The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

Fucking arthritic right knee. Feels like someone has slowly hammered hot 6" nails into the knee and is twisting them. 

 

Nnnnnnnnng.

[Kiltox]

DONT do that to a zetec engined one, the bottom pulley isn't keyed....

This.

 

I've locked the flywheel using a tool that goes where the starter normally does

 

Need a bigger breaker bar I think

[xtriple]

Haven't slept in a couple of days and, to be honest, I still felt okay sleep wise this morning. Met the Detailer chappie, took the dogs out to Daddyhole (I know that word causes massive amounts of humour here    ) and I suddenly felt terrible! Chronic pain in my guts and sweat pouring off me and the general pain I feel constantly, ramped up to about 11...

 

Came home and lay on the floor, posted shite on here and tried to get it all under control, shower, shave etc but bloody hell, it was a struggle. Finally desisted about 7:00 tonight.  No idea what it was but for a minute or two there I thought I was going to be in the papers as the first man to have a baby.

 

It is such a bastard being a cripple.

 

I worked out that there is probably one day a week when I feel 'tolerable' the rest of the time I am either ill, worn out from lack of sleep or recovering from the same. On that one day, I try to achieve as much as I can, inevitably over do it and start the process all over again.

 

Really is most tedious!

 

Sorry, but this is definitely a 'grump' so belongs here. I now expect lots of sympathy, the kind I would get if I was a girl on Facebook posting random 'I am so unhappy' posts

[AMC Rebel]

Two scrotes riding an off road bike with a loud exhaust and no lights around my small town tonight.  I must be getting old, cause I'm so tired of people with such a "fuck You" attitude - and in case you're wondering why I'm bothered (apart from I pay my taxes etc), I nearly cleaned the two twats up as they came straight at me on my side of the road past a line of cars parked on their side - stress and panic I can do without.

 

I phoned the law but no doubt they'll be able to outrun anything they send after 'em.

 

Since they withdrew our local part-time Police car it's been like the flaming Wild West around here.  The night before I went on hols the Police helicopter was hovering overhead for nearly an hour.

[Supernaut]

The police round here have a 'no pursuit' policy when it comes to bikes.

 

Guess what? Fucktons of bikes are stolen constantly now. It's fucking incredible. I can be cycling to work in the morning and see a blatantly stolen motorbike go zooming past me on the wrong side of the road, with the number plate smashed off, the lights in bits and 2 scrotes in hoodies with no helmets on it. Nobody even bats an eye any more!

[jakebullet]

Ebay programmers must have a dummies guide and are winging it. I flog boxes of assorted pool balls I don't want. They're heavy, I've got it set as uk mainland only.

 

Got an order today with a northern ireland address. How have they got past ebay blocking NI postcodes? Turns out if you put "BT48-8RL" as your postcode instead of "BT48 8RL" then ebay decides you're on the UK mainland and can have free delivery. So I'm expected to pay £14 delivery for a box of shit I've sold for £10. GTF ebay.

[dome]

Having been on a self inflicted exile of this board over the last few weeks I've been trawling all lonely through various other car forums. I can confidently say there's not much to complain about here.

The board is fast paced, interesting and on the whole populated by nice sensible people contrary to a lot of the boards out their, which are slow and or self interested.

 

I spend way too much time on here, something i want to reel in a bit. While I had a couple of weeks off I fixed 2 of my broken cars and dragged the really broken one a bit closer to being roadworthy again. I want to do more of this.

Welcome back! I've missed your input in the eBay thread. Especially as

 

1. We have a similar taste in shonky old metal and

2. They're usually close to me..

[dollywobbler]

I actually watched Good Will Hunting for the first time back in May, with my ex.

 

I tried to watch Speed with Guy Martin this evening, but 4OD has just become an ad-riddled mess. One and a half fucking minutes of ads before the program actually starts? No ta.

Get AdBlocker. You'll still need to sit through the first run of adverts, as the programme won't start unless you turn AdBlocker off. Once the programme starts though, turn it back on and viewing is joyous once more. I don't feel guilty doing this as the ads are just for shit I'm not going to buy anyway.

[AMC Rebel]

On the subject of annoying sinage- what about those bloody solar or wind powered jobs that light up as you approach, warning you to SLOW DOWN!! I want one for the car which lights up with f**k off!

 

I was musing on this earlier - I was pretty much blinded by one of the feckers on a road I know well - there's no particular hazard, just a slight dip in the road and a farm entrance - it's a 50 mph limit - but there's a light up sign dazzling you in the otherwise dark road - why?

[AMC Rebel]

The police round here have a 'no pursuit' policy when it comes to bikes.

 

Guess what? Fucktons of bikes are stolen constantly now. It's fucking incredible. I can be cycling to work in the morning and see a blatantly stolen motorbike go zooming past me on the wrong side of the road, with the number plate smashed off, the lights in bits and 2 scrotes in hoodies with no helmets on it. Nobody even bats an eye any more!

I find this somewhat depressing - it's not just the lack of Police and lack of action, but the fact there are so many thieving gits about.  I have just come back from (very) rural France though so may be slightly jaundiced.

[AMC Rebel]

Get AdBlocker. You'll still need to sit through the first run of adverts, as the programme won't start unless you turn AdBlocker off. Once the programme starts though, turn it back on and viewing is joyous once more. I don't feel guilty doing this as the ads are just for shit I'm not going to buy anyway.

That's a top tip - thanks, and I agree about the ads - they are always for stuff I'd never buy.

[Noel Tidybeard]

i was sorely tempted to rear end some mouth breathing cunt tonite with the works car

 

if you want to wheelie along the outside lane of the A38 and then slow down to 2mph to look for equally moronic mate dont be too surprised to find a pugrot 208 sat 18 inches from your sciatic nerve with main beam on!1!

 

cunts the lot of them

 

 

...as you were....

[Noel Tidybeard]

in addendum to above- i did tell the doctor i was working with that i hope they didnt fall off as i may* not be able to stop before running them over

[chaseracer]

Since they withdrew our local part-time Police car it's been like the flaming Wild West around here.  The night before I went on hols the Police helicopter was hovering overhead for nearly an hour.

 

This is the bit - just one of many! - I struggle with; proper coppers are withdrawn even from random/infrequent patrols which may well help prevent crime, but the ACPO ivory-tower crew can still find the money for helicopters to hover for hours over places where the crime has already happened.

 

Not that they'll record it as such.

 

[Pillock]

Illuminated speed limit signs seem to be designed to make you jump at night, which isn't really the best thing to do to someone you've already decided is driving too fast for the road. Plus they're universally ignored as it seems accepted that if the council have spent cash putting in a pretty LED sign, they've not got owt left for a speed camera.

 

I live on a 30 road, it's got a bit of a blind bend that people park on, and then there's a row of cars (two of which are ours) on one side. There is literally just enough room with about two inches spare to get two cars through plus the parked ones. So I lie in bed every night, windows open, listening to the morons that work in the factories up the road knocking off at midnight or 2am, who STILL think it's cool to have a three inch backbox on their wheezy hatchback, wringing as much speed as possible out of it as they head home. Guess what? We have an illuminated sign reminding drivers that it's a 30mph. Nobody gives a shit.

 

A few years back, someone embedded a car in the fence opposite on new years eve. Missed the corner entirely, smashed the fence down, drove off scattering wood everywhere. It was a BMW E30 - I know this, because I googled the part number on the foglamps that were still in the fence. It was black, the remains of the spoiler told me that. So as a pissed off joke, I put on the local facebook page "Would the owner of the black BMW that smashed through the fence last night please come back to collect the rest of their car". And yay! The police turned up..... to remind us that we shouldn't be making allegations. No mate, but I'm making your job a bit easier. Never mind.

[steveo3002]

yeah agree with you there...just what you need when theres a dodgy junction coming up is some bastard sign distracting you and taking your eyes /mind off the job 

 

bet they cost an absolute fortune too 

[Supernaut]

Get AdBlocker. You'll still need to sit through the first run of adverts, as the programme won't start unless you turn AdBlocker off. Once the programme starts though, turn it back on and viewing is joyous once more. I don't feel guilty doing this as the ads are just for shit I'm not going to buy anyway.

I indeed already have AdBlocker. However, I noticed 4OD was blocking me for using it. I didn't realise you could just turn it back on after the first bit of adverts though. Top tip!

[Richard]

My friend* has been known to torrent a TV programme in less time than it takes his wife to make catch up work.

[Supernaut]

My friend* has been known to torrent a TV programme in less time than it takes his wife to make catch up work.

I guess he has fibre broadband, then. Or his wife is utterly useless with technology. 50/50 chance, really?

[Richard]

No fibre broadband. It's the technology that is useless, you seem to have to start from scratch every time you want to use it. And then sit through a load of adverts.

[AMC Rebel]

The dazzling "safety" sign I'm on about isn't a speed limit reminder - just an instruction to slow down - on a straight road with a 50 limit. I don't know if it fires at everyone, but it always fires for me, whether I am following somone doing 40, or doing the 50 limit. Wtf does it actually mean? Panic! ? Slam the brakes on for no reason? Lift off in case someone coming the other way (who you could see if the sign wasn't dazzling you) might be approaching doing something stupid?

 

I am probably just being a grumpy git

[cort1977]

Have to admitv that i am mightily sick of the whole thing,spent quite a few hours osrting mess out,dont know if i can fix search without recovering  all edited posts & removing them correctly.

I am checking old databases to  see if we have ever had delete enabled but i know we havnt.

Getting quite sick of the constant expense and worry of it all to be honest.

 

Daveb47, do you need an injection of cash to keep the forum running?   I did donate previously but wasn't sure if my contribution was insultingly small.   If you could tell us how much is required I think you would get the donations required.  

 

Considering that I pay for a load of bed-wetting liberal tosh from the Guardian then a donation to Autoshite where people speak much more sense would be a small price to pay.

[Eddie Honda]

Following on from yesterday's tyre blow out... (http://autoshite.com/topic/22252-the-grumpy-old-manpedant-post-feel-free-to-add/page-1843?do=findComment&comment=1058187)

 

Here's today's grump:

 

 

FFS!!!

[Cavcraft]

Hey, I love motorbikes and would have another in a heartbeat. Thing is though, if you're riding one LAC and sit behind me with headlights on full beam when you could overtake, then you're a twat. Making the wanker sign as you then decide to overtake wasn't quite the icing on the cake though, that was 1/2 mile up the road when you were stuck at the lights trying not to make eye contact.

[twosmoke300]

My road bike days are over - or should I say fast bike days are .

I love my green laning and enduro racing because it gives you the speed thrills at a much slower speed . I have more fun riding my little ke175d about than if I had a new sports bike . Must be getting old

[RoadworkUK]

On Billy's point, with "Think Bike" being second nature these days, isn't it about time that the riding-a-Fireblade-with-blue-LED-lights-while-wearing-shorts-and-a-T-Shirt brigade considered thinking about cars every once in a while?

[Eddie Honda]

Hey, I love motorbikes and would have another in a heartbeat...trying not to make eye contact.

Was this posted somewhere else / earlier because I could have sworn I seen it earlier?? (Or is it me going round the twist?)

[Cavcraft]

I honestly reckon 99.999999999999% of bike riders are ace, this was the first one that pissed me off for a long time.

[RoadworkUK]

I honestly reckon 99.999999999999% of bike riders are ace, this was the first one that pissed me off for a long time.

 

Around here it's a far more modest percentage. Still high, but there's a distinctly cretinous underclass.

[richardmorris]

I had idiot Bikers on Sunday. Driving along a 40 mph dual carriage way in Bracknell, was passed by two bikes ( big cruiser things) swerving between lanes. Lights changed on the roundabout ahead so me ( in inside lane) and car in outside lane slowed down and stopped. Biker behind us didn't want to stop and swerved between us and through the red light onto the roundabout in front of the cars coming from the right. Divkheads.