The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

Guy gets caught doing 155 mph on a motorway and ends up with only 9 month ban with £235 fine. 

 

That is insane.

 

Hardly a deterrent to people doing stupid speeds. 

 

Why get done at all? it could have been perfectly safe. The NSL is a joke, it should still be No Speed Limit & do the idiots for dangerous driving.

[xtriple]

Internet has been down since about mifnight last night. Rang BT this morning and after a variety of checks they declared the fault to be in my gaff, if it proves to be due to damage, £129! SInce I need the internet I agreed and they are coming tomorrow... but now the internet is working again! Do I ring them and cancel or wait and see?

 

I am grumpy because without internet, life stops (it seems) and BT are really helpful listing a variety of websites to help with why your internet is not working, which is a fat lot of use with no internet.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Wanted to see Neil Diamond last october but could'nt afford it.

Now he has retired due due to Parkinson's disease.

In a world of talentless mediocrity we still have a few stars - but their lights are dimming.

 

I think the best memory I have with the ex is blasting down the autobahn, day after a gay wedding - Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond full volume as we sang our hearts out............. good times from both the Brooklyn boys.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Why get done at all? it could have been perfectly safe. The NSL is a joke, it should still be No Speed Limit & do the idiots for dangerous driving.

 

To be fair - the higher powered cars that would be caned within an inch of their lives everywhere would cause a lot of crashes as drivers panic to get out of the way of something approaching at warp speed with lights flashing........ even the Germans who love an all out sprint have outlawed this behaviour after a few too many incidents. We all know those people* who are great** drivers.........

 

Agree on raising the limit a fair lick though - and the prosecuting of those causing others a nightmare out there.......

 

*none gender specific

** really really are NOT

[Jazoli]

Guy gets caught doing 155 mph on a motorway and ends up with only 9 month ban with £235 fine.

 

That is insane.

 

Hardly a deterrent to people doing stupid speeds.

Why is it insane? It seems like a fair and reasonable punishment to me, I regularly see in excess of 170mph on the bike whilst out, as always there's a time and place for it, a motorway isn't the place.

 

You do know I could ride to Germany and sit at a limited 186mph for as long as there was unrestricted autobahn, No one calls the Germans doing this daily insane.

[Eddie Honda]

You do know I could ride to Germany and sit at a limited 186mph for about 15-20 mins on unrestricted autobahn because I'd have to refill with pez, No one calls the Germans doing this daily insane.

FTFY

[tooSavvy]

Hmmm. Mr Diamond..

 

Saw a 'personal appearance/intimate audience' TV gig a few months ago (recorded a while back, I reckon). Likely he was 70+.

 

The guy gasped and wheezed thru his back catalogue... I was sad

 

Sorry that the boat sailed.

 

CDs last forever...

 

 

TS

[The Moog]

Why is it insane? It seems like a fair and reasonable punishment to me, I regularly see in excess of 170mph on the bike whilst out, as always there's a time and place for it, a motorway isn't the place.

 

You do know I could ride to Germany and sit at a limited 186mph for as long as there was unrestricted autobahn, No one calls the Germans doing this daily insane.

 

Ignoring the debate about speed and whether the law is right, I thought it was insane about punishment.  If you are more than double the speed limit you only get a 9 month ban and £325 fine 

 

Now of course I dont know what was argued in court etc but that feels not a lot for breaking the law, reversing over it, doing burnouts on said law and then telling it that you mum is so fat because you feed her biscuits every time you kiss her.

[SiC]

Ignoring the debate about speed and whether the law is right, I thought it was insane about punishment.  If you are more than double the speed limit you only get a 9 month ban and £325 fine 

 

Now of course I dont know what was argued in court etc but that feels not a lot for breaking the law, reversing over it, doing burnouts on said law and then telling it that you mum is so fat because you feed her biscuits every time you kiss her.

I guess it depends on the scenario. 155MPH on a B-Road or in residential, yeah bang 'em up.

 

155MPH on a utterly clear bright day, on an empty motorway and on a weekend morning, meh.

 

IMO.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Wanted to see Neil Diamond last october but could'nt afford it.

Now he has retired due due to Parkinson's disease.

In a world of talentless mediocrity we still have a few stars - but their lights are dimming.

Be ironic if Shaking Stevens got Parkinson's though

[The Moog]

I guess it depends on the scenario. 155MPH on a B-Road or in residential, yeah bang 'em up.

 

155MPH on a utterly clear bright day, on an empty motorway and on a weekend morning, meh.

 

IMO.

I guess I would believe I had got away with it, if I received that. 

[Parky]

Co-Op Bank. Lovely people bar none, but their IT is abysmal.

 

I recently signed Parkettes account over to her. Her cash card arrived so we thought we would road test it. Doesn't work in three different machines which was disappointing. So I called the banks help desk who wouldn't discuss it with me (fair enough) but instead told Parkette the card was fine and we must be doing something wrong. All we had done was insert the card and it immediately rejected saying "card cannot be read" in three different bank machines. Still insistent that 30 years of using ATM's couldn't guarantee that I knew how to use a card properly and I should try again was met with what I can best describe as Estuary disdain.

 

Having spoken to the help desk a second time I was told I couldn't order a replacement. And nor could Parkette as her security details weren't on file so we would need to go to a branch to set these up. So we went to a branch this afternoon to get this sorted once and for all.

 

After being informed the card was perfectly ok by the branch I dragged one of their guys outside for Parkette to demonstrate. Sure enough it wouldnt read and rejected immediately from their ATM. Apparently this is impossible and we must have done something to the card. Having established I hadn't stashed it next to a magnetic force a replacement was reluctantly ordered and security details set up. Apparently now I can set up her internet banking...except I can't as "your details are not registered for security purposes, please contact your branch".

 

So she can't access her cash, or see her account online, or get any information from telephone banking as her details aren't set up. So I guess I will be switching that to the Nationwide...

 

How hard can it all be, I mean honestly? In New Zealand they set your card up in branch - just dig out a blank, affiliate it to an account, get a PIN number from the customer and you are good to go. Dead easy

[Kiltox]

Metro bank are the only bank who do that over here.

 

CoOp sound especially useless

[NorthernMonkey]

Having had some key scrapes repaired on the side door and rear quarter, I’ve just spent the last three days cleaning a ‘07 Bini Cooper that I’ve advertised, got a buyer lined up for it on Saturday and the bloody truck delivering next door has just dropped a full 47kg gas bottle on it, managed to mangle the bonnet, headlight, shroud and front bumper in one fell swoop. Un-sodding-believable.

Bloody glad there was no one stood there.

[DodgeRover]

Internet has been down since about mifnight last night. Rang BT this morning and after a variety of checks they declared the fault to be in my gaff, if it proves to be due to damage, £129! SInce I need the internet I agreed and they are coming tomorrow... but now the internet is working again! Do I ring them and cancel or wait and see?

 

I am grumpy because without internet, life stops (it seems) and BT are really helpful listing a variety of websites to help with why your internet is not working, which is a fat lot of use with no internet.

Wait and see, I would guess a damaged joint on the line outside your house which has let rain in.

[chodweaver]

Wait and see, I would guess a damaged joint on the line outside your house which has let rain in.

The line doesn't come in via your garage by any chance, does it?

 

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[wuvvum]

Hall School in Norfolk - who the actual fuck goes in and steals the wheels from the buses for the disabled kids lifelines....... after stealing - then trash the things on top of it. Seriously people - I despair.........

Go out - get on a bike, climb a nearby tree, quarry face etc.... build a forest shelter or something, anything but fuck up another persons life/activities for a bit of rubber. Dickheads

 

 

(sorry)

Saw that in the Evening News.  Utter cntz.

[barefoot]

Last night I watched an episode of Starsky & Hutch - on Forces TV, the original series from 1975.

 

I have never seen anyone drive so badly, into every corner so fast and over-steery that he had to wait for the car to come almost to rest

before he point it the way he wanted to go again.

Meanwhile the bloke he was pursuing was in all likely-hood over in the next state.

All my childhood dreams - shattered.

It even made UFO which followed it, look thoughtful and interesting.

[Parky]

Having had some key scrapes repaired on the side door and rear quarter, I’ve just spent the last three days cleaning a ‘07 Bini Cooper that I’ve advertised, got a buyer lined up for it on Saturday and the bloody truck delivering next door has just dropped a full 47kg gas bottle on it, managed to mangle the bonnet, headlight, shroud and front bumper in one fell swoop. Un-sodding-believable.

Bloody glad there was no one stood there.

Obtain inflated repair quote, issue claim for that amount, obtain good second hand panels in correct colour, sell car for original amount = additional profit opportunity.

 

At least the panels are all bolt on

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....How hard can it all be, I mean honestly? In New Zealand they set your card up in branch - just dig out a blank, affiliate it to an account, get a PIN number from the customer and you are good to go. Dead easy

 

Yes, but this isn't New Zealand.....

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Last night I watched an episode of Starsky & Hutch - on Forces TV, the original series from 1975.

 

I have never seen anyone drive so badly, into every corner so fast and over-steery that he had to wait for the car to come almost to rest

before he point it the way he wanted to go again.

Meanwhile the bloke he was pursuing was in all likely-hood over in the next state.

All my childhood dreams - shattered.

It even made UFO which followed it, look thoughtful and interesting.

 

I series recorded knight Rider. One weekend I got a tea and sat down to start reliving my childhood. The first 10 minutes in, I was bitterly disappointed. I used to love that show! Some things are best left alone...

 

This weather is doing my nut in. I drivved 300 odd miles over the weekend in dark, depressing rain, fog, snow, shit and bollocks and so far this week my commute every day there and back has consisted of driving in dark, depressing rain, fog, snow, shit and bollocks. Global warming... er... where? Honestly feel like a ships captain of HMS BMW at the moment!

[Zelandeth]

Am I just a grumpy old man, or am I right to be utterly livid to get home from running a few errands to find one of the parents who arrive every day by car to drive their little angels the 750 yards home had decided that because I was out that my drive was a valid place to park.

 

Not across my driveway, blocking my driveway...but actually parked IN my drive.  In such a way to occupy no less than three spaces, so I couldn't pull in.

 

Suffice to say, I boxed her in.

 

After leaving her to stew for about ten minutes I came out the house and asked if she'd like me to move my car. Apparently she only did it because there was nowhere else to park - the street 50m away with zero parking restrictions and about two cars on it didn't count apparently. Probably because she couldn't possibly make her little darling walk that far...

 

Now I get it - I live about 100m from a primary school, I'm going to see some distribution at the start and end of the day.  It's just how it works.  However I've had a car shunted on the road, a car in my drive reversed into (twice), and now this... it's bloody ridiculous. 

 

One big issue I have is that I'm autistic - as such it's very important to my being able to be a functioning human being that I can feel that I'm in control of my own space.  This latest escapade has very much left me feeling that I'm not, as apparently any bugger who wants to park there will do.

 

Oh...and I managed to forget to pick up my keys on the way out the door...so am typing this from the car as I'm now locked out of the house until someone else arrives home from work...

 

Idiots, the lot of them.  Especially given how tiny the catchment area is for that school.  No reason for at least 90% of them not to just walk.

[Skizzer]

Am I just a grumpy old man, or am I right to be utterly livid to get home from running a few errands to find one of the parents who arrive every day by car to drive their little angels the 750 yards home had decided that because I was out that my drive was a valid place to park.

 

Not across my driveway, blocking my driveway...but actually parked IN my drive. 

Nope, utterly livid is the correct reaction. Whoever did this is an ignorant, trespassing, self-entitled prick*. Suggest complaining to the school.

 

 

*of whatever gender

[Zelandeth]

Nope, utterly livid is the correct reaction. Whoever did this is an ignorant, trespassing, self-entitled prick*. Suggest complaining to the school.

 

 

*of whatever gender

 

Already done!

[adw1977]

I would certainly be livid if it was my driveway!

[Captain Furious]

I think I would be a mixture of livid and laughing incredulously at the fact anyone would possibly think it was OK

 

I mean, what the actual fuck?

[Parky]

Had exactly the same a few pages back. No, you are a perfectly reasonable human Zelendeth and your reaction was similar to mine. I did more shouting though.

[Tickman]

I would have left it overnight.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Am I just a grumpy old man, or am I right to be utterly livid to get home from running a few errands to find one of the parents who arrive every day by car to drive their little angels the 750 yards home had decided that because I was out that my drive was a valid place to park.

 

Not across my driveway, blocking my driveway...but actually parked IN my drive.  In such a way to occupy no less than three spaces, so I couldn't pull in.

 

Suffice to say, I boxed her in.

 

After leaving her to stew for about ten minutes I came out the house and asked if she'd like me to move my car. Apparently she only did it because there was nowhere else to park - the street 50m away with zero parking restrictions and about two cars on it didn't count apparently. Probably because she couldn't possibly make her little darling walk that far...

 

I'd suggest you keep a couple of wheel clamps handy for the next time it happens, plus some very difficult-to-remove windscreen warning stickers. Also one of those portable debit card / credit card readers for when you levy a "release fee".....

[Eddie Honda]

but actually parked IN my drive.

Cheeky cunt.

 

I don't have gates, but anyone else being in my drive in such a way as to take up 3 spaces is never going to happen here as I'm maxed out with my own chod.