The grumpy thread

[AlabamaShrimp]

Further on my garages Mrs Shrimp says Facebook is full of posts today about how sheds and at least one car have been broken into last night near us. One woman says she's got them on cctv for all the good it'll do.

 

Anyway here's my doors.

 

 

Sod all was wrong with this one. I've kicked it back as the padlock has seized. Don't think they could have got inside and a quick look shows the car still there.

 

The other one was already knackered (as it's been bent back before) on a knackered garage so looks a lot worse.

 

 

This I managed to open and again the car is all ok inside. Knocked it back best I can and put another padlock on the top.

 

I can see why both were easy to do as all the other garages have locks at the bottom. So that's my next job.

[sierraman]

On forecourt of garage across from work, tidy looking Mondeo 2.2, 2006, had a look, the guy wanted £1600 for it. About a thousand more than what it's worth.

[paulplom]

  On 25/05/2018 at 10:46, AlabamaShrimp said:

Further on my garages Mrs Shrimp says Facebook is full of posts today about how sheds and at least one car have been broken into last night near us. One woman says she's got them on cctv for all the good it'll do.

 

Anyway here's my doors.

 

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Sod all was wrong with this one. I've kicked it back as the padlock has seized. Don't think they could have got inside and a quick look shows the car still there.

 

The other one was already knackered (as it's been bent back before) on a knackered garage so looks a lot worse.

 

IMG_20180525_113802.jpg

 

This I managed to open and again the car is all ok inside. Knocked it back best I can and put another padlock on the top.

 

I can see why both were easy to do as all the other garages have locks at the bottom. So that's my next job.

I got one of these for mine. It's a good visual deterrent as well.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/squire-garage-defender/79478

[oldcars]

  On 24/05/2018 at 20:38, RayMK said:

We spent the weekend cleaning and polishing our cars, taking advantage of the good weather.  Our front garden is overhung by a tree (ours) which has looked very pretty for the last week or so with white blossom.  It rained a bit last night and the white blossom fell on to the wet cars, plastering them with confetti which has now been baked on by this afternoon's sun.  The tree is going to have to go.  Apart from the mess, particularly when the pigeons and jackdaws convert the berries to shit which is impossible to remove quickly, its roots have started to lift next doors block paving.  More bloody expense.

Nightmare. The bird shit etches the Reliant paint really badly indeed at mine. God knows what the eat, must be brake fluid.

[Slartibartfast]

  On 25/05/2018 at 11:54, paulplom said:

I got one of these for mine. It's a good visual deterrent as well.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/squire-garage-defender/79478

How do you install that?

[andy18s]

Helping a friend buy a little cab for his Mrs here,it's come from Switzerland so on transit plates

Been sat at Shumen Kat office for 6.5 hrs now as most of their staff didn't show today after yesterday's bank holiday

Makes the DVLA look as smooth as....a very smooth thing

[Des]

  On 25/05/2018 at 08:05, mercrocker said:

Fucking LOL at every new piece of legislation - whole raft of blood-suckers starts preying on businesses, people at work going round like headless chickens.  Do these people actually even read the rulebook and work out for themselves what needs doing?    I'm with Cavcraft - far less email shit to delete nowadays, hopefully no more "special offer" and "just for you" bullshit bollocks.   Bring it on....

 

Spare a thought for all those Nigerian princes and Russian brides. There's a number of outfits I shall never again patronise thanks to their incessant email barrage, I do wonder if this will bring some sense to GSF, so it's possible to use them again without their silly bollocks who the fuck do they think they're kidding offer codes. 

[Parky]

Usually I ignore most of the spam I get. Trouble is I have had so many desperate last minute GDPR emails, I can’t be arsed with sorting them to see who I do and don’t want to hear from.

 

This legislation has been coming in for months, companies can and should have been sending this stuff out months ago. I counted up today’s - 26 emails stating how great it would be if I gave them permission to keep sending me stuff. Talk about last minute, I really have better things to do with my time so I have ignored them all.

 

Ultimately if I bought a pair of socks from you eight years ago and haven’t used you since, chances are I probably won’t miss your emails.

[mercrocker]

Not to mention all these pleas to "rate this" and "Rate that" thing that I bought or used or ate.   Look, if it was shit you would have heard about it by now, if it was good then it bloody should have been because I paid good money for it.  Fuck Off.

[Christine]

I've got these now . I know i'm gunna forget and walk through the string myself...

 

https://www.djdecoys.com/product/alarm-mine-gate-fence-trip-line-wire-12g-blank-firer/

 

 

It's Friday, it's  bank holiday weekend ... it's 6 .10 pm,  and I get a phone call just now .. Can I just go and trim a pony as its feet are long and it's going to a show in the morning it'll only take you 20 minutes ???  .. Not even my client !! . Fuck off.            .

[cort16]

I got motortrend on demand but at least half the content isn’t available if you’re in the uk but yet I still pay the same monthly fee as the US who get all that stuff. Shite.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Fucking quad bike wankers two fields over.  They set up a track there a couple of weeks ago and have decided that racing around at maximum speed is fine.  I wouldn't normally have a problem with this but the wind direction is such that it's drifting over and I can hear it indoors.

 

I've got half a mind to grab the sledgehammer and smash the fuck out of the chassis on those wretched things.  I wouldn't even care if they weren't so fucking noisy.  If I wanted to hear bees, I'd buy a few hives and a fancy suit...

[dozeydustman]

One of the neighbours to where I have moved to is a complete twat. Been in my old place all day every day cleaning etc and finally did the move out inspection with the letting agent.

 

Came back to a hand-written note through the letterbox saying "stop parking your car in my space". There are no marked spaces, 6 houses and room for 10 cars.

 

I have an idea who it is, as they moaned to our letting agents about having a removal pantechnicon on Monday, whilst doing the move in inspection.

What sort of an arsehole do you have to be when you start on new residents when they move in?

[BavarianRetro]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:52, cort16 said:

I got motortrend on demand but at least half the content isn’t available if you’re in the uk but yet I still pay the same monthly fee as the US who get all that stuff. Shite.

US VPN?

[dozeydustman]

Sounds about right, Mr Cheeseburger Sir.

[mercrocker]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:57, dozeydustman said:

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Came back to a hand-written note through the letterbox saying "stop parking your car in my space". There are no marked spaces, 6 houses and room for 10 cars.

 

I have an idea who it is

 

If you are still not sure, carefully copy the handwriting on the note to add "Or I will Fucking Kill You" and hand it to the old bill.   They will probably get to the bottom of it....

[Cavcraft]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:57, dozeydustman said:

One of the neighbours to where I have moved to is a complete twat. Been in my old place all day every day cleaning etc and finally did the move out inspection with the letting agent.

 

Came back to a hand-written note through the letterbox saying "stop parking your car in my space". There are no marked spaces, 6 houses and room for 10 cars.

 

I have an idea who it is, as they moaned to our letting agents about having a removal pantechnicon on Monday, whilst doing the move in inspection.

 

What sort of an arsehole do you have to be when you start on new residents when they move in?

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The kind of arsehole you can have a whole lot of fun annoying.

[Cavcraft]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:41, Christine said:

 

 

 

It's Friday, it's bank holiday weekend ... i Can I just go and trim a pony.

 

I hope that’s a euphemism.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:57, dozeydustman said:

One of the neighbours to where I have moved to is a complete twat. Been in my old place all day every day cleaning etc and finally did the move out inspection with the letting agent.

 

Came back to a hand-written note through the letterbox saying "stop parking your car in my space". There are no marked spaces, 6 houses and room for 10 cars.

 

I have an idea who it is, as they moaned to our letting agents about having a removal pantechnicon on Monday, whilst doing the move in inspection.

 

What sort of an arsehole do you have to be when you start on new residents when they move in?

 

 

Reasons to buy a rusty old Transit, #1.

[cort16]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:54, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

I only subbed for Roadkill, but they only put out a single episode a month!, ain't got much interest in the other series apart from the odd episode, so currently unsubbed and planning to sub once every six month for a single month...

Good idea!

I tried the vpn thing but it must be stored against your account.

[dozeydustman]

  On 25/05/2018 at 18:49, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Reasons to buy a rusty old Transit, #1.

 

 

Surely something rusty and Sherpa derived would be better? Or is that not pikey enough?

[dozeydustman]

  On 25/05/2018 at 18:46, Cavcraft said:

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The kind of arsehole you can have a whole lot of fun annoying.

 

If only I could get away with it. Ts & Cs of letting contract state their estate board must be on display as "let by" for 3 calendar months. Wouldn't surprise me if they ring up in the next few weeks with some petty matter. Probably because I've yet to unload the car with the final stuff from the old place we couldn't get in the pantec.

 

We've met 3 of the other 4 neighbours in our little cul-de-sac part of the road, they seem pretty decent and have also had a few choice words to say about the shitbag that complained about our removal van, including the words "they are complete cunts" from the Greek man 2 doors up.

[dozeydustman]

  On 25/05/2018 at 19:33, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Sounds like the type of people that need someone to sneak up and gorilla glue all their door locks.

 

 

I'm planning to do a complete brake fluid change on Mrs D's corolla in the next few weeks prior to the MoT. I'll just make sure I aim the bleed pipe at their car's bonnet instead of poking into a jam jar. The benefits of a Gunson's EasyBleed.

[richardmorris]

  On 25/05/2018 at 17:54, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Fucking quad bike wankers two fields over.  They set up a track there a couple of weeks ago and have decided that racing around at maximum speed is fine.  I wouldn't normally have a problem with this but the wind direction is such that it's drifting over and I can hear it indoors.

 

I've got half a mind to grab the sledgehammer and smash the fuck out of the chassis on those wretched things.  I wouldn't even care if they weren't so fucking noisy.  If I wanted to hear bees, I'd buy a few hives and a fancy suit...

Would a track need planning permission?......

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 25/05/2018 at 19:51, richardmorris said:

Would a track need planning permission?......

 

 

I suspect not, given that it's just a dirt track that's been worn away in the field.  There are humps and valleys in there and they may very well own it.

 

Didn't happen last year and I'm moving in less than a month so it's not worth me getting the council to do anything.  Other than maybe deflating their tyres...

[angle]

  On 25/05/2018 at 20:22, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I suspect not, given that it's just a dirt track that's been worn away in the field. There are humps and valleys in there and they may very well own it.

 

Didn't happen last year and I'm moving in less than a month so it's not worth me getting the council to do anything. Other than maybe deflating their tyres...

RantingYoof is your man for this, but as far as I know you can do it for 14 days a year as permitted development, anything beyond that is a change of use and needs planning permission...

[SiC]

I thought it was 28days? It's how many car boot sales work. (And model flying sites)

[angle]

There's a specific 14 day exemption for motorsport (I think).

[Craig the Princess]

  On 25/05/2018 at 19:33, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Sounds like the type of people that need someone to sneak up and gorilla glue all their door locks.

Argos catalogue time.

[anonymous user]

  On 25/05/2018 at 19:21, dozeydustman said:

Surely something rusty and Sherpa derived would be better? Or is that not pikey enough?

Better would be if you can get a few mates to visit now and again, in black BMWs* with tinted windows; you know the type with short hair-cuts and nice suits. The ones who will refer to you as Boss.

Just let the neighbours think you are "connected" and they will probably leave you alone.

 

* black Mercs and Range Rovers are also acceptable.