The grumpy thread

[AMC Rebel]

Try geejays in alfreton. They tend to have all sorts!

 

Thanks Bub - I have plenty of 9/16 (and all imperial sizes as it goes) because -

 

1) I really am that old - when I started monkeying with cars the daily ones still had imperial nuts and bolts (and you know this is true cos we've met).

2) People keep giving me their shite old tools.

 

I was just marvelling at the idea you could get imperial spanners in Austria.

 

<trivia> my yard brush came from Geejays - how random is that? </trivia>

[AMC Rebel]

Mortgages are a big earner for a financial institution, they’re all wanting a piece of the action. My mate went for a mortgages recently, told them he just wanted 100k over 25 years to get what he wanted. Anyway, as it goes they were telling him to forget taking one out for the 100k he could afford but instead to go for the 200k his income meant he could have. Isn’t this how we ended up in a mess last time though?

 

Exactly - and the crazy part of it is they don't make money from the mortgage you have, but by trading the fact that it exists in a maelstrom of shit on the internet.  (Almost) No-one owns anything real any more hence the appeal of shite old cars.

[AMC Rebel]

I fucking love that song! 

 

Me too

[AMC Rebel]

'Are you the fella selling the cheap Focus 170'

 

Yes.

 

'Can you send me some details'

 

Sends basic details, clearly state it needs full 'restoration' or for parts.

 

'That's exactly what I'm after'

 

Sends pictures including one of the rust by the front wing

 

'Too much work for me'

 

 

This is almost exactly the story of the woman who tracked me down via Facebook about my Chevy - wondering about "buying it back" for her Dad who was a previous owner.

 

Me- it's very rusty

 

Her - My Dad loved that car it would so great to get it back to him

 

Me - It's very rusty

 

Her - Can I come and look at it and bring an expert?

 

Me - Sure

 

Her - Can you send me some pictures

 

Me - Sure, here are some that I took today after making some space on and around the car

 

Her - Fuck me its totally fucking fucked mate my Dad is horrified you let it get so fucking rusty you scum, I'd rather set fire to my own face than go near that.

 

Me - OK then.

[New POD]

I ordered a 2 for 1 air filter for the omega. From an eBay seller. Well less than 5 quid for 2 has to be a bargain.

Opened the package and there's only one.

I took it out of the box and I'm pretty sure it's a factory second or reject.

Anyway I sent a message saying I've only received one and they replied that I should have ticked 2 in the quantity.

Yeah that makes sense. Not.

I have replied. Fine I'm rejecting the first one as it's clearly either a factory reject or a fake.

Later I'll take some pictures and request a return label.

[New POD]

This is almost exactly the story of the woman who tracked me down via Facebook about my Chevy - wondering about "buying it back" for her Dad who was a previous owner.

 

Me- it's very rusty

 

Her - My Dad loved that car it would so great to get it back to him

 

Me - It's very rusty

 

Her - Can I come and look at it and bring an expert?

 

Me - Sure

 

Her - Can you send me some pictures

 

Me - Sure, here are some that I took today after making some space on and around the car

 

Her - Fuck me its totally fucking fucked mate my Dad is horrified you let it get so fucking rusty you scum, I'd rather set fire to my own face than go near that.

 

Me - OK then.

You need to contact Fuzz Townsend and the other bloke.

[Aston Martin]

Today's genius.... The Mazda 3 saloon reversing up the Tibshelf exit.

 

It's on dashcam but I haven't the means to upload today.

[Cavcraft]

Hey, AMC, you need to message that bird back and say that you let it get into that state because you always thought she was a stupid cow, so it was a bit of payback.

[SierraMikeHotel]

I've owned a lot of really shit old cars so I'm not sure how this is going to go down, but here goes...

 

My neighbour's chavvy kids do like to block the road up with scrap fodder. Today's delight is a 53 plate Civic with both rear windows smashed.

 

I guess I wouldn't mind so much if they stuck to their drive, but they're always either blocking the road, across part of my drive so I've got to squeeze in or out, or carelessly parked so that they're half on their other neighbour's drive (there's no fence in between).

[Cavcraft]

...and then add that she shouldn't set fire to her face as it clearly hadn't worked the first time.

[AMC Rebel]

Hey, AMC, you need to message that bird back and say that you let it get into that state because you always thought she was a stupid cow, so it was a bit of payback.

 

 

Unknown to me, MS Rebel actually messaged her and told off for being rude

[AMC Rebel]

You need to contact Fuzz Townsend and the other bloke.

I must qualify on the "been in my garage with minimal progress for 18 years" criterion - but I don't think "I can't be arsed" is enough of a hard luck story compared with some of the poor fellas I've seen on that programme (thankfully - I wouldn't want to swap).

[sierraman]

'Are you the fella selling the cheap Focus 170'

 

Yes.

 

'Can you send me some details'

 

Sends basic details, clearly state it needs full 'restoration' or for parts.

 

'That's exactly what I'm after'

 

Sends pictures including one of the rust by the front wing

 

'Too much work for me'

I think he’s watched way too many episodes of Wheeler Dealers.

[New POD]

I must qualify on the "been in my garage with minimal progress for 18 years" criterion - but I don't think "I can't be arsed" is enough of a hard luck story compared with some of the poor fellas I've seen on that programme (thankfully - I wouldn't want to swap).

You've been contacted by the original owner and would like his daughter to have a drive in it before you set fire to it with her in it ? I've met fuzz and he tells me he's occassionaly lurked at Autoshite and may have posted under a pseudonym

[Cavcraft]

You've been contacted by the original owner and would like his daughter to have a drive in it before you set fire to it with her in it ? I've met fuzz and he tells me he's occassionaly lurked at Autoshite and may have posted under a pseudonym

LOLZ if it was Ben Har.

[DodgeRover]

My mind is blown that you found a suppler of 9/16 spanners in Austria - feck knows where I'd get any in Derbyshire/Notts/Leics - except a car boot sale of course.

Paddocks LandRover spares?

[chaseracer]

...9/16 spanners... feck knows where I'd get any in Derbyshire/Notts/Leics...

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/teng-tools-combination-spanner-9-16/5083x

[chaseracer]

Well, if you ever run out... 

[Wack]

Exactly - and the crazy part of it is they don't make money from the mortgage you have, but by trading the fact that it exists in a maelstrom of shit on the internet.  (Almost) No-one owns anything real any more hence the appeal of shite old cars.

They lend you money that doesn't exist to buy stuff that does exist then when you can't pay for it they take it off you and sell it in exchange for real money

[Tadhg Tiogar]

They lend you money that doesn't exist to buy stuff that does exist then when you can't pay for it they take it off you and sell it in exchange for real money

This could be a bit of a looming problem with equity-release mortgages, as it seems that the mortgage providers may not have made enough provision for negative equity.

[AlabamaShrimp]

 

Essentially we tried but as with politics, when opinions are strong it just ends up with people falling out.

LOL what did I say? No I was the bad naughty man

 

 

 

(again, for the hard of thinking, this is sarcasm)

[LightBulbFun]

Bah!

 

 

I should be able took up Random invacars at 5AM god damn it! 

 

(interestingly the MOT checker is still up, I wonder what they are changing/tweaking)

[nebuchenezer]

(again, for the hard of thinking, this is sarcasm)

 

Seems to me that the art of sarcasm is dying out very quickly - shame really

[BorniteIdentity]

 Apologies if it seemed a bit sledgehammer, I shall break out the toffee hammer shortly.

 

 

 

Thanks for reinstating the thread.

 

Who knows, maybe someone will learn something positive?  There must be plenty of people who don't have transgender friends but could get clued up from a well informed thread on their favourite website.

[meggersdog]

If you are going to mop up spilled LHM fluid with toilet paper don't then put said toilet paper in the toilet especially when you have to walk past the bin to get to the toilet.

 

Forgiven for owning such a fine N/A Xantia.

[DodgeRover]

I'm in the banks sorting out sending money for the new house, just rang to triple confirm the account details and I've got the sort code writtten wrong.

Have aged about 20 years in the space of time it's taken to establish the other payments had gone to the correct one.

[barefoot]

Woman next door keep shutting my cat in.

 

I have two cats, one she claims is nasty, fights with all of hers - he never goes anywhere near

- I'm guessing she's shooed him away at some point.

The other one is cute and she clearly encourages it inside.

She has nine cats of her own & claims that she's unaware that mine is in.

Then she mysteriously finds it & brings it home wrapped in it's own special blanket

I'm becoming very, very pissed off.

 

 

I've lived next door to her for 30 odd years, but this is the first cat to go in there regularly.

Last night when I went round to ask for it back again, her bloke said that perhaps I should 'have a word with the cat'.

She mumbled something about not being able to see when the cat's in 

And I grumped off saying something along the lines of,

'Try fucking looking for it then...'

 

I am also annoyed with myself for swearing.

 

I rang the RSPCA who unsurprisingly are totally useless. (I had dealings with them many years ago about an ill treated cow and stopped my regular donation as a result). They suggested that I contact the police as cats are property and the woman is stealing!

 

Anyone any ideas how to approach this?

 

ta

[Sir Snipes]

Get a dog

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Get a dog

 

...and immediately this song popped into my head:

 

[Mally]

Cats are Cats.

They do what they like when they like.

Who are we to interfere?