The grumpy thread

[Parky]

That is awesome Hirst. As you are a Taxi Driver, I am pleased that finally the time has come where someone is gonna wash all the scum ON the streets!

[trigger]

Went this morning to buy a fan for the bedroom and ended up buying a VERY expensive HDTV as well that I didn't need

 

To add insult to injury they didn't have one left in stock but I could wait a few days or drive 30 miles away to the next store that had one on stock, so I've just drove down there in the BMW as that had the most fuel in it to find that it wouldn't fit in the car

 

I never thought a 40" tele would be so big, it was about 2" too big for the back seat as well, so that was a wasted trip.

[Station]

Went to take a car to MOT this morning, thought I'd stop off at the petrol station for some fuel and give it a blast with the jet wash whilst I was there. Stuck the fuel in, went in to pay and get a code for the jet wash whilst I was in. Sorted it and got in my car, just as I was heading to the jet wash area someone was reversing into it in a new Discovery, so I waved my ticket and he just stared, so I got out and politely told him I'd just got a ticket. He immediately went into a huff and went along the lines of "you should have parked here first" to which I said (still politely) sorry there's no signs or anything, just get it shifted and I'll not take two minutes. He refused to do so, so after a bit of verbal, I noticed there was a fair bit of give on the hose, so I just pulled around him and keyed in my code, washing my car next to his. Meanwhile he walked around arguing and getting in the way as much as possible, then noticed I had no tax. I told him he was on his way to an MOT so I didn't need it, but he went "Well, as far as I'm concerned it has no tax so I'm calling the police". This wound me up a bit, so I said to him that I would give him one last opportunity to not be such a (rhymes with hunt), explained the situation to him again and he said he didn't care and was still calling the police, so I stopped washing the car, aimed the jet wash thing at him at point blank range, hosed him down from head to toe with hot shampoo, got in my car and wheelspinned off, shouting "If you weren't such a dick maybe this wouldn't happen". He was dripping wet, surprised he didn't punch me or anything.

 

I wish any of that story was an exaggeration. I've got a foul temper sometimes. Anyway, the car passed its MOT. Hooray!

Please tell me that garage has CCTV! I'd love to see that!!! Ask for a copy if they have and if they're nice enough to give you it!

[ChinaTom]

Went this morning to buy a fan for the bedroom and ended up buying a VERY expensive HDTV as well that I didn't need

Recession? What recession? Return that tele and get onto that brown Sierra Ghia pronto.

[Station]

This is the conversation I have with my dad everytime I buy an oldish car (being from the 80's).

 

Dad: It's tax exempt

Me: No, it's not.

Dad: It is, it's over 25 years.

Me: No, it's not, it doesn't work like that.

Dad (getting aggro): What do you mean? It's over 25 years, etc.

 

Everytime.

 

And then my brother:

 

Brother: Is that tax exempt?

Me: No.

Brother: It's over 25 years.

Me: 'Bites fist'.

[Guest]

Please tell me that garage has CCTV!

It's only a small place - they probably do on the pumps, but the jet wash bit is tucked away around a corner, so doubtful I'm afraid. If it does, I'm sure it'll turn up on Road Wars or something eventually.

[maxpower]

Went this morning to buy a fan for the bedroom and ended up buying a VERY expensive HDTV as well that I didn't need

 

To add insult to injury they didn't have one left in stock but I could wait a few days or drive 30 miles away to the next store that had one on stock, so I've just drove down there in the BMW as that had the most fuel in it to find that it wouldn't fit in the car

 

I never thought a 40" tele would be so big, it was about 2" too big for the back seat as well, so that was a wasted trip.

if you had taken it out of the box it would have fit... i did it with a 40" tv and that was with an honda accord

[Pillock]

Please tell me that garage has CCTV!

It's only a small place - they probably do on the pumps, but the jet wash bit is tucked away around a corner, so doubtful I'm afraid. If it does, I'm sure it'll turn up on Road Wars or something eventually.

I'll be quite happy to help with a reconstruction, I can be Angry Man In A Hurry To Wash His Car and you can be, erm, Dan Hirst.

 

We'll split the You've! Been! Framed! profits. Just need a friendly garage owner, and someone to lend me a Discovery.

[meggersdog]

My Discovery needs a wash after last weekend's pay and play.You can borrow that if you like

[Rusty Pelican]

Lovely gentle stroll in the countryside , now followed by endless scratching and poison coming out of various horse fly / mossy bites that litter my arms and back , once you start to scratch , theres just no stopping it , grrrrr

[CIH]

Went this morning to buy a fan for the bedroom and ended up buying a VERY expensive HDTV as well that I didn't need

 

To add insult to injury they didn't have one left in stock but I could wait a few days or drive 30 miles away to the next store that had one on stock, so I've just drove down there in the BMW as that had the most fuel in it to find that it wouldn't fit in the car

 

I never thought a 40" tele would be so big, it was about 2" too big for the back seat as well, so that was a wasted trip.

No offence but it sounds like the shop staff saw you coming....

[Lankytim]

Id absolutley love to jetwash someone, it sounds such fun! Id imagine the fella will be too embarassed to report it, although im sure it would be classed as an assault. I wouldnt lose any sleep anyway.

[scaryoldcortina]

Internet connection rant!

 

Got in this evening, fired the laptop up, firefox on, 404 errors galore... "the server at everywhere.com is not resopnding" odd. It's normaly industrial grade reliable... so I checked I had wireless connection to the router (I did) and that I can access the local ADSL and firewall (another router, somewhere else in the house), that router says I have a connection and an outside IP address. Very odd. I was just about to try another browser/pc combination when C starts yelling blue murder because the internet isn't working.... ah. not just me. shite... Right, reboot both routers. both come up fine, still claiming I am connected. So, open a terminal, and ping the ISP gateway, yes, I am connected to that. wget a random page (autoshite.com, as it happens) and I get name not resolved, cannot connect. So, the DNS (primary and secondary) has failed, or has moved address and I havn't been updated yet. Disconnect/reconnect from within the router interface, new IP address, but otherwise no change. C starting to get annoying too. So, I did something I never did before... I picked up the phone and rang customer support!

 

I was kind of hoping at the start that I would get to speak to someone who could confirm my suspicions and maybe provide me with a DNS server address to put in manually. After an hour of looped lift music interrupted every 2 minutes by an irritating bint who told me my call was important I downgraded my hopes to speaking to an actual person, even one who doesn't speak tech. Another hour later, I was prepared to speak to someone who doesn't speak english. Then the machine hung up on me

 

About 20 mins later, the problem fixed itself, so C is happy, and I can moan about the pointlessness of having a helpline that doesn't get answered......

[autofive]

ahhh modern technology

 

dont you just love it

[scaryoldcortina]

Modern technology is fine, I get on well with it!

 

I am completely done in by the music-on-hold (neon rainbow by the box tops - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5xORduJt9Q if you dare) which is now stuck in a permanant loop in my head. Which is a very bad thing indeed

[autofive]

 

this should help you forget

[scaryoldcortina]

very nice, I have moved along the tangent to this.

(box tops still intruding..)

 

and inevitably to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWWaiqla0QY

 

further proof that all things come down to Tom and Jerry sooner or later.

[Negative Creep]

Went out for a work do and finally figured out I really like one of the girls I work with. I leave at the end of the month and she doesn't seem interested anyway. Sigh.

 

And yes, she has been for a ride in the Cortina

[Claypole]

So now you can play the angle - I never said anything before as it's not easy when you are working with someone etc.

[warren t claim]

I think I need a new avatar! Back to the readers wives section for me then...

[trigger]

No offence but it sounds like the shop staff saw you coming....

In fairness I have been after a new tele for a while but I didn't quite mean to spend that much on one!

[myglaren]

 

I never thought a 40" tele would be so big, it was about 2" too big for the back seat as well, so that was a wasted trip.

I did that! Bought a 50" plasma screen and the damned thing wouldn't fit in the C5 estate

Had to get a "White Van-Man" mate to get it for me. He and his wife had to carry it in and up the stairs (no easy feat) as I had cut a finger off a week before and couldn't even attempt to lift it.

Fitting the wall bracket and getting it up there was a barrel of laughs too.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Massive tellies are GHEY

[Station]

Mr Cliche test drives a Talbot. Is there anything likeable about Quentin WiLLson?

 

 

[myglaren]

Massive tellies are GHEY

Bought it to watch

â‡Âher on. Hardly ever watch TV.

As she is a Gay Icon then your statement could be true.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

50in is a bit excessive... if I had the room (and the money!) I'd go for a modest sized TV for day to day viewing, plus a projector with drop down screen for big viewing.

 

My parents recently bought a 32in flat screen TV. I rigged up Freeview HD for them, figuring my dad might like to watch the world cup in AITCH DEE. He watched them all in standard definition anyway. To be fair, on a 32in set you can't really tell the difference.

[Milford Cubicle]

Quentin Willson comes across as reasonable in that clip. He's basically on a massive shite-hunt and doesn't write off all the crocks. Shame about the inevitable Volkswagen FTW ending though.

I would have gone for the Accraim.

[scaryoldcortina]

Massive tellies are GHEY

 

indeed.

[Pillock]

Massive tellys are alright, if you've got a massive room. I've seen no end of people buy a 50" because their mates have all got 42", and then plonk it on the wall in a little 2-bed semi where it promptly makes everything unwatchable. Having to actually move your eyes to see everything on screen really does give you a headache.

 

Most rooms are quite happy with a 32", certainly I'd spend more on a decent 32" than bust a gut to get a cheaper, bigger one. Maybe 37" at a push, given they're not much more expensive.

 

What is ghey is 3DTV. Viewing distance for a 32" TV is about 3-4m, viewing distance for a 32" 3DTV when you're watching 3D programming is 2m otherwise you lose the effect. So you need furniture on wheels. Funny they don't tell you that in store when they're wowing you with the picture!

[maxpower]

i have 50 inch tv on bedroom wall... another 50 inch in sitting room for the kids and they have tv's in their rooms ranging in size from 32-40 inches

 

as they say on the BBW website big is beautiful