The grumpy thread

[Angrydicky]

Agreed. I saw some daft cow driving a Mercedes A-class yesterday, while holding her phone like that to talk into. Maybe she thinks it's legal if it's not held to your ear!?

[dozeydustman]

Agreed. I saw some daft cow driving a Mercedes A-class yesterday, while holding her phone like that to talk into. Maybe she thinks it's legal if it's not held to your ear!?

 

 

She then deserves to get caught, hefty fine, points on her license for using a phone while driving and her pointless A-class crushed as a further penalty for holding her phone in that manner.

[bub2006]

Fuck me backwards. I'm sure we've been around this conversation time and time over about phones. Yes some folk do look like dicks but I have to use speaker as if I don't it plays merry fuck with my hearing aids. Rather look like a complete and utter knob cheese as so eloquently put than having severe screeching down my ears causing days worth of tinnitus.

[Jerzy Woking]

Drivers using their mobiles when I know the car they are driving has Bluetooth connectivity. Arseholes. Not that I use it for phone calls when in the work cars, just for playing the music and the google sat nav directions from my phone through the speakers.

 

Except for the BMW 325 estate - that allows calls by won't stream music from my phone. WTF?

[bub2006]

Drivers using their mobiles when I know the car they are driving has Bluetooth connectivity. Arseholes. Not that I use it for phone calls when in the work cars, just for playing the music and the google sat nav directions from my phone through the speakers.

 

Except for the BMW 325 estate - that allows calls by won't stream music from my phone. WTF?

Pre 64 reg sprinter was like that. Had a better radio display and a cd player but no aux in or streaming yet could use phone. After 64 plate the base models went to shite yellow display radio without a cd player but gained aux,usb and Bluetooth streaming

[AlabamaShrimp]

Supposed to go see some jousting today. Just had a look on the website. Says it goes ahead whatever the weather and the seating not covered.

 

£40 too...

[chaseracer]

[danthecapriman]

This fucking weather is really beginning to piss me off now.

Since it snowed in Feb and earlier in March it’s been almost unbroken rain ever since. I think in the last month or so I can comfortably count on one hand how many dry days we’ve had. Fucking wet cold miserable little shit hole cuntry we got lumbered with!

 

This time last year it was nice, like an actual spring day. I remember taking the Volvo out after it got its first MOT in a few years and it was lovely out. This year it’s like the middle of winter still.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

This fucking weather is really beginning to piss me off now.

Since it snowed in Feb and earlier in March it’s been almost unbroken rain ever since. I think in the last month or so I can comfortably count on one hand how many dry days we’ve had. Fucking wet cold miserable little shit hole cuntry we got lumbered with!

This time last year it was nice, like an actual spring day. I remember taking the Volvo out after it got its first MOT in a few years and it was lovely out. This year it’s like the middle of winter still.

I actually don't mind the rain, though it kind of makes "working" on the car a touch miserable. We know a song about that:

 

http://youtu.be/JDJIg4EonOU

[danthecapriman]

I actually don't mind the rain, though it kind of makes "working" on the car a touch miserable. We know a song about that:http://youtu.be/JDJIg4EonOU

I’d be most happy if I never saw or felt another drop of rain for the rest of my life. I’d love to live in a US desert tbh!

I absolutely hate wet weather with a passion!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I’d be most happy if I never saw or felt another drop of rain for the rest of my life. I’d love to live in a US desert tbh!...!

I think the Sahara is nearer...

[danthecapriman]

I think the Sahara is nearer...

Wrong continent for me...

 

A trailer home in the mojave desert would do me! Surrounded by sun bleached American cars!

[andy18s]

meh..spring has sprung

[danthecapriman]

meh..spring has sprung

Oh piss off!

 

 

I think it’s going to be wet and shitty most of the week here. Unsurprisingly.

[Cavcraft]

Supposed to go see some jousting today. Just had a look on the website. Says it goes ahead whatever the weather and the seating not covered.

 

£40 too...

 

If there were clams involved, there's websites for stuff like that.

[Timewaster]

I’d be most happy if I never saw or felt another drop of rain for the rest of my life. I’d love to live in a US desert tbh!

I absolutely hate wet weather with a passion!

You have never mentioned it. ????

[danthecapriman]

You have never mentioned it. ????

I know. I should talk about it more often really! I just don’t like making a fuss!

[SiC]

It still rains in the US deserts! More often than you might imagine too. The problem is that, like when it snows here, they're not prepared or setup for it. So ends up in rain chaos.

 

Even the hottest place in the US has flooding:

https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/flood-2015.htm

I believe last year they had it bad again.

[danthecapriman]

It still rains in the US deserts! More often than you might imagine too. The problem is that, like when it snows here, they're not prepared or setup for it. So ends up in rain chaos.

Even the hottest place in the US has flooding:

https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/flood-2015.htm

I believe last year they had it bad again.

True but it’s actually unusual when it’s not raining here!

 

It’s like in LA, it always looks nice and warm and sunny when you see it but there’s a very good reason they have those huge storm drains running out to the sea.

They’re not just for dumping cars in or chasing mini moto’s with huge tow trucks!

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TNfLpc91M

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm not Link!

 

Went to the thing in the rain anyway and it's been good so far. Lots of hitting with sticks and the jousting at 3.

 

We do have 2 brollys and bags to sit on so not that bad just a bit cold.

[myglaren]

It still rains in the US deserts! More often than you might imagine too. The problem is that, like when it snows here, they're not prepared or setup for it. So ends up in rain chaos.

 

Even the hottest place in the US has flooding:

https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/flood-2015.htm

I believe last year they had it bad again.

Atacama is pretty dry.

 

Had planned on cleaning the car and changing oil & filters yesterday.

Son and grandson took it mountain biking instead.

Our street is a shallow stream today.  2°C here

Just been to Lidl three miles away and it is snowing quite heavily there and some serious wind to help it.

[ruffgeezer]

Oh and fuck you too you Germanic pile of donkey shite.

[madrat]

Well just back from a very wet easter weekend near Shustoke reservoir.

 

This was the river Bourne last year,

 

IMG_20170311_123045 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

IMG_20170311_123039 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

And this weekend

 

IMG_20180401_122138 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

IMG_20180401_121237 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

VID_20180401_121906 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

This was the pond on the farm last year

 

IMG_20170310_165928 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

 

And this year

 

IMG_20180401_160815 by Ian Grice, on Flickr

[richardmorris]

Fields flooded here too. Lambs need to learn to swim!

[madrat]

I'm going to have to net our pond to keep the fish in at this rate, the ducks are loving it.

[OwdChina]

Wrong continent for me...

 

A trailer home in the mojave desert would do me! Surrounded by sun bleached American cars, limited wifi, Great big tarantulas, rattle snakes and grumpy territorial heavily armed native Indians, who also seem to like living in large statics in the middle of no-where.

Fixed

 

And it's too hot Dan, way too hot.

[danthecapriman]

FixedAnd it's too hot Dan, way too hot.

I’m heavily armed! I’d fit right in I think!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Here's a moan.

 

I was out in Plymouth with Lady Grumpius this afternoon and we parked in a nice little slanted bay, just in front of Plymouth Hoe (next to the old lido entrance) to eat our pasties.  The bay was narrow, so I parked about 6 inches from the car next to me - not needing to get out.  About 5 minutes later, some Giffer in a Skoda Yeti tries to get into the bay next to me and makes a song and dance of it, blocking me in because of the size of the bay and the angle of his car.

 

I get out (and very politely) pointed out that there was no way I could get out of the space, as he was blocking me in.  It was then I realised that I was right on the white line on the passenger side despite only leaving a couple of inches on the driver side because the bay was so fucking narrow!  Then a tourist has his camera phone out and is trying to take a picture of the size of the bay, with my partner in shot - so I tell them not to take any pictures and to put their camera away.  It's none of their business and taking photographs isn't on.

 

Anyway, the Giffer looks a bit confused.  We point out that we can move on if he lets us out by reversing.  He reverses about 2 feet and we have to point out that we still can't get out.  He insists we can, then we point out that his wheel arches are too wide and are, in fact, the part of his car than is blocking us.

 

He reverses into the road.  We get out of the space and park elsewhere in a sensible bay.

 

Partly my fault, not initially realising how narrow the spaces were.  Giffer's fault for not realising that the new Skoda Yeti he's bought is a much bigger car than he thinks.  Partly Plymouth Council's fault for not re-painting the spaces to be bigger for modern cars.  The biggest cretin here though is the fucking tourist that was going to start taking fucking pictures.  The Giffer was polite, just a bit thick.  The tourist was just fucking out of order.  Cunt.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

This fucking weather is really beginning to piss me off now.

Since it snowed in Feb and earlier in March it’s been almost unbroken rain ever since. I think in the last month or so I can comfortably count on one hand how many dry days we’ve had. Fucking wet cold miserable little shit hole cuntry we got lumbered with!

 

This time last year it was nice, like an actual spring day. I remember taking the Volvo out after it got its first MOT in a few years and it was lovely out. This year it’s like the middle of winter still.

This times a million!

 

Feel like I've been in hibernation for months now. Love being outside as much as possible and it's just getting beyond a joke being wet and cold all the fucking time.

 

It snowed here earlier. It's spring FFS

 

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[OwdChina]

I’m heavily armed! I’d fit right in I think!

And surrounded with junk cars too you probably would, it's the normal thing in those parts.