The grumpy thread

[The Moog]

Verry good you move my thread here I now dont have permissions to view attatchments

 

Also a bit Sexist im not a Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy old man is a state of mind not a sex based thread.

 

Moans go in here.

[Talbot]

Anyone want a filing cabinet, free to collect if you're strong enough to get it down the stairs?

Possibly. Is it wood or metal, and how many drawers?

[Rusty_Rocket]

The previous owner of our house left behind a filing cabinet.  She had a bit of a nightmare moving day and it was the last straw that defeated her; we felt a bit sorry for her so told her to leave it and we'd deal with it.

 

There's a local charity that sell on furniture (and, crucially, are able to collect it from your house) so we approached them about it.  They said they'd take it if we had a key.  No key, but we were able to get hold of one (couple of quid, not much but it's still outlay).

 

The charity came to collect it today but they wouldn't take it because there's a slight fault - the mechanism that stops more than one drawer from opening at a time is very slightly out of tune, so you have to nudge the bottom drawer firmly closed with your foot in order to open the others.  Now, to be completely honest I thought TADTS: a lot of the ones I've used in various office jobs had the same fault.

 

Anyone want a filing cabinet, free to collect if you're strong enough to get it down the stairs?

 

I use a couple of old filing cabinets in my shed- ideal for paint tins, drills, anything that you don't want getting wet.  The mechanisms on both of mine do exactly the same, you need to jiggle a draw/ slam one etc.  I really thought TADTS.  Seems like charities can be picky nowadays...

[SierraMikeHotel]

Possibly. Is it wood or metal, and how many drawers?

 

Metal, four drawers, looks like this:

 

 

The mechanisms on both of mine do exactly the same, you need to jiggle a draw/ slam one etc.  I really thought TADTS.  Seems like charities can be picky nowadays...

 

I thought so too, thanks for confirming!

[Talbot]

Reason its not going any further is his immediate neighbour did all those things its all fallen on deaf ears and the innocent party moved out

I would beg/borrow/steal the loudest amplifier/speakers comnination I can, and when this dickhead starts up, go and blast him with something even louder. Or white noise. Or constant dog barking. Possibly take the exhaust manifolds off of the 'stang and go and run it at 4000rpm right next to his car. Or just take the loudest petrol strimmer you can find with the stinkyest exhaust ever and use it upwind of him.

 

Anything that makes the point that his actions are unacceptable.

[dozeydustman]

Seems like charities can be picky nowadays...

 

 

Yup, the 2 local ones that take* furniture automatically reject anything that is over 5 years old unless antique or period, irrespective of whether or not it's a quality piece or not.

[richardmorris]

This is your opportunity to reconsider that proposition.

 

 

Ha, it was quite quiet on the ring road and I amused myself doing 0-40 starts from the lights. In all honesty Bracknell is improving (  I know, it couldn't have got worse) and the new shopping area is reasonably smart.

[mercedade]

Mini-grump.

 

The DVLA have sent me a cheque, refunding tax I didn't buy.

 

Either the seller of the Vitesse and I got our sequencing wrong, or something else has gone awry, but how could the new keeper be entitled to £85 worth of tax they are only getting back because they've been forced to declare SORN because they're now the new keeper?

 

Obviously, because I am actually a decent guy, I'll be sending the money back to the seller, but how many wouldn't?

[Talbot]

Metal, four drawers, looks like this:

I fear that will be too big for what we need, but I'll ask.

 

That said, 4-drawer filing cabinets seem to sell quite well on ebay or local selling pages, so you might be doing yourself out of a couple of tenners.

[treehugger]

Mini-grump.

 

The DVLA have sent me a cheque, refunding tax I didn't buy.

 

Either the seller of the Vitesse and I got our sequencing wrong, or something else has gone awry, but how could the new keeper be entitled to £85 worth of tax they are only getting back because they've been forced to declare SORN because they're now the new keeper?

 

Obviously, because I am actually a decent guy, I'll be sending the money back to the seller, but how many wouldn't?

I wouldnt. Who needs the hassle?

Other sat at work, supposed to be 4-10pm shift, 5/6 of us signed in for that, found out soon after was only 4-8pm. We got mistakenly paid 4-10pm, so getting extra 1.75 hours (there would have been 15 mins break)

Nobodys saying owt, why should we? They were dishonest, we were booked for 4-10 far as we knew.

[Wack]

Yup, the 2 local ones that take* furniture automatically reject anything that is over 5 years old unless antique or period, irrespective of whether or not it's a quality piece or not.

 

 

Is that to do with selling furniture and ever changing fire regulations, ours refuses anything that hasn't got the little swing tag fire certificates on 

[alcyonecorporation]

I have a way of dealing with particularly dickish ROAD CAPTAIN behaviour, but it falls under the classification of 'two wrongs don't make a right'.

 

Has anyone else had extreme ROAD CAPTAINS pull out in front of you on purpose during an overtake, or deliberatly swerve in front of you to stop you passing them?

[Talbot]

or deliberatly swerve in front of you to stop you passing them?

Thus far only when there's a fucking massive queue of vehicles sheep in lane 1, and a few people going up lane 2 to get somewhere vaguely near the merge point.

 

On a few occasions mr ROAD CAPTAIN has pulled out and blocked the lane, crawling along at the same speed as lane 1, with fucking miles of lane 2 open. I'll quite happily put two wheels on the central reservation to blat past, or in one extreme case (in the Discovery) pulled alongside and very slowly moved over and pushed him back into lane 1. Seriously.. who does that shit in a Bmini? Twat.

[Mally]

I wouldnt. Who needs the hassle?

Other sat at work, supposed to be 4-10pm shift, 5/6 of us signed in for that, found out soon after was only 4-8pm. We got mistakenly paid 4-10pm, so getting extra 1.75 hours (there would have been 15 mins break)

Nobodys saying owt, why should we? They were dishonest, we were booked for 4-10 far as we knew.

 

Sacking offence maybe?

[AMC Rebel]

Lend touring to missis' for a couple of days. Neighbour knocks on door last night... "Your interior lights are on..." She says.

 

Yes they are. *Goes and turns them off....

 

Gets home tonight and the missis' says... "The car didn't start today..."

 

*Removes battery and puts on charge in kitchen...

 

Now this is the thing. The car goes for thousands and thousands of miles without an issue, the missis' has it for 1 DAY and it FTP'd!

 

<sexist stereotype alert>

 

Very few women in my life have had any grasp of -

 

-Car interior lights

-Car heater controls 

 

</alert>

 

Empirical study based on -

 

Courtesy light never being in auto position after sustained use by any female acquaintance

Random (in the true sense) heater settings - inc Kiwi G/F who always set car to recirc (non-aircon car) and complained the useless thing never demisted the windscreen.

 

 

Semi-serious point - maybe there's something "male" about the design of some of these controls - I read a thing about smartphones recently that made that point about them.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

 

Yup, the 2 local ones that take* furniture automatically reject anything that is over 5 years old unless antique or period, irrespective of whether or not it's a quality piece or not.

Is that to do with selling furniture and ever changing fire regulations, ours refuses anything that hasn't got the little swing tag fire certificates on

 

'tis either that, or the charities have wised up to the fact that they were becoming dumping grounds.....

[AMC Rebel]

I have a way of dealing with particularly dickish ROAD CAPTAIN behaviour, but it falls under the classification of 'two wrongs don't make a right'.

 

Has anyone else had extreme ROAD CAPTAINS pull out in front of you on purpose during an overtake, or deliberatly swerve in front of you to stop you passing them?

 

Yes I have - and been brake checked by them too.

 

I have made the potentially unwise decision that provided I am alone in the car and not on a motorway, the next person who brake checks me is getting rear ended.

[dozeydustman]

Is that to do with selling furniture and ever changing fire regulations, ours refuses anything that hasn't got the little swing tag fire certificates on 

 

 

Nope, they point blank refuse anything over that age, irrespective of if the fire label is still current. Even if it fits that criteria, the tiniest defect and they'll reject it. Didn't take the sofa I offered them because it had a thread run in a cushion, even though if you flipped it, you wouldn't know it was there. They're just fussy buggers.

 

The ordinary donations of clothes, toys &c you see in most other charity shops are often much higher from the particularly big 2 local charities than the national ones (Oxfam, BHF etc)

[Kiltox]

Solicitor isn’t answering my calls

 

Letting agent just rang to say the incoming tenant for my flat has failed referencing and so has their guarantor so it’s going back on the market

 

Fuck it all.

[DodgeRover]

Fuck estate agents, house buyers and house sellers.

It's all gone to shit today for not only house purchase but also for the sale of my late father in laws place

 

Anybody want to buy a 4 double bed semi detracted chalet bungalow or 3 bed detatched in Horley RH6?

[panhard65]

Metal, four drawers, looks like this:

 

2018-10-03 14.53.18.jpg

 

 

I thought so too, thanks for confirming!

Where abouts are you as I could always do with more storage. It makes the office look tidier if I stuff all the crap in draws then I can never find it again.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Where abouts are you as I could always do with more storage. It makes the office look tidier if I stuff all the crap in draws then I can never find it again.

Lewes BN7.

 

Re flat batteries - the log books in the pool cars at work all have a reminder to turn interior lights off printed on the cover. This is needed because you have to turn the light on in order to fill in the log book...

 

Really, a modern car should have enough brain to turn the interior light off after, let's say, an hour of the car being locked with no activity.

[dozeydustman]

Someone on Facefuck marketplace is selling a Saab 93 diesel estate, same year as mine, same engine, but just states "won't start, offers invited". It's only a 20 minute drive from me so was tempted.

Sent a polite message yesterday asking if he knows what the starting problem is, has it got any ticket left and just some basic info about the car.

 

No replies until ten mins ago. "Don't know mate, can't get it to run".

 

Me: does the dashboard light up when you turn the key? Does it try and crank the engine?

 

Him: Nah, battery's flat.

 

Me: Ok, does it have any MoT?

 

Him: dunno

 

 

Do I take a punt with a set of jump leads? Or block the prick for being a twat?

[Richard]

It's fucked.

[mrbenn]

If you're interested, go and see it and potentially make an offer based on the fact that he can't be arsed to answer questions.

 

He might be a bit more receptive in "real life".

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I would beg/borrow/steal the loudest amplifier/speakers comnination I can, and when this dickhead starts up, go and blast him with something even louder. Or white noise. Or constant dog barking. Possibly take the exhaust manifolds off of the 'stang and go and run it at 4000rpm right next to his car. Or just take the loudest petrol strimmer you can find with the stinkyest exhaust ever and use it upwind of him.

 

Anything that makes the point that his actions are unacceptable.

 

 

May I refer you to my Bandcamp page?  Specifically:

 

https://weaklingchild.bandcamp.com/track/carthage

 

/shamelessselfpromotion

[chaseracer]

TL:DR Outlaw is a fat useless prick.

 

IS NOT.

 

IS TOP BLOKE & GOOD M8.

 

(( MANHUGS ))

[New POD]

I would beg/borrow/steal the loudest amplifier/speakers comnination I can, and when this dickhead starts up, go and blast him with something even louder. Or white noise. Or constant dog barking. Possibly take the exhaust manifolds off of the 'stang and go and run it at 4000rpm right next to his car. Or just take the loudest petrol strimmer you can find with the stinkyest exhaust ever and use it upwind of him.

 

Anything that makes the point that his actions are unacceptable.

Wait until his bed time and have a street party. Buy some industrial strength fireworks and explode them outside his window.

[New POD]

I have a way of dealing with particularly dickish ROAD CAPTAIN behaviour, but it falls under the classification of 'two wrongs don't make a right'.

 

Has anyone else had extreme ROAD CAPTAINS pull out in front of you on purpose during an overtake, or deliberatly swerve in front of you to stop you passing them?

I was involved in a case in the small claims court where I was accused of ramming someone who was over taking me.

 

He'd previously attempted to prevent my under powered 1.4 Astra over taking him by accelerating in his much more powerful car so that that I either had to brake or continue to stay on the wrong side of the road round the next BEND.

That I choose to do that sounds bad, but on a flat road where the fields are 8 foot lower than the road, I had full view of the next 400 yards. About a mile further on him attempted an overtake on a blind bend and cut in very sharpish. And I failed to brake so hit the side of his rear wing.

He was adamant that I'd swerved at him and his insurer took it all the way to court.

 

I won.

 

To be fair I should have braked hard when he started to overtake, but I was hoping he would have a head on with a tractor.

 

I'm older and more accepting of twatish behaviour now.

 

My advice is get dash cam. If they pull out and you hit them, there,s some serious evidence stored for plod.

 

Thing is though, it's impossible to overtake safely without going over the limit so that will be on camera too.

[wuvvum]

I'm sure I posted a post on this thread a little while ago but it isn't there now.  Odd.