The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Not specifically, but he's well known in the city centre for being a bit of a cunt.

[greengartside]

Not specifically, but he's well known in the city centre for being a bit of a cunt.

 

He needs to be careful then, because he'll speak to the wrong person and have the living shit kicked out of him. Cheers for the heads up.

[DodgeRover]

Just been to the Christmas lights switch on in Norwich, it was my daughter's first time she'd seen anything like this so I wanted it to be ultra special.

 

3. Some cunt in a 53-plate Mitsubishi pickup who thought it was a good idea to follow me really close, swerve in and out of the road, then when I braked to get him to back off, preceeded to overtake me then come to a stop and get out to start having a go. I reversed and pegged it down the road. SWMBO was in her car further up and had stopped but when she saw I'd cleared him, we both pegged it back home. What gives someone the right to do this?

At times like this front corner into the drivers door IS the way to score!!!

 

Hope the little one is OK

[greengartside]

At times like this front corner into the drivers door IS the way to score!!!

 

Hope the little one is OK

 

Yes she's fine thanks bud - luckily was with SWMBO in her car but she was just as shaken up as I was. Such a sad society we live in.

[loserone]

NHS bureaucracy.

 

 

ARRGGH.  I'm on AS reading about work, when I'm not even at work (pretty much) for the rest of this year.   I could rant for ages on this, but not on a public forum.  There are many tied hands involved.

 

Requests for call recordings are almost always a SAR.  Any kind of DPA request will follow the defined processes, as long as we actually got the request.  

 

PM me if necessary.

[garbaldy]

Just been to the Christmas lights switch on in Norwich, it was my daughter's first time she'd seen anything like this so I wanted it to be ultra special.

 

And it was, just a shame that three individuals spoiled it for us.

 

1. Woman in John Lewis - my daugher was with SWMBO and apparenty according to this person my daughter was in her way despite her being nowhere near, so she saw fit to shout at her to get out of the way.

 

2. A homeless man who asked for change and when we didn't give him any, started to verbally abuse me and SWMBO.

 

3. Some cunt in a 53-plate Mitsubishi pickup who thought it was a good idea to follow me really close, swerve in and out of the road, then when I braked to get him to back off, preceeded to overtake me then come to a stop and get out to start having a go. I reversed and pegged it down the road. SWMBO was in her car further up and had stopped but when she saw I'd cleared him, we both pegged it back home. What gives someone the right to do this?

 

Now we are both shaken up and it's ruined what was meant to be a lovely evening for my family. I HATE PEOPLE.

First two need a major slap but do you think you might have contributed to number three with a brake test ?

Glad your all safe and sound anyway.

[Barry Cade]

I certainly wouldn't brake test a warrior. The bull bar usually makes up for the lack of stopping power on these things. They usually swerve all over the road due to ball joints too. Right pedal is the answer with these twats.

[Tamworthbay]

First two need a major slap but do you think you might have contributed to number three with a brake test ?

Glad your all safe and sound anyway.

to be fair he doesn't say he brake tested him, just that he put the brakes on. If I have someone right up my chuff I will gently press the brake pedal, just enough to get the lights on without really slowing the car much and slowly let the speed drop to a safe point. When I did my AIM on my bike years ago that was the advice given, open a bigger gap in front to allow a longer stopping distance and reduce speed gradually to reduce the stopping distance needed. You would think on a bike that you just gun it, and sometimes you do, but there idiots that will sit on your back tyre in situations you wouldn't believe.

[Captain Furious]

Following way too close seems to be the default these days, every single night the M6 is like a giant nascar race.  At least 50% of drivers are tailgating bellends who just can't wait to get past you whatever the cost, just so they're that 20 yards infront.

 

Though I did have a grin this morning, roundabout just outside the business park which ALWAYS has people trying to gain places by coming  down the outside lane and then trying to cut across everyone and get off at the 2nd exit.  Sprinter van, who had previously been driving right up my chuff tried it, the Jag infront of me was having none of it and stood his ground, van left in the outside lane impotently blasting his horn.  Yeah, round you go you cunt.

[Angrydicky]

Witnessed some absolutely shocking driving on the M25 last night. Worst one was the bellend in the silver Jag XF PK16 *** who decided to jump the queue of traffic to the roundabout by cutting up the inside of the queue, two wheels on the road, two on the grass verge. Other than that, just people swerving in and out of lanes because they thought the next one was moving quicker than the one they were in, then a few seconds later swerve across again. A 66 plate DS3 and another similar modern blob were both doing this right in front of me, and twice they swerved into the gap between myself and the car in front while the lane was slowing, forcing me to jam the anchors on.

 

Three accidents in the space of a few miles (two in the outside lane!) meant the motorway was very slow even though I didn't leave the office in Horsham until 6:20. Didn't get home until 9pm, with an aching knee from the Sierra's heavy clutch!

[Sheefag]

I once watched a work colleague attempt to butter bread using a dorito. It was a good job he had a large bag.

 

Am I alone in being minded of this?

 

[AMC Rebel]

Sick of hearing about Clarkson and his mates already.  I have zero interest in their new shit - even less in hearing the world and his wife's views on it.  Arrggghh and now I've come on here to moan about it which is even worse.  

 

Cock-faced driver of today (so far) was the bloke who blasted past me as I was accelering away from a roundabout having just dropped of my daughter at school.  30 limit, loads of schoolkids around, but this cock felt like 50 on a narrow winding road with kids and poor visibility was more like it - and he had the gaul to gesture at me for going too slow, too.

[Cheggers]

Just been to the Christmas lights switch on in Norwich, it was my daughter's first time she'd seen anything like this so I wanted it to be ultra special.

 

And it was, just a shame that three individuals spoiled it for us.

 

1. Woman in John Lewis - my daugher was with SWMBO and apparenty according to this person my daughter was in her way despite her being nowhere near, so she saw fit to shout at her to get out of the way.

 

2. A homeless man who asked for change and when we didn't give him any, started to verbally abuse me and SWMBO.

 

3. Some cunt in a 53-plate Mitsubishi pickup who thought it was a good idea to follow me really close, swerve in and out of the road, then when I braked to get him to back off, preceeded to overtake me then come to a stop and get out to start having a go. I reversed and pegged it down the road. SWMBO was in her car further up and had stopped but when she saw I'd cleared him, we both pegged it back home. What gives someone the right to do this?

 

Now we are both shaken up and it's ruined what was meant to be a lovely evening for my family. I HATE PEOPLE.

If someone's driving close enough to piss you off but you're not up for a confrontation don't give them a flash of brake light, that's only going to wind them up. Simply pull over and let them tailgate the car in front of you instead.

 

Driving doesn't have to be a competitive activity.

 

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[garbaldy]

to be fair he doesn't say he brake tested him, just that he put the brakes on. If I have someone right up my chuff I will gently press the brake pedal, just enough to get the lights on without really slowing the car much and slowly let the speed drop to a safe point. When I did my AIM on my bike years ago that was the advice given, open a bigger gap in front to allow a longer stopping distance and reduce speed gradually to reduce the stopping distance needed. You would think on a bike that you just gun it, and sometimes you do, but there idiots that will sit on your back tyre in situations you wouldn't believe.

Nope your right he didn't say that but am I the only one who can't tell how gently the car in front has braked from the tail lights,

I do hate tailgater's especially on the bike but it's modern motoring so I guess we have to put up with it occasionally.

[Asimo]

I have found with tailgaters that violent left-right swerving freaks them without threatening them like a brake test.

Only when safe to do so of course!

 

Often wish the car carried a caltrop dispenser.  

[dollywobbler]

Sick of hearing about Clarkson and his mates already.  I have zero interest in their new shit - even less in hearing the world and his wife's views on it.  Arrggghh and now I've come on here to moan about it which is even worse.  

 

Yes, I'm struggling with that too. I was going to have a good old moan about how I don't give a shit about it on social media, as it clogs up with folk talking about it, but then I realised I'd just be contributing to the traffic, so I said nowt and posted pics of a train outside my house instead.

 

Gosh it's lovely here.

[Richard]

I've said it before but I am convinced that haters are an intentional part of viral marketing campaigns. How many things have you only heard of through people saying they are shit?

[Sheefag]

MGUK for one. As a marketing strategy, it's not exactly bearing fruit.

[Richard]

Justin Bieber is the most obvious example. His initial marketing campaign consisted entirely of people leaving YouTube comments saying 'this is better than Justin Bieber'. I still don't know anything about him other than that he is a Canadian sex offender.

[AMC Rebel]

I have found with tailgaters that violent left-right swerving freaks them without threatening them like a brake test.

Only when safe to do so of course!

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I agree with this - I find this sometimes works with those ridiculous twats who zoom up and sit on

your rear 3/4 even though there is nowhere to go

Weaving a bit sometimes makes them actually think about what they are doing. I do a similar thing at supermarket checkouts when the person behind is invading my personal space in the queue.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Weaving a bit sometimes makes them actually think about what they are doing. I do a similar thing at supermarket checkouts when the person behind is invading my personal space in the queue.

 

Eh? I'd love to see this

[Bobthebeard]

Doesn't the MOT rules state that vehicles should not show white lights at the rear? Some new cars seem to have massively bright number plate lights. Audi for example.

[Richard]

The weaving thing works quite well on a bike too, people give you more room if they get the idea you're not in control.

[Supernaut]

The weaving thing works quite well on a bike too, people give you more room if they get the idea you're not in control.

You get given a lot of space when you exit a roundabout slightly sideways in an LS400!

[fraser.innes.3]

Puncture in the voyager last saturday. Kwik fit were the only ones able to replace it on the day, so now have a ditch finder on until I can get to the breakers and get a spare alloy and put a decent tyre on it.

Then this morning the wife called to say her car was pulling to the left. Yes, another puncture. This time a split in the side wall. No spares on this car, but I had put the compressor in my car so managed to get enough air into it to get it home. Pot hole damage😫😫. She drives so far to the left that she hits everything, but it doesn't help that they are 45 profile tyres.

 

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[AMC Rebel]

Doesn't the MOT rules state that vehicles should not show white lights at the rear? Some new cars seem to have massively bright number plate lights. Audi for example.

Another example of crap progress.

 

 Although when I was on the Auldi forum it was full of lads wanting to know how to make all of their lights as blinding as possible so it's possible these are the same twats who rearrange their number plates and have put in "Cree 1million lumen LED canbus UK seller Chine real genuine fake" replacements off ebay.

[chaseracer]

Weaving a bit sometimes makes them actually think about what they are doing. I do a similar thing at supermarket checkouts when the person behind is invading my personal space in the queue.

 

Really?  I just turn round with my best "slightly unhinged & potentially dangerous" expression and invite them to step away.  Especially if I'm using my PIN.

 

Works every time.

[D Spares & Tyres]

If someone's driving close enough to piss you off but you're not up for a confrontation don't give them a flash of brake light, that's only going to wind them up. Simply pull over and let them tailgate the car in front of you instead.

 

Driving doesn't have to be a competitive activity.

 

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These days if I`m being tailgated out of town I  prefer to just adjust my mirrors so I can`t see them and carry on my journey as usual. Im not in the rat race so no rush and I don`t need to see where I`ve been either.

[richardmorris]

M3 closed all weekend from 9pm. BUT some idiot tried to beat the closure and has hit the cone dropping Lorry causing the whole lot to be shut anyway. Moron.

[pompei]

 

 

Really?  I just turn round with my best "slightly unhinged & potentially dangerous" expression and invite them to step away.  Especially if I'm using my PIN.

 

PIN?