The grumpy thread

[HH-R]

If ever I feel like it's all going down the pan and I need to get my shit together, I watch The Jeremy Kyle Show. Can't manage a full episode mind, just ten minutes will do. Soon makes you realise that it's not so bad.

[HH-R]

Fucking Firefox again. Crashes out on any site that uses https for up to a minute which is highly annoying so I've reset the bastard to default settings for the 5th+ time now.

 

Set everything back up (i.e disabling the adware it comes with now), reboot the computer and it's lost all of its settings. It's crashed already in the past couple of hours. Nothing else on my machine ever crashes, just this POS.

 

Now it's popping up a message saying "Firefox seems slow... to... start". Yes, because it's a pile of turd now. I really wish there was a decent alternative (i.e not Chrome).

[Tetleysmooth]

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. 

 

Some deep thinking there Billy.

We all dream of having more money than we need, but I think it's better when you've got to make every penny count.

Me and Mrs Tet hit hard times last year. There were times when we didn't know where the next meal was coming from, but we worked together and overcame. She put in for, and got, a position of section leader. Her hours have doubled - in fact, she's at work as I type this - but she's really happy doing what she's doing. Me, I'm still driving an artic around the City and West End of London. It's stressful, but the money ain't bad.

Me and Mrs Tet feel like a team now, and the bloody building society letters have finally stopped coming in.

We've both got a three day weekend next week. We really do love our time together now.

Money isn't everything, but I hope I have a touch on the lottery soon 

[Alfamale]

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.

 

There is about £2k per year between M1 (NQT pay point) and M2 (Recently Qualified Teacher pay point). The £5 per month will be the cost if living pay increase teachers get from September less the student loan claw back I'm guessing.

 

He will get his back dated pay increase once performance management has been completed. This must be done by 31/10/15.

[Cavcraft]

Tetleysmooth, on 27 Sept 2015 - 2:17 PM, said:

Some deep thinking there Billy.

We all dream of having more money than we need, but I think it's better when you've got to make every penny count.

Me and Mrs Tet hit hard times last year. There were times when we didn't know where the next meal was coming from, but we worked together and overcame. She put in for, and got, a position of section leader. Her hours have doubled - in fact, she's at work as I type this - but she's really happy doing what she's doing. Me, I'm still driving an artic around the City and West End of London. It's stressful, but the money ain't bad.

Me and Mrs Tet feel like a team now, and the bloody building society letters have finally stopped coming in.

We've both got a three day weekend next week. We really do love our time together now.

Money isn't everything, but I hope I have a touch on the lottery soon 

 

Amen.

 

Tell you what though, money is a bastard really. I work/save here and there and think if I can get say a grand, I'll buy another CLK 320 or something. Then I get a grand and think of something else to buy (inevitably something more expensive) and I'll either piss most of it against the wall, buy one hundred shit things instead of one big thing, or buy a new cycle 'just because.'

Honestly, for someone who never really had much right from the off, I actually often believe you're best having enough to get by with a bit of extra hard graft for the odd holiday or something. You definitely appreciate things more that way too. That's not (trying to be) crass as money obviously is pretty much essential, and some people have eff all, but it certainly isn't always the answer. Well, not if you're shit with it like I am, anyhow. Plus a lack of the folding stuff generally means you're far better at managing it and you'll appreciate small 'luxuries' much, much more. 

Be (fairly) happy with what you've got etc.

[Angrydicky]

Thanks for all your kind words, Hirst, Lord Sterling, Vulgalour, Outlaw and all the rest of you. It means a lot. I'm feeling better now, spoke on the phone to my best friend I've known since school yesterday, which helped things.

 

I do like being left alone up to a certain point, but then sometimes I get lonely and want to talk to someone! It's a bit weird I suppose.

Also, Interesting to hear so many of us on here are in the same boat. Maybe it's a characteristic of internet forum users, that quite a few of us have social problems to some degree or other.

 

I'll write up some content at some point soon. Haven't really done that much on the cars lately, but what I have done will get written up.

 

Oh, and BobOutlaw, yes some new proper music to listen to would be great, if it's not too much trouble? Rap boy is playing his shit music right at this moment. I'll have to find something to put on my headphones just to drown it out.

[scdan4]

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. 

 

The benefit is  loss of gay hand holding and/or "PROVE IT!" paperwork. 

 

Don't worry about the payrise. He'll get another one automatically next year.

 

_{and the year after}

 

_{and the year after that}

 

[captain_70s]

I work on weekends sometimes. This means dealing with the weekend staff, I work in the food production industry so the general workforce consist of secondary school drop outs, people too old to get work elsewhere, eastern Europeans with limited English skills and people too incompetent/lazy to hold down a job elsewhere. This isn't really too bad, the school leavers don't tend to stick around long and neither do the lazy bastards, eastern Europeans and older folk tend to put in more effort than most so shan't be moaned at.

 

The weekend staff however are secondary school kids doing this as a weekend job. Fuck me, they are so impossible to work with. Unreasonably gormless and uncaring, no pride in any of their work, watching them work is like watching a normal person in slow motion. Also over lunch break they talk about the most boring, vapid shit.  Going on about their last night out on the piss, sexual conquest or whoever last sent them a picture of their genitals. And no, I don't want to see the picture. I'll take your word for it that "Katie is such a slag" without having to join the sex offenders register.

 

E'gads. Kids these days...

[Lacquer Peel]

Oh, and BobOutlaw, yes some new proper music to listen to would be great, if it's not too much trouble? Rap boy is playing his shit music right at this moment. I'll have to find something to put on my headphones just to drown it out.

 

http://www.soulseekqt.net/news/node/1

 

Be like me when Napster collapsed in 2002. It's still going somehow.

[purplebargeken]

For the amount of work he puts in at school and at home after work with school related stuff he's bloody entitled to a decent salary

 

Not sure I'd cope at all with the stuff he has to do.

[fairkens]

[insert fatuous comment about holidays]

 

[purplebargeken]

 Of which a hell of a lot is taken up with setting up the classroom for the next lot of kids and prepping the work too   

[EssDeeWon]

Temporary Road Works / Traffic lights!!

 

Two lots of the above taking place near me, no sign of any effin work taking place, not a road worker in sight. Just temporary traffic lights causing long queues at the weekend.

 

I mean, what is the point in setting these lights up on a Friday to then clear off home for the weekend?

[Cheggers]

Amen.

 

Tell you what though, money is a bastard really. I work/save here and there and think if I can get say a grand, I'll buy another CLK 320 or something. Then I get a grand and think of something else to buy (inevitably something more expensive) and I'll either piss most of it against the wall, buy one hundred shit things instead of one big thing, or buy a new cycle 'just because.'

Honestly, for someone who never really had much right from the off, I actually often believe you're best having enough to get by with a bit of extra hard graft for the odd holiday or something. You definitely appreciate things more that way too. That's not (trying to be) crass as money obviously is pretty much essential, and some people have eff all, but it certainly isn't always the answer. Well, not if you're shit with it like I am, anyhow. Plus a lack of the folding stuff generally means you're far better at managing it and you'll appreciate small 'luxuries' much, much more.

Be (fairly) happy with what you've got etc.

 

Not necessarily just aimed at Billy, but it seems there are a few of us pondering the meaning of life right now - I'm not a great one for self-help books, but I can thoroughly recommend "The Fuck It Life" by John Parkin...it really helped me understand what was important in my life, and made me chuckle at the same time

[cort16]

I switched my broadband to BT from Tesco because it was cheaper in a "what could go wrong they're using the same infrastructure kind of way".

I don't know how they've done it but it's a complete pile of dogshit. I splashed 45 quid on a router to replace the hopelessly undergunned home hub they provided and while I now have consistent wireless the web is still shite. 

Their help system is a well funded interference operation which makes you fell like they're trying to help you while actually doing nothing and never resolving any issues. They do this by getting you to hold while they run diagnostics (pretty sure theyre not doing anything) then tell you "tech" needs to call you back. Eventually you get a message saying they're going to call you back at 15.20 on Wednesday and you need to be in the house. Unfortunately you're at work and there's no way to get them to re-arrange the call.. You obviously don't make the call, they auto close the call and the fucking BT loop of death continues. I genuinely feel depressed about trying to re-engage them again. I might just get a 4g dongle.

[cort16]

The first time I posted that it timed out. FUUUCK.

[fred]

Aye Been through all that Cort - its Butt hurt at its most incompetent 

[The Moog]

Been sick for last 4 days with horrible cold, aches. Today woke up and have lost my voice.

 

In the meantime a hive of lady wasps with PMT are living in my throat stinging constantly. Not conducive to spending 6 hours talking today.

 

 

Also brother Moog has bought Greengartsides Astra ( which he is delighted with) but is scrapping their punto. £45 he is being given by car take back! Scrap really is on its arse

[Sealtainn]

Had a horrible cold a couple of months ago and it took several weeks to get over it, now come down with it again as have all 5 kids and the wife. Baby has got a chest infection too and is currently in hospital 30 miles away so I have had to have time off work to be at home and look after the rest of the kids.

Getting grief from the older kids who have fledged the nest as they still appear to need Mom & Dad to either fund them or wipe their arses.

Just want to shove my head back under the duvet and tell the world to go and do one

[michael1703]

For the amount of work he puts in at school and at home after work with school related stuff he's bloody entitled to a decent salary

 

Not sure I'd cope at all with the stuff he has to do.

My wife is a teacher, I reckon for the amount of hours she works she must be earning a penny per hour.

 

Week before last she took a year group away on a residential, the whole week she hardly slept as they were missing their parents/crying/toothache/asthma attacks etc

 

Tuesday last week was a pisstake, up at 5.30am drive to school, train to London,a day's training,train back,drive to school, parents evening and she got home at 9.20pm

 

She has got to work this Saturday as it's an open day

 

The only thing worse could be teaching at a boarding school

[richardmorris]

My colleague told me of this traffic incident in Maidenhead last week.

I don't know how to embed the youtube video. But basically two merc. drivers blocked the road for 40mins as neither would reverse. Blonde could well be Katie Hopkins. The older guy in the s class looked quite confused. I think I'd have called the police - no idea why none turned up.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5TR4iBC_iaw

 

http://youtu.be/5TR4iBC_iaw

[EssDeeWon]

What on earth!! ^^

[dave21478]

I read about that on another forum.

The old boy needs his licence taken away and the woman needs a hefty kick in the cunt. The fucking arrogance of her....shitting up other peoples lives just to prove a fucking point.

[Richard]

They both need their licences taken away, and their cars.

[Parky]

My cat is trapped in a neighbours garage. The neighbour is out but I have their mobile. Two texts and a voicemail and no response. Should I hope he is coming home tonight or smash my way in?

[Timewaster]

Smash the garage but only if you are fully prepared to pay or repair it yourself.

Don't get me wrong, I like cats but it's not your neighbours problem really.

[Parky]

I know it isn't the neighbours problem (other than him locking her in there, accidentally of course) but she is young and going batshit to get out of there. I can see her through the window.

 

A previous cat broke her leg in his garden in suspicious circumstances. I managed to retrieve her by breaking the fence down (with the intention of repairing it) and he was very angry about that. With cat retrieved I did a temp fix.

 

When the cat came home I kept her in the house for a while before letting her have a wander in the garden, not realising neighbour had cast judgement on my temp fix my kicking it in. Cue one cat disappearing through a hole never to be seen again.

[EssDeeWon]

Is he/she often away or out for long periods of time? If not I would sit and wait for them to return home, the cat might be hungry but its not in any immediate danger in the garage im guessing? How long has it been in there for now??

 

edit* Or text said neighbour and tell them their house is on fire, that'll get a response to your calls/texts.

[Timewaster]

Your neighbour sound like an arse.

 

Smash his garage.

 

 

 

 

Oh and something about a cat.

[Parky]

I am going to leave it for a couple more hours, at least she is safe locked in his garage.

 

My concern is that he is on a flight to Australia or something. Either way I can get water and food to her under the tiny crack in the door but if there is nothing from him by the morning I am going in. She is my autistic daughters pet and she is freaking out about all this, which as any parent in that situation knows is not a great place to be in