The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Why do people come on forums then moan when other people post about stuff?

[panhard65]

Bloody cavalier has done a couple of big end bearings. Now do I stick a new set in and hope it lasts long enough to flog it or do it properly and haul the lump out and hope the crank will go again.

[xtriple]

Can you not measure the crank in situ? If it's undersize or oval, then you gotta do the right thing man:) Back in the day I would have chucked a set of shells in it and... well, that's good enough.

 

Now? I'd probably pay several thousand pounds for someone to make me a brand new engine from difficult to source new old stock and then come on here whining about how much it all costs!

 

:)

[Pillock]

Sadly that doesn't work on the insurance ones if you actually want to take out the policies.

No, I once had to phone Elephant and change the name - cue loads of questions as to why I'd taken out a policy in the wrong name. Thankfully I just added a few letters to the end ("EI", for Elephant Insurance, so when letters pop through the letter box with that name I know who has flogged my details) rather than making up a new name so I blamed it on a typo in both my name and phone number

 

Email addresses I add +elephant or +insurance or something to the end so I still get the email with my quote, but the next day I can filter them to spam.

 

The stumbling block seems to be trying to reregister as a new customer when you already exist with that postcode and DOB. Must be a fucker for twins

[taxi paul]

The taxi driver over reacted in my opinion. I have met a few taxi drivers that would shout at the ladies 🚺 while being like a church mouse to the big blokes.Always try a sense of humour approach when dealing with drunks . Especially the ladies . Far worse than drunk rugby players , honest even the little ones !

[Negative Creep]

The taxi driver's version of events will doubtless be very different, and I'm betting the truth is somewhere inbetween

[Pillock]

I guess there's little further debate to be had.

 

Never normally stops us here.

[scaryoldcortina]

The MG is in bits because it wasn't anywhere near ready to tax and test like I thought.

 

The Laguna has just had a back door smashed in.

 

I can deal with that though, but I got home tonight to a washing machine door that won't open. This is an URGENT problem because there is a load of washing with some sort of important clothes in there or something, so instead of going straight in the bath I had to fix* the bloody washer.

 

 

It's a hotpoint Aquarius (Aquariusssss.....) so I assumed it had just got its control board into a mess again and unplugged it for 5 mins. When this didn't fix it I hit Google instead, and pretty soon with only a moderate amount of swearing the door was open, and a new door handle is ordered. Crappy plastic handle moves a metal latch with a strong spring and no end stop. GR8 engineering there.

 

Ah, fuggit. I'm not even really grumpy about that. I actually enjoy fixing things. £1100 in vet bills since thursday though, that I'm not happy about. Bank holiday weekends can go die in a hole.

[Tamworthbay]

TATA steel about to go tits up, will the government step in like they did with the bankers? Of course not, steel workers don't tend to give massive backhanders to their local conservative associations.

[danthecapriman]

TATA steel about to go tits up, will the government step in like they did with the bankers? Of course not, steel workers don't tend to give massive backhanders to their local conservative associations.

Tata are selling their entire UK steel operation apparently. I feel sorry for the employees, this isn't going to end well for them.

It's yet another nail in the coffin of UK industry and the skills associated with it. Why the hell did we sell all our stuff off. Utterly moronic decision.

 

I expect it will be sold off cheaply to the Chinese, who will then asset strip it and close it all down, ridding them of any UK competition in the future.

[Tamworthbay]

Tata are selling their entire UK steel operation apparently. I feel sorry for the employees, this isn't going to end well for them.

It's yet another nail in the coffin of UK industry and the skills associated with it. Why the hell did we sell all our stuff off. Utterly moronic decision.

I expect it will be sold off cheaply to the Chinese, who will then asset strip it and close it all down, ridding them of any UK competition in the future.

I hope I am wrong but I can't see anyone taking on a steel business in this market. I truly hope I am wrong, South Wales has suffered way too much over the years as a result of successive blue governments. It doesn't matter how hard those people work, they still get shit on. Some ex public school bankers bugger up an entire economy and they get government backed pay rises. Go figure.

[andrew e]

TATA steel about to go tits up, will the government step in like they did with the bankers? Of course not, steel workers don't tend to give massive backhanders to their local conservative associations.

Hey at least good old Labour stepped in and saved MGR.

[Parky]

After my shitty weekend I got a call last night to tell me my favourite Uncle had dropped down dead at 8pm.

 

Last saw him Saturday when he was waxing lyrical about the film "Whiplash". He was an ex drummer so seems apt. Kind of puts it all into perspective, he was 75 and fairly fit so nobody knows what happened. Suspected aneurism or heart attack but need to wait for the coroners verdict.

 

RIP Uncle Pete, it was fun....

[dollywobbler]

What was left to save with MGR? I'm personally a bit wary of the government 'saving' companies. If they've failed commercially, then it suggests no future for that bit of industry. Times change, demands change. Finding new jobs for folk is the important bit.

[andrew e]

I'm talking about Blue bad red good bollocks. I only ever tick yellow.

[panhard65]

TATA steel about to go tits up, will the government step in like they did with the bankers? Of course not, steel workers don't tend to give massive backhanders to their local conservative associations.

The bankers were bailed out by the biggest twat we have ever had allegedly running the economy Gordon fuck wit Brown. The same moron that sold off our gold reserves and went on to ruin the pensions industry which is why our pensions will be worth fuck all. Industry is fucked in this country now unfortunatly and throwing public money at Tata isn't going to help. Banning cheap chinese imports would but everyone would soon start moaning if they couldn't by the cheap tat they produce.

[LC Torana]

I'm talking about Blue bad red good bollocks. I only ever tick yellow beige.

 

FTFY

[HH-R]

I had a good laugh the other day when I used Carwow and put in some fake email address only to find someone else had had the exact same idea and it said "welcome back, EAT SHIT!"

[saucedoctor]

When I used to install AVG on repaired machines, I used to register it with [email protected] so it would work for a year, rather than a month. One time I went to download it to a machine, the AVG site had a section/page saying "we have X users in UK, X in Germany etc etc and 16 in Vatican City."

 

Oops.

 

[email protected] must get a lot of junk mail, and of course [email protected].

[beko1987]

[email protected] will get shit loads of premier inn spam after I used it every time to log into the shitty wifi!

[Tamworthbay]

I'm talking about Blue bad red good bollocks. I only ever tick yellow.

The bankers were bailed out by the biggest twat we have ever had allegedly running the economy Gordon fuck wit Brown. The same moron that sold off our gold reserves and went on to ruin the pensions industry which is why our pensions will be worth fuck all. Industry is fucked in this country now unfortunatly and throwing public money at Tata isn't going to help. Banning cheap chinese imports would but everyone would soon start moaning if they couldn't by the cheap tat they produce.

I love the way you all assume blue government meant the Tories, I personally count the Blair/Brown era firmly in the blue government category, hence why it caused some problems, all be it nowhere near as much as this one. As for voting yellow, hmmm, the national cowards league? The American 'bring our troops home' party, or the liberal party. One imaginary, one made up entirely of women and one part of the biggest fuck up this country has ever seen. I'll leave it to the individual to decide which is which.

[ShiteRider]

Cortinas are getting picked up today. Sold ridiculously cheap.

Pissed as i'll never afford another. Bad times.

[chaseracer]

Cortinas are getting picked up today. Sold ridiculously cheap.

Pissed as i'll never afford another. Bad times.

 

Dislike.  Feel for you, brother.

 

[bub2006]

Had my money stopped. Looking like have to sell car etc

[xtriple]

Had a weird call from the guy doing my car yesterday. It was a 'non call' sort of thing told me nothing really but the couple of things he did say worried me to death.

It was very strange. Wonder if he was just ringing so I know he's actually working on my car?

 

Sorry about your dough Bub, they gonna sort it?

[MarvinsMom]

Hey at least good old Labour stepped in and saved MGR.

just like good old labour who did again shit all when TATA closed down Redcar's blast furnace back in 2009.

 

the local labour MP, Vera Baird was way too busy to be interested in such a trifle. she's now one of them pointless police commissioners so is taking some other mugs for a ride, since she convincingly lost her seat, cos of the plant closing.

 

the EU has made damn sure that fook all can be done anyway, and so another industry will fade away.

 

Conservative, Labour, the other lot, they are all the same. cheats, gobshites, liars and arseholes.

 

a pox on all their houses.

[Lord Sterling]

Is it me? 

 

Crossing the road on the zebra at Tesco earlier, a chippy little fucker in a baseball cap deliberately blows through in his Disco 4 and nearly takes my face off.  Shaken by this, I imply by manual suggestion that he worships at the temple of Onan.  

 

CLT waits for me, trying to act the big man in front of two small boys, and we have a short discussion around rights of way.  I am politeness itself, he is quite unpleasantly threatening - apparently, it "would be different if the boys weren't here".  Of course it would, mate - I'm quite a bit bigger than you, as you have just rather childishly noted.

 

Are we supposed to just roll over and take this kind of shit?  Usually I wouldn't react like I did, but after the events of the past few weeks my ability to shrug these things off is somewhat impaired.

 

Anyway, Domestic Management says it's my fault and is giving me the silent treatment.  If the AS hive-mind agrees with her, I will take it like a man, but...

 

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

Thank you for listening, friends.

Sorry to hear this Chase. I know you are indeed a very calm and polite chap.

 

Sadly this "hard man" attitude that twat_cap_boy took isn't just confined to Britain.

 

I almost had a an altercation with a twatty Turkish Taxi driver yesterday. Our first driver got lost in the next town we were going to to visit my aunt. He dropped us off by another local taxi rank. Myself, Lady_Sterling, Sis_Lady_Sterling and 2 year old Sis_Lady_Sterling_Daughter caught another taxi to where we were going. Taxis are notoriously expensive here and he took his time dropping us off by the apartment door despite me saying 'just leave us here' then he short changed me by a couple of Lira, I challenged him about this and he just moaned at me in Turkish probably denying it or something. I wasn't getting anywhere with this arse so told him in English to forget it and slammed the door. As I was joining the girls taxi-twat got out and started giving me abuse, I gave as good as I got and we had a face off. The girls were shocked and worried, I told taxi_twat to get back in his cab and fuck off. He turned around and started to get back in his cab still mumbling abuse at me and aswell as when he drove off.

 

There was honestly no need for it, but you get twats everywhere.

 

Oh, also had a face off with the Turkish Police the day before, but that's another long-arsed story.

[Tamworthbay]

Sorry to hear this Chase. I know you are indeed a very calm and polite chap.

Sadly this "hard man" attitude that twat_cap_boy took isn't just confined to Britain.

I almost had a an altercation with a twatty Turkish Taxi driver yesterday. Our first driver got lost in the next town we were going to to visit my aunt. He dropped us off by another local taxi rank. Myself, Lady_Sterling, Sis_Lady_Sterling and 2 year old Sis_Lady_Sterling_Daughter caught another taxi to where we were going. Taxis are notoriously expensive here and he took his time dropping us off by the apartment door despite me saying 'just leave us here' then he short changed me by a couple of Lira, I challenged him about this and he just moaned at me in Turkish probably denying it or something. I wasn't getting anywhere with this arse so told him in English to forget it and slammed the door. As I was joining the girls taxi-twat got out and started giving me abuse, I gave as good as I got and we had a face off. The girls were shocked and worried, I told taxi_twat to get back in his cab and fuck off. He turned around and started to get back in his cab still mumbling abuse at me and aswell as when he drove off.

There was honestly no need for it, but you get twats everywhere.

Oh, also had a face off with the Turkish Police the day before, but that's another long-arsed story.

come on, you can't go 'face off with Turkish police' and leave it there! We need more details!

 

I have only been to Turkey once and on the advice of a Turkish friend we went into a local cafe early in the morning and had a chat with the owner. Two phone calls later and a very friendly chap turned up, he acted as our taxi driver and guide for the day and was brilliant. He wanted 35 euros, I gave him 70 and still think I did him short. I still have his number and will give him a call if we get back to Kusadasi which we will one day.

[castros_bro]

Sorry to hear this Chase. I know you are indeed a very calm and polite chap.

 

Sadly this "hard man" attitude that twat_cap_boy took isn't just confined to Britain.

 

I almost had a an altercation with a twatty Turkish Taxi driver yesterday. Our first driver got lost in the next town we were going to to visit my aunt. He dropped us off by another local taxi rank. Myself, Lady_Sterling, Sis_Lady_Sterling and 2 year old Sis_Lady_Sterling_Daughter caught another taxi to where we were going. Taxis are notoriously expensive here and he took his time dropping us off by the apartment door despite me saying 'just leave us here' then he short changed me by a couple of Lira, I challenged him about this and he just moaned at me in Turkish probably denying it or something. I wasn't getting anywhere with this arse so told him in English to forget it and slammed the door. As I was joining the girls taxi-twat got out and started giving me abuse, I gave as good as I got and we had a face off. The girls were shocked and worried, I told taxi_twat to get back in his cab and fuck off. He turned around and started to get back in his cab still mumbling abuse at me and aswell as when he drove off.

 

There was honestly no need for it, but you get twats everywhere.

 

Oh, also had a face off with the Turkish Police the day before, but that's another long-arsed story.

 

Spill the, long arsed, beans.

 

For a short while I was a non-Turkish Turkish taxi driver in the east near by Lake Van. 

[Tamworthbay]

Sefton fish bar in Lichfield - shit. I stopped off this lunchtime, paid £3.40 for two cones of chips. We got about four chips between us and the rest were scraps. The sneaky bastard had just moved over a load of fresh chips as well but I guess he saw two non locals and thought he would palm off the old crap.