The grumpy thread

[AlabamaShrimp]

Piece of piss, spray lots of carb cleaner in & scrub it with an old tooth bush till its shiney. Open the butterfly to it & behind it too while your at it.

 

Techinical skill needed - feck all.

To both you and the mother of Marvin a big thank you!

 

Technical skill level of fuck all will be engaged and toothbrush brandished. I'm sure this will fix it, well that or a big hammer.

[andy18s]

Just been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and will have to use a CPAP machine at night. Seems like I have to tell the DVLA or summat 'cos I might get tired whilst driving 'cos I wake up a million times a night due to not breathing. Arses.

 

Anyone want to buy some of my cars?

Shit Ken, that's not good...not good at all....

What if you told them you'd only drive at night?

[Guest Hooli]

^^^ but they might fall off and get hurt if they asked them to stop......

 

We can but hope, even better if they do it somewhere fatal.

[RoadworkUK]

I use the ebay app, it's a good thing and notifies me when an auction I'm watching is nearing the end.

 

Recently, though, I've started to receive emails from eBay telling me that '...an item I am interested in is ending'.

 

These items are not items on my watch list or that I've searched for, they're things that I've visited, mainly from eBay tat thread links.

 

Moreover, two of the 'items I'm interested in' thus far have been "not illegal" V5 ringing opportunities that I've actually reported to eBay, using the 'report item' radio button that must silently illuminate a 3w bulb in a dusty office that nobody's ever visited, like the old Carlsberg 'complaints dept." advert.

 

Conclusion: Inevitable corporate apathy.

[Eddie Honda]

Just been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and will have to use a CPAP machine at night. Seems like I have to tell the DVLA or summat 'cos I might get tired whilst driving 'cos I wake up a million times a night due to not breathing. Arses.

 

You'll be grand. (As long as you don't get tangled up in the gear).

[Supernaut]

^^^ but they might fall off and get hurt if they asked them to stop......

 

Grampian Police (ok, Police Scotland now) have a no-pursuit policy for scrotes on stolen motorbikes for that exact reason.

 

Too many cases of: scrotes steal bike, scrotes get chased by the fuzz, scrotes crash and die. Then the scrotes' mothers bring out all the "aaw he was a wee angle n wud nevar hurt a fly. the fukin coppas killed him!" (sic)

 

So they just gave up trying to chase them. The weather's warming up again, so no doubt I'll see at least one blatantly stolen bike per week on my way to work... Oh joy.

[Stanky]

PBK/Eddie

 

Sleep Apnea. I believe I may also suffer from it as I wake up constantly during the night and never feel rested, despite getting 9+ hours a night. I was going to get checked out for it but then noticed that the DVLA have to be told and its a mandatory 1 year licence suspension which would mean I would likely lose my job etc etc. Is this a guaranteed fact, or a worst-case scenario?

 

While I am tired a lot of the time, I would not say I'm dangerous while driving but am very reluctant to ask about it in case my GP about it in case the above happens.

 

Thoughts/Opinions? I may not have it and just be a very light sleeper and do too much also.

[dollywobbler]

Licence loss after diagnosis is pretty common. Sadly, I think there have been accidents attributed to it. I think I'd rather declare and get it sorted myself...

[Bobthebeard]

Just been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and will have to use a CPAP machine at night. Seems like I have to tell the DVLA or summat 'cos I might get tired whilst driving 'cos I wake up a million times a night due to not breathing. Arses.

 

Anyone want to buy some of my cars?

I used to have sleep apnea (un diagnosed, so not declared) a few years ago. Was grim. I lost weight (20kg) over the last year and happily the sleep apnea has gone! Not saying it applies to you Ken, but it did the trick for me.

[Eddie Honda]

but then noticed that the DVLA have to be told and its a mandatory 1 year licence suspension which would mean I would likely lose my job etc etc. Is this a guaranteed fact, or a worst-case scenario?

 

It's a mythical scenario.

 

First there is OSA without the daytime sleepiness. This isn't notifiable.

 

Then there is more severe OSA (with daytime sleepiness) and fully knackered OSAS which is notifiable.

 

The DVLA is concerned about ability to drive. Successful treatment with CPAP in those cases will see licence reinstated. So in those cases it'll be down to how quickly the appointments with the medical appointments fall, and how quick the DVLA Medical Section processes (yeah, glacial at times) rather than any set period.

 

Any short break from driving isn't going to weigh on the mind as much as "deid boadies".

 

Mother Honda has a machine. Only recently didn't bother renewing her licence because other reasons.

[Stanky]

I could do with shifting 10Kg or so and would probably help no end. I'll talk to the GP when i see her next month about something else and see what she says. I've moaned at them before about lacking energy and not feeling well rested ever but they put it down to being constantly busy, a stressful job and a young child. All bloods were fine too so I stopped moaning about it.

[Cavcraft]

just after we'd taked delivery of our new Barabara Cartland Dog

Pictures or STFU.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Cheeky bastards. Just on that shit One Show at an Hitachi train building place somewhere I've forgotten.

Says they are making new trains for the companies on the great western and east coast main line.

 

Woman who's there says to the bloke that's making them "who's paying for these trains?"

Bloke 'some grant of billions from the government'

 

You fucking what? So the train company's are subsidised, they get the trains built and payed for them (yeah I know there will be some kind of leasing thing) then they charge a fortune for tickets and I assume make a profit.

 

Tbh I'd rather the trains lost a shit load of money so long as it was government run and not in some way lining some wankers pockets.

[tooSavvy]

^^ oh yes.... When privatisation took off, franchises allocated and everyone said "to the Future & beyond!" actually it meant to the banks - who loaned money to the loss making franchises (propped up by UKWho) - to lease the trains at astronomical markup.... Errr 'for investment in tomorrows integrated transport vision'

 

Aye...

 

 

TS

[Cavcraft]

'Allegedly' some trains that were leased not that long ago are very badly rotten underneath. 

[LostnotFound]

Cheeky bastards. Just on that shit One Show at an Hitachi train building place somewhere I've forgotten.

Says they are making new trains for the companies on the great western and east coastain line.

 

Woman who's there says to the bloke that's making them "who's paying for these trains?"

Bloke 'some grant of billions from the government'

 

You fucking what? So the train company's are subsidised, they get the trains built and payed for them (yeah I know there will be some kind of leasing thing) then they charge a fortune for tickets and I assume make a profit.

 

Tbh I'd rather the trains lost a shit load of money so long as it was government run and not in some way lining some wankers pockets.

 

Of course, they'd never order massively expensive trains that rely on a very very expensive infrastructure project that wasn't likely to be finished in time (electrification), then spend obscene money again sticking diesel generators in them.

 

Nor would you end up with lease deals where you can end up with sooper dooper tilting trains on routes that aren't entirely cleared for tilting, meaning the cost benefit of maintenance is so high they have sacked off the tilting, part leaving a smaller passenger compartment on a train that cost more to manufacture than a normal train would have been.

 

None of this the reason tickets and subsidies cost so much, it's because of those dratted staff in ticket offices helping you not get ripped off (20% of people asked to mystery shop ticket machines bought the incorrect ticket recently). Or those terrible guards keeping the peace on late night trains, organising connections and taxis when your train is late and helping old ladies get their luggage off the train.

 

Once we have a completely destaffed railway you'll be able to travel on HS2 from London to Birmingham in just 20 mins, with no delays and for less than a fiver and it won't cost the taxpayer a penny.

[Noel Tidybeard]

What is this - stalking?,!

And kidnapping Barbara Cartland too!

 

 

Edit, just looked where that is, i know now. What were you driving?

 

I'd just filled up at the shell opposite the Tesco (and Esso? ) before turning left to where our paths crossed. Guys in the shell were amazed it was thirty two this year. And that I'd just got 48mpg out of it from surrey!

 

I go that way as it's a break from the motorway, and the M5 was stopped up to the m6. I cut off the corner and go up to Shrewsbury via bridgenorth.

 

we were flying in the spaceship

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[Cavcraft]

Never mind the sodding car, where's the dog?

[Noel Tidybeard]

Pictures or STFU.

 

your wish..... etc

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10 weeks old sunday

[Noel Tidybeard]

Never mind the sodding car, where's the dog?

patience please!

[Cavcraft]

WINNER!

 

Is it a bitch?

 

(Either way it's in for a good old bumming when my dog meets it)

[Noel Tidybeard]

WINNER!

 

Is it a bitch?

 

(Either way it's in for a good old bumming when my dog meets it)

 

nah had enough of female dog fucking the grass up in the garden with their 187% proof piss!

[Pillock]

We want to go to London on Friday. Family day out.

Obvs we could take the car.... Park at Stanmore for a fiver, four all day tube tickets (£44 total) and about £20 diesel. But thought for a bit of chill time, take the train.

 

First of all, it's a fucking lottery where to get it from. I'm half an hour from Tamworth, Leicester, East Midlands Parkway and Rugby. There is a huge difference in prices from those stations, like £99 (for all of us) to £230 (at roughly the same time of day).

 

Then, there's the Off Peak Farce. You say you want a return, you say you're leaving at 9.30am, it offers you an off-peak return. What time can you come back? WHO FUCKING KNOWS. Virgin say after 16.45 unless you're only going as far as Long Buckby in which case it's 19.00. London Midland say any return train. Except the tickets say I can use any TOC so I need to check before getting on the train.

 

Then you realise that sometimes, two singles is cheaper than a return, but then you're on a fixed train. This means you can reserve a seat, but can't miss the train. And it might be more expensive. So you end up with tabs open for all the different train companies, two different booking screens for singles and returns, then trying to check the off peak rules.... then you realise that some returns are valid on certain TOCs only.

 

I do this all the time for work, but when it's your own cash you start to look a bit harder and it's a total nightmare.

 

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[AlabamaShrimp]

I know the cure to this. It's called British Rail. I know what a controversial idea but have one company run all the trains and the line they run on.

 

I could join a think tank with that idea, I could look all smug in the papers and say 'I implemented a positive change', I could get some kind of honour and sit in the house of Lords.

 

When it all goes a bit wrong I can blame other people or the previous government

 

Quick lets have another debate on politics!!!!

[RayMK]

I used to visit London on business prior to the introduction of congestion charges.  I found it much easier to drive to the underground car park near Marble Arch and get a cab for the short hop to Buckingham Palace Rd.  Now, being retired, I simply avoid the place.  

[seth]

We want to go to London on Friday. Family day out.

Obvs we could take the car.... Park at Stanmore for a fiver, four all day tube tickets (£44 total) and about £20 diesel. But thought for a bit of chill time, take the train.

 

 

Totally agree that the train prices etc are too complicated.

 

It's possible to cut the cost of that drive/tube option too though. Stanmore is out in Zone 5. If you're coming down the M1 its not much more really to drive a bit further in where you could street park for free a 10 min walk or a short bus ride from a station in Zone three.  That would save your parking and the Zone 1-3 cap on an Oyster card is £7.70 rather than £11:20.  May not suit you but thought I'd mention it as an option as it'd leave you with nearly £20 more to spend on snow domes of Buckingham Palace and comedy plastic policeman's helmets in the tourist shops.

[dollywobbler]

Aye. To anyone who complains that you need to plan your journey a bit if using an electric car, I can honestly say it's a piece of piss compared to train travel. Split Ticketing can work well BUT you can sometimes score real bargains on normal sites with a bit (well, a lot!) of digging, with final prices that are cheaper than the split ticket websites. It does require trying all manner of timings and options. It's utterly, utterly ridiculous.

[somewhatfoolish]

Why does every unimaginative berk with a Reliant Regal Supervan III insist on daubing it with badly applied yellow paint, derivative signwriting and poorly conceived fake rust? As for people with random other differently wheeled Reliants with identical cosmetic treatment, why are they allowed in public without supervision?

[AMC Rebel]

I know the cure to this. It's called British Rail. I know what a controversial idea but have one company run all the trains and the line they run on.

 

I could join a think tank with that idea, I could look all smug in the papers and say 'I implemented a positive change', I could get some kind of honour and sit in the house of Lords.

 

When it all goes a bit wrong I can blame other people or the previous government

 

Quick lets have another debate on politics!!!!

 

My recollection of British Rail was that it was hardly less complex - the folks running then it seemed to think it was a battle of wits to devise the daftest and most complex ticket rules to outwit the pesky passengers.

[michael1703]

I'm dying!

 

I just ate a 500g panettone, 1925calories!

 

Don't think I'll be needing lunch today...