The grumpy thread

[alcyonecorporation]

Whinging snow debate at work. 

Some people live miles away and have managed to get in, others are being mards who live locally. 

I personally think the folk more than 5 miles out should have worked remotely (we all can), but then they get to tell tales of derring do getting into work 'no matter what'. 
I'd rather you not crash and injure yourself, but hey, I'm not in charge. 

Unfortunately I've got no excuse; a stout pair of boots would see me well enough to walk in, and that's exactly what I did. 

[dollywobbler]

Cats are ace! But yes, they are little shits. Ours does bugger all but complain when hungry. He was meant to be a mouser, but he'll sleep by the fire while mice trot merrily around the house. Hopeless.

[stephen01]

Our​ cat is a twat and if she pulls at my brand new, very expensive, carpet again she's going to find herself with no fucking claws. 

[tooSavvy]

By the time I get the the back door its finished and away over the fence man. Its got enough sense to not hang about. But not enough to shit somewhere else. Like one of its three litter boxes or its own garden.

Technology m8

 

Pir + water cannon = soggy pu55y.

 

The tech IS on the net... I have looked at it!

 

https://youtu.be/lxmRYRlgreo

 

 

TS

[Datsuncog]

Bollocks. Central heating not functioning this morning. Of all mornings.

 

Firing up and running fine (oil fired boiler) but only the teensiest amount of heat coming through to the radiators, so I'm guessing the pump's banjaxed.

 

If I hadn't been needed for a meeting this morning I would have stayed home for a bit to knock it with a hammer and try to bleed the pump for airlocks, but had to dash so now on the horns of the classic shiter dilemma - attempt a fix later that may or may not work (and leave us with only the coal fire for heat during the imminent cold snap - there's a huge dump of snow forecast for Northern Ireland tonight) - or phone a nice but Very Expensive man...

 

Daaaah. And just as I had my sodding credit card finally paid off. Something like this always happens within hours of clearing a card - either the central heating shits itself or one of the cats expensively maims themselves. I should have expected it.

 

Proper grumpy this morning.

[xtriple]

Plastic Van Dan, sorry to hear of your woes, if you need to talk or any help, drop me a line and I'll pass on a phone number.

 

Cats. They are okay critters, sometimes, and over the years we had some belting moggies (and I am definitely a 'DOG' man) including one that used to sit under the bonnet of cars when I was working on them, just watching. He also used to teach other kittens how to climb trees and was generally, just sodding awesome. He got fucking run over! Had another that was tiny and always looked like a kitten, was feral when we got her but she came to love us, she killed anything! Rats, snakes, rabbits, seagulls (and she brought the full size fucker in through the porch window!) voles. When I got the order of the boot, she was still going strong, still tiny, still utterly mad. We called her: Jazbo (she was Christened Princess Jasmine by the youngest, but I thought she'd have at least one ASBO so she became, Jazbo!).

[Parky]

"Are you really sure you want to go out Cat?"

 

"Yeah deffo. Places to go, people to see, you know"

 

"Well, ok....."

 

Thirty seconds of wandering about thinking "What the heck is this bollocks?" He decided he would head back indoors. Oscar. Not a Snow Leopard.

[fordperv]

I'm on the verge of doing something silly,wouldn't normally bother writing anything but I don't really have "friends" so no one to talk to.Due to being on low income,and a wife who can't control her spending,I haven't technically earnt anything for 2-3 years.haven't had a car for 3 years as it cost £166 a month to run and I couldn't afford it.now getting to the point where I can't run a 250cc motorbike either.I'm stuck renting,both my mother and grandfather have died in the last few years,I was cut out of my mums will and everything including house left to my (now estranged) sister.I'm stuck in a job working 40 hours for around £8 an hour,but after what I have to pay into joint account and my travel costs I'm left with £50 a month,assuming another £300 isn't lost because my wifes bipolar has kicked in asnd shes bought a loasd of shit on amazon. I have zero hope of owning a car,owning a house or any form of career or financial progression,and now as I'm nearing 30 I'm wondering just what the fucking point is,do I really want to continue on this downward spiral while looking around at the rich getting richer. Didn't really want tyo write anything as I find it such a wet female style cry for attention but at least there would be some record of it.I've only met a couple of people on Here who were all lovely but had to question my current mind process when reading about Hendrys story I was just interested to know how he did it.

For a start don't make any regrettable decisions Dan, if your mrs is bad with money can you get control of the joint account and detatch it from any Amazon etc accounts to stop her from doing so? Have you spoken to the money advice service?

 

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en

 

If not it might be worth doing so, it was you that was doing home care visits as a job wasnt it? If so why not apply at local care homes or the hospital to cut on the travelling costs.

 

Remember were all mates here so speak to us

[xtriple]

On the Mazda MOT the other day it got an advisory for the oil breather pipe rubbing on the strut brace. Sure it was never like that before so I had a butchers. Sure enough, when it had the cambelt changed last year (so 400 miles ago) they put the strut brace on backwards so it's low at the front and catching. Useless bastards.

 

So do I complain? They sent me a letter this morning saying: thank you for your business and hope everything was/is fine.

[Datsuncog]

Cats. They are okay critters, sometimes, and over the years we had some belting moggies (and I am definitely a 'DOG' man) including one that used to sit under the bonnet of cars when I was working on them, just watching.

 

Yeah, we've got one of them...

 

 

 

[fordperv]

On the Mazda MOT the other day it got an advisory for the oil breather pipe rubbing on the strut brace. Sure it was never like that before so I had a butchers. Sure enough, when it had the cambelt changed last year (so 400 miles ago) they put the strut brace on backwards so it's low at the front and catching. Useless bastards.

 

So do I complain? They sent me a letter this morning saying: thank you for your business and hope everything was/is fine.

You could just pop up in it and mention that it was spotted on the m.o.t rubbing the pipe and they were the last ones to touch it, if I were the spanner monkey I'd say to you hang on while i go and get a ratchet and socket and spin it round It's not even 10 minutes

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On the Mazda MOT the other day it got an advisory for the oil breather pipe rubbing on the strut brace. Sure it was never like that before so I had a butchers. Sure enough, when it had the cambelt changed last year (so 400 miles ago) they put the strut brace on backwards so it's low at the front and catching. Useless bastards.

 

So do I complain? They sent me a letter this morning saying: thank you for your business and hope everything was/is fine.

You're well within your rights to complain.  You paid them to do a job and the consequence of them not doing it properly is damage to your vehicle, even if there is a period of time between them doing it and you finding out.  Presumably, you're going to be out of pocket to make the fix to the breather pipe so they should compensate you for that and re-mount the strut brace gratis.

 

It's not like replacing the strut brace is a particularly difficult job to get right...

[Talbot]

Fuckybollocks.

 

The Berlingo of much cheapness appears to have shat it's head gasket. It was barely using any water at all, but has suddenly upped it's game and is both pressurising, and this morning tried to overheat (although Mrs. Talbot spotted the temperature needle rising a bit quick and caught it).

 

On a DW10 HDi90. They're not even remotely known for OMGHGF.

 

Couldn't have done this in summer. No, has to be in -50°c temperatures, while I have no driveway.

 

Tits. We rely on that car on a daily basis for just about everything.

[BavarianRetro]

Legally cats - even domestic pets - are considered to be ferae naturae - wild animals - for which no individual is responsible.

 

Dogs are considered to be domestic pets for which the owner is responsible.

[alcyonecorporation]

If you get super stuck, you can *borrow* the C15 once my mate has replaced the clutch cable. 

[Talbot]

If you get super stuck, you can *borrow* the C15 once my mate has replaced the clutch cable.

Very kind offer! Does it have back seats?

[Jim Bell]

Legally cats - even domestic pets - are considered to be ferae naturae - wild animals - for which no individual is responsible.

Yeah, just been reading up. As I understand it theres no way to legaly protect your property, person, or pets from cats. Theyre protected and absolutely impervious to any law or responsibility.

The politicians of the animal world.

[yellowperil]

The council I work for has suspended all operations, because of the weather.

Fair enough, they have a duty of care to their employees and the public.

 

But two grumps...

We will probably get a huge backlash from the public, because bins won't be emptied on time and my job picking up bulky items being suspended will create a backlog which will have to be cleared.

 

I had today booked off anyway.

[Parky]

Yeah, just been reading up. As I understand it theres no way to legaly protect your property, person, or pets from cats. Theyre protected and absolutely impervious to any law or responsibility.

The politicians of the animal world.

They hate Lemons....spray some Jif Lemon around the place, you might find they give your property a wide berth. I can't guarantee you won't fancy a pancake every time you nip into your garden mind

[alcyonecorporation]

Very kind offer! Does it have back seats?

 

It does not. 

[Eddie Honda]

Legally cats - even domestic pets - are considered to be ferae naturae - wild animals - for which no individual is responsible.

 

Cats are great...because you can run them over and not have to report it to the polis.

[Captain Furious]

There ought to be a feature on modernz whereby you can try the washer jets without the windscreen wipers automatically deploying, then when they inevitably turn out to be still frozen you can call off washing the screen until a later time, instead of 3 dry wipes making it 50 times worse.

[Jim Bell]

They hate Lemons....spray some Jif Lemon around the place, you might find they give your property a wide berth. I can't guarantee you won't fancy a pancake every time you nip into your garden mind

 

Cheers man. I've tried lemons, orange peel, black pepper, coffee, an actual airhorn, and slug powder (thrown). Fuckers arnt bothered. Its probably against the law to wait patiently for the cat to show up, then let the dog out into the garden knowing what would likely occur so I think I'll just keep picking cat shit up and buy stress pills for the dog.

[tooSavvy]

CAT...apult?

 

TS

[Jim Bell]

CAT...apult?

 

TS

 

Are u feline ok m8?

[Mally]

Cheers man.  I think I'll just keep picking cat shit up and buy stress pills for the dog.

 

See they've even won you over.

[brandersnatch]

They hate Lemons....spray some Jif Lemon around the place, you might find they give your property a wide berth. I can't guarantee you won't fancy a pancake every time you nip into your garden mind

Mrs. B and I are both genuinely laughing out loud at the pancake thing. I commend you. (Not doing this grump thing right am I?)

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[yellowperil]

There ought to be a feature on modernz whereby you can try the washer jets without the windscreen wipers automatically deploying, then when they inevitably turn out to be still frozen you can call off washing the screen until a later time, instead of 3 dry wipes making it 50 times worse.

I had this yesterday on my truck, the washers were frozen, but every time I tried to clean the windscreen the wipers smeared four times, then paused, then a final smear.

I had to keep pulling into laybys and have snowball fights with the windscreen just to get some vision.

[fordperv]

Yeah, just been reading up. As I understand it theres no way to legaly protect your property, person, or pets from cats. Theyre protected and absolutely impervious to any law or responsibility.

The politicians of the animal world.

An old mental health nurse who was also a game keeper years back told me if I had a cat problem, buy the cheapest nastiest aftershave and spray it around the garden, this will stop them from coming, ive never tried it so can't promise how effective it is

[stephen01]

Cats are dickheads. 

 

you can't really add to this. 

 

Cheers man. I've tried lemons, orange peel, black pepper, coffee, an actual airhorn, and slug powder (thrown). Fuckers arnt bothered. Its probably against the law to wait patiently for the cat to show up, then let the dog out into the garden knowing what would likely occur so I think I'll just keep picking cat shit up and buy stress pills for the dog.

 

if you know whos cat is doing it, chuck it over her / his garden.