The grumpy thread

1,005 · June 20, 2017

Today I have to drive about 50 miles each way up for a 2:00 meeting. It will be about 30 degrees. The modern has decent climate and seats, the meeting venue has neither. It's still a 100 mile round trip on single carraigeway roads when I'd rather be in the garden.

Plus, I have to wear a suit.

Who in their right mind volunteers for that?

Full grumpy git mode on.

2,900 · June 20, 2017

Could be worse ... I have to tile a south facing conservatory floor today, yesterday I tiled the living room that was in the shade. I drank 12 litres of fluid and didn't have a wee all day... I am expecting to have a headache tonight.

27,996 · June 20, 2017

Tried Facebook again because people had noticed I wasn't on it any more.

I hadn't.

The amount of vitriol and hatred strewn across the news feed sickened me. No one needs that amount of lying in their lives, personal or public.
I wish it would disappear. The world would be better off without another po-faced way of delivering their private information to advertisers.

Newsfeed as in the news your friends and family post?

Or Newsfeed as in the sponsored shite from rags who need their articles plastered on facebook because there's no way people will pay money for it?

First one is solvable, second one would need some major reform of FB's business model and whilst there's trucks reversing up to the door and tipping large amounts of cash through, it ain't gonna happen. You can get rid of some with ad blockers (I don't have the right hand bar any more which is where a lot of it was) but the inline stuff is harder to remove. I hear there's a law going through in Europe to make all sponsored advertising clearly marked which might help ad-blockers detect it but it's just cat and mouse, FB will change something and knacker the algorithm.

1,005 · June 20, 2017

Could be worse ... I have to tile a south facing conservatory floor today, yesterday I tiled the living room that was in the shade. I drank 12 litres of fluid and didn't have a wee all day... I am expecting to have a headache tonight.

Bad luck mate. For some reason made me think of when I was flying to the Middle East every couple of weeks, drank gallons of water, seldom peed.

10,795 · June 20, 2017

Newsfeed as in the news your friends and family post?
Or Newsfeed as in the sponsored shite from rags who need their articles plastered on facebook because there's no way people will pay money for it?

First one is solvable, second one would need some major reform of FB's business model and whilst there's trucks reversing up to the door and tipping large amounts of cash through, it ain't gonna happen. You can get rid of some with ad blockers (I don't have the right hand bar any more which is where a lot of it was) but the inline stuff is harder to remove. I hear there's a law going through in Europe to make all sponsored advertising clearly marked which might help ad-blockers detect it but it's just cat and mouse, FB will change something and knacker the algorithm.

I ditched FB a few years ago. Haven't been bothered by it since

11,031 · June 20, 2017

Today I am grumpy as I'm following on snagging from people who are getting paid more than me for doing half the job and leaving the tricky bits.

On the bonus side the client said to help myself to the cold stuff in the fridge and there are 6 bottles of ice cold lager.

12,188 · June 20, 2017

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8,518 · June 20, 2017

anyone else wish they were home with their family while they are away,

Yet within hours of being home with their family want to get the fuck away!

three teenage lads who seem to just fucking argue and fight every waking hour

Depression is such a cunt else I am sure I could deal with it

8,131 · June 20, 2017

Depression is an arsehole because it's personal. Nowt knows better than how to bring you down than your own mind.
I've found that in many cases thinking (and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking) is worse than doing.

Soz. That's no help.

27,996 · June 20, 2017

Aye, in just the same way that nightmares know how to terrify you, depression finds your buttons and keeps pressing them.

I suppose your brain skips over thoughts of playful kittens and sunny walks on the beach, but then you think about something that makes you miserable it can't move on. That's what I found anyway, you end up spending hours pondering something that with hindsight, was ridiculous.

8,131 · June 20, 2017

Aye, in just the same way that nightmares know how to terrify you, depression finds your buttons and keeps pressing them.

I suppose your brain skips over thoughts of playful kittens and sunny walks on the beach, but then you think about something that makes you miserable it can't move on. That's what I found anyway, you end up spending hours pondering something that with hindsight, was ridiculous.

There's no 'empathise' button, so I'm not clicking 'like' 'cos that would be snide.

"I'm not doing this washing, I'm too down."

Two days later after sharing a room with some honking gruds, I found that actually doing the washing took my mind off the unpleasantness.

Work's got a Skoda Superb in as a pool car, so I decided to go and collect a parcel about 12 miles away so I could have a go of it.

Took my mind off work mither a treat.

I quite liked that Superb actually; it even has the controversy friendly 2.0-litre lard engine which is alright.

Do stuff. Stuff is good.

Personal grump: savage mood swings.

27,996 · June 20, 2017

Someone once summed up depression quite well to me. They said life was like being on a rollercoaster, with ups and downs. Pretty cheesy right?

Except life with depression is like being on a rollercoaster when someone's greased the track. Going down is easy and quick, getting back up takes a lot more effort. You'll get there but one gust of wind knocks you right back down.

8,131 · June 20, 2017

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

2,722 · June 20, 2017

Newsfeed as in the news your friends and family post?
Or Newsfeed as in the sponsored shite from rags who need their articles plastered on facebook because there's no way people will pay money for it?

First one is solvable, second one would need some major reform of FB's business model and whilst there's trucks reversing up to the door and tipping large amounts of cash through, it ain't gonna happen. You can get rid of some with ad blockers (I don't have the right hand bar any more which is where a lot of it was) but the inline stuff is harder to remove. I hear there's a law going through in Europe to make all sponsored advertising clearly marked which might help ad-blockers detect it but it's just cat and mouse, FB will change something and knacker the algorithm.

What you need is Facebook Purity.

25,140 · June 20, 2017

Bipolar disorder. It's a bit rubbish really, I have never felt the need to mention that I suffer from it on the forum but the other day at Shitefest it basically made me go home a day early when I was originally intending to spend both nights camping. I had a great time on the Friday night and then the next day felt super depressed and couldn't face another night so went home early.

Only reason I feel like mentioning it now is that I don't want anyone to think that there was any other reason I went home early, just me and my mental health lol. Cheers.

Sorry to hear that, James. It was good to see you - it's been a while! - and the narrow dogs were great.

See you at the auctions in July.

8,134 · June 20, 2017

I stopped at the very horrible Stansted Services for a few minutes today and my car was one of the few without its engine running. Ironic that on LPG it's least likely to kill you from 'the carbon and monoxide' (Hall and Oats was blasting out someones window but it was soon me that was gone).

16,531 · June 20, 2017

I'm on the train from Amsterdam to Den Bosch and even in 1st class there's no aircon or opening windows. I'm sweating like a glassblowers bum

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8,131 · June 20, 2017

I stopped at the very horrible Stansted Services for a few minutes today and my car was one of the few without its engine running. Ironic that on LPG it's least likely to kill you from 'the carbon and monoxide' (Hall and Oats was blasting out someones window but it was soon me that was gone).IMG_20170620_135733770_HDR.jpg

I have driven several P4s.

They are so full of CLASS it's almost impossible to measure.

I was gonna have a go in a Marauder one week for work but ended up honking my guts out with food poisoning the night before so had to cancel.

Even FPB7's 60, which was so named because that's what it does flat out.

1,005 · June 20, 2017

I'm on the train from Amsterdam to Den Bosch and even in 1st class there's no aircon or opening windows. I'm sweating like a glassblowers bum
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Interesting turn of phrase, one of Prince Phillip's?

16,046 · June 20, 2017

No A/C? Even the trainshite here in Scotland have A/C on non-urban services. And it's run by ClogRail anyway.

4,066 · June 20, 2017

I rent a council lockup in a block down the road, had a letter about planning application a few months ago, only surprise was that it wasn't levelled for yet more squalid overpriced housing years ago, the area's already rammed, apartments going up, houses being chopped into flats, so remove a load of parking and replace it with yet more tossers who'll be looking for somewhere to 'park' their Audis. Had a notice to quit in a Month delivered today. Just fucking marvellous, it's an old Bristol I've got stashed there so it's a long bastard, exceeds my garage at home by a foot, where the fuck do I go now? Extend the roof and build a forty five degree ramp?

Anyone know of a lockup going in the North Watford area?

No fuck it I'll get my arse out of this shitting cockwomble of a town, fucking toxic spunkdump.

Anyone want to buy a nice terrace home where vintage chic meets contemporary in a dynamic and up and coming congenial suburb with good schools, shops and leisure facilities plus a bold sense of local community to ensure the most vibrant social scene?

Not really, it's a tarted up shack in a shithole infested by subhuman garbage.

5,508 · June 20, 2017

I was gonna have a go in a Marauder one week for work but ended up honking my guts out with food poisoning the night before so had to cancel.

Man, the Marauder is one of the few cars I would drag myself out of an intensive care bed for !

Here's an XXX-rated picture of the one in Gaydon, for your viewing pleasure :

8,134 · June 20, 2017

I rent a council lockup in a block down the road, had a letter about planning application a few months ago, only surprise was that it wasn't levelled for yet more squalid overpriced housing years ago, the area's already rammed, apartments going up, houses being chopped into flats, so remove a load of parking and replace it with yet more tossers who'll be looking for somewhere to 'park' their Audis. Had a notice to quit in a Month delivered today. Just fucking marvellous, it's an old Bristol I've got stashed there so it's a long bastard, exceeds my garage at home by a foot, where the fuck do I go now? Extend the roof and build a forty five degree ramp?
Anyone know of a lockup going in the North Watford area?
No fuck it I'll get my arse out of this shitting cockwomble of a town, fucking toxic spunkdump.
Anyone want to buy a nice terrace home where vintage chic meets contemporary in a dynamic and up and coming congenial suburb with good schools, shops and leisure facilities plus a bold sense of local community to ensure the most vibrant social scene?
Not really, it's a tarted up shack in a shithole infested by subhuman garbage.

Bad luck, have to say it is getting a bit crowded down your way Des. How about where I am in South Lincs for more space? Some of the houses round here are getting inside bogs, electric and everything. Theres plenty of work- those sprouts don't pick themselves.

19,355 · June 20, 2017

Anyone want to buy a nice terrace home where vintage chic meets contemporary in a dynamic and up and coming congenial suburb with good schools, shops and leisure facilities plus a bold sense of local community to ensure the most vibrant social scene?

Ugh, God no.

Not really, it's a tarted up shack in a shithole infested by subhuman garbage.

Ah, that sounds more like it!

In other grump news there is enough room on my street for the resident's cars, if one more person gets a car we're fucked. Some chump who can't park has left their gargantuan 64 plate Mercedes directly outside my block of flats and has taken up two spaces, meaning I've now had to park around the corner. That's like an extra 100 yards walk to my car and I'm a lazy fucker...

19,501 · June 21, 2017

Last night I made cakes for cake club (diet going well thank you for not asking ) and the coffee chocolate muffins are tasteless.

Reading the comments they all complain that the recipe wrong and should be

2 tbsp rather than 2 tspn of coffee.

I now have 15 semi tasteless muffins.

8,780 · June 21, 2017

On the way home from dropping the Rover off for MOT, a car pulled out in front of us and then panic braked for an oncoming bus. Immediately after, the passenger dropped a McDonalds cup out of the window.

The car then set off, but something seemed odd. Its road positioning was all over the shop, it would seemingly brake for nothing and then accelerate randomly, frequently straying over the centre line and into the path of oncoming cars. I wondered if, perhaps, the driver was pissed. Then, on a clear stretch, the cause became apparent. The aroma of whatever its occupants were smoking filled our car - it was pungent enough to be drawn in by our ventilation system. When our paths diverged, I saw that the driver was a middle-aged woman, the sort that you wouldn't necessarily have pegged as that type [/stereotype].

I did something I've never done before, and reported it to the police via 101, no doubt adding to the backlog of things they're under-resourced to investigate.

Thing is, these people really are out there, and until yesterday I had never witnessed the danger that drug driving can present.

7,754 · June 21, 2017

Last night I made cakes for cake club (diet going well thank you for not asking ) and the coffee chocolate muffins are tasteless.
Reading the comments they all complain that the recipe wrong and should be
2 tbsp rather than 2 tspn of coffee.
I now have 15 semi tasteless muffins.

Sprinkle some Nescafé on top. Job jobbed.

7,263 · June 21, 2017

Happier times mopedding near Figueiró dos Vinhos before I left.

What has happened over the past week.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/in-pictures-portugals-horror-forest-fire-20170620

24,887 · June 21, 2017

I rent a council lockup in a block down the road, had a letter about planning application a few months ago, only surprise was that it wasn't levelled for yet more squalid overpriced housing years ago, the area's already rammed, apartments going up, houses being chopped into flats, so remove a load of parking and replace it with yet more tossers who'll be looking for somewhere to 'park' their Audis. Had a notice to quit in a Month delivered today. Just fucking marvellous, it's an old Bristol I've got stashed there so it's a long bastard, exceeds my garage at home by a foot, where the fuck do I go now? Extend the roof and build a forty five degree ramp?
Anyone know of a lockup going in the North Watford area?
No fuck it I'll get my arse out of this shitting cockwomble of a town, fucking toxic spunkdump.
Anyone want to buy a nice terrace home where vintage chic meets contemporary in a dynamic and up and coming congenial suburb with good schools, shops and leisure facilities plus a bold sense of local community to ensure the most vibrant social scene?
Not really, it's a tarted up shack in a shithole infested by subhuman garbage.

House roffle? I'll take 1/4 a ticket...

8,697 · June 21, 2017

Work-related whinge.

Enforced jollity - just FRO.

An event where everyone has to 'get involved' and play games and dress up and bring food in and generally be 'fun'. For two solid weeks.

Just wanna come in to work, do my job and fuck off, not engage with such stupidity.

Luckily my team know my feelings on the subject and leave me the fuck alone.

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