The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

I'm with Three on a Samsung thing, and it got really bad recently - dropping calls all the flipping time in the house, which has never happened in the six previous years of living here. Thankfully, they've improved the Three In Touch app which works over wi-fi, otherwise, it had become pretty much unusable. I did flag it as an issue and they claimed to have done something to the mast. It made no difference, though it was hard to tell. They said "have you seen any improvement in the past few days?" to which I replied "No, because you told me to use the Three In Touch app!"

[bub2006]

Some weirdo mini-cab driver who upset my daughter today. Big mistake that.

Give us a shout if you need an alibi.

[saucedoctor]

Some weirdo mini-cab driver who upset my daughter today. Big mistake that.

 

Report the driver to his firm. When I was co-owner of Harbour Taxis, we had a woman come into the office in tears. One of our drivers (who was generally a bit dour) had been very rude to this woman and her kids (told them to hurry up etc.). I called his Mike number and called him in. Heard his side of the story, knew he was bluffing and sacked him on the spot. I took the radio and sign out off/off his car myself, and made him give his liveried jacket back, too.

 

Any self respecting taxi firm will do the same if their driver is out of order. An operator's licence is hard enough to come by, you don't need dickheads giving you a bad name.

 

Edited to add: our driver swore, now that I think about it. Fair enough if your fare is a big hairy bloke who's had a few beers and you're saying "Aye, I saw that, Leeds United were fucking shit today", but you don't swear in front of, much less at, children.

[danthecapriman]

I did a full service on my sisters 54 reg Fiesta 1.25 today.

Fuck was it humid and uncomfortable here today. I was sweating like hell, ended up with a stinking head ache then at the end picked up my trolley jack to put it away and did my back in again! Quiet next few days for me then.

 

 

Weirdly, when I changed the plugs on this thing I pulled the HT leads out of the little holes in the rocker cover between the cams and the gap the plugs all sit in was filled to the brim with water!?

It was cleanish water, not antifreeze or oil or anything and have no idea why it was there. There's no cooling pipes near it or anything. I can only guess it's lots of condensation that can't evaporate out of the gap and just builds up over time? Bit of a surprise though.

[Kiltox]

I did a full service on my sisters 54 reg Fiesta 1.25 today.

Fuck was it humid and uncomfortable here today. I was sweating like hell, ended up with a stinking head ache then at the end picked up my trolley jack to put it away and did my back in again! Quiet next few days for me then.

 

 

Weirdly, when I changed the plugs on this thing I pulled the HT leads out of the little holes in the rocker cover between the cams and the gap the plugs all sit in was filled to the brim with water!?

It was cleanish water, not antifreeze or oil or anything and have no idea why it was there. There's no cooling pipes near it or anything. I can only guess it's lots of condensation that can't evaporate out of the gap and just builds up over time? Bit of a surprise though.

Washer jets are letting water in.

 

Needs sorting because it corrodes the core plugs and that water becomes coolant (and causes a misfire either way)

 

I believe there is a revised part or you can silicone it

[Stanky]

Humidity was ridiculous Dan, I was repairing a mower earlier and must have sweated out about 3 pints of water! One of my soon-to-be-oily-rags teatowels was soaked through from mopping my bald bonce.

 

I had 4 pint glasses of weak squash to keep me hydrated and this felt like it was nowhere near enough. A heavy shower blew through at about 7pm which helped cool things down a bit - did it get as far as you?

[danthecapriman]

Washer jets are letting water in.

Needs sorting because it corrodes the core plugs and that water becomes coolant (and causes a misfire either way)

I believe there is a revised part or you can silicone it

How the hell does that happen!? Presumably it leaks out of a washer pipe and just runs into the gap? Thanks for that though, I'll look into it on google. I thought it was weird! That's a hell of a lot of condensation!

There was a lot of it in there, it was easily covering the plugs when I pulled the leads off. The leads were covered in manky stains and it did have an occasional miss fire, which has gone now the waters gone and dried out.

[Kiltox]

How the hell does that happen!? Presumably it leaks out of a washer pipe and just runs into the gap? Thanks for that though, I'll look into it on google. I thought it was weird! That's a hell of a lot of condensation!

There was a lot of it in there, it was easily covering the plugs when I pulled the leads off. The leads were covered in manky stains and it did have an occasional miss fire, which has gone now the waters gone and dried out.

I think rain water leaks through the bonnet

 

Currently dealing with the aftermath on a 1.4 except I have coolant in those wells not just manky water!

[danthecapriman]

Humidity was ridiculous Dan, I was repairing a mower earlier and must have sweated out about 3 pints of water! One of my soon-to-be-oily-rags teatowels was soaked through from mopping my bald bonce.

 

I had 4 pint glasses of weak squash to keep me hydrated and this felt like it was nowhere near enough. A heavy shower blew through at about 7pm which helped cool things down a bit - did it get as far as you?

Yeah I went through loads of water doing the service. I wasn't going to bother at first but decided to get it over with. I was soaked with sweat afterwards and had to get a cool shower.

 

We got the shower. I was sat outside eating loads off meat of the barbecue when it started very suddenly and very heavy! I saved the food but got wet.

[maxpower]

Update on my earlier grump... he is now tucked up down the nick after my kid caught him redhanded lobbing the stuff outta his window...Hooorayy!

[purplebargeken]

^^ Nice one

[Lord Sterling]

Bloody hell, what an absolute shambles driving in Birmingham yesterday was

 

Saw at least 2 accidents, one quite bad one which closed off the Hagley Road, (in fact both accidents were on the Hagley Road)

 

Then was nearly in one myself when some uetter dickhead in a Silver new shape Fiesta pulled out in front of me on a roundabout, I nearly T-boned his fucking car

[Royale80]

Washer jets are letting water in.

 

Needs sorting because it corrodes the core plugs and that water becomes coolant (and causes a misfire either way)

 

I believe there is a revised part or you can silicone it

Had exactly this on the wifes Focus-rotted out the core plugs - caused a misfire and blew the coil pack. Difficult to seal the washers-there's a gap between the washer and the bonnet--one tip I was given was to smear silicone grease around the washer periodically-seems to work!

 

Steve

[Mr A Lawrence]

Idiot/inexperienced drivers.....

 

Coming back from Rhyl air show yesterday and was "making progress" on the A55 when a shitting Peugeot full of young girls was in the middle of a line of about 6 cars when the driver decided to indicate and move out in one motion without looking/judging the speed of cars in the outside lane.

 

I braked, she swerved back in line the gave me the daggers when I carried on as if it was my fault!!!

 

Rhyl air show.....

 

Was a decent free day out and was looking forward to the Battle of Britain memorial fly by of a spitfire, hurricane and a Lancaster.

 

3.30 came and went then it was announced that, due to bad weather at where ever they were taking off from it was cancelled!!

 

Loads of people left after that.

 

Imagine if bad weather had grounded them in 1941 we'd all be speaking German now.

 

Grump over.

[Tamworthbay]

'Puts pedant mode on' - lots of days flying was lost in the war due to poor weather, during the Battle of Britain I bet they prayed for it for a bit of respite. Some aerodromes were notoriously bad and saw reduced usage due to it. Several projects researching 'weather manipulation' were undertaken in the hope of affecting German aerodromes but I don't know of any that were successful but the yanks seeded clouds on an industrial scale in Vietnam to affect the weather (although not with the intent of grounding aircraft as far as I am aware).

 

Edit: for anyone interested there is a good article on the yanks attempts here:

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-secret-weather-manipulation-program-of-the-vietnam-1689249533

I bet they nicked the idea off some British bloke sat in a shitty office in Basingstoke, or somewhere equally as grim, and looking out at it pissing down again.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Oh.

 

Maybe my expectations of an 80 year old plane dancing for me for free were a bit high.

[Cavcraft]

We were going to go but my good lady wife CBA waiting until 5.20pm for the Red Arrows to be there.

[Mr A Lawrence]

They have just literally flown over my house..

 

So low they made the dogs bark!!

[danthecapriman]

The Mercury wouldn't start this afternoon, which has really pissed me off after all the work it's had.

I had a look at the fuel filter after a lot of cranking and it's empty. So the fuel isn't getting from the tank to the engine.

I've just thought back to when I last used it a couple of weeks ago and I put £40 in it then drove it. There's no way I'd used all of that £40 worth of fuel and I remember the gauge was sat at just under a quarter when I got home.

So, I've just been out and under the car. Knocking on the bottom of the fuel tank it sounds empty to me.

 

I know I've not used all that fuel and can't see any evidence of leaks. The only things I can think of are it's evaporated in the recent hot weather or someone's nicked it (no locking fuel cap) but I think this might be a bit over the top. Or maybe the fuel gauge isn't very accurate. But I'm positive I've not used all of the fuel that was in it. I'm baffled!

Tomorrow I'll go get a gerry can full of unleaded and see what happens.

[twosmoke300]

Humidity was ridiculous Dan, I was repairing a mower earlier and must have sweated out about 3 pints of water! One of my soon-to-be-oily-rags teatowels was soaked through from mopping my bald bonce.

 

I had 4 pint glasses of weak squash to keep me hydrated and this felt like it was nowhere near enough. A heavy shower blew through at about 7pm which helped cool things down a bit - did it get as far as you?

You should worry - I did a three hour motorcycle enduro in it today ! Sweaty doesn't even come close

[Tamworthbay]

People who think spending a grand on their car makes it worth a grand more than a comparable one, firstly I expect someone to maintain a car and secondly, why would I want to pay extra because you fitted a stupid exhaust? Looked good in the pics too.........

[UmBongo]

A bike fell off a Corsa's roof on the M8 today. Could have been very nasty.

 

Later, In East Lothian I saw a nice looking Trans AM - Bandit car - driving towards Edinburgh.

 

Laterer, I saw the same car broken doon on the side of the A1 with recovery truck in attendance.

 

Oh well.

[Timewaster]

The Mercury wouldn't start this afternoon, which has really pissed me off after all the work it's had.

I had a look at the fuel filter after a lot of cranking and it's empty. So the fuel isn't getting from the tank to the engine.

I've just thought back to when I last used it a couple of weeks ago and I put £40 in it then drove it. There's no way I'd used all of that £40 worth of fuel and I remember the gauge was sat at just under a quarter when I got home.

So, I've just been out and under the car. Knocking on the bottom of the fuel tank it sounds empty to me.

I know I've not used all that fuel and can't see any evidence of leaks. The only things I can think of are it's evaporated in the recent hot weather or someone's nicked it (no locking fuel cap) but I think this might be a bit over the top. Or maybe the fuel gauge isn't very accurate. But I'm positive I've not used all of the fuel that was in it. I'm baffled!

Tomorrow I'll go get a gerry can full of unleaded and see what happens.

Your mum has been cruisin while you were at work?

[Cavcraft]

If anyone on here ever becomes Prime Miniister I'll pay you to let me make a law where anyone on a 'talent' show gets shot up the Khyber with a ball bearing machine gun if they have a sob story. Fuck off, you talentless gobshites.

[danthecapriman]

Your mum has been cruisin while you were at work?

Someone has been!

I refuse to believe the entire £40 of petrol just happened to run out as I pulled up on the drive after 50 miles. Even by this things standards that really is horrific mpg.

[EssDeeWon]

If anyone on here ever becomes Prime Miniister I'll pay you to let me make a law where anyone on a 'talent' show gets shot up the Khyber with a ball bearing machine gun if they have a sob story. Fuck off, you talentless gobshites.

 

Someone at work reminded me that x factor is back next week and runs to Christmas. Being in and having that shit on every Saturday drives you to drink!

 

Thats my excuse anyway.

[beko1987]

If anyone on here ever becomes Prime Miniister I'll pay you to let me make a law where anyone on a 'talent' show gets shot up the Khyber with a ball bearing machine gun if they have a sob story. Fuck off, you talentless gobshites.

Im gonna be on a talent show, no sob story though, and I was dignified in my failure and went back to my dressing room and emptied the fridge of drinks into my backpack...

[hairnet]

We were going to go but my good lady wife needed the pub

[hairnet]

If anyone on here ever becomes Prime Miniister I'll pay you to let me make a law where anyone on a 'talent' show gets shot up the Khyber with a ball bearing machine gun if they have a sob story. Fuck off, you talentless gobshites.

no kill the twats that think this shit up

[Cavcraft]

 

We were going to go but my good lady wife needed the pub

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And don't I know about it