The grumpy thread

[xtriple]

Oh and yeah, while I'm grumping...  Bought a Breitling SOH recently, got it cheap(ish) 'cos it hasn't got the correct bracelet. He he, nay worries bro 'cos I have got the exact bracelet sat here on a broken watch.  Just got my mojo into gear to actually do something about it and the bracelet is spot on, but the fekkin end links aren't so it won't bloody fit after all.

However, I do have a brown leather Breitling strap on a deployant (genuine and all 'Breitling'd up) so it's now sat on that. Looks better than yet another chain mesh bracelet - I've got about 6 of the bastards and I hate them all!

[Pieman]

This morning my dozy dad reverses his car into a car parked across the road from his driveway, which had been there all morning in plain sight and I'd even told him it was there before he got in the car.

Go to a meeting to try and protest against the closure of Birmingham Wheels stock car stadium (where I began my commentary career) and despite loads of likes and checkins on social media only about 25 people turn up.

It pisses down all day.

Go to my regular pub quiz to find it's being changed from weekly to monthly.

Quiz bloke doesn't turn up so tonight's is cancelled.

Return home to the news that the appeals have lost and Wheels is closing down at the end of this month.

Fucking shit day.

[mitsisigma01]

2 hours ago, Crackers said:

Aldershit you mean? 

Yep... That's pretty bad.  

In 1984, after hitting an oak tree not much rounder than a telegraph pole, doing 60mph  in a Marina 7cwt van, with the headlights nearly touching and the engine and box up through the floor, after being extracted by the fire bridge, I had the pleasure of 13 weeks on traction in the beautiful Victorian military hospital, lovely architecture. 

I was passing through there a while back and went to show the Mrs the hospital, only to find it all closed and fenced off being converted into posh bastards houses. 

After a quick trip round Aldershot it should definitely be renamed Aldershit, turns out the best bit was the hospital. 

P. S I don't recommend crashing in a Morris Marina or into a small Oak tree. 

It hurts! 

[Crackers]

4 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

...converted into posh bastards houses.

FTFY

4 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

...converted into rich chavs' houses.

 

The Hospital building is an impressive structure, I agree. However, in order to get to it, you have to go to Aldershot, and therein lies the problem.

 

One of the worst things about Aldershot is the wide, arrow-straight road running down the middle of the town for what feels like about 47 miles. The road itself is fine, the 30mph speed limit... that's not fine. Takes about half an hour to get from the top end to the bottom, yet you can see one end from the other!

[mitsisigma01]

If you venture out of Aldershit to the A325 just north of Bordon on the straight bit my tree is still there bearing the scar of the Marina, well the impact took the bark off! 

Some good news about the Marina, it was scrapped and the back lights were about the only salvageable bits ?

[Craig the Princess]

Woke up this morning at 4.45 from a dream where I had just murdered one of Wuvvum's neighbours with a jack handle when there were moaning about a car swap (think I've been on here too much) before I could cover it up.

I couldn't stop my phone's alarm ringing which obviously annoyed Mrs the Princess.

Then found there was no power so got ready in the dark. Had a wee, washed my hands and the tap fell apart, water gushing up out of the remains so had to turn that off at the outside stop cock in the rain.

Left home and saw other houses had power so went back and saw an rcb had tripped, so need to see to that too.

That made me miss the train so had to drive twice as far to get in.

So today can bugger right off.

[wuvvum]

at the first bit,  at the rest.

[Craig the Princess]

18 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

at the first bit,  at the rest.

It's not too bad hopefully, more funny than sad really ?

[Bobthebeard]

Traffic Wardens. More specifically the ones in St Annes. Others are doubtless available. 

I am a Private Hire (taxi) driver in St Annes, as some of you may know this seaside area has a huge population of elderly and disabled folk. Last Saturday I had a job picking up a customer in a wheelchair from outside a shop in the centre of town.  Long story short, between  helping the customer into the car and loading the wheelchair into the boot I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen. I was stopped there for less than two minutes and never left the car apart from helping the customer. The Warden was properly nasty. I explained the situation but his response was " don't care mate, not my problem"  Surely this is discrimination against the disabled or something. Other drivers have fallen foul of this and received tickets for doing the same. All their appeals have failed so mine will too. A quiet time for the taxi business so the £35 fine represents a great proportion of my profit for the day.  Grump. 

[stonedagain]

Last night, I decided to open a bottle of Baileys that someone gave me at Christmas. Took the top off, went to pour some into a glass but nothing came out. So I gave the bottle a shake and tried again. This time some came out, but it was thick and lumpy! So I checked the label on the bottle.........it said use by 2011! Can't remember who gave me it either!

[SRi05]

48 minutes ago, Bobthebeard said:

Traffic Wardens. More specifically the ones in St Annes. Others are doubtless available. 

I am a Private Hire (taxi) driver in St Annes, as some of you may know this seaside area has a huge population of elderly and disabled folk. Last Saturday I had a job picking up a customer in a wheelchair from outside a shop in the centre of town.  Long story short, between  helping the customer into the car and loading the wheelchair into the boot I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen. I was stopped there for less than two minutes and never left the car apart from helping the customer. The Warden was properly nasty. I explained the situation but his response was " don't care mate, not my problem"  Surely this is discrimination against the disabled or something. Other drivers have fallen foul of this and received tickets for doing the same. All their appeals have failed so mine will too. A quiet time for the taxi business so the £35 fine represents a great proportion of my profit for the day.  Grump. 

You have to be a special type of cunt to be a traffic warden IMO. I'd rather sit on the dole if it was my only option ?

[loserone]

55 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

You have to be a special type of cunt to block a dropped curb on a single yellow line IMHO just to save 2 minutes. I'd rather starve if it was my only option ?

Yet all day there are 2-7 cars on the single yellows outside our local co-op.

 

Wish there were more traffic wardens round here

[New POD]

1 hour ago, stonedagain said:

Last night, I decided to open a bottle of Baileys that someone gave me at Christmas. Took the top off, went to pour some into a glass but nothing came out. So I gave the bottle a shake and tried again. This time some came out, but it was thick and lumpy! So I checked the label on the bottle.........it said use by 2011! Can't remember who gave me it either!

Fred gave it you. He's the 92 year old fella across the road, who has borderline dimensia.  He's a proper twat.  Thinks he's really generous, and gives you pies he baked a week last Thurday that have been sitting in the sun for 5 days. Yum.

I try not to accept any presents. And if forced they usually go straight in the bin.

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

17 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Security support for Windows Vista has ended today. Oh well, such is the progression of technology.

[MarvinsMom]

On 1/13/2020 at 10:35 PM, New POD said:

Having being to Polytechnic there, I have to say that I loved the post modern concrete.

Someone told me they knocked down the 19 storey hall of residence that was Stalag Luft XIV. Shame.

edited for accuracy.

same can be said for Dudley which i had the miss fortune to visit recently.

it is a proper shit hole.

it was a relief to see the place disappear in the cars rear view mirror on the way back home.

i think my Grandfather was there during the war, not that he saw much of the town.

He was in the nose of a german bomber at the time......

[MikeR]

Got to see a dietician on Friday ....to prepare me for the op .... In Feb .... !

Short of sewing up my mouth .   I cant think of any changes to make that will make a differance  in that time frame .

[louiepj]

Traffic Wardens. More specifically the ones in St Annes. Others are doubtless available. 
I am a Private Hire (taxi) driver in St Annes, as some of you may know this seaside area has a huge population of elderly and disabled folk. Last Saturday I had a job picking up a customer in a wheelchair from outside a shop in the centre of town.  Long story short, between  helping the customer into the car and loading the wheelchair into the boot I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen. I was stopped there for less than two minutes and never left the car apart from helping the customer. The Warden was properly nasty. I explained the situation but his response was " don't care mate, not my problem"  Surely this is discrimination against the disabled or something. Other drivers have fallen foul of this and received tickets for doing the same. All their appeals have failed so mine will too. A quiet time for the taxi business so the £35 fine represents a great proportion of my profit for the day.  Grump. 

Had a similar arguement with a traffic warden a few years ago over a loading bay and a disabled badge user parking in it.
According to the rules you can not park in them but can park on the double yellow lines just up from them and block the road.

[barefoot]

3 hours ago, Bobthebeard said:

Traffic Wardens. More specifically the ones in St Annes. Others are doubtless available. 

I am a Private Hire (taxi) driver in St Annes, as some of you may know this seaside area has a huge population of elderly and disabled folk. Last Saturday I had a job picking up a customer in a wheelchair from outside a shop in the centre of town.  Long story short, between  helping the customer into the car and loading the wheelchair into the boot I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen. I was stopped there for less than two minutes and never left the car apart from helping the customer. The Warden was properly nasty. I explained the situation but his response was " don't care mate, not my problem"  Surely this is discrimination against the disabled or something. Other drivers have fallen foul of this and received tickets for doing the same. All their appeals have failed so mine will too. A quiet time for the taxi business so the £35 fine represents a great proportion of my profit for the day.  Grump. 

Surely go to court with this & take your fare with you to your appearance. 

[reb]

4 hours ago, Bobthebeard said:

Traffic Wardens. More specifically the ones in St Annes. Others are doubtless available. 

I am a Private Hire (taxi) driver in St Annes, as some of you may know this seaside area has a huge population of elderly and disabled folk. Last Saturday I had a job picking up a customer in a wheelchair from outside a shop in the centre of town.  Long story short, between  helping the customer into the car and loading the wheelchair into the boot I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen. I was stopped there for less than two minutes and never left the car apart from helping the customer. The Warden was properly nasty. I explained the situation but his response was " don't care mate, not my problem"  Surely this is discrimination against the disabled or something. Other drivers have fallen foul of this and received tickets for doing the same. All their appeals have failed so mine will too. A quiet time for the taxi business so the £35 fine represents a great proportion of my profit for the day.  Grump. 

The ones up here absolutely love going after people trying to do their job, though not taxi/PH drivers for whatever reason. Delivery driver parked on a nigh-abandoned side street? TICKET FOR YOU. Lorry Driver parked on double yellows but largely out of the way, MOVE ON, YOU CANT PARK THERE. Taxis triple parked, narrowing the already narrow thoroughfare through the market square, TICKET FO.....  Oh, that's completely fine. They cracked down on people parking on the corner outside the shop for a while, largely enforced by coming in and telling us not to park there and us responding that we don't anyway because we're not fuds.

I mirror sentiments that you have to be a certain kind of person to be able to do the job, and it's not one I'd like to be around quite frankly. Peace and love for all, but not traffic wardens. Sorry, "Parking Attendants".

[New POD]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

Got to see a dietician on Friday ....to prepare me for the op .... In Feb .... !

Short of sewing up my mouth .   I cant think of any changes to make that will make a differance  in that time frame .

Puts Hypocrisy coat on:

Perhaps cut down on the pot noodles and deep fried sausages? 

Maybe less bacon, less cheese, and more lettuce.  To be fair I've known you 35 years, and I've never seen eat a salad. EVER.

Removes Hypocrisy Cloak.

 

[Lankytim]

We're selling our home and are in the middle of a chain. The elderly woman selling the house we're buying has been fucking about for months, taking weeks to respond to solicitors letters, refusing reasonable requests and generally being an awkward pain the the backside and very much doing everything on her terms. The buyers of our house have been patiently waiting but inevitably today their good will has run out and they are insisting we either complete by the end of the month or lose them as buyers.  The lady we're buying from isn't willing to move out and stay with her son for a few weeks until her bungalow is ready to move in to so to avoid losing our buyer and the whole chain collapsing we as a family of 4 are having to move in with the in laws for a while.  This isn't ideal and shes the kind of woman who could decide to stay put or the purchase of the bungalow she wants to move into could fall through, leaving us properly up shit creek. It's all a massive myther we could do without. 

[loserone]

Not to that scale, but the house we're trying to buy has some pretty abysmal estate agents running the show; we were told that it's "uninhabitable", and our comments and offer were mixed up on the way to the vendor.  Looks like they get business from sellers by over egging their valuations by 20%

[anonymous user]

Just fed up with life, as soon as I make an offer on a house, someone immediately offers more, they can have it then. I'm not desperate to move, just fancy downsizing so that I'm forced to get rid of some of my crap.

[Jerzy Woking]

I heard on the radio today that Sheffield has the highest number of trees to number of population in the WHOLE of Europe. Really? That's not been my experience of Sheffield.

And parking wardens. Many years ago City Of London police employed the wardens. Their job was to keep traffic moving, and I recall that they issued very few tickets. As soon as Wardens are employed outside of the police, their main intent seems to be generating money, and bollocks to keeping the traffic flowing.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

51 minutes ago, anonymous user said:

....as soon as I make an offer on a house, someone immediately offers more, they can have it then....

Probably a shill offer connected to the estate agents. 

45 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

I heard on the radio today that Sheffield has the highest number of trees to number of population in the WHOLE of Europe. Really? That's not been my experience of Sheffield....

Was it not Sheffield City Council that got into trouble a year or so ago for planning to cut down quite a lot of inner city trees?

[barefoot]

Two funerals in two days; no-one close, just a couple of acquaintances, but here's a couple of observations.

Just because someone in your family can string together a series of rhyming couplets, it doesn't make them a poet and although, "She was my favourite Nan & I loved the way she cooked with Spam' may have been factually correct, I'm guessing that words like that don't exactly ease one's shuffle from this mortal coil. Similarly, pall bearers. To watch a team of six experienced blokes heft the coffin onto their shoulders and walk effortlessly without using their hands and perfectly in step, is a pleasure to behold. When they stick a short arsed woman amongst them or worse still, let some relatives have a go, it turns rapidly into an unbalanced, top heavy farce.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, barefoot said:

...., pall bearers. To watch a team of six experienced blokes heft the coffin onto their shoulders and walk effortlessly without using their hands and perfectly in step, is a pleasure to behold. When they stick a short arsed woman amongst them or worse still, let some relatives have a go, it turns rapidly into an unbalanced, top heavy farce.

I seem to remember a sitcom called In Loving Memory...

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, Bobthebeard said:

I got a parking ticket for being in a no stopping/loading area slapped on the windscreen.

It's utter madness, as unless blind the attendant would have been able to see what you were doing. I'm sure he was sticking to the letter of his rule-book, but I'd certainly appeal for your own sake and to try and get some balance back into the area - if enough appeals are successful, the council will eventually take notice. The appeals tribunal process seems to be quite supportive when attendants have been blatantly stupid. Otherwise yes, park on double yellows and wheel the pushchair to the car (I know, not ideal, used to be a PH and Hackney driver myself years ago)

[New POD]

5 hours ago, Lankytim said:

We're selling our home and are in the middle of a chain. The elderly woman selling the house we're buying has been fucking about for months, taking weeks to respond to solicitors letters, refusing reasonable requests and generally being an awkward pain the the backside and very much doing everything on her terms. The buyers of our house have been patiently waiting but inevitably today their good will has run out and they are insisting we either complete by the end of the month or lose them as buyers.  The lady we're buying from isn't willing to move out and stay with her son for a few weeks until her bungalow is ready to move in to so to avoid losing our buyer and the whole chain collapsing we as a family of 4 are having to move in with the in laws for a while.  This isn't ideal and shes the kind of woman who could decide to stay put or the purchase of the bungalow she wants to move into could fall through, leaving us properly up shit creek. It's all a massive myther we could do without. 

Don't do it. 

The woman will change her mind. You'll be living with in laws for 12 months. 

Let the chain fail, and tell your vendor you ain't buying. Because she's delayed so long etc. 

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Merrel and Mr and Mrs Parks of Cross Hills near Skipton you fucking twats 

 

To clarify.

Mr and Mrs Parks, didn't need to move.  We were moving 130 miles for work. 

They had found an old cottage nearby.

We had a buyer.  In Birmingham. They had a buyer around the corner from us. They wanted a bigger house. No real need to move

 

The Parks, delayed because of some issue on a 300 year old flying fucking freehold. 

Our buyers buyer told them they'd find something else. If they didn't move. 

Our buyer told us they'd pull.out. 

Our seller assured us that the flying free hold would be sorted in 2 weeks or so.

We choose to put our life in storage. 

We moved into my parents spare room with a toddler. 

After 6 weeks we gave Mr and Mrs Parks an ultimatum.   They pulled out.  Too.much stress.

We offered on the identical.house that backed on, after discussing that it needed to.be a quick.sale. Mr and Mrs Merrel agreed they.move in to parents.

8 weeks later they denied that. And when we gave them a 4 week.ultimatum they pulled out.  

In total we were with my parents in Solihul for 6 months whilst I worked in Keighley.

Trust no one. Don't be pushed into rushing.

 

[clayts450]

[adenoids]I think you'll find your so-called traffic warden/parking attendants are now referred to as Civil Enforcement Officers[/adenoids]

So just like CEOs in big business, they're cunts an' all.