The grumpy thread

6,407 · December 22, 2018

Won a really cheap (and equally modern/horrid) van on eBay the other day. Still no word from the vendor for contact details.

When you do catch up with him, throw some used filter tips in his face (Why not just throw it, ashtray and all) while zooming off in your latest purr-chase.

22,752 · December 22, 2018

Today the infallible Mrs_Duke

I read inflatable at first.

4,737 · December 22, 2018

IF ONLY

17,156 · December 22, 2018

I just had to turn around and remind somebody in their early-20s that this 'is a train, not a creche', when he was running up and down the carriage with (presumably) his younger brother, aged about 8...

For fuck's sake.

22,752 · December 22, 2018

I just had to turn around and remind somebody in their early-20s that this 'is a train, not a creche', when he was running up and down the carriage with (presumably) his younger brother, aged about 8...

For fuck's sake.

Whats wrong with that?

17,156 · December 22, 2018

Whats wrong with that?

Running up and down the carriage? The fact that they've been doing it for the last half-an-hour, loudly and it's gone 11PM.

Seems to have stopped for now.

22,752 · December 22, 2018

Running up and down the carriage? The fact that they've been doing it for the last half-an-hour, loudly and it's gone 11PM.

Seems to have stopped for now.

Wouldn't bother me. Good on em, no harm in it IMO but that's just me.

I'm not actually there am I, so it's easy to say. Although I'm sat at home saying it wouldn't bother me I might be trying to throw them out the window if I was.

December 22, 2018

I just had to turn around and remind somebody in their early-20s that this 'is a train, not a creche', when he was running up and down the carriage with (presumably) his younger brother, aged about 8...

For fuck's sake.

Should have tripped the cunt & laughed as he smashed his face open.

17,156 · December 22, 2018

It bothers me because I spend most of my working time around kids... so having kids running around a train really fucks me off!

December 22, 2018

Kids should be made to sit outside on public transport.

125,658 · December 23, 2018

When you do catch up with him, throw some used filter tips in his face (Why not just throw it, ashtray and all) while zooming off in your latest purr-chase.

I would, but it doesn't run

*If he actually sells it and we get it going though, I'll definitely not nip down to L*ic*ster and urinate through the letterbox of a conveyancing firm.

8,624 · December 23, 2018

dogs that have a dump whilst your asleep ..

cats that yowl their tits off when your in the bath

dog is now sent to Coventry

and a wet pussy outside in the cold rain

funny how they know they have pissed me off .........

27,997 · December 23, 2018

I would, but it doesn't run

*If he actually sells it and we get it going though, I'll definitely not nip down to L*ic*ster and urinate through the letterbox of a conveyancing firm.

I'm near Leicester and I need a piss. Let me know if I can help.

9,265 · December 23, 2018

Just been out in the Merc, still sopping wet inside rear passenger floor. At 9:00 am I was outside with the roof half up investigating if roof drains were blocked (they weren't) but it did look very odd in a slight rain shower with a roof halfway up/down and an insane old scruff peering into the depths of hood hole while uttering 'fuck it' repeatedly.

15,224 · December 23, 2018

I just had the misfortune of doing a Gumtree purchase. The item was greasy as fuck and the woman only had one eye.

So, the usual Gumtree purchase.

7,398 · December 23, 2018

I just had the misfortune of doing a Gumtree purchase. The item was greasy as fuck and the woman only had one eye.

So, the usual Gumtree purchase.

My wife said it was nice to meet you

22,534 · December 23, 2018

Just been out in the Merc, still sopping wet inside rear passenger floor. At 9:00 am I was outside with the roof half up investigating if roof drains were blocked (they weren't) but it did look very odd in a slight rain shower with a roof halfway up/down and an insane old scruff peering into the depths of hood hole while uttering 'fuck it' repeatedly.

Was the car facing uphill? The rear gets wet in mine only as the front drains into the back.

22,333 · December 23, 2018

IF ONLY

But would be a disappointment when she went down on you

44,472 · December 23, 2018

Sorry but you should of done this yourself no matter who you sell the car to. Just a letter to the DVLA saying you sold it would of done. It is a bit late now but they do tend to give you a few warnings before the fine drops on the mat. I always do them on line now the moment they drive it out of the yard regarless of who they are.

Yes, I made this mistake selling a car to someone on Retro-Rides and trusting them to send the V5 off. I didn't do a receipt, so I'm not sure how I got the DVLA to back off, but they were threatening court action by the time the letters caught up with me (following a house move). Trust has entirely evaporated since. If I'm selling the car, I do the owner change myself.

9,265 · December 23, 2018

It does face up hill but the front is absolutely bone dry and I did the plenum drain when I first got the car as the front carpet was floating!

I have just cut my hair. I do this by kneeling on the floor with a pair of Nicky Clarke clippers (he doesn't mind lending them out it seems) and while it takes ages going round and round my odd shaped bonce, it does all end up as a uniform length. Not this time sadly... With the guard off, I fell over onto my left side while clippers going at full pelt. I now have a delightful 'bald patch' above and forward of my left ear.

What a twat.

9,309 · December 23, 2018

I didn't in any way expect the buyer to do it for me, but to be hit with a wall of silence when I explained I misplaced the V5 section to them was a bit much, when I knew they still had the car.

I'm not going to name and shame on here, they've messaged me about but I don't intend to reply to them/speak to them/read their posts again. They had their chance to help me, I have their details and that's what the DVLA will get when I ring them up, in the small chance I can explain myself out of it.

8,519 · December 23, 2018

Mrs Thestag goes out of her way to call me and moan at me. I just lay the phone down on the bench and let her blow steam through it. She usually hangs up first.

Now that I am full time on Land Rover projects she has the fucking cheek to moan that I am not out in the pissing rain at 9am and that I could do parts ordering at night when it is dark. and what is she doing? well she goes for a jog with her friends, then coffee and cake, soaks in a bath for 30 mins and goes to do some retail fucking therapy.

I ordered a box of dirt cheap business cards with co name and my contact details on them until I can get up and running. she moaned about that for 20 minutes. all the good feeling of actually getting something done and she destroys it in seconds.

She has two jobs to do for us, call the handy man to get on the roof and fix the broken lead flashing / refit slipped slates to stop water pouring through the roof. this job has been waiting for just over 3 weeks now. Oh and get me VAT registered which has been waiting for a week. "well I am not doing in on my weekend am I!" was her matter of fact response when I asked her if she had done it yet. Then she goes into a massive sulk which is good because she knows somewhere deep inside that I might be right so she just stops communicating, which incredibly includes moaning at me.

fucking result I say, except that all this shit just depresses me and drags my mood down.

27,997 · December 23, 2018

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?

22,534 · December 23, 2018

It does face up hill but the front is absolutely bone dry and I did the plenum drain when I first got the car as the front carpet was floating!

I have just cut my hair. I do this by kneeling on the floor with a pair of Nicky Clarke clippers (he doesn't mind lending them out it seems) and while it takes ages going round and round my odd shaped bonce, it does all end up as a uniform length. Not this time sadly... With the guard off, I fell over onto my left side while clippers going at full pelt. I now have a delightful 'bald patch' above and forward of my left ear.

What a twat.

Well obviously you need to even up the other side to match!

As for water leaks, I’ve really given up. I’m pretty sure mine is leaking from the (non original) windscreen. All drains are clear and run free with nothing getting into the car. I’ve now removed the front carpets for winter and have absorbent towels under the overmats to soak up what gets in.

24,828 · December 23, 2018

I just had the misfortune of doing a Gumtree purchase. The item was greasy as fuck and the woman only had one eye.

So, the usual Gumtree purchase.

Sure that was her face?

18,874 · December 23, 2018

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?

9,261 · December 23, 2018

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............

19,366 · December 23, 2018

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.

8,624 · December 23, 2018

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 .....

11,365 · December 23, 2018

I thought my cat was my friend.
But it's just changed it's mind!

Get a dog, friend for life.

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