The grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

Still on the way home. Journey on train got shit after a load of studenty-type Bristol Rover's supporters boarded the train and started singing, shouting and boozing. Then just missed my train to get nearer home as the ever celebrated Birmingham "Grand Central" station (basically glossed over New Street station) doesn't appear to have a train that goes to Kidderminster. Nope, got to walk on the double to Moor St. station.

 

Plus, I forgot to phone Mrs_Sterling this morning.

 

Joy.

[Tamworthbay]

I've never understood why cat owners don't keep them indoors. I'm sure I've read that the average life span of a house cat is 14, and a "roaming" cat's life span is around 6 or so due to dangers from traffic e.t.c.

 

I'm sure that's a really useful comment for someone who has just lost a beloved pet.. sorry

All of cats have gone out and never lost one under 12 and that was to diabetes, it would be cruel to keep them inside, especially for ours as we have a wood behind us. This one is only 9 and she is gorgeous. We have dropped leaflets through nearby houses doors in the hope she has got herself stuck in a garage but after six days it's getting serious. Fingers crossed she will be come back but beginning to wonder now

[adw1977]

It's possible to keep cats indoors if that's what they are used to.

My two came from the RSPCA as housecats, lived happily indoors for 3 years, then when I moved to a house with a garden they were reluctant to go out at all.

After 2 years of being able to go out, they rarely do, and never more than about 10 feet from the back door.

So while it probably would be cruel to start keeping an outdoor cat inside, if you get a kitten or existing housecat then it's fine.

[Tamworthbay]

The one of ours that is missing is a rescue cat, she came from a breeder and had been kept in a run no more than 6feet long for her first three years. She loves being out and just comes in of an evening to sit on my wife's lap.

[robinmasters]

Is it me, or is it really fucking annoying when people quote a massive long post including sixteen pictures and twenty paragraphs just to add one line of comment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website, mobile site and Tapatalk all let you edit quotes.

It's not you, it's annoying.

[Pillock]

I've never understood why cat owners don't keep them indoors. I'm sure I've read that the average life span of a house cat is 14, and a "roaming" cat's life span is around 6 or so due to dangers from traffic e.t.c.

 

I'm sure that's a really useful comment for someone who has just lost a beloved pet.. sorry

 

If you fancy spending the night at Chez Pillock, our little puss will give you a great idea why they get let out.

 

"Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow.  Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow.  Yow. Yow. Yow. Yow. " This is especially effective at 7.30am on a Sunday.

 

Some cats like the hunting/killing/stalking stuff, others like being stroked and lying in the sun and occasionally eating if you move the food close enough to them. A bit like people I suppose, I get really tetchy if I don't leave the house one day but I know people who sometimes can't remember when they last went outside

[anonymous user]

Looking at that pic of Cros's motor, I have come to the conclusion that he is the bloke in Constables "The Haywain" and I claim my five pounds....

Either that or Wesley from Last of the Summer Wine

[jakebullet]

Shitbay again.

 

Item: Pool Ball Gear Knob for VW T2 Empi / Hurst Trigger Shifter ONLY

Message from buyer: Can you send a number 13, For a nissan.

 

I'm half starting to believe it's someone from here trying to wind me up to breaking point.

[fordperv]

I whacked (miror to mirror) a parked one the other day (evoque) , and i thought it would be alright because mine was ok..

On the way home i saw it was smashed to bits , so obviously ,i stopped , knocked on the house door and offered to pay for it ..

 

Like hell i did !!

If the ewok was barging it's way through on your side of the road when you clipped the mirror that would be OK, or maybe at a push it would be OK if the owner parked it like a twat on the road meaning there was no way of avoiding the mirror, but with the info given I'm looking for the dislike button it makes me sad

[plasticvandan]

Back when I was growing up,we had a rescue cat that wee got when she was 8 and no one wanted her because she was too old.she went outside and lived till she was 23.

My other three cats are all females and don't go far,we have a big garden with a field behind, the main road ius about 100yds from the house but it seemed the male cats roamed further,we had no idea.it ius gut wrenching,2 days before my birthday as well,and his sister seems a bit "lost" without him.

[Dave_Q]

That's just man maths though, isn't it?

 

I'd be happy to accept Ed's labour as free if it was made clear in the episodes that he had a day job, and struggled away in a council lock-up of an evening with no electricity and a selection of poor quality ebay tools, balancing the spiraling costs of his ill-advised resto and keeping his wife and family happy about the increasing hours he's spending there.

 

As it is he is portrayed as a pro mechanic with a full workshop, and in real life he would get evicted from his unit every time a series of WD was filmed, as he works on these cars for anything from 1-2 days to a couple of weeks per car meaning a series would mean upwards of 2 months working FOR FREE on a selection of cars for a mockney gobshite.

 

I am however happy to concede that this is not enough to put me off watching, and that I've probably thought about this a bit too much.

[cros]

Looking at that pic of Cros's motor, I have come to the conclusion that he is the bloke in Constables "The Haywain" and I claim my five pounds....

No fiver for you Mr Parky, the Haywain was clearly in the water when it broke down which would have been handy for topping up. I have a picture of my other lorry loaded with hay and we would have been stopped by the Constable if he'd been about. I'll post it here if I can find it.

[HH-R]

I've always had cats and they've always been let out, but we always lived well away from roads so little chance of issues with cars (other than people parking up outside their homes).

 

When I got my current cat, I let him out but wish I hadn't. He's been hit by a car before and is an absolute fuggin nightmare during the night with pestering to be out which he didn't do before I showed him the cat flap. I'll know for next time...

[Station]

Whilst I'm sorry to hear of your capers, that whole scenario is like a scene from dad's Army.

I would've just loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. (Etc)

[doobietoo]

 

Shitbay again.

 

Item: Pool Ball Gear Knob for VW T2 Empi / Hurst Trigger Shifter ONLY

Message from buyer: Can you send a number 13, For a nissan.

 

I'm half starting to believe it's someone from here trying to wind me up to breaking point.

Better stop now lads he has sussed us...

 

By the way would you have a purple 3 to fit a pt?

[cros]

I would've just loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. (Etc)

Have you seen how much they charge lorries crossing the Humber bridge these days?

[twosmoke300]

Last game of the season at my local rugby club yesterday . Massive crowd and I had free food/ drinks cos I'm a sponsor . Sounds good doesn't it !

Managed to lose the one and only key for the corsa I bought off here two weeks ago . Just ti make things better it's parked smack bang in the middle of the training pitch .

All on top of a hangover , grumpy wife and a full of beans one year old .

Alcohol - don't do it kids !

 

Edit - my mate ended up with the key in his trousers . Thank fuck for that ! But it does beg the question of what happened last night . Wife is still grumpy so she's deffo mine

[Captain Furious]

I'm going to (attempt to) fit my new exhaust today so this post is in advance of being grumpy about rusty, seized inaccessible bolts, sheared studs and inseparable joints.

 

And latterly, the cost of getting a garage to fit an exhaust for you

[Richard]

You forgot bits that don't meet up, that seems to be the biggest problem with exhaust fitting now.

[twosmoke300]

Only if you buy from Ecp or cp4l

[wuvvum]

I nearly hit a cat last night, for the first time in ages.  It just shot out from a hedge right in front of me.  Fortunately I was already braking (just coming into a village) so anchored on hard, locked everything up because CX, but I don't think I hit it.  At least I didn't feel a bump, and when I turned round a bit further up the road and drove back up to check, there was no cat in the road.  It must have been a matter of centimetres though.

 

My cat generally has pretty good road sense, but I caught her running out in front of an Insignia the other day, so maybe there is something in the air.  Cars can't go too quick past my house though as there's a bit of a chicane formed by my Perodua and the neighbour's Ibiza on the other side of the road.

[beko1987]

My mate who does my mot's is taking a job in Switzerland, selfish bastard, now I wont get to stand under the car chatting whilst its mot's. And I can't just pop over in my lunch hour at work, I'll have to take them somewhere and wait for the test. Plus I'm quite jealous.

 

Added grump is amy thinks that their hooky tests, and both cars will fail when presented to somewhere else.

 

I want to lie on the floor under the zx too at some point whilst someone else lock to locks the steering to see if i can spot any issues to diagnose the very stiff notchy steering but no, she wants the front room moved around instead. I still think it's some sort of suspension issue, whwn off the floor its silky light, sometimes mid corner it lightens up fine too then hits another wall of something

[Urko]

I killed a cat last year.  I don't like the little blighters, it's true (for another thread discussion or possibly never), but I don't wish 'em any ill.

 

I was doing under 20 mph in a residential area near my daughter's school and the cat shot out from a garden - I thought I'd missed it, but it actually ran under the car - and I caught it with one of the rear wheels.  Sadly it didn't die straight away - and I had no real means of dispatching it - I also didn't want to get in trouble for "attacking" it.  I had to wait for it to stop writhing around and then I picked it up and put it on the pavement.  It had no identification, and although I had a look around, it wasn't obvious where it "belonged" - no-one was about.  I had to leave it there, but I felt absolutely rotten about it.  The thing appeared and ran under the car so quick I didn't even have time to brake.

[plasticvandan]

I'd take pets over humans any time.people are cunts

[Cavcraft]

Who'd have thought trying to sell a cheap Ka was so hard? Now I hate the bastarding things even more.

[danthecapriman]

I hit a mouse once in the Capri, saw it run out across the road and felt the poor little sod go straight under the front wheel.

Last time I went out in the Mercury I heard and felt an enormous thud. Got home and checked the car over and the front bumper was covered in blood and feathers. I'd hit a bird.

I hate killing animals, makes me feel a right twat but sometimes there's nothing you can do.

 

A mate of mine hit a squirrel in his van. It was badly injured but still alive (not a survivable injury) so he stopped, got out and swiftly finished it off to stop it suffering.

Unfortunately a bunch of women saw him and gave him loads of abuse for doing it! I'd have thought it the best thing to do!

[HH-R]

I  generally like animals, but I hate pets.

 

Pets are as needy and troublesome as a child, but without the added benefit of the child possibly growing up to become a famous rich person.

 

A family member brought in two cats last year without consulting me first. Never had such a fucking struggle with anything in my life. Pet hoarders are a vile, nasty bunch.

Pets will tolerate living with me in exchange for Felix and not sitting out in the rain, but it's not a deal that humans are interested in.

[Lankytim]

You can't shag animals though, well you're not supposed to.

 

I'd take pets over humans any time.people are cunts

[Cavcraft]

...but if you sellotape hamsters first, it stops them exploding. Apparently.

[Aston Martin]

Gocompare some days they give you a decent quote, you try days later. It gives you a quote of 71 billion pounds for the same car.

 

It's as if some of the insurance companies are unavailable some days.