The grumpy thread

[michael1703]

Or to quote des ree

 

Mmm, yeah yeah yeah

Oh yeah, yeah yeah

Oh life, oh life

 

I'm afraid of the dark

Especially when I'm in a park

And there's no one else around

Ooh, I get the shivers

 

I don't want to see a ghost

It's a sight that I fear most

I'd rather have a piece of toast

And watch the evening news

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

I'm a superstitious girl

I'm the worst in the world

Never walk under ladders

I keep a rabbit's tail

 

I'll take you up on a dare

Anytime, anywhere

Name the place, I'll be there

Bungee jumping, I don't care

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo

Life, doo, doo doo

Doo, doo doo

 

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Oh life, oh life

 

Oh life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Oh life, oh life, oh life, oh life

[dollywobbler]

Attention seeking, basically.

Yes, but who by?

[overrun]

Accidentally reading shit posted by forum bellends you've put on ignore when someone quotes them.

 

I have never had to 'ignore' someone on a forum, ever!

(It's me, isn't it? )

[chaseracer]

Or to quote des ree

 

Mmm, yeah yeah yeah

Oh yeah, yeah yeah

Oh life, oh life

 

I'm afraid of the dark

Especially when I'm in a park

And there's no one else around

Ooh, I get the shivers

 

I don't want to see a ghost

It's a sight that I fear most

I'd rather have a piece of toast

And watch the evening news

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

I'm a superstitious girl

I'm the worst in the world

Never walk under ladders

I keep a rabbit's tail

 

I'll take you up on a dare

Anytime, anywhere

Name the place, I'll be there

Bungee jumping, I don't care

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo

Life, doo, doo doo

Doo, doo doo

 

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

Life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Doo, doo doo doo

 

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Doo, doo doo doo

Oh life, oh life

 

Oh life, oh life, oh life, oh life

Oh life, oh life, oh life, oh life

 

Well, that's three minutes and forty-nine seconds of my life I'm never going to get back...

 

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Alternator, a modern device at the heart of a motor carriage charging system which has proven itself mostly to be both effective and reliable but does impart the headlamps to operate with a rather harsh intensity.

 

 

Or on dynamo equipped cars, alt/delete.

[Supernaut]

ten year old bunny

TEN YEARS?!

 

That's bloody good going for a rabbit. I've only ever seen them live to 3-4 years, tops.

[Bobthebeard]

Some sort of newish car (Range Rover I think) at a roundabout last night.....

Had amber lights on above the headlights. Some kind of DRL? I almost took it for an (left) indicator as it all happened very quickly, but didn't set off thankfully.

More LED blinding/confusing lighting systems on new cars!

Maybe it is just me getting old.

[Des]

Or on dynamo equipped cars, alt/delete.

 

And then there's Ctrl+Alt+Delete when I have a PC locked up with multiple Xhamster offerings.

[barmatt]

It's the new Nissan Juke things that piss me right off, saw one coming towards me a while ago with fog lights on as well as headlights so all I could see was 6 lights coming towards me, thought it was a fuckin UFO.

 

edit: I'm starting to think that driving with fogs on unneccessarily must be a government initiative to warn others that the driver has special needs.

[chaseracer]

Don't get me started again on cockwombles driving at night with DRLs only; ie. NO TAIL LIGHTS...

[oldcars]

Let's not have any political debates/BANTZ on here, it never ends well, no matter what the original intention.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm up at this ungodly hour because some bastard's alarm keeps going off, and I've come downstairs to find my daughter's ten year old bunny has died. We knew it was on the cards any day, but it hasn't made it much easier and she's heart broken. 

 sad news. rip poor wee rabbit 

[M'coli]

Don't get me started again on cockwombles driving at night with DRLs only; ie. NO TAIL LIGHTS...

"It's alright, I've got me DRLs on..."  It's dark, and what does the first letter of DRL stand for, dipshit...?

[trigger]

Thats still better than the Vauxhall Mervia i saw last night with only one working sidelight and only one working rear light, i just hope they didn't have kids in the car.

[beko1987]

I followed another Punto the other night where the sidelight turned into indicators and the brake lights didn't work... That woke me up a bit

[Anthony]

On the subject of lights, had the 4th headlight bulb in the space of 6 months odd fail last night

 

Thankfully it's a 306 so the bulbs are easily changed and thus it's only mildly irritating - I'd be rather more irritated if it was modern tosh where you need to dismantle half the front of the car to do the bulbs each time.

[Mr A Lawrence]

We followed a pug 206 the other day and when he/she indicated the brake light on that side flashed like fuck then when she/he braked everything, even the number plate lights across the rear of the car flashed.

 

He/she turned into a retail park with a halfords and B&Q on it but she/he headed for the latter.

 

We were going for fuel so never had chance to point out his/her faults.

[dollywobbler]

On the subject of lights, had the 4th headlight bulb in the space of 6 months odd fail last night

 

Thankfully it's a 306 so the bulbs are easily changed and thus it's only mildly irritating - I'd be rather more irritated if it was modern tosh where you need to dismantle half the front of the car to do the bulbs each time.

 

That sounds odd. 2CVs can start blowing headlamp bulbs if they start overcharging...

[Des]

Your modern halogens will blow if they don't get enough volts, bad connections or whatever, best fixed by rocking something with sealed beams up front.

[Anthony]

That sounds odd. 2CVs can start blowing headlamp bulbs if they start overcharging...

I wondered the same but the alternator subjectively seems fine (around 14.2v, no flickering lights etc) so I've put it down to the original two bulbs failing because they were similar old age (I've had the car a few years and hadn't replaced them, so fair enough) and replacement two just being cheap no-names Chinese made s**te. One replacement failed back in November so I've almost been waiting for this one to follow suit.

 

I've fitted a different brand this time so if these go pop within a few months then something's clearly amiss.

[Lacquer Peel]

I've seen quite a few cars with faulty lighting this winter. Oncoming cars with "winking" headlights, sometimes they put the front fogs on to compensate but one of them is out as well, often on the opposite side to the one working headlight. Awful.

[Cheggers]

Let's not have any political debates/BANTZ on here, it never ends well, no matter what the original intention.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm up at this ungodly hour because some bastard's alarm keeps going off, and I've come downstairs to find my daughter's ten year old bunny has died. We knew it was on the cards any day, but it hasn't made it much easier and she's heart broken.

Your bunny had a death alarm???

 

 

Impressive

 

 

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[Cheggers]

On the subject of lights, had the 4th headlight bulb in the space of 6 months odd fail last night

 

Thankfully it's a 306 so the bulbs are easily changed and thus it's only mildly irritating - I'd be rather more irritated if it was modern tosh where you need to dismantle half the front of the car to do the bulbs each time.

My ex-missus had a 306 from new, then a 307. Both would blow bulbs with alarming regularity.

 

*Insert ex-missus/ blowing joke here

 

 

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[stephen01]

The wife found a lump on my testical over a week ago, so off to the Dr's to get it checked, only to find that no appointments avaliable, i called twice as soon as the surgery opened as well on different days, so off to the walk in centre, after a 2 hour wait i got to see a Dr, confirmed what i knew and had me refered back to my own Dr's! once the referal letter had come through to my normal Dr's 'yes we have an a appointment for 5:30' great. my own Dr also had a feel and said I need to go for a scan, still waiting on the scan letter, this is a week later!

 

This is not a grump at the NHS, I actually think they do a fantastic service, and after paying private for my Children I know just how expensive it can be to just see a Dr, (£150 a few months ago) My grump is that apart from my wife. I've not told anyone* about said lump, I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I'm not looking for sympathy or to be told everything is ok. just be nice if I could take the piss, joke, moan & talk with someone else.  

 

*yes I do realise I've just told the internet..

[Eddie Honda]

 

I'm up at this ungodly hour because some bastard's alarm keeps going off, and I've come downstairs to find my daughter's ten year old bunny has died.

Your bunny had a death alarm???

 

 

Impressive

I was five and a half hours into a shift at that ungodly hour, read that message and was going to post, but thought it too soon.

 

As it's now 2pm:

 

"That's Sunday lunch sorted then!"

 

[dollywobbler]

The wife found a lump on my testical over a week ago, so off to the Dr's to get it checked, only to find that no appointments avaliable, i called twice as soon as the surgery opened as well on different days, so off to the walk in centre, after a 2 hour wait i got to see a Dr, confirmed what i knew and had me refered back to my own Dr's! once the referal letter had come through to my normal Dr's 'yes we have an a appointment for 5:30' great. my own Dr also had a feel and said I need to go for a scan, still waiting on the scan letter, this is a week later!

 

This is not a grump at the NHS, I actually think they do a fantastic service, and after paying private for my Children I know just how expensive it can be to just see a Dr, (£150 a few months ago) My grump is that apart from my wife. I've not told anyone* about said lump, I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I'm not looking for sympathy or to be told everything is ok. just be nice if I could take the piss, joke, moan & talk with someone else.  

 

*yes I do realise I've just told the internet..

 

I'm now concerned about my testicles. I shall ask my wife to inspect them and see how that goes...

 

To be honest, I'm not sure it's the sort of thing you HAVE to discuss with all and sundry, so a fairly anonymous car forum seems a fine place to vent a little worry. Sounds like you're in the process, so here's hoping you don't end up all Adolf.

[beko1987]

The wife found a lump on my testical over a week ago, so off to the Dr's to get it checked, only to find that no appointments avaliable, i called twice as soon as the surgery opened as well on different days, so off to the walk in centre, after a 2 hour wait i got to see a Dr, confirmed what i knew and had me refered back to my own Dr's! once the referal letter had come through to my normal Dr's 'yes we have an a appointment for 5:30' great. my own Dr also had a feel and said I need to go for a scan, still waiting on the scan letter, this is a week later!

 

This is not a grump at the NHS, I actually think they do a fantastic service, and after paying private for my Children I know just how expensive it can be to just see a Dr, (£150 a few months ago) My grump is that apart from my wife. I've not told anyone* about said lump, I don't have anyone to talk to about it. I'm not looking for sympathy or to be told everything is ok. just be nice if I could take the piss, joke, moan & talk with someone else.  

 

*yes I do realise I've just told the internet..

You need to make the wife check them thoroughly every 2 days from now on, tell her the Doctor said it had to be done

[stephen01]

You need to make the wife check them thoroughly every 2 days from now on, tell her the Doctor said it had to be done

 

apparently most lumps and bumps are found by women!

[Parky]

Cheers Michael for that timely reminder of Des Ree.

 

I hope she only cooks her toast lightly though....

[Richard]

The best way to deal with a blown H7 bulb is to throw the new one straight in the bin, it'll save you doing it in a week's time when it blows again.

[Lankytim]

Caught up with the colleague of mine today who reported me for being on the internet and "wasting time" when I was parked up in the yard in my lorry. (I was texting the wife)

 

I know everyone said to just leave him to get on with it, and not to let him get to me, but I kinda lost my temper with him. (don't worry, no fisticuffs)

 

I know know know I should have just let it go, but I'm human, OK?

 

First of all I was uncoupling my trailer when he came into the yard in his truck. He saw me and so he sat at the gate house for 10 minutes waiting for me to disappear. 5 minutes later I caught him walking over to the office with his paperwork. He hurried his walk and even though I was stood right behind him speaking in a raised voice he totally blanked me.

 

I ended up following him into the office and we had a blazing row in front of all the office bods plus a couple of other drivers. He made up all sorts of accusations about me "being sat for an hour on the phone" which, of course were all total BS, and even if it was true, it's none of his damn business. Various things were said and eventually one of the supervisors separated us.

 

I got my paperwork from my lorry and when I returned to the office the guy in question had made himself scarce and the various managers had gone home. Can't wait for monday, this fella is absolutely bound to file a complaint against me. 

 

I know I've probably dropped myself in it, and I recon I've fallen into his "trap" of going absolutely apeshit at him in front of an audience so he can claim to be the victim, but like I said, I'm only human. I don't like busybodies and I don't like bullies, even less when it's all directed at me.

 

I would've just spoken to him civilly one to one if he'd allowed me to. instead  I let him wind me up even more.

 

Gah!

 

It was quite good fun seeing his stupid jabbering face trying to think of what to say though. Apparently he only picks on people who he thinks won't retaliate.