The grumpy thread

[New POD]

2 hours ago, Timewaster said:

Got in to work today to find out that one of our colleagues has died over the weekend.

That's two in two weeks.

Both had been in pretty poor health for a while but it is still a bit of a shock.

Someone I was working with was attacked by a gang in a nasty part of stoke and has been on a life support machine, for 4 weekd now and another bloke, who is in maintenance and i found out was buying the house next door to me, had a car crash last week and apparently it's life changing. Put my problems into perspective. 

[wuvvum]

Work have screwed up my wages again.  My payrise wasn't put through last month - I was told that this was because it wasn't submitted in time to be processed before the cut-off date for payroll.  I was assured that it would be put through for this month, and I would also get the extra bit that I should have been paid last month.  Neither of those things has happened.  Which means it's going to be a bit of a tight month.  I'm just going to have to keep my fingers crossed that the LDV doesn't need a load spending on it for an MOT, or I can see the credit card taking a battering.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Window got smashed at work today, so a member of staff ended up getting flying glass hitting her in the head and cutting her open.

Cue me taking her to minor injuries after making witness statements (potential criminal damage), etc. and sitting with her for an hour and a half, waiting for her to have the cut glued shut.  All fine but the maintenance staff were very bloody surprised - as were we all.

Someone threw an apple at the window...

[Fumbler]

Just now, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Window got smashed at work today, so a member of staff ended up getting flying glass hitting her in the head and cutting her open.

Cue me taking her to minor injuries after making witness statements (potential criminal damage), etc. and sitting with her for an hour and a half, waiting for her to have the cut glued shut.  All fine but the maintenance staff were very bloody surprised.

Someone threw an apple at the window...

How old was the glass? I did my hand in last week by merely pushing on a 100-year-old casement window. Fortunately the glass at the top was thin (because old) and that's where I was pushing.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Very, very old.  Probably about 100 years.  It's only that side of the building that's not had new windows put in and they're long overdue.  The apple that broke the window was all over the floor though, so it had obviously been thrown with some force...

[Fumbler]

3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Very, very old.  Probably about 100 years.  It's only that side of the building that's not had new windows put in and they're long overdue.  The apple that broke the window was all over the floor though, so it had obviously been thrown with some force...

Interesting. In the same building, someone threw a tennis ball through a window of the same age. Just seems glass becomes very fragile when it gets this old...

[omegod]

Poor girl in work has her parked car rammed today in a hit and run, mint 2014 toyota yaris took a hell of a smack and shoved a golf in front a good 2 feet , her car is fucked front and back and without doubt is a write off. I found a piece of the offending cars number plate which appeared to be foreign , also did some exploring and found a piece of it's wheel arch liner further up the road which after I checking the part number is an opel insignia. Police have a partial number off a witness but it'll go nowhere and the car will be squished by now...cunts !

 

 

 

 

[xtriple]

Just run into a mate I haven't seen for a good few months, he took one look at me, sort of did a double take and then proclaimed: 'Fuck me, you've got old!'

Apparently I have aged 10 years in  6 months, made me feel reet smashin' did that piece of information!

[vulgalour]

>:C

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, vulgalour said:

>:C

On the bright side,  at least it's not a leak of LHM. Or engine oil. Or coolant....

[Fumbler]

My 17" Mitsubishi CRT died today. Tube gave out after 39391hours of use, equating to 4.7 years of continually being on. Time to find another one!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Migraine.

[anonymous user]

4 hours ago, xtriple said:

Just run into a mate I haven't seen for a good few months, he took one look at me, sort of did a double take and then proclaimed: 'Fuck me, you've got old!'

Apparently I have aged 10 years in  6 months, made me feel reet smashin' did that piece of information!

It could be worse, after I retired the first time and then went back to work  at a meeting someone was surprised to see me as they thought I had died.

[loserone]

Saw the aftermath of a misjudgement by a small car driver on the way home.

 

There wasn't much left of the other party's bicycle or helmet, and I've felt quite sick since.  

Take care all.

[High Jetter]

Saw a low-ish speed carpark prang today as idiot pulled out of a 'junction' a bit smartish as I was approaching. Shame he didn't see the girl coming the other way...until he hit her. Shows how much closer to him she was than me!

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

This is aimed at no one on here, After market henry vacuum bags ARE NOT AS GOOD AS ORIGINALS, you lying turnip.

[beko1987]

1 minute ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

This is aimed at no one on here, After market henry vacuum bags ARE NOT AS GOOD AS ORIGINALS, you lying turnip.

lol, what happened! My step-dad blew one apart by belt-sanding the walls smooth of their front room, that's about it!

[SiC]

3 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

This is aimed at no one on here, After market henry vacuum bags ARE NOT AS GOOD AS ORIGINALS, you lying turnip.

So they suck?

[Fumbler]

3 minutes ago, SiC said:

So they suck?

No, they blow.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

3 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Migraine.

Tried to go to dog training.  Got driven there (I hate being a passenger) and sat in the car for an hour trying to sleep it off while Lady Grumpis took the insane puppy to class.  Feel much better now...

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 9/29/2019 at 8:37 PM, dollywobbler said:

Drove all the way to Winchester, drove an Austin Ambassador - for the first time. I videoed this moment for prosperity, as the second half of an intriguing head-to-head with a Wolseley 2200 wedge. It was the very last Ambassador - yes, that one we remember seeing parked up on a driveway looking abandoned. It was an amazing day.

I can find no trace of any video files of the Ambassador. I have all the Princess ones, and the video went live today. Where the **** have the Ambassador files gone?!

Not on my laptop, my desktop or either of the phones I used for video recording that day. Undelete software only works if you know where the files were. I can't believe I didn't record any of the separate videos so where the bloody hell are they? I have a two-hour gap in the early afternoon with no footage. I am a little upset and mostly confused.

maybe it was all a dream! ?

[Noel Tidybeard]

34 minutes ago, SiC said:

So they suck?

i'll get your coat for you

[GBJ]

On 9/29/2019 at 8:37 PM, dollywobbler said:

 I videoed this moment for prosperity,

Freudian slip?

[dollywobbler]

Ha! 'OMG crappiest piano player EVER' might get some hits on YouTube I guess.

[Snipes]

Why do politicians and journalists insist on saying "the island of Ireland"? Drives me crazy. 

[TataBobu]

Maybe because if they say "Ireland" one might think they are talking about the republic with the same name?

[HillmanImp]

My backs gone. Can barely walk, when I do I can only waddle like an old man. It doesn't bode well for mending the car if it doesn't get better in the next few days. Bunch of frail arse mate.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

5 hours ago, Snipes said:

Why do politicians and journalists insist on saying "the island of Ireland"? Drives me crazy. 

Because Northern Ireland is a thing...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 hours ago, Snipes said:

Why do politicians and journalists insist on saying "the island of Ireland"? Drives me crazy. 

One way of pretending Partition never happened in 1921? Ireland / Hibernia is an island, though, and that reflects the geographical reality, if not the political one.

[meggersdog]

On my way into work this morning in the next village two police cars and an ambulance are blocking the entrance to the primary school.There is another ambulance and another police car on the opposite side of the road.One policeman is clearing debris from the middle of the opposite lane.There is an Audi with slight bumper and headlight damage on it's nearside also in the entrance to the school. Doesn't appear to be any other vehicles involved so at that time of the morning with that amount of emergency vehicles I fear either pedestrian or cyclist. It is 20mph there and also a blind crest but the amount of vehicles that hurtle along at 40ish without a thought as to what is the other side of the crest ,and often across the white line ,is astounding.