The grumpy thread

[busmansholiday]

Family meals ! We'll split the bill. Fuck me, my bit was 14 quid, so why is it 35 quid each. Next time I'm off to McDonalds !!!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I would buy a whole new air horn kit , the old horns gum up as well ....

 

I'm going to spray WD40 into the trumpets and see if that makes any difference*

[stonedagain]

Family meals ! We'll split the bill. Fuck me, my bit was 14 quid, so why is it 35 quid each. Next time I'm off to McDonalds !!!

It's the same when we go for a meal with Mrs Stoned's family. Always the same couple who order the most expensive starter, main & dessert, then put their drinks on the tab for good measure! Boils my piss!

[Vin]

Or demands for another vote from those who didn't get the result they wanted first Second time around.

 

EFA - (1st = 8th June 1975)

[MorrisItalSLX]

Meanwhile, as Australia gets its fifth Prime Minister in eight years, I wonder if Australia is just Italy in disguise?

Don’t get me fucking started!

 

Australian politicians are utterly, utterly hopeless.

 

That is all.

[Cheggers]

I'm going to spray WD40 into the trumpets and see if that makes any difference*

It will to anyone passing by when they first fire up

[Snipes]

Only if the winning side had been found guilty of breaking election rules.

 

But let's leave that there before any buses get painted.

And renegade on their biggest claims literally as the results are coming in.

And quit their party/positions so someone else has to deal with the consequences of the result.

[MarvinsMom]

summer is over, i've had to put the heating on.....

[DodgeRover]

Cutting wood for the fire yesterday, we are going to need a lot more that I don't have

[Christine]

Burn old tyres     .Tyres have more BTU'S ( or whatever   ) than gas ,coal or oil .

[DodgeRover]

Tricky to get them to burn cleanly though, I think they need to be chipped or shredded before burning. - you are correct about the energy stored in them.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

I have too much wood for the fire this year. My grump is that I have to cut it all up yet...

[Jazoli]

summer is over, i've had to put the heating on.....

 

Oh yeah, this, it was 7 degrees this morning and all I could see on the way to work were tents everywhere, poor bastards.

[Timewaster]

I have loads and loads of fire wood for this winter.

 

All in 8ft lengths!

[Cavcraft]

This looks (and sounds) pretty grim

 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mazda-626-5-door-hatchback-1999/163221915552?hash=item2600c8c7a0:g:T7wAAOSw01Jbe~HO

[Snipes]

It looks fantastic

[Tamworthbay]

That is so shit it’s still shit.

[Guest Hooli]

I have loads and loads of fire wood for this winter.

 

All in 8ft lengths!

 

You must have a huge log burner!

[captain_70s]

summer is over, i've had to put the heating on.....

I had to wear a cardigan today. Checked the indoor temp, 18C.

 

I think I'm getting soft...

[MarvinsMom]

^no, its something worse than just gettin' soft.....

 

its called getting old.....

[dozeydustman]

Had to put the heating on today. I hardly ever feel the cold. Went out to buy a sander for the wife and some new nuts & washers for Saab's alternator, when I got home I was shivering. Mind you, serves me right for going out in the pissing rain with shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops.

 

Tea, bovril and a hot curry hasn't warmed me internally yet either. I hope I'm not getting a lurgy as I have the snots now.

[maxpower]

Had to put the heating on today. I hardly ever feel the cold. Went out to buy a sander for the wife and some new nuts & washers for Saab's alternator, when I got home I was shivering. Mind you, serves me right for going out in the pissing rain with shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops.

 

Tea, bovril and a hot curry hasn't warmed me internally yet either. I hope I'm not getting a lurgy as I have the snots now.

According to weathermen the heatwave we had in june/july is returning in september 

[andy18s]

Pah!

[PhilA]

Still feeling very summer-y here. You're welcome to it if you want it. Too damn hot.

 

Phil

 

 

Edit: Yup, definitely hot. Even with a steady 15mph breeze I was sweating riding on my bike.

The bike was doing all the hard work, too!

[maxpower]

You saw him then ???

As they were lifting him into the ambulance...yes of course i saw him

[maxpower]

As they were lifting him into the ambulance...yes of course i saw him

he veered across the road and got hit by oncoming van 

[Guest Hooli]

My winter coat, hat & boots that all got retreated this year are all no longer waterproof

 

One day I will learn not to maintain clothes! years ago I retreated bike textiles & they all became totally porous. This time a leather coat, hat & boots have done the same when treated with stuff the shop says cleans & rewaterproofs... I'd best buy some dubbing & try again before winter I think, my coat currently weighs about two stone ffs.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

According to weathermen the heatwave we had in june/july is returning in september 

 

Not down here it isn't.

[D Spares & Tyres]

My winter coat, hat & boots that all got retreated this year are all no longer waterproof

 

One day I will learn not to maintain clothes! years ago I retreated bike textiles & they all became totally porous. This time a leather coat, hat & boots have done the same when treated with stuff the shop says cleans & rewaterproofs... I'd best buy some dubbing & try again before winter I think, my coat currently weighs about two stone ffs.

Vaseline

 

Rub Vaseline over the lot. Brilliant stuff. Use it on everything. Coats, dogs, cars, whatever. It will make anything waterproof

[PhilA]

Further to warm, I checked the ground. In the shade the floor measures 41C.

 

So I set about measuring a few other things. The pathway:

 

The car (hasn't been run since yesterday):

 

Just plain hot. (Yes, I know the base emissivity figure is set in both to the same 0.95, but for those two surfaces if you're unhappy just substitute "bloody hot").

 

Roll on wintertime.

 

 

Phil