The grumpy thread

[Ditchfinder General]

"Fully furnished" flats for rent, usually means the place is decked out with the cheapest of cheap shite and the white goods are just as bad. Problem being most places seem to be offered furnished, I think there is some sort of tax incentive towards doing it that way.

 

I've got my own furniture that's all pretty good and solid that I'd much rather not part with...

You can claim a 10% tax allowance as a landlord for a furnished property for wear and tear but that loophole is being closed next year by the government.

[Station]

Had my last flat partially furnished which included a pair of white wooden chairs from the 70's and a brown table of equal vintage. Always in the way but I couldn't dispose of them because I would've been charged of course by the agents. It also came with a microwave from the 80's and an old washing machine that leaked and filled the girl below's bathroom light shade with water once.

I completely broke it attempting to fix it on my last day of leaving. Oh WHAT IRONY.

[wuvvum]

once I'd delivered an LWB Iveco van to Winsford

Sounds like you've got Billy's dream job there.

[M'coli]

...and that's me just in the door at home. 11 hours after setting off...

[tooSavvy]

...and that's me just in the door at home. 11 hours after setting off...

My [now]Ex employer had me drive from Newcastle to Newmarket - empty my van - drive home again.

 

Start 7am/Home 7pm ..... & totally whakked

 

 

TS

[M'coli]

I'd already had a day at work before setting off!

[Bobthebeard]

Today I have been mostly buying these from eBay.....

 

 

Owing to an unplanned interface with an invisible* waist high horizontal handrail, in a dark car park whilst reversing into a parking space in the Saab. To say I was angry with myself is an understatement! Luckily only the rear tailgate lights got cracked. No other damage. Never done this before, plus I have only owned the car for two weeks! Am an idiot. Parking sensors missed it due to the height of the rail, but I should have noticed it. I fell out with myself for hours.

[vulgalour]

The two Princess screens - one front, one rear - that I salvaged from that orange car I broke have vanished.  I don't mean they've been stolen or I've misplaced them, they've disappeared.  They're practically unobtanium, hence why I saved them, and moved them with me when I moved house, and put them in a place where it was incredibly unlikely harm would come to them.

 

I am just a teensy bit narked about this.

[Bobthebeard]

The two Princess screens - one front, one rear - that I salvaged from that orange car I broke have vanished.  I don't mean they've been stolen or I've misplaced them, they've disappeared.  They're practically unobtanium, hence why I saved them, and moved them with me when I moved house, and put them in a place where it was incredibly unlikely harm would come to them.

 

I am just a teensy bit narked about this.

Wierd...

How can two screens just vanish?

Scary!

[Craig the Princess]

The two Princess screens - one front, one rear - that I salvaged from that orange car I broke have vanished. I don't mean they've been stolen or I've misplaced them, they've disappeared. They're practically unobtanium, hence why I saved them, and moved them with me when I moved house, and put them in a place where it was incredibly unlikely harm would come to them.

 

I am just a teensy bit narked about this.

This must be a princess thing, I had a steering column which has done exactly the same thing.

[Tamworthbay]

I fuckimg hate electronics, four wires (non auto related), I cut them, sorted the issue then resoldered them exactly the same. The same that is except it won't pissing work now!

[privatewire]

Tax bill paid today, no quibble with having to pay it, but all at once still makes you want to curl up into the foetal position and sob like a big girl for a while.....

[Bobthebeard]

Tax bill paid today, no quibble with having to pay it, but all at once still makes you want to curl up into the foetal position and sob like a big girl for a while.....

A bit like reversing into a handrail and breaking the tail lights on a car you have only just bought I imagine?

Ask me how I know.

[privatewire]

I feel your pain brother!

Gin time I think.....

[scaryoldcortina]

Wierd...

How can two screens just vanish?

Scary!

 

Wasn't me!

[Des]

The two Princess screens - one front, one rear - that I salvaged from that orange car I broke have vanished.  I don't mean they've been stolen or I've misplaced them, they've disappeared.  They're practically unobtanium, hence why I saved them, and moved them with me when I moved house, and put them in a place where it was incredibly unlikely harm would come to them.

 

I am just a teensy bit narked about this.

 

Did you clean them very very clean so they're now invisible.

Say a prayer to Saint Anthony and they'll turn up, Catholic superpower FTW.

[Stroller133]

I'm in a grump for one of the following reasons:

 

1. I've been conned by an Optician into buying glasses

 

Or

 

2. I need to wear glasses.

 

Either way I'm £155 out of pocket - they certainly saw me coming!

[cobblers]

In future, get your eyes tested for free at Specsavers or pay £15 or something, then get your glasses off tinternet. If you're anything like me you'll break your first pair of glasses within a month - I started wearing them a couple of years ago at age 29. Trod on two pairs of glasses within two months.

 

 

I saw a pair of Ray Bans, which are £160 in the usual places - I got them for £85 online, including all that fancy anti glare coating on the lenses, plus a free second pair as well

[Louise2cv]

Gruff the dog, my little running buddy has been put on the injury bench by the vet and my ankle is killing me.

 

Marathon training problems!

 

Hoping the dog isn't injured She (the vet) is resting him to see if a twitching that has developed calms down, she thinks he might have a sore back. Next plan after resting from running is to get him stoned for 2 weeks to rule out a behavioural issue. Next suggestion was seizures as terriers can get epilepsy... Really hope it not that!

[michael1703]

Stoned?

[Louise2cv]

Some kind of calming tablet, to see if its down to nervous energy I think.

 

ETA: previously I took him in because he is a bit wonky, on one side his ribs stick out further than the other, hoping he hasn't got a curved spine... But they would have noticed that, surely?

[alcyonecorporation]

Seller lied about the condition of the bumper he was selling.

 

'No cracks or scratches' my arse. Deliberately angled photos; I think it'll go back for a refund.

 

It can't go on the car like it is without a lot of work. Kind of the whole point of buying a s/h bumper the same colour as the car.

Getting second hand parts for this car is a fucking joke.

[dave21478]

In future, get your eyes tested for free at Specsavers or pay £15 or something, then get your glasses off tinternet. If you're anything like me you'll break your first pair of glasses within a month - I started wearing them a couple of years ago at age 29. Trod on two pairs of glasses within two months.

 

 

I saw a pair of Ray Bans, which are £160 in the usual places - I got them for £85 online, including all that fancy anti glare coating on the lenses, plus a free second pair as well

 

Aye - internet glasses for the win. I use spex4less. I found a pair that dont look too terrible on me and are only 25quid so I buy a few pairs at a time as inevitably fuck them up with grinder sparks or fall asleep with them on and bend them to fuck etc etc.

[Guest Hooli]

Drivers who don't know what speed they are doing.

 

If I've overtaken you FOUR times on the same damn motorway & I've got cruise control on, then you sirs (several of them) are muppets who aren't paying attention to driving.

[alcyonecorporation]

Also, drivers in Bradford - you can go quickly round roundabouts, too.

 

That's how the fat spazz in the knackered Peugeot keeps getting past you.

 

Also, it ran out of fuel near Ferrybridge Services and I fell over trying to push it up the sliproad. FUN.

[raggerminder]

Gout.

 

Everyone thinks it is funny. It isn't.

 

It friggin' knacks, and I have had it since October and it isn't responding to treatment. I can at least drive an auto, but I've got a perfectly lovely ZX that I want to drive because I like it and I can't because it hurts.

 

Taken all the NSAIDs going, had two injections  of steroids into the ankle and tried all the mumbo jumbo ju-ju treatments known to everyone who once knew somebody who said it worked for them.

 

Very grumpy.

[Alfamale]

Gout.

 

Everyone thinks it is funny. It isn't.

 

It friggin' knacks, and I have had it since October and it isn't responding to treatment. I can at least drive an auto, but I've got a perfectly lovely ZX that I want to drive because I like it and I can't because it hurts.

 

Taken all the NSAIDs going, had two injections  of steroids into the ankle and tried all the mumbo jumbo ju-ju treatments known to everyone who once knew somebody who said it worked for them.

 

Very grumpy.

I had an attack of Gout on Wednesday and played golf no problem today. The secret, Colchicine. Highly toxic, will give you the rampant shits but the pain was gone in about 4 hours, was walking normally 12 hours later and now completely recovered.

 

Gout is one of the most painful conditions I've ever had. At its worst, it was too painful to have a bed sheet resting on my foot. Heart goes out to you mate.

[michael1703]

Get a dog to lick your feet

[raggerminder]

Done the colchicine and the dog doesn't want to know.

 

It appears than when treated early it will respond rapidly but once it has set in, as mine clearly has, it can be a real bugger to get rid of.

[fordperv]

I'm in a grump for one of the following reasons:

 

1. I've been conned by an Optician into buying glasses

 

Or

 

2. I need to wear glasses.

 

Either way I'm £155 out of pocket - they certainly saw me coming!

I got my eyes tested at tesco for free, they give you your prescription and you can go wherever you like then £100 for 2 pairs of designer glasses didn't seem bad at all to me