The grumpy thread

[Tadhg Tiogar]

...He even owns a Fiat 132. …

Only 8 of those currently running in Britain. Supposedly.

[somewhatfoolish]

 

Fair play, he's actually a proper car guy and took the front brake apart to ensure it doesn't stick on when he drives it back. 

 

He even owns a Fiat 132. 

 

Only 8 of those currently running in Britain. Supposedly.

He clearly belongs here.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

Okay, obviously me posting that prompted him to arrive....

He clearly belongs here.

 

He's probably already here.....

[fordperv]

Ive just been informed that my neighbors dad has sold both his road legal reliant robins for £500 As a pair

 

I would've took his arm off for them at that price

[Datsuncog]

Ive just been informed that my neighbors dad has sold both his road legal reliant robins for £500 As a pair

 

I would've took his arm off for them at that price

 

Probably why he didn't mention it - cos then he would have been down two Robins and an arm...

[fordperv]

Probably why he didn't mention it - cos then he would have been down two Robins and an arm...

Ba boom tsssh

 

My first thought was I would've kept one and passed the other to plasticvandan for very little money

[alcyonecorporation]

Robins and Rialtos hold their money stronger than I thought tbh - are they still popular with bikers as winter wheels or has that license loophole closed now?

[Datsuncog]

They do seem to fetch serious coin now. £500 for a pair - fully working and legal - seems to be very cheap. The only ones I've seen lately under four figures have been total wrecks; and Dollywobbler's engine search for something to power the Fox indicated that the days of £250 Reliant 3-wheelers are long gone.

 

That is deeply annoying though, especially as you and others could have used them. A former neighbour had a gardenful of Skoda Estelles belonging to her sons who used to rally them, and paid for the scrappie to come and lift them all (early 2000s, when scrap was worthless) because she didn't think anyone would want them. There was a decent-looking bright orange 1977 example in amongst them, too.

[yellowperil]

Work.

At our work we have two shifts...

 

06:00 until 16:00 Tuesday to friday, every Monday off.

 

07:00 until 15:00 Monday to Thursday and 06:00 until 14:30 on fridays.

 

Ever since this started three years ago the reality has been that the 06:00 until 16:00 workers are usually out of the door and going home about two hours early most days, sometimes even earlier. They still get paid until 16:00.

The 07:00 until 15:00 workers, who are mostly garden waste crews usually go home well after 15:00 and sometimes as much as two hours late.

 

Quite a few off the long shift then get to come in on mondays and do various jobs while getting paid overtime.

 

If I get my work finished and get back to the yard early i get sent out to do other jobs, that is fair enough, but what pisses me off is seeing other people go home.

 

Today was a case in point, I returned two hours early and got given a stack of bin deliveries to do, again, that's fair enough. I had to rush to get them done and when I got back to the yard the second time two hours later there were other people going home two hours early for them.

 

The manager just doesn't understand why this pisses me off.

[meggersdog]

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

 

h8sjh

 

ffs hope that pipe bursts but not while I'm near it.

[nigel bickle]

I resurrected an old Espero

 

Once Mot’d I just could not find the V.5c I knew I had. Bum.

 

So I sent a cheque to DVLA.

 

Eventually I enquired, to have explained they had never received it .( Royal Mail, yadda yadda).

I let him run for a while, then quietly explained that the cheque had cleared 8 weeks ago.

 

Confusion - then another in the post - which happily arrived today.

 

Deep joy, until I spotted that the tax class ( prev plg) was now Disabled. Spiteful....

 

So, a trip to the P.O. to sort, next Saturday. They can stuff this month.

[DodgeRover]

I've just passed on the purchase of a charger the same as my avatar image. I'm being realistic and it don't like it at all hopefully it's gone/ going to someone I know.

[alcyonecorporation]

The E38 on the American Cars UK FB group?

[DodgeRover]

The E38 on the American Cars UK FB group?

Bugger me not seen or heard of another of those in the UK - can you message me the price?

Goes off the join another group...

[D Spares & Tyres]

My car clearout appears not to be working very well.

 

Have just bought a Citroen C15

 

Unseen.

 

Bollocks

[Saabnut]

Changing the spring on my friends Mk2 1966 Spitfire is turning out to be a complete bastard of a job. It is still not back together....

[Timewaster]

Is that the single transverse leaf spring?

[Saabnut]

Is that the single transverse leaf spring?

 

Yes - new one on but slowly rebuilding the entire rear end that had to be dismantled to get the spring on.

[DodgeRover]

Leave it and look at it tomorrow with fresh eues

[PhilA]

Leave it and look at it tomorrow with fresh eues

The grease from the wool of the sheep will help reassembly.

 

Phil

 

 

yes yes, I know

[iainrcz]

Swipe left to reject, right to apply.

Left

Left

Left

Etc

Etc

Etc

 

There are no jobs left.

 

Uninstall app.

 

Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk

[Richard]

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

 

h8sjh

 

ffs hope that pipe bursts but not while I'm near it.

 

Do testers have access to the MOT history when they log a car in? It's a brave move to pass something borderline that another tester has already failed.

[beko1987]

This afternoon:

 

They: "Nyphur" - please can you do action XYZ?

Me: Are you sure? I don't know much about it, but I think doing action XYZ might cause some serious issues.

They: Yes, please go ahead, Mr A Fuckwitt from department ZYX has assured us everything will be fine

Me: I strongly suggest NOT doing XYZ, especially on a Friday afternoon - if it causes issues there won't be anyone from my department available to resolve it until Tuesday

They: We have assurances that we MUST do XYZ, please do it now.

Me: OK

 

20 Minutes ago:

 

Me: Hello?

They: Hello, this is (a manager)

Me: How did you get this number?

They: We need you to undo what you did earlier, it has caused a substantial issue for the client!

Me: (you don't say?!) I'm sorry, I'm in the pub, and the rest of the team are on leave or travelling to Satellite offices. Also, it is not a 10 minute job to "undo". We'll look at it tuesday. Otherwise get Mr A Fuckwitt to fix it.

They: Mr A Fuckwitt is unavaila..

*Click*

 

5 minutes ago:

 

Me: Hello?

They: Hello, this is (managing director)

Me: (oh dear)

 

So now I will be working into the night, once again. I'm annoyed for 2 reasons.

 

1) at myself. I was fairly sure that doing what they insisted would break something, but I got cajoled into doing it anyway

2) also at myself, for not having a spine and saying I would work tonight to fix it.

Rule number 3 - NEVER Release on a Friday!

[New POD]

This afternoon:

 

They: "Nyphur" - please can you do action XYZ?

Me: Are you sure? I don't know much about it, but I think doing action XYZ might cause some serious issues.

They: Yes, please go ahead, Mr A Fuckwitt from department ZYX has assured us everything will be fine

Me: I strongly suggest NOT doing XYZ, especially on a Friday afternoon - if it causes issues there won't be anyone from my department available to resolve it until Tuesday

They: We have assurances that we MUST do XYZ, please do it now.

Me: OK

 

20 Minutes ago:

 

Me: Hello?

They: Hello, this is (a manager)

Me: How did you get this number?

They: We need you to undo what you did earlier, it has caused a substantial issue for the client!

Me: (you don't say?!) I'm sorry, I'm in the pub, and the rest of the team are on leave or travelling to Satellite offices. Also, it is not a 10 minute job to "undo". We'll look at it tuesday. Otherwise get Mr A Fuckwitt to fix it.

They: Mr A Fuckwitt is unavaila..

*Click*

 

5 minutes ago:

 

Me: Hello?

They: Hello, this is (managing director)

Me: (oh dear)

 

So now I will be working into the night, once again. I'm annoyed for 2 reasons.

 

1) at myself. I was fairly sure that doing what they insisted would break something, but I got cajoled into doing it anyway

2) also at myself, for not having a spine and saying I would work tonight to fix it.

Tell me you insisted they send a taxi or that the MD comes personally to the pub to get you and that if it's that important both manager and MD stay and watch you do it properly.

[ruffgeezer]

Bloke I found breaking a V70 in the same variant of blue as mine has now gone silent after I went in to work yesterday specifically to get the van in preparation.

 

Bumhats, I was hoping to get it back together this weekend too.

[Guest Hooli]

Getting a final warning for jokes on here when the people they were aimed at liked the fucking post.

Seems we have the same rules as primary schools these days, rather than being allowed to converse as adults who often know each other in the real world.

[alcyonecorporation]

[generic 'it's not what it used to be' post]

[hairnet]

Bloody modern appliances. The washing machine stopped mid cycle and started bleeping for attention. ERROR 4E. I pressed pause-- nothing, pressed power off-- nothing, Switched off at the wall and tried again--nothing. so I calmed down as the warranty is still in force. Then I looked up the error in the manual. After I turned the water back on it was quite happy to continue because ERROR 4E is Samsung for "you need water to run a washer" DOOOOH.

:lol: x 10000

 

did ya git wit? when ya turned it on

[Des]

Changing the spring on my friends Mk2 1966 Spitfire is turning out to be a complete bastard of a job. It is still not back together....

 

I did likewise for a friend many years ago, don't know what was going on with the replacement spring but it ruined the car, left the back wheels fucked up looking like a Beetle with its engine removed, he got fobbed off with the old it'll settle in bollocks.

[Guest Hooli]

Is it one of the setups you need to put on the floor before tightening up or it doesn't sit right?