The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

Had enough now, cars can go and fuck off. I'm done.

 

The Beemer can sell for not very much on here or be bean cans at the weekend. Not bothered either way.

 

Just going to focus on the Toledo now and balls to anything else. 

[Parky]

Artilllery here too. Two doors away are re-enacting the Somme barrage.

 

Wouldn’t mind but they are in their fifties and have no kids. Their dogs are going apeshit and my cats are terrified

[rantingYoof]

To the driver of the tractor who refused to pull in for over 5 miles earlier, and the queue of about 15 cars who steadfastly refused to overtake it... FUCK OFF AND DIE IN A FIRE. ALL OF YOU.

 

I ended up being that guy and leap-frogging from about 10 cars back to just behind the tractor in one swoop, pulled in to let an oncoming car past (who so kindly flashed their lights and leaned on their horn at me, even though I was already clear, you cunt), then I pulled out and overtook the tractor.

 

I was in the oldest vehicle in the entire mess by a huge margin, and not a single one of them followed me past the tractor even though we were on a long downhill straight.

 

It's equally depressing and annoying that nobody seems to be able to figure out how to perform an overtake now.

 

Ah yes, the way people react to other cars doing OMG STRANGE* THINGS on the road baffles me.

 

I was heading south from Towcester on the A5 on site visits last week. The A5 is a 60mph road with a very good. smooth surface and is pretty much arrow straight, and quite wide at some points too. I like it in the Lexus because it's basically silent running.

 

I was wafting down at bang on 60mph on the cruise control, and came up behind a Q2 or something pootling along at 40mph. The planets must have been aligned perfectly because I approached it during a significant break in the oncoming traffic to the point where I was able to signal, pull out and pass the car without even disengaging cruise control almost like I was on a dual-carriageway. I left a massive gap too, because the road was nice and wide at that point.

 

I pulled gently back in as the car appeared wholly in my rear-view mirror, and was greeted with the driver of the Q2 having some sort of apocalyptic rage-fit at the wheel, and I got three long main-beam flashes for my troubles.

 

It was about the most easiest and stress-free overtakes I've ever done on such a road, and the other driver was in absolutely no danger at any point. Particularly in the Lexus, 40mph on that road would feel like a crawl, so I guess the speed differential took them by surprise, but as I have used the dashcam to work out the small speedometre overread I can be 100% certain I was not going faster than 60mph.

 

I've given up trying to work out why the driver was so cross and put it down to them having a shitty day.

[MikeR]

how is it my body feels like its been dragged throu a hedge sideways , trampled by a herd and I need to wake up in the recovery position on my week off work...

 

but when work starts ...

 

 i do work on the car , do the cooking and cleaning

 

have my couple ( bottles )  of plonks , some cans , a donner or two  , piles of chips , watch a movie

 

and

 

I can be woken at silly O clock by a taxi call ... ( yes mate , its there in 10 , bye )

 

be the first up

 

cook breakfast ( and serve and  eat it  )

 

clear the garden of cat and dog shit , do the bins , and clean the toilet ... ( well I would have to after that lot )

 

 

as for the dog , he is still toasting his paws in front of the fire after the last trek I took him on ...... wimp !!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Early November is of course the calling of The Moron. Fireworks are of particular interest to The Moron.

 

The Moron finds the big bangs exciting, because he is very stupid and easily pleased.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

A client was telling me 2 days before competition the buyer suddenly wanted a periodic test done on the electrics and the boiler servicing.

 

 

 

The buyer of the rental house I sold in Jan tried that trick. I informed the solicitors that the sale was now off and that I would put the house back on the rental market. That was the rocket that was needed. They were already a grand and survey charges in........

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Artilllery here too. Two doors away are re-enacting the Somme barrage.

 

Wouldn’t mind but they are in their fifties and have no kids. Their dogs are going apeshit and my cats are terrified

 

 

 

How far can you throw a stick of dynamite? Any tall trees/fences?

[Zelandeth]

They're driving an Audi. Therefore anything anyone else does on the road is a cause for rage.

 

Probably doing 40mph as their teeth will be rattled from their skull if they go any faster should they run over a single errant pebble or twig.

[New POD]

how is it my body feels like its been dragged throu a hedge sideways , trampled by a herd and I need to wake up in the recovery position on my week off work...

 

but when work starts ...

 

i do work on the car , do the cooking and cleaning

 

have my couple ( bottles ) of plonks , some cans , a donner or two , piles of chips , watch a movie

 

and

 

I can be woken at silly O clock by a taxi call ... ( yes mate , its there in 10 , bye )

 

be the first up

 

cook breakfast ( and serve and eat it )

 

clear the garden of cat and dog shit , do the bins , and clean the toilet ... ( well I would have to after that lot )

 

 

as for the dog , he is still toasting his paws in front of the fire after the last trek I took him on ...... wimp !!

Do you need a hug ???

[stonedagain]

Artilllery here too. Two doors away are re-enacting the Somme barrage.

 

Wouldn’t mind but they are in their fifties and have no kids. Their dogs are going apeshit and my cats are terrified

Have they got a bonfire lit? If so, gather a carrier bag full of aerosols, tie the top, then wait till they're not looking & lob it into the fire!

[MarvinsMom]

got stuck with working nights all week this coming week.

 

so no NEC for me this year.

 

shit,

[vulgalour]

Just stressed.  Stressed, stressed, stressed.  No money to do anything beyond keep things where they are.  No ability to push my business into bigger projects until I know what's happening with the house move (10 months, three failed house purchase, and still no closer to getting a house) which means no more money since I can't necessarily meet obligations a bigger project demands while I'm in limbo.  People the world over being absolute dicks to other people for no reason other than personal wealth and short sighted cruelty.

 

I just generally feel stuck and frustrated at the moment with no power to change anything.  I want to just have a big old rant at someone, anyone, anything, but there's no one place to focus it on.  It's all so infuriatingly nebulous.

[Floatylight]

Spent all day trying to put together a PowerPoint presentation for a job interview on Tuesday, such a ballache trying to second-guess what they want.. Maybe tomorrow I will find my inspiration..

 

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[GrumpiusMaximus]

Had a concert tonight, first one with the new choir I've joined.  It was good fun.  In a cathedral, etc.

 

Walked out, didn't know where I was going and walked about 3 miles looking for the car park.  In a city that I know a bit, I ended up walking in totally the wrong fucking direction.

 

And I'm back in work tomorrow doing tech for a big event.  And I'm the only techie.  And have a shit ton to transport before I can even start setting up for rehearsals...

 

Concert was good fun, though.

[reb]

Due to our management staffing levels being somewhat suboptimal, I started today at 9am despite not leaving last night after midnight. On a Sunday this amounts to sitting in the shoebox office for hours on end waiting for something to happen. Let's play a game of what awful thing did I forget to do last night!

 

On the plus side, I have a large thermos of niceish coffee. Maybe it won't be so bad after all.

 

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[cobblers]

Can't find my flat cap anywhere. Bugger

[mercrocker]

I read that as "cat flap".....Sorry chap, now I understand.

[bub2006]

Bought cooker off Facebook. Dirt cheap because brassic. Its wired in properly and the oven doesn't work. Turned it all off off and found no issues or loose connection. Turned back on and the bastard thing just blew me into the wall. £25 up the swanny,left arm shaking and chest pounding now. Feel like shite.

[Richard]

Elaine Page. It takes about three minutes of her show to give me a splitting headache. If her voice doesn't do it the fucking cacophonous racket she plays will. 

 

https://youtu.be/NvsuZEGbg58?t=102

[Guest Hooli]

Bought cooker off Facebook. Dirt cheap because brassic. Its wired in properly and the oven doesn't work. Turned it all off off and found no issues or loose connection. Turned back on and the bastard thing just blew me into the wall. £25 up the swanny,left arm shaking and chest pounding now. Feel like shite.

Explains why it was cheap!

 

I'd have thought your place would have RCDs to prevent that.

[bub2006]

It does but they didn't trip. Don't think I took enough current to trigger it.

[jonathan_dyane]

I've got a gas cooker you can have for free in 3 weeks if that any use?

[beko1987]

Get a charcoal bbq instead, much more fun!

[bub2006]

I've got a gas cooker you can have for free in 3 weeks if that any use?

Thanks I'd appreciate that. What's your location please?

[DodgeRover]

Sorry to hear that Bub, anyway you can check if the wiring to it is correct? If it's earthed and on a modern RCD system it shouldn't give you that much of a shock.

At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs

Old system

Red live

Black neutral

Earth unsleeved

New

Brown - live (fucking stupid choice if you ask me but they didn't)

Blue - neutral

Earth - unsleeved

[DodgeRover]

My grump had a call from a family member just got a new to her Meriva on a '59 plate off a lot with a fresh test, making a terrible noise from the front. Took it up the road and wished I hadn't, had to stop to check the wheel wasn't falling off it was that bad.

2 new drop arms on the front anti roll bar, both are on upside down, both are loose as there isn't sufficient thread showing for the nyloc bit of the nut to go onto!

Seriously who is that sodding thick, got to go and put them right tomorrow after work.

[bub2006]

Wiring is matched up and all well. It's more an internal fault I think. I'm still tingling now.

[5speedracer]

Oh, how I miss the "Old Man"!

 

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[myglaren]

My grump had a call from a family member just got a new to her Meriva on a '59 plate off a lot with a fresh test, making a terrible noise from the front. Took it up the road and wished I hadn't, had to stop to check the wheel wasn't falling off it was that bad.

2 new drop arms on the front anti roll bar, both are on upside down, both are loose as there isn't sufficient thread showing for the nyloc bit of the nut to go onto!

Seriously who is that sodding thick, got to go and put them right tomorrow after work.

Take it back!

[jonathan_dyane]

I’m in Liverpool bub mate which I appreciate isn’t all that handy.