The grumpy thread

[trigger]

I'm got a TDC membership if i can help in anyway.

[Craig the Princess]

Good to see trigger is still on here, hopefully it is better to be on here without the mod hassle.

 

My moan, the woman coughing and sputtering all over the local shop when I popped in earlier, thanks I'm really looking forward to having your full on cold.

[garbaldy]

That's a strange one, they will only sell the car cheaply to a paid up member and I'm pretty sure all paid up members will already have a dolly or three,

I think you will be right what the outcome will be.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Message him offering to pay £100 plus the TDC membership fee to charity instead.

[Lacquer Peel]

Been a shite day at work on top of a shite week on a shite month/year/decade etc.

 

I come home and plonk myself down at the PC and check the Triumph Dolly forum. There is a well known, tax free 1850 with a year's ticket for sale for Â£100 so long as the money goes to charity as the owner needs it gone and the car is in Caithness and nobody wants to travel that far to get it as there are sod all Dolly folk in the arse end of Scotchland. Only condition is that it's first come first serve and  that the new owner is a TDC member.

 

Well, I let my membership lapse last year didn't I, to save £27. Clever boy... It'll be down south and on eBay for £2k in the next couple of months, betcha.

 

 

In all honesty I don't think I can be arsed giving much of a shit about this, I'm not sure if I can even be arsed with cars at all right now... I think we'll clock this one up as a classic Cpt.70s "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" moment and move onto the next disaster post-haste.

 

Imagine the money you'd save not buying it.

[beko1987]

I mustard mitt I came close to flouncing off last week but then I rediscovered the ignore user function and with one click all is right again.

am I doing it wrong? Ive never used the ignore function, if I see a thread I don't like or have nothing to input on I hit back and move on... I hope I'm not on anyone's ignore list?

[garbaldy]

Imagine the money you'd save not buying it.

Yup a hundred pounds can go a long way.

[RoadworkUK]

.... I hope I'm not on anyone's ignore list?

 

Did anybody hear something? No? I must have imagined it.

[captain_70s]

I'm got a TDC membership if i can help in anyway.

Cheers for the offer!

 

Message him offering to pay £100 plus the TDC membership fee to charity instead.

I did consider this!

 

Imagine the money you'd save not buying it.

This is the course of action I'm taking.

 

I have a habit of turning roadworthy cars in to un-roadworthy cars. It's only due to multiple people helping me for no cost that the 1850 is getting another shot at survival. I really mustn't buy any more cars until the two I already have are fixed... 

 

There's also the fact it'd cost over £100 in petrol and probably £250+ in insurance just getting the thing home despite it being (relatively) nearby! That's £450 total cost and that's a good amount towards a rebuilt engine for the 1300...

[Timewaster]

am I doing it wrong? Ive never used the ignore function, if I see a thread I don't like or have nothing to input on I hit back and move on... I hope I'm not on anyone's ignore list?

My quoting you means that can all see it now - unless I'm blocked too.

 

Seriously though, one eidjit and I was nearly out of here.

 

Ignore - problem solved.

[JohnK]

Cpt70's, I've got a nice Toledo for sale here ...

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

''Cherished'' 3000 quid cars sat on shiny primewells or landsails fuck off!!

[fordperv]

dont give up on us trigger (that could be a song) would you give up on an old shitter in need of repair or one of those fantastic rattle can jobs, i love those threads

[dugong]

My quoting you means that can all see it now - unless I'm blocked too.

 

Seriously though, one eidjit and I was nearly out of here.

 

Ignore - problem solved.

It is a goodly function. 

 

Sadly, my ignore list is pretty big these days.

 

''Cherished'' 3000 quid cars sat on shiny primewells or landsails fuck off!!

I've tested £25K cars wearing UHP Performers. The dealer was not impressed when I told him to spend a couple of quid on decent tyres.

 

Also, some oxygen thief decided to use the Xedos as a scratching post tonight.

 

 

 

Fuck's sake. 

[Guest Hooli]

Can't we just all get back to talking about shit like this?

 

 

My god what sort of idiot parks like that?

 

Grumble grumble mutter mutter

[dugong]

I'm s

 

Been a shite day at work on top of a shite week on a shite month/year/decade etc.

 

I come home and plonk myself down at the PC and check the Triumph Dolly forum. There is a well known, tax free 1850 with a year's ticket for sale for Â£100 so long as the money goes to charity as the owner needs it gone and the car is in Caithness and nobody wants to travel that far to get it as there are sod all Dolly folk in the arse end of Scotchland. Only condition is that it's first come first serve and  that the new owner is a TDC member.

 

Well, I let my membership lapse last year didn't I, to save £27. Clever boy... It'll be down south and on eBay for £2k in the next couple of months, betcha.

 

 

In all honesty I don't think I can be arsed giving much of a shit about this, I'm not sure if I can even be arsed with cars at all right now... I think we'll clock this one up as a classic Cpt.70s "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" moment and move onto the next disaster post-haste.

I'm stupid enough to collect something like that. I'll donate to a charity of his choice. 

PM me some details. 

[dugong]

Also, a medical question. 

If two of my fingers are stone cold, this is bad, yes? 

[Bobthebeard]

Also, a medical question. 

 

If two of my fingers are stone cold, this is bad, yes

Dunno really, I have the same symptoms. White fingers when weather is chilly. Index finger on both hands.

[DodgeRover]

Also, a medical question.

 

If two of my fingers are stone cold, this is bad, yes?

Yes lack of circulation, are they still attached to your hand and do you have normal sensation in them?

[chaseracer]

^ This.  See a quack.

 

Or wear thicker gloves.

 

[dugong]

Yes lack of circulation, are they still attached to your hand and do you have normal sensation in them?

Yes and yes. I can't get a doctor's appointment for weeks at my GP and don't really have the time to sit around in the non-emergency section of the hospital. 

[Louise2cv]

Maybe Raynaud's? I have it. My feet more often than my fingers and hands, go white and numb. Its painful when the blood comes back. It also caused problems when I was breastfeeding, nightmare.

 

I think it's pretty common, it is more of a worry when it is a secondary condition to something else, but obvs your dr would clear that up for you.

 

The capillaries go into spasm. I was told to keep my body warm with vests etc is v important, not just the areas affected. It can also be triggered by stress. Don't try to heat up the hands too quickly, recipe for chilblains and possible burns due to the numbness.

[dugong]

stress. 

 

Ah yes. 

[Louise2cv]

Yes and yes. I can't get a doctor's appointment for weeks at my GP and don't really have the time to sit around in the non-emergency section of the hospital.

What about making the appointment anyway; keep a diary of symptoms, when, which fingers, were you cold or stressed or whatever, take pictures if they are going white or a funny colour. The weeks will roll by soon enough and as it's sods law you won't have the symptoms on the day you have info so you might cut out some back and forthing?

 

In the meantime you can fall back on the emergency appointment if you get any more symptoms that concern you.

 

Hopefully it's just a bit of a glitch and all will be well by the morning.

 

All the best, I know how uncomfortable and frustrating it can be.

[Tetleysmooth]

Is anyone brave enough to publish their ignore list?

 

There's no-one on mine, I'll talk to any bugger.

[Ghosty]

I went to apply online for Christmas temp jobs at Tesco and I can't even get past the online questionnaire of 'what would you do in this situation' etc.

You even need to do it for the bloody night shift.

[Cavcraft]

Is anyone brave enough to publish their ignore list?

 

There's no-one on mine, I'll talk to any bugger.

 

It'd probably cause ill feeling and arguments if they did, tbh.

[billyboy406v6]

Also, a medical question. 

 

If two of my fingers are stone cold, this is bad, yes?

Have you been making rude gestures too often ?

[purplebargeken]

Probably not a good thing. Have you bent them, hit them, been lying on them oddly?

 

See GP, or local walk in. Probably nowt, just don't Google.

[Coprolalia]

Probably:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynaud's_phenomenon

 

What I imagine you're worried about if you've done any googling:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_limb_ischaemia

 

If your sensation in the finger (I.e. sense of touch) is normal and when you press on the skin it blanches then goes back to the colour of the surrounding akin after a few seconds then it's fine.

 

Probably worth seeing a GP at some point for bloods to rule out minor causes, but Raynauds is really common and mostly harmless (in the Douglas Adams sense of the word).