The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Today isn't going great so far.  My short-term financial planning has been upset by the fact that my four scrappers are now suddenly (hopefully temporarily) worth fuck all whereas last week they would have netted me £429 between them (plus some decent spare batteries).  Also, the C4 is going in for a test on Wednesday, but before that it needs two tyres swapping over for the good ones off the Mondeo.  Except it turns out the C4 has locking wheelnuts, and the key is nowhere to be found.  I have yet to find an appropriately-sized socket to hammer over it, so I'm probably going to have to take it to the local tyre place with the wheels still on and get arse raped for whatever they charge to remove them.  Bloody motors... 

[myglaren]

The leak on the C5 got worse

 

This morning it was right down at the rear.

 

 

Bought 2L of LDS substitute Comma MVCHF after a three hour walk to get it,  poured it in and no change.

A further 2L and still nothing, and that was all Halfords had in stock.

 

There is a very impressive and expensive puddle under the car now, the neighbours will be over the moon

And blisters on my feet

[DodgeRover]

What 4 scrapers are they?

[Bren]

Yesterday I cleaned various connectors on the vectra with contact cleaner including mass air flow sensor. Drove to work and car drove beautifully.

Came to start car after night shift and no go - fires and runs for a second then dies.

This car wants to die.

[outlaw118]

Childminding my 6 year old great-niece.

 

I'm in the fortunate / unfortunate position of having married a "Cougar" and therefore not brought up my own sprogs.

 

I have 3 step-grandchildren aged 5, 11, 13, who think that I'm "sick" - the older two told me, apparently it's a good thing.

 

Two other great nieces aged 5 & 6, who are amazing.

 

this one....at what point does a child move from being a brat into a cunt? She's been here since 15.45 after Mrs_Outlaw collected it from school, and frankly if she was more on my tits, she be a tattoo.

[Guest Hooli]

 

 

this one....at what point does a child move from being a brat into a cunt?

 

When they are breathing.

[Heidel_Kakao]

It looks like I am going to be affected by this Ryanair situation as I am due to be flying to Oslo on Friday 29th of September. Though I think I may end up making money with the compensation so it could maybe go in the grin thread but I was looking forward to a nice city break.

[wuvvum]

What 4 scrapers are they?

Mondeo TDCi (ex-Smellypoo / Moog), Golf Mk4 TDI, Renault Trafic and Rover 200 VI.

[danthecapriman]

Pets.

Had to get up stupid early when I heard one of the dogs whining downstairs. Get up and stagger down to see wtf was up to be greeted by two puddles of piss and liquid shit all over the utility room floor. Stank to high hell too!

Poor little sod's had bad guts the last few days and this must have been it coming out.

Cue, a very messy clear up and disinfecting the floor in the early hours instead of being asleep.

 

Here's the guilty party!

 

IMG_0702 by Dan Clark, on Flickr

 

Can't get mad at them though!

[Snipes]

That reminds me of going into the kitchen and seeing my housemate's Lab had vomited all over the floor and was happily snacking on a few choice morsels. Eugh.. 

[danthecapriman]

That reminds me of going into the kitchen and seeing my housemate's Lab had vomited all over the floor and was happily snacking on a few choice morsels. Eugh..

 

If one of my two puke the one that did it will sit next to the puke to guard it from the other one. If they don't the other one will eat it.

 

 

I've come down stairs before in a similar situation to the above and stood in the shit. And I don't wear socks to bed either!

Nothing beats the sensation of warm poo between your toes in the morning!

[Bren]

Vectra is mobile again. Loose plug on fuel ecu that was previously secured with a cable tie.

[AlabamaShrimp]

That thing about dogs is why I won't have any pets ever again.

 

Saying that my son has been off school today and on the toilet more times than not. Still better now and being stupid again!

[danthecapriman]

That thing about dogs is why I won't have any pets ever again.

Saying that my son has been off school today and on the toilet more times than not. Still better now and being stupid again!

They're alright. It doesn't happen often.

They give me much more pleasure than aggravation anyway. They're great fun to walk and play with and they make good company.

[Guest Hooli]

Dogs are better than kids in every way.

[MrDuke]

It looks like I am going to be affected by this Ryanair situation as I am due to be flying to Oslo on Friday 29th of September. Though I think I may end up making money with the compensation so it could maybe go in the grin thread but I was looking forward to a nice city break.

 

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the apparent contempt it has for its customers, is beyond me.

[chaseracer]

I would rather walk than fly Ruinair.  Or Sleazyjet.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the apparent contempt it has for its customers, is beyond me.

It's pretty crappy for sure. If I actually needed to get to something important like a wedding I would be way more pissed off than I am actually am right now.

[3VOM]

Had to get up stupid early when I heard one of the dogs whining downstairs. Get up and stagger down to see wtf was up to be greeted by two puddles of piss and liquid shit all over the utility room floor. Stank to high hell too.

Try 50+kg of stupid and a duvet in the same scenario.

[somewhatfoolish]

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the total and utter contempt it has for the self loading freight, is beyond me.

 

Fixed that for you; O'Leary has grown his airline from a two-bit one-horse charter outfit to the burgeoning network of tubular airborne grimness we see today by metaphorically rubbing his shit into the customer's face and then telling them to like it. If he could strap people to the wings, force them to stand up like on the underground or stack them like cordwood he would. This situation appears to be entirely down to RYR treating its employees like dogshit as well the cargo; as soon as the supply/demand seesaw for pilots tilted a little the other way a stampede has developed for the door.

[bub2006]

Had a meltdown today. Council sent a letter saying they havent got correct info for benefits claim. 3weeks after i went in in person and spoke to someone who told me the papers i had was correct. Drove 15 mile to housing office to get them to fill a form in to find they had closed it to the public. 30 mile round trip for fuck all. Came home and ended up completely losing my rag,trashed my living room trying to find my tenancy agreement. Smashed coffee table,flipped footstool and fold up table and launched everything all over the shop. Now im lay on sofa surrounded by shit i cannot tidy up. Feel shit over it but hey ho.

[chaseracer]

Talk to your local CAB: http://www.ddcab.org.uk/contactdetails.shtml

[Tam]

Had to scrape my windscreen this morning. Bloody winter approaching too fast!

[M'coli]

That reminds me of going into the kitchen and seeing my housemate's Lab had vomited all over the floor and was happily snacking on a few choice morsels. Eugh..

Some years ago I came home from the morning dog walk, fed him, and got on with other stuff.

Next thing I hear is this chewing in the living room, so wandered in to find our labrador had helped himself to some rabbit guts while out (some cunts had been ferreting) and had chundered that and his breakfast onto his bed, and was currently having second breakfast...

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm parked near a roundabout on a retail park for work today. There's another car parked behind me.

 

We're close but not blocking the exit yet dipshits (mainly women) keep stopping behind instead of just driving round then blocking the road, are they that sodding thick??

[chaseracer]

That suggests a visibility issue.  Maybe consider parking somewhere else?

 

And YAY* on the casual sexism.

[Snipes]

Mrs_Duke has been stressing about her flight to Crete next week - she's finally found out tonight that it 'almost definitely' won't be cancelled. How a company can be successful without even attempting to disguise the apparent contempt it has for its customers, is beyond me.

Because cheap.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

2 tyres for the SAAB Saturday....... the motorways going into Northern France are fu**ing atrocious as they aren't pay to play....... so are left to sh*t themselves. I hit a motherfu**er of a pothole, thought I'd ripped something the way it sounded.

 

Pulled over as soon as I could to check - luckily the tyre 'held' but the egg protruding from the side would've given the easter bunny a hernia! Ba**ard!!!!!!

Of course I couldn't risk life and limb trying to get a photo of the hole so I trundled the last 30km to the GF and then spent 2hrs finding somewhere with tyres to fit!

Over €230 for the front pair!!! Bloody hell! I was shafted anyway as they literally were the last 2 17" in town in the correct size and rating......

 

Drives a lot better now though! (Trying to find something positive)

[AlabamaShrimp]

That suggests a visibility issue. Maybe consider parking somewhere else?

 

And YAY* on the casual sexism.

 

I'm about 5 foot in front of that. Is it blocking?

 

And lol at your sexism comment. Is now describing someone sexism? Most were white but I think 3 or 4 were black, am I now being racist?

[MrDuke]

Because cheap.

That might excuse them having sour staff and charging like a wounded elephant for every single 'extra' - it doesn't justify screwing up hundreds of travel plans with less than a week's notice.