The grumpy thread

[garethj]

  On 08/11/2016 at 17:41, MarvinsMom said:

knocked off early from work to take fuckin' rover to the local tyre emporium, 

 

i get there at 4pm, only to be told that they are too busy cos he had that to finish and that to finish and that he closes at 5pm.

 

so fuck you buddy, i'll run it home on the dustbin lid spare and give money to kwiksteal (or what other tyre place is open at the weekend) instead.

 

fucking cars......

 

so i went back to work for an hour.

I used Blackcircles for tyres on the Volvo.  It lets you choose from loads of different brands rather than just the ones that the local place has in stock at the time and are desperate to shift.  The send a bloke around to change them in the office car park which works well for my schedule and lack of planning.

 

I don't begrudge anyone knocking off at hometime, but with most of us working from 9ish to 5ish there's not much chance of getting anything done until Saturday or taking an extra long lunchbreak.  Getting the tyre fitter to come to you is marvellous.

[jakebullet]

Idiot sister is causing grief with Ma. Back story is 6 months ago she tried to run me over with her shitty kia, so I told her to GTF. Since then not seen anything of her (yay!), but in mean time she's been playing poor me, the world's against me.

 

Said shitty kia has 4 bald tyres, and snow is forecast tomorrow. In her shed are 4 wheels with perfectly good winter tyres on them. Ma has offered I will swap them over without bothering to ask me first. Fortunately idiot sister refuses and is going to do some random complicated plan involving the village idiot which is fine by me.

 

Ma is now in mega mopey mode, I'm getting the standard 'piggy in the middle' speech, followed by silent treatment and it's all very hard work. I'm really looking forwards to christmas. Idiot is no doubt going to let everyone know she's staying home on her own cos nobody cares, only bought 3 sprouts cos nobody cares etc etc. Ma will then have mega face on and give me grief about it, and idiot will have won and ruined xmas.

 

Sorry, needed to vent. TLDR: wimmin.

[Louise2cv]

I think your TL:DR summary is way off the mark...

[Cheggers]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:20, jakebullet said:

Idiot sister is causing grief with Ma. Back story is 6 months ago she tried to run me over with her shitty kia, so I told her to GTF. Since then not seen anything of her (yay!), but in mean time she's been playing poor me, the world's against me.

 

Said shitty kia has 4 bald tyres, and snow is forecast tomorrow. In her shed are 4 wheels with perfectly good winter tyres on them. Ma has offered I will swap them over without bothering to ask me first. Fortunately idiot sister refuses and is going to do some random complicated plan involving the village idiot which is fine by me.

 

Ma is now in mega mopey mode, I'm getting the standard 'piggy in the middle' speech, followed by silent treatment and it's all very hard work. I'm really looking forwards to christmas. Idiot is no doubt going to let everyone know she's staying home on her own cos nobody cares, only bought 3 sprouts cos nobody cares etc etc. Ma will then have mega face on and give me grief about it, and idiot will have won and ruined xmas.

 

Sorry, needed to vent. TLDR: wimmin.

MOVE OUT

 

 

How many fucking times...

[MarvinsMom]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:20, jakebullet said:

Idiot sister is causing grief with Ma. Back story is 6 months ago she tried to run me over with her shitty kia, so I told her to GTF. Since then not seen anything of her (yay!), but in mean time she's been playing poor me, the world's against me.

 

Said shitty kia has 4 bald tyres, and snow is forecast tomorrow. In her shed are 4 wheels with perfectly good winter tyres on them. Ma has offered I will swap them over without bothering to ask me first. Fortunately idiot sister refuses and is going to do some random complicated plan involving the village idiot which is fine by me.

 

Ma is now in mega mopey mode, I'm getting the standard 'piggy in the middle' speech, followed by silent treatment and it's all very hard work. I'm really looking forwards to christmas. Idiot is no doubt going to let everyone know she's staying home on her own cos nobody cares, only bought 3 sprouts cos nobody cares etc etc. Ma will then have mega face on and give me grief about it, and idiot will have won and ruined xmas.

 

Sorry, needed to vent. TLDR: wimmin.

or, you could go and spend xmas with lady friend instead?

[Guest Hooli]

  On 08/11/2016 at 21:34, gordonbennet said:

Son's detached garage door forced off its runners,  motorcycle stolen.

 

Police wouldn't attend to check for any clues but crime number issued, is it me.

 

That's shit & I'm utterly not surprised plod are doing fuck all.

[cobblers]

  On 08/11/2016 at 21:34, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Fucking meat from the supermarket, it's like 70% water, I'm trying to make a curry but the frying pan has a bastard swimming pool in the bottom. Remind me to go to the butchers shop next time!

Those son of a bitch bastards at Coop had my pants down with a £10 beef joint the other day. Looked well enough in the packet but there was a curly wurly sized bit of grot down the middle of it that they'd hidden under the label, it was lousy. Most of it ended up in the dogs and even they struggled! they eat chicken wings/legs bones and all most of the time so it really must have been hard going. 

 

Anyway, £6 from the butcher.

[Cheggers]

I'm trying to lose weight here...pictures of you frying half a cow ain't helping

[Pillock]

We've got one of them meat boxes (fnar) delivered every month. Costs fifty quid but it's getting to the point we're struggling to use it all before the next one arrives. Today was belly pork, had some pork knuckle at the weekend. The chicken legs are the size of a small child. Burgers that stay the same size when you cook them.

 

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[Guest Hooli]

That's not half a cow, that's a small portion.

[mercrocker]

The other good thing about shopping at butchers (and for that matter, greengrocers, bakeries and delicatessens ) is that you might get a gentle reminder that you need to order early for Xmas or smell Clementines round about now.   Compare that to Tescasdainbury where some shouty twat on in-store radio is Smashy N Nicey-ing his way through the festive* scripts already.   Not the mention the bastard tree in the foyer and the fact that everything you do want in there (like my favourite granola) is now three fucking aisles away to make way for mince pies.    Thank God a bag of cereal lasts me two weeks.

[DodgeRover]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:49, cobblers said:

Anyway, £6 from the butcher.

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My kids would eat that - each - given half a chance! They do love steak

[dean36014]

Bloody cars. The little zx which has been the picture of reliability, and has move than its worth spent on it, has decided to start dripping coolant out the heater matrix. After breaking the ex beko Zx I know full well its a complete dash out job. The stupid plastic connectors on the heater pipes also go fragile with age. Luckily I have a brand new heater matrix from the Amazon car parts sale thingy for the grand cost of £4.99. Going try some rad weld etc to try and stem the leak to spring when its a bit warmer for working on cars. Any recomendations for a decent rad weld that might work on heater matrix's? Luckily I still have the pug of much cheapness to dog around in.

[myglaren]

^ Forte Cooling System Stop Leak.

[dave21478]

I permanantly fixed a 306 HDi matrix with K-seal. It was only a slight drip, but enough to fog up the windscreen in seconds.

 

Back to meat, in UK do the supermarkets have pink tinted lights above the shelves to make the sad, pale shit they pass off as meat look more appealing? They do here.

[Lacquer Peel]

Some vegan meat is meatier than death meat.

[chaseracer]

[adw1977]

President Trump!

[dollywobbler]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:54, Pillock said:

We've got one of them meat boxes (fnar) delivered every month. Costs fifty quid but it's getting to the point we're struggling to use it all before the next one arrives. Today was belly pork, had some pork knuckle at the weekend. The chicken legs are the size of a small child. Burgers that stay the same size when you cook them.

 

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Same here. We've had to cut down the number of sausages we eat as part of one meal, as they actually contain actual meat! Supermarket meat definitely comes under 'best avoided.' We'll pay £17 for a free range chicken at the local farmers' mart, but it's the size of a friggin' eagle and keeps us in meals for a week. Supermarket chickens look like bloody canaries.

[steveo3002]

we wont buy meat at the supermarket anymore it just rank....butchers or costco now

[Jazoli]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:29, Cheggers said:

MOVE OUT

 

 

How many fucking times...

+1000

[Dirty Rooster]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:52, Cheggers said:

I'm trying to lose weight here...pictures of you frying half a cow ain't helping

When I needed to lose weight steaks were a nice part of my diet, really!

[Cavcraft]

  On 08/11/2016 at 22:29, Cheggers said:

Pictures of your sister or STFU

 

 

How many fucking times...

One concurs.

[jakebullet]

Trust me you don't want pics unless fat moose's are your thing.

 

In perhaps* related news today she stacked said kia into the back of a land rover, but it's in no way the fault of bald happy lucky ditchfinders. He just stopped too quick.

[bub2006]

If car had illegal tyres then that will come to light id have thought with the investigators. As for fat moose i think pics please still stands so we can make our minds up! On a serious note though get the hell out before it causes you issues

[jakebullet]

Being spawny land rover man said no damage to me, clear off, so idiot only has a restyled bonnet, and no insurance claims.

 

Have a moose. This is 3 years ago, so imagine rest of her now matches the impressive arm bulge:

[Bren]

Cold weather playing hell with my asthma.

 

Sick of spending ££££ on meds that do not work.

 

Going to asthma clinic monday to request a maintenance dose of prednisolone because it's the only thing that works.

 

"But you may get glaucoma and osteoporosis " say doctors.

 

Yes I may - but right now I have little quality of life because I am struggling to breathe. I'll take the chance.

[Pillock]

I'd tap that.

[plasticvandan]

Looks like she's wearing a seatbelt LOLZ

[bub2006]

  On 09/11/2016 at 18:23, Pillock said:

I'd tap that.

I think i already have. She looks familiar.