The grumpy thread

3,600 · June 22, 2016

I'm broken

I have physio every two weeks on a Wednesday evening, today's highlights were:

12 mins on a cross trainer, fast 30 secs,slow 30 secs

6 mins cycle fast and slow for 30 secs each

12 mins on a treadmill

Laying on an exercise ball doing ab exercises

Squatting against a ball doing dips with a ball between my knees and holding weights

Dips from a bench etc etc

My quads are killing and my knees are wrecked, got home and jumped in the car and walked and ran around 3 miles on southwold beach with the dog

4,380 · June 22, 2016

Unbeknownst to her, we've discovered our boss's Linkedin profile. Beyond the usual management keyword shite (hilariously describing herself as popular and a good leader, whereas she is actually as welcome and useful as a dose of thrush), but also a recommendation from another manager in the building describing the work we do as "mundane, at times bordering on unpleasant". Nice huh?

6,277 · June 22, 2016

I drove to Rotherham to pick up a lathe I've bought for a birthday pressie for kinky girl. (yes, I know I'm too romantic). Machine is better than I was expecting, so loaded in car and came home happy.

Except unloading it realised I was short 1 vital component. tried phoning man, phone switched off. Nothing for it but another drive back and hope he's around. Fortunately he was, and part located in his shed. So no real harm other than 4 passes thru 50 mph M1 roadworks.

9,692 · June 23, 2016

Lathe for a birthday present? You brave brave man. Not some kinky thing though is it? Never knew lathes had other uses?!

130,937 · June 23, 2016

One of the drivers at work was telling us how he broke down a long, love by way from home. He rang his company who said his truck wouldn't be fixed for a few days, so he asked for a lift back to be arranged. 'That's not our problem, it's yours. Find your own way home'

What a shit house load of wankers, I'd have got it fixed and driven the bastard into the sea.

17,069 · June 23, 2016

I can't get to work. Trains stuffed because of floods and the two main roads to London are also closed so can't drive either. Plus when I do get there the tubes are struggling.

Why a grump? No work equals no pay. I can't WFH as all my stuff is in the office and I have to get in as I am at a black tie do later and can't miss it. Driving would be better as otherwise I have to get a cab home at midnight (no trains after 11.30) and can't leave any earlier. Fucksticks. Could get a hotel room or book an Uber but will have to be out of my own pocket as have been told I won't get reimbursed for it. Central London hotel rates? Don't ask...

Plus my extended contract has been put on hold until after the referendum result. Reason? If we vote out it won't be renewed as the company will be making immediate cuts. As it runs out next Wednesday I could become one of the first casualties of a Brexit. Fucking whoop-de-doo

9,692 · June 23, 2016

Sat in doctors surgery. God awful miserable place. Really don't like docs or hospitals but it has to be done. Appointment already 20 mins late and to top it off Kate bush warbling Wuthering heights on the radio

20,915 · June 23, 2016

One of the drivers at work was telling us how he broke down a long, love by way from home. He rang his company who said his truck wouldn't be fixed for a few days, so he asked for a lift back to be arranged. 'That's not our problem, it's yours. Find your own way home'

What a shit house load of wankers, I'd have got it fixed and driven the bastard into the sea.

My grandad had that problem in the mid 1960s. He "acquired" a Series 1 Jaguar E-Type and used that to commute back the Leeds.

The police however did notice that there was a Jag E-Type reported missing that turned up on a street of back-to-backs in Leeds which was usually populated by Ford Pops and Standard 8s and he went to prison for a surprisingly long time, they didn't mess about in the 60s when it came to motor theft, clearly.

6,277 · June 23, 2016

Lathe for a birthday present? You brave brave man. Not some kinky thing though is it? Never knew lathes had other uses?!

She likes wood Though I think she's more thinking making bowls n stuff than giant wooden butt plugs. Prolly easier to sell the latter on etsy.

18,091 · June 23, 2016

well work is still shit,

and the A/c in office broke too, so its nice and sweaty sat here waiting for death....

and this morning the battery light has started to flicker on the Rover, not at idling but when the car is accelerating. oh joy, what fresh hell can that be?

that will be the alternator on its way out then.

fantastic....

I can see that car been called to the great car park in the sky sooner rather than later,.

oh and work s so utterly UTTERLY shit I've written my resignation letter too, so all been well i'll be out of work come the end of next month.

does anyone want to buy an XJ6? - no, no I didn't think there would be.....

5,965 · June 23, 2016

I can't get to work. Trains stuffed because of floods and the two main roads to London are also closed so can't drive either. Plus when I do get there the tubes are struggling.

Why a grump? No work equals no pay. I can't WFH as all my stuff is in the office and I have to get in as I am at a black tie do later and can't miss it. Driving would be better as otherwise I have to get a cab home at midnight (no trains after 11.30) and can't leave any earlier. Fucksticks. Could get a hotel room or book an Uber but will have to be out of my own pocket as have been told I won't get reimbursed for it. Central London hotel rates? Don't ask...

Plus my extended contract has been put on hold until after the referendum result. Reason? If we vote out it won't be renewed as the company will be making immediate cuts. As it runs out next Wednesday I could become one of the first casualties of a Brexit. Fucking whoop-de-doo

This sounds like a good way of making you vote in. Who's to say anything would change, at least straight away, for your company?

Oh and your bosses are bastards

28,720 · June 23, 2016

well work is still shit,

and the A/c in office broke too, so its nice and sweaty sat here waiting for death....

and this morning the battery light has started to flicker on the Rover, not at idling but when the car is accelerating. oh joy, what fresh hell can that be?

that will be the alternator on its way out then.

fantastic....

I can see that car been called to the great car park in the sky sooner rather than later,.

oh and work s so utterly UTTERLY shit I've written my resignation letter too, so all been well i'll be out of work come the end of next month.

does anyone want to buy an XJ6? - no, no I didn't think there would be.....

First: you and me both, except mine is spelt Saab...

Second: WELL DONE! Now all you have to do is hand it to someone who will take notice. Seriously, I'm glad you've done that.

Oh and XJ6? Yes please! But it'll have to be on tick...

18,091 · June 23, 2016

Could be a loose fan belt.

Ben

donno what is/was, it could well be a loos fan belt, but thi evening i've come back to the digs, with everything turned on (radio, A/C, back window heater) and some with me giving it some welly the flippin' thing has been as good as gold.

which means by the laws of autoshite the damn thing will strand me somewhere on the side of the motorway tomorrow when i try to get home.....

27,997 · June 23, 2016

Was it wet when it was playing up? Might be the belt slipping when it's got road spray on it. Any squealing when it was on?

18,091 · June 23, 2016

Was it wet when it was playing up? Might be the belt slipping when it's got road spray on it. Any squealing when it was on?

there was deffo no squealing from the belt, and while the road was damp, the car itself was, i think, dry.

well i think so, i wasn't really taking much notice (i didn't know that there was a test, the story of my life!!)

25,805 · June 23, 2016

You know when someone wants something from you and you go to some trouble to organise things, only for them to make excuses at the last moment and not turn up? So you carry... ooh, I don't know - say, AN XM TAILGATE and other shit... around in the car for ten days while they sort themselves out. Then, at the last moment, they make more excuses.

I am beyond pissed off. Thank you for listening.

5,965 · June 23, 2016

That's when you chuck the lot in the bin and think fuck em

12,114 · June 23, 2016

DO NOT chuck it in the bin. I might need it one day.

130,937 · June 23, 2016

Ooh look a roundabout with traffic lights, ooh look the lights have just gone green and there's not even anything coming from the other directions. Tell you what, I'll think I'll just brake and slow down a lot. Nice one, you massive piss faced spunk bubble.

6,277 · June 23, 2016

Delivered the lathe to kinky girl tonight, and she was most delighted. Came out of her flat, called the lift and it's like the saw movies. Lift is swimming in what looks very like blood. Going by bloody fingerprint there could well be a body on floor 13.

I took the other lift.

3,922 · June 23, 2016

She likes wood

FNARR FNARR

5,217 · June 24, 2016

I can't get to work. Trains stuffed because of floods and the two main roads to London are also closed so can't drive either. Plus when I do get there the tubes are struggling.
Why a grump? No work equals no pay. I can't WFH as all my stuff is in the office and I have to get in as I am at a black tie do later and can't miss it. Driving would be better as otherwise I have to get a cab home at midnight (no trains after 11.30) and can't leave any earlier. Fucksticks. Could get a hotel room or book an Uber but will have to be out of my own pocket as have been told I won't get reimbursed for it. Central London hotel rates? Don't ask...
Plus my extended contract has been put on hold until after the referendum result. Reason? If we vote out it won't be renewed as the company will be making immediate cuts. As it runs out next Wednesday I could become one of the first casualties of a Brexit. Fucking whoop-de-doo

Sorry Parky, it's the rules.... M3 Page 11. The ballast shifts then the rails splay (worst case scenario).

http://consultation.rssb.co.uk/consultation/ConsultationFile.ashx?ConsultationFileID=4013

25,805 · June 24, 2016

So.

Time to buy a Volvo and move to Scotland.

25,805 · June 24, 2016

DO NOT chuck it in the bin. I might need it one day.

Do you have anywhere I can store it? Probate is imminent and MiL's gaff goes on the market soon.

9,795 · June 24, 2016

So.

Time to buy a Volvo and move to Scotland.

I fear we're royally fucked..........................

12,114 · June 24, 2016

Do you have anywhere I can store it? Probate is imminent and MiL's gaff goes on the market soon.

Working on a storage facility as I type.

20,065 · June 24, 2016

Why is vehicle ventilation so difficult to get right? I drive a newish Sprinter nearly every day and the fresh air ventilation is woeful in this weather. Jumping back into my own van which is an old rebadged SEAT with a box on the back, its ventilation seems like ice cold air con in comparison.

27,025 · June 24, 2016

Why is vehicle ventilation so difficult to get right? I drive a newish Sprinter nearly every day and the fresh air ventilation is woeful in this weather. Jumping back into my own van which is an old rebadged SEAT with a box on the back, its ventilation seems like ice cold air con in comparison.

I agree! With mine, if it's hot I turn off the vents and open the windows. I swear to god the blowers are actually always blowing warm air even if set to cold. It's really noticeable too, I thought it was just me.

6,824 · June 24, 2016

Rovers acting up. Someone just bashed the mirror and cracked it. Needs a new caliper and now a wheel bearing is making funny noises. Your about to fix one thing then another thing breaks

15,584 · June 24, 2016

Why is vehicle ventilation so difficult to get right? I drive a newish Sprinter nearly every day and the fresh air ventilation is woeful in this weather. Jumping back into my own van which is an old rebadged SEAT with a box on the back, its ventilation seems like ice cold air con in comparison.

I have a feeling that it has something to do with aerodynamics - i.e. the more aerodynamic a car is, the harder it is to get decent ventillation. I learned this when reading about the VW X1 concept which has a coefiicient of drag of something like 0.15 but shit ventillation. If you have complete focus on making a vehicle more aerodynamic, you have to ruin the ventilation to get it.

or conversely, that good ventilation compromises aerodynamics quite severely and therefore gets binned off as an 'easy win' in the pursuit of better aerodynamicss

I appreciate we are talking about a big van here, but I bet that merc spent quite a bit of time and money making it slippery all the same so they could get good aerodynamics, therefore better fuel consumption, therefore lower tax, therefore higher company vehicle sales - al at the expense of good fresh air ventillation for occupants

An older vehicle will tend to be less strangled by this sort of thing and therefore be more likely to have ventillation which actually works

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