The grumpy thread

[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.

[155V6]

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.

I deliver hay & animal feed,not much weighs less than 20KG but at least it smells nice.I've been off this week,so missed the heat.I know what you mean about not being inside though 

[vulgalour]

You don't smell it so much when you're in the cab up front, providing it's a half-decent wagon.  I only did a very short stint on the wagons before I tore all the ligaments in my knee, and I very much wanted to go back, but honestly I'm just not fit enough and the homophobia from some of the guys was a bit of a nuisance.

[sierraman]

I think you can run into narrow minded individuals in a variety of professions anyway.

[beko1987]

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.

This does work! Charlie is obsessed with the dustman and Amy always takes glasses of water out for them. Our bin always gets put by the gate and they never seem to open the lid and not see the remains of a hoover or dead body placed on top and then not empty it!

 

We even got it washed last week, bloke in a van who I caught and had a chat with as I was off last Monday, £3.50 and did a bloody fine job!

 

Wait, I've just posted about how happy I am that we got our black bin cleaned, jesus fucking christ this heat is getting to me! (fellow cold lover here). I was even pricing up fixing the air con on the laguna earlier!

[SiC]

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!!!!

One word. Uber

 

I don't give a damn what people say, I've always had good service from jolly drivers with smart and modern cars when using Uber. Around Bristol it's mostly all the private hire cabs that do it. They do their normal jobs (school/airport/granny) and any free time they'd be sitting they open up the Uber app. So basically making money where otherwise they'd be sitting around doing nothing while waiting for a job. On the weekend and Friday evening especially they can make pretty decent amounts (for cabbie). Unlike the ones that do Uber only elsewhere, they can earn a living without burning themselves out. Means they can keep their wheels turning and bringing in cash when otherwise they wouldn't.

 

Regular hackney cabs around here are over priced, self righteous bastards like they are in London. Scabby vehicles that stink and uncomfortable while the meter flicks along at an alarming rate. Made worse by the fact they have to be painted "Bristol Blue". But being cheap bastards most either had a shit blowover or a roller paint job. Thankfully the knackered old vehicles are being phased out to ones that don't choke your throats if you have to cycle behind one.

 

All the cab drivers drive like tossers though. Basically assume that you are going to yield. Don't think of anything to be doing 40-50mph in 20-30mph limits. Pull out without indicating and often not looking either.

 

In some ways it would be nice if the centre was simply pushbike or by foot.

[Pillock]

It's been 31° here today.

For reasons I'm still not sure of I decided to briefly be the highest person in Leicestershire and climb a massive hill.

 

 

To be fair I started at 9am but then I got carried away exploring at the top and trying to work out what I could see and it was getting properly hot. Masses of flies, I'm hardly svelte so I was sweating out of previously unknown orifices too

 

But then it rained. It rained for about 30 seconds which did bugger all for the state of the grass, I mean straw everywhere. But it did make it incredibly humid, plus I had to nip out and cover over some gardening tools I'd left out so now I'm sat in a hot house, in a damp t-shirt, with the humidity levels approaching "40 fathoms below".

[dave21478]

Its 2am and I am sitting here waiting for the sweet release of death - Seriously....God.....You and I both know I dont believe in you, but on the offchance I am wrong, just hurry the fuck up and kill me.

 

I am one of those annyoing twats who never gets ill....the odd sniffle, sometimes a dose of the runs if food doesnt agree, but when I do get ill, holy fuck do I cop it bad.

 

Sore throat that is agony when swallowing....its like deep-throating a handful of hacksaw blades. This has spread to sore neck and stuffy head, and while this is just about bearable during the day its hellish at night....I havent had more than about 10 minutes of continuous sleep since Tuesday...just a few snatched minutes of dozing here and there until I am awoken by coughing and pain. Weird side effects include excess saliva production so I smear dribble all over my face when lying down and have to constantly spit into a bucket on the floor like some fucking Alabama hick, and most bizarrely I seem to have developed an air-leak in my plumbing somewhere as I am ripping out the most disturbing, life-changing farts imaginable.  

 

I have been to Le Boots and bought all the medicines and have been chewing that shit like its tic-tacs but its doing fuck all.

 

Add in the heat...the fucking unbearable, savage, unremitting heat that is supposed to get even fucking hotter next week and here I am sitting butt-nekkid in front of the computer with a fan pointed at my nads, moaning to a bunch of imaginary people on an online forum about cars that is probably all just a delusion in my head.

[chaseracer]

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

 

No problem.  Any relation to sax legend Kenny G? 

[dave21478]

Not even joking, my nose started bleeding a couple of minutes after writing that ^^

 

I havent had a nose-bleed for decades. Talk about portents.....

 

well if this is the end - see you in another life, brothers. Its been great/shit** talking to you. [**delete as appropriate]

[paulplom]

Not even joking, my nose started bleeding a couple of minutes after writing that ^^

 

I havent had a nose-bleed for decades. Talk about portents.....

 

well if this is the end - see you in another life, brothers. Its been great/shit** talking to you. [**delete as appropriate]

I feel fine atm. But if it makes you feel any better. I'm a much worse patient than you.

[New POD]

I think you can run into narrow minded individuals in a variety of professions anyway.

Yes. If i hear anything homophobic uttered by anyone at work I usually say

 

Don't knock it until you have tried it.

 

This probably confuses people because erm stupid.

 

Obviously every global corporation has a diversity and ethics policy but there is no test in the recruitment process for bigotry.