The grumpy thread

[mercrocker]

I know.  Sorry.

[garethj]

So your car's tyre blows out at speed, it's buggered anyway. What do you do, block the carriageway or drive it to a safe place when there's one nearby? Seems the former is the option for the chuds on our roads. Nice work Scenic driver

 

Driving down a dual carriageway in the Volvo last week I heard something that sounded like wind noise when a piece of the car's trim is flapping.  Then there was a loud bang and the smell of burning rubber as the car lurched a bit and it was a flat tyre.

 

No hard shoulder so I drove about half a mile at 10mph to get to a safe area.  I doubted the tyre could be repaired when I got there but the rim was undamaged.

[Snipes]

Well I think summers officially gone now!

It's barely stopped raining since the start of August. It's now raining and windy as the first storm blows it's miserable arse over this green and fucking wank island.

 

I fucking hate winter. I fucking hate wind. I really fucking hate rain.

 

It's still British Summer Time! Got a while yet before Winter kicks-in.

[danthecapriman]

It's still British Summer Time! Got a while yet before Winter kicks-in.

It is officially I suppose but the weather seems to be shit for the time of year so far.

I was walking the dogs yesterday and walked past a silver birch tree, the leaves had gone yellow and started falling off already. And there's a bush in the garden, it's leaves go red in autumn (usually around October time). It's gone red already and the leaves are coming off.

It seems to have come in early this year to me. I just really hope we have a nice cold winter this year not the shitty mild and wet winter we've had the last few years.

[oldcars]

Well I think summers officially gone now!

It's barely stopped raining since the start of August. It's now raining and windy as the first storm blows it's miserable arse over this green and fucking wank island.

 

I fucking hate winter. I fucking hate wind. I really fucking hate rain.

It never started here. Apart from May is been a shit "Summer". I was watching the Adventure show on TV last night. The hill walker chap made me laugh. "In Scotland we have 9 months of Winter, and 3 months of bad weather" 

[danthecapriman]

It never started here. Apart from May is been a shit "Summer". I was watching the Adventure show on TV last night. The hill walker chap made me laugh. "In Scotland we have 9 months of Winter, and 3 months of bad weather" 

It's the rain more than anything that pisses me off. I really hate my cars getting wet!

Hopefully it'll be better next year...

[oldcars]

It's the rain more than anything that pisses me off. I really hate my cars getting wet!

Hopefully it'll be better next year...

I hate rain, very little gets me down but the constant pissing rain we get really does.

[Cavcraft]

Summer/decent weather has been shite this year. Trying to take a positive from the coming months, I prefer cycling in the dark and the frost, plus I don't have to look at my knobhead neighbour's face in daylight as much.

[purplebargeken]

Ummm, I actually like winter. Soz.

[Guest Hooli]

Ummm, I actually like winter. Soz.

 

Me too, except for the motorbike issue. But it's still better than a boiling summer when just breathing makes you sweat & feel ill.

[Jazoli]

I hate rain, very little gets me down but the constant pissing rain we get really does.

 

Same here in the Lakes, its been fucking grim since the end of May, I can't remember 3 consecutive dry twatting days, I lived in Spain for 7 years, been back 8 years now and I fucking hate it, I'm planning on pissing off back over there as soon as I sort some things out, its been 25 degrees or more there for the last 6 months with about 14 days of rain all year, as opposed to the fucking 14 sunny days a year and 351 shit days we get here.

[danthecapriman]

Same here in the Lakes, its been fucking grim since the end of May, I can't remember 3 consecutive dry twatting days, I lived in Spain for 7 years, been back 8 years now and I fucking hate it, I'm planning on pissing off back over there as soon as I sort some things out, its been 25 degrees or more there for the last 6 months with about 14 days of rain all year, as opposed to the fucking 14 sunny days a year and 351 shit days we get here.

It would honestly not bother me in the slightest if I never ever saw or felt another drop of rain again for the rest of my life! It really does piss me off that much!

Cold I can deal with and if Winter is freezing cold and snowy like it should be then fine (but please fuck off by March latest) though given the choice it'd be low humidity desert style heat for me all day every day.

[Eddie Honda]

Ummm, I actually like winter. Soz.

You are Christmas Man, AICMFP:

 

[purplebargeken]

Yes,but less jovial.

[Ghosty]

Christmas bonbonbonbons!

[bramz7]

Dunno what's going on on eBay at the moment but as soon as I bid on something, some knob outbids me right away. I see a nice little project BX14 and think okay, this car made £200 back earlier this year, new owner did nothing, I'll bid that.

 

Someone has got it up to £343 already. It has a week left to run. 

 

Just let me be high bidder for more than 3 minutes for once!

[Kiltox]

Why would you bid on anything with a week to go?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Just booked Lanzarote for next August, an extra fucking grand cos it's school hols, winds me up every year

 

We got back from there last Thursday, after a week away. We were quite taken with the place, and wish we'd had our hire car for more than three days for exploring. What sort of price have you paid off-peak, then? Ours ended up around £1800 for a week for two adults, fully inclusive, with sea-view room, and airport parking lobbed in. Didn't think it was too bad.

[Jazoli]

Why would you bid on anything with a week to go?

 

Quite, one bid in the last 5 seconds, or use a bid sniper, by bidding early you end up pushing the price up.

[andy18s]

We got back from there last Thursday, after a week away. We were quite taken with the place, and wish we'd had our hire car for more than three days for exploring. What sort of price have you paid off-peak, then? Ours ended up around £1800 for a week for two adults, fully inclusive, with sea-view room, and airport parking lobbed in. Didn't think it was too bad.

we're off to look at a place for sale later with a small 2up/2down house on the front,a barn which will convert into a cracking 3 or 4 bedroom place znd just over 2 acres of fenced in pasture

up for £2000 but seller will reduce to sell.....

[purplebargeken]

^^ Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck offffffffffffffffffffffff,yer bastard.

 

LOL. Two fucking thousand quid? Let me think about it..........

[Lacquer Peel]

Cheap houses but you're essentially living in the third world.

[Supernaut]

Cheap houses but you're essentially living in the third world.

 

Indeed. My colleague who's in his early 50s was thinking about buying a place in Bulgaria to retire to. Very cheap, but then he realised there is pretty much fuck-all healthcare available, especially for non-natives.

 

Not such a fun idea retiring there now, is it?

[DodgeRover]

Like retiring to Lincolnshire them, you only have the one heart attack!

[sierraman]

Cheap houses but you're essentially living in the third world.

A bit like moving to Rotherham.

[andy18s]

Indeed. My colleague who's in his early 50s was thinking about buying a place in Bulgaria to retire to. Very cheap, but then he realised there is pretty much fuck-all healthcare available, especially for non-natives.

 

Not such a fun idea retiring there now, is it?

We didn't buy over here with the mindset of OmgWotIf.......we moved to a place where everything is significantly cheaper than the UK

We've taken on temporary citizenship which opens up a lot of opportunities,including signing up to the Bulgarian health service and from what I've seen and heard so far it's every bit as good as the NHS

And it costs 17lev (£ a month for the full healthcare...how much is your National Insurance?

The wife works for a large pharmaceutical company online which has allowed her to drop down to a 3 day week

I'm not working but full-time diy and

house husband

Stress levels have plummeted,general heath has improved for both of us due to the reduced sugar and salt intake from eating decent local food

 

If the worst were to happen it's a 3 hour flight back to the UK,which compares with the average wait for an ambulance over there I believe

If you're going to just sit around waiting for things to happen,or not "just incase" life will pass you by and one day you'll wake up alone,in a shit job stuck in a shit town and wonder what the fuck happened to you......

 

 

1st pic was outside when it got to -18 for a week

Others show the as it has been since early June,with a good few storms thrown in

Proper weather,not that damp all year round shite that the UK does so well

[DVee8]

AngusToledo, on 13 Sept 2017 - 11:42 PM, said:

We got back from there last Thursday, after a week away. We were quite taken with the place, and wish we'd had our hire car for more than three days for exploring. What sort of price have you paid off-peak, then? Ours ended up around £1800 for a week for two adults, fully inclusive, with sea-view room, and airport parking lobbed in. Didn't think it was too bad.

we're off to look at a place for sale later with a small 2up/2down house on the front,a barn which will convert into a cracking 3 or 4 bedroom place znd just over 2 acres of fenced in pasture
up for £2000 but seller will reduce to sell.....

We are going to Lanzarote in late November  for a week to look at some properties,We are also planning on next summer a week in feuterventura,getting the ferry over to player blanca spending a week there,then a drive to puerto del carmen for a week.Then drop the car at the airport and home.

[Aston Martin]

Stupid cactus, drivers door/window seal was a bit loose. Banged it back down and hopefully it's a one off.

[bramz7]

Quite, one bid in the last 5 seconds, or use a bid sniper, by bidding early you end up pushing the price up.

Obviously you're both right. No idea why I did.

 

Doesn't matter anyway as I think auto trader has come up trumps again.

[bramz7]

Okay no it hasn't, the car has sold already. After one hour of being on auto trader...