The grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, 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.

I’ve just watched the Wolsely vid. And was looking forward to the comparison.

[dollywobbler]

49 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I’ve just watched the Wolsely vid. And was looking forward to the comparison.

Planning the reshoot now. Could really do with not having to travel down to Hampshire just now to be honest, but there's no real alternative.

[Slowsilver]

5 hours ago, Slowsilver said:

Whenever I make comments like this my wife just sighs and says "It's fashion dear. You wouldn't understand".
 

 

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

 

OMG I think I see what she means!
Not a good look even for an old git.
Good job there weren't any mirrors at the museum.
At least that means that I didn't have to see this fashion disaster until @richardmorris kindly* posted it on here for everyone to ridicule.
Thanks Richard.
Thrichard.

 

 

[paulplom]

Kind of reminds me of this guy. He looks quite proud of what he's achieved.

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[New POD]

12 hours ago, MikeR said:

people on auto cruise in the middle lane doing 69.999998mph and outside lane doing 69,9999999mph ........taking like 5 miles to overtake ..

 

and the inside lane is empty because its the slow lane ....

 

vrrrrooooooommm !!  70.999999mph .....  bye suckers !

Smart motorway on the M6 yesterday. 2 lanes free. 

 

[New POD]

My grump. 

Where do I start. 

I can't be arsed to explain. 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Why does ITV have the fucking Rugby rights?  2011's coverage was disastrous, 2015 was worse and it's not any better this year.  Half-arsed punditry, stupid commentary and that bloody shit ITV Player on their website.  Every time ITV do sport, they fuck it up.

Although the BBC Radio commentary on the Wales match yesterday wasn't exactly brilliant.  If I ever hear Stirling Mortlock say 'wooow' again, I might just scream.

[paulplom]

I'm not that keen on Mondays

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[Aston Martin]

On 9/27/2019 at 3:55 PM, Aston Martin said:

Manchester is foggy and traffics fucked.

 

Fuck the m60 and Sinister... Island. 

[Heidel_Kakao]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

My grump. 

Where do I start. 

I can't be arsed to explain. 

 

Wife related perchance?

[mrbenn]

On 7/24/2019 at 10:51 PM, EssDeeWon said:

I love this weather, went to work in shorts today and will again tomorrow. Anyway that's not a grump..

I was following that chap on youtube called classic britain, young chap trying to run an absolute heap of a P6, he was tolerable but now become too gobby, shame really because it was really good watching this P6 constantly breakdown and them trying to fix it but its now gone from cringe tv to total little prat tv.  i'll catch up with Hubnut instead.

Agreed. I've enjoyed his videos in the past but he seems to have become very rude about cars that aren't of interest to him. Perhaps its a bit of bluster for the benefit of the audience, but over the last couple of videos where he's visited car shows there have been very unkind, and unwarranted IMHO, comments about cars where the owners often appear to have been right next to him. I finally caved in and put a (polite) note suggesting that the negativity wasn't required, as did others.

I notice he's uploaded a video about a Morris Minor. This should be interesting given that his standard comment as he sweeps past them is "no-one cares".

[chaseracer]

Despite the strongly-held views of a minority, we've been somewhat spoiled for UCHOOB car persons by our familiarity with the relaxed and idiosyncratic style of a certain Brummie ex-hippie.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Wife related perchance?

Well the car passed it's mot, so not sure why else.

[mrbenn]

34 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Despite the strongly-held views of a minority, we've been somewhat spoiled for UCHOOB car persons by our familiarity with the relaxed and idiosyncratic style of a certain Brummie ex-hippie.

Oh I'm not so sure about that, I've heard he doesn't like Fords.

I'm polishing my pitchfork as we speak.

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, mrbenn said:

Agreed. I've enjoyed his videos in the past but he seems to have become very rude about cars that aren't of interest to him. Perhaps its a bit of bluster for the benefit of the audience, but over the last couple of videos where he's visited car shows there have been very unkind, and unwarranted IMHO, comments about cars where the owners often appear to have been right next to him. I finally caved in and put a (polite) note suggesting that the negativity wasn't required, as did others.

I notice he's uploaded a video about a Morris Minor. This should be interesting given that his standard comment as he sweeps past them is "no-one cares".

I always thought he seemed a bit of an arrogant tit. Very quick to dismiss advice.

[Slowsilver]

8 hours ago, paulplom said:

Kind of reminds me of this guy. He looks quite proud of what he's achieved.

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That takes the term 'high-waisted' to a new level (pun intended).
More 'low-shouldered' in fact.
Did he wear them for additional support when turning the car on its side?
He could end up being the only person ever to die of suffocation by his own trousers while still wearing them ?.

[paulplom]

How does he reach his wallet?

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[Bren]

Waiting for DHL. Slower than a week on remand.

[Timewaster]

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.

[HillmanImp]

After taking the 944 to a local garage to get the handbrake sorted for the MOT, I took it in for a retest and it failed again on the friggin handbrake. 

FFS. 

[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....