The grumpy thread

[FredTransit]

Funny, if (in the real world) you don't do your job properly, and do it repeatedly badly, you get the sack. I think that's the way forward for the footballists.....

Sack em, and make them pay for their South African jolly too, they can afford it.

[Pete-M]

Going to work this morning, through Everton, some mouth-breathers had smashed every bus stop en-route.

 

This is a rare thing to happen, even around the shite-hole that is Goodison. I just hope to Ged that the 'perps' were utterly pissed on during the heavy shower we had between 5-6pm.

 

Unfortunately, I doubt it, as they probably don't work.

[Lord Sterling]

MK5 Escort - Agreed completely.

 

Sad news to hear about Spen King. Another great loss to our motoring heritage.

[Station]

Going to work this morning, through Everton, some mouth-breathers had smashed every bus stop en-route.

There were a few round here as well. This may not be true, but I was told "They cost two grand to replace"!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

What's worse is once the glass ones have been vandalised a few times (here), they replace them with grey opaque shelters which are FUGLY.

[lancashireclamper]

I thought you were going to say the German lads got a load of abuse from ENGERLAAAANDD!!! morons.

I have been to Berlin many times and have found Germans to be very nice, socially resposible people. They like a beer but don't drink to get shitfaced like people do here.

I have said it before on here but I loathe this country and have always promised myself I will never raise children here.

 

Sad news about Spen King. His ideas rescued the company from the brink of disaster on several occasions.

I'm sure they would have done if they'd dared to have been around yesterday afternoon!

Maybe its a self respect thing, most countries have some, the average Engurrrrrlander doesn't know the meaning of the word.

I really don't know what the answer is, we lose people like Spen King and breed an underclass.

[Cheggers]

Very sad to hear of Spen King's passing - His slightly odd bit-part appearance in "Chop Shop" (the Jools Holland/ JET 1 episode) was repeated on Turbo only the other day...

[AnthonyG]

Mk5 Escort - I agree with you on the football. I was in Wales over the weekend and all was calm, just people enjoying the weather.

 

There was a match on Sunday afternoon which kept everybody in, it was the Wales v All Blacks rugby. Wales got thrashed 22-3 but all the bus stops were intact on Monday.

[Minimad5]

Not a grump, but abit of a worry

Interest in my cars is rising ....

 

1) Letter through the door offering money for the Mk1

2) Pikey door bashing followed by "I'll take it away right now"

3) Random chavs "yeah i do racing mate yeah, be perfect for racing"

 

 

I need to build a garage

[Mr H Sceptre]

Not a grump, but abit of a worry

Interest in my cars is rising ....

 

1) Letter through the door offering money for the Mk1

2) Pikey door bashing followed by "I'll take it away right now"

3) Random chavs "yeah i do racing mate yeah, be perfect for racing"

 

 

I need to build a garage

How secure are your cars Mark?

[barrett]

My camera is borked No more shite-spotting for a while.... I found a real nice 80s Datsun too....

[Minimad5]

How secure are your cars Mark?

Hello public forum

 

They are as secure as an old car can be, with a little help from CCTV and a blocked driveway.

But it would not be impossible to remove the Mk1 within a small number of minutes.

Not to worry i have a small plan that should atleast slow anyones progress to steal.

[retrogeezer]

Not a grump, but abit of a worry

Interest in my cars is rising ....

 

1) Letter through the door offering money for the Mk1

2) Pikey door bashing followed by "I'll take it away right now"

3) Random chavs "yeah i do racing mate yeah, be perfect for racing"

 

 

I need to build a garage

Hmmm, I was outside polishing the escort a couple of weeks ago and I heard one of those 'any old iron' vans coming around the estate.

I grabbed the car cover quickly and threw it over the car to hide it and ripped my new bloody cover.

[Mr H Sceptre]

[Hello public forum

 

 

Ooops, sorry, didnt engage my brain there!

[Minimad5]

It's fine Nick .

I'm just glad i have nosey neighbours, and the fantastic Marcell and Mickey who liver over the road, as they are huge guys and said "Don't worry we look after your cars" and anyone who wants to get in the way of two strong Slovakians, must have a death wish.

 

Just the rise in interest scares me

[seth]

6Music doesn't generally annoy me but I'm getting a bit tired of hearing the same "highlights" from Glastonbury all the time. There's been 3 days of varied music down there! I don't need to hear the Doctor Who theme by Orbital again.

[FredTransit]

It's fine Nick .

I'm just glad i have nosey neighbours, and the fantastic Marcell and Mickey who liver over the road, as they are huge guys and said "Don't worry we look after your cars" and anyone who wants to get in the way of two strong Slovakians, must have a death wish.

 

Just the rise in interest scares me

I know what you mean, I was only home 2 hours when they came sniffing around the pick up.

[Angrydicky]

It's fine Nick .

I'm just glad i have nosey neighbours, and the fantastic Marcell and Mickey who liver over the road, as they are huge guys and said "Don't worry we look after your cars" and anyone who wants to get in the way of two strong Slovakians, must have a death wish.

 

Just the rise in interest scares me

That's good. I had one come very slowly past my house the other day hanging out of the window looking at the Maestro and 2CV

[pogweasel]

Insurance costs - stupid, just stupid.

 

Renewal for family wagon for the coming year was nearly £500, i.e. up £200 on last year. OK, so a change of car might make a small difference but two hundred quid??

 

"Shopping around" got a best price of £312. However when phoning them up to take the policy, they decided to add another £70 due to us having children.

[Danblez]

Insurance costs - stupid, just stupid.

 

Renewal for family wagon for the coming year was nearly £500, i.e. up £200 on last year. OK, so a change of car might make a small difference but two hundred quid??

 

"Shopping around" got a best price of £312. However when phoning them up to take the policy, they decided to add another £70 due to us having children.

Insurance is one of the few legal forms of embezzlement.

[Father Ted]

"Shopping around" got a best price of £312. However when phoning them up to take the policy, they decided to add another £70 due to us having children.

Bizarre - ous went down when we bought a people carrier on the grounds that we were considered to be less of a risk because we had kids.

[Angrydicky]

Ignorant cunts.

 

Finally got my car MOT'd, went round to the back door of the garage to take pictures (as I couldn't see any way through to the viewing area), garage bloke basically tells me to fuck off as "we are not insured for you down here". I hate being told what to do by anyone, and by a company I'm paying - well they can fuck right off!

 

I will use a different garage when I get the Maestro Mot'd. What annoyed me most was his attitude - if I behaved like that towards a customer I would be facing the sack or at least a disciplinary

[pogweasel]

Swiftcover, £305 all in.

Still more than last year but not alot.

[Lord Sterling]

Insurance costs - stupid, just stupid.

 

Renewal for family wagon for the coming year was nearly £500, i.e. up £200 on last year. OK, so a change of car might make a small difference but two hundred quid??

 

"Shopping around" got a best price of £312. However when phoning them up to take the policy, they decided to add another £70 due to us having children.

Same here. Got a renewal letter through the door last week, bearing in mind I'd been paying about £450 per annum on a classic policy. Current insurer renewal quote came at £2060 Got on the phone to them to see if this was some sort of very late April fools joke. Customer services bloke told me that I was not entitled to some sort of "Scheme" (?) that enabled me to be on a classic policy, told them once my insurance was up to fuck off.

 

Shopping around on the 'net didn’t get me anywhere. Classic insurers kept on telling me they couldn’t get a quote, I'd have to phone them. "Normal" policies came in at no less than £1200.

 

Thankfully an insurer phoned me up, suggested a few changes and amendments and got me a quote of £240 per annum.

[warren t claim]

FUCKING KIRKBY!

 

I made3 the mistake of parking my truck in a primary school to make a collection and maybe I shouldn't be too surprised that someone stole the sat nav. CUNTS! Obviously kids getting in and out of a 26 tonne three axle Volvo is a common occurance there and doesn't look in the slightest bit suspicious... It's not just the value of it because I was going to replace it anyway but the fact someone has been in my living space and thought that their need for crack is greater than my need to do my job and pay my taxes to fund their Bright House telly. I hope whoever the scumbag is that took it dies a really horrible death. If I had of caught them I seriously would of reduced the utter waste of DSS handout scumbag that they are to a vegatable or at the very least put them in a fucking wheelchair for fucking life because, lets face it, they are only ever going be be doley scroungers for the rest of their miserable existences anyway.

[AlsoMike]

HSBC Car Insurance, the thieving slag bastards that they are, decided to automatically renew my policy without my consent, after I specifically told them not to. Useless chuff slapping swine. I rang them to renew and was told "we've already renewed your policy sir, the price will be £297". Fuck off. That's up £70 on last year. So they can stick that up their collective loose arseholes, I'm going to cancel tomorrow after a shop-around and get my money back (as is my right I believe?). Fucking cuntchops.

 

Sticking with the HSBC theme, banking online with them is such a complete ball-ache I'm going to switch banks asap. Useless oxygen-thief staff in the bank itself, a website that won't change your personal information for love nor money and a call centre that may as well be on the moon for how well I can hear them. TWATS.

[dollywobbler]

People of Essex. I was driving a nice car around the Dagenham area and some bloke just stops in the road next to me, gets out and comes over all: "Faahkin' ell, that's faaahkin laverly. If that was mine, I'd be scared to take it out on the faahkin' road. Faaahkin' gorgeous!"

 

Now, I'm prone to getting excited about cars, usually quite shoddy ones, but I don't run over to them and start hurling expletives around. Though I imagine doing so at a Rolls-Royce concours could be amusing.

[chaseracer]

People of Essex. I was driving a nice car around the Dagenham area and some bloke just stops in the road next to me, gets out and comes over all: "Faahkin' ell, that's faaahkin laverly. If that was mine, I'd be scared to take it out on the faahkin' road. Faaahkin' gorgeous!"

Ford...?

 

[AlsoMike]

Now the autobox on my 205 is making the mother of all clattering noises. Shit. Still takes up drive and changes ok though. Hmm.

[M'coli]

Last day at work tomorrow - redundancy looms. Feeling a little apprehensive, I've been working for the same firm for the last 12 or so years.