The grumpy thread

[Inspector Morose]

Saab back after major surgery (including a full wallet bypass). What pisses me off was that the garage who could do the job rang up to say one balljoint was absolutely shagged and needed replacing. Ah, the balljoint I thought was on the way out but on taking it to my usual place, was informed that it’s fine and just needed the tracking sorting.  (Yeah, I did look at the old bottom arm today and yup, it was shagged) 
Also strange that after sorting the tracking, only a few months passed (and one long journey but little else) before the rack decided to shit itself. Hmm.

Impossible to prove either way but I think I might be taking my fleet somewhere else in future. 

[beko1987]

2 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

^ ^ ^ .... 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.

Id picked the kids up so couldn't go back to look. Amy was in town though and went back, parked up and looked and nope.

Hopefully whoever picked it up was having a worse time than me and its allowed them to buy some food or beer. Glad I didn't dive straight into the petrol station though which I was going to but couldn't be arsed. If I hadn't checked before I pumped the petrol I'd be even more pissed off

[Snipes]

Sat in the passenger seat of my girlfriend's car, parked in a carpark as she had nipped into Aldi. I spy a Ka parking next to me with a pair of silver surfers and you know you get a feeling as soon as you spot something?

Yup, throws open the passenger door straight into my door.

She's all apologetic n what not, claiming she has a bad hip (Which may be true, who knows?) but ffs do you have to slam your door into mine? Couldn't you get out before parking? It's not like I can really do anything as I'm not about to go nuclear on some dizzy old coffin doger but you can be sure she goes around doing that all day, every day. We weren't even parked near the entrance or anything.

[LostnotFound]

11 minutes ago, Sir Snipes said:

Sat in the passenger seat of my girlfriend's car, parked in a carpark as she had nipped into Aldi. I spy a Ka parking next to me with a pair of silver surfers and you know you get a feeling as soon as you spot something?

 

Given the way the previous posts had gone was anyone else expecting a different end to this story?

Todays grump consists of why British people lose their shit about a bit of moisture. It's only fucking rain morons, your skin is waterproof you don't need to park two yards from a shops door in case you drown from a bit of drizzle.

[Fumbler]

24 minutes ago, LostnotFound said:

Given the way the previous posts had gone was anyone else expecting a different end to this story?

Todays grump consists of why British people lose their shit about a bit of moisture. It's only fucking rain morons, your skin is waterproof you don't need to park two yards from a shops door in case you drown from a bit of drizzle.

I suppoose so, but I woke up to having a leaking roof, swamped garden with water boiling up from underneath the patio stones and widespread flooding!

[Timewaster]

1 hour ago, Sir Snipes said:

Sat in the passenger seat of my girlfriend's car, parked in a carpark as she had nipped into Aldi. I spy a Ka parking next to me with a pair of silver surfers and you know you get a feeling as soon as you spot something?

Yup, throws open the passenger door straight into my door.

She's all apologetic n what not, claiming she has a bad hip (Which may be true, who knows?) but ffs do you have to slam your door into mine? Couldn't you get out before parking? It's not like I can really do anything as I'm not about to go nuclear on some dizzy old coffin doger.

Back in the car spares place, I remember one old dear, must have been in her 80s asking for "those plastic strips that stop the doors banging!" 

I was agog. But, but but... 

They aren't there so you can bang the door! 

 

[LostnotFound]

2 hours ago, Fumbler said:

I suppoose so, but I woke up to having a leaking roof, swamped garden with water boiling up from underneath the patio stones and widespread flooding!

 

A leaking roof is a reasonable grump.

Being upset over your hair getting wet isn't.

[Fumbler]

9 minutes ago, LostnotFound said:

Being upset over your hair getting wet isn't.

Of course! I was just adding that there were legitimate problems down here that resulted in a lot more than wet hair that would probably make those complaining about the small rain they had thermonuclear.

[captain_70s]

4 hours ago, Sir Snipes said:

Sat in the passenger seat of my girlfriend's car, parked in a carpark as she had nipped into Aldi. I spy a Ka parking next to me with a pair of silver surfers and you know you get a feeling as soon as you spot something?

Yup, throws open the passenger door straight into my door.

I get that all the time, all my cars are littered with door dents. The best one was a while back in Morrison's car park, some guy parked next to us and opened his door so hard into the side of the Doloshite the whole car rocked and then just fucked off like nothing had happened.

He was parked so far away that even with the Dolly's door fully open it wouldn't reach his car...

(Girlfriend_70s for scale, high tech editing software used to maintain her privacy)

[SiC]

Anyone else look at that picture on a mobile and thought it was her actual face for a moment?

[loserone]

Just now, SiC said:

Anyone else look at that picture on a mobile and thought it was her actual face for a moment?

Yup. Was waiting for @barefootto come in and get all bank clerk over it.

[High Jetter]

Yup, but 70s with a 58 reg?

[captain_70s]

14 hours ago, SiC said:

Anyone else look at that picture on a mobile and thought it was her actual face for a moment?

I should get job as an artist!

[Fumbler]

Land Cruiser is experiencing electrical problems...

I think a few earth point checks are required!

[Yoss]

21 hours ago, LostnotFound said:

 

Todays grump consists of why British people lose their shit about a bit of moisture. It's only fucking rain morons, your skin is waterproof you don't need to park two yards from a shops door in case you drown from a bit of drizzle.

If it was only a bit of rain then fair enough but when you have a four and half hour delivery every day and it rains for at least part of that time and sometimes for the whole four and a half hours every day for as long as I can remember it does get a little draining. Especially when people keep ordering shit off the internet and then aren't in and have no shelter over their front door so when I try to fill a card out it is immediately wet so the pen won't work and I end up just trying to scratch the details into the card with the non working pen then push the sodden remains through the letter box and then the callers office complain I haven't filled the card out properly and the rain is dripping off the bottom of my waterproof coat into the top of my shoes. Yes it makes me grumpy. 

[purplebargeken]

Well, the shit continues. Mates father in law, mates mum on Weds, now my father in law last night. RIP

[dozeydustman]

Had to bugger off to Kent pretty sharpish following some sad news. Just got back to Sussex. Need curry and a glass of wine.

[Jamie]

All this to fit an aux lead ffs after all that it doesn't bloody work and I broke the gearstick surround and the centre consol ?

[Pieman]

Finding out today that a long time family friend, who worked with my dad for many years, passed away earlier this week at his home in Spain.

I hate this time of year.

[MarvinsMom]

21 hours ago, LostnotFound said:

 

A leaking roof is a reasonable grump.

Being upset over your hair getting wet isn't.

depends on how much it cost you at the salon getting your hair done.

last time i had my barnet done, wash, cut and dry was £40. i think.

though a man's haircut, including the reading of the paper, discussion of the football results and your holiday plans should come in under a fiver.

that's why i was displeased with getting my hair done, only for it too be messed up by the wind and rain on the way back to the car......

[myglaren]

6 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said:

depends on how much it cost you at the salon getting your hair done.

last time i had my barnet done, wash, cut and dry was £40. i think.

though a man's haircut, including the reading of the paper, discussion of the football results and your holiday plans should come in under a fiver.

that's why i was displeased with getting my hair done, only for it too be messed up by the wind and rain on the way back to the car......

The last time I paid for a haircut was in London, 1974.

£10!

[MarvinsMom]

ah but thats is in that london. 

pretty sure that at Ron Chilvers in Redcar it will still be around a fiver.

me dad wouldn't pay any more  than that, EVER.....

[barmatt]

Pcn number 2  from the c*unts that have cloned my plates dropped through the letterbox today. 

So that's another appeal I've sent off as it's a different company, but this company seem to have potato cams in their car parks making playing spot the difference a little more difficult but I got a few none the less.

Doovla said they might issue me another number plate in the future but they want to leave this for a while in the hopes that the scumbags will get pulled over and nicked.  What's the chances?

 

 

[SiC]

1 hour ago, barmatt said:

Doovla said they might issue me another number plate in the future but they want to leave this for a while in the hopes that the scumbags will get pulled over and nicked.  What's the chances?

If the plate now has a marker on it as possible stolen, wouldn't that mean its likely you'll be getting pulled over too?

[MikeR]

Woke myself up farting ...

Joys of a day on the pop

[barmatt]

9 hours ago, SiC said:

If the plate now has a marker on it as possible stolen, wouldn't that mean its likely you'll be getting pulled over too?

Yeah, it's a nationwide marker apparently so I'll set off anpr cameras too. I've got the relevant info in the car just in case but it's still a pain. 

[loserone]

Have you been pulled yet? If not, I'd be tempted to take the offer of a new plate

[barmatt]

19 minutes ago, loserone said:

Have you been pulled yet? If not, I'd be tempted to take the offer of a new plate

Not yet but I live in a rural area with no anpr cameras and police are pretty much non existent, they said they wouldn't issue a new plate until the culprits have been apprehended or a length of time has passed without getting more tickets. I don't understand how they can't just issue me a new plate and leave the other as being stolen but the chap at the dvla said they couldn't do that. Obviously they didn't specify how much time I'd have to wait either.

[angle]

The year is 2004. In Renault design HQ, surrounded by boxes of unused voice synthesisers, a junior designer working on the Laguna facelift approaches his boss.

'Monsieur, I 'av almost finished with ze interior design, but I 'av a question'

'Mais oui, Pierre'

'Ze gap between ze drivers seat and ze centre console, 'ow big should it be?'

'Zut alors Pierre, ze same answer every time! Big enough to drop your phone down'

'But also big enough to put your hand in, so you can get it back?'

'Ahahahahahahahahaha. Non.'

[HillmanImp]

As I'm clearing out all of Imp Jrs broken and rubbish toys I probably need to get rid of mine too.

Got that Cosworth from Hamleys in 1984 but its got no rear wheels or aerial or controller. 

The Buddy pump cars dont pump anymore.