The grumpy thread

[dozeydustman]

Does anyone want our poxy tabby cat?

[NorthernMonkey]

12 minutes ago, xtriple said:

Sadly, for the first time ever I was posting on that thread, wrote out a lengthy reply and hit submit and it was gone. Fukstiks! Incidentally, none of my reply was even remotely in accord or agreement with the Nicola H person. I am sad that my one chance to be banned or sanctioned has gone.

 

It’s still here...just been moved to the ‘politics etc’ sub-forum.

If you message a mod, you can be granted access ?

[primeradoner]

8 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Does anyone want out poxy tabby cat?

Given that we have just had  a LGBT thread  deleted I think it would be a bad idea to out anybody even a poxy cat

[NorthernMonkey]

13 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Does anyone want out poxy tabby cat?

Don’t tell me...it’s started to identify as a fucking Yorkshire Terrier?

[HMC]

I wish the threshold for thread deletion was higher. I had nothing meaningful to contribute to it but IMO the ultimate let it be approach would be not to post and see it drop off the page. Too far to delete IMO.

[HMC]

[dozeydustman]

10 minutes ago, primeradoner said:

Given that we have just had  a LGBT thread  deleted I think it would be a bad idea to out anybody even a poxy cat

 

8 minutes ago, NorthernMonkey said:

Don’t tell me...it’s started to identify as a fucking Yorkshire Terrier?

Typo. For the record the cat is an annoying dickhead. Even the wife's getting fed up with it.

[anonymous user]

1 minute ago, dozeydustman said:

 

Typo. For the record the cat is an annoying dickhead. 

So basically it's just being a cat then. 

[Kiltox]

43 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

transphobia noun
trans·pho·bia | \ ˌtran(t)s-ˈfō-bē-ə  , ˌtranz-\
Definition of transphobia
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against people driving vehicles with an automatic transmission

So you’re saying that I should appeal my speeding fine on grounds of discrimination?  

[Tadhg Tiogar]

57 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

I guess the mods were too afraid to ban one person just in case they were accused of bullying a minority

She's quite capable of starting an argument in an empty room. 

[Cavcraft]

13 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

I'm glad that you've come out of that relatively unscathed @Parky; could have been a hell of a lot worse. Keep us up to date and seek medical advice if you start to feel a bit wobbly again.

Meanwhile I noticed this while I was in the yard this morning

 

A full rainbow sprouting out of the freighter I was going to run up to a crew that had broken down.

Within 10 minutes I was puking and farting out fizzy gravy, then sent home. Rainbow must have been a bad omen.

Gah.

If there's a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow, there's a crock of shit right underneath this one.

[Cavcraft]

 

9 hours ago, greengartside said:

The ST170 is definitely off.

I went over to the yard on Saturday morning. After a lengthy wait for the parts guy to finish what he was doing, I was greeted with this properly rude bloke who then proceeded to tell me that the car wouldn’t be sold as a whole. I then asked for some model-specific parts from that car. He then pointed to another ST170 and said he’d get them off that one. I then left after that. On the way out, I looked up at the ST170 and it still had the dealer plates that I put on it in 2004.

I’m after an ST170 estate really so if anyone knows of one going then I’d be interested.

Probably asked before, apologies if I have: Are you on the ST170 buying/selling page on Facebook? Every now and then one would turn up for sale and a couple were very fairly priced compared to others.

[greengartside]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

 

Probably asked before, apologies if I have: Are you on the ST170 buying/selling page on Facebook? Every now and then one would turn up for sale and a couple were very fairly priced compared to others.

No, I didn’t even know one existed! I’ll have a look now chief.

[strangeangel]

3 hours ago, HMC said:

I wish the threshold for thread deletion was higher. I had nothing meaningful to contribute to it but IMO the ultimate let it be approach would be not to post and see it drop off the page. Too far to delete IMO.

 

Jesus, how many times? It's. Not. Been. Deleted. It's just in the Secret Arguing Forum (no, not TDW). Ask a mod and they'll sort you access.

 

[HMC]

Right. To a casual observer it wasn’t (isn’t) very apparent. I didn’t reallise stuff was lifted to protect sensibilities of the readership.

[Wack]

Fuck me , don't try playing the video it's just a picture 

No fear of the law mobile phone shop raid 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KetteringAreaChat/permalink/1295135587331224/?sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=e

[brownnova]

10 hours ago, SiC said:

Aaaaaand it's gone

All because the mods don't seem to want to ban a single trouble maker that trolls and deliberately derails threads. 

Incidentally it's unlikely she'll read this post either as she never actually interacts with the main subject matter of this forum. 

As stated on the thread itself, and several hours in advance to stop people saying it had been whitewashed, the thread was moved to the less moderated private section of the forum so that the discussion could continue without it affecting the wider forum. Should you wish to have access to that part of the forum you only need to PM chaseracer or me and we will add you to it. The moderation of individuals who derail the thread is being dealt with. 

10 hours ago, HMC said:

I wish the threshold for thread deletion was higher. I had nothing meaningful to contribute to it but IMO the ultimate let it be approach would be not to post and see it drop off the page. Too far to delete IMO.

I totally agree, deleting it would be too far. And I would have loved to see the discussion flourish, but we had to deal with more reports in the last 48 hours than in the previous two months! Situations like this is why the ‘divisive topics’ section was set up in the first place to allow these discussions to continue rather than be deleted. Feel free to PM me to be added and you can continue the discussion. 

[HMC]

Fair enough; you just have to reflect the collective outlook and values based on feedback from the AS hive mind.

[Floatylight]

I totally agree, deleting it would be too far. And I would have loved to see the discussion flourish, but we had to deal with more reports in the last 48 hours than in the previous two months! Situations like this is why the ‘divisive topics’ section was set up in the first place to allow these discussions to continue rather than be deleted. Feel free to PM me to be added and you can continue the discussion. 

My thanks to[mention=207]chaseracer[/mention] and[mention=18217]brownnova[/mention] for having the patience to sort this out, it's a thankless task that just seems to put them in the firing line, certain individuals certainly seem to revel in wading into perfectly sensible discussions throwing buzzwords and accusations about then leaving the moderators to deal with the frustration of loads of others.

 

Personally a number of times I typed out responses within the thread having spent the last 15 years working for equality in and outside the workplace for those within marginalised groups whilst being a privileged straight white male, only to delete them as I knew individuals would start throwing accusations at me of I had used a word they didn't like, so didn't hit post. There was a telling post early on in the thread about "not having to listen to unwanted opinions" problem is this stance of my opinion is right and yours is unwanted just goes onto widen the divide rather than bridge it, we need to understand and engage with people's views, opinions and insecurities rather than shout them down for having an opinion, this will entrench opinions rather than educate or enlighten..

 

So thanks Dave & Alex, rather you than me...

 

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[strangeangel]

Northern Fucking Rail. Last week I turned up for a train to work four minutes before it was due to leave, only to find it had already left. I filled in my Delay Repay claim for an hour's delay (the next train), only to be told by these chiselling bastards that because the train left within 15 minutes of the published time I can FRO.

 

Their spectacular record for lateness is a matter of public record, but I seriously can't believe that even a shower of twats like Northern think it's OK for a train to leave up to 15 minutes before the published time! Oh well, it only takes a few seconds to submit the (useless) appeal, and then I can forward it onto the Ombudsman, and they've over-ruled Northern every time I've referred anything to them.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

..., certain individuals certainly seem to revel in wading into perfectly sensible discussions throwing buzzwords and accusations about....

Yes, it sounded like the result of going on a three-day residential course aiming to increase the use of corporate / management bollocks. 

[Cavcraft]

Hard to know what you're moaning about, tbh.  I'm going to combine my interests of taxidermy and bomb making and make you an otter you can't defuse. 

 

 

[Parky]

21 hours ago, omegod said:

That Mini will be a write off, took the hit like a champ though and glad you're ok Parky 

Reckon I will be a write off at this rate.  Back in the hospital.

Went to work Monday morning despite the pain in the neck and shoulders.  For the first time in my life I was scared being in a car, every other car on the road was just there to wipe me out.  A Merc pulled a ridiculous undertaking move on me, stopped over across two lanes forcing someone else to emergency brake who nearly swerved into me and with that I stopped on the hard shoulder and had a cry.  Cancelled my appointments and drove home slowly on side roads.

Developed incredible stomachache, as a Crohns sufferer I an prone to having problems when in stressful situations.  Pain got worse and worse until A&E was the only option as Morphine is the only thing that works during a proper flare up.  Came in at 8pm last night, got the morphia at 6am and that was only because the third doctor i spoke to took me seriously enough to check my records which clearly say “man is Crohns sufferer, is to be given morphia upon demand” despite being in crippling pain for the ten hours I was here (as well as the ten hours before coming in)

So haven’t slept for a couple of days, haven’t eaten since Saturday night, am heavily medicated in hospital.  

Mrs P didn’t actually give a shit about the car, when she heard what happened and saw that it wasn’t my fault she just shrugged it off.  Got the hire car yesterday (Black 5 door mini) and ours  is being picked up by their insurer Thursday.  I am assuming my insurance company is aware of all this happening.

Very angry with the other driver.  Yes, shit happens and at least nobodies seriously hurt but i am dosed up on morphia in hospital with a wrecked car on my drive.  He was unhurt and yes his car was wrecked but he will be at work having a normal life right now.  Not fucking fair. Just because he can’t control a car in the wet my life gets fucked about with.  Standing there shrugging his shoulders saying “ah well, one of those things!”

Cunt.  

[brownnova]

Parky that sounds shit. I really hope it gets better for you very soon. 

[LightBulbFun]

sorry to hear that  

im happy you made it out of the crash alive!

but im sorry to hear of the ensuing medical issues and fears

I hope you get well soon!

[purplebargeken]

I was driving Mrs PBK's then new Micra (1994 or 95), I was waiting to turn right and got hit by a car travelling at around 40mph, the impact shunted the Micra forward a couple of house lengths further down t he road. had to go through loads of hassle re: whiplash claim. I then discovered about 18 months or so back that the impact had fractured one of the vertebrae in my neck.

[New POD]

7 hours ago, strangeangel said:

Northern Fucking Rail. Last week I turned up for a train to work four minutes before it was due to leave, only to find it had already left. I filled in my Delay Repay claim for an hour's delay (the next train), only to be told by these chiselling bastards that because the train left within 15 minutes of the published time I can FRO.

 

Their spectacular record for lateness is a matter of public record, but I seriously can't believe that even a shower of twats like Northern think it's OK for a train to leave up to 15 minutes before the published time! Oh well, it only takes a few seconds to submit the (useless) appeal, and then I can forward it onto the Ombudsman, and they've over-ruled Northern every time I've referred anything to them.

 

To be honest, being late is one thing, but at least the passengers are waiting ready. 

Being early. Just fucking wait. In the station until the right time. It's not rocket science. 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Parky said:

Reckon I will be a write off at this rate.  Back in the hospital.

Went to work Monday morning despite the pain in the neck and shoulders.  For the first time in my life I was scared being in a car, every other car on the road was just there to wipe me out.  A Merc pulled a ridiculous undertaking move on me, stopped over across two lanes forcing someone else to emergency brake who nearly swerved into me and with that I stopped on the hard shoulder and had a cry.  Cancelled my appointments and drove home slowly on side roads.

Developed incredible stomachache, as a Crohns sufferer I an prone to having problems when in stressful situations.  Pain got worse and worse until A&E was the only option as Morphine is the only thing that works during a proper flare up.  Came in at 8pm last night, got the morphia at 6am and that was only because the third doctor i spoke to took me seriously enough to check my records which clearly say “man is Crohns sufferer, is to be given morphia upon demand” despite being in crippling pain for the ten hours I was here (as well as the ten hours before coming in)

So haven’t slept for a couple of days, haven’t eaten since Saturday night, am heavily medicated in hospital.  

Mrs P didn’t actually give a shit about the car, when she heard what happened and saw that it wasn’t my fault she just shrugged it off.  Got the hire car yesterday (Black 5 door mini) and ours  is being picked up by their insurer Thursday.  I am assuming my insurance company is aware of all this happening.

Very angry with the other driver.  Yes, shit happens and at least nobodies seriously hurt but i am dosed up on morphia in hospital with a wrecked car on my drive.  He was unhurt and yes his car was wrecked but he will be at work having a normal life right now.  Not fucking fair. Just because he can’t control a car in the wet my life gets fucked about with.  Standing there shrugging his shoulders saying “ah well, one of those things!”

Cunt.  

Whilst I wouldn't wish any of this shit on anyone, that's going To be a very interesting personal injury claim.

I was a passenger in a car that crashed into a pedestrian (he later died) and then rolled into a ditch.  It was a week before I could cross a road without panicking. 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

54 minutes ago, New POD said:

.... Being early. Just fucking wait. In the station until the right time. It's not rocket science. 

I wonder what caused the signallers to give it "line clear" that early? They must have got their paths or timetable mixed up. Driver wouldn't have been able to depart without either a yellow or green and that requires the signallers to set the path.

[Fumbler]

Ovlov has had its first major fail today. Shat its steering rack. That'll be £350 please...

 

Also, clutch in the Micra is going. Really juddery from 1st to 2nd. Fantastic.