The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

Watched 'Once were Warriors' last night. I'd forgotten how brutal it was. Good film though and 'G' has grown into a stunningly lovely woman.

 

You forget how time passes.

[Mally]

Best way to go though when your time comes. Drop like a pile of rocks.

I hope I go that way. 

Have watched many others hanging by a thread for months and months....It's not very nice.

[DodgeRover]

Watched 'Once were Warriors' last night. I'd forgotten how brutal it was. Good film though and 'G' has grown into a stunningly lovely woman.

 

You forget how time passes.

The follow up is quite interesting, I think either it or the book is called Jake's long shadow

 

Edit Jakes long shadow is the 3rd book, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted was the second.

[Frogchod]

Like a lot of people posting in here recently... I'll be going to a funeral soon.

 

It still hasn't sunk in properly yet. A family friend who my parents have known 10 years longer than I've been on this planet died yesterday morning. He was only in his early 60s and hadn't yet retired.

He'd had 2 minor strokes over the past couple of years, and yesterday morning he got out bed, told his wife he felt a bit dizzy... and dropped like a sack of rocks.

 

He was almost family to us. He even employed me for a summer as a forklift driver at the steel merchants he was a manager of at the time. Let alone all the work he's done with my parents breaking in numerous horses over the years. Hell, he was a qualified riding instructor. Generally an all-round top bloke.

 

To say it's a shock is... an understatement.

Sorry for your loss.

Yes, one of those posters was me. Went to the funeral on Thursday still in shock. But it turned out to be a fantastic celebration of his life. Still loads of tears though. 

Except from his (loving) wife who kicked us all into celebration mood. Women certainly are the strongest of the species in these circumstances.

Strokes and cancer can still FRO though. 

[omegod]

Debbie Magee dressed as ginger spice has rendered me sterile for time evermore 

[robinmasters]

Doing stuff for charity can fuck right off.

 

Giving money to charity is fine, and I do occasionally.

 

However, doing something 'zany' and being sponsored? Fuck right off. Just give the hundreds you spend on arranging the stunt directly to the charity-it's probably more than your sponsorship anyway.

 

Just go around telling people that you're doing a lot of work for charidy (but don't like to talk about it, mayd), and stop subjecting the rest of us to your charity rally/bath of beans/parachute jump in a drag/etc.

[cobblers]

Charity parachute jumps cost them NHS something like five times as much as they raise for charities.

[Parky]

I've often wondered why John Lewis don't have a Christmas ad consisting of a plain background with the words

 

"We couldn't be bothered this year so we just gave the £3m budget to Shelter. Happy Christmas from John Lewis"

 

I bet they would get crucified by saddos claiming Christmas is ruined

[Timewaster]

They would earn my respect if they did.

 

Still not spending any money on their Christmas shite though.

[Ghosty]

It's painfully formulaic, BBC levels of politically correct, and middle class anyway.

[bramz7]

Why does my car pick now for the glow plugs to give up?! I hate old cars.

 

Edit- not really. Not sure it is the plugs though, I think a relay has gone iffy, or the immobiliser is beginning to play up.

[danthecapriman]

For those who struggle, like the bell end in the blue A class this lunch time on Eastern road A27 roundabout.

 

The left hand lane on a roundabout is not for turning right!! It's even marked on the surrounding roadsigns and big fuck off white arrows on the road surface. How fucking hard is this!?

 

Oh, wait.

 

You knew what you were doing because your an impatient cunt and consider yourself above waiting in the queue like everyone else in the right lane so used the left lane and cut across in front of my van! WANKER!

 

 

I was so close to hitting this utter dick my heart was in my mouth for a moment! Why are there never any police around?

The funny thing is this twat is local and drives a very distinctive car, it's not the first time I've seen him doing such manoeuvres either.

[5speedracer]

For those who struggle, like the bell end in the blue A class this lunch time on Eastern road A27 roundabout.

 

The left hand lane on a roundabout is not for turning right!! It's even marked on the surrounding roadsigns and big fuck off white arrows on the road surface. How fucking hard is this!?

 

Oh, wait.

 

You knew what you were doing because your an impatient cunt and consider yourself above waiting in the queue like everyone else in the right lane so used the left lane and cut across in front of my van! WANKER!

 

 

I was so close to hitting this utter dick my heart was in my mouth for a moment! Why are there never any police around?

The funny thing is this twat is local and drives a very distinctive car, it's not the first time I've seen him doing such manoeuvres either.

Dashcam, nail the fucker next time!

 

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[danthecapriman]

Dashcam, nail the fucker next time!

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I've got one! I'm just so unbelievably lazy I've not bothered setting it up. I should really, it's not van but if I've got the camera and something happens I can prove my innocence beyond any doubt if it's on film.

[fordperv]

For those who struggle, like the bell end in the blue A class this lunch time on Eastern road A27 roundabout.

 

The left hand lane on a roundabout is not for turning right!! It's even marked on the surrounding roadsigns and big fuck off white arrows on the road surface. How fucking hard is this!?

 

Oh, wait.

 

You knew what you were doing because your an impatient cunt and consider yourself above waiting in the queue like everyone else in the right lane so used the left lane and cut across in front of my van! WANKER!

 

 

I was so close to hitting this utter dick my heart was in my mouth for a moment! Why are there never any police around?

The funny thing is this twat is local and drives a very distinctive car, it's not the first time I've seen him doing such manoeuvres either.

I had a similar experience with a dickish driver of a big Merc 4x4 earlier on a roundabout, it came straight from the left hand lane and wouldve took my passengers wing out if I hadn't braked, so to the driver of V8 JET a big fuck you and learn how to use roads properly

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

For those who struggle, like the bell end in the blue A class this lunch time on Eastern road A27 roundabout.

 

The left hand lane on a roundabout is not for turning right!! It's even marked on the surrounding roadsigns and big fuck off white arrows on the road surface. How fucking hard is this!?

 

Oh, wait.

 

You knew what you were doing because your an impatient cunt and consider yourself above waiting in the queue like everyone else in the right lane so used the left lane and cut across in front of my van! WANKER!

 

 

I was so close to hitting this utter dick my heart was in my mouth for a moment! Why are there never any police around?

The funny thing is this twat is local and drives a very distinctive car, it's not the first time I've seen him doing such manoeuvres either.

 

This is a general behaviour issue globally methinks.......

 

Exact same episode just twice this weekend....... numbnuts in the new bmw 1 series trying to cut up as he clearly was far too important to wait like everyone else - I am truelly clueless as to why they think this is 'the norm'. Needless to say I give less fucks about my beater than they do about their financed repmobiles.

 

Worse (and to my shame I got all road rage on this one) was the absolute fuck-nugget who undertook on a semi-suburban street using the sodding parking spaces.... I'd seen the dick looking to jump through so half expected it, so already on the brakes (and horn). My son was dumbfounded...... and actually yelped when we almost hit his rear corner. I was livid.... but did hold out and watched as the bus a few vehicles in front blocked his F1 style jinks and dives for inside/outside lines.

UNTIL - THE LIGHTS

This turd-weasel then had to turn across traffic so was stuck anyway by the lights...... at which he flipped me the bird. I'm ashamed to say that did it.... I pulled left - and reversed right up to his front bumper so todger waver was blocked in. I also got out - and promptly explained that if he ever endangered my sons (or anyones) life again in my sight, I'd be inserting limbs of his own into orifices they were not meant to inhabit after first bludgeoning him severely with them. It's the first time anyone has done anything that dangerous with my son in the car with me - I do understand that my behaviour/reaction was not to be done in front of him and then spent half an hour explaining why my rant was not acceptable behaviour as an adult. Ended up feeling worse than the mouth breathing fish worrier I'd berated........

[chaseracer]

Your reaction is understandable.  Sometimes, pond life needs a mirror holding up to it.

[danthecapriman]

I think, sadly, it's just modern life.

 

So many people now run around in their day to day lives with an attitude of 'me first and fuck everyone else'. If they feel they can get away with something, anything, they'll do it in the belief it will put them one step ahead.

They also feel able to do as they please, particularly in this country, because there's fewer and fewer people of authority (police and law enforcement) to stop them or make them think twice before doing whatever it is.

You see so many people now it's becoming impossible for me to drive even a few miles from home without seeing at least one entitled arse hole doing something cuntish on the roads. Within the week I've seen people do what I ranted about above, use the hard shoulder to undertake traffic on a motorway, red light jumping so late I could have T boned them after pulling away at my green light, the list goes on and on. And to make it worse if you dare to challenge them or react against their actions they treat you as the cunt!! 'How dare you challenge me! ME!' It's breath taking.

 

On the subject of dash cams though, do people get prosecuted by the footage going on YouTube etc?

Just wondered? The police must see some of the footage people upload and it must be enough to get them for surely?

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

I've often wondered about the dashcam stuff too - I did hear that Thames Valley plod accept it as bonefideeeeee evidence. I personally think a simple email address for all regional forces that your average joe can email footage to should be the norm.......

Sick of the arseholes and dangerous bahaviour of those on the road - get them points and they can help themselves off it...... nice postal of 3points and fine - along with site to download evidence video - job jobbed.

I know - the 'who was driving' argument..... but unless the named owner/driver drops the name of the 'real' person responsible - they take the hit. Not too difficult to tell the scrotes to stop 'protecting' their 'mates'.

 

ah - wishful thinking.......... never mind - nothing to see here.

 

edit - I haven't checked if this is in fact already in situ....... I know it isn't over here.

[wuvvum]

There was definitely a case in France where a biker was prosecuted after posting dashcam footage on YouTube of himself riding like a cunt round the peripherique - not sure what the situation is in Belgique though.

[nigel bickle]

Yeah, sorry about that Dan!

 

Can't stand waiting behind vans........

[chodweaver]

UK: A colleague had some after dark dashcam footage of a bloke overtaking on cross hatching and clipping the front wing of the car in front of my colleague, then driving off. Police were notified immediately, they requested the footage some weeks later, took it and successfully prosecuted.

 

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[Kiltox]

Lenny Henry’s preferred hotel chain is annoying me today. They had to move me to another hotel because of an incident at the usual (6 weeks and counting) one - fair enough.

 

Automatically booked me one fucking miles away with no phone call or anything - wtf

 

Moved me to one much closer to work - result

 

Automatically debited another £450 from my card..... not so much!!!

[danthecapriman]

Yeah, sorry about that Dan!

Can't stand waiting behind vans........

Lol!

I didn't know you'd grown a nice hipster beard Nige!! I didn't recognise you.

[Louise2cv]

I am really uncomfortable about members of the public submitting dash cam footage for prosecution. NWP are really keen and have promoted it.

 

My problem is the lack of context, dash cam warriors seeking out incidents and bottom line treating Joe Bloggs and his dashcam as a replacement for trained coppers. Also who is it analysing the footage? Is that a copper behind a desk?

[Guest Hooli]

I'd like to know how long before & after the submitted 'crime' the police require. How often do you see stuff where someone is a tard & someone else has to do something that'd look dodgy on it's own to avoid them?

I still say dashcams today are like hats in the 90s, the sign of a driver to avoid.

[Parky]

Came home from work to find someone parked in my drive. Not across it, but on it. Couldn't even access my garage as she was parked so close.

 

As a result myself and Mrs P had to park on the street risking the wrath of traffic wardens.

 

When the owner came back, no apology or explanation. Just got in and drove off while I remonstrated with her about it.

 

The grump - Mrs P has the arse with me for shouting! Apparently it's not becoming. Wonder if she would feel the same if our cars had been ticketed??

[Ghosty]

That's just WTF. Should have blocked them in.

[Timewaster]

And put For Sale signs on it. Preferably for a particularly derisory amount.

[Guest Hooli]

Let their tyres down or padlock your gates shut & refuse to open them until the fee on the sign (that you just put up) is paid.

 

Oh & report it as dumped to plod, if you can get the fuel cap off it has to be removed within 24hours if it stays that long.