The grumpy thread

[Station]

Del Boy's vehicle was a RELIANT REGAL!!!!!!! If you want to be pedantic a "Supervan iv" (i think).SWMBO thinks I'm a sad old grumpy fecker, which I probably am, but I knew all on here would understand.ITS NOT A ROBIN RELIANT YOU STUPID TWATS!!!! YOU DONT SAY "I DRIVE A MONDEO FORD" DO YOU????Thanks, I feel better now.....

 

[chaseracer]

Full circle, then.  Best lock the thread... 

[Kiltox]

Plain packaging for cigarettes - what's the logic? Given they're hidden from view at point of sale and the packaging doesn't make me think "oh, I guess I won't smoke any more" what does it achieve apart from making life harder for shop workers?

[fairkens]

And what's this about signalling right on the approach to a roundabout (mini or otherwise) when you're going straight on?

I understand from Mrs Kens younger sister that this is how they are taught to drive these days, irritates the hell out of me!

[Frogchod]

Yes! This drives me insane! Where has it come from?!

 

I've moaned about it on here before, but why not again

Drives me nuts too.  It's definitely a newish thing. 

I'm in France so maybe it's another well thought* out bit of EU legislation harmonizing driving standards* 

 

 

 

"And what's this about signalling right on the approach to a roundabout (mini or otherwise) when you're going straight on?"

Edited January 11, 2017 by Frogchod

[Frogchod]

Plain packaging for cigarettes - what's the logic? Given they're hidden from view at point of sale and the packaging doesn't make me think "oh, I guess I won't smoke any more" what does it achieve apart from making life harder for shop workers?

There is no logic.

Similar thing has just happened here (France) All dark green packaging with big full colour pictures of nastiness and the brand of the fags in very small insignificant print.

It's been driving my local Bar/Tabac owner nuts. He's now rearranged his stock alphabetically.

It's all bollox.

Just tax it to fuck.

I'm a smoker btw..

[Kiltox]

Sounds like it's the same as what they're rolling out here then. It's already taxed to fuck though!

[richardmorris]

You don't even see cigs for sale in supermarkets any more, just people asking for them. I've never smoked but think if something is actually legal to sell there's no reason to hide it when its available. I think it's so children won't be encouraged to start, but not entirely convinced by this reasoning.

[Kiltox]

Don't mind them being hidden from view in shops but the plain packaging and what that must've cost to bring into law with all of the opposition from the manufacturers etc seems pointless

[DodgeRover]

You don't even see cigs for sale in supermarkets any more, just people asking for them. I've never smoked but think if something is actually legal to sell there's no reason to hide it when its available. I think it's so children won't be encouraged to start, but not entirely convinced by this reasoning.

I'm sure they still sell candy cigarettes.....didn't one type used to have a camel on the packaging.

[wuvvum]

"They're not like a proper roundabout and you've not got a modern car." - verbatim quote from local brain donor 

Fucking brilliant!     What was he driving?  Was it German?

[Guest Hooli]

Reminds me of a retard complaining people shouldn't overtake her as they were driving older cars.

[wuvvum]

I had to recalibrate my 'too close because you can hear me' judgement when I started wearing an openface lid on motorbikes.

I won't wear an open face lid on motorbikes.  If I had been wearing an open face lid when I had my accident, I would have no face.

[bangernomics]

Feckin stupid really bright gitbag poorly aimed modern headlights and drl so bright behind me, driving right up my backside I have to drive everywhere with my rear view mirror dipped and the wing mirrors pointing at the floor.

 

FFS I'm in the left most lane on the motorway just go past.

 

Going to fit those old cibbie daylighters on the boot lid this weekend.

[Guest Hooli]

I won't wear an open face lid on motorbikes.  If I had been wearing an open face lid when I had my accident, I would have no face.

 

I can see that point of view, but I feel safer in an open face.

It's odd but a full face disorientates me because the sound comes from below not in front. Hence I ride faster in an open face as I'm more comfy.

 

Besides my bike is slow* Jazoli knows that (he passed me wheelying a ZZR11 while I was trying hard to keep up with the group), I've still got the same GSX1400.

 

They are a bugger on motorways when it hails though...

[Guest Hooli]

Feckin stupid really bright gitbag poorly aimed modern headlights and drl so bright behind me I have to drive everywhere with my rear view mirror dipped and the wing mirrors pointing at the floor.

 

Going to fit those old cibbie daylighters on the boot lid this weekend.

 

My old Disco had a pair of 55w spots aimed downwards & backwards off the roof. I never* ever used them to remind morons to dip their lights, not once ya honour.

[bangernomics]

Used to call them twat lights on the back of minis and mantas in the late 80's as that's what I imagine they said when they got a dose.

[alcyonecorporation]

Fucking brilliant!     What was he driving?  Was it German?

 

She was in one of those BMW X things that look like someone plonked a massive Vans trainer atop a tractor chassis. 

[michael1703]

I'm fucked

 

Monday finish work at 7.40pm

Tuesday 8.10pm

Wednesday 8.15pm

 

I just can't seem to achieve any productivity before 1pm despite the alarm going off at 5:40 am, I'm not a morning person and my workshop is a drop in centre for old codgers

[wuvvum]

She was in one of those BMW X things that look like someone plonked a massive Vans trainer atop a tractor chassis. 

How very sexist of me to assume it was a he.

[Lacquer Peel]

Don't mind them being hidden from view in shops but the plain packaging and what that must've cost to bring into law with all of the opposition from the manufacturers etc seems pointless

 

It's all about making it more difficult and less appealing to smoke. I think stopping the sale of 12.5g packs of tobacco will stop me smoking tobacco.

[Honey Badger]

Went to bed last night in fine fettle with a full range of movement and no pain.

 

Woke up at 6 this morning with a massive back spasm and a new need to plan trips to the toilet (3 steps accross the landing) 30 min in advance due to the pain from my back being excruciating with any movement.

 

In an epic lack of planning my painkillers and anti inflammatory tablets are downstairs, no chance of getting those for a few hours yet.

 

Fucksticks.

[r.welfare]

On the tobacco front, did I read correctly that it going to be a minimum of 20 cigarettes or 30g of rolling tobacco? That seems like a massive mismatch to me, I used to be able to get at least 20 cigarettes rolled out of an 8g pack of GV smooth.

[dave21478]

I had three close ones yesterday. I was in my sisters HRV so no dashcam, sadly.

 

Firstly an old biddy going round a roundabout the wrong way. Totally oblivious and when I beeped and waved at her she just stared like I was the idiot.

Then on a dark, wet dual carriageway a taxi did the classic slow overtake, cut in front, slam on the brakes then dive down the sliproad they nearly missed. Apparently that was my fault too going by the hand signals.

Then on open A-road I came round a blind corner to find a cop car overtaking into oncoming traffic right in front of me. He has his blues on, but thats fuck all use on a blind corner isnt it?

 

And then literally two minutes later on the tinpot local radio station they had a piece about the abnormally high accident rate and death toll on this very road. They are getting boffins in to analyse the junction layouts to see if thats the cause.......Save yourselves the money, guys. Its not the road layout thats the problem.

[bangernomics]

I'm fucked

 

Monday finish work at 7.40pm

Tuesday 8.10pm

Wednesday 8.15pm

 

I just can't seem to achieve any productivity before 1pm despite the alarm going off at 5:40 am, I'm not a morning person and my workshop is a drop in centre for old codgers

Lock the door, hide kettle and play load europop. Cheeky cheeky cheeky girls

[Cavcraft]

Fucking driving instructor hasn't turned up for my daughter's test.

[Bren]

Fucking driving instructor hasn't turned up for my daughter's test.

If she misses her test I know where I'd be inserting those L plates......

[Jazoli]

I can see that point of view, but I feel safer in an open face.

It's odd but a full face disorientates me because the sound comes from below not in front. Hence I ride faster in an open face as I'm more comfy.

 

Besides my bike is slow* Jazoli knows that (he passed me wheelying a ZZR11 while I was trying hard to keep up with the group), I've still got the same GSX1400.

 

They are a bugger on motorways when it hails though...

It's not the bike

[alcyonecorporation]

Fucking driving instructor hasn't turned up for my daughter's test.

That's out of order. Did it get resolved? 

[Isaac Hunt]

With the family fleet, I cross three different genres, Classics, real old points and condenser shite, Modern shite, Pre OBD ECU and early OBD ECU through to really modern stuff.

 

It's cold and dark, but looked like a tyre was a bit low on a modern. I had a half arsed look in both door shuts and couldn't see the tyre pressure sticker. So I lobbed 34 in all round and thought I drop a couple of PSI out when I get home. Lookng through the handbook, feck me, there are pages of guff about TPMS which is about as much use as a chocky teapot given no TPMS on this car, tyre pressures, yep, not in the book, look at the sticker on the car, FFS.

 

The 'service warning' has come back on despite me holding this button with my left hand whilst hold the other button with my right hand, depressing this with my left foot and swiping the other with my chin continuously for at least 15 seconds or longer Becuase it doesn't tell you when it is reset.

 

I've got 3 diff specs of 5W30 on the shelf in the Garage for the modern stuff, C1, Dexos 2, R2D2 and C3PO

 

Give me some feeler gauges and a dwell angle and some basic data, all is forgiven

 

Rant Over