The grumpy thread

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Obvs I don’t wish any ill on either of them, but TBH I always thought the chuckle brothers were shite. Even when I was of school age myself I remember thinking ‘FFS, is this what passes for kids TV nowadays?’ (actually just like what grumpy moaning old bastards have been saying since time immemorial).

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Always liked them but I was the target age in the early 90s...

[xtriple]

So sorry Ranting Yoof, shit times for you   Sorry for all the others going through the wringer at the moment as well, never easy but when you consider how fragile our bodies are (and complicated!) it's an effing miracle any of us survive past birth!

 

Anyway, my rants for today are: Just been babysitting the puppy again, fucking Phoebe bit her! she threatened it a few times last week but today, no messing, one growl then snap. I have never heard such an awful squealing for so long, it was horrible. Obviously I checked the pup out instantly and there is no damage - not a scratch, no blood, no puncture wounds, so it was just fright I guess. Phoebe got a right resounding, clunk across the nose and severely told off. I NEVER tell her off and hit her?  That simply never happens. But, she can't do things like that, not acceptable.

 

Then Ron (puppys owner) comes back and gives me the cigars he's been promising for the past four weeks, a 'thank you' for driving 130 miles twice and looking after the pup on several occasions, a whole pack of 10 miniature cigars. Not expecting a lot to be honest, but that's a bit shit in my view. Thoughts?

[SiC]

Obvs I don’t wish any ill on either of them, but TBH I always thought the chuckle brothers were shite. Even when I was of school age myself I remember thinking ‘FFS, is this what passes for kids TV nowadays?’ (actually just like what grumpy moaning old bastards have been saying since time immemorial).

 

 

Always liked them but I was the target age in the early 90s...

^^ this. I watched an old Chuckle Vision a few years ago and did not find it funny at all. When I was under 8 however it was pure comedy genius. That along with Bodger and Badger.

 

The next generation had Teletubbies which wasn't a patch on my generations TV. I'm sure the generation that got brought up on Teletubbies say the same thing. I mean Postman Pat is 3D animated now, not stop-motion ffs.

[MikeR]

Pebbleart .pebblerocks . paint a pebble . put fb contact on it ..... Hide it

 

Then

 

Use a closed group for reporting finds !!!

[Supernaut]

"SSEET NOC were alerted to an issue between Dyce and Peterhead last night at approx. 23:15 BST

 

Field Engineers were dispatched to OTDR fibres between the 2 locations which identified a break in the Balmedie area.

 

Our Fibre contractor was engaged and tasked to attend site and upon arrival discovered a CCTV post had been driven into the ground recently and was suspected to be the cause of the break.

 

Pin point testing has since proven the CCTV pole to be the cause as it appears that it has entered the fibre ducting and damaged the fibre.

 

We have a spare fibre cable that shares the same duct that was due to be used for a cutover later this month to bypass the roadworks on the A90, at this time the engineers are testing to confirm this has not also been damaged.

 

Once we have confirmation the cable is good we will commence splicing over the affected services.

 

There is no ETR at present and the fix time will be dependant on whether the spare fibre has also been damaged."

 

 

 

 

FFS! Really?!

 

Not only did it take out our site at Newburgh, but it's also taken out the fibre to the St Fergus gas terminal.

 

DERP. I think somebody will be visiting the job centre soon.

[dozeydustman]

Thought I'd have a good day today as weekend was great and I've been transferred over to bin deliveries and bulky household waste as a permanent thing, which means no more chasing after a stinky lorry.

 

5 jobs, one of which is transfer 30 1100 litre bins from site a to site b as they're 'loaners' for events etc. Site a has lost 8 of them.

 

Puncture.

 

Engine blows up in second bin delivery wagon meaning Mick (driver) and I have to do some of that crew's work as well.

 

Puncture fixed after waiting 2 hours for the fitter. Meanwhile the chip on my bank card has crapped out. I don't have contactless.

 

Start getting headaches from heat and lack of water.

 

On last run back to depot wasp flies in through my window and gets down the collar of my shirt. I have 6 stings on my chest, back, neck and shoulders.

 

Get home, stepdaughter hasn't done the housework we asked her to do - wash up a few cups and 2 plates from yesterday evening. I'm going to switch the bloody router off as she's been glued to her PC all day no doubt.

 

The kitchen tap is now dripping as well and I've broken my fly swat trying to take out 2 bluebottles that have managed to get in the house.

 

The rest of the day can go fuck itself.

[Craig the Princess]

Suspect it’s deeply unfashionable to like them, but they were ace. RIP, Barry.

I was amazed when the BBC lead the tributes to Barry Chuckle with a tweet from Tinchy Stryder.

 

PS, while searching how to spell him name it seems he released a song called To Me, To You (Bruce) with the brothers Chuckle.

[nebuchenezer]

So sorry Ranting Yoof, shit times for you   Sorry for all the others going through the wringer at the moment as well, never easy but when you consider how fragile our bodies are (and complicated!) it's an effing miracle any of us survive past birth!

 

Anyway, my rants for today are: Just been babysitting the puppy again, fucking Phoebe bit her! she threatened it a few times last week but today, no messing, one growl then snap. I have never heard such an awful squealing for so long, it was horrible. Obviously I checked the pup out instantly and there is no damage - not a scratch, no blood, no puncture wounds, so it was just fright I guess. Phoebe got a right resounding, clunk across the nose and severely told off. I NEVER tell her off and hit her?  That simply never happens. But, she can't do things like that, not acceptable.

 

Then Ron (puppys owner) comes back and gives me the cigars he's been promising for the past four weeks, a 'thank you' for driving 130 miles twice and looking after the pup on several occasions, a whole pack of 10 miniature cigars. Not expecting a lot to be honest, but that's a bit shit in my view. Thoughts?

To RY and others virtual hugs - seems to be a bit of a shit time for quite a few peeps recently.

 

Xtriple, your post reminded me of my brother, (all of 18 months old at the time) grabbing and squeezing my grandad's fully grown Golden Retriever's bollocks. Said dog camly lent over, opened its mouth wide and covered my brothers head then looked at my grandad with a please may I expression on its face. Thankfully brother released his grip on the nuts and after much petting dog decided to remove his jaws from around brothers head and retreat to his bed to lick his balls better.

 

It sounds humorous now but I bet my grandparents were shitting themselves at the time.

 

Totally trivial grumps:

 

Need new front tyres for the Volvo

I appear to be paying for beloveds brother to use the Fiesta 

Beloved has taken to the BMW like a fly to shit - ho hum, at least I got 100 miles in it

My left knee has decided to be fucked - went to vets, got a load of drugs and told "if it's not better in 7 days best nip over to A & E - Thanks

[Zelandeth]

Oh FFS.

 

Went to local caravan specialist - really helpful, got the stuff they had in stock, but were up front that they didn't stock stuff like compression fittings for the gas supply. Was advised that a mob up the road by Daventry probably would though as they stock much more in the way of parts.

 

35 minute drive later, and the folks on the desk were totally flummoxed by an 8mm gas distribution manifold and couldn't for the life of them work out which fittings attach to it.

 

After ten minutes of them ignoring my suggestions, I gave up and walked out.

 

... what's really annoying is that I went and left the one Flexi hose to compression fitting for the water heater water supply that I do have on the bloody desk...so now need two of those rather than one.

 

Was really hoping to avoid ordering stuff off the internet for this.

[nebuchenezer]

"SSEET NOC were alerted to an issue between Dyce and Peterhead last night at approx. 23:15 BST

 

Field Engineers were dispatched to OTDR fibres between the 2 locations which identified a break in the Balmedie area.

 

Our Fibre contractor was engaged and tasked to attend site and upon arrival discovered a CCTV post had been driven into the ground recently and was suspected to be the cause of the break.

 

Pin point testing has since proven the CCTV pole to be the cause as it appears that it has entered the fibre ducting and damaged the fibre.

 

We have a spare fibre cable that shares the same duct that was due to be used for a cutover later this month to bypass the roadworks on the A90, at this time the engineers are testing to confirm this has not also been damaged.

 

Once we have confirmation the cable is good we will commence splicing over the affected services.

 

There is no ETR at present and the fix time will be dependant on whether the spare fibre has also been damaged."

 

 

 

 

FFS! Really?!

 

Not only did it take out our site at Newburgh, but it's also taken out the fibre to the St Fergus gas terminal.

 

DERP. I think somebody will be visiting the job centre soon.

I'm guessing this is something to do with the bypass that has taken 60 years in planning.

[Floatylight]

After had a number of grumbles with my regular garage over the past year I've just had to have the RAC out to any and various warning lights on my C4 Picasso, fault was found to be low brake fluid (reservoir empty) car has been in recently and had work done on brakes, bleed nipple or rear caliper found to be loose and brake fluid pissed all over the inside of the wheel.. This is on top of them having lifted it on a 4 post lift wrong and put 4 crease marks on the sills, having squeaky brakes they can't fix, a clonks on the front suspension which they say can only be the shock absorber, then they strip down the front end to change a top mount for the MOT reassemble without changing or giving me option to change the shocks, charge me 2 hours labour then say it will be 4 hours labour to change shocks! On top of this paid them to check wife's car over before a road trip, 3 days before she left a wheel bearing went, then they said brakes really low, needs discs & pads (a week before it didn't) then one of the discs they fitted was warped and she had to drive over 1k miles with a new warped disc... Time to find a new garage (after they've paid for a body shop to fixe the sills)

Rant over!

 

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[Inspector Morose]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Great, unemployed and unemployable. A winning combination for ones own sanity let alone wealth.

[Saabnut]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Great, unemployed and unemployable. A winning combination for ones own sanity let alone wealth.

 

That was a bit sudden, no?

 

Holidays up north to visit mouldering cars are always on offer should you so wish!

[chaseracer]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Was that the response to your perfectly reasonable texts?

 

FACOM.  You deserve better.

[Bren]

Yoof my thoughts are with you.

[Bren]

Car boot sales.

My other half filled the car with bzby stuff. People offering £3 for a pram that is up for £5. Its a pram for fucks sake, not a ten year old focus.

 

Politicians who say our economy is booming have obviously never been to a car boot sale.

[mrbenn]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Great, unemployed and unemployable. A winning combination for ones own sanity let alone wealth.

 

Join the club.

 

Actually, don't. It's shit.

[Zelandeth]

Fscking weather.

 

I got as far as going outside, opening garage door, opening van, laying out the extension cable, removing one hose clip and pulling the associated hose off.

 

I had to bail at that point as I was seriously feeling like I was about to pass out from the heat. Some medication I'm on increases not so much the temperature I can handle, but how quickly it affects me...so when it's 29C out there, I'm pretty much screwed as soon as I walk through the door.

 

Suspect I'm just going to say screw it and buy a bloody cooling vest tonight. Have been going to for years, and it won't inevitably arrive till this warm spell is over, but at least I'll be prepared for the next one.

 

Now going to go and hide and hope my head stops pounding soon.

[Slartibartfast]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Great, unemployed and unemployable. A winning combination for ones own sanity let alone wealth.

I'm sorry mate What happened?

[New POD]

It seems that I’m soon to be unemployed.

 

Great, unemployed and unemployable. A winning combination for ones own sanity let alone wealth.

what is it that you do?

[Inspector Morose]

what is it that you do?

It was a pretty unique job involving exhibitions and buses in equal measure. Over the past year, I've seen various attempts at reducing costs at my expense, cheaper hotels. Now the latest effort is expecting me to get to Aberdeen in a double deck bus within legal hours.

"****** says you can do it within hours"

"I just did the very same journey in a car yesterday and I can assure you that you can't"

"***** says you can"

 

etc etc etc. It's the drip drip drip of stupidity that makes the job just not worth it. 

I'm not about to tell them to shove it their arses as the Rover is there until I can get it north but, basically, I've had enough of them.

[myglaren]

Bloody...sodding...bastard...ants!

 

Little bastards making it nigh on impossible to get anything done that involves being on or near the ground.

 

Milton Keynes seems to be synonymous with "giant anthill" as they seem to be everywhere around here.

Borax and sugar solution.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Laying paving slabs for our new shed.

 

Fuck me.  Back-breaking work in massive heat.  Started at about 10AM, finished at 7PM.  Got to 11.45AM and had to take an hour off because I felt so ill.  Managed to take it easy enough over the day to get it done but I feel absolutely crap now.

 

I'm not made for manual labour.

[yellowperil]

Thought I'd have a good day today as weekend was great and I've been transferred over to bin deliveries and bulky household waste as a permanent thing, which means no more chasing after a stinky lorry.

 

5 jobs, one of which is transfer 30 1100 litre bins from site a to site b as they're 'loaners' for events etc. Site a has lost 8 of them.

 

We do exactly the same job, except i may do other tasks on Mondays and you have more hills to deal with.

 

How does someone lose eight 1100s?

 

Today's grump is flies, there are currently about ten in my house absolutely driving me mad.

[Simonsays]

In an effort to make those of you who are currently going through shit times smile a little.....

 

Yesterday I managed to stick my thumb and forefinger together with superglue.

[Tamworthbay]

In an effort to make those of you who are currently going through shit times smile a little.....

Yesterday I managed to stick my thumb and forefinger together with superglue.

If I am honest I do this each and every time I use poundshop superglue, it’s much more runny than the normal stuff. It’s not unusual for me to finish the job with the whole tube stuck between my finger and thumb.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

In an effort to make those of you who are currently going through shit times smile a little.....

 

Yesterday I managed to stick my thumb and forefinger together with superglue.

 

 

Look, I know we all want to appear continental, dare I say Italian sometimes but that is going far too far.

[myglaren]

Most of my work is gluing the component parts of PVC door panels together.

Consequently I'm generally up to the ears in bloody polyurethane glue.

 

Today's grump is flies, there are currently about ten in my house absolutely driving me mad.

 

May work, may not.

[Christine]

If I am honest I do this each and every time I use poundshop superglue, it’s much more runny than the normal stuff. It’s not unusual for me to finish the job with the whole tube stuck between my finger and thumb.

As does Donald Trump...