The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

Yup, that's about the sum of it. She could have a grump like most of us but nice enough overall, the change was amazing. The parking obsession was weird as it wasn't something I had come across with Alzheimer's but turned out she was getting stressed over the fact that there wasn't space for her husband to park, he died in the mid 80s, this was all about five years ago.

[purplebargeken]

Alzheimer's is a swine of a thing and can ruin what would ordinarily be a productive and positive older age experience. It all sounds sadly typical, however, just in case, maybe you could suggest that the GP checks her over in case there is an infection present which may well make things much worse. 

 

Frontal lobe stuff causes all kinds of mayhem. Lots of very out of character behaviour, lot of it can be aggressive and also very sexualised. All very distressing for partners and families of all concerned. That poor lady and her husband, how very sad, frightening and frustrating. 

 

You tend to find that nursing homes/residential homes have very few mirrors dotted around. Would you concur Bub? People can fail to recognise themselves and reflections and so on can be misinterpreted as intruders. 

 

I hope they are getting help. Age Concern, the Alzheimers Society and mental health services can be helpful. Social services can arrange support too. The lady's husband is entitled to support as he is a carer. The Carers Act is very clear on this. 

 

Bless them. 

[dean36014]

I knew about the diagnosis but it's the first time I've witnessed any out of the ordinary behaviour. Their family are around most days now so I'm sure that everything will be in hand as the son is very clued up. Can remember as a child the neighbour suffering something similar. She kept but the windows through on my parents veranda. In the end next door paid to have it modified as it was cheaper than the glass replacement bill! Such a shame as they are a lovely couple.

[bub2006]

Alzheimer's is a swine of a thing and can ruin what would ordinarily be a productive and positive older age experience. It all sounds sadly typical, however, just in case, maybe you could suggest that the GP checks her over in case there is an infection present which may well make things much worse.

 

Frontal lobe stuff causes all kinds of mayhem. Lots of very out of character behaviour, lot of it can be aggressive and also very sexualised. All very distressing for partners and families of all concerned. That poor lady and her husband, how very sad, frightening and frustrating.

 

You tend to find that nursing homes/residential homes have very few mirrors dotted around. Would you concur Bub? People can fail to recognise themselves and reflections and so on can be misinterpreted as intruders.

 

I hope they are getting help. Age Concern, the Alzheimers Society and mental health services can be helpful. Social services can arrange support too. The lady's husband is entitled to support as he is a carer. The Carers Act is very clear on this.

 

Bless them.

Yes I agree. In their own home it was different but in a care home nothing like that. Seem with carpets and rugs,patterned carpets, dark colored flooring. Can be percepted as water,the edge of something etc. I've seen a little old dear asking my why there was a pond in her living room. It was a round rug in front of the fireplace. As for interpretation of their reflection as an intruder it has been known for folk to shout and fight with their reflection as they think they have burglers. The last home I worked in was a nursing dementia unit. The trouble sometimes was unreal. Big strapping blokes literally belting 7 bells out of each other in the lounge because they was believing the communial Lounge was their living room at home and strange folk where there. T

[Supernaut]

Minor grump in comparison, but Royal Fail are being thick twats again.

 

I got two items sent to my work address this week. They were both dispatched on Tuesday via Royal Fail 2nd class.

 

The HBOL for the Xantia, from a random private ebay seller, arrived yesterday.

The gear linkage for the Xantia, from GSF car parts? No sign of it.

 

FUCK'S SAKE!

 

No, the gear linkage on the Xantia isn't broken, but it's rather worn and wobbly, and it's only £15 for another one, so I thought I'd give it a shot this weekend.

[dollywobbler]

Mental decline is terrifying. I see plenty of it with my work on the community minibuses. People you build a relationship up with fairly suddenly decline, don't know you from Adam and then you get their partners clearly struggling to cope. Absolutely heart-breaking.

[beko1987]

My stepdads mum had it, went from being fine with me to screaming in terror when I entered a room (hair to my waist probably didn't help though). Was very upsetting.

 

Amy's nan had it long before I met her, but declined further until she was, effectively a 14 year old vegetable (she regressed, but couldn't speak, so just mumbled and cried. One of those situations where death was probably a good thing for her

[Pillock]

Alzheimers turned my gran from a wonderfully kind lady to someone who would lash out at carers and swear at family. Very difficult

[cms206]

The 205 has just been along the M8. Seems I have replaced the loudest of the wheelbearings but not all of them, it may need a driveshaft and it may also be leaking fuel.

 

Chumly tomorrow. WCPGW?

 

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[Eddie Honda]

Just turn up the radio. Sorted.

[dugong]

Following on from insurance mega-grump yesterday involving aborted BillyRover buyage.

 

No call back as promised with the quote details. I call the lovely Francesca at PBIS who said sorry. They had been very busy and she hadn't had the chance to call me. Okaaaaay. They could quote on the Rover under the classic cover at £180.00. I said thank you but unfortunately not being able to sort the insurance out yesterday meant that the sale did not go ahead.

 

I asked if she could quote on a Pug 309GL as there is a red one on ebay and it is fairly local. It is a 1992 car so I thought, ha! That's well within the classic dating system that you mentioned yesterday! 

 

Oh no. Although it is a 1992 car, they do not consider Peugeots to be old enough at that registration date. They only insure 'really old Peugeots'. I didn't ask for clarification of really old as I lost the will to continue at that point and wished her a pleasant weekend instead.

 

They couldn't even transfer the Volvo to the former Toledo policy as it was a special policy and that sort of thing isn't possible. Arrrgghhhh!

 

Have I entered an alternative dimension in which the insurance companies just make up what the fuck they want? Ah. Oh. 

 

This means that I will have to pester them every time I even think of considering another car. Oh joy.

We've had a few grumps from readers on this very topic at work.

 

Most classic insurers are moving over to this and a lot of people are jumping the gun and screaming that insurance companies are 'doing a FIVA' and ignoring anything under 30 years old for classic status.

 

Said definitions are done on a case by case basis and is dependent on the model. The Citroen Xantia appears to be the most contentious car in this regard. It has an owners' club and specific events (the CCC's X Rally) dedicated to it - like the Rover 75, for example - but while the former gets ignored, the latter gets cover as a classic almost without question.

 

I don't agree with the 'British marque = instant classic' mentality in the classic car world and never have; it amounts to positive discrimination as far as I'm concerned.

 

What came out of the talks was that it's an underwriter decision rather than anything at the broker's end - apparently too many people are passing off 'bangers' (I use this term very loosely) as classics and using them to get cheap insurance.

I've had discussions with a couple of insurance companies and argued the toss based on limited mileage; someone using a daily driver would be shot down by not being able to use the thing for a serious amount of time (unless they're doing so anyway, keeping the certificate and fudging the odo readings).

 

There's going to be a news story on this regardless of whether they want it or not: quite a few people I know are getting lumped in with folk who are taking the piss. It's unfair.

[dugong]

UNRELATED MOANING FROM THE CLARKSON-DUGONG NEWS SERVICE:

 

 

Turned Facebook off but kept Messenger.

 

I feel better already. Might not go back.

[Pillock]

Cars are lasting longer - I know on here it's a bit "oooh you bought a 51 plate, that's a bloody new car" but they're 15 years old and often in fine fettle.

In 1986, if you were buying a 1971 car it would already be a banger. So yeah you've got a subsection of people who find themselves in a "classic", not because they hunted one down but just because their mate's brother's postman's niece's hairdresser needed to move on his old car and they got it for a hundred quid and an Xbox 360. They find out they just need to know the name of a club and they can have insurance for £250, they'll lap it up.

 

The question is, how do you tell the enthusiast from the chancer? If the answer is limited mileage, then I've got a cupboard with three Mk3 Golf GTI instrument binnacles in that says you're wrong. Club membership? I paid £15 to be in Club GTI and never once went to a show, but that got me super cheap insurance. Owning some branded club merchandise like a pair of VW Motorsport pants?

 

Or you get the daft situation where a Xantia isn't a classic but an XM of the same age is. Equally, I couldn't insure a Golf GL as a classic, but I can a GTI. Madness.

[dugong]

Cars are lasting longer - I know on here it's a bit "oooh you bought a 51 plate, that's a bloody new car" but they're 15 years old and often in fine fettle.

In 1986, if you were buying a 1971 car it would already be a banger. So yeah you've got a subsection of people who find themselves in a "classic", not because they hunted one down but just because their mate's brother's postman's niece's hairdresser needed to move on his old car and they got it for a hundred quid and an Xbox 360. They find out they just need to know the name of a club and they can have insurance for £250, they'll lap it up.

 

The question is, how do you tell the enthusiast from the chancer? If the answer is limited mileage, then I've got a cupboard with three Mk3 Golf GTI instrument binnacles in that says you're wrong. Club membership? I paid £15 to be in Club GTI and never once went to a show, but that got me super cheap insurance. Owning some branded club merchandise like a pair of VW Motorsport pants?

 

Or you get the daft situation where a Xantia isn't a classic but an XM of the same age is. Equally, I couldn't insure a Golf GL as a classic, but I can a GTI. Madness.

This.

 

A couple of people have been told to FRO even though they've provided evidence they use moderns for every day transport.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

When I added the 1990 Audi 100 onto the Tradewise MID Update site it flagged up red and they sent me a letter the next day saying;

'This car is a classic or collectors car and will only be covered 3rd party. If you intend to specialise in this type of vehicle, we may have to reconsider your level of cover'

 

WTF? In the last year or so I've had an E30 and a Series 1 Land Rover on the policy with no problem

[dave21478]

Cars for sale that have had a replacement engine or gearbox - these items have always.....ALWAYS...done "only 130000 km". Same with people selling just engines or gearboxes, they all..... without exception..... have done under 150k. 

You know.....a cynical person might, just might, be a little dubious of these claims.

[timolloyd]

Cars for sale that have had a replacement engine or gearbox - these items have always.....ALWAYS...done "only 130000 km". Same with people selling just engines or gearboxes, they all..... without exception..... have done under 150k. 

You know.....a cynical person might, just might, be a little dubious of these claims.

Agree with that. My experience is that the cheapest buys are the most honest. 'Don't know mileage or condition. £X amount as is.' Bought a gearbox for the Herald like this on the offchance...£20. And it's brilliant.

 

Lucky, but at that money, it doesn't matter, compared with the 'only done' options at 10 x the price.

[purplebargeken]

Bloody hell, I am struggling to find something pre-1996 for around the 350 mark. This used to be prime territory.

 

Have I died and gone to car hell?

[Supernaut]

UNRELATED MOANING FROM THE CLARKSON-DUGONG NEWS SERVICE:

 

 

Turned Facebook off but kept Messenger.

 

I feel better already. Might not go back.

 

Facebook messenger app for phones is shit.

 

I use Disa, it also does Whatsapp (if you're into that) but I mainly use it for facebook messages. Mainly because it actually works smoothly without making my phone shit its guts all over the floor every time I open it.

[Ghosty]

Bloody hell, I am struggling to find something pre-1996 for around the 350 mark. This used to be prime territory.

 

Have I died and gone to car hell?

 

A BX might be doable.

[chaseracer]

EDIT: Ah.  Pre-96.

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/25601-suzuki-baleno/

 

Where's the delete button gone...?

[Richard]

It's been deleted.

[Ghosty]

EDIT: Ah.  Pre-96.

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/25601-suzuki-baleno/

 

Where's the delete button gone...?

 

Look in the posting hints thread for more info. It's something to do with Hirst deleting everything he's ever posted. Daveb47 seems to think there never was a delete button.

 

I know there was...

[sporty-shite]

Look in the posting hints thread for more info. It's something to do with Hirst deleting everything he's ever posted. Daveb47 seems to think there never was a delete button.

 

I know there was...

What happened with Hirst? I'd noticed his posts had gone. Presumably, I missed a shitstorm?

 

I'll miss his contribution, even if no one else does!!

[captain_70s]

Did a massive roadtrip, forgot to the set the trip counter, don't know how many miles I drove other than "lots". Google maps can't handle the sheer amount of places I went.

[Cavcraft]

I know this isn't the place and all that, but my sister-in-law passed away last night, aged 44. She was the sweetest, loveliest girl you could wish to meet, what an absolute twat this world is sometimes.

[purplebargeken]

^^ So sorry to hear that mate. Hopefully it was as peaceful as possible. Condolences my friend.

[chaseracer]

Ah, Billy.......... 

[danthecapriman]

Condolences Cav, life really does suck sometimes.

[gordonbennet]

44?  a young woman in the prime of her life.

 

All the best for the family left behind.