The grumpy thread

[xtriple]

I'm tired, bored, restless, in pain, fed up, christmas is coming and I feel lonely as fuck generally. Stuck in a life I despise. I see fuck all changing any time soon.

If you need to talk...

[oldcars]

We had a tenants night out for everyone who rents a garage at my lockup yesterday. I didn't eat anything

thinking we'd finish work early these did so drove straight to the pub at 3.30 then drank 7 pints and 2 whiskies in 4 hours. Turned back up at the house a 7.30 clutching a sausage roll. Went to my bed at 8 and woke at 4 am with beer fear.

Feel rough now. Enjoyable at the time though.

LOL just read that as a Tenants night out as in the lager.

[Des]

Guinness deserves to be in the grumpy thread. It's like piss soaked diesel that's been infused with tarmac.

 

When the Guinness boys realise their top secret recipe has been submitted to the internet you're getting disappeared.

[bub2006]

And my number, and why not take a trip up here and catch up with me and Daz in the new year.

This

[bub2006]

Spontaneous* ASMM meet is always an option...

and this

[11001010]

Ear had been blocked for almost two weeks and can’t get to the doctors until Jan 3rd. The ringing and hissing is really pissing me off.

 

Probably too late now, but have you tried one of these? Works really well and there's no need to soften the wax beforehand either.

 

[Louise2cv]

Or olive oil?

[DeeJay]

^^^Warm.

[tooSavvy]

^^^Warm.

.... Guess again? Cooking oil then.

 

TS

[pilninggas]

Rear foglights do my head in. I was riding along the M4 last week, no fog but very wet. A good 25% of cars had a rear on and despite having an antimist visor insert and wiping the front with my glove frequently, all i could see was red dazzle.

[RustyNuts]

Fog lights are not dazzling, the light they produce is aimed at the ground usually, get over it.

You don't find them dazzling but everyone is different. Some people do find them falling dazzling and I happen to be one of them.

 

Its illegal to use them in normal visibility for a reason..

 

EDIT: Corrected auto predict spelling mistake.

[Tamworthbay]

Rear fog lights on when they shouldn’t be are dangerous, it makes it harder for your average fucktard to tell the when the car in front is braking, and whilst a pile up of the idiot light abuser and tailgater appears funny at first, it’s us poor bastards who end up sat in the queue whilst the debris is swept from the carriageway. And don’t get me started on the dickheads who think they look cool by having 97 separate light on the front on the car all on at once in the middle of a summers day.

 

It’s just another symptom of the clueless detached driver syndrome that seems to affect an ever increasing proportion of drivers these days.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Nurse gave me diazipam for my sore back. Said it would make me sleep. It hasn't. It has eased off the muscle a bit but I'd really really like to go to sleep

 

Its costing me a fortune in prescriptions that so far seem to have done sod all. I've tried to stay off it but when the medicines have worn off later I'll just drink quite a bit and hopefully sleep then.

[SiC]

Nurse gave me diazipam for my sore back. Said it would make me sleep. It hasn't. It has eased off the muscle a bit but I'd really really like to go to sleep

 

Its costing me a fortune in prescriptions that so far seem to have done sod all. I've tried to stay off it but when the medicines have worn off later I'll just drink quite a bit and hopefully sleep then.

Do you know about this?

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/prescription-prepayment-certificates

 

If you've still got the receipts I believe you can retrospectively claim. Most pharmacy's should know the ins and outs of the scheme.

[Tamworthbay]

Or olive oil?

Best thing for it, I usually do it for a week then I have a big plastic syringe with a piece of tube on the end (a spare bit from a brake bleeding kit) and I fill it will very warm water from the sink and then syringe my own ears as the doctors won’t do it anymore. Just take it very gently and it works well. If it doesn’t clear go back to the olive oil for a few days and repeat. I have also used a washing up liquid bottle with a tube attached in the past.

[sierraman]

It’s the fashion now apparently to drive round with them on same as it’s the fashion to ride round with the number plate on the dash.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

This used to really bother me. But then it dawned on me that there are lots of stupid people out there and you can't help them.

 

Like mis spaced number plates, blazing fogs just makes cretins easier to spot.

[Tamworthbay]

This used to really bother me. But then it dawned on me that there are lots off stupid people out there and you can't help them.

 

Like mis spaced number plates, blazing fogs just makes cretins easier to spot.

never thought of it that way but it’s a good point.

[DodgeRover]

Nurse gave me diazipam for my sore back. Said it would make me sleep. It hasn't. It has eased off the muscle a bit but I'd really really like to go to sleep

 

Its costing me a fortune in prescriptions that so far seem to have done sod all. I've tried to stay off it but when the medicines have worn off later I'll just drink quite a bit and hopefully sleep then.

Get pharmacy receipts for the prescriptions and you can claim them back if you buy a 3 month pass.

[eddyramrod]

Front fogs do dazzle.  They are supposed to be aimed low but in practice, hardly any are.  I've been dazzled while driving HGVs so I was definitely well above where the light should be going!

[outlaw118]

Everything.

 

I fucking hate this time of year at the best of times, trying to keep everybody happy, shit on the telly, and stressing about money and how much everyone needs this that and the other.

 

This year is worse.

 

My father - in- law died two weeks ago; not entirely unexpected, he'd been suffering with Parkinsons and Alzheimers for a while, but true to form, he took a turn for the worse while we were away, causing a 30 minute stop in Rolleston, then a drive home again, then Mrs_Outlaw spending as much time as possible with him. I'm afraid to say I didn't go down there; I'm a big useless wuss, and couldn't handle the care home vibe when he was still OKish, and frankly the idea of sitting there and watching him die freaked me out. 

We were supposed to be going to Budapest for a couple of days, that got cancelled. Fortunately I took out the insurance as my pancreatitis flared up again in October, but now the insurance company are bombarding me with forms and shizz - 3rd lot of nigh on identical ones posted yesterday, so I reckon they're going to wriggle out of the claim on some sort of technicality. £450 up my shirt.

 

I've also broken a bone in my foot - i did it at work about ten days ago, and it still bloody hurts. Work rented me a Hyundai Tuscon Automatic, and Employee Relations bird told me to work from home for half a day, then ONLY if I felt ok, to go out - so that's not the grump.

The grump is a) the constant pain, and You don't realise until something hurts, how often you knock it, how heavy the duvet is, how heavy the clutch is in the car. I've got leave until 2/1/18 so the rental car's gone back - i wasn't allowed personal mileage anyway - so I'm pretty much stuck in the house.

 

Just told relatives that we're not leaving the house and got the emotional blackmail thing. Makes me more determined to do fuck all tbh, lived in this house for nigh on 19 years, and not had a Christmas yet where we do what we want. This is the year, fuck it.

[GoGently]

Why do cars have two fogs, they really F me off, So confused with brake lights. And , & , AND those arsehole dazzling Superbright LED headlights which can throw a beam to Mars & burn your optic nerve . How the F are they FFFFING legal!

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

Everything.

 

I fucking hate this time of year at the best of times, trying to keep everybody happy, shit on the telly, and stressing about money and how much everyone needs this that and the other.

 

This year is worse.

 

My father - in- law died two weeks ago; not entirely unexpected, he'd been suffering with Parkinsons and Alzheimers for a while, but true to form, he took a turn for the worse while we were away, causing a 30 minute stop in Rolleston, then a drive home again, then Mrs_Outlaw spending as much time as possible with him. I'm afraid to say I didn't go down there; I'm a big useless wuss, and couldn't handle the care home vibe when he was still OKish, and frankly the idea of sitting there and watching him die freaked me out. 

We were supposed to be going to Budapest for a couple of days, that got cancelled. Fortunately I took out the insurance as my pancreatitis flared up again in October, but now the insurance company are bombarding me with forms and shizz - 3rd lot of nigh on identical ones posted yesterday, so I reckon they're going to wriggle out of the claim on some sort of technicality. £450 up my shirt.

 

I've also broken a bone in my foot - i did it at work about ten days ago, and it still bloody hurts. Work rented me a Hyundai Tuscon Automatic, and Employee Relations bird told me to work from home for half a day, then ONLY if I felt ok, to go out - so that's not the grump.

The grump is a) the constant pain, and You don't realise until something hurts, how often you knock it, how heavy the duvet is, how heavy the clutch is in the car. I've got leave until 2/1/18 so the rental car's gone back - i wasn't allowed personal mileage anyway - so I'm pretty much stuck in the house.

 

Just told relatives that we're not leaving the house and got the emotional blackmail thing. Makes me more determined to do fuck all tbh, lived in this house for nigh on 19 years, and not had a Christmas yet where we do what we want. This is the year, fuck it.

 

sorry can't leave the house "doctor's orders"- i work with about eleventy different doctors and i'm telling you to stay in- that's close enough isn't it?

[bub2006]

Ill probably get burned for this but i tended to use front fogs during daylight hours as daytime lights. Spending time on bikes then in cars and still have folk pull out or cut me up i think it adds a bit of visibility during daylight hours. If adjust right and low they also come in handy on country lanes at night. More dangerous are the cheap ebay led headlamps and piss poor adjusted hid headlights at night time

[AlabamaShrimp]

Do you know about this?

https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/prescription-prepayment-certificates

 

If you've still got the receipts I believe you can retrospectively claim. Most pharmacy's should know the ins and outs of the scheme.

No I didn't k own about this thanks. Don't think I have my recipes though and Tbh I really hope I don't need anymore medicine for the next 3 month!

[mercrocker]

 

 

Just told relatives that we're not leaving the house and got the emotional blackmail thing. Makes me more determined to do fuck all tbh, lived in this house for nigh on 19 years, and not had a Christmas yet where we do what we want. This is the year, fuck it.

 

Bad luck, ill health and bereavement do not respect Christmas unfortunately.    Commiserations to you and yours and I hope 2018 brightens up for you.

 

Its the last bit that's avoidable though, and something I readily identify with.   The lack of choice has pretty much destroyed Christmas Day for me.   People CAN respect Christmas and what it might mean to others - they very often choose not to.   

[sierraman]

If there’s one thing that really pisses me off it’s wet floors in a car. Both sides wet through with about 1/4 inch of water in the floor, you can’t feel it through the carpet as it’s rubber backed, genius at work at Ford...

[Yoss]

So it's illegal to have front fogs on in normal conditions but it's fine to have one on going round corners. Someone about five years ago thought that was a good idea and now every one else has to have it just because.

 

And as mentioned above, people driving around in twighlight with their drl's on. They are far worse than any fog light.

[Noel Tidybeard]

It’s the fashion now apparently to drive round with them on same as it’s the fashion to ride round with the number plate on the dash.

 

no its ALWAYS been fashionable to have the front fogs on- it means my chavalier is better spec than your sierra

[Pillock]

I was astonished, I flashed someone on the motorway today to tell them they'd still got their foglamp on in bright sunlight, and they turned it off. Amazing.

 

Sadly the plank in a hire van today, in pitch dark on the M1, who hadn't stowed the tail lift correctly had zero rear visibility because the lights were behind the tail lift. I think that also means the lift was in danger of just dropping to the horizontal position because it wasn't locked in.