The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

I'd guess at a dodgy reg/rec in the alternator blowing the bulbs. I had a Carlton years ago where that went, but only when hot. So testing the alt showed it ok, but 10mile down the road it stopped charging.

[Talbot]

I'd guess at a dodgy reg/rec in the alternator blowing the bulbs.

Definitely. And you'd want to get that fixed too, as longer term that could cook/kill the battery too.

[beko1987]

We binned our fax at work years ago. it went to fax to email at first, but I'm the only one with the inbox still, and it's not had a fax since 2012... Just gets full of all the 'all staff's emails

[SierraMikeHotel]

Somebody at work is requesting a fax machine.

 

Would you like some stone tools to go with it, you fucking caveman?!

I was asked to provide a fax number at work recently - again, as Grumpius said, because they are apparently more secure than email. Flummoxed.

[chatsharris]

The Saab has had it's first FTP in 4.5 years. Power steering pipe just gave out and dumped its contents. A week to go on it's MOT too.

[Des]

That's not an FTP, that's a perfectly serviceable car which happens to have heavy steering.

[Kiltox]

That's not an FTP, that's a perfectly serviceable car which happens to have heavy steering.

It won’t pass it’s MOT next week though.

 

Granted I agree it’s not a total FTP

[320touring]

That's not an FTP, that's a perfectly serviceable car which happens to have heavy steering.

Right up your the ps pump siezes, it throws the aux belt and takes out gawd knows what..

 

An empty (due to a leak)ps system is not a nice thing to pilot.

[Guest Hooli]

I was asked to provide a fax number at work recently - again, as Grumpius said, because they are apparently more secure than email. Flummoxed.

 

 

NHS still has rules about not sending patient data via unsecure email & suggests fax as an alternative. Most trusts are now moving to the national NHS Mail platform which is secure so should wipe out the mass use of faxes.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Well, yes. I wasn't able to persuade this person that we are, in fact, on the same secure email network. Quite bizarre.

[Guest Hooli]

Fun isn't it?

[HillmanImp]

Also, a FAX is considered a real copy of a document (signatures etc) emails with PDFs etc aren't or something like that.

 

When I used to do annuities I did a lot of faxing to set them up.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Yes. Deliberately. It’s a show in the truest sense of the word; pyrotechnics, choreography, lighting, costumes, it’s fantastic. She might not be the greatest singer, but you can bet your bollocks to a barn dance that she never sits at home thinking ‘I wish I was an earnest singer songwriter with a deep beard, a great voice and a pub full of 30 people to sing to’.

 

I know I know. It’s popular and on message here to knock people like her and Ed (who is fantastically talented) so I’ll shut up now and put on some B-Sides by Danny Dyer's Chocolate Homunculus.

Liked mainly for the fantastic Peep Show reference.

[forddeliveryboy]

I found a pic of a newspaper article about a cx newspaper van on here this morning but could finish reading it, now I can't remember where it was

That was interesting and I can't think where it was either.

 

Perhaps this post? http://autoshite.com/topic/31959-illegal-road-trip/page-5?do=findComment&comment=1522311

[Craig the Princess]

Also, a FAX is considered a real copy of a document (signatures etc) emails with PDFs etc aren't or something like that.

 

When I used to do annuities I did a lot of faxing to set them up.

Yep, this is why football transfers still rely on fax machines.

 

My grump. The old bastard MP who solo blocked the upskirting law. I'm definitely not saying the only reason someone would block this is because they like doing it. But there aren't that many other reasons.

But I'm sure he has one. Legally.

[BavarianRetro]

We're trying to wean our luddites off fax too, ffs it's not 1963 anymore.

 

Until we found out & changed the normal process in the contact centre was get fax via fax software, print it and scan it into another system... FFS! I'm just ignoring all the physical fax machines about the place...

 

 

Mind you it's just reminded me, we've done a comms out to all users by email recently to ask if they also have a nhs.net email account & included a small form them to fill in when they reply to email. Obviously we are now getting screen grabs printed, filled in by hand, scanned & emailed back. FFS etc....

Christ I'm old. I remember the embarrassment in the mid to late 80s of explaining that we didn't have one of these new fangled, expensive, magic fax machine things and getting a leased one installed at huge expense.

 

Now, seemingly weeks later, nobody has them because they're obsolete.

[Guest Hooli]

Yep, this is why football transfers still rely on fax machines.

 

My grump. The old bastard MP who solo blocked the upskirting law. I'm definitely not saying the only reason someone would block this is because they like doing it. But there aren't that many other reasons.

But I'm sure he has one. Legally.

 

I fail to believe it isn't already illegal under existing law.

[Tamworthbay]

I fail to believe it isn't already illegal under existing law.

It’s a weird one apparently (according to radio 5 anyway), if someone sees someone else doing it to another someone else, it’s illegal because it outrages the public decency, it’s also illegal if they aren’t wearing pants. I guess the laws were last done when cameras were the size of the Isle of Wight and you had to stand still for an hour to get a picture.

[Parky]

Well if I were a young woman, I am not entirely sure that the Conservatives would be the sort of party that had my best interests at heart....

 

Amazed someone didn’t get the whip out on this one and GUARANTEE that this new regulation was approved.

 

Would love to know Chopes reasons

[Split_Pin]

The wee loud-voiced woman who sits behind me at work said this afternoon "I dont trust a man who's not into football".

 

Not being interested in fucking football or any other sport at all I piped up that she should choose her next words "very carefully".

 

Its not just men who can be sexist and intolerant.

 

So with everybody else in work talking about the World Cup and me being perfectly happy with this, now I am wondering if they all think I am some sort of weirdo.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

a...aam I being tested? 

I just dont know....fucking sick of EVERYTHING these days and for some cosmically perverse reason this is the period that literally everything is failing. I honestly dont know if this is all just normal day to day life and my mood is altering my viewpoint or not but life has gone from just being boringly mediocre to an absolute fucking chore just to be alive. Everywhere I go, people annoy me, get in my way and generally piss me off. Road rage is through the roof as I have become hyper-intolerant of other peoples errors, but fail to notice my own cuntishness.

Every single thing I buy, do, make or just generally touch just fucking falls apart, breaks or otherwise fucks up.....EVERYTHING is broken and its just a fucking non-stop littany or fixing things which has shortened my already short temper to the point where I am having massive fucking rage-outs over relatively small things which invariably end up with me smashing things which really doesnt help does it? and then i just feel fucking worse afterwards;

My last 4days in a paragraph. I'm there too dude..... no idea why but I must've done something.

No nuggets of golden uplift here either, Fuck it all

[chaseracer]

My grump. The old bastard MP who solo blocked the upskirting law. I'm definitely not saying the only reason someone would block this is because they like doing it. But there aren't that many other reasons.

But I'm sure he has one. Legally.

 

He does.  It's just not a particularly compelling reason, in the circumstances.  And the bloke's a weapons-grade twat, with much previous form.

 

The Upskirt Bill is not dead; it will come back to the Commons quite soon.  But it shouldn't have to.

[BavarianRetro]

I fail to believe it isn't already illegal under existing law.

Ahh but you're thinking there's a modern, progressive government as in some where, like,..... I don't know,.... Scotland?

[Supernaut]

The wee loud-voiced woman who sits behind me at work said this afternoon "I dont trust a man who's not into football".

 

Not being interested in fucking football or any other sport at all I piped up that she should choose her next words "very carefully".

 

Its not just men who can be sexist and intolerant.

 

So with everybody else in work talking about the World Cup and me being perfectly happy with this, now I am wondering if they all think I am some sort of weirdo.

[Guest Hooli]

It’s a weird one apparently (according to radio 5 anyway), if someone sees someone else doing it to another someone else, it’s illegal because it outrages the public decency, it’s also illegal if they aren’t wearing pants. I guess the laws were last done when cameras were the size of the Isle of Wight and you had to stand still for an hour to get a picture.

 

It does surprise me it's not some sort of assault or similar already.

 

Does it apply to kilts?

[Tamworthbay]

It does surprise me it's not some sort of assault or similar already.

 

Does it apply to kilts?

no idea to be honest

[AMC Rebel]

The wee loud-voiced woman who sits behind me at work said this afternoon "I dont trust a man who's not into football".

 

Not being interested in fucking football or any other sport at all I piped up that she should choose her next words "very carefully".

 

Its not just men who can be sexist and intolerant.

 

So with everybody else in work talking about the World Cup and me being perfectly happy with this, now I am wondering if they all think I am some sort of weirdo.

 

I had this on one of my visits to the USA - was in a bar with colleagues and we were all talking about spectator sports.  I foolishly (but honestly) opined that there are almost no spectator sports I can be bothered with - to which one of my female colleagues said much the same as your wee loudhailer swallower. 

 

Why the fuck do we think they care?  The American woman was tiny and drank like a fish anyway - although I didn't make so bold as to say neither of those were high on my list of attractive attributes.  

[Split_Pin]

Bet that made her trust you implicitly!

Truth be told it was actually someone else who was trying to tell her to be quiet and told her to watch what she was saying, I merely piped up in agreement.

 

Anyway, thought I would get some support on here from like minded folks :/

[AMC Rebel]

My last 4days in a paragraph. I'm there too dude..... no idea why but I must've done something.

No nuggets of golden uplift here either, Fuck it all

 

Thank fuck - I thought it was just me.

 

Last night we were due to go for a bike ride.  I know one of my bikes has a puncture - shouldn't take five minutes as I have a spare inner tube.

Except I don't - not for that bike.

 

And my puncture repair skills seem to have gone from hero to zero overnight.

 

I complained to Ms Rebel and she said "at least all your cars are working" but they aren't - not ftp but never far off.  Jagggy is squeaking like fuck, Land Rover is.....squeaking like fuck.

 

Nothing I do at work is working and ......well you get the idea.

[dave21478]

Faxes? Still very much current tech here.

 

A while ago I ordered something from a shop that they dont normally sell, so knew little about it. It arrived without instructions and it needed loads of plastic clips which were two part things with a male and female side. Turned out I had no female sides and twice as many male sides as needed and just couldnt figure out how the hell it went together. I went back to the shop and they didnt know either so called the manufacturer. I was explaining what I thought was missing to the guy who was explaining what he though I thought was missing to the receptionist at the manufacturer - it was a classic example of Chinese Whispers in action. 

She suggested to the guy that he photo the parts I had and send that to them and they could work out what was missing so the guy sauntered off to the office and came back with a massive chunky digital camera that looked liked it dated from the '90s. He snapped a pic and after a few minutes fannying got it onto the desktop of his PC. "Great", I thought - "now all he has to do is email them and add that as an attach......WTF is he doing?"

Instead, he printed the photo out full-size on the inkjet printer under his desk. Full photo quality on normal paper so it came out quite dark, slightly damp and wrinkled and complete with stripes of wonky colours because the printer likely hadnt done colour for months. He then faxed this mess to the company. I assume they just got a black A4 sized rectangle at their end.