The grumpy thread

[Noel Tidybeard]

...I also have no make up, no handbag and my shoe collection is mainly running shoes. I think I FAIL the girl-test.

you sound perfect 

[Sloth in a bowl]

Excellent. My all-singing all-dancing DVD/VHS player has decided that anything played on it now will have no sound. Great picture quality but no sound whatsoever. All the settings are fine, the crappy scart leads are all Ok. No matter which way or where I link it it up, the sound just won't work.

 

Of course, this has coincided on the day I received the correct remote control for it.

 

So, yet another fucking piece of technology that has decided to fail. First my old phone, an old DVD player, the tablet, now this new fucking DVD/VHS player. My pile of technology things that need binning is growing. Next...

 

 

Probably the one of the tracks or wires has a dry joint and needs a dab of solder.

Is it all possible outputs with no sound or just a scart socket? Lines near output sockets tend to fail as they have the most mechanical wear.

 

If more than one output is dead then I expect that the sound chip or something close to it is dead instead. Which is much more difficult to solve.

[Lord Sterling]

Probably the one of the tracks or wires has a dry joint and needs a dab of solder.

Is it all possible outputs with no sound or just a scart socket? Lines near output sockets tend to fail as they have the most mechanical wear.

 

If more than one output is dead then I expect that the sound chip or something close to it is dead instead. Which is much more difficult to solve.

I tried all the outputs and all had the same result, also tried it on the other TV with the same result. Never mind, it's just a real shame seeing it was quite a good looking set too picked up for a bargain price. They're not going for much so may just chance my hand at another set.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Just come back from a small trip to London. Knew what to expect with all the brain dead tourists and stuff. Not enough time to see everything I've missed before but still seen some very nice stuff.

 

The grump is fucking selfies! When did it change from taking photos of stuff to some dumb arse needing their stupid mug in the picture too? Got into a minor argument with the wife twice over it she kept wanting to do them with me. Why? You just look like a title gimp (well more then normal)

 

The other is the fucking French. They have a stupid horrible sounding language with far too many of them all over the place not actually paying any attention to what they are doing just shouting.

 

Oh and the imperial war museum is shit

[fred]

Bloody Electric meter died a couple of weeks ago - still got electric but not reading it, thought Feck it Im not being screwed over by Eon for not reporting a dodgy meter so called them last week

two hours of fiddle faddling about - gets a booking today, bloke comes out and looks at it and says '' Its not working''

 

I KNOW ITS NOT FUCKING WORKING - Would I fucking call you out if it was????

 

''Oh will have to call this in'' - ''I did you was supposed to change it''

 

''No we have to assess it first'' Oh for fucks sake ................Bah

[Lankytim]

Kept awake with tooth ache now, think it's sinus related. JUST FUCK OFF!!

[Richard]

When did it change from taking photos of stuff to some dumb arse needing their stupid mug in the picture too?

 

I've done some research into the matter and I think I've pinpointed the exact moment.

 

[Cavcraft]

TooSavvy can do whatever he wants, he's an AS legend.

[chaseracer]

No, he's a very naughty boy.

 

[oldcars]

All 0800 and 03 numbers are now free from mobile too if that helps.... I've found loads of places are changing their 0845 numbers to 03xx - there's a load of HMRC ones here

http://www.rousepartners.co.uk/new-0300-hmrc-helpline-numbers/

 

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Thanks, did know that. Lucky* me i can call them again today 

[quicksilver]

Why do large IT companies have to be such total and utter fucking cockwombles who think they know best? I'm an admin of a successful Facebook selling group and as well as adverts the group also had a repository of useful documents including a feedback file, like ebay feedback but less mongy. Started getting complaints yesterday that members could no longer see the feedback file so I check the group and the entire files section has just disappeared. Seems that sometime yesterday Facebook made a unilateral decision without any form of consultation, warning or explanation to remove the files section from selling groups for no good reason, so all of our files built up over several years were gone in the blink of an eye  Apparently the only way to get the files section back is to change to a different group type, which loses the ability to post adverts.

 

Put your files in the cloud they say, it's more secure and better for collaboration. Yeah, until the service provider arbitrarily decides to delete them without reason. No wonder working in IT has made me so grumpy and cynical with behaviour like this giving us a bad name.

[Aston Martin]

My parents have an allotment, they bought two petrol lawnmowers for 50p... Yep.

 

One of them the pull doesn't work and the other had no plug lead, I took the plug lead one home as its an easy fix, right? The petrol tank has no bolts, but I took the top of to replace the lead and its a coil and lead in one. :/

[Cavcraft]

I'm a moderator on a couple of cars for sale type pages on Facebook. A mod on another page asked me how we kept it mostly span and idiot free, and when I told him to check everyone who wanted to join, he cost be arsed, them complained about spam again.

 

It does take a bit of time but you can mostly spot the nutters as they'll have an unlikely name (Christophet Wllmarts etc) clearly live abroad somewhere or are members of hundreds of pages.

[xtriple]

Woke up in a panic this morning. On the estimate of repairs was a late section entitled: advisories.

 

I replied 'just do it all!'

 

This may mean I have told them to do all the advisories as well!

 

Fuckstix!

[cobblers]

I must own 45 screwdrivers with variations of a + shaped head, but they have all migrated to my garage 20 miles away, and somehow all the flathead ones have migrated here. I need a PH2.

 

Even a bit holder to go in my electric impact driver would do, as I have a tub with maybe 25 PH2 bits in it but nothing to grab onto the bastards.

[tooSavvy]

I'm a moderator on a couple of cars for sale type pages on Facebook. A mod on another page asked me how we kept it mostly span and idiot free, and when I told him to check everyone who wanted to join, he cost be arsed, them complained about spam again.

It does take a bit of time but you can mostly spot the nutters as they'll have an unlikely name* (Christophet Wllmarts etc) clearly live abroad somewhere or are members of hundreds of pages.

*That does for me then....

 

TS

[Keymaster]

To all people in IKEA Warrington:

 

Its a furniture shop, not an adventure playground for your kids.

 

Now, FOAD!!

[Eddie Honda]

To Keymaster.

 

Is it half-term? Go to IKEA on a Monday lunchtime during termtime.

 

Easy.

[Keymaster]

No idea Eddie!

[Pillock]

Driving standards. On the motorway. In the dark.

3 hours to do 95 miles, zero accidents but mile after mile of stop start because - driving too close, panic braking, dashing between lanes. You name it, whatever is a dickish way to drive was on full display here.

 

Bonus points* to the moron in the 57 plate 307 who had NO dipped beams and ONE sidelight, on the pitch black sections on the M1. Fucking genius, my only concern is that when Darwin gets him he'll take someone else out too.

[MarvinsMom]

that clown could well be the same bell end i nearly had a coming together with on monday morning, 

 

it wasn't on the m1/M62 split near leeds?

 

same thing, in the dark, no headlamps and only one side light on, at 6.30am...

[Pillock]

Nope, he was dashing between lanes between about 15 and 18

[gordonbennet]

Driving standards. On the motorway. In the dark.

3 hours to do 95 miles, zero accidents but mile after mile of stop start because - driving too close, panic braking, dashing between lanes. You name it, whatever is a dickish way to drive was on full display here.

 

Bonus points* to the moron in the 57 plate 307 who had NO dipped beams and ONE sidelight, on the pitch black sections on the M1. Fucking genius, my only concern is that when Darwin gets him he'll take someone else out too.

 

Must be related to the twat who nearly died under my wheels summat like 30 years ago.

It's dark, i'm in a DAF 2800 on the A510 near Finedon, bloke in a car (can't remember the make) coming towards me on main beam, gets about 400 yards from me and he dips to sidelight only, fuck, next thing he's swerving all over the road and slews to a halt right across the road, i hit the brakes, full smoke out, stop inches from him.

Turns out his dipped beam has gone but doesn't want to blind anyone, well in a way thats commendable but i'd rather be blinded by his lights than killed by him.

Anyway i always carried some tools, so i offered to lower his headlight aim so he could drive home safely on main beam.

No he doesn't want to do that cos it would mean getting them adjusted back, so off he drives into the night, on sidelight.

 

You can lead a horse to water etc.

[dugong]

Must be related to the twat who nearly died under my wheels summat like 30 years ago.

It's dark, i'm in a DAF 2800 on the A510 near Finedon, bloke in a car (can't remember the make) coming towards me on main beam, gets about 400 yards from me and he dips to sidelight only, fuck, next thing he's swerving all over the road and slews to a halt right across the road, i hit the brakes, full smoke out, stop inches from him.

Turns out his dipped beam has gone but doesn't want to blind anyone, well in a way thats commendable but i'd rather be blinded by his lights than killed by him.

Anyway i always carried some tools, so i offered to lower his headlight aim so he could drive home safely on main beam.

No he doesn't want to do that cos it would mean getting them adjusted back, so off he drives into the night, on sidelight.

 

You can lead a horse to water etc.

The mind boggles.

[UmBongo]

To all people in IKEA Warrington:

 

Its a furniture shop, not an adventure playground for your kids.

 

Now, FOAD!!

 

It's a cheap mini-break for them.

 

A picnic in the car park, followed by hide and seek in the soft furnishing department and ending with £1.99 Swedish meatballs in the cafe.

 

Sweet!

[Keymaster]

I suspect you're right. I'll never understand people!

[EssDeeWon]

Recently made redundant, no biggy though as I have been there a long time and its given me the the kick up the bottom to work somewhere else / do something different.

 

My grump is relating to the pay off.

 

My figure was agreed and left with HR to pass to Payroll to process. I was somewhat jittery and kept asking for reassurance it would be processed properly and in a timely manner. Yes Yes Mr SD1 dont worry were handling it, it'll be fine. The Payroll team are very good, please dont worry etc etc etc etc.....

 

Guess what? They fooked up and paid the wrong amount! I just KNEW it! Having worked there for 8 years and my few dealings with payroll all ending in a cock up I was expecting it to be wrong.

 

The remainder is on the way im told so thats ok...

 

But why is nothing ever done properly the first time anymore? Everything always needs a second attempt.

[Pillock]

I love IKEA, hardly ever buy anything. I tend to go as a day out.

[beko1987]

The meriva very nearly had an electrical ftp earlier, just caught on a very slow starter after an hours drive. am very worried about the battery.

 

Whats the method to check it and the alternator? Measure the voltage with it off then turn it on and measure the voltage again and hope for 14v?

 

Cant afford a new one for a few weeks, will have to fit the battery from the zx to it fkr the mot if its gonna be a shit!

[beko1987]

Or would a feee of de ionised water help? Got to go to asda tomorrow