The grumpy thread

[somewhatfoolish]

Felt really sad seeing this in my local scrappers today. 2.0 V6 Connie with beige leather and the Rover sat-nav. Ex-press or management vehicle for Rover going on the number plate. Should have been saved IMHO!! Plenty of parts for the 75 guys on here though.

Has it been declared scrap? If not then wave some pictures of the queen at the scrapman and give it a new lease of life.

[gordonbennet]

^^ Bloody hell Cavcraft, it aint raining in your parish its pouring.

Condolences.

[Guest Hooli]

So much cancer about!  Now there is a good reason to be grumpy!

 

On the other hand, I don't think more people get cancer these days. It's just they haven't died of something else before the cancer was 'due'.

[Timewaster]

On the other hand, I don't think more people get cancer these days. It's just they haven't died of something else before the cancer was 'due'.

That's probably true in a lot of cases.

Also I think people are more willing to talk about it now.

I know of half a dozen people who have had cancer and are still around with varying levels of after effects.

Sadly we all know that it can still mean curtains for the unfortunate few.

[Guest Hooli]

True, it doesn't make it any nicer to get just because you didn't die of TB 40 years earlier.

[MarvinsMom]

compared to many here, my grumps are of a trivial nature, 

 

but, as it is good to share with the group, 

 

1, last day of the holidays and work tomorrow.

 

2. supposed to be over at Grange over Sands for their wee car show, but, both myself and kerry have hardly slept over the last couple of nights, and hence feel as rough as badgers arses (not that we make a habit of molesting small animals....)

 

3. why aren't we sleeping? well we are both fretting about spending all that money on "Godzilla" (ok - i know the name needs some work, but the lexus is enormous, green and japanese) and whether we have done the right thing....

 

when we get it we should just enjoy it until it break (kerry says it won't do that, cos Lexus) i however remain to be convinced. at the end of the day, its only a car, if it really breaks, then scrap it, otherwise we should enjoy it, and it is only money what we've spent.

 

doesn't stop me fretting though.

[Eddie Honda]

I found the ammeter had got so hot it has melted and the glass has cracked. It had never worked since I converted it to alternator

Ammeter measures current and you measure current passing through something.

 

Voltmeter measures voltage and you measure voltage across something. (potential difference between two points)

 

Given what an alternator chucks out in terms of current, it's no surprise that it stopped working at the same time as the alternator was fitted. Those old ammeters are usually scaled +30 to -30 amps, which is fine for an old Lucas C41 22 amp dynamo, but not for even the weediest of alternators.

[DodgeRover]

MarvinsMom was exactly the same when I bought my first house my now wife quite rightly pointed out that people spend more than that on a new new car and we could always bung it through the auctions just the same to get rid if it all went wrong.

 

Have you tried sleeping in the Lexus

[Angrydicky]

Yeah it was my fault, ammeter now bypassed and it's back up and running with no other damage, thankfully.

The ammeter might have stopped working, but I installed the alternator three years ago and it's taken until now to burn its coil out and cause a load of issues.

Just need to get another ammeter to replace the melted one now for 'appearances sake' as it's not going to work any more.

[DodgeRover]

Fit a volt meter of the same style in it's place?

[Eddie Honda]

Or go back to dynamo given how cheap/small jump packs are.

[myglaren]

As he was leaving for a trip to Alston my son says "Oh! my laptop isn't working"

Just picked it up and it is full of water

[Guest Hooli]

I'm told this works....

 

 

[chaseracer]

I have a deadline of close of play tomorrow to write 3000 words.  Remind me again why I'm here?

[Guest Hooli]

Looking for inspiration?

[Pillock]

I have a deadline of close of play tomorrow to write 3000 words.  Remind me again why I'm here?

 

I've got 3000 words you can have.

 

Over 2000 are rude, 500 of them aren't allowed on Channel 4 even after 11pm, and six of them will get you arrested.

 

You can have "gusset" for free though.

[Guest Hooli]

Blunderbus, that's another good word.

[Guest Hooli]

Which makes me think the title of the piece should be 'The unexpected consequences of owning a gusset stretching blunderbus'.

[anonymous user]

Remind me again why I'm here?

To quote Spike Milligan, "everybody has to be somewhere"

[andy18s]

I have a deadline of close of play tomorrow to write 3000 words. Remind me again why I'm here?

Moist,that's a good word to use as frequently as possible

Seems to really rile some people though

[Guest Hooli]

Flange

[chaseracer]

Excellent suggestions all.  I shall do my best to include them!

[hairnet]

I have a deadline of close of play tomorrow to write 3000 words.  Remind me again why I'm here?

bored?

 

brummie?

 

fruit of loins not in scotland or manc with instrument?

 

shopping for car?

[Rod/b]

The man at the salad bar today misheard my garnish request (sesame seeds) and instead put a scoop of something else in the mix instead (chilli flakes)

 

Its now 6 hours later and the world has just fallen out of my end.

[Brodders]

The man at the salad bar today misheard my garnish request (sesame seeds) and instead put a scoop of something else in the mix instead (chilli flakes)

 

Its now 6 hours later and the world has just fallen out of my end.

 

I was enjoying a very nice tub of Haagen-Dazs before I read that. Thanks.

[taxi paul]

When writing your 3000 word essay try to get the first word on every line to start with a letter that when read down spells knobhead or similar.

Kicking a ball one day.

Now that's a pleasure.

Only a few people can do.

But I do try.

How I get the time I never understand.

Even when it's raining.

Actually I have tried in the snow.

Didn't work out.

 

 

Other a swear words ,messages to the boss can be inadvertently typed out. Makes it more fun.

[chaseracer]

"A cross tick"?  Don't tempt me... 

[Doctormop]

Blunderbus, that's another good word.

 

Is that a coach going to a home for unmarried Mothers?

 

(other 1930's type stereotypical humour may be available)

[Bren]

Moist,that's a good word to use as frequently as possible

Seems to really rile some people though

[Guest Hooli]

When writing your 3000 word essay try to get the first word on every line to start with a letter that when read down spells knobhead or similar.

Kicking a ball one day.

Now that's a pleasure.

Only a few people can do.

But I do try.

How I get the time I never understand.

Even when it's raining.

Actually I have tried in the snow.

Didn't work out.

 

 

Other a swear words ,messages to the boss can be inadvertently typed out. Makes it more fun.

 

Didn't James May famously do one of them with TG magazine? or did I imagine that.