The grumpy thread

[Tamworthbay]

I had a boxer that pissed me off, too thick to be trained , I didn't know you could get special needs dogs but you can

 

If I took him up the fields and let him off he'd just run and run and run, forget catching him, he'd just collapse when he was bolloxed

 

Ikea used to shut early at weekends so I'd take him up to their car park when it was empty so he didn't get covered in mud , let him off and he did his usual run away trick so I used to hide from him because then he'd panic and come looking for me

 

This one time I stood behind a metal post holding one of the ikea signs , it was 10ft tall vertical and about the thickness of a scaffold pole , I was sticking out about a foot either side of it , shouted MAX and he ran round and round and round, I can hear him but I can't see him

 

I just stood there until he'd had enough exercise then appeared from behind the sign, genuine surprise on his face

My sister has had three boxers, all gorgeous but thick as fuck, one managed to get a tube of super glue, the vet gave them some tablets and he managed to eat them all in once go as well. He also did farts so bad I was surprised Tony Blair didn’t invade their house.

[Snipes]

 

About £130 I'd say....

 

Have you taken the front off the master socket and plugged the router in there? That'll bypass all your wiring (if your house is cabled right) and prove if the fault is yours or theirs.

The router has always been plugged into the Master. I took the front off the master and it's just 5 pair direct into the back of it. I found some dead ants in the PCB of the MS so swapped for the one in the conservatory, with no effect.

The router reboots every so often (really annoying as my phone prompts me to sign in to the WiFi) so I don't know what's going on.

[catsinthewelder]

The router has always been plugged into the Master. I took the front off the master and it's just 5 pair direct into the back of it. I found some dead ants in the PCB of the MS so swapped for the one in the conservatory, with no effect.

The router reboots every so often (really annoying as my phone prompts me to sign in to the WiFi) so I don't know what's going on.

 

We had Openreach round the other week as the broadband here has been dreadful since I got back from BG.  The engineer found a wiring fault a few hundred yards away but wondered who had wired up our master socket as it wasn't right.  Fortunately Ms C kept a straight face as I definitely didn't* replace the phone wire through the house that was pinned to the skirting boards with a length of the best quality cable I could buy on ebay run through the ceiling void.  Anyway its all fixed now and works fairly well ( he says with his hand on the solid wood desktop).  It would appear that it's illegal to tamper with BT's wiring which ends at the master socket but if it's wrong and you didn't* touch it then it is their problem to sort out.

[SiC]

One day I'll learn. One day, rather than buying a part because its listed as being the right one for my car, I'll think:

 

'The French don't do this. The French don't use logic like fitting a single type of part to one model year. Remember that time you roped your father in law into helping you dismantle the front of your car to fit a xenon ballast that turned out to be the wrong type in the pissing rain? Don't do that, take the part off and get a part number, it'll save you time in the long run'.

 

But not yet. Not yet.

 

 

Piss off you useless froggy bastard.

Is the module actually dead or just soaking wet? I.e. can it just be dried out.

 

Not been up there for a while, but don't forget that a Laguna II Ph2 Initalie was up at the Yate breakers.

[dean36014]

Was cutting up the rotten bx I've got so I can put another bx in its place. I was wearing trousers I'd previously done waxoiling in and although they'd been washed a few times they burst into flames when a few sparks hit them. Luckily I was wearing welding gloves so some quick patting down saved the day. Bloody scary when you see your ankle area of your trousers in flames. Even managed to burn my safety boots. Anyway I have a 2 inch burn on my ankle and thank my lucky stars it wasn't worse.

[Wack]

My sister has had three boxers, all gorgeous but thick as fuck, one managed to get a tube of super glue, the vet gave them some tablets and he managed to eat them all in once go as well. He also did farts so bad I was surprised Tony Blair didn’t invade their house.

ive posted this before

 

I drive for a living , max came with me , one evening I'd cooked a fray bentos pie , when I was done I didn't fancy it, Max had been sniffing the air for 30 minutes , me me i'll have it me so I let him

 

Next day we set off on a 8 hour round trip to Glasgow , about 30 minutes in he got restless then it happened , the first fray bentos / dog shit fart , I've never smelt anything like it , all the way to Glasgow and back , it was June , hot and every 5 minutes .

 

I was actually trying to work out how to tie him to the back of the truck without somebody ringing the rspca , he was OK but to this day , 21 years , I've never eaten a fray bentos pie

[chaseracer]

^^ Domestic Management has just told me off for my PMSL reaction.  Glad you're OK, Dean!

[Tamworthbay]

ive posted this before

I drive for a living , max came with me , one evening I'd cooked a fray bentos pie , when I was done I didn't fancy it, Max had been sniffing the air for 30 minutes , me me i'll have it me so I let him

Next day we set off on a 8 hour round trip to Glasgow , about 30 minutes in he got restless then it happened , the first fray bentos / dog shit fart , I've never smelt anything like it , all the way to Glasgow and back , it was June , hot and every 5 minutes .

I was actually trying to work out how to tie him to the back of the truck without somebody ringing the rspca , he was OK but to this day , 21 years , I've never eaten a fray bentos pie

I genuinely had tears in my eyes reading that but knowing what George was like I can imagine a small part of your pain.

[RobT]

Is anyone else having trouble with eBay? Trying to buy stuff but my phone says 'too many redirects'. It's also showing the desktop site for some reason, which is making it even more faff.

 

I want to give you money ffs. Work dammit!

[DodgeRover]

Is anyone else having trouble with eBay? Trying to buy stuff but my phone says 'too many redirects'. It's also showing the desktop site for some reason, which is making it even more faff.

 

I want to give you money ffs. Work dammit!

Stopped about 3 months ago on mobile for me, I can search and view the first page but that's it. When I try and watch an item I get a message saying it's been removed!

[3VOM]

I try not to ask why the fire exit signs are by doors when fire always exits via the roof.

I used to do the fire checks one place I worked and I'll bet that to this day the doorway which has a fire exit straight on sign on both sides still hasn't been changed.

We also had one lecture where the lecturer was firing questions at us and asked "Could you use a water extinguisher on an electrical fire?" My reply of "Only once" apparently wasn't correct.

[3VOM]

And my own grump is:

Golf failed the MOT. This was not unexpected as the airbag light is on but I also have CO too high and a wheel bearing to replace. Now I can't easily identify what is causing the CO too high but I bet there is a sender somewhere which is giving false info causing the fault or there is some air leak or something causing it. If I could check diagnostic readings while it was running I might be able to work out what the issue is, but I haven't got the software. I also don't have the software to reset the airbag light. So, even if cleaning contacts and checking connections has corrected the airbag, I can't reset the light. I can't take it anywhere legally without going for another MOT. I can't check or reset things without the full VAGCOM software which would probably cost more than the car is worth.

[Wack]

Stopped about 3 months ago on mobile for me, I can search and view the first page but that's it. When I try and watch an item I get a message saying it's been removed!

Have you updated the app or the software on your phone , it's one of the things that really pisses me off , you have a perfectly working phone but Apple and android stop supporting it and apps stop working properly

[HillmanImp]

Bought a load of bits for the Visa as it's just sat there for ages since it broke down as I am constantly busy doing other stuff. They arrived, so I managed to megotiate some time where I could actually work on the car and half of em are the bleedin' wrong parts FFS. Brilliant. Will try and swap them in the week. Probably not the fault of the supplier, it's probably had stuff changed over the years, I should've checked before ordering.

 

So I went to do some work in the garden and some fecker has nicked my spade. 

 

Okay, sod that I'll log on and do some overtime. Computer says no. Work laptop is throwing a fit and quite frankly I can't be arsed now.

 

I've not been drinking at all recently but fuck it. I'm having a few today.

 

However everytime I do nothing I just start panicking about all the stuff I need to do. 

 

I rolled over the GT6 months ago to work on it and have literally done NOTHING to it as I have no time at all. Won't get much done on it going forward either. I was saying I want to get ti sorted next weekend but as I will still have everything to do next weekend that I had planned for this one, it's another weekend of sitting there making the place look pikey.

 

Really having one of those low days.

 

Think I might pay Wipeout on the PS4, however it that doesn't go well I can see myself launching the controller through the telly so maybe GTA might be a better idea where I can go and kill some feckers.

[DodgeRover]

Have you updated the app or the software on your phone , it's one of the things that really pisses me off , you have a perfectly working phone but Apple and android stop supporting it and apps stop working properly

Not to my knowledge but it's Apple....

[DodgeRover]

And my own grump is:

Golf failed the MOT. This was not unexpected as the airbag light is on but I also have CO too high and a wheel bearing to replace. Now I can't easily identify what is causing the CO too high but I bet there is a sender somewhere which is giving false info causing the fault or there is some air leak or something causing it. If I could check diagnostic readings while it was running I might be able to work out what the issue is, but I haven't got the software. I also don't have the software to reset the airbag light. So, even if cleaning contacts and checking connections has corrected the airbag, I can't reset the light. I can't take it anywhere legally without going for another MOT. I can't check or reset things without the full VAGCOM software which would probably cost more than the car is worth.

Airbag light inoperative is pass and advise. Take the bulb out.

[Jazoli]

Airbag light inoperative is pass and advise. Take the bulb out.

Not always so straighforwards these days as they are usually LED's, black nail varnish works though.

[Pillock]

I used to do the fire checks one place I worked and I'll bet that to this day the doorway which has a fire exit straight on sign on both sides still hasn't been changed.

We also had one lecture where the lecturer was firing questions at us and asked "Could you use a water extinguisher on an electrical fire?" My reply of "Only once" apparently wasn't correct.

The door sounds correct. You have multiple fire escape routes and start points, and use the one that doesn't lead towards a fire.

 

Example, in the uni halls yesterday there's a locked door at the end of the corridor. It's a fire door (with a sign on) and it opens automatically when the alarm goes off. It leads to the next flat, which is a mirror image so has stairs at the end.

 

I can guarantee the other side of the door, there's a fire exit sign pointing back the other way.

 

If there's a fire in your flat, your fire escape is through theirs. Their fire escape is yours.

[Pillock]

Not to my knowledge but it's Apple....

If a site is written correctly it'll work on any current browser.

 

The key here is the desktop site bit, it sounds like there's a setting enabled to view desktop rather than mobile but eBay have code to detect mobile users viewing the desktop site and redirect them. That'll get you stick in a loop.

 

It's either eBay's code that wonky, or that setting has been turned on. In this case it's probably not Apple's fault!

 

In Chrome it's on the menu.

[scaryoldcortina]

Now I can't easily identify what is causing the CO too high but I bet there is a sender somewhere which is giving false info causing the fault or there is some air leak or something causing it.

High CO but hc and lambda correct is almost always a failed catalyst.

[3VOM]

High CO but hc and lambda correct is almost always a failed catalyst.

I think it had a new cat last year.

[3VOM]

The door sounds correct. You have multiple fire escape routes and start points, and use the one that doesn't lead towards a fire.

 

I don't think so in this case. This room has five exits, the next nearest one to this door is to the outside and safety. If somehow a fire started between the two, there are two other fire exits out of the room.

[richardthestag]

And my own grump is:

Golf failed the MOT. This was not unexpected as the airbag light is on but I also have CO too high and a wheel bearing to replace. Now I can't easily identify what is causing the CO too high but I bet there is a sender somewhere which is giving false info causing the fault or there is some air leak or something causing it. If I could check diagnostic readings while it was running I might be able to work out what the issue is, but I haven't got the software. I also don't have the software to reset the airbag light. So, even if cleaning contacts and checking connections has corrected the airbag, I can't reset the light. I can't take it anywhere legally without going for another MOT. I can't check or reset things without the full VAGCOM software which would probably cost more than the car is worth.

 

Cough

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-USB-Cable-KKL-VAG-COM-409-1-OBD2-II-OBD-Diagnostic-Scanner-VCDS-VW-Audi-Seat/232782769354?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

I just used one of these ^^^^

 

using windows 10 laptop configured as per the instructions on the CD included in this item.

 

Plugged into car, rather than autoscan I went to option #1 in vcds-Lite software and was able to diagnose fault codes for steering, airbag is also one of the many options

 

at least then you can ID the fault, replace the fucked bit and move forwards.

 

If you cough up for the registered version of the software it might do more for you.

 

http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds-lite/

 

edited actual lie from me.. gah

 

Above didnt show in time so I bought this which arrived next day and worked a treat

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07CQFB2K7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

since then the ebay item arrived but is still in its bag

[Cavcraft]

£180 no offers.

 

Person 1: ‘Will you take 140’

 

Person 2: ‘How much is it’

 

The second one was the best, it actually states the price on the header of the message he sent me.

[D Spares & Tyres]

My new answer is yes.

 

Then when they start asking about collection I say " Oh I thought you wanted to pay the £140 deposit first? Or do you just want to pay the lot in one go when you pick it up instead then?"

[D Spares & Tyres]

I think it had a new cat last year.

Cheap aftermarket cats are marginal to start with. They may only last a year

[xtriple]

I hate working on cars on the road. There, I've said it, I am a garage owner (renter), snob! But as the garage is full of other people shit (no 'e') I have little choice. Normally, when at the end of a job or at the end of the job for that particular session (normally cos I is knackered after 60 - 90 minutes of slight effort) I clean all my tools and put them all away where they belong.

 

Today, after closer to 160 minutes of effort (cheers Vasz) I was utterly wasted and all the tools got thrown in the boot of the Mercedes parked in front of the Jaguar. Nothing cleaned, all the bolts I have taken out of the car are sat in the channel in front of the windscreen and the various bits and pieces just dumped wherever they fit. It is, a proper mess!

 

I do intend to start putting it back together tomorrow, I really do. Honest....

 

But as I came in, had a shower and then collapsed on the sofa and have only just woken up, I don't hold out much hope

[dozeydustman]

In an AirBNB. Guess they can't all be good. There's a washing machine on pull spin at the moment. Also, every wall seems to be made of just wallpaper judging by how sound travels through this place. It's like trying to relax on top of a washing machine, while three different tellies blare noise out.

 

 

Got any earplugs? Earphones for your mobile with a radio stream or audiobook? Might not help with any vibrations but at least can drown out background noise. Find it helps when I've been in noisy hotels or B&Bs.

 

Or if the wife's snoring.

[Fumbler]

Or when your father's on that anti snore breathing machine. Thankfully my room is far enough away for the sound to stop travelling through the joists.

[dollywobbler]

I don't like having things in my ears. It's finished now. Hoping sheer exhaustion will help, because there is also a timer in this room! Gawd knows what it's attached to. There's some expertly* fitted trunking taking it downstairs to something.