The grumpy thread

[TataBobu]

6 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

What is it with people parking up with their lights on in car parks.

And engine running? Idiots not knowing there are two other options than "Auto" on the light switch.

[HillmanImp]

2 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

And engine running? Idiots not knowing there are two other options than "Auto" on the light switch.

Probably. I'm not sure why you'd want to sit there with your engine running either, just burning your exploding dinosaur juice.

 

[HillmanImp]

4 hours ago, anonymous user said:

Dogging?

Not tonight, I'm busy but I'm free on Sunday.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

25 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Probably. I'm not sure why you'd want to sit there with your engine running either,....

Maybe they've got the heater on whilst they're dogging.

[St.Jude]

12 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Maybe they've got the heater on whilst they're dogging.

Or maybe they're just not the popular couple there that night?

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Maybe they've got the heater on whilst they're dogging.

Surely they'd get too hot an stuffy in that small car?

[TataBobu]

There are people who are doing it in a sauna, or so I've seen on a youtube-like site that I don't remember the name of.

[Fumbler]

9 minutes ago, TataBobu said:

There are people who are doing it in a sauna, or so I've seen on a youtube-like site that I don't remember the name of.

LiveLeak?

[barefoot]

The fucking hat's blown off my chimney again.

Missed next door's car by a hair's breadth. 

[catsinthewelder]

On 12/17/2019 at 9:14 PM, auntiemaryscanary said:

Luckily our machine is only 2.5 years old. WCPGW...

Mine slightly caught fire last weekend.  Annoyingly I ordered a new door interlock before I heard about the recall.  Not been able to get through to them so currently using the washing machine at work for free electrical win.  Mine is in my bedroom up an awkward staircase so it's easier to fix it than replace it with one I could have for free but if Hotpoint bring a new one they can have the fun of installation. ?

[jakebullet]

I've smashed a chunk off a tooth. No pain fortunately, but been a while* since I've seen a dentist. Phoned them up, oh we've sacked you off. We can see you tomorrow.... for £50. Sorry, not interested in getting on the private customer gravy train. Ok, well nhs best we can do is 17th January.

Evilmas of being careful it is then.

[SiC]

28 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

I've smashed a chunk off a tooth. No pain fortunately, but been a while* since I've seen a dentist. Phoned them up, oh we've sacked you off. We can see you tomorrow.... for £50. Sorry, not interested in getting on the private customer gravy train. Ok, well nhs best we can do is 17th January.

Evilmas of being careful it is then.

I paid £50 odd for my tooth to have putty or whatever they used to fix it. A repair on the NHS will be the £62.10 band.

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/dental-health/how-much-will-i-pay-for-nhs-dental-treatment/

[Aston Martin]

Mr I'm on heroin Cactus collector man.... 

I wasn't there... "Theres a few scuffs I'm not happy with but I'll let it go"

 

He can gobble my fudge pot, there's fuck all wrong with the car. Bar, the rear towing eye cover is slightly battered in a certain light.

 

They charged me £7.10 for the extra day, even though it went back at 9am.

 

I still await the lack of servix history.

[sierraman]

9 hours ago, Sir Snipes said:

Yeah its not like a rwd engine where sometimes you can drop the sump and do a set of shells in situ. What a nightmare. 

 

Might not be possible. When Ford brought the Zetec out they wouldn’t provide torque settings for the crank shells. Their take on it was if the bottom end was fucked then that was that. New block and crank. 

[clayts450]

I've got a piss-kitchen.

Cat litter tray was getting a bit skanky, so did the usual of tipping the lot into a big black bin liner with a view to taking out to the wheelie bin. This particular bag was being a twat, and I really struggled to prise the flimsy lips apart (missus) so chose an unorthodox method of unpicking it from the bottom to expose the mouth.

Naturally, when I lifted the piss and shit sodden litter now suitably ensconced within the black hole, the bottom ripped and a veritable fuckton of soiled crapola poured all over the kitchen floor. Did a cursory clean up as late for work.

Came home from work and the house smells like a tramp's pants.

Terrific.

[High Jetter]

Numptys. Would you like a '73 Rover 2200 SC? Would you? For £500? How about this one?

 

https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/rover/2200+tc/320180

 

[mitsisigma01]

8 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Numptys. Would you like a '73 Rover 2200 SC? Would you? For £500? How about this one?

 

https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/rover/2200+tc/320180

 

Does Derek live in Nigeria or is he a complete ......

Someone ask him... No don't bother

[clayts450]

Genuine  mistake , methinks - likely should be a 220 GSi  (poss even a Turbo). Easy* mistake to make....

Limited run three door FTW

[mitsisigma01]

1973....

[High Jetter]

SC...GSi...?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Surely they'd get too hot an stuffy in that small car?

 

[rusty_vw_man]

Amazon prime have delivered* my parcel to me*. 
Not to worry though their excellent* customer service* could immediately assist* me. 
FFS, I really miss shops selling all the things I actually want to buy and having to rely on these tax dodging cockwombles and their army of self employed couriers instead. 

[MikeR]

guess who forgot to switch his alarm off

 

early wake up on the first day of the hols

[Mally]

15 hours ago, sierraman said:

Might not be possible. When Ford brought the Zetec out they wouldn’t provide torque settings for the crank shells. Their take on it was if the bottom end was fucked then that was that. New block and crank. 

TBF the engines do last forever*

They don't do o/s Pistons either.

[iainrcz]

Cracking job, you fucking nailed that.

Don't let the fact you're inconveniencing other people dent the pride in a job well done.

Why does tapatalk always post shit in a weird way??

Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk

[sierraman]

55 minutes ago, Mally said:

TBF the engines do last forever*

They don't do o/s Pistons either.

I’ve given them a right hiding over the years and never fucked up the bottom end. Bloody good engine the Zetec.

[shedenvy]

On 12/18/2019 at 7:48 PM, Datsuncog said:

back in nineteen-oatcake

DC you crack me up! You r gud with wurds.

Seems all Binis use oil and anecdotally they seem to get addicted to the stuff if you ever let it go low.  Considering buying the mother in law a bottle of 2-stroke for hers.

[DoctorRetro]

18 hours ago, jakebullet said:

I've smashed a chunk off a tooth. No pain fortunately, but been a while* since I've seen a dentist. Phoned them up, oh we've sacked you off. We can see you tomorrow.... for £50. Sorry, not interested in getting on the private customer gravy train. Ok, well nhs best we can do is 17th January.

Evilmas of being careful it is then.

Get some of that repair putty off ebay, it works OK for a short time. I've been keeping a hole covered since March! - where the dentist did a root canal but I couldn't afford the crown. 

I just top it up every so often 

[beko1987]

Fixed a miele yesterday, dropped it back on my way home at lunchtime (half day). 

Somewhere between putting the cash in my pocket and returning home it's gone. Im always careful not to do it as well! I expect it came out and blew away when I grabbed my keys, and either blew away right there or when I got out at Amy's. 

Gah, bye bye £30, easy come easy go. 

[tooSavvy]

^ ^ ^ .... I 'lost' a £20 out of my pocket, driving works van on Windscreen Repair.

Thought VERRY HARRD about my route >> next day rerun it >> stopped at Durham Services in the same bay, open door = soggy folded & stuck flat on the tarmac = Winnah Chicken Dinnah.