The grumpy thread

[Timewaster]

Also I think the large number of cars with 'auto' headlamps doesn't help. Get in another car, or someone has switched the headlamps from auto to off, and drive off without checking.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't you get a 'headlamps on' tell tale on the dash now?

Yes but it is a little green light as opposed to having the whole dash light up as a bit of a clue.

 

This is a real pet hate of mine and I think it began when VW started doing blue illumination, but I'm sure I will be corrected on that one.

 

When the dash only lights up with the headlights then it is obvious if they are on or not.

[brownnova]

Working from home today. Went downstairs earlier to find a "you were out" card from DHL with nothing written on it except the number of the building next door.

 

This is flats. Next door is flats. So I don't know who the parcel was for, nor where it is now.

 

Plus I was in all morning and the buzzer didn't ring.

 

Who knew delivering stuff could be so difficult?

One time I had one that read "Parcel on rear bumper of Fiat"

 

Good job I owned a fiat...

[Guest Hooli]

I once had a card saying 'next to mountain bike behind shed' trouble the neighbours saw him nick the mountain bike at the same time....

 

Amazingly* plod said there wasn't enough evidence to even talk to him, so don't worry about witnesses when you commit crime kids as it seems they don't count anymore.

[Jazoli]

Yes but it is a little green light as opposed to having the whole dash light up as a bit of a clue.

 

This is a real pet hate of mine and I think it began when VW started doing blue illumination, but I'm sure I will be corrected on that one.

 

When the dash only lights up with the headlights then it is obvious if they are on or not.

I'll correct you then, the dash in my Bora and previous Golf only lights up blue when you turn the lights on

[AlabamaShrimp]

The old adage from my of why are some people bastards.

 

Mini Shrimp goes to cubs. (turns out its not the real cubs but something called the Baden Powell cubs which is a bit different).

 

Anyway Mrs Shrimp see on their Facebook group that there's a trip to the police so they can have a look about. She knows nothing about it so asks one of the organisers who says she's not dealing with it and to ask one of these two others. So she does and puts a general post on and got no reply.

 

She then sees today that they've posted pictures of the visit saying 'having lots of fun' twats! Mini Shrimp would have loved that and he's not a bad kid unlike some of the others that go there. They claim that emails were sent they never bothered to check. Wouldn't mind that much but Mrs Shrimp works for the police and they know it so she could have got more involved type thing.

[Pillock]

Yes but it is a little green light as opposed to having the whole dash light up as a bit of a clue.

 

This is a real pet hate of mine and I think it began when VW started doing blue illumination, but I'm sure I will be corrected on that one.

 

When the dash only lights up with the headlights then it is obvious if they are on or not.

It's just a design choice, there's nothing to say it has to be that way.

Both our 2008 VW (with blue illumination) and my 2015 BMW only light the dials up with the headlamps on.

[Pillock]

That's a bit shitty Alabama. My understanding of the BP "movement" is they're proper traditional and quite cliquey - you're either in or you're out.

[AlabamaShrimp]

That's a bit shitty Alabama. My understanding of the BP "movement" is they're proper traditional and quite cliquey - you're either in or you're out.

I know! It looks like we're out. Tbh I thought they were a bit weird when we took him there. Loads of adults just sort of hanging about. (as in partners of the ones running it) all seem to be in each others pockets and don't seem to do much scouting, like they never get badges.

 

There's the others ones just up to road so he might go to that instead.

[Pillock]

They're separate from actual Scouts, I think many years ago they were concerned the Scouts was becoming too progressive and not traditional. Hence the BP Beavers wear shorts and long socks and flat caps etc, rocking it like it's 1932.

 

Don't get me wrong, anything that gets kids socialising and outdoors is good, but Scouts tends to be more running around, playing games, cooking, camping, fires and knives.

I am biased because that's what I'm involved with, we had some BP Scouts on our site once and they were a lot less active.

 

Oh, and no badges? Wankers. Everyone loves badges.

[dave21478]

 

 

 

I just literally cant even right now.

 

Fuck my entire life,

 

 

 

[nebuchenezer]

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I just literally cant even right now.

 

Fuck my entire life,

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pffftttt

 

I have manthrax

 

I win 

[SiC]

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I just literally cant even right now.

 

Fuck my entire life,

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What's that on? Your pickup?

[nebuchenezer]

Oh,

 

Lewy body disease can get in the sea

 

My mothers iq was around 150 (yes, i know, hard talking when aged 21 and returning home pissed as a fart)

 

Now it is the equivalent of 90.

 

Only going one way

 

Fucksticks

[BorniteIdentity]

Ah, Dave. Sorry man. That is a pisser. If it’s the truck, then it really hates you.

 

That said, by the time you’ve finished with it, it’ll be the finest example left in continental europe.

 

That is, if you haven’t torched it in a monumental revenge strike.

[Timewaster]

Nothing compared to others woe, but works Grand National sweepstake pays out on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and last finisher.

 

My nags came in 5th and 6th.

 

Typical.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Nothing compared to others woe, but works Grand National sweepstake pays out on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and last finisher.

My nags came in 5th and 6th.

Typical.

You did better than me. I usually have something in the first four home. This year, nothing. That brings a 15-year streak to an end.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I know! It looks like we're out. Tbh I thought they were a bit weird when we took him there. Loads of adults just sort of hanging about. (as in partners of the ones running it) all seem to be in each others pockets and don't seem to do much scouting, like they never get badges.

 

There's the others ones just up to road so he might go to that instead.

 

Have the adults been DBS checked?  Not making any assertions but if they're hanging about, they really should be otherwise Council Safeguarding team will get very, very interested.

[DodgeRover]

I know! It looks like we're out. Tbh I thought they were a bit weird when we took him there. Loads of adults just sort of hanging about. (as in partners of the ones running it) all seem to be in each others pockets and don't seem to do much scouting, like they never get badges.

 

There's the others ones just up to road so he might go to that instead.

No.1 Son went to Beavers and Cub Scouts, he had a good time but his last six or ten months of cubs was fantastic as they got a new female leader who was about 18 and incredibly enthusiastic about everything, he was running out of space on his jersey to put more badges!

[robinmasters]

Fucking car badges.

 

It's 2018, cars (even relatively cheap ones) have a magical screen that communicates with space ships to give you directions, electricery which decides wheels to turn to keep the car moving when it's slippery, lights that come on when it's dark, wipers that come on when it's raining, cameras enabling you to see places you came see using only your human eyes, and some will even park themselves.

 

However, in order to identify different models manufacturers still rely on gluing on some tatty-looking chromed plastic letters, and insist upon using the same shitty chromed plastic for their logo on the front grill.

 

They look shit, they trap moisture making a thin line of corrosion around them (only apparent when you take them off), and without painstakingly careful cleaning are surrounded by a thin border of dirt/moss.

 

I know the answer (cost), but why don't more manufacturers integrate model names into boot handles/rear light clusters/rear glass? Why aren't grill badges more imaginative?

 

Yes, I took a badge off today, and have a thin line of rusty pin holes around where it was. Bastards.

[Wack]

Not really worth its own thread but I'm a bit surprised by this

 

My sister lives 150 miles from me , she rang me Thursday , she has a motability Volvo which was due its 2 year service , has to be done at a main dealer , nearest one is 15 miles away so she took it over , got a courtesy car

 

When she collected it they told her one of the tyres was on 1.2mm in the middle due to over inflation so illegal , it has tyre pressure sensors , she's never touched the tyres

 

,kwikfit is the motability supplier so she drove it round to them , by this time it was gone 5pm so they couldn't fit it in so she drove the 15 miles home with a bald tyre , tried kwikfit mobile but they couldn't do anything until Monday

 

She rang me asking what she should do , I told her not to drive it until it has a legal tyre on it

 

Should I be surprised a main Volvo dealer had a car with an illegal tyre pass though the workshop then allow the customer to drive it away .

[Guest Hooli]

A garage can't stop you driving away, all they can do is inform you the car is illegal or dangerous.

[Kiltox]

They can’t stop the customer driving it away and probably aren’t authorised by Motab to replace it

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Parcel farce turned round in my yard while I was there then buggered off . Later that day I checked the tracking online and it said - delivery attempted insufficient address. Despite there being the name of the Farm at the end of the lane and my name on a number plate on the yard gate . Useless cunts and by far the worst delivery company . Dpd are brilliant for me tho

 

Same. Were a big fuckin building site on the corner of 2 roads. Insufficient address. Called em, she's looked on Google earth... "Maybe it's because there's several buildings on that site sir"? " No there isn't, we leveled them several months ago lady, there's one, a site cabin with pedestrian access, by the road, it's the only thing there"... Call becomes uninteresting....

[Mally]

Replacement tyre has to be done by Kwikfit.

They do mobile, but try to put you off by being busy until.......... it may be better/faster if you took it in the depot sir.

Just tell them it's illegal to drive.

RAC will come and fit the spare, but probably it hasn't got one.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

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I just literally cant even right now.

 

Fuck my entire life,

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Belt looks quite worn man*.

 

* No it doesn't

[somewhatfoolish]

Todays grump:

 

bidding on a Vintage Laptop for a Project, sold as dead as a door nail but I know this model of Laptop has an issue that causes them to go into said vegetative state, but which is an easy fix.

 

laptop is at £1.07... 10 seconds to go slap a bid on, FUCK made a typo quickly corrects it and clicks through everything with 2 seconds left to go but what do you know! ebay does not put my bid through (even tho it said it did) and someone else wins the laptop for £1.07

 

well pissed about that. (both at eBay at at my self for making the initial typo. bloody CP...)

Gixen is your friend(other snipe things are available).

[beko1987]

I fucking hate London. In some shitty bar under a bridge by a river. Counting down the seconds until the coach comes to collect us in an hour.

 

Not putting my name down next year, fuck this

[Datsuncog]

Mrs DC has a nasty cold. I'd previously suggested a hot whiskey in this scenario, but she doesn't much care for uisce beatha normally, let alone heated up... yet for some reason tonight she made some unholy concoction of Vat 19 rum, Cointreau, and a small bottle of an unidentified Japanese liqueur brought back from Tokyo by a friend, mixed it all together with a dash of sugar syrup and stuck it in the microwave.

 

Of course, she found it undrinkable and duly abandoned it by the kitchen sink.

 

So of course, I drank it before heading up to bed, because I didn't want to 'waste' it.

 

I'm now feeling deeply unusual...

 

I'm an idiot.

[Ghosty]

Give him a bonus cunt for coogan too, after all he is another unfunny cunt like ricky gervis.

 

My best friend is related to Coogan and is vaguely acquainted. She says he's a cunt too.

Apparently his brother that was in The Mock Turtles is alright though.

[DodgeRover]

So of course, I drank it before heading up to bed, because I didn't want to 'waste' it.

 

I'm now feeling deeply unusual...

 

I'm an idiot.

I had to laugh at the feeling deeply unusual description, but wouldn't microwaving have boiled off the alcohol?