The grumpy thread

[mercrocker]

 

Just gone to test-build the boy's Christmas PC. Basically I got him a graphics card which is a shit present on its own, so I also bought a new case, and then gifted him the guts of my old PC as really it was the only way he was going to get a decent computer.

 

Opened the box with the case in.... there's a bloody watercooling setup in there. £60-odd worth of gear rather than a £30 case. Great, except it doesn't help me get a working system for Christmas. Thankfully they're open Monday but it's a 50 mile round trip.

 

So do I.....

• just go back, say nothing and buy another case for £30, sell the watercooling kit on ebay for £45 and pocket the difference as "petrol money"?
• go back with the watercooler, explain their mistake and hope they see fit to at least do me a deal on the other case? 
• Never set foot in there again in case they recognise me and just buy a case elsewhere? 

 

  

Do what is best for you and the intended gift.   If you have a moral dilemma it suggests you won't be happy with Option 1.

 

Option 3 might prove restrictive in the future.  

 

Option 2 probably is the one - you could phone them first, make sure they are open, explain the dilemma and see what else you might get out of their mistake, being as it's Christmas, you are pushed for time and another's happiness depends on it.   Will you get another case elsewhere in this short period anyway? 

[Rocket88]

 

Just gone to test-build the boy's Christmas PC. Basically I got him a graphics card which is a shit present on its own, so I also bought a new case, and then gifted him the guts of my old PC as really it was the only way he was going to get a decent computer.

 

Opened the box with the case in.... there's a bloody watercooling setup in there. £60-odd worth of gear rather than a £30 case. Great, except it doesn't help me get a working system for Christmas. Thankfully they're open Monday but it's a 50 mile round trip.

 

So do I.....

• just go back, say nothing and buy another case for £30, sell the watercooling kit on ebay for £45 and pocket the difference as "petrol money"?
• go back with the watercooler, explain their mistake and hope they see fit to at least do me a deal on the other case? 
• Never set foot in there again in case they recognise me and just buy a case elsewhere? 

 

 

...B...followed by C............

[New POD]

at work years ago , we had a toilet blocker we called Mr Log .......

 

he would leave a lurker that would take days to shift ..

 

we never did find out who it was ...

I was told that they believed it to be you.

[MikeR]

nope .. I would of put a flag in it and named it mine ...

 

any way I wondered around Tesco today like a man does when shopping with wife ... but no wife

 

and managed to get rid of all my years end copper at the self service .....

[DodgeRover]

I thought my cat was my friend.

But it's just changed it's mind!

Get a dog, friend for life.

[nebuchenezer]

Friday night,

 

Had a few

 

Went out the back for a smoke

 

Knee let go

 

Impacted right shoulder on concrete path from a height of 6'

 

Saturday morning cue scurrying to Deal and Dover minor injuries unit to see if the pain I had was commensurate with shoulder breakage.

 

Kudos to both units, in and out like a flash with x-ray.

 

Not broken but now I think I understand the term stinger in rugby.

 

Of course I am in the doghouse Becoz alky.

 

Note, as you get older falling hurts more.

 

Note 2, headbutting a prickly bush is not a good look when trying to explain to beloved.

 

Note 3, I mentioned stinger. I have only heard it in rugby terms but basically it is a joint hammered in its working envelope by massive force thus stunning the nerve.

 

I might be a wuss but it kin hurts.

[New POD]

nope .. I would of put a flag in it and named it mine ...

 

any way I wondered around Tesco today like a man does when shopping with wife ... but no wife

 

and managed to get rid of all my years end copper at the self service .....

I'm apparently the worst husband in the whole world.

Actually there's no apparently about it.

I didn't step in when my sister was rude to my wife this afternoon.

Why because my sister is a jack ass and making herself look stupid.

Wife, rightly, expected me to step in and get an apology. But I did feck all.

I'm not sure that Christmas isn't cancelled now.

 

For fucks sake.

[wuvvum]

Drove down to Somerset this morning in the 75. The car didn't miss a beat, and according to the computer managed 48mpg, which is the best I've ever seen from it. Then going to move it round the corner earlier this evening, switch the headlights on and PING! the fugging nearside dipped beam blows. So that's going to be a fun* job for tomorrow.

[myglaren]

I had to do my daughters 75 headlights.  Thought it was going to be a nightmare but discovered the little door in the wheel arch liner.

One side very easy, the other not so much.

[beko1987]

I'm apparently the worst husband in the whole world.

Actually there's no apparently about it.

I didn't step in when my sister was rude to my wife this afternoon.

Why because my sister is a jack ass and making herself look stupid.

Wife, rightly, expected me to step in and get an apology. But I did feck all.

I'm not sure that Christmas isn't cancelled now.

 

For fucks sake.

Oh I feel your pain! My mum and Amy had their 6 monthly blazing row earlier... Getting presants to the kids tomorrow is going to be fun*!

[drum]

Driving south down the A90 today, sitting at 70 in lane 1 about to pass the Tealing junction.

 

I see a small black modern sitting in the central reservation waiting for a gap to join the carriageway I'm on.

 

Only the prick doesn't wait for a gap, but instead decides to pull out of the central reservation into the fast lane.

 

I'm only about 50 yards away and have no idea if the cunt is going to pull across in front of me, so end up slamming the anchors on. My son gets to hear his dad say a few choice swear words while I give the dick the full beams from two feet behind his bumper.

 

When he pulled into the slow lane and let me passed, he refused to look at me, the wee prick. It wouldn't have taken an expert lip reader to know what I was telling him.

 

Meanwhile my wife is telling me I should have passed him on the slow lane, but I'd no way of knowing if he even knew I was there.

[plasticvandan]

Friday night,

Had a few

Went out the back for a smoke

Knee let go

Impacted right shoulder on concrete path from a height of 6'

Saturday morning cue scurrying to Deal and Dover minor injuries unit to see if the pain I had was commensurate with shoulder breakage.

Kudos to both units, in and out like a flash with x-ray.

Not broken but now I think I understand the term stinger in rugby.

Of course I am in the doghouse Becoz alky.

Note, as you get older falling hurts more.

Note 2, headbutting a prickly bush is not a good look when trying to explain to beloved.

Note 3, I mentioned stinger. I have only heard it in rugby terms but basically it is a joint hammered in its working envelope by massive force thus stunning the nerve.

I might be a wuss but it kin hurts.

Had our works Xmas do in N.I Saturday,first time out the country,first time in a plane.. Had a lovely day,but as you do got arseholed,kicked out the club we were in,and in the 40 mins between then and my gaffer finding me to go back to our apartment,I fell over or something and really hurt my knee,got back yesterday,really struggling to change gear in my bike,now have a hel l of a pain in my neck and my knee,which is massively swollen and bruised.My fault entirely of course,but as this sort of thing might be a once a year occurence,I'm letting myself off.

[Parky]

I'm apparently the worst husband in the whole world.

Actually there's no apparently about it.

I didn't step in when my sister was rude to my wife this afternoon.

Why because my sister is a jack ass and making herself look stupid.

Wife, rightly, expected me to step in and get an apology. But I did feck all.

I'm not sure that Christmas isn't cancelled now.

For fucks sake.

I hear you brother. Ten years or so ago my sister did something similar by telling my wife that my Mum didn’t like her very much. Why the hell would she say that? I wasn’t party to this conversation but apparently should have heard it (despite being in Finland at the time).

 

Wanting to establish exactly what was said and why? Wrong move.

 

Storming in and attacking sister and parents - right move.

 

Needless to say I did the wrong thing...

[MikeR]

the Micra squeals its steering pump belt on full lock ...always done it

 

it does it more when its damp

 

even more when it is cold

 

it uses full lock to get out of the drive

 

which means it does it more now ...

 

but because I did not willingly go outside to listen to it       ..

 

I am not a perfect husband

[anonymous user]

As it's Christmas I think the grumpy thread should be closed for a couple of days. I think it can be taken as read that emotions will be boiling over, everyone is that little bit more snappy than usual and it's the time of year when ancient petty grievances get dragged out for an airing. That coupled with present anxiety, "was that faberge egg enough for auntie Gladys?" "DID YOU REMEMBER?" "WHERE HAVE YOU PUT?"

This is why I no longer spend Christmas with family, they are OK, but I would rather see them without having to be dragged into a frenzied whirl of trying to be nice and joining in when all I want is to have a nap.

[Zelandeth]

Have had another pointer that the resources I'm looking for are readily accessible - via bloody Facebook groups.

 

I do not use Facebook as the first thing it did when I set up an account there - giving it no permission to link to anything - was start going "Hi there, you must want to reconnect with these people!" and point me at a bunch of people from my secondary school days.

 

People who I've spent a lot of time and effort putting several hundred miles between me and them, especially given they on several occasions brought me very close to taking my own life.

 

Suffice to say I have no desire whatsoever to reconnect with them, nor to be honest be reminded that they exist.

 

Yet I find myself in a position where I'm basically being forced to use the damned platform because everyone else on the planet has decided that forums are so last century and bloody bookface must be used for absolutely everything.

[beko1987]

Yey Amy and my mum had a blazing row yesterday so mum's not coming round today... I've been drinking since lunchtime and it's helping a bit

[cort16]

I needed to go to the shops about 5 miles aways so I thought I'd take the Cortina as it doesn't get out much.

On the way there it got hot but didn't overheat. Once I'd bought my mince pies I bought some 25p water from the supermarket and topped it up.

 

On the way back it was steaming up inside really badly then I started to get clouds coming through the air vents. Then it was a full on fog. Worse I was driving into the sun so had to keep stopping and clearing the windscreen. By the time I was nearly back to my lockup it was full cloud cover.

It looks like the heater matrix has burst.  What fucking heap.

 

I hate old cars.

[loserone]

I've been drinking since lunchtime and it's not helping a bit

FTFY

 

Hope it settles a bit for you Beko

[Pillock]

Have had another pointer that the resources I'm looking for are readily accessible - via bloody Facebook groups.

 

I do not use Facebook as the first thing it did when I set up an account there - giving it no permission to link to anything - was start going "Hi there, you must want to reconnect with these people!" and point me at a bunch of people from my secondary school days.

 

People who I've spent a lot of time and effort putting several hundred miles between me and them, especially given they on several occasions brought me very close to taking my own life.

 

Suffice to say I have no desire whatsoever to reconnect with them, nor to be honest be reminded that they exist.

 

Yet I find myself in a position where I'm basically being forced to use the damned platform because everyone else on the planet has decided that forums are so last century and bloody bookface must be used for absolutely everything.

There's a few guides on how to do this, but it is possible to set up a totally separate Facebook account

 

The basics are

* Don't install the app, ever. Use Mobile Web if you want to view it on a phone

* Don't take it up on the kind offer to link with your contacts.

* Don't allow your mobile (if you do use that) location access.

* Use a burner email, just sign up for a new Google or Hotmail one and use it just for FB.

* Never check in anywhere, or tag anyone.

 

That should kill most of the stalkery bits. You just may find that some group admins don't let you join the group as such an empty profile is usually the sign of a spammer.

[New POD]

the Micra squeals its steering pump belt on full lock ...always done it

 

it does it more when its damp

 

even more when it is cold

 

it uses full lock to get out of the drive

 

which means it does it more now ...

 

but because I did not willingly go outside to listen to it ..

 

I am not a perfect husband

We have no beer in the house. Only cider and wine and champagne and Apple juice. Be warned. 2 hours from now when you come round for the Christmas eve supper, you'll probably have to make do with this weird white liquid which smells a bit like Baileys after you've vomited it across the room.

Or tea.

[Guest Hooli]

There's a few guides on how to do this, but it is possible to set up a totally separate Facebook account

 

The basics are

* Don't install the app, ever. Use Mobile Web if you want to view it on a phone

* Don't take it up on the kind offer to link with your contacts.

* Don't allow your mobile (if you do use that) location access.

* Use a burner email, just sign up for a new Google or Hotmail one and use it just for FB.

* Never check in anywhere, or tag anyone.

 

That should kill most of the stalkery bits. You just may find that some group admins don't let you join the group as such an empty profile is usually the sign of a spammer.

 

Or just don't click on the 'add friend' suggestions, they never get added & can't see sod all about you if you set your security settings correctly. Works for me as I avoid almost every person I knew 10-20 years ago like the plague too.

[oldcars]

This. I have no pets myself as i don't have the time, but how could anyone do this.   

 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/abandoned-dog-being-dumped-street/

[pandamonium]

I got fat. I've gone from a 36" waist to having to wear 40" to fit my arse and thighs in. Problem is, I'm shaped like a woman, so normal clothes don't really fit me. I need to lose weight and get fit. Thing is, I have M.E. so exercising is difficult due to fatigue and constantly getting injured.

Fucksake.

[Cheggers]

I got fat. I've gone from a 36" waist to having to wear 40" to fit my arse and thighs in. Problem is, I'm shaped like a woman, so normal clothes don't really fit me. I need to lose weight and get fit. Thing is, I have M.E. so exercising is difficult due to fatigue and constantly getting injured.

Fucksake.

Exercise is always good, but you can lose weight through diet alone.

[Springer]

This. I have no pets myself as i don't have the time, but how could anyone do this.   

 

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/abandoned-dog-being-dumped-street/

Saw that earlier - what an absolute piece of utter shit that individual is - wouldn't even go as far as to use the term human. The saddest thing was that the dog clearly loved them. I'm sure the poor hound will find am amazing new home where it is loved. I hope they find that arsehole too and fling the book at him. Boils my piss this - lost one of my dogs 4 weeks ago today after doing everything to save her.......and this tosser does this.....    

[clayts450]

Usual poor driving standards ahoy.

 

Car in front signals right, takes right hand lane approaching r-a-b

 

I'm going straight over, left hand lane

 

Car in front swerves in front of me, causing huge braking on my part

 

Fair play to driver, she puts her hand up to acknowledge she cut me up, I return it without resorting to horn violence - honest mistake, thinks I

 

Get caught in a traffic jam

 

Driver then flicks lit fag out of window.

 

Maintains exterior calm, interior seething.

 

Seems to be a lot of fuckwittery around today.

[Zelandeth]

Or just don't click on the 'add friend' suggestions, they never get added & can't see sod all about you if you set your security settings correctly. Works for me as I avoid almost every person I knew 10-20 years ago like the plague too.

Aye, the thing which got me was that literally thirty seconds after registering the account - having pointedly declined it's kind offer to connect with and scan my contacts etc, before I'd entered *any* details in the profile (which are all filled in "None of your business") it had longer me the first email with the friend suggestions - of the folks I mentioned previously.

 

The email address I signed up with didn't exist until time ten years after I last saw any of them, so that's nothing to do with it. This was on a desktop I signed up, and any requests for location would have been declined...it just creeped me the hell out. Especially as if it's suggesting to me to reconnect with them, by the same logic it's probably inviting them to reconnect with me.

 

I've spent a lot of time and effort leaving that chapter of my life behind me, and things like that resurfacing can shake me up a lot more than it should.

[richardmorris]

I’m stuck between thinking software is wonderful and also creepy. How does my work’s office pc know what l looked for on Amazon on my iPad at home for instance. Nothing weird( luckily) just a Christmas present for my brother in law.

[Pillock]

Or just don't click on the 'add friend' suggestions, they never get added & can't see sod all about you if you set your security settings correctly. Works for me as I avoid almost every person I knew 10-20 years ago like the plague too.

That will work for people you've moved away from, and like you I've never been promoted to add any of the "people" I went to school with.

 

They do associate you by location (even if location services are turned off, it was found this week) with people you regularly share space with. Which is why I get colleagues suggested even when we have zero friends in common, just because we were near each other regularly. If you're still in the vicinity of people you want to avoid, you have to do a bit more.

 

Remember it's FBs security settings which apply to other users... FB themselves still see everything no matter what you turn off.