The grumpy thread

[Des]

Received a lower door repair panel from Amazon, wasn't over-packaged to their usual standard, just a little bubble and black cling and the couriers have stomped it. Tried the return thing and the only option offered is to send it back and claim a maximum of £4.75 costs which I'm not sure will cover it, Previous returns I've made have just been a matter of printing off a barcode and dropping off at a shop around the corner, Amazon winding down the convenience. The fuckers.

[Richard]

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[omegod]

Yahoo seem to find 38,000 emails excessive so have just deleted my entire inbox , fuckstix !!

[Bianconeri]

The reason they do it on The Apprentice etc. is because they are useless narcissistic tossers.

Couldn't resist fixing that.

[Bianconeri]

So much for sleeping in...noisy fecker.

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Genuine Spitfire overhead this morning (Supermarine rather than Triumph).

 

Didn't have a camera so guess it never happened.

[Cheggers]

Genuine Spitfire overhead this morning (Supermarine rather than Triumph).

 

Didn't have a camera so guess it never happened.

We get one fly over quite regularly, along with the usual chinooks etc.

 

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[M'coli]

Merlin or Griffin?

[Slappy]

Chegs, don't think you were here when Hants PoPo had a light aircraft based over at Lee-on-the-Solent. Seemed like every sodding night it was out and about doing training flights going in circles!

[Bobthebeard]

This is probably TLDR,

An elderly lady that I used to do electrical work for can't get a handyman for love nor money. She asked me to jet wash her drive. (Lots of weeds and moss) Admittedly a large drive that is partly block paved.

I agreed to do it, but told her that I would not jet wash the block paving as it would wash out the sand between the blocks. I would only rinse the block paving and then treat it with weed killer. I said I would jet wash the concrete slabs. I did just that.

She had been quoted £2000 by some chancers. I was happy with £300 given the task.

So, I rinsed the block paving, jet washed the slabs and spent hours spraying weed killer on the block paving.

Two weeks later, voice mail message.

"Oh hello, it has just been raining, had some torrential rain and I have a big puddle on my drive.. It looks like the block paving has sunk after you jet washed it. Am not happy "

 

FFS.

I really need to stop trying to be a nice person. Helping old ladies/friends or whatever.

[Lankytim]

And the PayPal invoice will never appear in your MyHermes account.

 

They're a very corrupt company.

Well, they've delivered the overweight package anyway so they can go and fuck themselves

[Bianconeri]

Merlin or Griffin?

Unmistakeable crackle.

[DodgeRover]

Well, they've delivered the overweight package anyway so they can go and fuck themselves

It was probably heavy after being left out overnight in the rain....

[Des]

Was it Amazon themselves or an Amazon seller?

Amazon themselves, and they strongly suggest making the refund in the form of a gift card. PAH! Fucking PAH!

[Louise2cv]

Hearing about the dreadful awfulness of Prince Harry's terrible life.

 

A week after some people were cremated in their own homes.

[chaseracer]

^ Quite.

 

[Richard]

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[John F]

M'coli, on 24 Jun 2017 - 11:26 PM, said:

Merlin or Griffon?

 

FTFY

[BavarianRetro]

Hearing about the dreadful awfulness of Prince Harry's terrible life.

 

A week after some people were cremated in their own homes.

And had he been kept away from his mother's funeral, he'd have been complaining now about how he was denied his right to attend her funeral.

[M'coli]

FTFY

^^^  Of course, my bad - all "Griffins" are shite...

[Pillock]

The washing machine smells like, as my wife put it, "Hot Scalextric" when it's spinning.

Whilst her description makes me grin, it's probably buggered and since it's only an Indesit, once you start fixing them you just end up chasing faults until you lob it down the tip and it gets turned into a Chery 304DDS-67L Happy Fun Wagon ++ 

 

Also, there's a massive pile of washing to be done.

[doobietoo]

Fucking wanker designers... gone are the days when an old man in a brown overall actually checked that the new design worked or could be fitted in the way it was meant to be... Door handles, it is not fucking rocket science, it is a handle with four screws to fit it to the door FFS at least check that the fucking screw holes are not so close to the handle that with the non-removable screw cover getting in the way you cannot actually mark the position of the holes let alone actually screw them to the door. Oh and lets use flat head screws just to make sure it is actually totally impossible..... That is 5 hours of my life I will never get back....

[Cheggers]

Chegs, don't think you were here when Hants PoPo had a light aircraft based over at Lee-on-the-Solent. Seemed like every sodding night it was out and about doing training flights going in circles!

No, I was spared that thank goodness.

 

Living where I do and spending a lot of time on the water I'm well used to seeing the rescue helis out & about, but that's the first time we've had one hovering over Gunwharf. I'm prepared to forgive him waking me up for the photo opportunity

 

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[inconsistant]

Hearing about the dreadful awfulness of Prince Harry's terrible life.

A week after some people were cremated in their own homes.

I wouldn't wish either on anyone tbh. At least most us can largely choose how to live our lives. I imagine there's the same lack of choices and opportunity at the top as there is at the bottom.

Prosperity and privelige don't generally seem to bring the best out of most people so it can't be that great.

[Bobthebeard]

Three of the Oldsmobile brake calipers now cleaned up and new pads fitted. The last one has a seized slider. FFS.

Chromed steel tubes that run inside the caliper. The caliper bolts go through them. Top one free, bottom one utterly stuck. Soak in penetrating oil, leave for a day or three then get hammering? Or any better ideas?

[JeeExEll]

Three of the Oldsmobile brake calipers now cleaned up and new pads fitted. The last one has a seized slider. FFS.

Chromed steel tubes that run inside the caliper. The caliper bolts go through them. Top one free, bottom one utterly stuck. Soak in penetrating oil, leave for a day or three then get hammering? Or any better ideas?

Coke.

 

The fizzy kind.

 

http://dsportmag.com/the-tech/education/the-art-of-removing-stuck-nuts-and-bolts/

[Bobthebeard]

Coke.

The fizzy kind.http://dsportmag.com/the-tech/education/the-art-of-removing-stuck-nuts-and-bolts/

Worth a try! At least it the caliper will remain free of ants even if it doesn't actually work.....

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"If you’re feeling particularly MacGyver-esque, there’s always Diet Coke or a rust-fighting solution like Evapo-rust. Bubbly soft drinks like Diet Coke and regular Coca-Cola contain phosphoric acid, a substance known to do a number on rust. Diet Coke doesn’t contain the sugars so it’s generally easier to clean up and doesn’t attract ants."

[JeeExEll]

^^^ That made me laugh too. Top-tip there. Those pesky ants.

[Jazoli]

Fucking wanker designers... gone are the days when an old man in a brown overall actually checked that the new design worked or could be fitted in the way it was meant to be... Door handles, it is not fucking rocket science, it is a handle with four screws to fit it to the door FFS at least check that the fucking screw holes are not so close to the handle that with the non-removable screw cover getting in the way you cannot actually mark the position of the holes let alone actually screw them to the door. Oh and lets use flat head screws just to make sure it is actually totally impossible..... That is 5 hours of my life I will never get back....

 

I have a 62 bedroom hotel full of this type of shit I have to fix every day

[Guest Hooli]

Anything that comes with screws included has one important rule to fit it without hassle. Bin the screws & use decent ones.

[Supernaut]

Anything that comes with screws included has one important rule to fit it without hassle. Bin the screws & use decent ones.

Agreed. I install a lot of wireless access points on ceilings in my job. They come with shitty little screws that aren't even self-tappers. I now have a few boxes of various sizes of self-tappers stashed in my drawer at work, plus a decent electric screwdriver to install them with. World of difference.