The grumpy thread

[fordperv]

Wow thats unbelievable, when mrs fps nan was passing i got a call to say get up there, i turned around said ive got to go, there wasnt a quibble they told me to get gone and told give them a ring let them know how long i need so collected mrs fp and off i went

[anonymous user]

In the greater scheme of things not a huge disaster; however, why has my boiler chosen a really cold day to stop working.

[Tickman]

In the greater scheme of things not a huge disaster; however, why has my boiler chosen a really cold day to stop working.

Plus point it is not not a Friday afternoon at 4:30 in the middle of December like mine chose a few years ago.

That was a cold weekend.

 

Google is usually good at finding fault codes from flashes if it is of suitable age for that.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I see Doobie is getting involved, meaning its probably best to call it a day on the politics stuff

[DodgeRover]

I worked with a load of Polish agency lads on 1 place,where a father and son were part of the crew

The old man has a heart attack whilst at work,and got shipped off in an ambulance

The Polish line manager wouldn't let his lad finish to go with him....made him stay till the end of his shift as he "wasn't too bad"......English lads were in uproar and a couple of us took the lad there and then

Dear God, what is the world coming to

[scaryoldcortina]

I see Doobie is getting involved, meaning its probably best to call it a day on the politics stuff

But it's even page 2016! You are right though, it never ends well.

[mercedade]

you never see big EU banners proudly shouting about how good they are at spending our money in little backwaters no one ever goes to

 

 

the only places you see them is on motorways, major roads and tourist attractions that many people use

 

"I've never seen them banners in places I've never been to"

 

Fucking amazing

[Cheggers]

Political views are like arseholes, we've all got one but it doesn't mean we have to air it in public.

 

 

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[Vin]

Political views are like arseholes, we've all got one but it doesn't mean we have to air it in public. and some of them really stink...

 

 

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[Lacquer Peel]

It's a discussion forum, not a closed echo chamber.

[Cavcraft]

Two days, two meetings at work. Yesterday was bad enough, today I just pretty much had to bite my lip before walking out and telling them to ram it. I couldn't give a flying one about technical drawing/flow charts and all the other bollocks.

[Eddie Honda]

Political views ...

Sorry, zoned out after that,

 

Oooo, bit of politics.

 

 

I'm sure I had something to grump about, but I can't remember what it was now.

[doobietoo]

It's a discussion forum, not a closed echo chamber.

 

Your constant drip drip of tory bad, blair bad, EU good posts ceased to be a discussion several months ago..... We all know your views so why do you continue to goad those who have different views to you?

[Lacquer Peel]

I wasn't goading anyone.

[Pillock]

Because that's what people who are into politics do.

All of them.

All the time.

[Cheggers]

A preacher is a preacher, regardless of subject.

 

Delivering the same old sermons ad nauseam does not constitute discussion.

 

 

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[cort16]

Was the other forum not created for this shite?

[Cheggers]

Yup, and it's full of it.

 

 

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[Cheggers]

A slightly more "on topic" grump, where has all the Dutch shite gone? I'm in S'Hertongenbosch (bless you...) for a couple of days and everyone is in new cars.

 

I remember when the Netherlands was full of interesting old chod being used as dailies

 

 

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[cort16]

It'd be good if we could keep it over there so those of us who don't want to read it don't have to.

 

Thx bi

[Cheggers]

It'd be good if we could keep it over there so those of us who don't want to read it don't have to.

 

Thx bi

Fair point well made, sorry fella.

 

 

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[twosmoke300]

Don't think he meant Dutch chod! 😄

[Cheggers]

Don't think he meant Dutch chod!

Not in the context you're thinking of you dirty bugger

 

 

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[Parky]

A slightly more "on topic" grump, where has all the Dutch shite gone? I'm in S'Hertongenbosch (bless you...) for a couple of days and everyone is in new cars.

I remember when the Netherlands was full of interesting old chod being used as dailies

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Good god I forgot that place existed. As I recall it consisted of a big office for SNS Reaal and nothing else.

 

The cab to Rotterdam afterwards was owned by a Rockabilly called Frank - big fat white Caddy on LPG. Made a change from an E-Class

[trigger]

The world of baby car seats, what a expensive mind boggling mine field. The little girls grown out of her first one at 1 years old so off to Mothercare we go, Mrs T wants to spend £400 on some all singing all dancing one which I've knocked on the head straightaway as we can't afford it.

 

So we end up deciding on a Joie 360 spinning one for £250 but it's isofix only which is fine in the daily but no good for my older stuff so I've now got to buy a rear facing seat (Mrs T has put her foot down that it must be rear facing even though they are harder to find) which fits in my classic cars, but then its got to be tested in all my cars as the stork in them could be too long and I'm not allowed to fit them to the rear seats as i fitted the rear belts myself so they haven't been tested making them unsafe.

 

You never see classic cars magazines feature car seats tests, now i can see why!

[EssDeeWon]

^I dont think my dad had a car with rear seat belts until I was 7 when he bought the A reg Granada.

[Louise2cv]

Joie stages are reasonable price Trig.

 

We have just moved Megan up out of her rear facing seat aged 6, weight fine for another 6kg but she's too tall.

 

The benefit of not isofix is that you can have seats that carry up to 25kg, where isofix stops at 18.

 

It's a flipping nightmare. I quite literally lost sleep about the choice of seat. And then changing cars, ARGH! will this £150/£250 thing fit the new one?

 

Look up "buckle crunch" too, really important but hardly mentioned.

[trigger]

I can't see where they must put their legs in the rear facing ones? And you'll be getting dirty feet all over the backs of your seats?

 

The lady in Mothercare said about buckle crunch i think, where in some cars the stork bit is too long so they don't tighten enough? She recommended a Joie Steadi seat for £99 as it's a good fit in older cars but I've got to take my car to the store to try it in. I'll have to give that try.

 

I've only just got over the dramatic experience of buying her last car seat!

[Cheggers]

Can I just point out none of us were transported around in isofix car seats with anti buckle crunch and rear-facing weight limits, and we somehow lived to tell the tale.

 

I think even my kids (now at uni) only needed 3 seats each to see them up to adolescence, one of those being little more than a plastic booster platform.

 

I'm all for safety, but I suspect a bit of self-serving profiteering has crept in.

 

 

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[dollywobbler]

Frankly, this is becoming the top reason I don't have kids.

 

Edit - I've just realised that could apply to endless political discussion as well as child seats...