The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

That can't be an easy place to be in, especially after all the time & money you've put into the dollop.

[AlabamaShrimp]

My mother in law is a cheeky twat. My wife decided it would be nice if she came out to dinner with us for a change as she's always been taken by her sister.

 

All nice when out but she never offered once to pay for her own dinner and not once said thank you.

 

She's not a bad person but she's as tight as fuck and never appreciates anything done for her.

[richardmorris]

We had laminate flooring in the kitchen and our bedroom. We had a jolly good reason though: when we first moved in everywhere was carpeted including the huge kitchen which was fine, but, we had a very old lady dog (Sheba, huge black bear rather than a dog), she was 16 when we moved in and unfortunately, she used to leak like an icontinant MG. She'd lay down and sleep and when she got up, there would be a big damp patch and all her side was wet...

 

Cleaning her up was no problem but after having the kitchen carpet cleaned three times in a month, it was time for laminate. She only ever did it in the kitchen and bedroom (when she was deeply asleep) and that solved the problem. She lasted another two years so I was glad we had it done. She was a great old dog.

 

Re comments on the dollop: I am seriously thinking about selling her and the other two. I am struggling with my health no end and it ain't going to get no better, doing even the most basic tasks on the cars now is causing me days of pain and misery, even just washing them! As we have all found, we pour money and time into these damn cars and due to entropy, they do not just stay fixed and perfect. I am seriously considering just getting shot of them all and getting something modern I can ignore.

 

Don't know what to do really. The garage is damp, and I am inclined to use the car rather than let her rot away but last year, under the covers both cars lasted really well, so maybe it was just the wet but very warm weather that caused the problem? Other problem of course is: a Big green rare dollop is not going to be an easy sale unless I give it away and I am not doing that! Seeing as I have spent over 20 grand on maintenance (!) I would want top dollar for her! Who is going to buy her?

 

They are not BIG sellers at the best of times and to be honest, not sure I want to deal with Bentley owners, they all seem to be utter knobs! Perhaps I should just sell the other two? The Mazda is so impractical, but I love it and it took ages to find a decent one with an auto box and the KIA is the only practical car I own but is thoroughly hateful and I ignore it as much as is possible.

 

What to do....

 

 

I think you bought the Bentley to enjoy? Sell the others ( hateful kia) and enjoy. If I had one I'd use it every chance I could. Cheer yourself up and live the high life:-)

( I'll also offer to house the green dollop ( with the keys if needed).

[warren t claim]

Halloween.

 

Look kids, when going trick or treating at my door make sure that your mum has made the effort to dress up as well, preferably as a sexy witch or Elvira mistress of the dark then I'll happily shovel Haribos into your bag but if she turns up wearing a shit stained onesie then consider yourself lucky to have Bertie Bassets bell end flicked through my letterbox.

[DVee8]

Nextdoor is setting fireworks off again

[bramz7]

I dislike grumping about people but there's an especially irritating guy on the CCC Facebook page who is seemingly determined to turn it into a page about himself. And he reckons his XM is worth £3k.

[MiniMort]

I dislike grumping about people but there's an especially irritating guy on the CCC Facebook page who is seemingly determined to turn it into a page about himself. And he reckons his XM is worth £3k.

Yeah, and what’s with the seller on eBay who’s still trying to sell a quite faded ‘88 Samara for £3000? Also, apparently, it ‘smells like someone’s nan’ and that’s not really what I look for in cars

[MarvinsMom]

today we have mostly killed the lexus.

 

Kerry driving, we pulled out a junction and collected a couple on a motorbike.

 

think the rider has bust a leg, but his missus, on the pillion was ok.

 

she couldn't really see with a load of kids milling around on the footpath at the mouth of the junction. No excuse, was all our fault,we pulled out into their path and at least no one was killed.

 

hell, i didn't see them until they were sailing over the bonnet!!

 

caught us right on the indicator on the driverside of the car, so wing, bumper, bonnet and all the front of the car has been pushed over. like this

 

 

going to call insurance tomorrow to get the wreck towed away, and no, neither of us want the car back and as such we don't want to see it again.

 

i guess after our excess is paid out of the settlement we will have £10, maybe £15 out of it.

 

ah well, it was fun while it lasted........

[eddyramrod]

[DodgeRover]

Can't stand the bloody wensleydale/cranberry rubbish you get at christmas however.

That just doesn't work for me either, sadly I keep getting bought it as a present.

[xtriple]

Bloody hell MM! Having an accident is bad, but causing one is a million times worse. Good that no one was fatally injured (or life changing) but I have to admit to sympathising with the couple on the bike even more than I do with yourselves (and I really do, awful for you) .

 

Chin up, could have been so much worse.

[Felly Magic]

Shit MM, hope everyone involved is OK

[purplebargeken]

That really could have been so much worse. Thankfully it wasn't.

 

Must be bloody horrible for all concerned.

[vulgalour]

xtriple:  sell one, see how you feel.  Sounds like the Bentley is the real keeper and easy to live with, if expensive, so sell that one last if you really have to.

 

MM:  ouch.  It is surprisingly easy to lose sight of a motorbike, no matter how careful you are, especially as everything gets busier and more cluttered.

[purplebargeken]

Friend of mine at work took her newish Pug 2008 for it's MOT. Passed fine but had a nail in the tyre next day. She took it to P*o T**e who informed her that she needed two new tyres on the front and new disks and pads at the front. They charged her just over £500 for that little lot. I was fuming.

[robinmasters]

...we have mostly killed the lexus..think the rider has bust a leg, but his missus, on the pillion was ok...was all our fault

Liked for the use of the Family Guy picture only.

[oldcars]

First ton of salt down already, gets earlier and longer  each year. I need to win the lottery. Get a big garage and put the nice stuff away for the winter and run a banger. Hate using the 75 in the salt but needs must.

[Guest Hooli]

I wish the council would use their salt budgets on providing the services they are meant to provide.

[oldcars]

I wish the council would use their salt budgets on providing the services they are meant to provide.

I agree. I know roads need salted but its 5 deg here and dry. There must be something they can use that's as good as salt but not so corrosive.

[Guest Hooli]

The roads don't need salting nearly as much as they get done in this country, let people crash until they learn to drive & then the roads will be safer all year.

[Louise2cv]

"needs salted".

 

I still struggle with this form that crops up on here and in eBay ads (needs fixed, wants washed).

 

Even if exposed to it through local dialect I can't understand how it sound natural or correct? Isn't it as grating as could of, would of, should of?

[Guest Hooli]

You mean that's deliberate? I thought it was a typo/autocorrect thing.

[Louise2cv]

I'm not 100% sure in that case, but we have discussed it before and apparently it is in common usage up north (not sure how North but I think one of our Scottish members argued it formed part of his dialect and therefore was typed quite naturally).

 

I just can't get to grips with it.

[dollywobbler]

"needs salted".

 

I still struggle with this form that crops up on here and in eBay ads (needs fixed, wants washed).

 

Even if exposed to it through local dialect I can't understand how it sound natural or correct? Isn't it as grating as could of, would of, should of?

 

I just regard it as a delightfully quirky Scotishism.

 

Moving earlier, sorry to hear about the Lexus smash. That is the downside of a long bonnet. Hope Mr Rider recovers.

[AMC Rebel]

I remember my Dad once burst in on me masturbating. I still remember it to this day. He said “Don’t do that son, it’ll send you blind”

 

I said “Dad, I’m over here”.

Can I carry on just till I need glasses?

[holbeck]

today we have mostly killed the lexus.

 

Sorry to hear that mm. Hope the biker isn't too serious

 

 

Sometimes life just hands you a shit sandwich.

[scaryoldcortina]

I'm not 100% sure in that case, but we have discussed it before and apparently it is in common usage up north (not sure how North but I think one of our Scottish members argued it formed part of his dialect and therefore was typed quite naturally).

 

I just can't get to grips with it.

 It is a dialect thing - North east england and southern scotland mostly,  sounds odd at first but you get used to the mangled tenses eventually. Looks worse written down, I'll give you that.

[Louise2cv]

I suppose it's what you're used to, like when I went to sparky college in Rotherham and the tea lady said she'd "mash the tea... while ten minutes"

 

What the... what?

[cobblers]

I'm from Rotherham and I've never heard it said like that before, maybe she was just a bit thick and couldn't talk properly.

[5speedracer]

Nobody wrote "needs salting".

 

We had "need (to be) salted" and "need salting".

 

Whether either or both are said in Rotherham I am unable to confirm.

 

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