The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

I turned Facebook off for that reason. You can use Messenger without your account being active, which suits me as it's a cheap way to keep in touch with mates.

Oh? Didn't know you could do that. I'd be happy with just the messenger bit.

 

Admittedly, my facebook feed is just the pages I like, not individual people. Keeps it nice and clean that way.

[gordonbennet]

Couple of months ago I was in an Arc/Imo car wash washing my car when a black irish plated 08 Avensis pulls in, absolutely fucked, rusty, dented, bumpers hanging off, boy with a scouse accent says "excuse me lad" so i think hes looking for directions, nope, him and 2 Irish lads, maybe early 30s, are trying to flog "brand new tellys they got cheap from ones work, but they arent stolen" Samsung 50inch smart HD LED things, £150, Currys print out on them with the details and a price, kinda like the ones youd see advertising the tvs in the shop, tvs in bubble wrap rather than the boxes, with cling film then holding the price and description sheet and the bubble wrap in place. 

 

The only thing they werent lying about was that they werent stolen, nope they were fucked, the top one was a 2015 Sony 42" with a scratched screen with a gouge out of it and the LCD all cracked, looked it up and seemingly its a pretty common scam, they were probably long gone to another area but i called 101 for Police Scotland and reported it anyway. 

 

its like the guys in Transit vans, not old fucked ones, usually kinda clean newish ones, local accents saying they need rid of brand new memory foam mattresses dirt cheap, do we want to buy one, theyve had a cancelled order and will take 100quid for a 700quid mattress, aye right, some pish stained mouldy one from a recycling depot!

 

My mate fell for that scam.

Bought a telly alright, old knackered not working but cleaned and polished piece of shit in a nice sealed box.

I will have nothing to do with them, we now have locking steel gates and the dogs go fuckin ballistic if anyone approaches so they don't get the chance to just wander in with a load of bollocks waffle about nothing and line up the stuff they'll come back for when no bugger about.

 

What pisses me right off is there's some sort of plumber just up the road who keeps leaving metal out for the sods on the verge, when you mention not feeding rats cos it encourages 'em he just don't get it.

[alcyonecorporation]

Oh? Didn't know you could do that. I'd be happy with just the messenger bit.

 

Admittedly, my facebook feed is just the pages I like, not individual people. Keeps it nice and clean that way.

 

I am far happier with just the messenger bit. Privacy is a beautiful thing. 

I used to work with a bloke at M&S who grudgingly had a mobile phone; he said the only reason he had it was if one of his kids or his wife needed him in an emergency. 

Everything else (and I mean everything else) he would tell people to write him a letter: "If it's that fucking important, you won't mind me having a copy of it on paper, no?"

 

I used to think his outlook was jaded in the extreme - but I can see myself going that way if I'm not allowed to be left to my own devices.  

 

Re Facebook messenger:  I found out by accident - but yes, you can run it as a separate app and URL on your browser. www.en-gb.messenger.com if you're interested. 

 

With a lot of stuff these days (full disclosure: I'm 33) I don't care for, you can play the 'adjust absolutely everything so as few a people as possible are offended' angle to your advantage. 

I look at stuff like camera phones, Facebook and the Volvo Owners' Club with an attitude of: "Yeah, most of it is indeed shit, but is there anything of merit that would make my life easier?"

 

Smart phones: turn off all tracking and social media metrics, concentrate on fast camera optics. 

 

VOC: sack the forum off, keep membership for cheaper classic car insurance.

 

Facebook: come off all groups, restrict access to friends only, in worst instances deactivate and keep messenger open. From the looks of things I may not have been ruthless enough with what I used to see and read on a daily basis. 

 

I've sacked off/ignored Autoshite on more than one occasion; it all depends on my mood, I suppose. 

 

And I still don't understand why Drivetribe exists. 

[MarvinsMom]

what is Drivetribe?

 

is it a popular "beat combo" like those Beetles?

[Supernaut]

Drivetribe?

 

Seems to be a social media-engineered version of pistonheads / speedhunters. Seems to cater to that crowd anyway.

 

I'm not a fan of it either.

[EssDeeWon]

Have seen Prius, Micras, Metros and minis all on LPG plus loads of Corsa, escorts, fiestas no sense paying twice as much for fuel if you don't have too.

 

I get that but these LPG systems ain't cheap so it must take a long time driving something like an Almera before you actually start saving?

 

A daily used Range Rover I can understand

[Frogchod]

Got a new* injection pump for the Jumpy, fitted it along with new cambelt and watnot.

Then tried starting.

Nothing.

Bit of google inspired investigating and it turns out the stop solenoid is coded.

So take the whole lot off again and attack the stop solenoid shielding with the grinder and lob on the uncoded one from the old pump.

Starts ok now

Two hour job turned into an all fuggin day job.

Biggest grump is that I done exactly the same around five years ago on the same bloody van

I normally learn from mistakes

[DodgeRover]

Been contracting at this place in London for almost three years. I had been told my role would be going permanent and last week was called in by HR to inform me that the process is starting. Would I like to apply for it? Yes please says I. However...

 

They are splitting my role in two

 

Each role carries half the salary I am on.

 

So that's nice. Thanks for all your hard work, we would LOVE you to stay on and continue the excellent work you are doing but we will be halving your pay. That alright?

 

I wasn't on a particularly massive wedge anyhow so I am somewhat miffed. Especially considering that as someone with a quarter of a century of experience in financial services, my salary would same as a graduate intern. What annoys me the most is I turned down a half decent permanent role two months ago as I was asked not to take it as the place I am at wanted me to stay and assured me they would try and look after me.

 

To say I feel disappointed is a bit of an understatement

Make your disappointment known to them

[dollywobbler]

I had some YouTube stuff ready to go but canned it because of the comments section. Same shit, different arse. 

 

And Americans are allowed to post. 

 

You can turn comments off on YouTube you know...

 

I mostly get sensible ones. Only the occasional 'get a haircut.'

[DodgeRover]

I get that but these LPG systems ain't cheap so it must take a long time driving something like an Almera before you actually start saving?

 

A daily used Range Rover I can understand

I guesstimate £1200 for a cheap injection system fitted £400 or less DIY saving 50ppl that's break even at 2400 l or roughly 20000 miles at 40mpg

 

I guess some people would do that over 8 or 9 months

[DeeJay]

You can turn comments off on YouTube you know...

 

I mostly get sensible ones. Only the occasional 'get a haircut.'

 

Yeh, sorry about that. 

[Guest Hooli]

Printers are arseholes.

 

I *might* send everything I need to print to work & bring it home the next day...

 

That is what email is for right?

[mercrocker]

We had a retirement seminar at work a few months ago.   One of the forms we had to fill in asked "What will you miss most about working?" 

 

I guess "Printer" might have been the wrong answer.

[Guest Hooli]

Trouble is everyone buys an inkjet for home as they are cheap & then hardly uses it. The ink dries in the nozzles & it's buggered.

 

You'd be better off with a 2nd hand laser in most cases.

[anonymous user]

Trouble is everyone buys an inkjet for home as they are cheap & then hardly uses it.

 

You'd be better off with a 2nd hand laser in most cases.

Or a second hand twelve bore

[mercrocker]

I know I have told this tale before on here but I once flew into an incandescent rage with a printer, smashed the jolly fuck out of it with a wooden skull on a stick (don't ask - it was near Halloween time) and hurled it into the bin with super-human force.    

 

Two hours later I was still fucking miffed so I got it back out (or what was left of it) and set fire to it.  

 

Never owned another.   Absolute pricks.   It was nothing to do with ink or owt - just would not communicate with any other piece of hardware that I had access to.   Bastard.

[mercrocker]

Anyway, that is not what I came on here to grump about.   Just had 3 days off so I wrote a little list of jobs that needed doing across the fleet.   Did four of them and felt really pleased.   Until I got back indoors and realised I had written two notebook pages of other jobs that need doing, of which I had previously been completely unaware.    

 

I have just put the Cowley away and as I switched the lights off I heard a distinct "plick".   Now only one of the sealed beams is working.   Where's that fucking notebook.....

[UmBongo]

You can turn comments off on YouTube you know...

 

I mostly get sensible ones. Only the occasional 'get a haircut.'

 

And so you should. Bloody hippies!

[captain_70s]

Lost my 1/4" aux lead for my guitar. Probably went walkies when I moved house.

 

Also every weekend a mate comes round for drinks and we end up going into town. Costs a fucking fortune, last night were went somewhere that cost fucking £8 each just to get in and a double vodka/coke was £6.50... Need to cut this shit out, I'm flat broke! 

[dollywobbler]

Lost my 1/4" aux lead for my guitar. Probably went walkies when I moved house.

 

Also every weekend a mate comes round for drinks and we end up going into town. Costs a fucking fortune, last night were went somewhere that cost fucking £8 each just to get in and a double vodka/coke was £6.50... Need to cut this shit out, I'm flat broke! 

 

Yeah, some people just refuse to understand the concept of skint. It's almost as baffling to them as saying you don't drink. 

[dollywobbler]

Trouble is everyone buys an inkjet for home as they are cheap & then hardly uses it. The ink dries in the nozzles & it's buggered.

 

You'd be better off with a 2nd hand laser in most cases.

 

We tried this. It ended up being an even more expensive way of experiencing failure.

[danthecapriman]

I know I have told this tale before on here but I once flew into an incandescent rage with a printer, smashed the jolly fuck out of it with a wooden skull on a stick (don't ask - it was near Halloween time) and hurled it into the bin with super-human force.

 

Two hours later I was still fucking miffed so I got it back out (or what was left of it) and set fire to it.

 

Never owned another. Absolute pricks. It was nothing to do with ink or owt - just would not communicate with any other piece of hardware that I had access to. Bastard.

I've felt pretty low today but that's just made me chuckle!

 

I did something similar at work a few years ago. Piece of shit wouldn't print so after a few goes I punched it as hard as I could and completely wrecked it. I got bollocked for it and caused a scene.

 

In a similar vein, my old works van had an add on ice and low temp alarm gauge in the cab (yes really!) and one day it fucked up and started beeping non stop.

I tried to stop it but it wasn't playing ball so I grabbed hold of it and tore it out of the dashboard, ripped the wires off the back and threw it out the window. That stopped the little bastard beeping.

I put it under the vans shell afterwards and ran it over a few times too. My apprentice was pissing himself laughing.

Despite what people say, smashing stuff does make you feel better!

[Captain Furious]

I was trying to dial into work on my personal laptop once and it just wouldn't have it, for some reason every time I need to do anything important and/or urgent windows is out to thwart me at every turn, anywaythis resulted in a fit of boiling rage during which I punched the screen and shattered the LCD, yeah, that'll fuckin learn it...

 

Got into work the next day and found out the company internet connection had been down and that's why I couldn't connect. Whoops, still haven't got a new screen in it to this day.

 

And yeah printers are proper wankers, I don't even bother with having one at home, just use the ones at work.

[danthecapriman]

My mate at work lost it with his company tomtom sat nav, he twatted it one in the screen and killed it. It's always funny to watch but never is when it's you getting angry.

[Captain Furious]

I'm actually an IT geek for a living too, I don't do windows though because it's such a massive pile of shit.

[DodgeRover]

One of the staff at a local joinery suppliers got so fecked off with the new improved system they are trialling he grabbed a hammer off the display and put it through the screen...

[danthecapriman]

One of the staff at a local joinery suppliers got so fecked off with the new improved system they are trialling he grabbed a hammer off the display and put it through the screen...

It's a good job I don't live in America. If I did I think literally everything I own would be covered in bullet holes!

[captain_70s]

Yeah, some people just refuse to understand the concept of skint. It's almost as baffling to them as saying you don't drink. 

My complete lack of self control doesn't help, we're fucking hopeless as doing the whole "quiet night with a couple of pints" thing! Last night was just silly though, it cost as much as our last two nights out combined and was pretty shit... We met up with my mate's girlfriend and some of her workmates who'd ended up out on the town after some works related thing and within half an hour of us showing up they'd decide it was home time and that was that. He spent £30 and we were only out for about 2 hours!

[Honey Badger]

I've had 5 days off and had a list of things to do, mainly workshop related and a bit of gardening but got fuck all done as my body is giving up on me, backs fucked and can only manage 30 min of work before I need to slap a heat pack on it and lie down. Knees need ice pavks applying if i have to kneel for anything and now my thumbs and elbows are swollen and really really fucking painful for no apparent reasons

 

I've gone from being fit and able capable of rebuilding a house and heavy landscaping work to someone who worries about how much it's going to hurt after I mow the fucking lawn. I'm already taking fuckloads of anti inflammatories and painkillers for my back every day along with blood pressure tablets along with stuff for my stomach to counteract the damage the back pills are doing.

 

I'm forty fucking two.

 

Getting old is shit.

[Hendry]

It's a good job I don't live in America. If I did I think literally everything I own would be covered in bullet holes!

       that really made me chuckle! found it funnier than i probably should!