The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

There's a bloke across the road who thinks the space outside his house is his . If some one has the temerity to park there you can see him bobbing in and out of his door and when the offender moves he'll move his car 6 feet back.We just find it amusing! He'll also park in a knob jockey way and try to take up two spaces so his missus has somewhere to park and will adjust when she comes back. I just park wherever there's a space as I'm fit enough to walk an extra 50 feet if I can park exactly outside the house!

 

Welcome to my street.

 

My neighbour is in the end terrace. His house potentially has enough space on the street in front of it for two cars. Instead, he parks his sole car across his own front gate to stop other people parking in front of his house.

Yes, he makes his own access to his own house more difficult just to be passive-aggressive about parking. Priceless.

[Negative Creep]

This is why I'm buying a smaller car so I can use the driveway.

[Supernaut]

This is why I'm buying a smaller car so I can use the driveway.

 

I really want a driveway!

 

Hence me applying for better paid jobs in cheaper to live in cities, so I may be able to rent / buy somewhere with a driveway.

[mrbenn]

The problem round here is no so much the lack of off street parking, more that people prefer to abandon their cars on the road. People seem to think that "parking" is complete when they're within a couple of feet of the kerb. That's not parking. That's just stopping the car, getting out and pissing off! (Andy Parsons, Mock The Week).

[Negative Creep]

I really want a driveway!

 

Hence me applying for better paid jobs in cheaper to live in cities, so I may be able to rent / buy somewhere with a driveway.

 

 

People opposite me have just put a bit of wood by the curb and park on their lawn. Illegal I know, but I'm not complaining since it frees up two more spaces on the road

[AlabamaShrimp]

Stupid modern* cars! Fiesta mk6 has a design fault on the seat catch where they just break or the metal bit on the cable comes off

 

 

This one's been changed at least 3 times and broke again yesterday. Other sides been changed and currently has a broken cable at the bottom so you can't get in the back at all.

 

Looking on the Internet its only about 30 seconds with two screwdrivers to take the clip off..... An hour later and out of frustration I started wragging but it still won't come off the bottom.

 

Sodding test is next week, I'm just going to pay someone, it's easier......

[Richard]

Aberdeen is a bastard for parking. My work put me in a B&B in the centre of Aberdeen once and the nearest parking was a mile away.

[dollywobbler]

Is there actually a point to this page if people keep starting rants about finance, Wheeler Dealers, new cars or whatever on new threads?

Agreed. Maybe some gentle locking of threads and a gentle word to the starters of said threads?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Agreed. Maybe some gentle locking of threads and a gentle word to the starters of said threads?

And maybe a general reminder that the Tat thread is not solely for eBay , but any car seen advertised that may be of interest ( or not) to the rest of us. The fact that there are 3 separate eBay threads, it seems unlikely whatever you've seen won't fit in one of them.

[BorniteIdentity]

Aberdeen is a bastard for parking. My work put me in a B&B in the centre of Aberdeen once and the nearest parking was a mile away.

 

About 7 years ago we had to drive all the way from Cambridge to Aberdeen in one hit to empty a flat my FIL had been renting whilst working up there.  He became ill so ended the agreement, we went to collect all of his stuff.  What a fantastic city, but OMG you're not wrong about parking.  He had to buy a small car just to fit into his allocated space, and the bollard was absolute necessity.

 

I really love the place, but Christ parking was a 'see you next tuesday'.

[Pillock]

Agreed. Maybe some gentle locking of threads and a gentle word to the starters of said threads?

 

Absolutely.... I don't think it would be seen as too heavy handed to drop them a PM of "Hey, just so you know I've merged your thread into the Grumpy Old Man thread as it seems to fit better in there" and merge rather than lock it. Sure that's within the abilities of the board software.

 

I'd quite like the ability to "ignore" a thread as well as a user, I know I can just not click it but they still get in the way of quality stuff. And I'm basically weak-willed and I'll click it anyway, and then I'll reply, and then I'll go and sit in the corner for a bit.

[ruffgeezer]

A passing bus has glanced off of the rear corner of Mrs Ruff's Berlingo, I have a nasty feeling it'll be written off.

[Pillock]

Glanced as in get some cash out of the bus company and keep driving it, or glanced as in catapulted 60ft into a telegraph pole and then it caught fire?

[Cavcraft]

Agreed. Maybe some gentle locking of threads and a gentle word to the starters of said threads?

 

Good thinking, worth a try at least asking the thread starter/s.

 

And maybe a general reminder that the Tat thread is not solely for eBay , but any car seen advertised that may be of interest ( or not) to the rest of us. The fact that there are 3 separate eBay threads, it seems unlikely whatever you've seen won't fit in one of them.

 

I'd love to but don't fancy WW3 erupting. It's possible to merge threads (onto the grumpy one, for example) but it lobs all the replies out of kilter and the whole lot becomes unreadable. If it's just one post (the original thread) it's easy enough, but it's hard to get the chance to do it. Might work by starting a 'master thread' and just chucking all the 'I HATE NEW CARS' stuff in, but probably pointless.  

[Ghosty]

I know AS is keen on the whole thing of being casual and not having rules/overzealous mods, but I think a 'dead horse' list is more than reasonable.

[Cavcraft]

Best idea I've seen is to shift some threads over to the other side. If ayone wants to sounds off about car based telly programmes, finance, new cars or whatever, stick it on this thread or go to the other side of the forum.

[Station]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

[Tamworthbay]

Harry Ramsden Blackpool - they let down 800 brownies at the last minute (my daughter was one of them), leaving them to find a place to feed the best part of 900 people at no notice. That's more than a bit shit in my opinion.

[saucedoctor]

My mate's kid is called Kai, however the child's Mum is Japanese. Her maiden name is Fukishima...

[robinmasters]

...I'd quite like the ability to "ignore" a thread as well as a user, I know I can just not click it but they still get in the way of quality stuff. And I'm basically weak-willed and I'll click it anyway, and then I'll reply, and then I'll go and sit in the corner for a bit.

I'm guilty of that. Typing reply, while thinking 'Why am I replying to this?'.

 

The only solution I can think of is to draw a big black line over the titles of threads you want to avoid, in permanent marker.

[Cavcraft]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

 

It's a fad, like all those sort of almost faux-Irish names people started calling their kids in England. I blame 'celebrities' like Mr Beckham and his missus and more sort of 'Americanisms' creeping in.

[Craig the Princess]

Why would any English parents call their kid Kai?

Fans of fuel injected Ford Kas?

[fordperv]

Harry Ramsden Blackpool - they let down 800 brownies at the last minute (my daughter was one of them), leaving them to find a place to feed the best part of 900 people at no notice. That's more than a bit shit in my opinion.

thats toss, did you manage get to see the cars at ford day?

[andrew e]

1) I knew I guy called Kai 20 years ago, but his parents were Finnish.

2) My mates son is called Kai (9) but his wife is German.

 

3) That doesn't explain anything.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm guilty of that. Typing reply, while thinking 'Why am I replying to this?'.

 

The only solution I can think of is to draw a big black line over the titles of threads you want to avoid, in permanent marker.

I've done this loads lately. Write something out then think why so delete it

[Tamworthbay]

thats toss, did you manage get to see the cars at ford day?

Not me sadly, I was at home finishing the welding on the Capri rear arch. That's all the welding finished now

[fordperv]

excellent, i still have that steering column for you when you need it

[DVee8]

I'm on nightshift,i haven't done a sunday night since june.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I read all this moaning, and i just struggle to think of anything worth moaning about. I haven't won the lottery or copped off with Rachel Riley or owt, but just nowt seems worth the effort of typing it out on here. Lets face it, no-one is seriously interested in the parking situation on your street or whatever.

[DodgeRover]

There's a bloke across the road who thinks the space outside his house is his . If some one has the temerity to park there you can see him bobbing in and out of his door and when the offender moves he'll move his car 6 feet back.We just find it amusing! He'll also park in a knob jockey way and try to take up two spaces so his missus has somewhere to park and will adjust when she comes back. I just park wherever there's a space as I'm fit enough to walk an extra 50 feet if I can park exactly outside the house!

This exactly with the woman next door to us, she can't park anywhere other than bang in line with her garden gate which reduces what should be 3 spaces down to 2 and virtually ensures I'll be blocked in come the morning by someone who has parked over our driveway as she's so far forwards.