The grumpy thread

[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

.

 

And don't I know about it

[Timewaster]

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.

I make that about 6mpg, plus maybe a little leak and some evaporation in the hot weather.....

 

It's possible.

[Parky]

Not really a grump but just wanted to share this somewhere.

 

Got home today following a week in Stockholm. Bucket flights and airBNB for mucho cheapness relatively speaking. This morning me and Mrs P clean the place from top to bottom so it looks just as good as it did in the advert. Whilst checking upstairs, there was an almighty crash downstairs...

 

"What the hell was that?" Says I

 

"Erm, I think the ceiling just collapsed" says Mrs P.

 

Walking downstairs expecting to find a ceiling tile on the floor or something else minor I found this - a huge chunk of ceiling plaster had broken away (more like inch thick concrete) and missed Parky Jr by millimetres. The owners were horrified and mightily apologetic (I was worried they would somehow blame us but there is no way we could have done it). My first thought was a leaky shower but the only room above the damaged area was a study (which we didn't go in). Whilst pissed that the place was no longer as clean as it was, I was also mightily pleased that nobody was hurt - that stuff was heavy duty and would have brained Parky minor.

 

I still have no idea why this happened. Seriously weird. Overall it summed up a shit week - food poisoning for ,e, arguments with Parky Jr, tantrums from Parkette and the sulks from Mrs P. And to think I was looking forward to a break, I should have stayed at home!

[Richard]

Family holidays are among the most stressful life events.

[trigger]

That was a close one! I always find holidays stressful and wonder why we bother, i remember our Lake District holiday when it rained so much that the cottage got flooded out and my pants swam off down the hallway!

[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.

Well, it's fucked again!

There is fuel in it but it's not reaching the carb or even the fuel filter for that matter.

I took the filter out and it's packed full with rusty gunge so I'd say that's the problem. There's fuel upto the pump but no further and the pump appears dead too.

I think the tank is full of rust and crap which has caused a blockage somewhere. So a new mechanical pump, new fuel tank and straps are now on order from the states.

 

Bloody ungrateful bastard car!

[maxpower]

My little baby (dog)went into pdsa this morning very ill...its touch & go whether it will make it... life fkin sux

[Mr A Lawrence]

Finger crossed for you.

[fordperv]

everything crossed for your little pooch

[M'coli]

That was a close one! I always find holidays stressful and wonder why we bother, i remember our Lake District holiday when it rained so much that the cottage got flooded out and my pants swam off down the hallway!

You should've changed your kegs well before they go off on their own!!!

 

PS, fingers crossed for the dog, maxpower.

[purplebargeken]

Cunting photobucket! Keeps asking me to sign every time I try and do something. I upload and it says I have to sign in. FUCK RIGHT OFF! I am signed in you heap of shite.

[dollywobbler]

I'm doing no better with Facebook. Sifted through yesterday's pics, deleted about 200 shit ones, picked 46 that I liked for Facebook, get told you can't select more than 42 at which point it entirely loses my selection. Piss off Facebook. Perhaps I'll upload them to HubNut instead then (though that takes a lot longer). 

 

Probably not going to happen this evening now. UGH!