The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

  On 24/09/2018 at 14:33, Bobthebeard said:

Dogs not allowed in the cafe sadly...

 

One rule I've always disagreed with, I've seen a lot more disgusting unclean filthy humans than dogs.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Sorry mate, I can't eat my sausage sandwich noticing a dog's poo hole winking at me. It's like when they get on the sofa and lay next to you and it may have rubbed on you a bit as they set down... I don't like dogs much do I?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 24/09/2018 at 14:53, BoggyMires said:

Sorry mate, I can't eat my sausage sandwich noticing a dog's poo hole winking at me. It's like when they get on the sofa and lay next to you and it may have rubbed on you a bit as they set down... I don't like dogs much do I?

 

This is partly why I like horses so much - they tend not to live in the house....

[Captain Furious]

Its just the latest in a long line of things social media has instructed people to lose their shit over.  Dogs left in cars, regardless of the cirumstances and conditions, must mean the owner is the worst human being in the land.  You can bet your life that that picture is now on facebook and you're on some sort of local watchlist...

[Bobthebeard]

Quite so...

It will be out there somewhere.

Haterz hating.

Share if you think this man ought to be shot blah blah.

[bolognasal spray]

  On 24/09/2018 at 15:44, Tadhg Tiogar said:

This is partly why I like horses so much - they tend not to live in the house....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2cYdYdSx8

[DodgeRover]

  On 24/09/2018 at 15:44, Tadhg Tiogar said:

This is partly why I like horses so much - they tend not to live in the house....

Some of my ex neighbours didn't think so...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 24/09/2018 at 15:49, bolognasal spray said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2cYdYdSx8

 

There's always an exception.

 

Falabella (miniature) horses do live in houses, and can be housetrained. I forgot those. I think they even train them as guide ponies for the blind.

[Frogchod]

  On 24/09/2018 at 12:32, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I'd rather just let the workshop take it in when they can and get on with it, and not think of the cost. At least it's very near to where I live.

 

Even when parked, I had two passers-by asking whether I was interested* in selling it.

Yes, let some other fekker do it. It's a simple nut and bolt job. When I did my CX box after forward drive clutch went ,I was off work with ruptured discs after wrestling the bastered box back in.

Still my favourite car though

[Fumbler]

~92 days 'till Christmas, according to Butcher's countdown chart. I want to smash it to pieces every time I see it.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 24/09/2018 at 18:03, Fumbler said:

~92 days 'till Christmas, according to Butcher's countdown chart. I want to smash it to pieces every time I see it.

Make sure you point out to them it means you'll never shop there.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 24/09/2018 at 17:39, Frogchod said:

Yes, let some other fekker do it. It's a simple nut and bolt job. When I did my CX box after forward drive clutch went ,I was off work with ruptured discs after wrestling the bastered box back in.

Still my favourite car though

 

That's partly what I'll be paying the workshop for: not damaging my back.

[Parky]

God dammit.

 

Interview. Did loads of work and research, cracking job, raising investments for the British film TV and Media industries. Got on famously with the head guy. I was in there 90 minutes, not bad for an hour long scheduled meeting!

 

Was absolutely flying, until he asked me a couple of basic technicals. And i didn’t know the bloody answers! Or rather I do know but couldn’t think of them at that precise moment (and this is basic stuff).

 

Am gutted with myself. Hopefully the other candidates will be really shit and I will make it to phase two where I have to do a sales pitch about a subject to be confirmed to three of their senior guys. I sincerely hope i get a few days notice if that’s the case.

 

In current news my current employer hasn’t paid my commissions for last month, or the month before. Going to pay a surprise visit to head office tomorrow armed with my contract for a wee chat about what the fuck don’t they understand about the terms of THEIR fucking document. That’s a few grand owed. And in other news, last years employer who owes me many grands wrote to me to say “hey, we are reconsidering your case and might pay you after all”. Good news. Except a mate who was in the meeting to discuss it just WhatsApp’d me to say “mate, don’t get your hopes up.....”

 

Fuck you world. Fuck you all right in the ear. Right, teatime

[MikeR]

... Some random woman moved to sit next to me at bingo. ... And i won a prize... And It was noticed by the wife " she fancied you " ..spoke in way that suggested it could be the last thing i ever heard .... " oh did she darling " said me

[binhoker668]

Why does my car know when payday is? Money went in bank, front of car started making clunky noises. Immediately. Garage tomorrow. Poverty for another month no doubt. And if something else pops up with it after that, I’m gonna punch myself in the face. GRUMP. Cymbals now for sale on mongtree. No, not the good ones lol.

[Zelandeth]

Had a similar discussion with a lady last year about the dog in the back of my car.

 

It was well below freezing outside, all the windows were open, and the only reason I was out of the car in the first place was because I was helping a poor old lady who had just slipped on ice and given her head a royal smack on the way down, and I was waiting for an ambulance to turn up.

 

I politely told her to vacate my presence and to shift her Audi before I shoved it out the way with the Lada.

[Fumbler]

That would be a sight to see.

[stonedagain]

  On 24/09/2018 at 18:37, binhoker668 said:

Why does my car know when payday is? Money went in bank, front of car started making clunky noises. Immediately. Garage tomorrow. Poverty for another month no doubt. And if something else pops up with it after that, I’m gonna punch myself in the face. GRUMP. Cymbals now for sale on mongtree. No, not the good ones lol.

Years ago, I had a Peugeot 405 just like that. Got my own back though, scrapped the cunt!

[Guest Hooli]

I had a goona like that. I sold it to Kiltox, a fate worse than the bridge!

[DVee8]

Booked the car into the main stealers yesterday for a service and MOT.

 

Sunday afternoon the car was cleaned and polished all levels checked and topped up.

 

We took the car in at 09.15 we had already discussed that the car had to be ready by 3.00 as i have to get to work,if not the next morning would be ok."no the car will be ready" they said.On handing over the fob i again asked  will  it be ready by 3 "oh yeah no problem we will ring if there is a problem"

So by 3 no call,so MrsV8 rang them yeah it all done just going for a wash and valet.Mrs V8 why its just been done? To late it's gone.

 

We drive straight over the car is at the front of the building,we walk in and are jumped on by a over enthusiastic greeter.

Yes its ready but we can't find the fob.

 

I say I have to get to work we said it had to be ready by 3". Yeah but we can't find the fob sorry" that dosn't help me. Fob found I leave and left MrsV8 to pay the bill.

In 26 years I have never been late till yesterday only a couple of mins,no one noticed but still late.

 

Having a look through the bill this morning i have been charged 1.68 for 1 ltr of screen wash.There is no way the could have poured 1 ltr of screen wash in and if so they use the same pink, screen wash from Halfords that  I do.Now its only 1.68 but so.

 

They did wash the very clean and polished car again or put a hose pipe over it as its now covered in dried on water marks.Grrr.

 

Still waiting a return phone call from them..

[Kiltox]

  On 24/09/2018 at 20:36, Hooli said:

I had a goona like that. I sold it to Kiltox, a fate worse than the bridge!

At least I washed it before I sent it to the bridge!

 

(Image to maintain you know)

 

Sometimes wish I’d saved it just because the colour was amazing

[beko1987]

You know when you used to do a job when you first started at your place of work that you did really well and made it into a well oiled sexy traceable beast, then left behind after a few promotions and trips up the greasy ladder?

 

Then you get asked, 9 years on to 'have a look' as key contractual information is missing, and you spend 20 minutes on the task and just want to cry at how fucked up it's all become since you left it...

 

Plus side - I am probably currently the highest paid admin assistant, negatives, I have been asked to de-prioritize work that really should not be de-prioritized, and I stare out at the lovely day and think of all the things I could be ignoring doing on the Laguna

[Guest Hooli]

  On 25/09/2018 at 09:09, Kiltox said:

At least I washed it before I sent it to the bridge!

 

(Image to maintain you know)

 

Sometimes wish I’d saved it just because the colour was amazing

 

I saw another one in the same colour last weekend, amazingly it was even moving under it's own power.

[Wack]

Fuck me there's going to come a point where it costs more to fill this van than it's worth,

And they want to fire up the fuel duty escalator again

 

[Liggle]

Garages... every time I use them it reminds me how cynical I am. Needed rear discs and pads on my Lexus, parts were quite expensive and lack of time to do it myself led me to use a garage as I got a reasonable quote.

 

The place I used was £100-£130 cheaper than most other places, in a rougher part of town but good faultless reviews online and a certified Brembo specialist so knew I was getting OEM stuff. Gave them a shot and 1 hour in the caliper pins were seized and wouldn't budge, queue the car being there another day and an £85 dealer only fitting kit (believable due to the rare model) plus an extra bit of labour and its now cost inline with everywhere else.

 

Am I being cynical or had he realised he'd under priced the job and made this up, or had everywhere else just included the fitting kit by default and he didn't to make it look cheaper? Either way I'm considerably lighter lol

[320touring]

  On 25/09/2018 at 11:41, Wack said:

Fuck me there's going to come a point where it costs more to fill this van than it's worth,

And they want to fire up the fuel duty escalator again

 

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As Dome on here would say "petrol/diesel will never be cheaper again, may as well enjoy it"

 

Hence the good v8 you are undertaking..

[xtriple]

I tend to agre with you, I am 'sure' that Specialists that worked on my big green heap used to do a lot of stuff that was either not needed or not needed for a LONG time. I'm also pretty sure they charged for stuff they didn't actually do - the steering rack was changed and charged for, but a fortnight later it was back in, for a new rack! I 'think' they had decided a pair of new boots and a wipe round with a damp cloth would suffice.

[Guest Hooli]

Specialists... I'm sure some are good. But I bet a lot are just like the place that did an engine rebuild on my Bonnie before I got it & didn't do the most important job of the lot as it'd have required some effort.

[oldcars]

  On 24/09/2018 at 14:28, Hooli said:

Take dog in the cafe, put nutter in boot.

fify

[Kiltox]

I was shocked to hit the £99 pay at pump limit before my van’s tank was full the other day!