The grumpy thread

[strangeangel]

Just come across one of my old scooters on eBay; it's being sold for parts cos some thieving scrote scum nicked it and threw it up the road

 

 

It doesn't look badly damaged enough for him to have been killed in the impact, but I can hope.

[jakebullet]

Got woken up at 2am by banging and smashy type sounds. Went out to investigate with my 6 cell "it's a torch not a club honest" maglite. No damage to my house or vehicles, so went for a look in the street. Same time as a police car turns up next door, 'cos house on other side had phoned them rather than investigate noises. Turns out somebody had been attempting to smash her door in

 

She's said she's going to move, as suspects it's the EX who's just got out of prison. So housing association roulette who we get next

[UmBongo]

I saw the Netherlnds play Germany when I lived over there, the Dutch have very good reason to hate the Germans if they chose to and whilst there is a lot of rivalry it was a very friendly atmosphere in the main square in Rotterdam after the game. I really don't understand the different is to be hated mentality of some English people that follow the football. You don't get it with rugby or cricket or almost any other sport in fact.

 

I don't think that's the case this time, actually.

 

The Russian Ultras have taken this football violence malarkey to a whole new level.

 

The violence in the stadium indicates this.

 

The French fans also seem to be having a dig at anyone they don't like the look of in Marseilles ie. any passing English fans.

[Richard]

There's football on?

[michael1703]

Helped my best mate move house yesterday. The house he's moved into has been unoccupied for months cos the woman moved in with her feller. They'd know the moving date for weeks and had been on and on at my mate to try and hurry stuff along.

 

So by about lunchtime funds clear etc and we're expecting to pick the keys up and get moved in, but this useless cow who owned the house was still moving her stuff out at 4:30PM.

 

As we're moving stuff in she's got fucking electricians turning up to take down wanky £30 Argos chandeliers and people off gumtree coming at 6pm to collect furniture that she can't be arsed to shift herself. 

 

By 11PM we gave up and he's still got the van parked outside full of his furniture.

Once the funds have cleared, it's not her house anymore so you should have politely told her to 'jog on'

 

We thought we'd be clever and had the current house bought on the Thursday at 2pm and we'd take the Friday off and move in.

 

It took 3 bloody days to move as we had so much shite!

[M'coli]

There's football on?

Yes there is, but despite my hatred for the game I find myself for the first time ever taking part in a work sweepstake, and the names and teams were drawn at random. It transpires that I am supporting Sweden in this tournament...&I don't own a Volvo or a Saab.

[Tamworthbay]

I don't think that's the case this time, actually.

 

The Russian Ultras have taken this football violence malarkey to a whole new level.

 

The violence in the stadium indicates this.

 

The French fans also seem to be having a dig at anyone they don't like the look of in Marseilles ie. any passing English fans.

it's been happening for days though, I agree that the others you mention have made things a lot worse but it's been rumbling along before they got involved.

[chaseracer]

https://twitter.com/EurosUEFA/status/741732681692655616

[Parky]

Going to Europe, being decent and respectful and generally giving Europeans the impression we are a polite civilised society. How dare they

[EssDeeWon]

I know a few people over there right now. Yes England fans throw the odd plastic garden chair or have a couple too many but the Russians have taken it to another level this time.  Our fans actually retreated when the Russians came over that barrier yesterday.

[AMC Rebel]

Went to scrapyard.  I wasn't going for this - but noticed a high spec Fiesta with the same clock as my Puma - so whipped it out and bought it, in the hope that the (admittedly very minor) issue of a couple of missing LCD segments was solved - guess what?  replacement has exact same fault - what were the chances?

[Parky]

UEFA are dishing out a fine to the Russian FA because of yesterday, not fining us. Makes a nice change.

[chaseracer]

That'll sort the problem.  It's always* worked in the past.

[Tamworthbay]

Went to scrapyard.  I wasn't going for this - but noticed a high spec Fiesta with the same clock as my Puma - so whipped it out and bought it, in the hope that the (admittedly very minor) issue of a couple of missing LCD segments was solved - guess what?  replacement has exact same fault - what were the chances?

probably quite high, I bet it's a weak point on the pcb so may be more common than you think

[jakebullet]

My knee is suddenly extra fucked n feels like I'm going to fall over at any minute. News also from kinky girl land that she's either lost or had stolen her purse while shopping. Not a good day today.

[DodgyBastard]

I put the 240 up for sale on gumtree, I had a call from a Yorkshireman who's living up in Dingwall, He said he was very interested and wanted to know if there was any rust underneath. He thought I was being cheeky on the price and wanted to know the lowest I would take, I said he could come and see it and make an offer but I'm not interested in him making an offer over the phone. I said I had a ramp and could go and take some photos but I had a few photos in a flickr photo album he could look at in the meantime.

He sent a text to say he had seen the album and urged me to send him some photos of the underside.

After I went out of my way to go to the unit and put the car on the ramp I sent him the photos.

He offered me £650 for the car. I had it up for £950 but would have went to £850 if he had come out and offered the cash.

Am I being to optimistic with the price?

[purplebargeken]

Yes, yes you are. You must immediately swap it for a lovely blue Citroen AX otherwise the universe will spin out of control and crash into a lamp post.

 

Put her on the VOC forum, you will have a more pleasant experience I think.

 

The price sounds fine to me and I would if I had the money.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

1/3 knocked off without even bothering to come and look = chancer. Even if you accept his offer, it will magically become £500 if he actually turns up.

[BavarianRetro]

Absolutely right.

 

"What's the lowest you'll take?" Always gets the response, "What's the most you'll pay?"

 

That usually ends the conversation.

[chaseracer]

Yep.  WASTER.  Ignore.

[Sheefag]

What Bo11ox said, he'll want it at half price.

How badly do you need to sell?

[Bren]

UEFA are dishing out a fine to the Russian FA because of yesterday, not fining us. Makes a nice change.

The russians are angry - all the good property in London has sold and there are no leopard skin speedos left in the marseille branch of sports direct.

[Kiltox]

I put the 240 up for sale on gumtree, I had a call from a Yorkshireman who's living up in Dingwall, He said he was very interested and wanted to know if there was any rust underneath. He thought I was being cheeky on the price and wanted to know the lowest I would take, I said he could come and see it and make an offer but I'm not interested in him making an offer over the phone. I said I had a ramp and could go and take some photos but I had a few photos in a flickr photo album he could look at in the meantime.

He sent a text to say he had seen the album and urged me to send him some photos of the underside.

After I went out of my way to go to the unit and put the car on the ramp I sent him the photos.

He offered me £650 for the car. I had it up for £950 but would have went to £850 if he had come out and offered the cash.

Am I being to optimistic with the price?

200 cahs 2nt bruv

[DodgyBastard]

Absolutely right.

 

"What's the lowest you'll take?" Always gets the response, "What's the most you'll pay?"

 

That usually ends the conversation.

That's usually what I say, I replied back that I could tell he was a Yorkshireman with that offer and left it at that.

 

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[Negative Creep]

UEFA are dishing out a fine to the Russian FA because of yesterday, not fining us. Makes a nice change.

 

 

We mustn't offend our Russian friends. I for one cannot wait for them to host the World Cup, their enlightened views on race, homosexuality and civil rights will make it a lovely place to visit. Not to mention their bid was done with the utmost honesty and was in absolutely no way corrupt

[gordonbennet]

''Whats the lowest you will take'' ends the call immediately, after that he could come up with twice what i wanted he isn't having it at all.

 

The other ones who get my Mrs's already short fuse burning shorter is when they say they've been offered a newer better condition top of the range lower mileage one than yours for £hundreds less, that call doesn't end well either.

[Timewaster]

I remember a Wheeler Dealers, or possibly Deals on Wheels where someone was trying to buy a Fiesta.

 

An offer was made, say £300 and the vendor replies "I've had offers of over £500" and cool as could be, Brewer retorts "Oh yeah, why dint ya take em?"

 

There are wasters on both sides.

[andy18s]

Yes, yes you are. You must immediately swap it for a lovely blue Citroen AX otherwise the universe will spin out of control and crash into a lamp post.

 

 

Do you have an AX you're trying to sell Ken? 

[vulgalour]

I'm am distractedly angry about the most recent mass shooting in America.  It's not who was shot or where that's got to me, it's the responses from people.  "Islam should be banned", what the fuck does that even mean?  "Islam", by which I assume they mean the Islamic faith, is not to blame for this (we're not making this political, so don't even start), they didn't issue a statement to all the nutjobs saying "Go, do this horrible thing, earn points on your Nectar card."

 

Guns aren't to blame either.  I'm not pro-gun ownership by any stretch of the imagination but in a country like America where gun-getting is easier than salad-getting it's not the guns that are the issue here, it's how readily available they are to nutjobs.

 

The gays aren't the issue either.  Yes, they do appear to be a group that was targetted and yes, it's entirely likely this was a homophobically motivated attack but they are not to blame.  The students and teachers in other mass shootings were no more to blame in other events than the gays are in this one.  There's something SERIOUSLY fucked up with you if somehow you feel that a person's sexuality is deserving of them being subjected to an attack of this nature, or any attack for that matter.

 

No, the person to blame is the one that decided to go into that place of fun with a weapon and deliberately kill and try to kill as many people as possible.  That's what needs to be addressed.  More than a person's sexuality, religion or even gun ownership.  Finding out why a person gets to the point that they think going on a murdering spree is okay is what needs looking at and since America has practically not gone a day WITHOUT a mass shooting since the start of this year we need to find out just why people keep going out and doing this thing so it can be stopped.

 

 

Mind you, better gun ownership control might be a good idea.  It's funny how few mass shootings happen in countries with gun ownership control.

[Craig the Princess]

 

 

Mind you, better gun ownership control might be a good idea.  It's funny how few mass shootings happen in countries with gun ownership control.

 

Sure, while countries with stricter gun laws have incidents it is the sheer number and scale of the incidents that makes it impossible to defend the pro gun position in the US. While other factors such as homophobia, religious extremism, mental health issues, bullying of puplis in high school or whatever have played a part in one or more of these incidents (and need to be addressed) the common factor is assult weapons and large stacks of ammunition. This is was is making the results of the incidents far worse then incidents in other parts of the Western world.