The grumpy thread

[hairnet]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

VW Polo 6R has same arrangement. Very sensitive things, those pressure monitors. 

Hired one of those last week

Same thing happened only the dash freaked out on the polo

[Timewaster]

2 hours ago, Parky said:

If my brother in law gets £1200 for a hairdresser just nicking his ear I think I should get something

Last time I took my boy (7) for a hair cut he got a nick on his ear because the silly little bugger wouldn't sit still. 

The woman cutting his hair looked petrified she was going to be in deep trouble. 

I did have to tell her that it serves him right and she wasn't to worry about it.

You should be looking at a new replacement car and enough in your back pocket for a nice holiday to get over the stress. 

I don't usually support the ambulance chasing industries, but I think in your case they are fair game. 

[Garythesnail]

3 hours ago, Parky said:

If my brother in law gets £1200 for a hairdresser just nicking his ear

Am I the only one that thinks it's a ridiculous situation where:

a) someone pursues such a 'claim'

and

b) that it actually gets paid out rather than the claimant being told to FRO,

[Cavcraft]

Hard to know what you're moaning about, tbh.

 

I wanted to see Bohemian Rhapsody, but they would not let me go.

[barmatt]

5 hours ago, DeeJay said:

Glue them back on with super glue and baking soda.

 

Thanks, I've never heard of that before. 

I did try it but I couldn't get to both sides on most of the joins so they wouldnt bond fully,  I had a go at plastic welding instead. It seems pretty strong but only time will tell.

I've told the seller not to worry about it from my end as they were only £20 inc postage and there's a full set of buls in them but he should try and get some compo from Hermes if he can.

 

[Timewaster]

42 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Hard to know what you're moaning about, tbh.

 

I wanted to see Bohemian Rhapsody, but they would not let me go.

That's nothing. 

I went for a job interview and they asked if I could perform under pressure. 

I said Sorry, I don't know the words but I can do the fandango bit from Bohemian Rhapsody

[anonymous user]

Hell is other people. I spent most if yesterday sat in the waiting room at the vet's. The worst being having to share it with a family. They were over-loud and the parents pretty much ignoring their kids in favour of their phones, then arguing with each other, as the father had not noticed one of the children climbing on the bench and walking along it. One of their friends then arrived so the conversation was even more loud, I now know all about the problems they have had with the builder, what the surf has been like, how it has been lovely to move to somewhere quiet (I bet it isn't quiet there now). Even when the whole tribe went in the consultation room you could still hear them. Unfortunately they then had to sit in the waiting room again, so I now know about the holiday they have planned as well. I was glad to see them go and felt really sorry for the obviously distressed couple sat with their very elderly dog that they had had to carry in.

[Parky]

1 hour ago, Garythesnail said:

Am I the only one that thinks it's a ridiculous situation where:

a) someone pursues such a 'claim'

and

b) that it actually gets paid out rather than the claimant being told to FRO,

The litigation side of things isn’t getting a bit mad.  In the wide world of finance we have just said goodbye to years of PPI chasing but now people are piping up with “bought an investment and lost money? You could be entitled to thousands!”

Whats next?  Backed a horse and didn’t win?  Why not sue the fucking Horse?  He obviously wasn’t trying hard enough so take the bastard to the cleaners.  He will only neigh and shit himself in court so even a crap solicitor should be able to deal with that (unless it’s Mr Ed in which case we won’t take it on).

I may get told to FRO, in which case I will just have to put the hospital stay, loss of earnings, inconvenience, pain and discomfort down to just “one of those things”

Like the guy who hit me said “accidents happen mate, it could have been worse!”.  Indeed it could. At least he was insured which makes a fucking change these days

[Garythesnail]

1 hour ago, Parky said:

I may get told to FRO

Not directed at you Parky - sounds like you've had a hell of a time of it - actually "suffered a loss" or whatever the phrase is.

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Moar grumps with the discovery today! The weather not being one of them for a change. No, after testing, cleaning, modifying and more testing of the ABS system, I turned on the ignition and..... THE 3 AMIGOS ARE STILL THERE!!!  (For those that are not in the club, the 3 Amigos is an affectionate name given to a common fault gifted from Land Rover involving poor circuitry within the ABS valve block which when it goes bad illuminates the ABS, Hill decent and Traction control warning lamps all at the same time)

Fuxstiks! 

So I went and looked at the wheel speed sensors and checked their resistance and from the parameters given, they are 'in the cool zone' so to speak. Bollocks.

IT SNOT FAIR... WHHHHHHAAAAAA!!!

Why is it that whatever motah I have and attempt to repair, all the you tubes, forums and other bollocks says "oh it's fucking this, stick that in there and swivel on that and it's fucking fixed M9".

I do it and it actually is the world biggest mystery of the fucking mind! Everything, everything I touch- A MYSTERY!

Well, this shitting Discovery has got me shoved in a corner now... no way out... BUT THERE IS....!

Of course, it's going to cost a billion fucking pounds just like that Jag is costing 19.7 trillion! And here is the solution: A Nanocom from Cyprus. This car has cost me in the last two weeks, 650 nicka AND IT'S STILL FUCKED! I honestly can't earn the money quick enough, especially with that Jag sitting there with it's tongue hanging out waiting for me to sell my other kidney.

Why am I doing this when all I get is financially ruined and the missis acting like I've said I'm sleeping with the devil because I need time to destroy my skin and  character whilst fixing her shit mobile?

Why? Because - IT WON'T BEAT ME MAN!

 

[Tamworthbay]

10 minutes ago, BoggyMires said:

Moar grumps with the discovery today! The weather not being one of them for a change. No, after testing, cleaning, modifying and more testing of the ABS system, I turned on the ignition and..... THE 3 AMIGOS ARE STILL THERE!!!  (For those that are not in the club, the 3 Amigos is an affectionate name given to a common fault gifted from Land Rover involving poor circuitry within the ABS valve block which when it goes bad illuminates the ABS, Hill decent and Traction control warning lamps all at the same time)

Fuxstiks! 

So I went and looked at the wheel speed sensors and checked their resistance and from the parameters given, they are 'in the cool zone' so to speak. Bollocks.

IT SNOT FAIR... WHHHHHHAAAAAA!!!

Why is it that whatever motah I have and attempt to repair, all the you tubes, forums and other bollocks says "oh it's fucking this, stick that in there and swivel on that and it's fucking fixed M9".

I do it and it actually is the world biggest mystery of the fucking mind! Everything, everything I touch- A MYSTERY!

Well, this shitting Discovery has got me shoved in a corner now... no way out... BUT THERE IS....!

Of course, it's going to cost a billion fucking pounds just like that Jag is costing 19.7 trillion! And here is the solution: A Nanocom from Cyprus. This car has cost me in the last two weeks, 650 nicka AND IT'S STILL FUCKED! I honestly can't earn the money quick enough, especially with that Jag sitting there with it's tongue hanging out waiting for me to sell my other kidney.

Why am I doing this when all I get is financially ruined and the missis acting like I've said I'm sleeping with the devil because I need time to destroy my skin and  character whilst fixing her shit mobile?

Why? Because - IT WON'T BEAT ME MAN!

 

Discovery’s were invented to ensure people are miserable, they are shite and then some. Best way to fix them is with fire, lots of fire.

[High Jetter]

I think you mean: (Burn baby burn) disco inferno

[Zelandeth]

Our tumble drier was one of the several million affected by the recall Whirlpool eventually gave in and issued because they were catching fire when horribly neglected and never cleaned out.  When hearing of the issues, first thing I did was pull the heater block off (apparently they can fill up with fluff then catch fire), and it was clean as a whistle. 

No reason the lint laden exhaust air should ever get in there anyway...my guess is that it happens when the rear drum bearing goes (it's just a block of brass rather than a proper ball or roller bearing) and the drum drops... leaving a gap at the top of the drum above the door.  The exhaust air can then escape into the casing.  The bearing went on ours at about five years old (part cost about £5 and took ten minutes to change), and I regularly clean the machine...so no issues.

However as Whirlpool were willing to supply us with an identical new machine free...we obviously weren't going to say no.  Even though it goes against the grain for me to send a perfectly working piece of equipment to the scrapper... essentially being given a free new drier against our existing nine year old one was a no brainer.

Despite them giving dire "you must not use your old appliance!" warnings once the process was started (which I ignored as I'd checked it and deemed it perfectly safe) it still took them several months to get the new machine to us.  How the heck did they expect a family to manage without a drier for a couple of months?!?  Especially if they've got kids... That's not my grump though...

The grump?  This!

Cable on the new one is a few inches bloody shorter than the old one.  Resulting in me having to completely reconfigure the sodding utility room.  Grrr...

No reason for that beyond bloody penny pinching!

[DVee8]

4kin fireworks going off,our neighbour over the back is setting them off and what goes up or any other direction for that matter.

One has just hit my extension roof,I know this because it's part glass and i'm sitting here.

[somewhatfoolish]

41 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

 

Cable on the new one is a few inches bloody shorter than the old one.  Resulting in me having to completely reconfigure the sodding utility room.  Grrr...

No reason for that beyond bloody penny pinching!

 

Why would you not just splice the cable and extend it? Remodelling seems cart before horse.

[SiC]

Can't you take the lead off the old machine? I bet both have the same/similar gland and spade terminals

[captain_70s]

29 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

 

Why would you not just splice the cable and extend it? Remodelling seems cart before horse.

Sounds like a warranty voiding move...

[Timewaster]

If it blows up, change it back before you call them out. Simple. 

[alf892]

On 23 October 2019 at 6:13 PM, chaseracer said:

There seems to have been a misunderstanding...

Really?

Seemed straightforward so please explain

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, DVee8 said:

4kin fireworks going off,our neighbour over the back is setting them off and what goes up or any other direction for that matter.

One has just hit my extension roof,I know this because it's part glass and i'm sitting here.

give me your phone number i will ring you you pass fone to him i will tell him it isnt november and that hes a cunt

is that ok?

 

[Spiny Norman]

3 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Cable on the new one is a few inches bloody shorter than the old one.  Resulting in me having to completely reconfigure the sodding utility room.  Grrr...

No reason for that beyond bloody penny pinching!

This pisses me off hugely about some electrical stuff nowadays. I recently bought a large lamp which can extend up to about 7 feet if need be, except that when it is, it has to be right next to the socket on the wall as the cable barely reaches. For what, the saving of 50p-worth of flex at the manufacturing stage?

 

[myglaren]

3 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Our tumble drier was one of the several million affected by the recall Whirlpool eventually gave in and issued because they were catching fire when horribly neglected and never cleaned out.  When hearing of the issues, first thing I did was pull the heater block off (apparently they can fill up with fluff then catch fire), and it was clean as a whistle. 

No reason the lint laden exhaust air should ever get in there anyway...my guess is that it happens when the rear drum bearing goes (it's just a block of brass rather than a proper ball or roller bearing) and the drum drops... leaving a gap at the top of the drum above the door.  The exhaust air can then escape into the casing.  The bearing went on ours at about five years old (part cost about £5 and took ten minutes to change), and I regularly clean the machine...so no issues.

However as Whirlpool were willing to supply us with an identical new machine free...we obviously weren't going to say no.  Even though it goes against the grain for me to send a perfectly working piece of equipment to the scrapper... essentially being given a free new drier against our existing nine year old one was a no brainer.

Despite them giving dire "you must not use your old appliance!" warnings once the process was started (which I ignored as I'd checked it and deemed it perfectly safe) it still took them several months to get the new machine to us.  How the heck did they expect a family to manage without a drier for a couple of months?!?  Especially if they've got kids... That's not my grump though...

The grump?  This!

Cable on the new one is a few inches bloody shorter than the old one.  Resulting in me having to completely reconfigure the sodding utility room.  Grrr...

No reason for that beyond bloody penny pinching!

Just move the socket down six inches

[Jazoli]

Can nobody wire a plug these days, just extend the bloody wire, the manufacturer cannot void the warranty if you do this.

Even simpler just use an extension lead.

It's hardly a drama.

[Zelandeth]

Yeah, it's got a long warranty on, and warranty seals on the back cover.  Not about to plug a 3kW appliance into an extension lead, the plug gets warm enough as it is.

Not a major task to shuffle things around a bit - just pissed me off as had I known I'd not have put everything I shifted to get the machine in back in place before discovering the plug wouldn't reach...so I wound up having to repeat a whole load of work.

It's just irritating...I foolishly expected the same model to be the same...including the length of the mains flex.

 

The whole room is being rearranged in the near future anyhow...

 

Wiring a plug is no issue, heck I've rewired half our house to sort the nonsense the contractors the previous owner hired left behind...dangling live wires buried under loft insulation...fun!

[Mrcento]

My microwave decided to spontaneously detonate in a blue flash when i opened the door, and a bang so loud my ears were ringing for 20 minutes.

Electric, it doesn't fuck about. ?

[Zelandeth]

Was it running at the time?

Probably the door switches getting out of sync.

Most microwaves have what's referred to as a crowbar protection circuit, which if there's a fault which leaves either of the door switches in an unexpected state drops a short directly across the mains.  This ensures that the magnetron is deactivated - and results in a heck of a bang.

Bet one of the door switches has stuck.

Ours did this a few years back...one new door switch and a new fuse, it's worked fine ever since.

Don't go poking around in a microwave unless you know what you're doing though...the HT capacitors and the output from the transformer can and will kill you if you touch the wrong thing.

[LightBulbFun]

21 minutes ago, Mrcento said:

My microwave decided to spontaneously detonate in a blue flash when i opened the door, and a bang so loud my ears were ringing for 20 minutes.

Electric, it doesn't fuck about. ?

that will be the interior light bulb blowing up

those small bulbs can go bang spectacularly as there not internally fused, the one in my fridge actually exploded which was fun come removal time

(and blew something else up in the fridge so even with a new bulb the light no longer works)

quite spectacular yes, but pretty easy to fix, or just keep using minus an interior light

I just hope it was not a panasonic inverter one tho! when the bulb blows up on those it takes out the rest of the microwave! 

 

[Mrcento]

Just now, Zelandeth said:

Was it running at the time?

Probably the door switches getting out of sync.

Most microwaves have what's referred to as a crowbar protection circuit, which if there's a fault which leaves either of the door switches in an unexpected state drops a short directly across the mains.  This ensures that the magnetron is deactivated - and results in a heck of a bang.

Bet one of the door switches has stuck.

Ours did this a few years back...one new door switch and a new fuse, it's worked fine ever since.

Don't go poking around in a microwave unless you know what you're doing though...the HT capacitors and the output from the transformer can and will kill you if you touch the wrong thing.

Nah i was just opening the door to put something in, looked like it was from behind the door switch. The light has been out for a while on it and had been iffy for a long time (sometimes not working for a few days and a few slams of the door later, would work again for months) so i'm guessing it was something with the door switch jamming.

It didn't blow the fuse in the plug but tripped the house circuit breaker.

Something has blown inside/been taken out with the bang, i could hear it rattling around. Was going to have a look at the door switches to see but it's (understandably) covered in security screws (not even a bulb changing access hatch), looks like the whole thing needs to come apart even to get to there so just put the thing in the pile ready for the skip, It wasn't an expensive one to begin with so no big deal to just replace it considering the cost v hassle.

[LightBulbFun]

shame your not local, it probably still has a good MOT

[Crackers]

I want to buy a particular car in a certain spec. A few months ago, when I was skint, there were loads of them about. Now I can afford one, they've all vanished off the face of the planet. Good good.