The grumpy thread

[The Moog]

Lingering sicky bug can FRO.

 

Got tickets to see Jim Bob tonight and at the moment I feel like death. It comes in odd waves...

[Mr A Lawrence]

See? All this new-fangled automatic toss is dumbing down driving!

 

ALL MODERNZ R SHIT.

The fact that no light was seen shining down the unlit country road points to something else being SHIT.

[jakebullet]

Face-sitting is also a no-no, so I read elsewhere.

 

So the usual Jap bukkake spunkfest is fine, but a girl squirting from a strong orgasm isn't.

 

Equal rights and all that shite. Yay.

 

Er, clue me in at which point things get illegal? For research purposes of course...

 

a ) Lady watering the English countryside?

b ) Possession of videos of LWTEC?

c ) Making videos of LWTEC?

d ) Sticking them on the interwebs?

e ) Whatever they feel like making up this week.

[sierraman]

Is watching a woman squirt illegal? Whats so terrible about it? It's a sign of a job well done for me.

[Bren]

Lovely job in today . Every single brake pipe on a farmers mazda pick up .

On the plus side I've managed to get every nipple and union out so far

Now this does sound porn related.

[tooSavvy]

I have very very limited knowledge of the laws and rules of HGV driving (and I genuinely admire those that drive them for a living) but surely there's some sort of guidance on foreign* drivers parking like wankers?

I've just had to squeeze past some shoulder shrugging knobweasel who could have stopped all of ten foot further and not had the back of his trailer sticking out whilst he got unloaded.

*Bit Daily Mail that soz, but it does always seem to be French or Eastern European registered trucks that seem to do this.

Darlington, yesterday, Dutch flower lorry stopped just 'fucking totally in the fucking middle of the fucking lane - beached across the mini rbt - whilst flower shop staff run down street'... consideration all round!!

 

* have a Cunt - to maintain balance

 

 

TS

[jakebullet]

anyone else having problems with myhermes? ive got 4 parcels that were meant to be collected tuesday (3 of which for people on here) and still havent been picked up,usually the woman that picks up is here on the dot at 4.30,but all ive had is an email yesterday saying due to "record volumes" they might not be able to collect it.i refuse to take it to a drop off point as they suggested as ive paid for them to be collected.

 

It's the time of year where they hire any idiot with the right number of arms and legs. I've had to start boxing my stuff instead of bubble envelopes 'cos they've taken on a grunt who throws parcels across the street at his van from the parcelshop. Parcelshop staff are having to tell him how he's supposed to do the job, and he just swears at them in a foreign language and then does it wrong.

[Cavcraft]

Thanks for the list/description/mention of various pornographic acts or whatever, doesn't half make great* reading.

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly our sub 10,000 mile Navara diesel is bollocksed on the DPF front. I was made up ours was the only one not to have been troubled with it. It is now, and well and truly.

[Kiltox]

As long as it hasn't broken in half it's fine though right

[beko1987]

Spent 10 minutes defrosting the stupid vauxhall and it was fine on a quick blezz up the bypass, the handbrake mechanism must have defrosted. Doing some reading today it's very common for the cable to get water in, which freezes.

 

I spunked some Wd40 over the cable joins and moving arm to dispel any water, was tempted to spray the pads in it too but she'd have the kids in the car not just her the next time it's driven.

 

I said if it does it again just drive the fucker, it'll heat up enough to melt the ice eventually. Either way I'm glad I didn't just launch into a caliper fettle

[sierraman]

Could you pump a thin grease into the cable sheathing?

[beko1987]

I can't see any visible cracks though, it must be wicking it's way in. But that's a good idea, I have a can of spray grease if I can find an opening big enough for the straw

 

Too cold to care too much tonight, and it was a different sort of frost this morning, thick and icy rather than light and fluffy. If it happens again tomorrow I'll have it apart on Saturday after my mot and have a proper look. It needs new rear calipers and pads early next year anyway

[cobblers]

Fuckin hell fire I've just had our lass screaming at me that we've been "FUCKING CONNED AND TAKEN FOR A PAIR OF MUGS" because the plasterer I got in cost about £150 more than he should have and has left a few scropes down the walls and a bit of a lump on the ceiling.

Apparently it's all my fault because instead of using a bloke who did a good job for us in the kitchen, she said we should have tried to find someone else completely unknown off the internet or something, because they might have been cheaper.

She's just spent 90 minutes arguing with me about it. Instead of getting 90 minutes of earache I could have mixed up a tub of filler and sorted the lot but instead I had to pretend like she wasn't being a complete headcase about it.

Obviously she knows absolutely fuck all about DIY but she's got a mate who's husband has done a few houses up and she says they only usually pay £350 to plaster a room. Presumably those rooms aren't as wonky and fucked or as big as ours was but that's irrelevant.

[Cavcraft]

As long as it hasn't broken in half it's fine though right

 

We probably won't have it that long, it's a couple of years old (I think) and has done less than 10,000 miles. Which is what's killing it. 

[robinmasters]

I've looked this up, at 4am whilst doing a feed, Rod Hull fell off the roof adjusting the aerial due to the set giving a poor reception during the football. He went on the roof then slipped, falling off the roof hitting the ground via the Greenhouse located at the side of his house. Apparently adjusting the aerial was something he was known to be incessantly meddling about with, in fact there's footage on a documentary that actually shows him doing this. I can see this happening to me with that godforsaken loose guttering at the back of the house so I'd better get this sorted properly.

 

Given his profession you'd think he'd have been able to connect a long thin stick to the thing, or maybe some strings, and operate it from a distance. 

[sierraman]

Fuckin hell fire I've just had our lass screaming at me that we've been "FUCKING CONNED AND TAKEN FOR A PAIR OF MUGS" because the plasterer I got in cost about £150 more than he should have and has left a few scropes down the walls and a bit of a lump on the ceiling.

Apparently it's all my fault because instead of using a bloke who did a good job for us in the kitchen, she said we should have tried to find someone else completely unknown off the internet or something, because they might have been cheaper.

She's just spent 90 minutes arguing with me about it. Instead of getting 90 minutes of earache I could have mixed up a tub of filler and sorted the lot but instead I had to pretend like she wasn't being a complete headcase about it.

Obviously she knows absolutely fuck all about DIY but she's got a mate who's husband has done a few houses up and she says they only usually pay £350 to plaster a room. Presumably those rooms aren't as wonky and fucked or as big as ours was but that's irrelevant.

Depends. Did it need relining? Was there a problem with damp? I don't know where you live but you are talking £250-300 to plaster a room but if there's more remedial work to be done then obviously it's more. I'd hardly say you've been conned. £150 does not go far in tradesman hours.

 

If you are generally happy with it and the problems are very minor I.e you could sort it yourself I'd just put it down to experience. Women love this idea of 'project managing' stuff, it just gets the back up of the people you've got working for you.

[beko1987]

We probably won't have it that long, it's a couple of years old (I think) and has done less than 10,000 miles. Which is what's killing it.

This is exactly the argument I put to amy as to why she doesn't want a diesel to Potter 8 miles here 5 miles there and very rarely 20 miles. Wouldn't last 5 minutes.

 

But you have a diesel... " yes but A I do 250 miles a week and B it's old and not saddled with the stuff that makes them shit themselves. Want a zx love? Thought not...

[Kiltox]

We probably won't have it that long, it's a couple of years old (I think) and has done less than 10,000 miles. Which is what's killing it.

That's fucking awful though - I don't expect ANY trouble with such a new vehicle outside of stuff that is blatantly just snagging

[Kiltox]

This is exactly the argument I put to amy as to why she doesn't want a diesel to Potter 8 miles here 5 miles there and very rarely 20 miles. Wouldn't last 5 minutes.

 

But you have a diesel... " yes but A I do 250 miles a week and B it's old and not saddled with the stuff that makes them shit themselves. Want a zx love? Thought not...

STFU and be thankful for your Meriva love

[sierraman]

The diesel debate depends a bit on how much you stand to lose. If you've spunked a couple of grand on it you are on dodgy ground. £7-800 though it's like anything, you could buy a diesel that's ok and you could buy a petrol that's fucked. At that money you'd be a fool to think anything is going to last you a lifetime.

[cobblers]

If you are generally happy with it and the problems are very minor I.e you could sort it yourself I'd just put it down to experience. Women love this idea of 'project managing' stuff, it just gets the back up of the people you've got working for you.

Exactly this - Yeah I'm not over the moon with it but it's a decent enough job all said and done. Like you say, chalk it up to experience and maybe try someone else next time. I might get him back over the blobs in the ceiling though if I can't sand em out.

TBH it looks absolutely fine in normal lights - we only noticed anything wrong when I put the LED downlights up which are close to the walls so show up every imperfection.

The room is 4.5m x 4.5m with 3m ceiling covered in adhesive from polystrene tiles. Two walls had boards that I stuck on myself and they weren't all that straight, and the remaining two walls were original, terrible plaster with a fireplace hole to board up and loads of cracks etc. Nothing was square. It took two blokes a day and a half on the weekend - I needed it done over the weekend cos I've no holidays left at work.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Set off up the garage tonight to do my KV6 inlet manifold. Ran straight into a massive traffic jam on the A50 due to some bell end having a crash. Sat for an hour and a half, by which time I had had enough of the job and came home. What a waste of an evening.

[martybabes]

Ffs. Have you told her its 3 points plus a fine (£150?) PER tyre? That might push her towards doing something.

 

I think if someone crashed into my car due to illegal tyres that they had already been warned about I would go through the bloody roof.

 

...or the side window, or the windscreen.  You need to wear your seat belt.

[Supernaut]

We probably won't have it that long, it's a couple of years old (I think) and has done less than 10,000 miles. Which is what's killing it. 

 

 

Hmm. The Transit at my work is 13 reg and hasn't even done 10k miles. Seems fine, but we all drive it like complete bellends so maybe that stops the DPF getting clogged.

[Lord Sterling]

Fucking bollocks. Earlier on today, had some bellend bash into the side of the car I was driving to go home in, a rented Galaxy causing some damage, not only that but the wanker drove off before I could get any details.

 

Phoned up the office, the police etc...

 

Ain't half knocked my confidence though

[Pillock]

Mate, that's shit. Just be assured if it was in the slightest bit your fault, he'd have hung around to argue the toss. Him legging it means it wasn't your doing.

[fairkens]

Depends. Did it need relining? Was there a problem with damp? I don't know where you live but you are talking £250-300 to plaster a room but if there's more remedial work to be done then obviously it's more. I'd hardly say you've been conned. £150 does not go far in tradesman hours.

 

If you are generally happy with it and the problems are very minor I.e you could sort it yourself I'd just put it down to experience. Women love this idea of 'project managing' stuff, it just gets the back up of the people you've got working for you.

If it makes you feel any better i recently paid over £900 to have a not especially big bedroom plastered, reboarded the chimney breast and skim the rest. They did do a good job mind

[Craig the Princess]

Fucking bollocks. Earlier on today, had some bellend bash into the side of the car I was driving to go home in, a rented Galaxy causing some damage, not only that but the wanker drove off before I could get any details.

 

Phoned up the office, the police etc...

 

Ain't half knocked my confidence though

Liked out of sympathy rather than liking that you were crashed into. Hopefully you can get your confidence back quickly.

[michael1703]

Spent 10 minutes defrosting the stupid vauxhall and it was fine on a quick blezz up the bypass, the handbrake mechanism must have defrosted. Doing some reading today it's very common for the cable to get water in, which freezes.

I spunked some Wd40 over the cable joins and moving arm to dispel any water, was tempted to spray the pads in it too but she'd have the kids in the car not just her the next time it's driven.

I said if it does it again just drive the fucker, it'll heat up enough to melt the ice eventually. Either way I'm glad I didn't just launch into a caliper fettle

I've got one of these, ignore the motorcycle bit, they go quite big

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTORCYCLE-MOTO-X-MX-CABLE-LUBRICATOR-CLAMP-OILER-TOOL-BLACK-/231647789127?hash=item35ef48c047:m:mqtF3V8xHU7VIW6UkhtwpWA

[Cavcraft]

That's fucking awful though - I don't expect ANY trouble with such a new vehicle outside of stuff that is blatantly just snagging

 

You'd ordinarily think so, but as they usually only do very short journeys (and at 20mph) they just get clogged up and pack in quickly.