The grumpy thread

[Felly Magic]

Fucking cunting Mondano has shat it's fuel pump according to Manchetts Recovery, was dragged home recently, relays and fuses fine, tank has to be dropped to swap the pump thanks to the stupid fucking tiny hole in the boot floot,, oh well, tin snips and a 2nd hand pump will be the order of the day. Fucking bastard twatting thing

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yeah, I tried to use one of those minicab apps for my local firm.

First they verified my debit card 6 times which caused my bank to shit themselves and text me to say there's dodgy activity and they'd stopped my card.

Then I ordered a taxi, it said I could track it but it never showed up on a map. At the suggested ETA the app reverted to "you've got no taxi booked".

I phoned up, no record. I told them to ram it and phoned another firm. Taxi #1 showed up.

Taxi #1 then took me a stupid route, and tried to charge £30. I told him I'd paid via the app, it was £18. He started moaning that I should have told him that - he didn't say why, but I presume so he could have gone the £18 route instead of the stupid long way.

And yes - licenced hackney carriages exist outside London, but still only in built up areas. The idea of Uber is that there are far more part time drivers, so more likely to be someone in your area. I'm 15 miles from the nearest hackney carriage rank but I can get an Uber.

And those part time drivers are the problem. It is very unlikely that they can make it pay working part time if they are properly licensed and insured. Buying a car new enough to license, insuring it , paying for car and driver license. Then of course there's whatever you pay for your work, a ball park figure of £1000 per month is probably not far away, that's before buying fuel.

A lot to pay for a bit of pin money, especially if you're not even getting the proper rate for the job.

 

As I said I used Uber in San Francisco earlier this year and it was very easy and cheap. But talking to the drivers , all they have to pay to work is their fuel and whatever percentage Uber take, there is no special insurance or license required. One trip we took was in a V8 Toyota Highlander , that sounded completely knackered. The driver was a 19 year old student who said that her whole family do a couple of hours a week in the same car, when they'd got some spare time. This model cannot work in a heavily regulated country such as ours.

The taxi trade has many problems, but letting a company ignore safety regulations just because they're big is not a solution. Uber in other UK towns and cities operate within the local licensing regulations and as far as I know there are no instances of any of them having any problem keeping their licenses.

[95 quid Peugeot]

Obligatory mouth breathers on eBay and gumtree. Listed Mrs 95 quids gaylander with not insignificant explanation of any faults and the fact it's priced at is to reflect that not a starting point for haggling. Every fucker to a man that's contacted me. What's the problems with it. Twats

[Eddie Honda]

After safely rolling backwards down the drive I got off to lock the garage up, three paces away later I discovered I hadn't put the stand down properly. 

 

Do I get a whiff of putting the stand down on the bike whilst on it?

 

Because I can't see it happening (well I can) whilst putting the stand down whilst standing beside it.

[LostnotFound]

Do I get a whiff of putting the stand down on the bike whilst on it?

 

Because I can't see it happening (well I can) whilst putting the stand down whilst standing beside it.

 

Yep, I've got a steep short drive that you need to sit on the bike to roll it down backwards. What I think I did was I kicked what I thought was the side stand down, when in reality it was the centre stand that I pushed half down, enough to hold it for long enough to walk away. I even remember thinking it was lent over very much but seemed 'stable' so I'm even more stupid then first appears if that's possible. 

[Guest Hooli]

Takes effort to be that daft, well done.

 

Last time I did something similar it involved parking downhill and not putting it in gear, I got as far as the gate to close it & heard a crunch behind me.

[Kiltox]

I work in London and use cabs/private hire/uber twice a week to get between the office (SE1, near London Bridge) and Victoria coach station

 

Black Cabs - the most expensive option but they turn up on time (when booked through an app like Gett) and know where they are going. Shortest journey times by far whether they are on the meter or fixed fare. £18.

 

Addison Lee - cheaper than a black cab and reasonably reliable although sometimes turn up late. Drivers are mostly knowledgeable but occasionally a bit too reliant on sat nav. £16.60 although £14.98 because I'm a regular customer

 

Uber - cheapest. Similarly punctual to AddLee although often have problems with the drivers not knowing where they can legally stop to pick up resulting in confused phone calls trying to find them. Extremely reliant on sat nav and the journey times are definitely longer due to taking stupid routes or getting lost. £12-£15.

[Eddie Honda]

Yep,

Now you know why they teach you to get off the bike first, then fanny around with the stand(s). I always get off first before deploying stand and retract before mounting.

 

Whilst I have done plenty of low speed crashes, I can't remember dropping a bike off a stand. I may have done a static drop of a heavily laden Honda H100, with an equally heavily laden rucksack and losing my balance when kickstarting it. This may not have happened though as it was dark and nobody was around...

 

Being a light bike, falls softly and easier to pick up.

[Cavcraft]

Fucking cunting Mondano has shat it's fuel pump according to Manchetts Recovery, was dragged home recently, relays and fuses fine, tank has to be dropped to swap the pump thanks to the stupid fucking tiny hole in the boot floot,, oh well, tin snips and a 2nd hand pump will be the order of the day. Fucking bastard twatting thing

 

Focus just done the same. What a hopeless effort that little bung in the boot floor is, probably a design to get you to go to a dealer for them to drop the tank.

[DeeJay]

The hole is there so you can get an easier start with your tin snips.

[clayts450]

Back to Uber again, but they lost a Tribunal case about employee status (Tribunal said drivers were clearly employees, qualify for sick pay and min wage), but typically Uber are appealing it - two day hearing for the appeal starts on Wednesday

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/19/uber-appeal-uk-employment-ruling-drivers-working-rights

[MarvinsMom]

kerry from the kitchen.....

 

"come quick!! the washing machine is beeping!! its making a beeping sound, why is it doing that? is it broke? it must be broke? see, see, its beeping again!!"

 

while running, and seemingly ok (save this funny beeping episode, which its now done twice this evening, briefly both times.)

 

is it broke? has it chewed up the washing? or has it just washed the washing?

 

well guess what, i dunno why the fuck its decided to beep at you, i have no idea how the machine works (is it pixies?, i bet its pixies, or some other form of hobgoblin) and as long as it keeps going i don't really care. cos if it breaks i aint going to be able to fix it.

 

apparently i am in the wrong about this "attitude". Joy.

[strangeangel]

Now you know why they teach you to get off the bike first, then fanny around with the stand(s). I always get off first before deploying stand and retract before mounting.

 

Whilst I have done plenty of low speed crashes, I can't remember dropping a bike off a stand. I may have done a static drop of a heavily laden Honda H100, with an equally heavily laden rucksack and losing my balance when kickstarting it. This may not have happened though as it was dark and nobody was around...

 

Being a light bike, falls softly and easier to pick up.

 

If a bike falls over, and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

[Noel Tidybeard]

If a bike falls over, and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 

yes i believe when no-one is looking a bike falling over makes an "ooof" sound

[Guest Hooli]

Now you know why they teach you to get off the bike first, then fanny around with the stand(s). I always get off first before deploying stand and retract before mounting.

 

Whilst I have done plenty of low speed crashes, I can't remember dropping a bike off a stand. I may have done a static drop of a heavily laden Honda H100, with an equally heavily laden rucksack and losing my balance when kickstarting it. This may not have happened though as it was dark and nobody was around...

 

Being a light bike, falls softly and easier to pick up.

 

Nah, I find it much easier to do on the bike. Holding it up to get on/off is a pain in the arse & wasn't something I did very often when I had a Pan either.

[Ghosty]

And yes - licenced hackney carriages exist outside London, but still only in built up areas. The idea of Uber is that there are far more part time drivers, so more likely to be someone in your area. I'm 15 miles from the nearest hackney carriage rank but I can get an Uber.

 

Manchester currently has an issue where it's full of hackneys licenced in Calderdale, to get around the fact MCC won't hackney plate anything apart from LTIs, Vito Taxis and Partner E7s.

[Cavcraft]

Can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but talking of taxis I've found a new way to to annoy miserable black cab drivers: don't quite shut the sliding door properly when you get out. It seems to send them into an apocalyptic rage every time. 

[taxi paul]

Ha ha. Yes cos then they have to get up off their arse and close it. They don't like excercise a lot of them ..Still they know how to run the country or what a football manager should be doing. By us they dropped the knowledge test so anyone can now go on a course and drive a taxi. So when you get in and say whiston hospital they ask you for a postcode. I can understand not knowing everything. But not knowing the main hospital is a bit crap..

[Inspector Morose]

Now at Exeter services Travelodge. For a fortnight.

Nice*

[Lord Sterling]

Now at Exeter services Travelodge. For a fortnight.

Nice*

I don't envy you. Mind you, I have no idea what my follow on job is. I'll be going home anyway.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Now at Exeter services Travelodge. For a fortnight.

Nice*

Look on the positive side, you are much nearer to the seaside than I currently am, Devon has nice Cider, Seaton has a tramway, Beer has Pecorama, Ladram Bay has Ozzie the Otter. I spent my teenage holidays in a static caravan in that part of Devon so I have a soft spot for it.

[Inspector Morose]

I spent my teenage years playing on the tramway at Seaton (gentleman tram driver, me) In all the years, never went to Pecorama. Sadly won't have chance to do either this time as I'll be stuck inside school grounds all day, apart from the weekend whee I'll be in the centre of Exeter.

[Des]

kerry from the kitchen.....

 

"come quick!! the washing machine is beeping!! its making a beeping sound, why is it doing that? is it broke? it must be broke? see, see, its beeping again!!"

 

while running, and seemingly ok (save this funny beeping episode, which its now done twice this evening, briefly both times.)

 

 

Smartphone found its way into the wash?

[Kiltox]

Now at Exeter services Travelodge. For a fortnight.

Nice*

Could be worse. Could be Croydon Central Travelodge for 8 weeks and counting!

[Kiltox]

kerry from the kitchen.....

 

"come quick!! the washing machine is beeping!! its making a beeping sound, why is it doing that? is it broke? it must be broke? see, see, its beeping again!!"

 

while running, and seemingly ok (save this funny beeping episode, which its now done twice this evening, briefly both times.)

 

is it broke? has it chewed up the washing? or has it just washed the washing?

 

well guess what, i dunno why the fuck its decided to beep at you, i have no idea how the machine works (is it pixies?, i bet its pixies, or some other form of hobgoblin) and as long as it keeps going i don't really care. cos if it breaks i aint going to be able to fix it.

 

apparently i am in the wrong about this "attitude". Joy.

What kind of machine is it?

 

My LG washer sometimes does a weird beep when it's running if it thinks the load is unbalanced. Sometimes sorts itself out, sometimes stops.

[MarvinsMom]

What kind of machine is it?

 

My LG washer sometimes does a weird beep when it's running if it thinks the load is unbalanced. Sometimes sorts itself out, sometimes stops.

 

Smartphone found its way into the wash?

its some sort of Indersit thing, dunno which model, its a washing machine and its white!

 

when it has finished the cycle and unlocked the door, it goes beep, beep, beeeeeep.

 

now last night a couple of times it went beep-beep, mid cycle for no reason that i know of. and it kept on going!

 

it was a small load of kerry's work clothes, including her socks, so that would be enought to make me want to stop....

 

there is a fault on the mother board somewhere, sometimes when you turn it on, it gets confused as to which wash setting its on. the normal synthetics wash, the one we nearly always use, is 1.40 long, where as the whites setting, the previous one on the dail is 3 hours. sometimes it comes up as 3 hours, then when you move the dial back to the synthetics setting, it'll get the right time.

 

the bloody thing is out of garentee (typically) and i do get things through the post offering me an extended warrantee on the machine. thing is, the 3 or 4 years cover (i cannot remember which it is) would end up costing MORE than what i payed for the bloody thing!

 

hence i haven't signed up for it, and if the machine does turn its toes up, i'll just have to go and buy another one.

 

which frankly is really rubbish!!

 

all modern cars/appliances/stuff is crap!!

[Kiltox]

The control boards are pretty universal across the range of cheaper machines - you could probably find a replacement quite cheap on eBay

[Pillock]

No, just Indesit is crap. You'd be better off just chucking your clothes into the bath and stomping some soapy water into them. Awful machines.

 

Ours does the same confusion over wash length but sorts itself out when you press start. Then trips the electrics, great when you're out for the day and your freezer goes off because there's a short in the washer.

[xtriple]

I rang my friend Betty this morning. Not seen her for a couple of months (life gets in the way and good intentions etc) since I took her out in the Bentley for a 'treat' to the seaside for a sit on the beach and an ice cream. She was fine then (she's 85 by the way) but today, she sounded like she could barely remember what day it is! Christ, that proper upset me, I know she has stress in her life at the mo' but... Anyway, I got in touch with her daughter and she's coming down at the weekend to collect Betty and take her back up to London (suburbs) to stay for a while. I really hope it helps.

 

I fear senility has bitten as she repeated the same question and answer routine at least three times in five minutes.

[Cheggers]

I rang my friend Betty this morning. Not seen her for a couple of months (life gets in the way and good intentions etc) since I took her out in the Bentley for a 'treat' to the seaside for a sit on the beach and an ice cream. She was fine then (she's 85 by the way) but today, she sounded like she could barely remember what day it is! Christ, that proper upset me, I know she has stress in her life at the mo' but... Anyway, I got in touch with her daughter and she's coming down at the weekend to collect Betty and take her back up to London (suburbs) to stay for a while. I really hope it helps.

 

I fear senility has bitten as she repeated the same question and answer routine at least three times in five minutes.

It's horrible at any age.

 

I found out last week my ex has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 51. Her memory and mental agility had definitely been in decline but to actually get a diagnosis was a shock.

 

The kids (even though they're not kids any more) are in a right state, especially my older daughter who still lives with her.

 

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