The grumpy thread

[daveb47]

Tried to renew my Disability permit badge thingy.

Great i can do it online i thought,Filled in online questionaire,got to end & found i need to send them "Certified" coppies of Driving licence,bank statement & Dwp proof of benefits.

So whats fuckin point of having it online when i not only have to send them stuff but have to go to main post office & pay them £8.75 to "certify" documents.

It was easier when i could just do it at local council office.

[anonymous user]

I had something similar on a roundabout the other day in Bridgend, I stopped and waited for the impact with my eyes shut, as I had seen the other driver's look of panic, just before they steered at me. I still don't know what they did to avoid me as when i opened my eyes again they had gone.

[Parky]

Local mums had filled up the residents bays where I live forcing me to park on the road outside my house.

 

The result of their illegal trespassing was a £35 fine for me.

[RoadworkUK]

Can't find the fair few I had, although not looked exhaustivly yet. Found a 1gb SD and 2gb microSD if that helps anyone though?

 

After panicking a bit the other day, today my wife unearthed a forgotten cache of four 2gb TDK SDs that I misappropriated from my previous job.

 

Grump sidelined for the forseeable.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Whsts pissing me off at the moment , is that I'm parked on the M1 northbound just south of Toddington and have been since about 5.30. Lorry fell over apparently plus fuel spilage. I've finished my book and now The Archers has finished,all I've got left is annoying you lot.

To make matters worse one of my evil daughters has just sent me a picture of the sirloin they're having, with the dog looking very enviously at my one on the board!

[Supernaut]

One of the nice wheel trims I put on the BMW 316 yesterday has fallen off.

 

COCK!

[Parky]

Not a good day today. Mrs P has the arse ache because when getting a PAC code from my mobile provider, I had more of a conversation with them than I do with her. Today can piss off now

[plasticvandan]

Spent most of my adult years ogling the cheap poor man's cars of yesterday,2cv,mini,a35,minor etc.now the rich mans cars of yesterday are more affordable,where did it all go wrong!

[Supernaut]

Found the wheel trim again, and why it fell off.

 

The wire had slipped round the outside of a couple of the clips while I fitted it, so it wasn't pushing them outwards properly.

I rectified that, and it grips onto the wheel much better now.

[Timewaster]

Oh wow! I really have woken up in 1973!

(See the off topic board for more information).

I apologise that my badly posed question prompted a mildly offensive answer.

 

I should of course have asked if the B&Q greeters had other redeeming qualities having firstly ascertained that their intellect wasn't the reason they were employed.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Finally home, 2hours 45 minutes stationary . All for a little 7.5 tonne road sweeper on its side on the hard shoulder - fuckin Highways Agency power trip , again.

[dollywobbler]

Those sodding traffic wombles are a right pain in the arse. "Oh yes, they'll improve matters" they said. Instead, they seem to overreact to a lot of situations and spend most of their time pretending to be the Police - ie loitering on the 'Emergency vehicle only' ramps, or driving at 69.9mph and daring folk to overtake. I thought there was a law against that sort of lark?

[MarvinsMom]

Oh wow! I really have woken up in 1973!

 

(See the off topic board for more information).

 I'm Gene Hunt. Your DCI. And it's 1973. Nearly dinner time. I'm 'aving hoops

 

[Rocket88]

Those sodding traffic wombles are a right pain in the arse. "Oh yes, they'll improve matters" they said. Instead, they seem to overreact to a lot of situations and spend most of their time pretending to be the Police - ie loitering on the 'Emergency vehicle only' ramps, or driving at 69.9mph and daring folk to overtake. I thought there was a law against that sort of lark?

 

 

The French have got the right idea; chuck the bodies in the blood wagon, kick the wreckage to the side of the road, hose the blood off the tarmac..........................et voila..................20 mins max.

[Stroller133]

Doh - if you're ever in Coalville again, especially trapped there *shudder* let me know as I live a short walk up the road.

I think the best thing about Coalville is being equidistant from the A42 and the M1!

[Cavcraft]

Yodel, again. Asda can also go and insert red hot marbles up their collective bumholes.

[chaseracer]

I think the best thing about Coalville is being equidistant from the A42 and the M1!

 

And Mrs Pillock's cake, by all accounts.

[EssDeeWon]

Watched some stupid old fucker drive his T reg Peugeot 206 the wrong way around a sizeable roundabout (Bournes Green for the locals) earlier. As I waited to enter the roundabout, I watched about six cars stop dead and slowly drive around him, then I had to do the same halfway round as he came ambling towards me.

 

Trouble is what do you do in a situation like that? I could have blocked him with the works van but knowing my luck and how doddery he was he would probably have driven into it, resulting in an insurance claim and a load of paperwork I could do without. 

 

I am trying to picture how he could manage that at Bournes Green !! 

 

When you see a doddery old fucker in a faded yellow 75 doing this in about 40 years time please do tell me to GET OFF THE ROAD!

[Pillock]

And Mrs Pillock's cake, by all accounts.

She's now wondering whether to bring cake to the next auction. What have you done?

 

(I suspect you knew exactly what you were doing)

[RoadworkUK]

Grand Designs. Yadda Yadda "The sheer genius of Aspidistra and Cephalopods vision is an inspiration to architects everywhere".

 

Not hard to have vision with a million quid budget. I'd like to see a properly creative re-imagining of a three bed semi using B&Q vouchers like the rest of us.

[chaseracer]

She's now wondering whether to bring cake to the next auction. What have you done?

 

(I suspect you knew exactly what you were doing)

 

BWAAAAHAHAHA, etc.

 

[320touring]

Ordered a new gear gaiter for the Toledo.

 

Original clearly has elastic at the top to fit in the ridge of the knob.

 

 

Seller sent me one that is too narrow and has no elastic at the top.

 

When I asked him to solve he sent me a link to a video of how to remove a mk4 golf gearstick..

 

Anyone know a seller capable of sending the right bit?

[cobblers]

Grand Designs. Yadda Yadda "The sheer genius of Aspidistra and Cephalopods vision is an inspiration to architects everywhere".

 

Not hard to have vision with a million quid budget. I'd like to see a properly creative re-imagining of a three bed semi using B&Q vouchers like the rest of us.

 

TBH videoing people like me trying to completely redo a kitchen from the bricks up while making do with whatever tool I had at hand to save driving back to my mums garage 20 miles away to get the proper one, after spending half the morning hungover, drinking 2l bottles of aldi cola from the grotty fridge in the middle of the room while walking round just looking at everything wondering why I even bloody started wouldn't really make such inspirational telly.

[Pillock]

Add into that vision, making sure there's a working kitchen at the end of every working day with a sink balanced on tote boxes, or a fridge on top of the cooker, otherwise the kids can't have their cereal and there'll be a riot. Grand Designs never have to figure that.

[cobblers]

Oh man don't get me started. We had a the front room full of shite as usual, plus a kitchens worth of shite. Plus a load of new units, worktops, plus the tumble dryer, other fridge, kettle and boxes and boxes of all the shite she kept in all the cupboards. 

 

I had to plan every bit of work around the fact that there was a washing machine in there and two maniac dogs that would need to gallop through it to get to the garden about every two hours. 

 

When I screeded the floor I had to make a walkway over it, then I had to tile it in three phases to keep it all accessable.

 

I used to absolutely love DIY. 

[privatewire]

Luckily, after 27 years of me walking through paint, cutting stuff too short and making the living room lights work off the switch in the bedroom, Mrs Privatewire pays for folk to do diy...

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Luckily, after 27 years of me walking through paint, cutting stuff too short and making the living room lights work off the switch in the bedroom, Mrs Privatewire pays for folk to do diy...

Yes, I perfected that a long time ago. Ironically FathaN has built his own houses and my 3 brothers all put up extensions and convert lofts overnight etc.

MrsN often points out this missing DIY gene from my makeup, but if you knew my mother, it's not that surprising really..........

[Negative Creep]

Quite impressed he got round that Civic, but then he got completely stuck

 

[chaseracer]

^ What makes me think there's a primary school very close by... 

[Tickman]

I checked the time and thought exactly that