The grumpy thread

[dozeydustman]

Having a frustrating time at the moment with the Princess.  The fuel screw seems intent on unscrewing itself which is mucking all the settings up.  There is very much an art to driving a car that has suddenly developed a self-adjusting carb.  Thankfully, my spare is being reconditioned and rebuilt as I type so the problem will hopefully go away completely soon.  In the meantime, I'm just gritting my teeth.  We're going to go through all the various settings as soon as we can at the unit, just to check everything else is as it should be.  Who knows what else has developed a mind of its own?

 

 

Drop of nail polish or thread lock to hold it in place?

[dozeydustman]

Calling your own daughter a 'dirty dyke' is abuse. Difficult situation though, it's easy for any action you take to make you the villain of the piece in the eyes of your teenage daughter; but from what you've said about her education in the past she's clearly bright, so maybe talk to her first?

 

 

A gay friend of mine whose dad always called him a Nancy/fairy/poof in a jokey sort of way after he came out at a similar age and they bounced off of each other and still have a happy healthy father/son relationship 25 years on. Admittedly she did look like she was going to cry. I don't want to in all guns a-blazing until I know more.

 

Little chats with the SD for the next few days is the current agenda, either me, the mrs or both finding out more.

[DodgeRover]

Fuck knows what wrong with the pinto in the van now, it's approaching the coldest time of year so this is when it normally shits itself.

Today the tickover has vanished, luckily it's manual choke so I pulled it out slightly to give a1500 rpm idle speed.

Planning on checking plugs, cleaning dizzy cap and checking valve clearances tomorrow.

[Guest Hooli]

Yay, snow!

 

Perfect* for my automatic RWD car which doesn't have winter tyres on it yet.

 

Pfft. The two worst winters I've seen here (a good 12-18" of snow in places) I've been driving a Merc 260e & Jag XJ40 without issues. RWD is fine in snow if you drive it properly. The main trick with a RWD auto is knock it into N at walking speed, or you'll the find the front wheels lock with the brakes & the car keeps going as the rear brakes don't stop the creep.... (mind you it's quite funny as the front slides down the camber on command).

[mercrocker]

This is where the otherwise fine W124 foot parking brake thing is a bastard.  I can feather the rear brakes on the 190E with the proper handbrake to check creep without knocking it in and out of Drive which isn't ideal in poor traction conditions.

[PhilA]

Went to have routine eye exam yesterday, annual- seems when I whacked myself upside the head Tuesday I made my retina bleed.

 

Now I gotta go see an eyeball specialist.

 

 

FFS

 

 

Phil

[rainagain]

Friends of mines car was reversed into by the guy across the road from them who drives one of those pickups with the aluminium beds. You can clearly see the dent on the car from the corner of the bed and parts of their red brake light were lodged in the corner of his pickup. He has flatly denied it and claimed someone else hit him that’s why there’s bits of red brake light stuck to his truck.

 

They called the company on the side of the pickup but they just said if he has denied it they won’t do anything. It’s properly messed up their car so badly the sliding door no longer slides back so there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed it.

 

What a total shitty human, I wonder if I should pass the company details to Sheefag for a special call?

[DeeJay]

I hate any body messing with my eye balls.

Low balls, by invitation only.

[DodgeRover]

Friends of mines car was reversed into by the guy across the road from them who drives one of those pickups with the aluminium beds. You can clearly see the dent on the car from the corner of the bed and parts of their red brake light were lodged in the corner of his pickup. He has flatly denied it and claimed someone else hit him that’s why there’s bits of red brake light stuck to his truck.

 

They called the company on the side of the pickup but they just said if he has denied it they won’t do anything. It’s properly messed up their car so badly the sliding door no longer slides back so there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed it.

 

What a total shitty human, I wonder if I should pass the company details to Sheefag for a special call?

Message the managing director with pictures of the damage and the location, also damage to the truck, if it's a company vehicle there should be a daily check done so damage would have been noted prior.

[rainagain]

Message the managing director with pictures of the damage and the location, also damage to the truck, if it's a company vehicle there should be a daily check done so damage would have been noted prior.

It’s only a smallish business so they aren’t really bothered. When they spoke to the ‘boss’ his first words were “what do you want me to do about it”. I’m thinking bad review time on google. Anyone want to join in?

[somewhatfoolish]

Went to have routine eye exam yesterday, annual- seems when I whacked myself upside the head Tuesday I made my retina bleed.

 

Now I gotta go see an eyeball specialist.

 

 

FFS

 

 

Phil

Getting your bell rung is never good, especially DIY; I did it to myself once with the aid of a hydraulic jack, saw stars, claret everywhere, followed by a blue-light chauffeur to the hospital where they took an x-ray to confirm I still had a brain.

[Tamworthbay]

Waiting for my daughter to get off the bus, fucking old twat going on about the homeless ‘well of course it’s a lifestyle choice, they just don’t want to work’. I just about managed not to erupt at the arsehole. And what is it with with some old women who seem to think half a bottle of perfume per day is a sensible amount? Fucking took my breath away.

[twosmoke300]

To hide the smell of stale piss I’m guessing ?

[Supernaut]

Friends of mines car was reversed into by the guy across the road from them who drives one of those pickups with the aluminium beds. You can clearly see the dent on the car from the corner of the bed and parts of their red brake light were lodged in the corner of his pickup. He has flatly denied it and claimed someone else hit him that’s why there’s bits of red brake light stuck to his truck.

 

They called the company on the side of the pickup but they just said if he has denied it they won’t do anything. It’s properly messed up their car so badly the sliding door no longer slides back so there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed it.

 

What a total shitty human, I wonder if I should pass the company details to Sheefag for a special call?

Drive over the pickup truck with a fucking tank, then deny all knowledge of it.

[Pieman]

Waiting for my daughter to get off the bus, fucking old twat going on about the homeless ‘well of course it’s a lifestyle choice, they just don’t want to work’. I just about managed not to erupt at the arsehole.

 

You showed remarkable restraint!

[Tamworthbay]

You showed remarkable restraint!

it’s unusual for me to be honest but the two of them were about 70 or older and I just didn’t trust myself not to completely erupt at them. She was just vile, everything out her mouth was a moan for the twenty minutes I had the misfortune to be there. Including five minutes slagging off the cost of stamps and the Royal Mail with a finishing statement of ‘of course I never complain about the price of a stamp because of what you get for your money’, really, REALLY? Well I must have just dropped a fucking tab of acid and hallucinated your vile insidious rant for the past minutes. But it was the go at the homeless that ground my gears, still pissed off about it over an hour later.

[rainagain]

Drive over the pickup truck with a fucking tank, then deny all knowledge of it.

No those are pieces from another pickup imbeded in the tracks that I ran over yesterday, they’re not yours. It must have been another identical tank than ran over your pickup.

[DodgeRover]

My brother and his partner (both medicos) were horrified when I told them I had superglued and steri striped the big flap of skin I attempted to detach from my finger whilst chopping veg back in place.

 

Apparently there are two grades of superglue - medical and non medical

 

I haven't died yet

It's good for wound closure but only if it's a clean wound, if you have contamination you risk sealing it in there. Once the wound is sealed it is difficult to reopen for a medic to check or clean should you go to hospital.

Obviously on a battlefield or where there is no Dr then not bleeding out is preferable to the longer term risk of infection. Same with quick clot and similar agents, their use is discouraged now on humans and animals even though they are very effective.

[Saabnut]

After my earlier grump of vehicles breaking, I just decided to nip out and fetch more milk (8 miles away!) and whilst out stop of for a cheeky pint in the local Bistro as it has started opening the bar Friday and Saturday evenings. Of course, the Saab decided tonight would be a good night to finally give up on the battery that was fitted when I bought it 7 years ago. I had suspected it was dying so ordered a new one which has not arrived yet.

 

Good job I have emergency UHT milk in the cupboard. Think I will go for that pint tomorrow now....

[chaseracer]

Find a busy roundabout and practice:)

 

Even more betterer!

 

[FakeConcern]

Even more betterer!

 

Put this in the Grin thread quick!

[Tamworthbay]

Seems it’s my ‘meet an arsehole day’ after the scumbag earlier, I have now had to explain that having children shouldn’t be purely down to the ‘intelligent’ in society and that some of the scumbags terrorising estates and old people may or may not be low in intelligence, scumbags can be thick as shit or clever as anything, the defining factor is that they are twats. When did I die and wake up in fucking 1939?

[Rocket88]

Having a frustrating time at the moment with the Princess.  The fuel screw seems intent on unscrewing itself which is mucking all the settings up.  There is very much an art to driving a car that has suddenly developed a self-adjusting carb.  Thankfully, my spare is being reconditioned and rebuilt as I type so the problem will hopefully go away completely soon.  In the meantime, I'm just gritting my teeth.  We're going to go through all the various settings as soon as we can at the unit, just to check everything else is as it should be.  Who knows what else has developed a mind of its own?

 

Loctite?

[PhilA]

Even more betterer!

 

https://youtu.be/HYuvLetJMy8

Incidentally that was done for a reason. That's the General Lee, drifting around Lee Circle in New Orleans.

 

Grumpy ish though because they removed the statue of the namesake because people find history offensive.

 

Phil

[320touring]

Incidentally that was done for a reason. That's the General Lee, drifting around Lee Circle in New Orleans.

 

Grumpy ish though because they removed the statue of the namesake because people find history offensive.

 

Phil

If I had a General Lee and permission to do that (it's for the fillum, duh:))

 

I would make many many waaap waaap noises

[dollywobbler]

it’s unusual for me to be honest but the two of them were about 70 or older and I just didn’t trust myself not to completely erupt at them. She was just vile, everything out her mouth was a moan for the twenty minutes I had the misfortune to be there. Including five minutes slagging off the cost of stamps and the Royal Mail with a finishing statement of ‘of course I never complain about the price of a stamp because of what you get for your money’, really, REALLY? Well I must have just dropped a fucking tab of acid and hallucinated your vile insidious rant for the past minutes. But it was the go at the homeless that ground my gears, still pissed off about it over an hour later.

 

Really worries me that more and more people seem to think it's ok to mouth off utter shit about other people, whether regarding race, gender, lifestyle etc. I thought we were meant to be living in more enlightened times. Instead, I'm left wondering whether other parts of the world might be nicer.

[Pieman]

Today's grump: whenever a picture of a wrecked or damaged vehicle is posted anywhere online, someone always has to post a joke involving T-Cut as if no one in the world has ever heard such a wonderful witty response before.

[Zelandeth]

Oh dear lord...Whoever you were in the 18 plate Mercedes I let through the narrow bit in Newport Pagnell this afternoon...please don't flash your headlights to say thanks.  I literally had to pull over and wait about a minute before I could see properly again.  Those aren't headlights, they're bloody photonic weapons... That's the first time I've been properly blinded like that.

[dollywobbler]

Oh dear lord...Whoever you were in the 18 plate Mercedes I let through the narrow bit in Newport Pagnell this afternoon...please don't flash your headlights to say thanks. I literally had to pull over and wait about a minute before I could see properly again. Those aren't headlights, they're bloody photonic weapons... That's the first time I've been properly blinded like that.

In the remoter parts of Scotland, you indicate left to say 'I am stopping, come through' and indicate right to say thank you. Seems very sensible. I always try to switch from headlights to sidelights at night, and just bloody wave in the day.

[Zelandeth]

In the remoter parts of Scotland, you indicate left to say 'I am stopping, come through' and indicate right to say thank you. Seems very sensible. I always try to switch from headlights to sidelights at night, and just bloody wave in the day.

Yep, after dark I've always "flashed" the lights in thanks by dropping them momentarily to sides as I go by. Especially back when I had the Niva with several hundred watts of spot lights also tied in to main beam.

 

Granted, a lot of people these days probably don't even know where the switch is...it was set to "auto" when they bought the car and never again touched...