The grumpy thread

[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

[DodgeRover]

^^^ that's a decent picture what make of dashcam is that?

[Kiltox]

Panda sump I've had for ages is the wrong one - bought it to fit the fucked newer engine rather than the older replacement

 

Can't wait for eBay and waste a day off so hopefully got the right one on its way from ECP but it might also be a distributor for a Ford Escort, you never know

[dollywobbler]

Bumhats. Though I wasn't driving, so I'm certainly not paying! Mrs DW behind the wheel. Gallantry postponed.

[JohnDeere]

I'm relatively new to cycle commuting in London, and love it.  But this morning I had...

• White van driver #1 who took the time to wind his window down and complain I'd gone through a red light (temporary light at roadworks). Yes, you cockwomble, because otherwise you'd have been stuck behind me at 15mph all the way through the single file traffic.  And I'm quite capable of seeing if anything is coming the other way, thank you (of course I thought all of that, didn't say it).
• Black cab driver completely blocking the cycle lane by trying to push his way into a gap from a side street. Probably shat himself when I banged his back window as I squeezed by. He wasn't breaking any rules, just totally inconsiderate (in fact, my opinion of black cab drivers has plunged since getting on the bike, I hope Uber sees them all off - at least I have low expectations of the driving standards of a Prius and give them a wide berth).
• White van driver #2 who pulled out of a side road looking only to his left, and not once looking right. At me. When I shouted at him a bit, he decided to accuse me of riding the wrong way down the road. A two-way road.

That said, it's other cyclists who are generally the worst offenders.  I'm constantly swerving round little CO2 cylinders left in the road by cyclists who are (a) too bone idle to pump up their own tyres, and ( too bone idle to dispose of the empty cylinder.  Or the ones who squeeze to the front of the bike lane queue at the lights and then wobble off at 2mph right in front of everyone else.  Or the ones that ride so recklessly that they'll have a white-painted bike and a bunch of cheap flowers nailed to a lamp post quicker than you can say "which part of not undertaking an HGV that's indicating left did you not understand?"

[Supernaut]

Or the ones that ride so recklessly that they'll have a white-painted bike and a bunch of cheap flowers nailed to a lamp post quicker than you can say "which part of not undertaking an HGV that's indicating left did you not understand?"

If you want a fun* time, go onto Reddit, and the /r/cycling subreddit and try to make that argument.

They're all convinced they're fucking invincible, and one reply I got was "vehicles with blind spots like that shouldn't be allowed on the road!"

No, mate. You should be paying fucking attention and realise that darting down the inside of a large vehicle turning left is a Very Bad Idea. Yet... now there are plans to ban HGVs that don't have enough extra mirrors from the centre of London because of the sheer amount of utter cockwombles who cycle down the inside of them when they're turning left and get turned into mince under the rear wheels. Yet, somehow, in this situation it's always the HGV driver's fault?!

[M'coli]

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?

You may just have to sew one up yourself.

[DodgeRover]

Mate had kids riding cycles underneath this trailer while he was sat at the light in the city, luckily he spotted them on the CCTV, he regularly gets cyclists hanging on the back for a free ride too, usually before passing as he has slowed down to make a turn..... 

[xtriple]

Mate of mine killed a cyclist who went between his cab and trailer at a set of traffic lights. Sharp right turn saw him off. Poor Ray was distraught for a long time after that. Apparently when a petrol tanker meets a cyclist the cyclist loses quite badly.

[xtriple]

I finally know what it is that slows my laptop down, makes it crash and generally behave like the worthless piece of shit it is... Facebook! Yes, I know one should NEVER admit to going on there but I do as I am a nosey bastard and also quite a few clubs are on there. Every time I try to go on, computer crashes or slows down to a crawl. Strangely, my old laptop (running Vista) is still fine on there.  Also, the Australian Rolls Royce forum (definitely the place to go for advice or how to's ) does the same but all the other sites are fine.

[JohnDeere]

I think you'll find this is why driver's take issue with cyclists.

 

 

What - because they feel somehow jealous of the cyclists' ability to make progress while they're stuck in traffic?   Do they always wait for the green man before crossing when they're walking?

 

It's all about common sense. If I'm driving a car at roadworks and there's clearly nothing coming the other way, I'm not waiting for the lights to change (especially as temporary lights have no legal basis).  Even more so on the bike, when I don't want to get trapped in a very narrow road with a mad white van trying to get past. If I'm on the bike and it's clear and safe (including pedestrian-free), I'll make a left-turn on red - millions of Americans can't be wrong.

[Negative Creep]

^^^ that's a decent picture what make of dashcam is that?

 

 

G1W DVR. Feels a bit cheap but has worked fine for me

 

http://www.carcamerashop.co.uk/g1w-dvr.html