The grumpy thread

[SiC]

Cycled into work yesterday and today for the first time this year. After a 6 months hiatus I'm fat, unfit and my arse hurts*.

 

 

* The saddle (in case you were wondering) is supposed to be more on the comfortable end of the road bike saddle scale. I think I just need to toughen up my arse cheeks.

[cobblers]

My Abarth is now 2 years old, 9k miles.

Took it in for it's 2nd Service + four kumho tyres?

 

SIX HUNDRED FUCKING POUNDS

[Cheggers]

My Abarth is now 2 years old, 9k miles.

Took it in for it's 2nd Service + four kumho tyres?

 

SIX HUNDRED FUCKING POUNDS

That's probably only £250 for the service, which doesn't seem too bad for (I assume) a main dealer

 

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[cobblers]

£320 for the service and £75 a piece for the tyres. 

[Cheggers]

£320 for the service and £75 a piece for the tyres.

Shelling out £600 is never pleasant, however it's split...

 

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[danthecapriman]

 

Picture the scene.

Two lane dual carriageway, 50mph limit (everyone on it doing about 50mph), slip road exit from lane 1 going to a Morrison’s superstore. You're in lane 2 and suddenly, on the fly, you decide you want to go to Morrison’s.

Do you,

A: carry on since you're at speed and shouldn’t stop. Continue a few hundred yards up the road to the roundabout, turn around and come back?

Or

B: slam the brakes on in lane 2 almost causing a pile up. Block lane 2 while you try to cut across the 50mph traffic in lane 1 to get to the Morrison’s slip road?

Naturally for the mentally deranged dick wad in the pretend Chevy (not a real Chevy!) in front of me you take option 2, fuck everyone else!

I very nearly rear ended him in my van because of this and almost got rear ended myself. I had that sick feeling you get when you're almost positive you're going to be in an accident. It’s a good job at least a few of us were concentrating at the time really. Bloody twat!

 

Blame iPad!

 

And stop being anal!

[Angrydicky]

Blimey, two years and 9000 miles is a terrible innings for tyres.

[bigfella2]

My Abarth is now 2 years old, 9k miles.

Took it in for it's 2nd Service + four kumho tyres?

 

SIX HUNDRED FUCKING POUNDS

How on earth do you wear a set of rear tyres out, never mind front in 9k?

[SiC]

Blimey, two years and 9000 miles is a terrible innings for tyres.

Not when you are having fun!

[cobblers]

Blimey, two years and 9000 miles is a terrible innings for tyres.

Michelin Pilot sport 3s, not even cheap shit either. The fronts were down to 3mm by 5.5k so I swapped front to rear, now all four tyres are at 2.5mm, worse on the inside edges.

 

I don't really drive like a dickhead most of the time, I'm a bit surprised really. 

[bigfella2]

Blimey, bet your glad they didn't replace them with pilot sport 3's again.

[chaseracer]

Shit.  Domestic Management's new DS3 is on Pilot Sport 3s.  Best tell her to take it easy.

[Tamworthbay]

Shelling out £600 is never pleasant, however it's split...

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Donald Trump, a coke dealer and two prostitutes may disagree (allegedly).

[danthecapriman]

Ah, Ok, yor forgiven.I hate Apple.Ben

I wasn’t being a nob btw with the last bit!

 

It’s bloody irritating typing on iPads. I like them for convenience but they can change words and grammar automatically when you don’t want it to or you’ll end up with the word you wanted to use changed to something else.

The latest iPad update has also changed the keyboard slightly, you can swipe the letter key down to use numbers and symbols but it doesn’t always work properly.

[fordperv]

Work, i appear to work with morons who just want to cause shit and divide the workforce for no reason, it's doing my head in

[captain_70s]

Scorched my only white shirt while ironing it. I've never damaged anything while ironing before. I have a wedding to attend tomorrow.

 

Looks like an 8am trip to Primark is on the agenda in the morning...

[Ghosty]

Some twat (not actually that) near me (several gardens away) has some piss-poor excuse for a hound that yips every time I go outside.  If I am working under some old banger it shuts up a bit but it seems to have bionic hearing as it can detect the slightest change of posture on my part and responds with a restart of its pathetic yipping.

 

Our neighbours have a Jack Russell that barks at everything and everyone, and nothing shuts it up. It's a PITA, I hate them. Get a real dog.

[Zelandeth]

I've had this Nissan Pathfinder for two weeks as a rental now. It goes back day after tomorrow - and I'll be sad to see it go, as despite all expectations it's actually a very nice bus to run around in. It's even comfy, and the abundance of tech is actually mostly helpful and useful rather than annoying. Audi, take note.

 

The heated steering wheel is actually really bloody nice if you have an RSI problem in your hands...usually I have major problems with my right hand cramping up after an hour or so driving - that basically eliminates that issue.

 

However, 14 days in I've just figured out that I don't even need to fish the fob for it out my pocket... there's a little button on the driver's door handle, and if I press that when walking up to the car it will unlock it...and likewise lock it after all doors are closed.

 

Only took me a fortnight to figure that out... I'm bloody hopeless!

[Eddie Honda]

Scorched my only white shirt while ironing it.

captain_70s yesterday

[LabRat]

Lousy, bastard awful cluster headaches. Finally thought I was rid of the bloody things for a while... Nope, have another run of the fuckers, just to make you smile. (coincidentally, I'm back at work again too...)

 

Wouldn't be so bad, but my useless docs won't give me anything stronger than paracetamol, unless I have a straight 4 month documented run of the bastards, which is impossible as they are closed for lunch whilst I'm on my split shift.

 

 

 

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[tooSavvy]

Scorched my only white shirt while ironing it. I've never damaged anything while ironing before. I have a wedding to attend tomorrow.

 

Looks like an 8am trip to Primark is on the agenda in the morning...

... that much lager will be cheaper at Lidl M8

 

 

TS

[fordperv]

Our neighbours have a Jack Russell that barks at everything and everyone, and nothing shuts it up. It's a PITA, I hate them. Get a real dog.

Dont forget the jack russell is a working dog, they are fearless little buggers and very intelligent the breed is vocal as a rule, have a read up on them and you will find they are a real dog not a handbag dog

 

I have a German shepherd she comes from working lines, she barks at as much as a flys fart

[Parky]

One of my friends has a Jack Russell and he is bloody awesome.

 

He loves me. I dont make any demands of him to chase stuff or roll about on demand, I just treat him like a Cat by talking to him quietly and fussing him up. He is often to be found sleeping on my lap at parties!

[Tamworthbay]

Lousy, bastard awful cluster headaches. Finally thought I was rid of the bloody things for a while... Nope, have another run of the fuckers, just to make you smile. (coincidentally, I'm back at work again too...)

Wouldn't be so bad, but my useless docs won't give me anything stronger than paracetamol, unless I have a straight 4 month documented run of the bastards, which is impossible as they are closed for lunch whilst I'm on my split shift.

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Find another doctor, I had this for ages before I bothered going to the doctor. Mine were cluster migraines to add to my joys. The doc tried a couple of meds before I found something that worked. In the end I was prescribed Amytrptyline which is a muscle relaxant/ pain killer/ even used as antidepressant (albeit at a much higher dose). If I get a migraine I take the normal pain relief but then take the Amytrptyline every night for a week. Not had a single cluster since.

[dean36014]

Had my pre op for my spine fusion yesterday. I've been told there's a good chance after the operation i won't be able to sit down for any length of time. There goes my job out the window then. Also won't be able to twist around anymore so will have to get used to actually turning around, that will be a bit weird to start with. guess my dancing days will be over     

[andy18s]

Anyone order a ringing kit?

Granted it's a mk6 but the seller claims its all legal,and hes done hundreds before

[Parky]

Yeah but it's "memorabilia" mate. You know, for enthusiasts who love Mark 6 Escorts so much, they like to hoover up as much stuff as they can.

 

Certainly not the sort of people who would be tempted to steal a similar car and swap vin plates and suchlike in order to create the illusion that the stolen car is legit with all the paperwork to prove it. Definitely not...

 

And it's on Facebook too! It can't possibly be fake/dodgy/illegal as Facebooks verification processes are so intensive that absolutely nothing dodgy can go through it.

 

Aaaaaand that's today's ration of sarcasm spent!

[AlabamaShrimp]

What they ration sarcasm?? Please no it's all I've got I'll send back the cheese or sugar.

[andy18s]

He's not even using the "memorabilia" get out hence he's getting the shit ripped out of him

Claims you can reshell this id onto any other 3dr shell,and legally weld the floor number over the top of the original

Says he's done plenty in the past

Trouble is a lot of his former customers are now asking lots of awkward questions about Rs's they've bought in the past...

[Parky]

I bet they are! Idiot has basically just confessed to ringing loads of motors!