The grumpy thread

[messerschmitt owner]

and if that fails, move somewhere you don't have this issue!

[Junkman]

If they are parking in a way that obstructs you to leave or enter your driveway, call the police.

[danthecapriman]

and if that fails, move somewhere you don't have this issue!

It's not that easy unfortunately. When we moved here there was no problem but over the last couple of years it's got worse. The health centre was only built a couple of years ago, and it's huge with very little parking. What makes things worse is the council put double yellows down that end of the road, but they stop at our house so now everyone just parks down our end of the road. And they've built OAP flats opposite in the last few years (very little private parking) so the wardens, nurses etc all compete for the parking aswell.

It's so bad today that my road is solid with double parked vehicles, and so are all the surrounding streets and dead end roads. Everyone who lives here is getting well pissed off!

 

Still, I got the Mercury out in the end. It was very tight but it got out. Thank the yanks for their incredibly light power steering!

Getting in again was tight too but at least I got to have an hours driving out of it today. All adds up, as I want to keep piling the miles on it to get it run in after the engine rebuild. Sitting around unused isn't doing it any good.

[Timewaster]

You need to aquire a couple of police cones....

[danthecapriman]

You need to aquire a couple of police cones....

Hmmm, good idea that!

There's a load of them in our store room at work too...

[Timewaster]

Don't know what your local feds are like but ours can't be bothered with parking restrictions and if you ask them at the station they just hand out a few cones.

[danthecapriman]

Don't know what your local feds are like but ours can't be bothered with parking restrictions and if you ask them at the station they just hand out a few cones.

Much the same I think.

Trouble is, the parking while it's a right pain in the arse and inconsiderate, it's not technically illegal. It's been so bad before now I've watched a double decker get stuck! I ended up going out and guided him through between the cars, and it was close! It could be dangerous if a fire engine needed to get through at speed and it's very possible as the road is a main road into a housing estate.

[Station]

Can I disable mobile view on here? It keeps going back to it.

[Station]

My internet speed test. Jealous?

 

[Tamworthbay]

They send me to India for two weeks.

Can't stand Indian food. I hope they have Austrian takeaways there.

my mate is there at the moment, a couple of days ago it was 46 degrees outside and 52 in the factory. I love the heat but that is pushing it even for me.

[vulgalour]

I'm having one of those weekends.  Burst tyre on the Rover, welder not welding, trigger on the chainsaw broken, hedge loppers broken, household fuse blown... I think I'll just stay indoors for a bit and try not to touch anything.

[twosmoke300]

my mate is there at the moment, a couple of days ago it was 46 degrees outside and 52 in the factory. I love the heat but that is pushing it even for me.

I would actually burst into flames in that sort of heat . Or top myself !

[Tamworthbay]

I would actually burst into flames in that sort of heat . Or top myself !

I like it around 40 but found 45 a bit much when we were in Cyprus in a heatwave a few years back. It was ok if you could sit in the sea but the idea of it being nearly ten degrees more AND have to install heavy machinery doesn't bear thinking about and he is always rough when he gets back as the food doesn't agree with him. I normally take the mick but just feel sorry for him this time.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I'm having one of those weekends.  Burst tyre on the Rover, welder not welding, trigger on the chainsaw broken, hedge loppers broken, household fuse blown... I think I'll just stay indoors for a bit and try not to touch anything.

 

be careful going to the toilet then!

[Bren]

Thanks to our dog pissing on the busa and stripping the paint I have been forced to spend £26 on the correct colour aerosol from RS paints. They are very good - and they should be at that price.

 

The dog has been warned.Consequently I have the only King Charles that can walk and cover its knackers.

[purplebargeken]

Christ, what does it piss? Battery acid?

[castros_bro]

They send me to India for two weeks.

Can't stand Indian food. I hope they have Austrian takeaways there.

 

Bizarre but if you pop over the border to the North there's an Austrian Restaurant in Kathmandu called the Kaiser Café -  which I frequented when working at the university. 

[Cavcraft]

The fortnightly moans about the quality of content on here are incredibly tedious.

 

We never get anywhere with it because by and large there aren't rules about what you can post, there's just each member's own arbitrary standards of what they deem is or isn't shit. There's usually a kick off, a few people will flounce off, then everyone else is left uneasy about what they're posting to avoid the "you're posting shit" moan but it happens anyway like a fucking broken record.

 

Absolutely spot on.

[HillmanImp]

We got told last week that we are not getting any pay rises this year as the chap that owns the company said there was not enough money to warrant it.

 

Today he turned up to work in a brand new BMW i8.

[Craig the Princess]

Liked that in solitary, not because your company's owner is a prick.

[Captain Furious]

Had about 8 reminders in the last 2 weeks to fill in the completely anonymous* staff survey

 

Followed up by an email from our Director this morning that 2 people in our department haven't filled it in and can they do so by the end of the week so we have 100% response rate

 

was previously not filling it in due to couldn't be arsed, now not filling it in due to clearly NOT being anonymous.

[Rocket88]

Twat in the Merc Sprinter on the 303 this morning....................if you going to carve up a large yellow recovery truck, best not have the website of the company you work for emblazoned across your back doors........your boss had an enraged email from me before you got to the next roundabout..........have a nice day.

[dugong]

Had about 8 reminders in the last 2 weeks to fill in the completely anonymous* staff survey

 

Followed up by an email from our Director this morning that 2 people in our department haven't filled it in and can they do so by the end of the week so we have 100% response rate

 

was previously not filling it in due to couldn't be arsed, now not filling it in due to clearly NOT being anonymous.

Yep, had that at a previous job.

 

"Everyone's done the survey except Jon because he refused".

 

Me: "Yep, well anonymous, cheers."

[sporty-shite]

Some twat has keyed my car today. Well done, knobhead. Really brave of you.

[retrogeezer]

So after messing about with the sky to get fibre, but downgrade the TV so the cost doesnt change, all hell breaks loose this morning when half of the TV channels stop working. I said not to worry, we can stream from the sky kids app, but no, that stops working if you don't have the package we used to have. I could sense a big argument coming, so fuck it, online, upgrade, £7 more than we paid before, so fuck all point doing anything really.

 

Fuck it, I'll just pay the bills and shut up, it's easier. Thank fuck she's going out in a bit, I fancy smashing something up with a hammer

 

Cancel it and within a few hours you will get a 50% offer on your on-line account. Or at least you def would if you had not just upgraded. We sacked ours off 2 months ago and have a youview box and 2 Now TV boxes plus an extra £35 in the bank every month. 

[Lord Sterling]

Some arsehole in a new Golf TD giving it the bigguns to me making hand jestures. What's the point lad? What is it I'd done wrong exactly? If ya gonna start playing hard man behind the wheel, don't run away because you'll only get trapped behind slow moving traffic allowing me to pull up beside you and simply ask what the problem is. Wanker.

[xtriple]

Went to the garage this afternoon to say 'Hello' to the dollop and see if it would start after two weeks of being idle. It started fine, but the bloody car was COVERED in snails and their delightful trails all over the flaming thing! There was something on the side of the front wing that looked... 'orrible. So, instead of letting it stay in there slumbering, she was dragged un-ceremoniously  out into the daylight and the Mazda got dumped in there. Brought it home and washed the poor old thing in a 'vigorous' manner.

 

She looks great now all leathered and shiny.

 

Oh, and some arsehole used the front of the Mazda as a parking aid AGAIN last night. Another new front number plate required and the plastic plinth behind as well for good measure. What's worse is: the alarm must have gone off (it did the multiple bleeps thing when I turned it off this morning) and I didn't sodding hear it.

 

Also went into an actual shop (as opposed to eBay or Amazon where I normally shop) 'cos I wanted a new kitchen knife - I only have one and I broke it last week doing something to the car. I came out £71 worse off after buying loads of stuff I didn't need (breadbin, new can opener, and....) amd a fancy block of wood with LOADS of sharp knives embedded in it - I feel like King Arthur now whenever I have to cut something!

 

The above reminded me why I don't go in shops: I am financially irresponsible and have no self control and I am prone to bouts of 'Magpie' shopping.

[Captain Furious]

Yep, had that at a previous job."Everyone's done the survey except Jon because he refused".Me: "Yep, well anonymous, cheers."

Stupid thing is, I'd happily fill it out with my name all over it, hell they can publish it on the intranet for all I care, just don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining with this anonymous bullshit

[anonymous user]

Stupid thing is, I'd happily fill it out with my name all over it, hell they can publish it on the intranet for all I care, just don't piss on my back and tell me it's raining with this anonymous bullshit

It used to amuse me that our IT department had an "anonymous feedback" system; I always filled it in whether negative or positive, it made no difference the systems were still pretty poor.

[Bren]

Wanted to change fuel filter on A6.

 

Jack car up, remove cover, surprise surprise - a fairly new looking mann filter.

 

Only problem is the circular clamp holding the filter has been butchered due to a broken screw - whole shebang secured with a cable tie.

 

Because of this, the whole moves about, preventing me releasing the connections on the filter.

 

Bollocks. Whole lot reassembled. I now have £23 worth of filter in the boot which is unlikely ever to be fitted.

 

Sometimes I do think if I bought shares in a crematorium people would stop dying.