The grumpy thread

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 20:35, New POD said:

 

And it has E-ffects not A-ffects.  

 

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You're wrong (again).

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 21:33, Matty said:

Calm down pal it's like you're suggesting he's shot someone

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He used the word "dickhead". I responded in kind.

I'm very calm, thank you.

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

  On 04/12/2019 at 19:33, Lord Sterling said:

**FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS ALERT**

Come home. Need leccy. The electricity key is usually kept in an obvious place.  Can I find it? Of course not. How silly a suggestion that I should be able to find something after losing it. Not in the car, not in any of the clothes/jackets I've worn in the last few days. Nowhere.

So will have to pop out again, in the cold, to go a shop 3 miles away in the next town (because shop here closes at 7pm) to pickup a new key and drop some leccy on it.

I'm not surprised, simple things haven't been simple for a long time with me. Mind you, I suppose I'd take that over anything majorly going wrong i.e. a massive shit fan in one go.

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Well, further to this, I was given some credit on the key in the form of a code which would have helped me out.  The original key should have been in its place. The shop which are able to do this was shut. So I visited 3 places to try and redeem the code. Not one place knew how to do this. 

It seems shitty little annoyances are really chucking thier weight about right now.

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 21:06, SiC said:

I sit on the brakes at lights too. Why? Because I own an Audi with retina burning LED brake lights. So if someone pulls up too close, I can have a nosey on what they're doing in the rear view mirror. 

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Yes, but we already know you're a dickhead.

[wuvvum]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:00, GBJ said:

You're wrong (again).

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I hate to say it, but he isn't.

[New POD]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:04, wuvvum said:

I hate to say it, but he isn't.

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Effect affect ensure insure etc 

Isn't the English language weird. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:00, GBJ said:

You're wrong (again).

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He is right about that one.  'Effect' is the right word.

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Affect and effect are easy to mix up. Here’s the short version of how to use affect vs. effect. Affect is usually a verb, and it means to impact or change. Effect is usually a noun, an effect is the result of a change.

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/dickhead

[New POD]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:01, GBJ said:

He used the word "dickhead". I responded in unkind.

I'm very grumpy, thank you.

 

 

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Edited for you. 

Still it is the grumpy thread, so nobody minds. 

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:04, wuvvum said:

I hate to say it, but he isn't.

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Yes he is.

 Things you do affect others. 

See this page: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/affect-versus-effect

Particularly " New POD's grumpiness affected everyone else's mood last night".

 

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:22, GBJ said:

Yes he is.

 Things you do affect others. 

See this page: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/affect-versus-effect

Particularly " New POD's grumpiness affected everyone else's mood last night".

 

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Damn, I've just read my original post. Thought I wrote "how it affects" not "the affect".

I hate it when that happens.

[SiC]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:03, GBJ said:

Yes, but we already know you're a dickhead.

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No, I'm not a dickhead. I am a cunt.

You should know that, as everyone on TDW is one. 

[New POD]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:31, SiC said:

No, I'm not a dickhead. I am a cunt.

You should know that, as everyone on TDW is one. 

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I'm sure you are not either. 

[paulplom]

  On 04/12/2019 at 21:06, SiC said:

I sit on the brakes at lights too. Why? Because I own an Audi with retina burning LED brake lights. So if someone pulls up too close, I can have a nosey on what they're doing in the rear view mirror. 

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Not when I'm dazzling you from behind, with my main beams on full, pointing at the sky because my van is overloaded.

[paulplom]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:03, Lord Sterling said:

Well, further to this, I was given some credit on the key in the form of a code which would have helped me out.  The original key should have been in its place. The shop which are able to do this was shut. So I visited 3 places to try and redeem the code. Not one place knew how to do this. 

It seems shitty little annoyances are really chucking thier weight about right now.

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You need to get those meters taken out. They shaft you and overcharge compared to standard meters. Both gas and electric.

[angle]

Can I have a parcel grump?

Hermes. 

Yes, I know, but I've used them before and they've been fine (or at least way better than parcelforce, which I appreciate is a low bar) and unlike DPD they have a parcel drop in walking distance. 

Next day delivery for my sisters birthday present doesn't get delivered, because 'road closure'. She lives on the A702 so it must be a pretty big one, right lads? The day after her birthday, they forge her signature and leave it outside her flat. Which is on the fucking High Street. Obviously by the time she gets home there's just a torn open cardboard box. 

Precisely how painful and frustrating is the Hermes complaints procedure going to be then? 

[cort16]

Good to see rbj having his Christmas troll.

First monumental hangover of the festive season .  Ho ho fucking ho.

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[robinmasters]

Blue badges are essential to enable some people to retain their mobility. This is just taking the fucking piss (the space was there before they parked), and means Joe Public tars them all with the same brush. 

[Kiltox]

Anyone who thinks this is an acceptable way to treat customer service staff (or anyone really) needs shooting 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7561963/amp/Leicester-woman-hurls-racist-abuse-Nationwide-Building-Society-branch-manager.html

[strangeangel]

  On 05/12/2019 at 08:28, cort16 said:

Good to see rbj having his Christmas troll.

 

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I thought that particular sock was Ben's latest incarnation?

 

[Lord Sterling]

  On 05/12/2019 at 05:43, paulplom said:

You need to get those meters taken out. They shaft you and overcharge compared to standard meters. Both gas and electric.

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I actually came off the standard meter (quarterly billing) because they were charging me massive amounts. I took the key meyers because I have a bit more control over what I use and don't end up with massive bills. NPower have been less than helpful over the last 3 years. I am paying off a big bill that I have argued with them about.

Its winter now so the opportunity to extract more money out of me is happening. I'll be changing as soon as my bill is paid off but I can't honestly see anyone keeping thier prices low and really helping people out.

[dozeydustman]

Oh joy. Been here an hour waiting for a fitter because I can’t shut the back down.

PTO appears to have shat itself. Not been my week this week.

[beko1987]

Road salting season is upon us! I saw signs on the M25 on Monday night, and looking at my car now it's gone from washed and clean to BLACK with mega speed dirt lines up the bonnet.

Might treat it to a quick wash one day soon, maybe when I'm off over Christmas.

But what prompted this was I ran out of screenwash shortly after leaving the house, and I must be using it subconsciously because I arrived at work barely able to see! Chucked a pint in to get me home when proper non freezing stuff can go in/ No end of shit being thrown up now,  this is it for the next 5 months

[GBJ]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:31, SiC said:

No, I'm not a dickhead. I am a cunt.

You should know that, as everyone on TDW is one. 

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Oops, sorry, didn't mean to insult you, Cunt.

[Kiltox]

  On 05/12/2019 at 13:45, beko1987 said:

Road salting season is upon us! I saw signs on the M25 on Monday night, and looking at my car now it's gone from washed and clean to BLACK with mega speed dirt lines up the bonnet.

Might treat it to a quick wash one day soon, maybe when I'm off over Christmas.

But what prompted this was I ran out of screenwash shortly after leaving the house, and I must be using it subconsciously because I arrived at work barely able to see! Chucked a pint in to get me home when proper non freezing stuff can go in/ No end of shit being thrown up now,  this is it for the next 5 months

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My reversing camera is totally covered with salt to the point I can’t see anything 

#modernproblems 

[LightBulbFun]

  On 05/12/2019 at 13:42, dozeydustman said:

Oh joy. Been here an hour waiting for a fitter because I can’t shut the back down.

PTO appears to have shat itself. Not been my week this week.

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is that rear wheel steering, or has one of the axles also shat itself?

[dozeydustman]

  On 05/12/2019 at 14:01, LightBulbFun said:

is that rear wheel steering, or has one of the axles also shat itself?

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Rear steer. Good for tight corners, but that’s about it.

[Matty]

  On 04/12/2019 at 22:01, GBJ said:

He used the word "dickhead". I responded in kind.

I'm very calm, thank you.

 

 

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Correct me if I'm wrong but he didn't call you a dickhead though did he

[xtriple]

Kyle has just insured the 'raffle' win Vauxhall: £530 plus changed details on the other two which was another £120 and spent £115 on brake parts for the MR2. The grumpy bit is: I FEEL GUILTY! Why? Can't understand why I feel like it should be me paying that lot. Is this just some strange hangover from when he was young and I was all protective and paid for everything? I mean, the bugger is 32 years old and earns more than 90% of the population (other percentages are available and probably more accurate!   ).

I am so guilty I should have been a Catholic!

[Cavcraft]

GBJ brings a lot to the party, doesn't he?

 

Another one of your aliases, Ben?

[vulgalour]

Driving into town earlier, I noticed what looked like a big lump of wood with nails sticking out on the opposite side of the road to what I was on.  It's a fairly busy road, but not a fast one, so I could safely swing around the roundabout I was approaching, stop with my hazards on in the carriageway to retreive the debris and be out of the way.  Now, I'm aware that the protocol is usually "leave it to someone else" and on a busier road would have done just that.  However, this thing look like a chunk of 2x4 with nails sticking out of it, that was likely to make a mess of whoever hit it and I could safely deal with the problem there and then.

So, I come to a gentle stop in the carriageway, pop my hazards on, and retreive the debris which, as it happens, was a chunk of wood with nails sticking out of it, looked like one of those supportive/protective stakes they put around freshly planted trees.  There's a layby to my left but I didn't pull into it because that wouldn't block traffic from the debris and I might not be seen picking up the debris, so the car served as a big flashy barrier.  No drama yet because there had been no traffic until I picked the debris up at which point a load of cars appeared off the roundabout.  Did they slow down on seeing a car sat in the carriageway with its hazards on?  NOPE.  Just swerve around it and go as fast as you can.

If a car is sat in the middle of the carriageway with the hazards on, even though there's a layby to the left, that should alert you to the fact that there's a problem and you should slow down, yes?  It shouldn't be seen as an opportunity to quickly scan the opposite carriageway and just blast past without a care.  Even when I'd got back to the car, the traffic that could clearly see me, and the car, didn't slow or stop behind the car to let me back in, they just kept on blasting past.  It's only a 40mph road and being so close to the exit of the roundabout, people were likely not doing more than 30mph at that point but still, it was astonishing how few drivers seemed to exhibit any real hazard perception or reaction to an obvious danger in front of them.

In the future I suppose that means the sensible course is just to leave the debris to be a hazard to someone else and let them have a bad day, rather than doing the right thing.