The grumpy thread

[3VOM]

Been there and done it, got a new one without receipt. Guy said " you must have given this some welly" I answered "it's a Fookin breaker bar what you expect ?" I believe current policy is if it's got Halfords stamped on it they'll change it. I'm a regular offender and never had an issue in the 12 or so times I've swapped broken stuff 

It's a NOT grumpy old man post. Halfords replaced the breaker bar with no bother.

[tooSavvy]

And this is why the enlightened motorist always carries a handy supply of old and unwanted heavy things, to fire out of the sunroof.

...... another valid reason to find the tilt/slide, in ToMM©, a 'must have'

 

TS

[panhard65]

Always wondered why the Bentley felt 'gutless' when on the motorway at 80 on cruise. If the car needs to accelerate it changes down rather than just use a tad more throttle. All very odd behaviour in my mind. So, I 'read the fucking manual'! Apparently, the turbo is out of the system when cruise is used! That will explain it then, sudden loss of a hundred horsepower and about two hundred ft lb of torque will, definitely make it feel gutless!

 

How odd though, why? Don't know why that makes me feel grumpy but it does. As does being old and posting this in the wrong thread and then trying to justify it

That is probably quite sensible to not have the turbo when using the cruise. As the system basically just moves the throttle if it buried it to regain speed and the turbo cut in it wouldn't be very smooth, as it would soon go over the selected speed and start the whole game off again. I don't think I have used cruise in the UK for years as there is no where really that you can stick at a constant speed without some dick head pulling out in front of you.

[daveb47]

Just been  round the local shops,thick fog.

virtually every vehicle with no lights or sidelights,many on phones.

Also some twat in naverro with large trailer double parked on bus stop,road not wide enuff for bus to get pass.

Wankers

[M'coli]

^^^ 

 

But my lights should be on, they're set to automatic!

I was following a guy in a newish BMW estate on the way into the supermarket a fortnight ago with no lights on because of the DRL/dash display lights problem, and his lights had been set to automatic - but because the DRLs are so bright and the dashboard lights are now "always on", he hadn't noticed.

[dollywobbler]

DRLs. Necessary because 'automatic' headlamps are utterly shit. There was loads of mist and fog on the motorways yesterday. Some people correctly had their headlamps on. Some twats had fog lights on (and had probably turned them on at home because 'fog' was mentioned in a weather report. Quite a lot had no lights on at all.

[Lord Sterling]

^I take great pleasure in passing the whole lot in lane two at an only-just illegal velocity.^

A bit late to the party but I have to do this more regularly than I want to. People seem to be simply unaware/uncaring of where they are or what they are doing as long as they are travelling forward to their destination. It seems too much effort for many to think about what they are doing and where they are on the road let alone be courteous or even simply think ahead whilst driving.

 

We need those old (pre worboys?) signs on roads and motorways warning to "keep left unless overtaking"

[DodgeRover]

That is probably quite sensible to not have the turbo when using the cruise. As the system basically just moves the throttle if it buried it to regain speed and the turbo cut in it wouldn't be very smooth, as it would soon go over the selected speed and start the whole game off again. I don't think I have used cruise in the UK for years as there is no where really that you can stick at a constant speed without some dick head pulling out in front of you.

I do a lot of night runs and find I'm using cruise 80% of the time in roadworks it's especially handy with the average speed check BS

[DodgeRover]

Another grump, light mist this morning, excellent visibility and I've got dicks flashing their lights as mine are turned off. FFS if you can't see me you really shouldn't be driving

[xtriple]

I use cruise control 'cos I am a  lazy bastard, if held up a quick press of 'resume' and it's back to speed, so much easier than all that tedious pressing the throttle nonsense

 

Also discovered (reading the handbook is quite enlightening!) that the turbo is restricted/not used until the engine is up to temp which is why some days it feels a bit flat after the one serious chicane on a steep hill. I really should:

 

A, read the fucking handbook sooner than a year after purchase...

 

B, use the bastard car more so it actually warms up!

 

Lights: my car has 'automatic lights' and they come on if the brightness outside drops below the need for sunshades and factor 50 sun-block! They are a bit 'keen' but, again saves the need for all the strenuous turning of a light control if it actually gets dark/dim

[Captain Furious]

That's a shame that you get no turbo on cruise control, because it's a well known fact that the fastest a car will ever accelerate is when you hit the resume button from 30 to 70.

[dollywobbler]

Another grump, light mist this morning, excellent visibility and I've got dicks flashing their lights as mine are turned off. FFS if you can't see me you really shouldn't be driving

 

I'm with them on this one. To be honest, especially as DRLs get more widespread and my Honda is black, I tend to light up whenever the weather is anything but sunny. Grey cars are almost bloody invisible in mist.

[Supernaut]

Really?

 

I may have to test this out.

 

Let us know the results!

 

 

 

My grump is that I did not get the job in Newcastle. Booooo!

 

Oh well, on the positive side, the future of the 316 is secured for a while, and the Civic Aerodeck project shall continue!

 

 

 

Another grump, a good friend of mine who can never seem to get a break is now at risk in the next round of redundancies at his job. Yes, he's in oil.

[chaseracer]

Yup. Except then you get the main beam of DEATH because they think you've done something wrong.

 

Then they get the hazard flashers/middle finger of FUKUPAL, as appropriate.

[chaseracer]

I use cruise control 'cos I am a  lazy bastard, if held up a quick press of 'resume' and it's back to speed, so much easier than all that tedious pressing the throttle nonsense

 

Also discovered (reading the handbook is quite enlightening!) that the turbo is restricted/not used until the engine is up to temp which is why some days it feels a bit flat after the one serious chicane on a steep hill. I really should:

 

A, read the fucking handbook sooner than a year after purchase...

 

B, use the bastard car more so it actually warms up!

 

Lights: my car has 'automatic lights' and they come on if the brightness outside drops below the need for sunshades and factor 50 sun-block! They are a bit 'keen' but, again saves the need for all the strenuous turning of a light control if it actually gets dark/dim

 

Does the car not come with a butler for all that tedious physical exertion?

[oldcars]

My missus is watching some old dross on the telly where rich, clever conmen make gullible buffoons believe they can speak to the dead.

Can't fecking stand the x factor either.

[The Moog]

Looks like the buyer for the flat in Edinburgh has fallen through. Been waiting for him to sign the missives letter, which he hasn't done.

 

Bugger

[gordonbennet]

Well some arsehole must have either hacked us or got some of our details from a website we used.

 

Received a few emails this last week.

 

Couple from a London hotel annoyed at us for not turning up for a reservation made via Laterooms, nope know bugger all about it, LR have my correct name address telephone number and email address but fortunately not the right credit card last 4 digits, all sorted out now, feel sorry for the hotel, they'll be receiving a call from some poor innocent sod whose credit card is getting a £200 sting.

 

Then more emails from Uswitch who are flipping us onto Sainsbury's energy that we didn't ask for, again uswitch have all the right details, thats all sorted too.

 

Have a funny feeling i'm going to end up changing me main email address, thats going to fun*

[Supernaut]

I reckon it's about time I took my main email address around the back of the barn.

 

Had it a fair few years now, and the amount of dodgy spam it's getting has been on the increase lately. I mean spam that's getting past the filters and into the inbox.

[I_am_Diesel]

The CPS have decided not to prosecute the thieving traveller scum who scammed me out of nearly 2 grand. The mealy mouthed, tree hugging, liberal bastards.

[cobblers]

Can you appeal the decision? It might be complete bollocks but I read somewhere that they're so stretched lately that they're turning down loads of stuff that they think is borderline doable and only really sticking with dead certs. They're relying on people appealing to pick the cases where people are a bit more motivated so there's a better chance that usual that they'd reconsider.

[Bren]

Can you appeal the decision? It might be complete bollocks but I read somewhere that they're so stretched lately that they're turning down loads of stuff that they think is borderline doable and only really sticking with dead certs. They're relying on people appealing to pick the cases where people are a bit more motivated so there's a better chance that usual that they'd reconsider.

 

They are stretched- like all other public services. Thanks to this wonderful government.

 

Sadly the public are not bothered until it affects them directly.

[Captain Furious]

I was having the same problem with spam on my main address, piling in and apparently BT's filter is next to useless

 

So I had a look at the addresses it was coming from, nearly all addresses ending in .nl or addresses which start with a random number.

 

So I created a couple of rules to drop any email without notifying the sender if the address began with a number or ended in .nl

 

Down to almost zero spam again.

[cobblers]

WRT the above, I had this proper crazy idea the other day where people and companies are taxed a little bit more, so that public services had enough money to properly care for people, enough money to educate the kids properly and enough money to keep crime down. I'd happily pay another few % more tax if it meant that my country was "nice" to people. I'm by no means rich nor am I a mega lefty liberal tree hugger, but why does it all come down to the bottom line nowadays? what have we become?

 

If people were treat better, they would be happier, better educated, earn more money, pay more in taxes and generally be healthier and commit less crime. This would then mean you wouldn't need to spend as much money on benefits/NHS and the criminal justice system and things would balance out.

 

 

As we are in 15 years we'll have a generation of thick, angry, fucked up and unhealthy people entering an already poisoned job market where the demand for manual grunt work is plummeting because robots will be able to do it all, and what kind of maniac pays and angry idiot to do a job that a robot will do a better job of for free? They'll be unemployable. and the state will have to continue paying to feed, house and water these people for most of their life. 

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

What a fucking.shit.day Monday has been...

 

First drop off this morning was fine, easy drop off, sign off, even got dropped off to the station. Then into Tamworth I go to pick up my next car, a Mazda 3. Now usually it's a case of; inspect car, note any damage/fuel/mileage, get signed off, off ya go.

 

Nope, it was; works tablet falls out of pocket onto ground and smashes the digitizer screen, so outside screen is fine, internal show screen is fine but there is a big bloody smash on digitizer.

 

Can't get on with inspection so gotta call office, office advise me to use my own phone and download inspection software, but...phone isn't interested in working on mobile data, I switch mobile data on and it carries as if nothing has happened. Mess about with settings, still nowt. Great.

 

Phone up office again, gotta go to office. SatNav has decided not be a SatNav anymore, it wants to be an inanimate object devoid of any use.

 

Get lost on way to office as it's not area of Brum I'm familiar with. Scream and shout all sorts if obscenities whilst trying to get to office. New swear words were created I think.

 

Get to office, apologise for carelessness, get new tablet (I know I'm gonna be charged for the old one, thats all I need) go home because I wouldn't be able to make drop off.

 

Stop off at Cash Generator and CEX on way home to see if they have any cheapie SatNavs, nope, all are £50/£60+ and I don't have that kind of dough spare. On way home, traffic seems to be dawdling, try to take shirt cut only to have dawdlers fly by because; traffic lights system. Can't beat 'em so I'll join 'em.

 

At home I find out a sim card hasn't been supplied with my new tablet. Great.

 

This day and all its shittyness can FUCK OFF.

[Tamworthbay]

What a fucking.shit.day Monday has been...

First drop off this morning was fine, easy drop off, sign off, even got dropped off to the station. Then into Tamworth I go to pick up my next car, a Mazda 3. Now usually it's a case of; inspect car, note any damage/fuel/mileage, get signed off, off ya go.

Nope, it was; works tablet falls out of pocket onto ground and smashes the digitizer screen, so outside screen is fine, internal show screen is fine but there is a big bloody smash on digitizer.

Can't get on with inspection so gotta call office, office advise me to use my own phone and download inspection software, but...phone isn't interested in working on mobile data, I switch mobile data on and it carries as if nothing has happened. Mess about with settings, still nowt. Great.

Phone up office again, gotta go to office. SatNav has decided not be a SatNav anymore, it wants to be an inanimate object devoid of any use.

Get lost on way to office as it's not area of Brum I'm familiar with. Scream and shout all sorts if obscenities whilst trying to get to office. New swear words were created I think.

Get to office, apologise for carelessness, get new tablet (I know I'm gonna be charged for the old one, thats all I need) go home because I wouldn't be able to make drop off.

Stop off at Cash Generator and CEX on way home to see if they have any cheapie SatNavs, nope, all are £50/£60+ and I don't have that kind of dough spare. On way home, traffic seems to be dawdling, try to take shirt cut only to have dawdlers fly by because; traffic lights system. Can't beat 'em so I'll join 'em.

At home I find out a sim card hasn't been supplied with my new tablet. Great.

This day and all its shittyness can FUCK OFF.

what Mazda 3 was it? We have just traded in my wife's old one, a blue saloon reg BL08AXH.

[EssDeeWon]

Are you trade plating Lord Sterling?

[twosmoke300]

That is a shitty day but I can't help but smirk when I think about what the garage / car hire place is thinking .

 

Silly twat came to collect a car then couldn't pick it up cos he dropped his tablet then fucked off to get a new one and didn't come back 😀

[Lord Sterling]

what Mazda 3 was it? We have just traded in my wife's old one, a blue saloon reg BL08AXH.

That is exactly the car It's off to Ely by Ipswich tomorrow. Nice car, got sold to Ely garage for around £2500 or around that mark.

 

Are you trade plating Lord Sterling?

I am indeed. Just switched company as the old place was doing my nut in with being away from home for days on end and hotel bills.

 

That is a shitty day but I can't help but smirk when I think about what the garage / car hire place is thinking .

Silly twat came to collect a car then couldn't pick it up cos he dropped his tablet then fucked off to get a new one and didn't come back

Who said I didn't take the car? Who said I couldn't come back? I did take the car anyway which they were happy for me too without a signature from them. All they were concered about was whether the garage whom has bought the vehicle had actually paid for the it, which they had, eventually.

[Lord Sterling]

In a slight turn of events, I actually successfully updated my other SatNav which had a file corrupted during a previous attempted update, but I'm a little more out of pocket. Also, a sim card is waiting for me at office, so all should be back to normal, if a little out of pocket because SatNav and broken tablet.