The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Day two in the worst-designed Transit ever. Turkish Transits can FRO.

[Saabnut]

Gumtree.

 

I have never sold on Gumtree.

I have never bought from Gumtree.

I almost never even look on Gumtree.

 

So, why when I had half an hour to kill this morning before going out to take my friends MGB to the painters on my trailer did I go and look at motors on Gumtree?

 

And why have I just returned home from looking at a car whilst on my way to the MGB and why the fuck have I just bought another car?

 

Collection this evening!

[Cavcraft]

Don’t really know what you’ve got to moan about, tbh. I’ve spent the whole day making a ventriloquist’s dummy out of old bits of carpet.

 

 

It’s ruggish.

[meggersdog]

There are two doors to my office,one on the outside of the building and one from the workshop.Both these doors have a sign that reads "mot reception and waiting area" The outside door is always shut but due to a mischievous  wasp buzzing about this morning I closed the door to the workshop.

A little while later some woman turns up for an mot.Stands at the workshop entrance then goes nextdoor as "there's nobody there".Mechanic nextdoor opens the door marked "mot reception"  OH, someone is there...

ffs

Trying to explain to this super intelligent* person that the law has changed on MIL lights."It's been on for the last three mot's" does not mean it will pass this time.

 

How do thick people survive life ?

[Saabnut]

 

Why do thick people survive life ?

 

FTFY

[bramz7]

Took the 164 back to the garage earlier. Drivers side front caliper has gone. Piston siezed. He can't find the part. I'm having trouble myself.

 

Might have to abandon one of the incoming purchases now.

[vulgalour]

Cigarette lighters, and only the cigarette lighters, have completely stopped working in the Princess today for no reason.  Typically it would be the first drive I've had in ages when I saw interesting stuff I would have liked to capture on fuzzy dashcam too, like the C4 Corvette that looked just like a Hot Wheels car.

[hairnet]

Need to go doctors

 

Rang earlier engaged

 

Rang again engaged

 

Rang at 1430 voicemail hi we're closed ( they see people till 4 been like that 15 years)

 

Our opening hours are 8 am 4 30 pm

 

Wtf 

 

Not like I go doctors often - twice in fifteen years and one was only cos the hospital wouldn't see me without doc approval for a fucked tendon

[panhard65]

Minor grump - who does European breakdown cover for chod? Everything is for vehicles less than 10 or 15 years old. Back to ADAC at this rate unless they've changed their rules too.

My breakdown cover is with Swintons and they cover me rather than the car and do all of europe for about 15 quid a month. They didn't quibble coming out to my 1969 Seat when it played up in France. It was also Spanish registered at the time and they covered it.

[dozeydustman]

I live in London, but when I go elsewhere in the country, people seem a lot more pragmatic and calm.

 

 

You've answered your own question with this statement.

[Lacquer Peel]

yet another load of road works , with fairy lights for stop go farting around .....

 

engage pissed off mode in my old car

 

so I drove over the cones that appeared into my view as the big lorry exposed them to me .....

 

and kept going ....

 

with the dying cone stuck under my car ....

 

and all the pointers wafting in their new posh cars pointed and said unto me " you have cone stuck under your car !! "

 

as I progressed along the road with the man in the council truck chasing after me .....

 

so I drove up the kerb to release it but it wanted to play some more ..

 

so I reversed over it which brought forth more crunching of dying cone ...

 

at which point I got out and handed its remains to the following council driver who slung it in the back of his truck ....

 

 

he he he he he

You ramraided roadworks? I don't know why this has two likes.

[artdjones]

Took the 164 back to the garage earlier. Drivers side front caliper has gone. Piston siezed. He can't find the part. I'm having trouble myself.

 

Might have to abandon one of the incoming purchases now.

Try Brakes International.They have calipers and repair kits/pistons.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Minor grump - who does European breakdown cover for chod? Everything is for vehicles less than 10 or 15 years old. Back to ADAC at this rate unless they've changed their rules too.

CSMA.

 

If you don't work in the public sector I can recommend you as my friend, PM me. I'm away but will sort it out when in home on Tuesday.

[Des]

How do thick people survive life ?

 

Because people like you are compensating for their thickness by ensuring that they have brakes, steering and tyres that wont go pop on a motorway sending them barrel rolling into oblivion.  You could always turn a blind eye and let nature run its course.

[danthecapriman]

You've answered your own question with this statement.

I don’t know...

I rarely go near London but even the slightest things often make me want to wipe out humanity in a blind fury!

[Richard]

Day two in the worst-designed Transit ever. Turkish Transits can FRO.

 

It's not the worst-designed Transit ever, it's the worst-designed anything ever. I can't wait to see how they down their game for the next model.

[dozeydustman]

I don’t know...

I rarely go near London but even the slightest things often make me want to wipe out humanity in a blind fury!

 

 

Londoners spreading their evil ways in the southern counties.

 

Someone had the cheek today to call me a Londoner because of my out of place accent in these parts (mix of Estuary English and Kentish dialect) I said "I'm not a Londoner, I'm a Kentishman". Their reply was "My condolences to you". Cheeky bastard.

[SierraMikeHotel]

 

 

Someone had the cheek today to call me a Londoner because of my out of place accent in these parts (mix of Estuary English and Kentish dialect) I said "I'm not a Londoner, I'm a Kentishman". Their reply was "My condolences to you". Cheeky bastard.

Could be worse.

 

I grew up in Bromley and *nobody* wants to claim ownership of that. If I meet a Kentish person and offer the hand of kinship I get told, "that's not Kent, it's London." Likewise, Londoners sneer with derision because I'm clearly a Kentish country bumpkin.

 

I moved to Sussex, that seems to have solved the issue.

[Guest Hooli]

Update.

 

Turns out it only works on some tomtoms, not cheap ones, not very old ones & not new ones - thats handy then as it's described everywhere as working with ALL!

 

I'm getting a Garmin at lunchtime for a lot more than I wanted to pay but it appears to do what I need, I'll just have to spend another night programming all my routes in. Anyone want a cheap tomtom smart 20?

 

Update on the update, Garmins work. Thank fuck for that!

[dozeydustman]

Could be worse.

 

I grew up in Bromley and *nobody* wants to claim ownership of that. If I meet a Kentish person and offer the hand of kinship I get told, "that's not Kent, it's London." Likewise, Londoners sneer with derision because I'm clearly a Kentish country bumpkin.

 

I moved to Sussex, that seems to have solved the issue.

 

 

Bromley is Kent, always was, always will be. Ditto for Bexley.

 

SMH I moved to Sussex as well, probably my love of gypsy tarts and oast houses is confusing everyone.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Actual lol!

[dozeydustman]

This is a gypsy tart. A delicacy in Kent.

 

 

Except this is not Kentish being made in that there eastern half of the county in planet Thanet.

[dozeydustman]

Could be worse.

 

I grew up in Bromley and *nobody* wants to claim ownership of that. If I meet a Kentish person and offer the hand of kinship I get told, "that's not Kent, it's London." Likewise, Londoners sneer with derision because I'm clearly a Kentish country bumpkin.

 

I moved to Sussex, that seems to have solved the issue.

 

 

Forgot to add, I was born in Erith, but parents moved to Gravesend when I was 8 months. Erith beats Bromley in the "nobody wants to claim ownership" stakes.

[loserone]

Sat at the back of a queue of traffic and heard a van sounding his horn behind me.

 

He was telling his wife, driving the Mercedes in front of him to look in front at the queue of traffic.

 

She didn't. Edited to add: and drove straight into the back of the leaf.

 

He then proceeded to tell me that my car had no damage, and that they didn't need to give me any details; got pretty agitated when I took a picture of both cars!

[SierraMikeHotel]

Forgot to add, I was born in Erith, but parents moved to Gravesend when I was 8 months. Erith beats Bromley in the "nobody wants to claim ownership" stakes.

My step sister has just bought a flat in Gravesend, nearest place to London that she could afford. She commutes to Crystal Palace every day. I'm *really* glad I left Greater London the moment I turned 18.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Sat at the back of a queue of traffic and heard a van sounding his horn behind me.

 

He was telling his wife, driving the Mercedes in front of him to look in front at the queue of traffic.

 

She didn't.

 

He then proceeded to tell me that my car had no damage, and that they didn't need to give me any details; got pretty agitated when I took a picture of both cars!

Er what? You took a picture of them because they beeped their horn? Or did they hit your car?

[captain_70s]

Er what? You took a picture of them because they beeped their horn? Or did they hit your car?

The wife drove her car into Mr Loserone's I believe.

[Kiltox]

Mortgage brokers / mortgages in general - get in the fucking sea. It shouldn’t take loads of chasing phone calls and emails to get you to do your fucking job that I’m paying you to do, just get on with it

 

Coach travellers - to the sea. You’ve missed your coach because you’re a fucktard, don’t argue the toss because they won’t delay the 45 people who were there on time by making the coach stop and reverse back onto the stand for you. You absolute thundercunt.

 

Software developers - the world doesn’t revolve around you. I’m not going to weaken the security of an entire platform with thousands of users for your one tiny use case. You might have managed to convince your manager that you walk on water but in reality you’re just another cheap resource from the shite outsource firm and I just think you’re a cunt. Also - address me in that tone again and I’ll smack you in the fucking mouth.

[320touring]

Mortgage brokers / mortgages in general - get in the fucking sea. It shouldn’t take loads of chasing phone calls and emails to get you to do your fucking job that I’m paying you to do, just get on with it

 

Coach travellers - to the sea. You’ve missed your coach because you’re a fucktard, don’t argue the toss because they won’t delay the 45 people who were there on time by making the coach stop and reverse back onto the stand for you. You absolute thundercunt.

 

Software developers - the world doesn’t revolve around you. I’m not going to weaken the security of an entire platform with thousands of users for your one tiny use case. You might have managed to convince your manager that you walk on water but in reality you’re just another cheap resource from the shite outsource firm and I just think you’re a cunt. Also - address me in that tone again and I’ll smack you in the fucking mouth.

Highlight of the week was meeting up with me on Tuesday then?

 

[SiC]

Software developers - the world doesn’t revolve around you.

No we are even more than that. We make the cogs to make the world actually go around. IT and those that make it to continue to work is merely a tool to allow us to do that and to continue greasing+oiling those cogs we made.

 

 

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