The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

A much underused letter in the (Saxon) English alphabet. Mainly replaced with Y in words such as Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe because it was easier to write the even older letter Wynn (Ƿ), which then developed into the blackletter Y () in the medæval period. Both Thorn and Eth (Ð, ð) are still used in Icelandic, a very difficult language to get to grips with (I can't think of any other language where they call an Orange an Apple....)

 

Let's bring back the long S while we're at it 

 

 

Which is why I'm always entertaining* people who say 'Ye Olde Shoppe' incorrectly about this precise thing...!

[Parky]

Thunderstorms forecast for tonight, tomorrow and Saturday in the East, SE & South according to BBC & Apple weather apps. If they don't happen, I will be very annoyed

Mrs P was told her place might close early tomorrow because of OMG BIBLICAL FLOODS!!!

 

Canterbury in Kent expected to get 6 inches of rain in an hour around lunchtime tomorrow. Quick check of Accuweather.....6mm expected.

 

Not exactly biblical. Best call Noah and let him know he might not need the big boat or all the animals after all

[dozeydustman]

I've been looking at several weather sites, and none of them are agreeing with each other. BBC & Apple (via the Weather channel) say one thing, Weather channel (who supply apple) and Met Office (who provide the BBC) contradict these, accuweather says it's going to be 24 celcius tonight.

 

I'm just watching https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;y=50.858;x=-0.3598;z=8;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; and it looks like they're getting some thunder in the solent.

[DodgeRover]

A much underused letter in the (Saxon) English alphabet. Mainly replaced with Y in words such as Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe because it was easier to write the even older letter Wynn (Ƿ), which then developed into the blackletter Y () in the medæval period. Both Thorn and Eth (Ð, ð) are still used in Icelandic, a very difficult language to get to grips with (I can't think of any other language where they call an Orange an Apple....)

 

Let's bring back the long S while we're at it 

 

This should be in the grin thread really, what other internet forum about cars would you find gems like this ^^^ on

[Parky]

COME BACK BEAST FROM THE EAST, ALL IS FORGIVEN!

[dozeydustman]

This should be in the grin thread really, what other internet forum about cars would you find gems like this ^^^ on

 

 

I don't know how to move statements from one thread to another, but it followed the previous reply.

 

Incidentally, Icelandic for apple is æbel.

 

I'm still grumpy about the wasp in the wife's dinner, if it helps with general misery

[andy18s]

We have street dogs loose in the village ,pretty much a standard feature throughout Bulgaria (not going into details)

Anyway,some of these dogs were getting a bit loud 1 night in a different part of the village,basically walking through and barking to say "I'm here"

Someone's taken it upon themselves to leave meat around the place,spiked with Strichne and killed at least 3 of them

Most of the village is in uproar over this as the dogs were friendly enough

The Mayor has got involved,the local COT (private security) is looking into it and the police May take a look if someone brings them a few quid....

[SiC]

I've been looking at several weather sites, and none of them are agreeing with each other. BBC & Apple (via the Weather channel) say one thing, Weather channel (who supply apple) and Met Office (who provide the BBC) contradict these, accuweather says it's going to be 24 celcius tonight.

 

I'm just watching https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;y=50.858;x=-0.3598;z=8;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; and it looks like they're getting some thunder in the solent.

MET office don't supply the BBC anymore.

[SiC]

We have street dogs loose in the village ,pretty much a standard feature throughout Bulgaria (not going into details)

Anyway,some of these dogs were getting a bit loud 1 night in a different part of the village,basically walking through and barking to say "I'm here"

Someone's taken it upon themselves to leave meat around the place,spiked with Strichne and killed at least 3 of them

Most of the village is in uproar over this as the dogs were friendly enough

The Mayor has got involved,the local COT (private security) is looking into it and the police May take a look if someone brings them a few quid....

What's Strichne?

[myglaren]

http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;y=54.65;x=-1.479;z=9;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;

 

Lightening tracker.  None close enough to me yet

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Mrs P was told her place might close early tomorrow because of OMG BIBLICAL FLOODS!!!

 

Canterbury in Kent expected to get 6 inches of rain in an hour around lunchtime tomorrow. Quick check of Accuweather.....6mm expected.

 

Not exactly biblical. Best call Noah and let him know he might not need the big boat or all the animals after all

 

 

I'm in Canterbury around lunchtime tomorrow.  I'll let you know...

[Pillock]

Weather forecasts.... I know they're never spot on but recently they've been all over the place. Four of five days in the past couple of weeks were forecast OMG RAIN and it never happened.... tomorrow has been downgraded from thunder and floods to "a bit of rain" 

[chaseracer]

What's Strichne?

 

Strychnine; a neurotoxin affecting muscle control, causing convulsions, asphyxiation and death.

 

Nice*...

[mrbenn]

I pretty much live on the internet hence why I have a shit load of tabs open (chronic and crippling back issues plus a lack of any sort of transport means I cant leave the house easily sadly so I spend my days browsing the internet and messing with computers in my room with occasional lightbulb fiddling)

 

as to those who say book mark em... well if you think I have too many tabs open you probably dont want to see my Bookmarks folder 

 

(its also why unsurprisingly im looking at a RAM upgrade... 32GB of RAM cant handle 124 Tabs in chrome plus what ever Virtual machines I have on the go, its a good thing I guess that I dont actually know what the RAM upgrade limit is on my computer, anyone got 8 64GB DDR3 LRDIMMs kicking around?  )

 

32 GB RAM?? I was pleased with myself for upgradging to 8GB recently

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Strychnine; a neurotoxin affecting muscle control, causing convulsions, asphyxiation and death.

 

Nice*...

 

 

Also used in the early editions of the Tour de France as a performance-enhancing drug in small doses...

[Guest Hooli]

Aye bloody forecasts, massive thunderstorms they claimed here. We got a bit of cloud & about 30secs of drizzle.

[BorniteIdentity]

Strychnine; a neurotoxin affecting muscle control, causing convulsions, asphyxiation and death.

 

Nice*...

I thought it was a Dario G record. Thanks for the intel.

[danthecapriman]

Wtf is wrong with you all!? You bunch of little girls!

 

This summer has been fucking brilliant. I’m absolutely loving it so far, sun, hot, dry and not a single drop of rain has landed here in over two months. It’s gorgeous!

I honestly can’t think of anything better and long may it continue.

[sierraman]

This is mild, late May I was in Nevada, it was 40 deg all the time.

[danthecapriman]

This is mild, late May I was in Nevada, it was 40 deg all the time.

Sounds like heaven to me.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Wtf is wrong with you all!? You bunch of little girls!

 

This summer has been fucking brilliant. I’m absolutely loving it so far, sun, hot, dry and not a single drop of rain has landed here in over two months. It’s gorgeous!

I honestly can’t think of anything better and long may it continue.

 

 

Try being a fat git digging in a clay garden!  To each their own but there's a reason I prefer holidays further North than South...

[sierraman]

I much prefer hot weather but out there it feels warmer still because of the dryness. Hoover Dam isn’t doing too well, when that runs out they are fucked. One thing I noticed was the lack of solar panels which I thought was bizarre.

[bramz7]

Nah hot weather can do one. Especially when working in a job I can't use the luxury of shorts/short sleeves anyway. 

 

My major grump is it's taken me 12 hours to do Bolton and back. The M6 was crash happy on the way up, the train was stuck at Milton Keynes for 45 mins on the way back, and the air con was broken. 

 

And to top it all off, my bin hasn't been emptied. I left it in one of two areas bins are left for the houses round here, but the binmen obviously decided that it wasn't worth walking the 15m to the other bins today. I'd understand if I'd left it hidden, or somewhere I hadn't left it beforehand, but they've never taken umbrage to it being left in that area until today.

 

I've sent the council a snooty email, but I suspect any (doubtful if I will even hear back) reply will say 'SOZ, use the local tip, cya next week'.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Try being a fat git digging in a clay garden!  To each their own but there's a reason I prefer holidays further North than South...

 

Sounds like heaven to me.

 

+1 try being on scunny steelworks pulling on spanners in overalls and steel toes! EEEEEEEEEEK

[dozeydustman]

Wtf is wrong with you all!? You bunch of little girls!

 

This summer has been fucking brilliant. I’m absolutely loving it so far, sun, hot, dry and not a single drop of rain has landed here in over two months. It’s gorgeous!

I honestly can’t think of anything better and long may it continue.

 

It's not the heat that does me in, it's the humidity. Dry heat, such as in Spain, is wonderful. Doing a dust round in armoured trousers made from poly cotton, a t-shirt that's black and poly cotton, and a yellow hi-vis that's pure polyester does not do well in 30+ degrees with 80% humidity. Even the skinny blokes at work are suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. Sweat doesn't evaporate off, drinking 5+ litres of water while on the round to keep fluid levels up, lack of appetite so energy levels drop. The stink from the wagon is unbelievable. Dusting in this heat is no fun at all.

 

And my garden looks shit.

[danthecapriman]

Any of the regulars on here will tell you how much I love* the winter and rain!

 

I’d take this weather all day every day all year round personally.

I’ve had the week off this week and been doing work on the cars and building and lining out a big shed. Yeah it’s hot and you sweat like a pig but it beats the shit out of wet and cold!

I work outdoors in this heat too. I’m with the electricity board too which means long sleeved shirts, and double lined trousers in all weather no excuses. If I’m ‘live’ working it means adding a thick flak jacket or arc proof overalls on top. (It’s anti burn anti arc clothing) and I’d still rather have it all on in this heat than winter.

Oh, and my works van has no A/C and has black vinyl seats!

[ChinaTom]

Heat, no not the magazine, the all pervading, cloying, irrepressible heat.

 

Today I had a meet in that there London. Was fine, but then had to get to another one with not much margin in hand. And thanks to some kids playing football in the sidings at Barking, the District ad Circle lines were screwed. Guess which lines I needed?

 

So big rush to a cab. Couldn’t find one (In London, ffs) but after ten minutes of skulking around Cannon Street I found one.

 

“Sorry mate, not going West”

 

Next one

 

“Sorry mate, not had me breakfast”

 

And again

 

“Sorry mate, just had something through on the computer”

 

Eventually found a guy prepared to take me. Arrived at interview 15minutes late and have seriously never been so dishevelled in my life. Older black cabs are a shit place to be in the heat. Opening the windows merely allows hot air from trucks to blow in, it would probably have been more comfortable being a fry cook in a foundry.

 

Met chum for lunch. Air conditioned restaurant and the twat insisted on sitting outside. My head is red raw and heatstroke wasn’t far off.

 

And now at 4.45 I now have to generate enough work to make my employer think I have been working and not attending two interviews.

 

And my fan isn’t working. Gaaaahhhhh!!!!

Many of many more reasons I do not miss London. Had a similar day Tuesday and in similar heat, but as this is Florida, I just decided to mutter

mañana under my breath, had a strong couple of Cortaditos in a Cuban cafe, and went home to sit by the pool (communal by the way).

 

Reschedule for next week. No one is in a hurry here...

 

 

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[155V6]

It's not the heat that does me in, it's the humidity. Dry heat, such as in Spain, is wonderful. Doing a dust round in armoured trousers made from poly cotton, a t-shirt that's black and poly cotton, and a yellow hi-vis that's pure polyester does not do well in 30+ degrees with 80% humidity. Even the skinny blokes at work are suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration. Sweat doesn't evaporate off, drinking 5+ litres of water while on the round to keep fluid levels up, lack of appetite so energy levels drop. The stink from the wagon is unbelievable. Dusting in this heat is no fun at all.

 

And my garden looks shit.

Don't envy you there.Stuck in traffic a few cars back from a bin wagon collecting in a High Street today wasn't very nice,& I was only there a few minutes.

Great respect to you guys 

[danthecapriman]

Don't envy you there.Stuck in traffic a few cars back from a bin wagon collecting in a High Street today wasn't very nice,& I was only there a few minutes.

Great respect to you guys 

I can only imagine what the rubbish stinks like in this heat too! It’s bad enough when one goes past let alone working on one.

[dozeydustman]

Don't envy you there.Stuck in traffic a few cars back from a bin wagon collecting in a High Street today wasn't very nice,& I was only there a few minutes.

Great respect to you guys 

 

 

Thanks 155. We're quite grateful that a few residents do bring us out glasses of squash or cans of drink in this weather. Look after your dustman and they'll look after you (take an extra bag/furniture/caravan, or put your wheelie bin back inside the gate)

 

Wasn't my chosen career but it's one I really enjoy doing. Beats being stuck indoors all day. Except I wish we did the job at night this time of year. Like they do in a lot of Europe.