The grumpy thread

[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.

[Pillock]

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.

Shared accounts, you are presumably using the same Google or Microsoft account somewhere on it?

[DodgeRover]

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.

Don't sign up with your real name either, I get suggestions of people I know who basically add everybody they ever meet to their friends list, I'm guessing at some point they must have searched my name.

[Pillock]

I did the right thing regarding my Computer Shop dilemma from yesterday.

I took their £60-odd water-cooling unit back and explained it was in the box for a £25 case.

 

"That can't happen"

Well, it seemingly can because I'm stood here bringing you some stock back!

"I've got no idea how that can happen"

Presumably someone put it in the wrong box?

 

The end result is they were out of stock of the case I originally paid for, but did me a nicer one for the same price so that sort of made up for the arsing around. It's got three LED fans and light up bits on the front and all sorts of weird shit that kids like.

[Tamworthbay]

fucking in laws, if i had married someone with the surname Hitler I think they would have been more left wing.

[catsinthewelder]

Xmas eve is a really good day to run out of heating oil, I'm feeling a bit stupid.

 

On the plus side its a mid terrace house so a few extra jumpers and the main irritation is boiling the kettle to wash up.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

fucking in laws, if i had married someone with the surname Hitler I think they would have been more left wing.

 

They haven't met my mother.

[Snipes]

10:30 Christmas Eve and the heating is knocking out the RCD. FFS!!

[somewhatfoolish]

fucking in laws, if i had married someone with the surname Hitler I think they would have been more left wing.

 

 

Are they Hitlers who like the redistribution of wealth? Weirdos.

[Guest Hooli]

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.

 

Yeah it will suggest them. But if you've set your privacy settings right they can't see anymore than your profile pic & you don't have to add them or accept any requests. So they can't see anything you post anyway.

[purplebargeken]

My school mates sister is on holiday in Egypt, her mum died this time last year and she is escaping for a while. She is into scuba diving and hoped to have a nice, restful, enjoyable time. 

 

She's been whatsapping over the last few days albeit sporadically as the wifi is shit. Hotel full of Russians and Germans, no Brits, she is being totally ignored by all and sundry, food is awful, diving zones are totally overcrowded and boats are scaring away all the marine life. Now some cunt has broken into her room and taken all of her cash, she is coming back home tomorrow after only having been out there since Friday evening.

 

Feel utterly sorry for her.

 

Bunch of fucking cunts 

[Zelandeth]

Don't sign up with your real name either, I get suggestions of people I know who basically add everybody they ever meet to their friends list, I'm guessing at some point they must have searched my name.

 

Waaaaay ahead of you there.  No way they're getting that from me.

 

In fairness it's pretty pointless anyhow...about the only people who actually use my legal name these days are my former co-workers and my late parents... I've been Zel in most circles for a couple of decades now!

 

The sign-up happened 350 miles from the folks in question, 15 odd years after I left the school, with a name that I didn't really use back then, with nothing filled in in the personal details field...You can see why I was slightly baffled when it immediately threw a page of half a dozen of the scum who lead to me having very nearly launched myself off the school roof.

 

Yay for being the gay, intellectual, autistic guy in a rural secondary school. 

 

Things got better in third and fourth year at least as the staff figured out that I was far more interested in intellectual conversations over coffee in the staff room with them and helping the technicians keep the place running than mixing with my peers.  I'd be happy to reconnect with the teaching staff from there, I considered quite a few of them good friends!  Just would rather go rolling naked in a field of nettles than ever speak to about 80% of my peers again...