The grumpy thread

6,824 · January 29, 2016

Today's storm is pissing me off. And we have one tomorrow and Monday. The weather here since July had been shit.

6,584 · January 29, 2016

^^ Agreed.

Just returned from taking Mrs Beard to Preston rail station and several of my fence panels have blown down and are lying smashed in next doors garden. Three more are flapping around loose and doubtless will be in ruins soon. Gah! Wedged the loose flappy ones as much as possible but not hopeful.

6,824 · January 29, 2016

One of my posts is looking iffy too. Just fixed it a year or so ago. It rains so mush now that the posts rot in months rather that years, then the wind takes them down. One of the stupid food recycling buckets hit the fresh painted 75

16,870 · January 29, 2016

Using 400 gallons of washer fluid to move 3 inches.

Roads are kicking up that greasy/dirty water.

19,390 · January 29, 2016

Just changed the Corolla's oil without making a mess everywhere, win.

Whilst I was doing it though some helpful member of the public said to me 'you can't do it with one wheel jacked up mate, you need the car to be level'

I responded 'I know, it's jacked up at one side to give me access and to level the car as the road is on a gradient. This is to make the car level'

The intelligent man retorted 'you can't do it with one wheel jacked up mate, you need the car to be level'

I corrected him 'I know, it's jacked up at one side to give me access and to level the car as the road is on a gradient. This is to make the car level'

He shook his head and left. I shook my head also and stayed to correctly complete the task.

16,454 · January 29, 2016

Just changed the Corolla's oil without making a mess everywhere, win.

Whilst I was doing it though some helpful member of the public said to me 'you can't do it with one wheel jacked up mate, you need the car to be level'

I responded 'I know, it's jacked up at one side to give me access and to level the car as the road is on a gradient. This is to make the car level'

The intelligent man retorted 'you can't do it with one wheel jacked up mate, you need the car to be level'

I corrected him 'I know, it's jacked up at one side to give me access and to level the car as the road is on a gradient. This is to make the car level'

He shook his head and left. I shook my head also and stayed to correctly complete the task.

I would have stood up and offered him the chance to show me how to do it properly, then gone in for a cuppa, job done.

17,666 · January 29, 2016

Ah bollocks. Just realised earlier I hadn't paid the Dart Charge after the Essex shite meet on Sunday. So that's 70 quid down the swanny or whatever it is. Won't do that again (go to Essex I mean...)

130,930 · January 29, 2016

Louise2cv, on 28 Jan 2016 - 10:01 PM, said:
The phrase "terrible twos" lulls you into a false sense of security about all the other ages of your kids.

This is misleading and unfair.

I'd love to pretend this isn't true and doesn't extend to the 'nightmare 19s' but I can't.

26,929 · January 29, 2016

Using 400 gallons of washer fluid to move 3 inches.

Roads are kicking up that greasy/dirty water.

The ZX takes 98l of screenwash, normally I never run out, just top it up when I do the Meriva which takes about 200ml. Rarely get more than half empty in mine.

Recently? tank a week, ran out on thurs last week!

25,804 · January 29, 2016

Using 400 gallons of washer fluid to move 3 inches.

Roads are kicking up that greasy/dirty water.

Last week, I got stuck behind an eight-legger all the way from the M40 into Stratford. Blue Blingo was brown.

3,570 · January 29, 2016

Go old school for the washer bottles, keep an old squeezy bottle of clean water in the drivers door pocket, when the screen needs cleaning during stop start traffic a quick blast out the window across the screen does the job and saves the washer fluid for when you can't stop.

dib dib dib

Used to have a Volvo FL10 car transporter years ago, came with headlamp washer wipers, which worked every time you washed the screen, bloody stupid idea that, bottle held about 2 gallons and you could empty that in one filthy day, i ended up nipping underneath and disconnecting the headlight washer pump, normal service after, however every 6 weekly service the Volvo mechs at Billows Kettering would without fail reconnect the pump so first job next day was back under.

19,922 · January 29, 2016

Found an old backup hard drive yesterday. Looked through and found load of old photos which is brilliant.

Except I can't find some of them now. I hope I didn't delete them by mistake.

On plus side found a load of my old car pics.

1.3k · January 29, 2016

In a charidee shop today looking for bits and bobs, the usual mingers in there whinging about the prices and then trying to haggle money off! It's a fucking charity shop you cheap skate cunts. Sorry about the language but this really winds me up. We've got a BHF furniture shop in town and they have some brand new ( ex display ) beds etc in there and people were complaining that they were charging Â£150.00. It's a brand new bed ffs. Did they expect it for Â£10.99?!

Stand easy-rant over!

5,965 · January 29, 2016

There's one of the Hart foundation shops in town here. They had some small tables in the window the other day they were utterly fucked, both covered in scratches through the varnish and the glass middle buts ruined, only Â£10...

6,721 · January 30, 2016

Found an old backup hard drive yesterday. Looked through and found load of old photos which is brilliant.

Except I can't find some of them now. I hope I didn't delete them by mistake.

On plus side found a load of my old car pics.

FTK FTW.

23,640 · January 30, 2016

I am meant to be replacing the front pipe on the exhaust of the Rover but have decided to just take it to a garage during the week instead as the weather is firing small bits of ice at me at about 40mph.

26,929 · January 30, 2016

Since refitting the battery back to my car then alarm oddness has started again!

Now, even when unlocked, it flashes the lights as per if the alarms going off, and the immobiliser type light under the clock goes nuts, if any of the doors are opened. Locking it with the key does nothing, I have to close and open the door, then close it and it stops after 30 seconds...

Do I need the remote fob? I have it, but the batteries are dead. So I'll have to dismantle the Merivas key to get the CR2020's out of it temporarily. Plus the fob is spaced out very scientifically with bits of card, which will be a bastard to refit.

Luckily*, the siren is disabled, so at least it wont be noisy so I can hear it and do something about it...oh

It sorted itself out by magic last time, and I just stopped locking it with the plip and activating the alarm. I'll take it for a drive tomorrow and see if that cheers it up, only thing is, it'll flash the lights and 'sound the alarm' whilst driving...

TL:DR - How can one rip the guts out of an alarm system on an old ZX?

12,190 · January 30, 2016

Check the fuse listing in the handbook, if the alarm fuse doesn't do anything else just pull it. That worked for me in my pre-facelift Xantia.

7,940 · January 30, 2016

You can't, I'm sure there is a button on the dash you have to press with the ignition on kill it off.

26,929 · January 30, 2016

There's a button to silence the alarm if locking it with stuff inside, but it doesnt do anything. I had the plip working last time it did it, so maybe thats the key here (aha!)

24,005 · January 30, 2016

Grump because of standard of mathematics, youth of today etc, but I came out ahead Â£.

Popped in to halfords to get some tyre levers for my bike, and also got a mat for my turbo trainer as well. Anyway came to Â£14.99. I have a British cycling card which gives 10% off. Unfortunately the till can't work this out and the yoof needs to do it manually.

After calling for assistance.

Now the one he called had admired the Mercedes as I parked outside and tried to give me 15% discount. This would have been Â£2.25 as I tried to explain ( 10 is 1.50 so, 5 is .75 etc) but I ended up with a 2.65 discount. I did try... At least they're working at halfords, not anywhere they can cause harm.

12,114 · January 30, 2016

Car on eBay woefully mis described shocker.

6,277 · January 30, 2016

Distinct lack of fun recently.

Idiot sister's eye fucks up again, and it's surgery to fix Thursday. They don't let her go till late Friday, so I get landed fetching her back, and so am late going to kinky girl.

As you're late lets stay in and watch a dvd. I got this, it's got both Matt Damon and Leonardo Decraprio in it, and it was only 99p!

What's it's about love?

Dunno, it's got both Matt Damon and Leonardo Decraprio in it. Oh. It's about 2 hours and 30 minutes too long then. After enduring it even she admitted she didn't have a clue WTF was supposed to be going on.

Woke up this morning at 9:27am. We are supposed to be hosting a meetup at 9:45am. Three miles away. She decides she's not going to go, which is fine for her as I'm the organiser. So I run like a silly bugger for about a mile to the nearest bus stop while it pisses it down with snow. Waiting for the bus and phone rings. Tis Ma, come home, sister's eye has fucked up again. Run a mile back, have a not pleased kinky girl, and not pleased people I've just stood up at the meetup.

Get back home just in time for Sheffield hospital to finally agree she should be brought in. Put her in my car, and have to endure her best dying swan impression. She then pukes in my car which makes me even happier.

Hospital examines eye, and pressure is 97 psi or something, and give her some drops which will let the air out. Be right as rain in 5 minutes. 2 hours later they're still trying to reduce the pressure. Ma then wants driving back home so idiots dog can go out for a shit. Then drive back to Sheffield, and wait till 10 pm when they decide she can go home again. More dying swan, dump ungrateful bitch. Scheduled to take her back Monday 8am, if she doesn't decide to go wonky again tomorrow.

TL DR:

Fucking sister and her fucking eye fucks up my fucking life again.

8,354 · January 30, 2016

Since refitting the battery back to my car then alarm oddness has started again!

Now, even when unlocked, it flashes the lights as per if the alarms going off, and the immobiliser type light under the clock goes nuts, if any of the doors are opened. Locking it with the key does nothing, I have to close and open the door, then close it and it stops after 30 seconds...

Do I need the remote fob? I have it, but the batteries are dead. So I'll have to dismantle the Merivas key to get the CR2020's out of it temporarily. Plus the fob is spaced out very scientifically with bits of card, which will be a bastard to refit.

Luckily*, the siren is disabled, so at least it wont be noisy so I can hear it and do something about it...oh

It sorted itself out by magic last time, and I just stopped locking it with the plip and activating the alarm. I'll take it for a drive tomorrow and see if that cheers it up, only thing is, it'll flash the lights and 'sound the alarm' whilst driving...

TL:DR - How can one rip the guts out of an alarm system on an old ZX?

After you have disconnected battery put key in ignition to position 2. Press and hold alarm button on dash. Hazard lights will flash quickly several times. Alarm disconnected

25,804 · January 30, 2016

Car on eBay woefully mis described shocker.

Bloody good fun day out though!

26,929 · January 31, 2016

After you have disconnected battery put key in ignition to position 2. Press and hold alarm button on dash. Hazard lights will flash quickly several times. Alarm disconnected

I'll try that next time.

For I got the plip out of the glove box, but it was dead. Had to the the battery from amys car key and put it in mine. Then, because I fucked about with the bits of card, it wouldn't work in the case. So I just held the board on the battery and pushed the button, the led lit up!

Out to the car, lock (indicators flashed). Unlock (indicators flashed) and boom, alarm disabled. Batteries swapped back, fob in glove box and I'll carry on either not locking it or using the key.

18,100 · January 31, 2016

I seem to have lost my car mojo. Haven't been near the Sierra for a couple of weeks, not been near the Amazon for months.

14,771 · January 31, 2016

Terry Wogan has died.

The real one. Not the AS doppelganger.

2016 is pissing me off so far.

3,773 · January 31, 2016

In a charidee shop today looking for bits and bobs, the usual mingers in there whinging about the prices and then trying to haggle money off! It's a fucking charity shop you cheap skate cunts. Sorry about the language but this really winds me up. We've got a BHF furniture shop in town and they have some brand new ( ex display ) beds etc in there and people were complaining that they were charging Â£150.00. It's a brand new bed ffs. Did they expect it for Â£10.99?!
Stand easy-rant over!

Some of them take the piss.

Oxfam, by me charging Â£6 for a pair of Asda jeans, they're only Â£4 brand new from the shop.

Â£2 for paperback books that are 3 for a fiver in Asda.

(I'm not on commission, wife works there).

18,100 · January 31, 2016

Wonder if they will reveal if he really did wear a syrup.

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