The grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

The self assessment is my own!

[New POD]

The self assessment is my own!

 

I did mine in April.  I prepared my wife's in April, because a) I am her employer, and because we share a house that is rented out (90%/10%), c) because I'm not undiagnosed dyslexic who is Form Blind.

 

and because of this I have access to all the figures, and it took me hardly any time to do. and but she wants to look through it and make sure she understands it. Which is sensible as she's liable if a mistake is made.

The thing is she will want to change something on the costs of the rental, like saying I can't put the price of all the cooper pipe I bought when I fixed the kitchen tap, just the pro-rata value of the pipe I actually used. Apart from the fact that the spare pipe in ready in the garage if needed and will need to be pro-rata'd in next time in about 5 years. 

 This will change the tax she pays by about £3, but it means I'll have to resubmit mine with new figures and change the tax I pay by 30p.

Or I could just submit it and see if she remembers. I'm 95% certain I could get away with saying, "You did that in May, don't you remember ?"  But that would be wrong.

[Guest Hooli]

Could have been a child !

 

They are much softer so he wouldn't be as worried about damage to his car.

[richardmorris]

Scary. Always carry a bottle of water at this time of year, so manual washers can be operated if needs be.

 

Must admit, one real f*ck up with modern cars is the windscreen washers. The Honda isn't too bad, because the washer bottle sits in the engine bay, and the washer jets on the bonnet, so they rarely freeze up. With washer bottles tucked away into wings, and washer jets in scuttles, you stand no chance of unfreezing them, unless you've actually been diligent enough to keep your screenwasher concentrations at the right levels. I try to do this as well.

When they have it Lidl’s concentrated screen wash 5l for £4.99 is excellent, good for -30 I think. Their premix is ok, but not a patch on the other.

[beko1987]

When they have it Lidl’s concentrated screen wash 5l for £4.99 is excellent, good for -30 I think. Their premix is ok, but not a patch on the other.

I sent Amy to get some when she was in town last week as I've always found it great, none there... Had to get 5l of tesco concentrate as I tipped the last we had into the Zafira, and I've got what ruffgeezer put in mine, and can see myself using lots of it this week! It'll be shit and freeze as I never put the right ratio on because I'm rubbish at that, see my posts a few winters ago where I out the wrong pez/veg mix in my zx...

[richardmorris]

Just around the corner from home when I was greeted by this:

 

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Some complete spunk trumpet has left the world's biggest skip in the road on a bend, taking up more than half of the said road and - just to put the tin hat on it - with no fucking lights on. Genius.

 

What sort of monumental retard must it take to do something as profoundly fuckwitted as this? These pics will be going to my mate in Highways in the morning, we'll see what he can do about it.

 

 

I’d call 101 to be honest. It’s dangerous and unlit.

[strangeangel]

I’d call 101 to be honest. It’s dangerous and unlit.

 

On the last two occasions I had reason to ring 101 they didn't even answer.

[chaseracer]

All this toss on the local news about "4x4 heroes"!  A 14yo Blingo on winter tyres managed perfectly well in 20cm of snow and ice...

[Matt]

Just around the corner from home when I was greeted by this:

 

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skip2.jpg

 

skip1.jpg

 

Some complete spunk trumpet has left the world's biggest skip in the road on a bend, taking up more than half of the said road and - just to put the tin hat on it - with no fucking lights on. Genius.

 

What sort of monumental retard must it take to do something as profoundly fuckwitted as this? These pics will be going to my mate in Highways in the morning, we'll see what he can do about it.

 

 

On the last two occasions I had reason to ring 101 they didn't even answer.

 

Got any spray paint?

[strangeangel]

Got any spray paint?

 

 

Don't tempt me.

[Matt]

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Don't tempt me.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of a very matter of fact "Blind bend?". Just enough to make whoever picks it up think 'Shit, this is a retarded place for this'.

 

I see they haven't left their name on it (on that side at least). Return the inconvenience and park two cars right up against either end Sorry, is my heavy piece of metal in an incontinence place? I'm so sorry.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I’d call 101 to be honest. It’s dangerous and unlit.

It's nothing to do with the police you need to call highways at the council.

[mercrocker]

Are there any phone numbers on that skip?   Failing that a pile of burning pallets in it will make it nice and visible.

[beko1987]

Go buy a 50p road legal car and crash into it. That'll learn em

[Parky]

Get Sheefag to fill it with Argos catalogues?

[strangeangel]

Are there any phone numbers on that skip? Failing that a pile of burning pallets in it will make it nice and visible.

No, there are no markings on it anywhere.

[mercrocker]

Pallets it is then.....Really, these things should be numbered/plated like semi-trailers are.   No point reporting it to anybody if its unmarked.

[DodgeRover]

Want a bet it's full of asbestos or old tyres, abandoned unlit where it's likely to cause an accident I would say it's definitely a police matter, wether or not 101 will answer is any bodies guess.

[Kiltox]

Go borrow a Maxus and crash into it. That'll learn em

[Sheefag]

Free skips don't come along everyday. I'd be clearing the garden and chucking all me rubbish in and encouraging the neighbours to do the same.

When life gives you lemons etc.

[beko1987]

So it turns out my car won't start if it's in gear, as I found out when I stalled negotiating a massive pile of frozen snow in our road... Very clever, and makes sense now, but my sphincter tightened as I pushed the start button and nothing happened...Was the same feeling I had in the XM, where, after taking amy and the kids to Peterborough not long after I had it, it wouldn't start either... 10 minutes of panic/deep concentrated fault finding before I realised it wasn't fully in P...

[somewhatfoolish]

and finally the new frock for work has a zip up the back, which i can, just about, really just about manage to fasten on my own.

 

just. so great for getting into and out of on my own, when i'm away from home during the week. when at work, which is what i bought it for!!

 

if my shoulders were double jointed then it would be fine.

 

bloody marvelous...... what man thought that was a good idea???

 

FFS, i should have stayed in bed this morning.

A metal coat hanger, as well as being the essential ICE accessory of the 1970s, if mangled appropriately will double as a puller-of-awkwardly-placed-zippers.

[sierraman]

Free skips don't come along everyday. I'd be clearing the garden and chucking all me rubbish in and encouraging the neighbours to do the same.

When life gives you lemons etc.

Chuck lumps concrete in. It’s usually dearer and they’ll charge extra or tell you to take it out.

[Sheefag]

Get yours and all the neighbours hoses out. Fill with water. Portable Ice Rink.

[DodgeRover]

Chuck lumps concrete in. It’s usually dearer and they’ll charge extra or tell you to take it out.

Really? It's cheaper to get rid of a skip of builders rubble than household rubbish round here!

In fact I can get a grab wagon to take a full load of rubble for about the same price as a big skip of general waste.

 

Tyres, plasterboard, fridges and asbestos are all big no no's though - as are fires in the skip.

 

Honestly I would say that's going to have been filled already before being dumped....

[richardmorris]

It's nothing to do with the police you need to call highways at the council.

 

Rubbish, its a hazard isn't it? What do you want to do wait until someone crashes into it?

 

from the surrey police website...

 

Because the local highways authority deals with these issues, the police only need to be involved if there is a significant risk to others OR there has been a collision AND someone is injured - in this case call 999.

 

An unlit container in the road certainly presents a significant risk.

[oldcars]

Get yours and all the neighbours hoses out. Fill with water. Portable Ice Rink.

Decorate with tinsel, charge £5 a go. Festive* Santa land 

[Sheefag]

Tyres, plasterboard, fridges and asbestos are all big no no's though - as are fires in the skip.

 

Fill with above and set on fire.

 

Sing carols around it with neighbours whilst imbibing quantities of Buckfast, for added Christmas community spirit.

[sierraman]

Really? It's cheaper to get rid of a skip of builders rubble than household rubbish round here!

In fact I can get a grab wagon to take a full load of rubble for about the same price as a big skip of general waste.

 

Tyres, plasterboard, fridges and asbestos are all big no no's though - as are fires in the skip.

 

Honestly I would say that's going to have been filled already before being dumped....

The one near us charges more if it’s full of hardcore and concrete etc. Don’t know why as general waste costs more to sort through. I’m guessing it’s to do with weight and how they dispose of it. Classed as heavy waste.

[Anthony]

Slack ba**ard co-workers milking the current weather as an excuse not to come into work.

 

Considering I work in a group of nine, the fact that yesterday just three of us made it in and today five is frankly pitiful.

 

The most annoying thing is that despite some of it being very easily provable as a crock of lies (e.g. "the busses weren't running") management will do nothing at all about it.