The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Just checked my bank account.  I paid £187.21 in VED this month.  Which is fucking ridiculous.  Time for a cull methinks.

[Cavcraft]

1) You know if you pass your driving test anywhere within about 40 miles of Edinburgh, do they actually teach you to stay in the 2nd or 3rd lane despite the fact that's about 11 fucking miles of traffic behind you?

 

2) Letter from DVLA when I got home just now, tax is up on the Scomadi: £42, yes FORTY TWO FUCKING QUID for a 200cc glorified moped.

[dave21478]

I have said it before and will no doubt say it again - Speeding in car parks again - WTF?  Is there a new law stating there is a minimum speed of 50mph in all car parks or something?

Today is the third time in the last six months or so where I have seen the aftermath of a crash in a supermarket carpark severe enough to blow the airbags and this time require two ambulances and a fire truck.

[dave21478]

Just checked my bank account.  I paid £187.21 in VED this month.  Which is fucking ridiculous.  Time for a cull methinks.

 

 

I know that feel, bro. This is the month I get slaughtered for various insurance policies, including todays arrival, the bloody trailer policy which really grips my shit pipe, as I have now paid out its value in insurance payments, am legally obliged to continue paying and because FUCK YOU thats why, trailer policies dont attract NCB here so its just creeping up year on year.

[nigel bickle]

You & me both, Wuz

 

More Chod needed!

[Frogchod]

I know that feel, bro. This is the month I get slaughtered for various insurance policies, including todays arrival, the bloody trailer policy which really grips my shit pipe, as I have now paid out its value in insurance payments, am legally obliged to continue paying and because FUCK YOU thats why, trailer policies dont attract NCB here so its just creeping up year on year.

My trailer insurance came in last week.

96 euros

I'm tempted to flog it and get a sub 750 kilo trailer (insurance not obligatory) and be like the locals and just overload the fecker.

[PhilA]

SWMBO keeps moaning that I'm paying insurance on my car but not driving it.

 

Doesn't help that the insurance keeps going up. It was an additional $38/mo to put it on as a third car a couple of years ago, it's gone up to $47/mo and that's on an agreed value/limited mileage policy ($1600/5k pa).

 

That and the price of fuel is back up again. At least I got a pay raise that doesn't really cover everything still (2%, first in 2 years because of the economy etc etc). Blah.

[Frogchod]

Here's the trailer in question.

Yes, that's 160M of 25mm cable and other junk  about to be towed away with DW8 power

 

[AlabamaShrimp]

Sodding reversed the Frontera into the barrier in a car park.

 

Turned the engine off to roll back a tiny bit but just didn't look back as I thought I was miles away.

 

I wasn't straight so a nice clanging noise.

 

 

 

Other side.

 

 

Yeah so it's moved a tiny bit in. Nothings bent and no paint off but I'm still annoyed. When I get chance I'll see if there's anything I can move back into place.

[Noel Tidybeard]

cpj could you not get the other half involved in your compay a bit like with some of the admin type stuff thus taking some of the strain of you and involving her at the same time?

[The Moog]

Leaning in through the car door earlier to try and reach something (being lazy in process) and heard horrible crack from rib area.

 

Very sore now - hoping it is nothing broken.

 

Quite pissed off as well as going diving in 3 weeks.

[iainrcz]

Finally got round to routing out our new beech work tops.

Sink in lovely.

Hob side? Looks as rough as arseholes, looks like it's missed a final sanding.

If it were a £50 jobbie I'd do it myself, but they can swap the bugger.

 

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[DodgeRover]

Leaning in through the car door earlier to try and reach something (being lazy in process) and heard horrible crack from rib area.

 

Very sore now - hoping it is nothing broken.

 

Quite pissed off as well as going diving in 3 weeks.

Did something similar, just for future reference your sternum is not a suitable part of your body to lever the handle of a 4' pair of bolt croppers from so you can apply more pressure by using both hands on the other handle. There was a very nasty crunch and acute localised pain whilst twisting or bending which lasted a couple of weeks.

 

You should be fine again in 3 weeks.

[PhilA]

FFS if you're going to die please write a will before you do.

 

Ugh, 4 years of family infighting, lawyers, court and heartburn. Not to mention the cost.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

FFS if you're going to die please write a will before you do.

Ugh, 4 years of family infighting, lawyers, court and heartburn. Not to mention the cost.

Sometimes that happens after a Will is written...

[The Moog]

Did something similar, just for future reference your sternum is not a suitable part of your body to lever the handle of a 4' pair of bolt croppers from so you can apply more pressure by using both hands on the other handle. There was a very nasty crunch and acute localised pain whilst twisting or bending which lasted a couple of weeks.

 

You should be fine again in 3 weeks.

Last time I did it was getting in a speedboat in Indonesia ...

 

As you say bending and twisting is sore - but hoping it will get better soon

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Feckin' tree sap is terrible here. The car's had to be washed twice in a week 

[myglaren]

Feckin' tree sap is terrible here. The car's had to be washed twice in a week 

Same here

 

And BT have buggered about with their website and I can't log in for my emails

[MikeR]

stay late we thought , let my son play with his mates , enjoy the piece and quiet before heading home ......

 

then ........  this gave way

 

 

 

luckily  no injuries ...  just bruised pride and dirty clothes

[alcyonecorporation]

What..........is that? 

[MikeR]

it was a drain , but the cover was damaged , which gave way when my son stood on it .........

[chaseracer]

Bloody hell - hope he's all right.

[MikeR]

he is fine , he will never stand on a grid lid again .. ever !!  ... so he says

 

Some serious bottom kicking will be taking place at the firm in the morning .......

[Skut]

The Mrs is watching Love Island.   And sending message on instagram to some group chat about it.     I know I know...leave the room, do something else but I feel that leaving the continent wouldn't cleanse me. 

[danthecapriman]

Feckin' tree sap is terrible here. The car's had to be washed twice in a week 

Same here, and pollen. My Volvo is absolutely covered in it. The blue roof now has a yellowish hue to it there’s that much pollen stuck to it.

I was going to wash it today but I’ve got not car shampoo left.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

it was a drain , but the cover was damaged , which gave way when my son stood on it .........

 

I did wonder if that was sewage down there 

[Pieman]

Same here, and pollen. My Volvo is absolutely covered in it. The blue roof now has a yellowish hue to it there’s that much pollen stuck to it.

I was going to wash it today but I’ve got not car shampoo left.

 

Have done a couple of long motorway trips this week - my car's front end and windscreen is so covered in dead insects I can't see out of it!

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

The Mrs is watching Love Island.   And sending message on instagram to some group chat about it.     I know I know...leave the room, do something else but I feel that leaving the continent wouldn't cleanse me. 

Fucking lol'ed at that

[Zelandeth]

Apparently different trees have different sorts of sap. The stuff the tree (Canadian Pine I believe) by our drive drops on the cars is totally oblivious to normal car washing materials and basically needs to be polished off.

 

If you manage to get it in the 30 seconds before it turns to glass it then just smears everywhere requiring the whole panel to be polished. It's maddening. The sodding stuff doesn't seem to dissolve in anything...

 

My grump for today relates to technology. Specifically modern devices with utterly stupid user interfaces.

 

Case in point, a Dell monitor I have here. Kerbside freebie on account of it being "broken" - it had a duff HDMI cable...

 

Switching between the inputs requires a minimum of seven button presses across three different unlabelled buttons. Yes they're technically labelled in the menu - but it doesn't line up with the buttons.

 

Seriously, what was wrong with a button that was just the source control?

 

It's really not a problem...just makes me roll my eyes and wonder what they were smoking when they decided "yeah, this is an efficient solution!"

[Wack]

They do that because they know people will lose the manual then leave it at the side of the road and buy a new one