The grumpy thread

[Aston Martin]

OK.......

[Kiltox]

They should’ve stopped at stolen

[Guest Hooli]

Exactly, nothing to stop a recovered bike going back on the road.

[Wack]

  On 10/07/2018 at 20:17, Richard said:

You will never be able to travel in time, or someone would have come back and told us about it.

 

 

what about if you can only go forward

[Wack]

  On 10/07/2018 at 20:07, mrbenn said:

 My Grandma passed as I was on the motorway to go see her. She wasn't alone, but still wished I could have seen her one more time.

 

 

It's a funny thing that last visit , my dad was 82 , he had an operation, he was in northampton hospital , I drive nationwide for a job so whenever i'm in the area I go and see him, the last time I saw him alive I spent an hour with him then as I left I got to the end of the corridor and felt the urge to go back so I just stood outside the door where he couldn't see me and watched him for a couple of minutes , don't know what made me do it but that was the last time I saw him alive, another thing that was odd was a week later after they'd discharged him I rang to wish him happy birthday but i'd had a brain fade and rang 2 days too early, we had a laugh about it and I finished the call with OK i'll ring on the 15th then

 

 

On the morning of his birthday my sister rang to say he'd died, born and died on the same date

[Des]

  On 11/07/2018 at 15:04, Wack said:

what about if you can only go forward

Then someone would have come from the past and told us about it.

[Supernaut]

I'm travelling forward in time right now, at 1.0x speed.

[chaseracer]

"Is that the time?"

 

"No, that is a clock.  Time is an abstract concept, developed as a tool of oppression across the human experience."

 

[iainrcz]

Time stops me from floating away in to the clouds with my head up my arse.

 

Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 11/07/2018 at 15:50, chaseracer said:

"Is that the time?"

 

"No, that is a clock. Time is an abstract concept, developed as a tool of oppression across the human experience."

 

Dave

 

Time to start an existential angst thread?

[Parky]

Or is it? Would such a thread really exist anywhere other than your own imagination?

[Inspector Morose]

  On 11/07/2018 at 18:38, Parky said:

Or is it? Would such a thread really exist anywhere other than your own imagination?

It already exists but the universe around it has yet to be constructed so it remains invisible from our own perspective.

[drum]

  On 11/07/2018 at 15:20, Des said:

Then someone would have come from the past and told us about it.

Not if it hasn't been invented yet.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 11/07/2018 at 00:08, captain_70s said:

Aberdeen's natural misery seeps into it's surroundings and leads to misfortune...

 

I am grumpy as my mobile phone died to death today.

 

RIP Samsung Galaxy S4, you had a rough 5 years...

 

Of course the actual phone giving up the ghost isn't really the problem, it's the issues resulting from it's FTP.

 

At the same time the phone died I received a thing through the letterbox telling me I need to accept another fucking court citation to be a witness at the case involving the burglary of my flat (ironically the court stuff is turning out to be far more of a hassle/expense than the actual crime was). Naturally I need to phone them to do this, new phone won't be here until the 13th.

 

I've purchased a new phone which is comparable to the old one but it requires a nano sim rather than the micro sim my old phone has, so I'll have to go to Vodafone to get one. I'll also have to transfer my number over and re-add all my contacts.

 

I had to buy a watch (Tesco's finest, cheapest) as I need a time keeping device for work.

 

I can't listen to podcasts to fall asleep to.

 

My only alarm clock is now a 1979 Waltham clock radio featuring questionable reliability.

 

Due to impromptu phone shopping before work this morning I had to postpone the Acclaim's oil change yet again.

 

Not having a functioning phone on me while I'm out of the flat gives me a creeping feeling of wrongness. It's part of the 3-pat check (keys, wallet, phone) and to have it missing is very discomforting.

Wgats actually wrong with your S4? I have an S4 that has it's 2nd screen smashed. I need a replacement screen if yours is good or I have a goos motherboard if yours is no good?

[MarvinsMom]

  On 11/07/2018 at 11:32, Kiltox said:

You don’t get much for a couple of hundred quid these days

 

my phone is, apparently a samsung galaxy s2, it was a hand-me-down from me father after he retired 2-3 years ago, and before that it had been his last work phone for 5 or 6 years. 

 

i think. in all honesty i've no idea how old it REALLY  is. apparently its one of them wot does interweb (so i'm told)

 

it has done well, though it has been looked after all its life. 

 

but it works and it was free (my favourite word)

 

i could never, ever contemplate spending many pounds on a phone, but i am old, and a cheap skate, and i don't need to keep up with the kalrissians either

[dozeydustman]

Both cars have conked out today. No idea why on either. Both have fuel, charged batteries and plenty of oil, coolant and other things. Corolla is misfiring so thinking HT or plug breakdown as it is due a service. Saab is completely dead - nothing with ignition switched on at all.

[richardmorris]

  On 11/07/2018 at 16:54, Sloth in a bowl said:

Dave

Time to start an existential angst thread?

 

 

 

 

Time is imaginary, lunchtime doubly so!

 

 

 

Sorry that’s a misquote. Time is an illusion wrote Douglas Adams. Lunchtime bit is right though.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 11/07/2018 at 19:19, MarvinsMom said:

 

 

i could never, ever contemplate spending many pounds on a phone

 

Nor me. The only reason I replace phones is the utter impossibility of buying a working replacement battery for them. Doesn't matter where you buy it from they are always crap.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

^^^^^ that is absolutely true. I thought it was just me! How come they're all so completely shit?!

[xtriple]

I got a new Huawei (however it's spelt) P20 free on contract (a whole £9 per month!!) when the old Samsung thing got dropped on the concrete carpark and shattered into a million bits. I didn't think I had a 'lot' of choice really. I didn't like it at first, but I have got used to it and it's pretty good really, I am a dreadful old reactionary so really do not like change!

 

When I got back from Okehampton today, I was utterly wrecked: probably the longest drive I've done in years and now I remember why I don't drive far. The Merc is comfortable, sure, but I was in agony after 50 miles and the pain just wears me out. Rons incessant whinging about how 'we have gone the wrong way' tested me to the limit, I wanted to tell him to shut the fuck up or kick him out of the car or ask him who's driving, the list of possible responses was endless. Instead, I said nothing and kept my equable facade intact. The thought of doing it again in 3 weeks time is enough to make a grown man cry!

 

Still, puppies

[Guest Hooli]

  On 11/07/2018 at 21:04, Mr_Bo11ox said:

^^^^^ that is absolutely true. I thought it was just me! How come they're all so completely shit?!

 

No idea. I'm assuming lots of fakes etc, even the ones with recent manufacture dates that should be ok are crap in my experience.

 

Or maybe it's deliberate to make us buy new phones?  /cynic

[omegod]

The Iphone 4S is the royal marine of mobiles,I've beaten the shit out of mine for 6 yrs and it's held together with parcel tape currently. Sadly I think it's due for replacement soon as it's slowing down badly. May have to go as far as a 7 as they are getting pretty cheap now 

[HillmanImp]

  On 11/07/2018 at 15:04, Wack said:

what about if you can only go forward

I was really stoned about 20yrs ago and came up with an idea for a time machine where you can see or possibly go to the future. Couple of scientific hurdles to overcome but I think my thinking was sound.

 

Basically, assuming time is linear but our perception of it is limited by the speed of light, if you get a camera to travel between 2 points faster than the speed of light you will basically overtake our perception of time and see what is going to happen at any point in the future depending how far ahead you go.

 

We didn't take it much further as my mate Paul came round with a bag of pills so an hour later I couldn't spell my own name let alone talk about time travel.

 

But I think it might work. Gonna get a twin carb for the Visa to see if I can break the speed of light. Or buy a Nissan sunny coupe.

[Parky]

  On 11/07/2018 at 21:44, omegod said:

The Iphone 4S is the royal marine of mobiles,I've beaten the shit out of mine for 6 yrs and it's held together with parcel tape currently. Sadly I think it's due for replacement soon as it's slowing down badly. May have to go as far as a 7 as they are getting pretty cheap now

 

5s is a pretty tough piece of kit and not too expensive. Possibly more rugged than a 7. Mrs P has a seven and where things are metal on my 5s, they appear to be plastic on hers. Definitely feels like a cheaper piece of equipment

[Parky]

  On 11/07/2018 at 21:46, HillmanImp said:

I was really stoned about 20yrs ago and came up with an idea for a time machine where you can see or possibly go to the future. Couple of scientific hurdles to overcome but I think my thinking was sound.

Basically, assuming time is linear but our perception of it is limited by the speed of light, if you get a camera to travel between 2 points faster than the speed of light you will basically overtake our perception of time and see what is going to happen at any point in the future depending how far ahead you go.

We didn't take it much further as my mate Paul came round with a bag of pills so an hour later I couldn't spell my own name let alone talk about time travel.

But I think it might work. Gonna get a twin carb for the Visa to see if I can break the speed of light. Or buy a Nissan sunny coupe.

Could you not write CERN a letter and ask them if they would let a stoned bloke in a Citroen VISA borrow their hadron collider for ten minutes?

[Pillock]

I like having a new phone, I tend to get a new one every 6-8 months just because I'm a geek and I like techy stuff.

Yeah it probably costs me - My OnePlus6 was about £450 in May but there's a new phone coming out in October I quite fancy so I'll lose a bit when I sell it on. But I don't smoke or go on foreign holidays etc, it's fine to spend money on whatever makes you happy

 

Insurance? AvailableCar tried to sell us tyre insurance when we bought a car. "Because premium tyres are expensive if you get a puncture or a blowout"

"Yeah, but a puncture repair is a tenner"

"But what about needing a whole new tyre?"

"Do you cover against them just wearing out?"

"No...."

"Sounds rubbish. No thanks"

 

He also blathered on about how expensive it was to replace premium tyres even though they'd replaced the front with some WonHungLo DriftStar DeathRings during the prep work. 

[DodgeRover]

  On 11/07/2018 at 21:44, omegod said:

The Iphone 4S is the royal marine of mobiles,I've beaten the shit out of mine for 6 yrs and it's held together with parcel tape currently. Sadly I think it's due for replacement soon as it's slowing down badly. May have to go as far as a 7 as they are getting pretty cheap now

My 4S has slowed down dramatically this year too, often hanging for no apparent reason other than it being an iphone, I'm suspecting an update from apple being the cause. I might try jail breaking it to see if it speeds back up.

[Des]

Do tell how you get on with the jailbreak, I was gifted a 4S some years ago but have never allowed it to update as I was, as it turns out, rightly suspicious. The result is that it's only any good for making calls and taking pictures, so far that's all I've wanted from it but lately tried to use Whatsap but no dice, would be nice to do that and treat myself to a Crazy Frog ringtone. 

[Parky]

Bit teary this morning. Been up since 1.30. Combination of steroids, depression, and sleep deprivation catching up with me.

 

Lots of stress at the moment. Work is shit, finances shit, car is broken, can’t catch a break of any kind. Currently locked in a battle with a previous employer over money owed to me which they are steadfastly refusing to pay in blatant breach of contract but don’t have the wherewithal to fight it legally. Plus if I did I would become unemployable as would have a reputation which isn’t valued in my industry.

 

More than anything it’s my Daughters 17th today. I find myself looking at a pic of me and her on the day she was born. Back then we had no idea she would develop autism. This beautiful little girl sleeping in her beaming fathers arms, his head and heart so full of plans, dreams and ambitions, many of which vanished in a puff of smoke when her diagnosis was confirmed. Looking at me, young successful chap with a bright future ahead and that’s all gone too. Now I am a mid forties chap who loses out to the mid thirties chap in every interview. Basically feel like I am on the scrap heap at 45!

 

Maybe it’s time to give up and sell up, move in with my parents in law in NZ and start again from scratch. Again

 

Looking at my industry peers from 20 years ago, every single one is doing better than me. None of them are any better than me, or have done anything different to me, it just seems to come down to luck. And despite my usual optimistic demeanour I am starting to realise that maybe, just maybe I am extremely unlucky or extremely useless. And I know Mrs P looks at them too and wonders why they have such nice cars and houses and we don’t. And I can’t help but feel I have let her down too. And it’s the thought that all the shitty things that have happened to me could somehow be my fault and I am ruining other lives is really dragging my remaining self esteem downwards.

 

Depression is shit. It can get in the fucking sea.

 

I’ll be alright, I will straighten my head up in a bit and batten down the hatches and crack on. Because I have to. And when my daughter wakes up I don’t want her seeing Dad in a state, not on her birthday.

[BorniteIdentity]

  On 12/07/2018 at 04:44, Parky said:

Looking at my industry peers from 20 years ago, every single one is doing better than me. None of them are any better than me, or have done anything different to me, it just seems to come down to luck. And despite my usual optimistic demeanour I am starting to realise that maybe, just maybe I am extremely unlucky or extremely useless. 

 

Sorry to recite the oft quoted Mary Schmich.

 

"Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself."

 

Everyone's fighting their own battles.  The guy with the big house might wish he could fill it with children, but can't.  The couple who had the expensive holiday might well be fighting to save their marriage.  And so on.  

 

In the end, 'stuff' doesn't matter.  When your sat in your arm chair at 90, it's the laughs you'll remember.  

 

Keep swimming, mate. x