The grumpy thread

[Sheefag]

Is that in Wales?

[purplebargeken]

Yes

[Sheefag]

YOU LYING GET!

 

[adw1977]

My main goal is to simply keep the cars on the road as much as possible but is that really enough?

Yes!

[Captain Furious]

Not really a grump, more of a 'well that's just typical me innit'

 

I can't do DIY at all, I fucking hate it and I'm crap at it. Even still, my mum keeps tasking me with 'do you think you could just...’ jobs whenever I'm there. Today was a blind she'd ordered for the landing 'could you just put the brackets up, it's only two screws'

 

What could go wrong with that? Well, apart from getting an inch in and then hitting the lintel, which her two speed cordless drill and chocolate Lidl drill bit set had no chance of penetrating. So after about an hour of polishing the surface, her turning the house upside down because ’she's sure she's seen a drill bit round here somewhere’ it was called off, yet another DIY failure under my belt

 

So feeling great about that, next, the carpet is up on the landing while some bits are being decorated, so she asks 'could you just put a couple of screws in these floorboards because they creak' She proudly produced a new variety box of self tapping wood screws that she'd bought from whatever jumble sale she was last at, which promptly rounded off at the very first hint of tightening. So that 2 minute job turned into a fucking ordeal as well fetching out rounded off screws with pliers 1/8th turn at a time and having to drill pilot holes with her equally shonky drill set

 

FFS stop buying shit just because it's cheap!

 

Left in a right huff

[purplebargeken]

It was until 'the Great Boundary Scandal' of 1969. 

[MarvinsMom]

Not really a grump, more of a 'well that's just typical me innit'

 

I can't do DIY at all, I fucking hate it and I'm crap at it. Even still, my mum keeps tasking me with 'do you think you could just...’ jobs whenever I'm there. Today was a blind she'd ordered for the landing 'could you just put the brackets up, it's only two screws'

 

What could go wrong with that? Well, apart from getting an inch in and then hitting the lintel, which her two speed cordless drill and chocolate Lidl drill bit set had no chance of penetrating. So after about an hour of polishing the surface, her turning the house upside down because ’she's sure she's seen a drill bit round here somewhere’ it was called off, yet another DIY failure under my belt

 

So feeling great about that, next, the carpet is up on the landing while some bits are being decorated, so she asks 'could you just put a couple of screws in these floorboards because they creak' She proudly produced a new variety box of self tapping wood screws that she'd bought from whatever jumble sale she was last at, which promptly rounded off at the very first hint of tightening. So that 2 minute job turned into a fucking ordeal as well fetching out rounded off screws with pliers 1/8th turn at a time and having to drill pilot holes with her equally shonky drill set

 

FFS stop buying shit just because it's cheap!

 

Left in a right huff

 

you are me.... AICMFP

[Captain Furious]

I was actually looking forward to a few beers tonight, but DIY has left me so physically and emotionally drained I'm not sure I can face it

 

Feel bad for her really, she sees all this tat being offered in the deals section of local supermarkets and buys it, well intentioned, thinking 'that'll come in handy one day'. But doesn't realise that there are tools, and then there are supermarket bargain section tools.

 

I still have a spanner set she got me as a present for starting my first ever job, or rather, I still have a set of half rings and prongs.

[saucedoctor]

My Dad's like that. While very practical, he always buys cheap shit (like BlackSpur drill bits) and then spends a whole day doing something that should take an hour tops. I'm no Tommy Walsh, but I've "lightly restored" a few houses, and one of the first hard lessons I learned was "Don't buy cheap drill bits or screws". Dad was putting up a Velux blind in my sister's house and it all went to ratshit due to said Shiny Shit From China©®. He came round and got my Makita drill bits, PROPER Rawlplugs and those very high quality screws that they make in Newtownards (can't remember  the name). Job done in no time. I get that sort of stuff from our local builders suppliers, and it's not that dear to begin with, and works out a whole lot cheaper long-term.

 

One of the guys at Sullatober Building Supplies told me once: "We don't sell cheap stuff. Big hairy builders get pissed off when stuff doesn't work, or breaks"

[Cavcraft]

Feel your pain at the DIY shizzles. I did make a Frank Spencer-esque rabbit run which is still going after about 4 years though. Based on that raging success, I'm going to get some old (free) pallets and try and make some bird boxes out of them. 

[Captain Furious]

I can't even remember what brand these drill bits were, but half way through she said (obviously thinking it was me that was the issue in this equation) 'it's not the drill bits, these weren't cheap ones from Lidl'

 

So I googled them and the first place that came up selling them...Lidl. We did both have a laugh about that which lightened the mood temporarily..

 

Bad workman always blames his tools, in this case it was definitely both.

[saucedoctor]

Pallets are GR9. My mate gets them free from one of his suppliers, chops em up and burns them in his wood burner stove/boiler thing. He gave me some of them, and I made some mini-decking for a mate's wee back yard from them. Sprayed the finished article with that Cuprinol stuff that's the same colour as Dale Winton and it looks grand, even if I do say so myself.

[Richard]

I can't even remember what brand these drill bits were, but half way through she said (obviously thinking it was me that was the issue in this equation) 'it's not the drill bits, these weren't cheap ones from Lidl'

 

So I googled them and the first place that came up selling them...Lidl. We did both have a laugh about that which lightened the mood temporarily..

 

Bad workman always blames his tools, in this case it was definitely both.

 

It seems to me that you'd get on a lot better if you bought tools and she used them.

[Captain Furious]

Not a bad idea that

[jakebullet]

Grade 2 listed building you say? Prime town centre plot otherwise? If only there could be some tragic accident*

 

 

This was Thursday. It's still standing, and there's still a big exclusion zone around it that is a total ballache if you want to drive anywhere.

 

It would be amusing if they made them rebuild it, but it looks very fucked. All the floors are gone, just the walls left.

[rainagain]

Bought my son a Hornby loco and some wagons from ebay. The Excellent condition' loco has the power bogie broken. Contacted seller he is denying it was like that when he posted it. He sounds genuine but I can't see how it could have gotten damaged in transit as it was well packaged. He's refusing to offer any money back saying it doesn't look like the loco he posted. Its crazy but I even though I know I can get a full refund easily through PayPal I feel bad about doing it. He sent it myHermes which might explain it.

[Captain Furious]

Grade 2 listed by the council of Chernobyl?

[saucedoctor]

8'x4'. Truckload. Job jobbed.

[Lankytim]

I've often wondered about these fires in listed buildings. Do the owners/developers allow them to get into such a state that vandals get in and set fire to them, or do they actually pay someone to go round and smash them up/burn them like in that film "batteries not included"

[Captain Furious]

I've often wondered whether fires occur in listed buildings just after they've been refused planning permission for new housing estates

 

But I'm a cynical kinda guy

[DeeJay]

I've often wondered about these fires in listed buildings. Do the owners/developers allow them to get into such a state that vandals get in and set fire to them, or do they actually pay someone to go round and smash them up/burn them like in that film "batteries not included"

That's how it seems to happens in Liverpool.

[eddyramrod]

My pay was down this month, after having half of it off-sick.  OK, fair enough.  However, I'm my own worst enemy... I've, er, managed to buy some 1/18 scale cars and some clothing items on ebay.  All goes through one of my credit cards, which are both fairly loaded.  Of course the moment the cars arrive MrsR goes bananas about me spending money we don't have.  She's correct, which makes it worse.  But that isn't even the worst thing.  All four deliveries arrived on different days, so I got it all over again.  And again, and again.

 

On the upside, I now have a Starsky Torino in one of my cabinets!

[Captain Furious]

Need to see pics of deliveries before we can pass judgement on purchase validity

[Ghosty]

I lurk on a building/planning/city development forum sometimes, and from what I've read there it does appear that you can 'accidentally' make listed buildings go away.

[Tamworthbay]

I've often wondered whether fires occur in listed buildings just after they've been refused planning permission for new housing estates

But I'm a cynical kinda guy

The old Norton pub in Brum had a big fire shortly after planning was refused to knock it down and build a supermarket, guess what it is now?

 

Make of that what you will.

[chaseracer]

There used to be a hotel in central Cannock called The Hollies.  It was a lovely listed Victorian building and was THE place to hold your posh 'do'.  Domestic Management & I had our wedding reception there.  When the proprietor retired, he couldn't find a buyer for the going concern, so the hotel - with extensive gardens - was sold for development, with the proviso that the main building should be restored and converted, not demolished.  This meant that a couple fewer properties could be squeezed onto the site.

 

No prizes for guessing what happened.

 

However, the council was having none of it.  The developer was taken to court and had to reconstruct the main building to its original outward appearance and on its existing footprint.

[cros]

Grade 2 listed building you say? Prime town centre plot otherwise? If only there could be some tragic accident*

 

 

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This was Thursday. It's still standing, and there's still a big exclusion zone around it that is a total ballache if you want to drive anywhere.

 

It would be amusing if they made them rebuild it, but it looks very fucked. All the floors are gone, just the walls left.

We keep loosing all the good stuff and replacing it with garbage. Greed rules.

[purplebargeken]

Polish family next door are normally sound. The mum who keeps everyone on a short leash has gone to Poland for a couple of weeks as of last night.

 

Now...... they have other family over from Dutchland and the expressed volume has hit the fucking stratosphere. They do not appear to be able to have a conversation at anything like a reasonable level. They are winding the two dogs up so they are barking their brains out. I have a raging headache and am tempted to play german heavy metal at them on full volume just because.

 

Not in a happy place today. 

[Tamworthbay]

Polish family next door are normally sound. The mum who keeps everyone on a short leash has gone to Poland for a couple of weeks as of last night.

 

Now...... they have other family over from Dutchland and the expressed volume has hit the fucking stratosphere. They do not appear to be able to have a conversation at anything like a reasonable level. They are winding the two dogs up so they are barking their brains out. I have a raging headache and am tempted to play german heavy metal at them on full volume just because.

 

Not in a happy place today.

 

Nine inch nails, Happiness in slavery off Broken should do the trick one of my faves.

[Alfamale]

Grade 2 listed by the council of Chernobyl?

Nope, Barnsley. But they are pretty much the same to the casual observer.