The grumpy thread

[NorfolkNWeigh]

HOLY FUCKING FUCK

 

That car has been nothing but trouble for you - that's absolutely gutting.

Glad you're OK!

Ironically it's been behaving perfectly for the last few months, that could be because I've been using other cars belonging to customers or hire cars. In fact when I drove it yesterday I was just thinking how comfortable it was and how much I miss driving it.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Ouch...

 

The worst thing for me in a situation like that I think is the not knowing exactly what had happened.  I'd never be able to trust a similar car again.

 

Hopefully it's a smoother process to get everything sorted out than one of our old neighbours who suffered a car fire a few years back (clapped out old Hilux - we reckon fuel leak as it had a history in that department).  Insurance almost immediately paid out the few quid they valued the car at, then closed the case.  This was fine and good until the bill came through from the Local Authority for the emergency service attendance and repairs to the road.  Insurance weren't interested because the "case had been closed."  They did get it sorted out, but it took well over six months.

Yes, I did wonder about the damage to the trees and field, luckily there were no lampposts or signs that got burned. The Police just shrugged when I mentioned if there would be any 3rd party costs and only got an incident number when I requested one , but I did think at least I can't be done for failing to report an accident or whatever.

 

I know what you mean about worrying about the cause, two of my daughters drive Volvos too, a C30 and an XC90. There attitude is that it's got to be the way I drive! Don't think I'll be getting another V70 to replace it though.

[yes oui si]

C30 is basically a MK2 focus in a nice frock so should be fine.

[yes oui si]

I wear shorts all year round yet my legs stay whiter than Theresa Mays social circle.

 

[somewhatfoolish]

I'm sure I remember hearing that they did indeed try that a few years ago, but scrapped the idea after their crews nearly got lynched by the passengers.

It was a load of bollocks invented by Michael O'Leary; there's one thing he's good at other than thinking up ways of making airtravel less pleasant, and it's ways of making the tabloid press give him free publicity. See also the suggestion O'learyAir might get rid of seats and make passengers stand like on the tube and any other things that are featured strongly by the Daily Heil.

 

 

I am I England at the moment and just discovered that Manchester airport is about to start charging 3quid to drop passengers off (5mins) and 4 quid for 10mins. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO THIS COUNTRY??????

Thieving cunts who run Glasgow have been at this game pretty much since that pair of fuckwits drove a Cherokee into the terminal building and set themselves on fire; the myriad rearrangements(seemingly on a weekly basis) of traffic non-flows since have each time involved more cash being extracted, more confusing signage and ever greater distance to walk to check-in. I'd now like to drive a Cherokee into whoever runs the place and set them on fire, then get John Smeaton to beat them up.

 

A reliable wheeze is to drop off and collect from the Shell station as they can't put that behind a barrier and charge for entrance; a bit of a trek if you have lots of luggage though.

[scdan4]

I should add it on the fare, but it seems a bit petty..

You absolutely should, plus a handling fee to make it a round fiver. Say why and no one will begrudge you it.

[Lord Sterling]

NorfolkNWeigh - Glad you're ok mate.

[New POD]

You absolutely should, plus a handling fee to make it a round fiver. Say why and no one will begrudge you it.

And put it through the books so that you pay less tax.

[iainrcz]

Going to cut this.

Jesus I hate doing it. Hence why it's knee high.

 

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[dozeydustman]

Bloody hell Norfolk. Glad you are safe. You must have had some very brown trousers after that

[wuvvum]

Just spoken to the abandoned vehicles bloke at the council.  Apparently it's not the neighbour who has complained - the complaint has come direct from the housing association themselves.  Reading between the lines, it appears that the HA's property dept has a new person on board who is, shall we say, something of a jobsworth (presumably the same twat who stuck a note through my letterbox threatening to involve the police in a parking issue on private land) and has decided - after over 10 years - that he is going to enforce the car park as "HA tenants only", rather than tolerating "residents only" parking as previously.

 

What this means is that I am going to have to move all my cars out onto the road, which the neighbours are going to love*.  Well maybe not all - the Perodua didn't get a ticket on it for some reason (council couldn't elaborate as to why that one wasn't reported), the Toyota didn't get a ticket as it was at work, and whichever car I'm using as a daily (probably the 205 for the next few weeks) can be parked on there overnight.  That leaves the Jag and the Rover of Doom to shift, plus the Transit and the other 205, which are parked on what I thought was public highway but council man tells me he's checked the land registry and it's actually HA land as well.

 

Methinks I'm going to have to step up the selling efforts.

[xtriple]

It's only soding raining! Was looking a bit iffy out there so took the dogs to the park early(ish), got there, blowing a gale and me in shorts and 'T' shirt, much cold was fealt around the nethers...

 

Got as far away from the carpark as it is humanly possible to do (brick wall) and the heavens opened and there's this old cripple, in finest summer gear, small cigar (think Rumpole type) and getting much getting soaked as he tried to hobble at double speed back to the car. All the time calling Phoebe to get a move on as she is more crippled than he! Just before the carpark, it stopped raining!

 

So we sat on the bench (well I sat on the bench, the dogs did whatever it is that dogs do!) and the heavens opened again and I got soaked again. This time, no messing, back to the car, Phoebe in... where the fuck has Chester gone? Oh, of course he's fucked off to pastures new as he HATES going home even when he's been out for three hours, so 45 minutes in a rainstorm is nothing for that fat sod! Eventually caught up with him at the other end of the carpark where he was sniffing around on a previously un-sniffed bit of grass and weeing on everything in sight.

 

I hate that bloody dog!

 

If that's true, why did I bring him home, feed him (and Pheebs of course) dry them both off and make his head comfortable by re-arranging his pillows on his 'day' bed (the floor complete with quilt and pillows) while he snores happily?

[Cavcraft]

Ref that farmer, there’s one not too far from here who plays tricks like that and often the start of the bridleway is just a lane of his slurry. He tells people they have no right of way (when they do) and blocks turnstiles on public footpaths etc.

 

The last time I visited this prick’s land I just rode my bike/walked over his crops seeing as he’d essentially shut the paths.

[Matty]

My grump. Managers who can't manage. " Parts are here for that job". Spend half a day getting a 20 ton piece of machinery in a position where it can be worked on to be told "oh them parts are a week off yet. Sorry I must've been thinking of something else". I'm relatively young and I'm not always sure I can put up with another 30 years of this level of fucking stupidity.

[Captain Furious]

Going to cut this.

Jesus I hate doing it. Hence why it's knee high.

 

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Tiny lawnmower or deceptively large area of grass?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Going to cut this.

Jesus I hate doing it. Hence why it's knee high.

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I've been watering mine twice a day for the last 3 weeks and I'd be well chuffed if it was as green as that

[clayts450]

Thought I'd get a step ahead on the 45 today and do the brake pads on the non-troublesome side, ahead of the caliper arriving for t'other. Within 10 minutes this non-troublesome side became troublesome as well. Match abandoned, and the local kids were treated to a poetically perfect torrent of swearwords.

[purplebargeken]

I had an Escort that started smoking behind the dash when I was driving. Sadly it didn't burn to a cinder, I just opened the window to let the smoke out and ignored it. I part ex'd it a few days later. 

 

Glad you are okay buddy. Not a pleasant experience unless it was one that was intended.

[Guest Hooli]

It's only soding raining! Was looking a bit iffy out there so took the dogs to the park early(ish), got there, blowing a gale and me in shorts and 'T' shirt, much cold was fealt around the nethers...

 

Got as far away from the carpark as it is humanly possible to do (brick wall) and the heavens opened and there's this old cripple, in finest summer gear, small cigar (think Rumpole type) and getting much getting soaked as he tried to hobble at double speed back to the car. All the time calling Phoebe to get a move on as she is more crippled than he! Just before the carpark, it stopped raining!

 

So we sat on the bench (well I sat on the bench, the dogs did whatever it is that dogs do!) and the heavens opened again and I got soaked again. This time, no messing, back to the car, Phoebe in... where the fuck has Chester gone? Oh, of course he's fucked off to pastures new as he HATES going home even when he's been out for three hours, so 45 minutes in a rainstorm is nothing for that fat sod! Eventually caught up with him at the other end of the carpark where he was sniffing around on a previously un-sniffed bit of grass and weeing on everything in sight.

 

I hate that bloody dog!

 

If that's true, why did I bring him home, feed him (and Pheebs of course) dry them both off and make his head comfortable by re-arranging his pillows on his 'day' bed (the floor complete with quilt and pillows) while he snores happily?

 

Just be glad you'd parked with the LGD's roof up!

 

Ref that farmer, there’s one not too far from here who plays tricks like that and often the start of the bridleway is just a lane of his slurry. He tells people they have no right of way (when they do) and blocks turnstiles on public footpaths etc.

 

The last time I visited this prick’s land I just rode my bike/walked over his crops seeing as he’d essentially shut the paths.

 

Cheers for the reminder, I must look into how to report it.

 

Years ago I remember an entertaining* confrontation on a Welsh byway where farmer Giles was waving a shotgun about & shouting 'gerrrofff my larnd' in a Welsh accent. Such a shame one of the group was ex-plod as we heard farmer giles lost his shotgun licence the following day...

 

My grump. Managers who can't manage. " Parts are here for that job". Spend half a day getting a 20 ton piece of machinery in a position where it can be worked on to be told "oh them parts are a week off yet. Sorry I must've been thinking of something else". I'm relatively young and I'm not always sure I can put up with another 30 years of this level of fucking stupidity.

 

Welcome to my world, my 'team leader' (the prick's title says manager) has been here 18months & the only decision he's made is when to go for a shit.

[castros_bro]

My grump. Managers who can't manage. " Parts are here for that job". Spend half a day getting a 20 ton piece of machinery in a position where it can be worked on to be told "oh them parts are a week off yet. Sorry I must've been thinking of something else". I'm relatively young and I'm not always sure I can put up with another 30 years of this level of fucking stupidity.

 

You should do what you think is right, if a manager or other adult makes stupid decisions then tell them. I know as i am old and may have just been sacked (I'm not allowed to talk about it) for pointing out two manager's stupidity AND  writing an article which was published in Private Eye about their stupidity. It does have positives as well, I was phoned by an old workmate whilst I sitting in a M3 winter traffic jam and informed I had several months work with the company he worked for though I'd not applied for any job, my name had been put forward as someone who didn't need to be micro-managed.  Yes, sometimes this happens -

 

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[Matty]

Can they really sack you for pointing out the obvious? If so it's a miracle I'm still employed!

[Guest Hooli]

Can they really sack you for pointing out the obvious? If so it's a miracle I'm still employed!

 

When the obvious is that they are a useless fat lazy cunt, then yes they seem to take it personally.

[Matty]

Oh and I keep pressing the tick at the top of people's posts to like them. If that actually means I'm saying I hate what they've wrote then apologies in advance

[iainrcz]

Both I think. It's about 12'x20'..ish.

Tiny lawnmower or deceptively large area of grass?

I've been watering mine twice a day for the last 3 weeks and I'd be well chuffed if it was as green as that

It's mainly clay, gets badly waterlogged when it rains.

 

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[busmansholiday]

I am I England at the moment and just discovered that Manchester airport is about to start charging 3quid to drop passengers off (5mins) and 4 quid for 10mins. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO THIS COUNTRY??????

How do you think they are paying for that billion pound expansion ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I'm genuinely surprised Ryanair doesn't charge to use the toilet.

Mr O'Leary allegedly considered this.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Fucked off.

 

New build house in an area where there's a housing shortage, particularly for small houses because there isn't anything Council any more.  We've bought ours.

 

Turns out the house next door (that sort-of-shares our drive, we have half, they have half it's between the houses) that have literally just bought are letting their one out.

 

For nearly twice the monthly mortgage payment.  It's essentially identical to our's, bar one minor detail.

 

Gouging.fucking.bastards.

 

Plus I have no idea who our new neighbours will be.  Why the fuck is this allowed?

[chaseracer]

It's called capitalism.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It's called capitalism.

 

 

It can get to fuck.

 

Funnily enough, they owners had a base-model 10-plate white BMW 3 Series with a second-hand financing company logo on the plate.  I think they're being gouged too but can't tell... there was also an 11-plate black Mercedes thing.

[chaseracer]

You never know, the new neighbours may turn out to be top folks who like chod.