The grumpy thread

[3VOM]

Why does Loctite suddenly cost £10/ml? OK I suspect the last time I bought some was 5 or 6 years ago but I'm sure it was only a few quid.

[Kiltox]

Why does Loctite suddenly cost £10/ml? OK I suspect the last time I bought some was 5 or 6 years ago but I'm sure it was only a few quid.

Have a look on Amazon, it was quite cheap there last time I bought some

[Lacquer Peel]

3 hours for an ambulance, o rly? The UK has a lot of problems and clearly Bulgaria is beautiful and the cost of living is cheap but it's not for everyone. How many of us can work online or afford to not work?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

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.....

Good god. Were you on Lanzarote when you found it, or was it on a sales website? 

[andy18s]

Good god. Were you on Lanzarote when you found it, or was it on a sales website?

Ah,should have made it clear I'm in Bulgaria....lol

[Pillock]

3 hours for an ambulance, o rly? The UK has a lot of problems and clearly Bulgaria is beautiful and the cost of living is cheap but it's not for everyone. How many of us can work online or afford to not work?

You've just made me wonder how long I could get away with "working from home" in a different country.

 

I've just been into the office after three weeks of avoiding it. Nobody even batted an eyelid.

 

It'd be cheaper to live in Bulgaria and just book a couple of nights in a hotel once every fortnight, and some cheap flights

[cort1977]

I'm thinking this more and more, I hardly need to go in to the office at all these days.   Even most of my meetings are conference calls with people in God-forsaken parts of the world so why do I need to be in the office each day?

[cort16]

Having to spend 120 quid to buy 2 new tyres for a car I give back in 6 weeks. I probably should have replaced them a last month to be fair.

[DodgeRover]

Having to spend 120 quid to buy 2 new tyres for a car I give back in 6 weeks. I probably should have replaced them a last month to be fair.

Part worns?

[cort16]

I had a look but couldn't find anything in that size for a price that would justify it.

[Timewaster]

Today I followed an "auto dismantlers" truck with two cars on the back presumably going to meet their maker.

 

A mint looking N reg 306 5dr in quite a high spec and an 04 Fiesta, again spotless.

 

It genuinely saddened me that what looks like a perfectly good car is going for scrap to be replaced by a bloody Mokka or some such crap.

 

What the hell are we doing that for?

 

You might say the car industry supports jobs but most of those jobs are in Korea and I'd much rather have a mechanic gainfully employed here than a salesman or a finance manager.

 

Strangely I wasn't bothered about the Fiesta despite it being an even bigger waste.

[twosmoke300]

306 prob rear beam and inner arch rust . Fiesta prob a big mot fail inc brake pipes , tyres and emissions ( dead cat due to misfire )

[Lacquer Peel]

I still haven't had any problems with PSA rear beams, even ones with squiffy camber.

[twosmoke300]

Mot fails , tyres rubbing the arches and knocks over bumps . Common here

[Lacquer Peel]

Do Renault torsion bar beams suffer so badly?

[anonymous user]

Do Renault torsion bar beams suffer so badly?

Probably not, as the electrics will have given up first.

[twosmoke300]

Was just gonna post that no body knows !

[loserone]

You've just made me wonder how long I could get away with "working from home" in a different country.

Ex colleague of mine fell for a girl from Sofia who had come over to assist with the 'best shoring' process.  Shortly afterwards he agreed a working from home arrangement.

 

Think he made it to five years before his boss realised that he no longer lived in Peterlee.

[Guest Hooli]

Ex colleague of mine fell for a girl from Sofia who had come over to assist with the 'best shoring' process.  Shortly afterwards he agreed a working from home arrangement.

 

Think he made it to five years before his boss realised that he no longer lived in Peterlee.

Brilliant effort!

[Guest Hooli]

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

 

Do feck off there's a good chap

 

If I could learn languages at all I'd be seriously considering joining you.

[Pillock]

What, you can't speak loudly and slowly?

[Guest Hooli]

What, you can't speak loudly and slowly?

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DON'T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FURRIN!

[DodgeRover]

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

What are the schools like?

[alcyonecorporation]

Second person's messed me around buying Amazon parts. 

Dunno why I busted my arse (and the 305's) bringing them over to be honest. Might as well have just lobbed them all in the skip. Least you know where you stand with scrap metal - and actual money changes hands. 
I've always had a run of divs but this is taking the piss. I can't get back on my feet if people keep welshing on deals - but it keeps happening. 

That said, the 305 and 460 are more or less ready to be shipped out, so at least there's that. 
Pointless whinging about it, but this year is not shaping up well for my wallet. 

[STUNO]

Not sure if it's a grump or grin...

The Chinese are coming.

 

New Haval H6 SUV priced at $35,000 here, and looks good with 2L turbo

 

New Landrover Disco Sport $78,500 to $89,500 with 2L

 

New  Toyota Landcruiser SUV $123,500 with 4.5 V8 Diesel 

 

I suspect the Chinese are catching up in the reliability bits too! The Haval must have been crash tested too and passed well.

There is also a smaller Haval at $27,000 and 1600cc.

[andy18s]

What are the schools like?

Didn't look into schooling as we don't have young children

There are a lot closing down though as the younger families are moving into or closer to the big towns and cities

They don't want the rural lifestyle and move to follow jobs or money

As for the language,whilst we are learning as we go the majority of up to 30yr olds speak English

They do tell us not to try learn Bulgarian as it's quite hard these days being a complete mix of Bulgarian/Russian and other stuff

[Cavcraft]

Not sure if it's a grump or grin...

The Chinese are coming.

 

New Haval H6 SUV priced at $35,000 here, and looks good with 2L turbo

 

New Landrover Disco Sport $78,500 to $89,500 with 2L

 

New  Toyota Landcruiser SUV $123,500 with 4.5 V8 Diesel 

 

I suspect the Chinese are catching up in the reliability bits too! The Haval must have been crash tested too and passed well.

There is also a smaller Haval at $27,000 and 1600cc.

 

The Chinese are experiencing what the Japanese went through in the seventies. Lots of people scoffed and derided their good as 'rubbish' and look at them now. They have to cut their teeth somewhere and all those 'bee in a biscuit tin' mini-motos and Raving Insanity Chopperbong mopeds were just that beginning.  

[hairnet]

Bomb on the tube

 

Thank fuck wasn't on it

[panhard65]

Why is it when selling a decent car you get all the p/ex offers. Yeah right my fully sorted Porsche Boxster is worth as much as your poxy 04 plate Audi tdi. Then they get the hump when I say I will allow them whatever "we buy any car" offer minus £100 for the hassle of taking it.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Had a throat infection. Got antibiotics went away but a tooth still hurt, couldn't eat on it. Finally went to the dentist, says I've a deep hole in the side of it.

 

Not had anything in years so stopped paying for x-rays. Dentist says they might have found it sooner. Anyway I've still got a numb face from the injection and I have to go back in two weeks for more work.

 

Still I could have been on a train...