The grumpy thread

[NorfolkNWeigh]

When I was on jury service (1973) the case against a 46 year old 'man' was dismissed because the 13 year old daughter of his landlord had, the judge thought, been a willing participant in full sex. Such a decision would, hopefully, be unthinkable today.

Unfortunately, similarly blatant cases of abuse now fail to even make it to the courts if there is the possibility the miscreants have cultural grounds for committing it.

Hopefully unthinkable......

Things like this and decisions as mystifying are happening everyday. A mate's* wife is a Social Worker and some of the sub-human scum she encounters who have got away with horrendous things through lack of evidence or because the 4 year old child is so traumatised ( by for example being passed around its father's friends until he thought it was dead, then dumped in a skip, luckily the Biffa man heard what he thought was a kitten) and can't speak for 2 years ,so that they get away with it, then a judge gives them access to their other children. Mr Childrapist then knows his rights* and complains to the Council that Social Workers who have to supervise the contact are not respectful enough.

 

Of course some people would harbour thoughts involving blow lamps, cordless angle grinders and shovels, she is far to professional to ever be talking to him and thinking what could happen with just one word from her......."

[eddyramrod]

I've met her parents and I've never smoked since. Not that I smoked before.

I've never smoked, nor have I ever met Edith Bowman or any member of her family (AFAIK).

[Cavcraft]

I don't really fancy doing jury service, so if it ever comes up I'll just 'Oh, alright Dave, how are you?' to the defendant then go home and have two weeks off work, ringing them occasionally to say I've found some people guilty of something. 

[Kiltox]

Went from 20 a day to vaping - probably "smoke" as much as I always did but breathe a lot better and spend less money

 

Probably still killing myself - give no fucks

[MarvinsMom]

have smoked for 20 odd years, maybe 3 or 4 spitty little rollies a day. and that is when i'm at the digs, i smoke lass at home.

 

so i spend £4-odd quid a week cos a 25g packet of baccy will last me a week or more.

 

but have been trying the vape thing, and other than a sore throat i find it don't really do much for me, save give me a sore throat.

 

i don't feel any sort of hit, or mellow feeling like off of tabs. been using the medium fluid, and it while it tastes frankly, better and smells nicer, i din't get a worth while buzz which is a bit shit.

 

bugger.

[meggersdog]

Quiting smoking is easy.All you need to do is get yourself a bout of pneumonia and be hospitalised for four days.After feeling like death for a few days when the doctor comes round and tells you it might be a good idea to quit smoking you listen.When I came out of hospital I had three fags that night and haven't smoked since.That was five years ago and I don't miss it nor do I get cravings but I have put on half a stone in that five years though.

[richardmorris]

I've no idea how hard it is as I've never smoked. My 2cv mechanic friend smoked like a chimney and then had a hypnotherapy session and hasn't smoked one since. Says he's had no cravings or substituted it with sweets etc. Must be at least 10 years now, so it's not a short term solution.

[DeeJay]

It's easy to pack in the smokes, I've done it loads of times.

 

 

 

 

I'll get me coat.

[Cavcraft]

(Pointless reality telly show bollocks) I haven't got a passport or owt, but I'm currently about .000000002 nano seconds away from going to Italy, finding Brendan's coach and punching the absolute shit of that bastard Alex and paying a woman to smash Rochelle's face in with a barrage of house bricks dipped in dog shit.

[garbaldy]

I don't really fancy doing jury service, so if it ever comes up I'll just 'Oh, alright Dave, how are you?' to the defendant then go home and have two weeks off work, ringing them occasionally to say I've found some people guilty of something.

Or against everyone's advice writing them a letter that may or may not have contained lies and successfully being let of the hook, ðŸ˜

[Cheggers]

Jury service update...After a day and a bit of comically vague testimony from the supposed wronged party (basically 2 pissed people alone in a bedroom, did she or did she not consent to being fingered. Classy), the prosecution rightly decide they have no chance of winning so the case is dropped.

 

We return to the jury room to be told that's it we're not needed again and can go home and not come back. While it should be a grin, there are 12 people who have rearranged their lives to provide 2 weeks public service sent home on Tuesday lunchtime. Based on my very short experience of the judicial system, it's frighteningly archaic and inefficient.

 

In happier news we went to the pub after being dismissed and I probably won't tell work I'm done for a few days.

[jakebullet]

Ebay jizzmopper time:

 

The pool ball you've supplied is not a genuine standard size pool ball. I know this as I have a league pool table in my home and a No. 1 pool ball in my T5.
I don't really want leave you negative feedback without your reply, please advise ASAP.

 

Told cuntface it's a 2 inch ball as stated on the item listing. Measure it if you don't believe me.

 

Well it looks like it's off a kids pool table. Fair enough, I gave you the chance to rectify.

 

FFS, I've been drilling these bastard things for eleven years and nobody else has managed to not know how big 2 inches is. I'm also annoyed I've missed the chance to tell pineapple boy to put it next to his cock n it'll look like a huge ball then. Never mind, he'll be getting a free* argos catalogue or three.

[Kiltox]

Urgh. Fuck eBay.

[plasticvandan]

Ive never smoked.

Could never see the point of buying something for £7 then setting fire to it.

Missus used to smoke but stopped in 2000 by just not buying them again!!

Don't buy petrol then?

[Pillock]

Can't really figure out why jury service is run the way it is.

If you force me to do something, I'll do the worst possible job - and I think that's just human nature.

Perhaps a system where you can sign up for dates that work for you rather than being told would be better. I think everyone needs to do it but it's quite naive to think everyone can just drop work for two weeks.

[michael1703]

I got a letter saying I'd been selected for jury service, I threw it in the bin and never heard anymore about it

[Bren]

Theresa May. Has anybody seen our PM? I did'nt think it was possible for somebody to make George Osborne look high profile. She got the job and no bastard has seen her. Maybe the media have no airtime for her - too busy kicking the shit out of Corbyn and Labour.

Politics has taken a sinister turn in this country.

[beko1987]

I imagine jury service fucks up one man band businesses

 

My stepdad did it a few years ago, had to use his credit card (which he never ever does) to buy the train tickets cos he couldn't afford them, then claim it back or something. And it went on for 2 weeks longer, his work were understanding I think but it could easily cause issues if not I expect

[Tickman]

Jury service...

I saw your first mention and remembered my call for civic duty, I was all 'well they will obviously be guilty as they are in court' I then got to court to be told it was a murder case and I thought 'fuck, I really don't want this'   Luckily I was not picked so my jury service was about 15 minutes!

[eddyramrod]

I don't know how anyone does jury service.  I've been in the public gallery in a couple of courts, and a prosecution witness once, and I can't imagine how anyone stays awake!  There's no sarky humour like Judge Rinder, there's no impassioned pleading like Jack Lemmon in "How To Murder Your Wife;" it's all calm, quiet, reasoned arguments with more downtime than a cricket match.

 

Quite apart from persuading one's boss that he can't take the two weeks out of my holiday allowance, which is already booked right up.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Not looked in this thread in a bit. 3 hours later and I wish I hadn't

 

 

Frontera in for test today. Failed. Only to be expected as I'm getting proper pissed off with the wankers at the garage I normally use. All minor faults* but they've fucked about with the ST and it's still making a mystery noise.

 

Anyway the faults*, wipers not clearing screen. Utter bollocks they're spot on. Fog light not working on drivers side (apparently that's the only side it has to work on, which is a new one on me.

But the main annoying one was "front registration plate likely to be misread". What on the same plate you passed it with last year

Yeah it's a bit cracked but hardly unreadable.

 

So gets a new one, it's fucking ugly

 

Waste of a tenner and I've still to get some wipers as the one spare I had is too short.

[Noel Tidybeard]

I'll have you know that the Bentley is costing me nothing at the moment! It can't it's locked in my garage and even it can't cost me anything when locked away and not used! 

 

 

that's what you think!

[Rusty_Rocket]

Time to find a new MoT place, Alabama.. I've been going to the same garage for mots for twenty years. They understand old cars, they know I'll never take the mickey- it's a good working relationship!

[Parky]

Am on holiday. Thoroughly enjoying immersing myself in local culture.

 

However my digestive system has gone all Little Englander on me and has decided that anything different is obviously bad. Fucksticks

[Sheefag]

There's your mistake right there. Never eat the Fucksticks.

[Parky]

I wouldn't mind if I was somewhere exotic but I am in Sweden FFS!!! Been here three days and the SVM would have passed out long before now

 

Some chod has been sighted but it's not exactly Mauretania....

[dugong]

I don't post on the Dolomite forum anymore because my cars are too shit and they'll tell me I need new sills but I can't afford £250 worth of panels + weldage and paint, so they aren't getting new sills, they're getting patched to MOT standard. Yes, the rear doors scuff a bit if you open them with the car jacked up. I suspect the vast majority of Dolomites that haven't been restored or lived mollycoddled lives suffer from the same problem.

I mean I'd love to carry out a full body restoration on my £850 car that would be worth £1200 when it's finished and cost £5k but its just not going to happen. It's not going to snap in half and if you crash a Dolomite you're going to be well fucked regardless of sill strength when modern cars are the size and weight of a Leyland Olympian.

 

I dunno', I have to wonder whether somebody of my social class/financial state belongs in the "classic" world. My main goal is to simply keep the cars on the road as much as possible but is that really enough? I feel like I'm doing a disservice but is anybody else is going to want to restore the 1850HL? There isn't a single straight/rust free panel on it and it's a high mile example of a financially worthless model of car. The 1300 is prettier but thats just the result of long term giffer ownership, it's still crusty in (mostly non-structural) places and is in even worse shape engine-wise.

 

Forward progress is happening for the first time in over a year but sometimes think the money and effort I put in simply isn't enough. It's all a bit "scraping an MOT pass in 1991", but 25 years late.

Do you like the car and want to keep it?

 

If it's a cheque book competition, you're probably right to get out of there.

Showing my own cars at car shows (particularly that fucking Amazon) doesn't interest me in the slightest any more.

 

Talk to me about your own car and I'm all ears; tell me what you reckon's wrong with mine and I'm gone.

[danthecapriman]

I got a letter saying I'd been selected for jury service, I threw it in the bin and never heard anymore about it

My mate at work did the same thing and nothing happened. Isn't it a legal requirement you attend if asked? I'm sure he said there were threats of getting in deep shit if you didn't respond or turn up. Clearly a load of of bullshit.

 

That's what I'm going to do if I ever get called up! Can't be arsed with all that shit.

[DeeJay]

 

 

Are you feeding your pet croc a sandwich?

[Pillock]

Naked, pert-breasted woman vet with a Minecraft head checks an alligator's teeth.