The grumpy thread

[Cavcraft]

Someone was having a good old rant about the entire olypmics on the radio last week, just a huge moan and implying anyone who finished 5th was a failure etc.

What a load of bollocks, I'm not a fan of some of the sports but some people have probably worked since they could walk to perfect their sport and spend all their spare time practising. I expect some are a bit posh, but you can't knock their dedication and passion. Even to just make it to the olympics must be a massive, massive achievement so finishing last in the field is no shame.

[garbaldy]

It is that Mr cav but if its winning a gold for tiddlywinks then I shall be disagreeing

[Mr_Bo11ox]

this morning I've got ANOTHER bulb fail in the Rover, a back tail light in the cluster that I masiked onto the car YESTERDAY!!!!!

 

bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, shit, bollocks, damn.....

 

does anyone want a Rover 75?

 

no...

 

I thought not

"Old car in light bulb fail shocker - reaction, comment and analysis from round the world pages 1,2,3, 6-12 and 100 onwards"

[philibusmo]

this morning I've got ANOTHER bulb fail in the Rover, a back tail light in the cluster that I masiked onto the car YESTERDAY!!!!!

 

bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, shit, bollocks, damn.....

 

does anyone want a Rover 75?

 

no...

 

I thought not

Bloody Brussels, if it wasn't for EU directives on bulb life span then all bulbs in excellent BRITISH motor vehicles would last forever. It's also Corbyn and his comrades in the trade unions deliberately sabotaging bulbs to ruin the BRITISH motor industry.

[oldcars]

this morning I've got ANOTHER bulb fail in the Rover, a back tail light in the cluster that I masiked onto the car YESTERDAY!!!!!

 

bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, shit, bollocks, damn.....

 

does anyone want a Rover 75?

 

no...

 

I thought not

I have this on my saloon 75. Check there is no corrosion on the 5 pins that the connector thingy fits into. Two of mine had got rusty from the water feature mine has. Sanded them back and all is restored.

[oldcars]

Generally not interested in the Olympics, but I can appreciate the physical and mental strength it takes to compete in the vast majority of events. However, waking up this morning to find people celebrating a horse trotting around a field? Jesus wept

 i like watching that. Its nice and calming after a day dealing with the general public 

[dome]

Have you got his email address? If yes then http://www.mailbait.info/

 

No, but he should have received some strange text updates over the last day or so...

[trigger]

Mrs PBK has decided that we are going to Brighton for the day. Why Brighton? Fuck knows.

 

I really do not want to go, I cannot be arsed driving over to some poxy seaside Town and looking at a pier and the sea. 

 

I'd quite like to burn Choccywoccydoodah to the fucking ground.

 

I went to Choccywoccydoodah in Brighton a couple of years back, after having a double chocolate cake and a hot chocolate in the place i thought i was going to die, we went into the Pretty Green shop next door and accidentally farted, i seriously nearly shat myself, gased out the shop and made this random lady gag as she came into the shop after me. I was pretty proud of that.

[taxi paul]

For triggers problem chavs. In the old days of police scanners you could get new prepay sim card put it in your phone and then call police to report crime or suspicious activity and give the name of the chavs Has the informant. This then got relayed to the police radio and picked up on scanners and hey presto they would be considered a grass. Which in their world ain't good. Don't know if this still works in modern communication world. But has someone once said. If you cant physically beat them then have a go with your head.

[Supernaut]

Fucking road captains.

 

I was out for a blat about in the 316. It's a nice day, and I had some good music on. It's the kind of car that's got low power but good handling, so you can have a hell of a lot of fun within the speed limit (or just a gnat's ballsack over).

 

The number of people I encountered trundling along at 40mph on a perfectly clear, straight bit of NSL was staggering. The prize bellend was the red brand-new Astra I encountered though. Picture the scene: a straight, clear bit of NSL road, the Astra doing 40mph or thereabouts. I approach at 60mph, notice the road is clear, so without slowing down I just indicate and overtake. I look in my mirror and notice them gesticulating wildly and flashing their lights at me. A mile down the road is a 30mph zone. Naturally, I slow to 30mph. A few seconds later, who do I see screaming up behind me at 40mph then proceed to tailgate me? Mr Road Captain Astra Driver. Those sort of drivers need to GET IN THE FUCKING SEA.

 

I've noticed in the last couple of years though that overtaking in general seems to be more 'taboo', people seem too scared to overtake, and if I do, I get abuse for it. When I was learning back in 2005 both my dad and my instructor actively encouraged me to overtake anything that was doing less than about 45mph on an NSL road.

[anonymous user]

Generally not interested in the Olympics, but I can appreciate the physical and mental strength it takes to compete in the vast majority of events. However, waking up this morning to find people celebrating a horse trotting around a field? Jesus wept

I appreciate that dressage is not your thing, (not mine either), but I doubt that you realise the time and effort and skill involved in getting the horse to do that. It's about control and partnership with the horse, a little bit more than trotting around a field.

 

(Sorry I'm biased, as my disabled sister competes in para-dressage competitions  with the Britsh Dressage Association and has represented Wales)

[Sheefag]

I went to Choccywoccydoodah in Brighton a couple of years back, after having a double chocolate cake and a hot chocolate in the place i thought i was going to die, we went into the Pretty Green shop next door and accidentally farted, i seriously nearly shat myself, gased out the shop and made this random lady gag as she came into the shop after me. I was pretty proud of that.

 

And they say, romance is dead?

[richardmorris]

I think the horses should get medals as well as the riders!

[daveb47]

Just discovered that my local mot place has closed.

Got to find another tame one now.

Bugger...

[Sheefag]

Try this number Dave - 0303 123 9999

[danthecapriman]

This pissed me off big time!

 

I spent hours the other day washing, T cutting and polishing my Transit. Next to it is parked the Mercury, it too was washed and polished recently. Both were looking glorious, clean and shiny.

 

So imagine my rage when I notice something fluttering down from the sky! I thought it was a feather at first then looked up and there were literally millions of these black/grey things falling out the sky. I looked closer and it's fucking ash!

Some complete cunt head is burning massive amounts of paper in their garden near me. You can actually still read the print on some bits of it.

It's absolutely everywhere outside, all over the decking and garden table. Oh yes, and all over my beautifully clean cars!!

Why don't people think about wtf they're doing? If it was that bad over my house it must of been horrendous over theirs. I'm not sure your meant to be burning stuff like that in your garden anyway, not exactly garden waste is it!?

 

I'll have to go out later and try to dust it all off with some soft rags.

[Supernaut]

Got the E36 alloy wheels for sale on Scumtree. I got a text asking if the car was for sale too.

 

I couldn't help but reply with "...no."

 

IF THE CAR WAS FOR SALE I'D HAVE AN AD FOR THE FUCKING CAR. HNNNNGGGG DUUUURRR *belm*

[Sheefag]

I'll have to go out later and try to dust it all off with some soft rags.

 

Keep a couple back for yerself Dan!

[Captain Furious]

Council have resurfaced one of the roads on my route to work during the day with 10 gazillion stones, this is usually the pre-curser to them doing half the roads in the county within days of each other, barely leaving a single route where one can avoid stone chip and tar spot misery

 

Is it really too stretching on the budget to run a roller over the top afterwards?

[purplebargeken]

Fucking knobbing cunt of a knee/calf/ankle is hurting like a bastard, walking is bloody difficult and very obviously shit.

 

So why every 5 minutes have I got to get up to sort various things out? Why??

[Timewaster]

Caprimandan, perfect excuse to buy leaf blower. They're fun.

[dave21478]

Council have resurfaced one of the roads on my route to work during the day with 10 gazillion stones, this is usually the pre-curser to them doing half the roads in the county within days of each other, barely leaving a single route where one can avoid stone chip and tar spot misery

 

Is it really too stretching on the budget to run a roller over the top afterwards?

oh yeah.

 

High summer?

Peak tourism season?

Best repair* all the local roads by spray painting some piss-thin wet tar on then dump thousands of tons of gravel on it, spread it out a little and fuck off calling it job done, leaving the traffic to press the gravel down and eventually push the excess to the verge and middle of the road. 

All the cyclists and motorbike riders coming to the area for their summer holidays love* riding twisty country roads on loose gravel, and everyone who slightly cares about their cars loves* stone chips and tar splashes.

 

Its almost as good as the guys doing spot repairs on potholes who roam around in a transit tipper with a pile of tar in the back. When they see a pothole they just stop in the middle of the fucking road, no signs, no traffic control, not even a guy waving traffic to slow down.....You come round a corner at a reasonable speed and almost bowl over some fanny standing in the road leaning on a shovel or plow into their truck and they scream at you like its your fault.

They then "repair" the pothole by not bothering to clean out the debris in the bottm or the loose edges, throw in a lump of tar and pat it down with the back of the shovel, leaving it slightly proud of the surface and fuck off to the next one. This gets immediately squidged out of the hole by the next car to drive over it, leaving the surface even lumpier than it was before. 

 

Both are a total waste of time and money, yet they do it every year without fail. 

[Cavcraft]

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Amen, as a cyclist it's a bastard when they 'mend' the roads like that.

[chaseracer]

Tried to paint a bit of the Kia bumper where the paint had flaked off. Total mess, wish i had not bothered.

 

In a fit of misguided enthusiasm, I recently attacked the Blingo (not a straight panel on it; many small dents/scratches and one big'un) with a hairysole of Halfrauds' finest* Mediterranean Blue.  Actually looks a lot better, as long as you don't get closer than 6ft...

[jakebullet]

Discovered external door handle not working on the disco. Took door card off to find linkage has dropped off for no obvious reason. Simples* just need to push plastic clip back in and clip the link into it. An hour later my hands are cut to fuck and I'm no closer. Turns out you've got to pretty much strip the door to get enough room to reattach the fucker. Bet the locking motor dies next week now I've had it all apart.

[STUNO]

oh yeah.

 

High summer?

Peak tourism season?

Best repair* all the local roads by spray painting some piss-thin wet tar on then dump thousands of tons of gravel on it, spread it out a little and fuck off calling it job done, leaving the traffic to press the gravel down and eventually push the excess to the verge and middle of the road. 

All the cyclists and motorbike riders coming to the area for their summer holidays love* riding twisty country roads on loose gravel, and everyone who slightly cares about their cars loves* stone chips and tar splashes.

 

Its almost as good as the guys doing spot repairs on potholes who roam around in a transit tipper with a pile of tar in the back. When they see a pothole they just stop in the middle of the fucking road, no signs, no traffic control, not even a guy waving traffic to slow down.....You come round a corner at a reasonable speed and almost bowl over some fanny standing in the road leaning on a shovel or plow into their truck and they scream at you like its your fault.

They then "repair" the pothole by not bothering to clean out the debris in the bottm or the loose edges, throw in a lump of tar and pat it down with the back of the shovel, leaving it slightly proud of the surface and fuck off to the next one. This gets immediately squidged out of the hole by the next car to drive over it, leaving the surface even lumpier than it was before. 

 

Both are a total waste of time and money, yet they do it every year without fail. 

 

 

I thought my own beloved country was just about alone in doing this type of "repair" seems the only difference is that they use bigger stones here. Yes, I do have windscreen cover.

[BorniteIdentity]

This both irritated and amused me in equal measure yesterday.

 

I should first declare a personal interest in this, as my niece has cerebral palsy and uses both a chair and a mobility scooter.

 

But.

 

Why oh why does this van need TEN POINT THREE METERS of space left behind it?  I, better than many, understand that at times you need a little more space when you have a wheel chair.

 

But you don't need a runway.  Nor do you need more length than the actual vehicle itself left clear.

 

I honestly believe signs like this are really unhelpful.  I can't be the only person who looks at it and laughs.  It's just "noise".  

 

Let's just think about that.  10.3 meters.

 

 

wtAf

 

[STUNO]

^^^^^^ The sign has been changed from a generous 12 feet clearance to the obvious metric equivalent 10.3 metres.

Or something

[Mr_Bo11ox]

10.3 is very specific, is 10m no good then? 'Oh shit I need to back up by 0.3m'

[castros_bro]

This?