 'fuck them!' I am happy this way.

[chaseracer]

Billy, Hirst, Dave: concur.  Apart from the bit about cuffing urchins...

[fordperv]

I can only reflect what's been said, be yourself, I have lived my life without being bothered about what people think, if they don't like what they see, so what they can go and feck themselves, yes it has got me in the shit over the years because I'm straight talking with it, but my outlook is i can't agree with something wrong to someone's face and slag them off for it when their backs turned.

[beko1987]

Amys in full blown nesting mode. Was hoping to maybe work on the zx today, darednt do that now! Kitchens done, apparently we are going upstairs next... Yes dear...

[plasticvandan]

I have aspergers,and have owned 36 Reliant,so I think I can speak with some authority on being yourself! I had the pivotal moment when I was 18 fortunately, and since then have strived never to put in an act or try to be something I'm not.you know its not you and so does everyone else. The moment a former boss asked me to park my Regal around the back was the moment I left.

[Bren]

It's taken me half an hour at least to type this, so apologies for rambling on (again) :

 

Incredibly pissed at the moment, so trying to make sense, but failing. What was it someone said? 'just be yourself and see what happens' This is great if you're a cynical old twat (like me) who's got the wife and family (or whatever your ideal is) but it's not always utopia. There are no perfect relationships, there no perfect lifestyles, there is no perfect world.

I honestly don't want to sound like a twat, but if you peel away the supposed veneers of a perfect life, you'd find there isn't one. What does count is accepting what you are for who you are, and if you need help (in some form or other) then bloody well ask for it. Don't even think for one minute that someone else you might know has it good, because you never know what they're going through. It's very easy for people (especially on the internet) to seem like they have everything, but trust me that isn't always the case. Take a look at some big earners, it appears they have the lot, like flash women and massive bank balances (or whatever) and it's hard to see how they can crack, but it's actually very easy, I reckon. Don't believe the hype, but do believe there's help if you need it and there's no shame in seeking it.

Apologies for sounding like a complete bell end, it's just hard to put it into words without doing so.

 

Happiness is finding your level in life and accepting it. That's what I have found.

 

Utopia is not a place - it is a concept.

[purplebargeken]

Ben has started this year as a 'fully qualified teacher', last year he was a 'newly qualified teacher'. 

 

This has resulted in a massive £5 a month pay rise. Well that was worth it wasn't it.