The grumpy thread

[warren t claim]

Entirely fair enough.  I suspect I wouldn't have had your restraint and would have loved to have made him look like the prick he is in front of his kids.

 

Which is why I'm not a taxi driver.

 

His kids were already strapped in my car which meant that if I bailed to avoid the conflict I'd of been reported for child abduction and doubtless my reg and plate number would of been all over the local Facebook gossip pages.

[fordperv]

What is it with girlies getting through eleventy-hundred million items of clothing in a day? I've done 8 loads of washing today. Just the wife and stepdaughter's stuff.

Because life is a fashion show

[MarvinsMom]

What is it with girlies getting through eleventy-hundred million items of clothing in a day? I've done 8 loads of washing today. Just the wife and stepdaughter's stuff.

 

because its not nice to be dirty and smelly?

[eddyramrod]

Guess what I did, again?  Mods, can we PLEASE have some kind of safeguard on the "mark forum as read" button to help those of us using laptop mousepads?

[Mrcento]

 

 

 

I'm surprised that every corner shop/newsagent/local PO in the UK haven't signed up en-mass to be collection and delivery points for the non-door-to-door courier stuff, situations like yours must be very common if not the majority in urban areas; none are exactly brimming with commercial success these days with their margins squeezed by the taxman, supermarkets, internetz media, and the Royal Mail making postmastery an act of charity rather than a living wage.

 

 

I would much, much prefer a collection point. If you're waiting on 3 or 4 parcels, the ability to just wait for notifications they have been dropped off collect them all at once when you have time rather than having to wait for potentially 4 separate deliver men over 2 or 3 days solves 90% of issues.

[loserone]

Guess what I did, again? Mods, can we PLEASE have some kind of safeguard on the "mark forum as read" button to help those of us using laptop mousepads?

This. Oh this.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Entirely fair enough.  I suspect I wouldn't have had your restraint and would have loved to have made him look like the prick he is in front of his kids.

 

Which is why I'm not a taxi driver.

I would have just made him squirm.

 

"My wife is black" would have worked nicely

[Craig the Princess]

I would have just made him squirm.

 

"My wife is black" would have worked nicely

But what would your made up husband and real Irish wife made of that

 

/StewartLee

[D Spares & Tyres]

But what would your made up husband and real Irish wife made of that

/StewartLee

They would have been offended of course

[Inspector Morose]

I would have just made him squirm.

"My wife is black" would have worked nicely

It does.

[andy18s]

 

 

 

I'm surprised that every corner shop/newsagent/local PO in the UK haven't signed up en-mass to be collection and delivery points for the non-door-to-door courier stuff, situations like yours must be very common if not the majority in urban areas; none are exactly brimming with commercial success these days with their margins squeezed by the taxman, supermarkets, internetz media, and the Royal Mail making postmastery an act of charity rather than a living wage.

We have Econt here in Bulgaria which works very well

Every town has at least 1 office where you go to send or receive parcels,mostly overnight

You send a parcel to Joe Bloggski,using his phone number and the destination town,and thats it

He gets a call when it arrives,gets the option to inspect the item,and pays once happy

Delivery charges are very reasonable and paid by either party as arranged beforehand

[Parky]

But what would your made up husband and real Irish wife made of that

/StewartLee

The real life Irish wife is very violent, she wouldn’t have stood for that. But I think the pretend black wife would have reasoned with him and win him over with her charm.

 

Bloody loved that routine. Shame the pretend wife and husband both had to die, they sounded nice

[New POD]

My grump is fucking football supporters.

Man U supporters.

And Christmas markets.

 

So we had tickets to Swan Lake at the Lowry and pre paid tickets to park at the Lowry outlet multi-story.

 

The ballet started at 2:00. So we arranged to arrive at 1:15.

 

The was a queue from the motorway and we arrived at the car park at 1:55. It was closed. Because full. We ended up paying 7 quid to park on an industrial estate 3/4 of a mile walk away. And missed the first 20 mins.

 

Why was it full? Fucking Man U supporters parking there and walking over the bridge to the ground. Their kick off was 3pm

 

Why does everyone conspire to piss me off.

[warren t claim]

My grump is fucking football supporters.

Man U supporters.

And Christmas markets.

 

So we had tickets to Swan Lake at the Lowry and pre paid tickets to park at the Lowry outlet multi-story.

 

The ballet started at 2:00. So we arranged to arrive at 1:15.

 

The was a queue from the motorway and we arrived at the car park at 1:55. It was closed. Because full. We ended up paying 7 quid to park on an industrial estate 3/4 of a mile walk away. And missed the first 20 mins.

 

Why was it full? Fucking Man U supporters parking there and walking over the bridge to the ground. Their kick off was 3pm

 

Why does everyone conspire to piss me off.

In all fairness the Man United fans have to drive 200 miles north to watch home games so it's unsurprising that they set off early.

[New POD]

In all fairness the Man United fans have to drive 200 miles north to watch home games so it's unsurprising that they set off early.

Fair point.

[mrbenn]

Always worth checking the fixtures at Old Trafford before heading anywhere near there.

[panhard65]

Went into that there London last night to Hamersmith Appolo to see Sarah Millican (some may think that is enough of a grump but it wasn't that bad really) Any way now onto the grumps for the evening. Is it possible to just go into a normal pub and eat normal pub grub and have a normal pint any more ? Everywhere just seemed to be poncey overpriced food in packed bars with neatly trimmed beardy hipsters everywhere. We finally got a table in this pub to find that the only beers they do are all these micro brewery crap that tastes bloody awful. So I reverted to cider but no normal ciders only stuff you have never heard of. I will say though that the Seacider black cherry pie was rather nice and the food was ok but bloody expensive. The journey home was a nightmare though as some dick in a Ferrari had decided to stick it into the central reservation on the A4 which caused a massive jam for miles. Then after we get out of the smoke there were miles and miles of roadworks with cameras for 50mph which is boring as hell in the middle of the night. Why anyone would want to live in London I will never know it is just an overpriced shithole.

[HMC]

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Fucking sick of fucking every fucking thing.

[dozeydustman]

Because life is a fashion show

 

 

Seems likely

 

because its not nice to be dirty and smelly?

 

 

Changing socks, pants and other underwear at least once daily is a given. But a top that's been worn for only an hour or so of an evening could surely be worn the following evening if nothing gets spilt on it or haven't been somewhere with strong odours? Sometimes for 5-10 minutes before deciding that it looks crap with the skirt/trousers/cardi - surely putting back on the hanger for another day would suffice in this instance.

 

For the record I am neither dirty nor smelly, except after I finish work when I throw my workclothes in the wash then have a shower.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Went into that there London last night to Hamersmith Appolo to see Sarah Millican (some may think that is enough of a grump but it wasn't that bad really) Any way now onto the grumps for the evening. Is it possible to just go into a normal pub and eat normal pub grub and have a normal pint any more ? ...

Not in London. London hasn't been "normal" since the 1980s at least.

 

Why anyone would want to live in London I will never know it is just an overpriced shithole.

It sometimes feels that only the very rich and the very poor can afford* to live in London. The rest of us just struggle along. I rarely go into central London now - 'tis too many people and too much paying through the nose.

[somewhatfoolish]

Sarah Millican; not that bad really.

Quote for the poster if ever there was one.

[dozeydustman]

Quote for the poster if ever there was one.

 

 

I may put her into the shaggable thread, as there is something about her that gets me frisky.

[dozeydustman]

Not in London. London hasn't been "normal" since the 1980s at least.

 

 

It sometimes feels that only the very rich and the very poor can afford* to live in London. The rest of us just struggle along. I rarely go into central London now - 'tis too many people and too much paying through the nose.

 

Best thing about London is the train home. Place needs demolishing. I hate it with so much bile.

 

 

Except the Tube. I like the Tube.

[Snipes]

Went into that there London last night to Hamersmith Appolo to see Sarah Millican (some may think that is enough of a grump but it wasn't that bad really) Any way now onto the grumps for the evening. Is it possible to just go into a normal pub and eat normal pub grub and have a normal pint any more ? Everywhere just seemed to be poncey overpriced food in packed bars with neatly trimmed beardy hipsters everywhere. We finally got a table in this pub to find that the only beers they do are all these micro brewery crap that tastes bloody awful. So I reverted to cider but no normal ciders only stuff you have never heard of. I will say though that the Seacider black cherry pie was rather nice and the food was ok but bloody expensive. The journey home was a nightmare though as some dick in a Ferrari had decided to stick it into the central reservation on the A4 which caused a massive jam for miles. Then after we get out of the smoke there were miles and miles of roadworks with cameras for 50mph which is boring as hell in the middle of the night. Why anyone would want to live in London I will never know it is just an overpriced shithole.

We had that when driving back to Kent from Leeds. The whole top half of the M25 was closed (clockwise). Total nightmare.

[Inspector Morose]

 Changing socks, pants and other underwear at least once daily is a given.

Daily?

[Tamworthbay]

Went into that there London last night to Hamersmith Appolo to see Sarah Millican (some may think that is enough of a grump but it wasn't that bad really) Any way now onto the grumps for the evening. Is it possible to just go into a normal pub and eat normal pub grub and have a normal pint any more ? Everywhere just seemed to be poncey overpriced food in packed bars with neatly trimmed beardy hipsters everywhere. We finally got a table in this pub to find that the only beers they do are all these micro brewery crap that tastes bloody awful. So I reverted to cider but no normal ciders only stuff you have never heard of. I will say though that the Seacider black cherry pie was rather nice and the food was ok but bloody expensive. The journey home was a nightmare though as some dick in a Ferrari had decided to stick it into the central reservation on the A4 which caused a massive jam for miles. Then after we get out of the smoke there were miles and miles of roadworks with cameras for 50mph which is boring as hell in the middle of the night. Why anyone would want to live in London I will never know it is just an overpriced shithole.

Every time I go It reminds me of how much I hate it. I find the place utterly depressing and even a day there is far too much. And it doesn’t need to be like that, go to Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Lisbon and loads of other capitals and they are brilliant places to be without all the shite London seems to have.

[artdjones]

Went into that there London last night to Hamersmith Appolo to see Sarah Millican (some may think that is enough of a grump but it wasn't that bad really) Any way now onto the grumps for the evening. Is it possible to just go into a normal pub and eat normal pub grub and have a normal pint any more ? Everywhere just seemed to be poncey overpriced food in packed bars with neatly trimmed beardy hipsters everywhere. We finally got a table in this pub to find that the only beers they do are all these micro brewery crap that tastes bloody awful. So I reverted to cider but no normal ciders only stuff you have never heard of. I will say though that the Seacider black cherry pie was rather nice and the food was ok but bloody expensive. The journey home was a nightmare though as some dick in a Ferrari had decided to stick it into the central reservation on the A4 which caused a massive jam for miles. Then after we get out of the smoke there were miles and miles of roadworks with cameras for 50mph which is boring as hell in the middle of the night. Why anyone would want to live in London I will never know it is just an overpriced shithole.

But apart from that,did you enjoy the evening?

[richardmorris]

My mum has just called to tell me that a girl ( well, woman now!) I knew from school and church killed herself on Friday. Her mum called round to tell them. Both she and her Mum are bipolar ( plus a couple of cousins so there’s something going on in that gene pool) and apparently she’d had enough of the meds.

 

She’d been talked off the a5 bridge at cefn a fortnight ago ( that’s a serious drop), and was sectioned but as she was responding to the drugs they let her out.

 

Took an overdose, but don’t know what yet. Makes you stop and think when someone you know does this. She must have been so unhappy.

[New POD]

My mum has just called to tell me that a girl ( well, woman now!) I knew from school and church killed herself on Friday. Her mum called round to tell them. Both she and her Mum are bipolar ( plus a couple of cousins so there’s something going on in that gene pool) and apparently she’d had enough of the meds.

 

She’d been talked off the a5 bridge at cefn a fortnight ago ( that’s a serious drop), and was sectioned but as she was responding to the drugs they let her out.

 

Took an overdose, but don’t know what yet. Makes you stop and think when someone you know does this. She must have been so unhappy.

Unhappy or Ill ? Either way shit