The grumpy thread

[beko1987]

I can't be old yet, I still drive a manual car!

[DeeJay]

Not for long with dodgy knees 

[xtriple]

Thank you for the comments above. I have quite a few mental health issues and have had for decades. I am medicated to fuck for it and I am taking all my various pills and potions but they are not currently working. It seems I cannot currently stand people! Even my friends I am avoiding like they are plague carriers and random people that talk to me are given 'short thrift'. This is all very odd as my one redeeming feature as a human is that I will talk to anyone and I am affable and helpful, right now, I am neither.

 

I just don't want to know anyone or anything and I am dashing round (as much as a cripple can) with my head down and a general air of 'fuck off you cunts' swirling about me. I do get like this occasionally, but not usually this bad.

 

Oh well, as they say 'depression is self limiting'  (and if you think about it, it really is and can be the ultimate form of 'self limiting') so one way or another, I will get over it.

[vulgalour]

If the knees were the joints designed by the French then the wiring of the brain is certainly of Italian origin.  Talking about what you're going through, recognising that you're not yourself and looking forward are all massively positive ways to approach the issue.  As yet another badly made (by some bloke in a shed, no doubt) version of a human being, I can empathise with much of what you're saying.  If it feel like it's getting too much, seek help.  If it sorts itself out then you've successfully driven around the problem and staved off disaster for a bit longer.

[Guest Hooli]

The thing is, on average humans are cunts. So it's only natural to think like that.

[andy18s]

House buyer's solicitors have suddenly decided that they Haven't had all their searches back yet,despite promising last Thursday that all was done bar the contract signing.......

Looks like the end of next week before shipping out,which means a week in a house with feck all in it as it's getting picked up this Friday.......

[dave21478]

A few weeks back I was moaning about local roads being repaired* with the old layer of thin wet tar and tons of gravel method.

Today they are digging up the same stretch of road to repair* the collapsing edges on the inside of corners.

 

Bunch of imbeciles.

[RoadworkUK]

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

 

Feckitall, have some JamJar on me... 

 

 

You've now got me inspired to listen to Jon and Vangelis 'The Friends of Mr Cairo' on CD. Good on you.

[vulgalour]

Oh superb, the compression olives I bought that were listed as 1/2", itemised on my receipt as 1/2" and need to be 1/2" to work have arrived and they're 12mm.  Well done.  That's just super.

[DodgeRover]

Oh superb, the compression olives I bought that were listed as 1/2", itemised on my receipt as 1/2" and need to be 1/2" to work have arrived and they're 12mm. Well done. That's just super.

Have you got a plumbers merchants near you? 1/2" olives are still available, you do need to be clear you need 1/2" otherwise they'll try flogging you 15mm

[taxi paul]

I know modern cars BUT. I was behind a 16 plate Octavia today with huge tail light clusters. So why make the indicators tiny and unable to see in sunshine. I have noticed a few lately. Lets have big orange indicators for us old folk please.

[Negative Creep]

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

 

 

I noticed it appeared on facebook and the owner found it, but I had no problem with where that was parked. Speaking of which, I get home to find.........

 

 

 

FFS

[chaseracer]

Time to have that "word"...

[beko1987]

Time to sit on the horn until the owner comes out then give them a massive bollocking

[Negative Creep]

Have left an A4 note under the wipers. Resisted the urge to duck tape it to the windscreen......

[richardmorris]

Laminate it and superglue to the screen?

[Negative Creep]

I've never seen that car in the street so assume they're a visitor. Ordered a sign from ebay which I have no doubt* people will adhere to

[purplebargeken]

Good luck with that. 

[MarvinsMom]

this is what you need..... no more parking issues!!

 

[Negative Creep]

Might not quite fit on the drive though. I guess I could aim the barrel through the living room window.

[MarvinsMom]

other sizes are available!

 

[Mr A Lawrence]

I know modern cars BUT. I was behind a 16 plate Octavia today with huge tail light clusters. So why make the indicators tiny and unable to see in sunshine. I have noticed a few lately. Lets have big orange indicators for us old folk please.

I nearly ran up the arse of a golf once that just seemed to brake for no apparent reason.

 

It was only when they let off the brake that I saw the tiny round indicator on the centre of the brake light!!!

[vulgalour]

In the daytime, the indicators on these are almost always invisible.

 

 

At the back, the worst offenders have to be these two.

 

 

2005-8 seems to be the period when cars were designed so that the sun would reflect off headlight clusters to turn indicators invisible.  It's also the period when rear light clusters had either vestigial indicators, overly bright brake lights or both which also rendered them invisible.  Not that it matters, the amount of people that don't use indicators at all is pretty shocking... and I'll stop there before I fall into a rant about driving standards.

[Ghosty]

Meganes and Scenics at the front too.

[andy18s]

In the daytime,these cars are almost always invisible.

 

 

At the back, the worst offenders have to be these two.

 

 

2005-8 seems to be the period when cars were designed to be invisible.

Efa

[The Moog]

Dont normally complain about driving but over the last week I seem to have missed the email saying that red lights are optional.  The amount of people just jumping them is ridiculous.

[Des]

Has anyone else noticed a recent trend while out on the roads of Audi cars being driven to a reasonable standard? What will they pull out of the bag next? I noticed a similar thing with shitting Peugeots a few years ago, I assume it's when certain models move on to their second owners who buy them with their own actual cash will have at least a modicum of respect, but that theory is now challenged by the arrival of some odd looking small hatchback things, don't know what they are but have a great big black X on the front, they do seem to be driven courteously so far.

Anyway, it's becoming quite apparent how poorly some indicators are designed now we're seeing them used. Worst one I've seen is something Volkswang where the faggy repeater on the door mirror is way more visible from behind than the pale yellow suggestion from deep within a blingy bollocks and baubles rear cluster.

[xtriple]

Having to use my old laptop as the new one is updating its hated windows 10 shit. It has been updating since ten this morning and is now up to 32% done. Piece of utter shit!

[adw1977]

Has anyone else noticed a recent trend while out on the roads of Audi cars being driven to a reasonable standard? What will they pull out of the bag next? I noticed a similar thing with shitting Peugeots a few years ago, I assume it's when certain models move on to their second owners who buy them with their own actual cash will have at least a modicum of respect, but that theory is now challenged by the arrival of some odd looking small hatchback things, don't know what they are but have a great big black X on the front, they do seem to be driven courteously so far.

Toyota Aygo?

[Guest Hooli]

Talking of invisible indicators, the mk4/5? Golf with them hidden right next to the headlight so they are invisible at night.