The grumpy thread

[Rusty_Rocket]

Is that (2-ft from the kerb) Vectra actually 'parked'?  I can't stand inconsiderate arseholes like that.

[twosmoke300]

What wankers ! Time to buy an old series Landy with a homemade h section front bumper . Engage low range - seconds in , crouch , touch , pause engage ! ( rugby joke )

[Negative Creep]

It's next door's car. The house was empty for about 6 months but you'd think it would be pretty obvious I've moved in. Can't get insurance on the Civic until tomorrow so I'll let it slide for now, but hopefully a polite word tomorrow might get him to stop.

[meggersdog]

DPD couriers are useless useless cunts.

Avoid if possible.

 

 

Young lad in the workshop nextdoor ordered four tyres from Germany.These DPD twats collected them and delivered two.The other two are still in Germany !! yet they were all collected at the same time.

[chaseracer]

Trolley jack under the back end, spin it round so its blocking the street then ring the Police about the abandoned car....

 

I like this idea much better.

[purplebargeken]

i10 pushed a Focus out of the way the other week. Most satisfying.

[Lacquer Peel]

No wonder I've been struggling with the Octavia. I've just found out that the paint on the flywheel is not TDC. Cheers yeah.

[Tamworthbay]

Or ask nicely on here and I am sure someone will have an old scrapper they will let you have that can magically appear in front of next doors drive overnight and stay for....................

[Cavcraft]

Just as well I don't need to go out this morning

 

 

 

Inconsiderate bastards, it must be bloody awful when you've only just moved in, too. I'd be sodding livid if my neighbours had a Passat.

[xtriple]

The police WILL actually attend to that, it is an offence to block someone from accessing the highway. Not the other way round though, so if you are out and can't get in, tough shit! Give plod a bell...

[garbaldy]

I'd be sodding livid if my neighbours had a Passat.

It looks like a borra

[Supernaut]

No mention of the pineappled looking mk2 Golf yet? For shame.

 

Unless that actually belongs to Negative Creep...

[EssDeeWon]

Whilst were talking about parking.... I live in a small private block with a driveway that leads to a small residential carpark, 5 flats with 5 parking bays.  But the small houses / cottages over the road have limited parking so often park a car on the end of our drive.  I would never have the balls to do that knowing it was on property that was nothing to do with me, however my neighbour has printed some 'YOU DONT LIVE HERE SO DON'T PARK HERE' notices, they seem to be working.

 

The worst offender was a white Peugeot van that always parked there, he wasn't even a local resident, he used to visit the pub on the corner, even though the pub has a carpark. He seems to have got the message now though. Fckin cheek!

 

There is one exception, a tatty and neglected looking dark blue Rover 25 that occasionally parks there, I feel sorry for it, don't have the heart to stick a note on it, daft sod aint I.

[Angrydicky]

Just as well I don't need to go out this morning

 

Oh dear, I know who owns that Golf! She was down in Rochester from Huddersfield this morning. 

[xtriple]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

[richardmorris]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

Go for a drive in the Bentley? If YOU'RE worried then at least you know you need a bit of help. When you think you're fine and in need is more trouble. Hope you can get the help you need.

[dugong]

People who are full of hot air and grand ideas until it actually comes to 'showing you how much better' they claim to be. 
Please, come round and show me how wrong I am. Please, go on. I'd love to see how much better you are; you may well be right. Oh, suddenly it's too much effort? Weird, that. 

See, this is why I can't be bothered with two-thirds of mankind. 

[jakebullet]

Severn valley railway's Flying Scotsman event was slightly* marred by not actually being able to even get a glimpse of said locomotive. Nobody allowed on the platform until they coupled it up, and then they crammed everyone directly in carriages without letting anyone see it. Gets to the other end, and they overshoot the platform by miles so again you can see nothing.

 

For bonus annoying the return trip was tornado. They had several transport police waiting on the platform to stand in the way and ruin any photo you dared to attempt to take.

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

[Richard]

Tornado's first trip to Scotland was something like a grand a ticket, with the return trip by diesel. I couldn't help thinking that was a lot of money to not be able to see it.

[chaseracer]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

 

Me too.  I'd blame it on the autumnal equinox, but that's merely made things feel worse.

 

Feckitall, have some JamJar on me... 

 

[richardmorris]

Hell, I haven't heard that for thirty years!

[danthecapriman]

My on again off again love affair with depression is 'on' again. Seriously not right at the mo' and am getting a tad worried about myself.

You have my sympathies. I've not been right for a very long time now, constantly down and pissed off, I posted a rambling grump here about it a few months back but I steel feel like it tbh. I've never actually been diagnosed either, I don't really want to go see a doctor or speak to anyone.

I can't really offer help except try doing the things you like as a pick me up. It's not a cure but I find it helps if I'm feeling particularly low to go out for a drive in one of the cars or something.

[beko1987]

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

we went to a pub on Saturday night for amys aunts birthday drinks. a shot drinking competition got going, but my mate got charged £20 more for his round than I paid for mine, same drinks. the staff suddenly couldn't speak English/were too busy to hear (my mate paid up because he had no choice/we had drunk the shots ...

 

Eva was playing with a large stuffed gecko outside, it accidentally went over the fence at the end of the night and I accidentally ran round to get it from the alleyway where it landed when we left and now eva has a large stuffed toy gecko

[richardmorris]

Hotel we stopped at in the lakes charged us for three children's menus despite only having two children. Annoyingly we only had the itemised bill after paying and then they couldn't refund the card as she didn't have the code. Had to get change from the bar till.

We're still a bit up on the deal as though we ordered champagne for aperitifs on the Saturday night ( parents 50th anniversary) they opened a very expensive bottle we didn't order!

[vulgalour]

For a year the aerial on the Rover was stuck in the out position, never bothered by anyone or anything.  Now that I've actually started being able to use it properly I found it was bent today.  Not sure when or how it's happened beyond the fact it must have happened today as it was fine yesterday.  At the moment I'm only extending it far enough that the aerial remains straight, the bent thin section staying inside the straight thick section so it' not going to stress the aerial further.

 

Any ideas on how to straighten a telescopic aerial without breaking it?

[richardmorris]

My experience ( with the 2cv which was bent by a drunk ) says you can't . There will always be a wide spot that prevents it from being closed.

[tooSavvy]

Severn valley railway's Flying Scotsman event was slightly* marred by not actually being able to even get a glimpse of said locomotive. Nobody allowed on the platform until they coupled it up, and then they crammed everyone directly in carriages without letting anyone see it. Gets to the other end, and they overshoot the platform by miles so again you can see nothing.

 

For bonus annoying the return trip was tornado. They had several transport police waiting on the platform to stand in the way and ruin any photo you dared to attempt to take.

 

Hotel charged FOUR POUNDS for a (draft) lemonade. I may have taken everything that was not nailed down in retribution.

...... hmm... I preferred it 'coal black' [scot$man]

 

TS

[beko1987]

just stood up after sitting on the floor to strip a hoover down, my knee went crack and now it fucking kills...

[Guest Hooli]

Knees, the joint designed by the french.

[DeeJay]

Beko, you're getting old,

 

welcome to the club.