The grumpy thread

[AMC Rebel]

I've the upmost respect for the round here. I'd have banjoed someone by now if it was me

^This I'd last ten seconds as a copper (or teacher) before getting fired for lamping some cheeky scrote.

[bub2006]

How many of us could knock on someone's door to tell them their children had been killed in an accident, or have to look at child pornography ti secure evidence? I doubt I could so respect someone who can.

I couldn't do that at all

[oman5]

I couldn't be a copper, same reason as others have posted. With some of the vermin around here, if I was a copper I wouldn't be able to resist batting them round the head with a truncheon. I'm not surprised police come across as arrogant and aggressive with some of the dregs they have to deal with, they don't know if you're going to be a decent person or a twat. The police I've come across in the course of my job (wagon driver) have mostly been just fine.

[Louise2cv]

Just whenever you are dealing with a police officer take care to remind them exactly who pays their wages.

 

Sorted.

[bub2006]

By that rule don't they pay their own wages too?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Yes they do pay their own wages! It's one of the sentences that should never be said along with "don't you know who I am?"

[bub2006]

Exactly. I can honestly say when I was in care work I've never had someone tell me they pay my wages. Sane thing really.

[puddlethumper]

The passing of Jill Saward. Can't recall a single bloody mention of her (that I noticed) on social media, yet people are tripping over themselves to fawn over deceased pop stars and what not.

How many people could have been as brave and forgiving as her? Precious few, sadly.

In total agreement Mr Cav.

[xtriple]

The dog is laying on my forearm and has been for so long that my arm is dead. This is making me grumpy. In fact, I may move him in a minute!

[greengartside]

The Zafira dream is well and truly over. Absolutely bombed it's M.o.T and will cost hundreds to put right. Didn't help that the brake pipes burst whilst the test was being conducted.

 

I'm not too bitter about it as it hardly cost me anything to buy it and I spent about £20 getting some bits for the test.

 

Plan B will be commencing soon. I'm in the market for a DTi Zafira so if anyone knows anyone who's selling one with a decent M.o.T for around the £750 mark then I'd be interested. I have spotted this lovely one on ebay...

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152377503754?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

This ticks all the boxes for me. Nice colour, comfort pack with cruise, fuel computer, heated seats and the full Irmscher bodykit with 15" Softstar alloys. And it's a Diesel. I can possibly shift my Fiesta but that may take a week and it's the other side of the country to me, near Blackpool. Dammit.

[Snipes]

4:09pm and still waiting for the plumber to show. He ain't coming now, not on a Friday, is he? So no hot water until fuk knows when.

[Supernaut]

Didn't help that the brake pipes burst whilst the test was being conducted.

Good effort!

[BavarianRetro]

Just whenever you are dealing with a police officer take care to remind them exactly who pays their wages.

 

Sorted.

Always helpful. Along with, "Why don't you go and solve some real crime, Dibble?"

[beko1987]

 

Gary sparrows Escort Van lasted until 2010 when it dies at 50k for minimal rot according to the mot history

[richardthestag]

grump 1 200 mile journey on m4/5 tonight

 

grump 2 twats not using indicators on motorways started to fuck me off tonight, easy to spot though because they were all Audi drivers. no point flashing them or anything else because being a complete cunt seems to be the limit of what these mouth breathing neanderthals can do at the same time.

 

grump 3 Darwin overtaking manoeuvres when it is sheeting down, and I am not exactly truck bothering, amused me but then the sweep across just a car length in front of me without the courtesy of indicating and redistributing thousands of gallons of water from the tarmac with their super grippy cunty tyres straight into my windscreen forcing me to slow rapidly because I cannot see a fucking thing. twats the fucking lot of them.

 

grump 4 too much booze over Christmas fucked up my meds so I am completely dry at the mo

[Pillock]

Driving into my village this afternoon, they've got temporary traffic lights up. Admittedly they're only letting a few cars through at a time, but they're on a three way junction. Traffic moves, I'm headed towards the light, it changes back to red. The Astra in front of me goes through on red which pisses me off. I pull up at the "stop here" board.

 

Then the fully logo'ed articulated brick lorry behind me FUCKING GOES ROUND ME and goes through. Gotta be 5-6 seconds after red light. Just goes "sod this" and drives through.

 

So my choice is - do I do nothing, do I upload the dashcam footage (1080p res, full sunlight, logos and reg plate plainly visible) to youtube, or do I upload it and tweet it to the brick company in question?

[Louise2cv]

I wouldn't go public with it.

 

I'd email the company, see what they say.

[bub2006]

I think the company should know. Someone here will probably slate me for saying it but idiots like that causes accidents

[cobblers]

Someone did that round me the other day - I stopped at some temporary lights at about 6:30am. They were taking ages so this bloke decided to overtake and go through the red and drive 250m into oncoming traffic round a corner.

Halfway round a load of cars came towards him and he stopped, got out and moved the cones to reverse his car into the roadworks bit to get out of the way, on the one day I'd forgot to put the memory card back in the camera.

[Pillock]

Fair enough, I'll see if they respond before sending it to Idiot_Drivers_UK_Exposed_Wankerz_LOL 

 

I'll also wait a couple of days so if the driver has a dashcam too, it'll hopefully overwrite the footage from his end as that'll have my reg plate on, and if he's doing that run every day he'll drive right past my car with his load of window breaking bricks.

[strangeangel]

Zafira

 

Whenever I see your username I am inevitably reminded of a girl I once knew who was a properly obsessive Scritti Politti fan. One time - way, way, way back in the day - I was at a party, off my head on extremely bad homebrew, and fortuitously managed to claim the corner of some bedroom or other to curl up in. It wasn't long before I was rudely awakened from my slumbers by the vision of this female enthusiastically bouncing up and down on the todger of some poor sod, while moaning 'Oh Green, ooooh Green, yeah' etc.

 

That was it really, I'm afraid I don't know anything about Vauxhall Zafiras, sorry. But if you actually are Green Gartside, you should probably go into hiding. Now.

[MrDuke]

If you do go public, send it to Welshdrive - he regularly features a stock-looking E30 and an MG Montego, and a brown Maestro showed up a couple of months back. $hite credentials y0.

[Bren]

I had forgotten what a twat SD1 front wings are to fit. Still, just this and a wheel arch to fit then it needs someone to paint it.

[burraston2006]

Watched the latest Jack Reacher film last night. What a load of bollocks! That's a couple of hours of my life that I won't see again. I appreciate that some artistic license needs to be taken with the script, but ffs with in 5 minutes it had deviated from the book to the extent that the only real similarity was the title! The missus seemed to enjoy it and couldn't see what the issue was. I've given her the book and told her to read that instead- she did not look impressed with that!!

[chaseracer]

Watched the latest Jack Reacher film last night. What a load of bollocks!

 

[Richard]

An "abandoned places" Faceboog group I lurk on is having a bit of keyboard anger about somebody selling pictures to the Daily Mail. That's not the grump though.

 

At the end of the article the writer has come up with this gem.

 

 

It boasts stunning views to Loch Gair and beyond to Loch Fyne and is built using stone walls and a slate roof.

 

Lets look at that last bit again.

 

 

built using stone walls and a slate roof

 

and again

 

 

built using stone walls and a slate roof

 

That's pretty much the writer's only contribution to the article, the rest of it is describing what's in the pictures and quoting what the attention whore photographer said.

 

 

built using stone walls and a slate roof

[Tayne]

Just accept that it's the Daily Mail, it's shit, don't go near it again and move on with your life.

 

I have no medical qualifications whatsoever but I guarantee you'll feel better if you take my advice.

[oldcars]

I think the company should know. Someone here will probably slate me for saying it but idiots like that causes accidents

Think it was bricks 

[Richard]

Just accept that it's the Daily Mail, it's shit, don't go near it again and move on with your life.

 

I have no medical qualifications whatsoever but I guarantee you'll feel better if you take my advice.

 

I know, and I generally do what you say. I'm not really a fan of Daily Mail bashing because it risks being as simplistic as blaming immigrants for all the country's problems but the shitness of that statement got through my filters.

 

Incidentally the blame for all the country's problems doesn't lie with the Mail or immigrants, it's all Jeremy Vine's fault.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Watched the latest Jack Reacher film last night. What a load of bollocks! That's a couple of hours of my life that I won't see again. I appreciate that some artistic license needs to be taken with the script, but ffs with in 5 minutes it had deviated from the book to the extent that the only real similarity was the title! The missus seemed to enjoy it and couldn't see what the issue was. I've given her the book and told her to read that instead- she did not look impressed with that!!

I have not and will not watch either of the Jack Reacher films . In my head Reacher is a cross between Clint Eastwood ( circa Every Which Way but Loose) Chuck Norris ( Walker Texas Ranger) and Sam Elliot ( Roadhouse)

Ok, I know they're all in their 70's and 80's , but surely an actor slightly more suitable than that permasmiling, cult bothering dwarf could be found. Maybe Dwayne Johnson.

Just to clarify , I'm not gay or owt.