The grumpy thread

[seth]

There's some right mingin' avatars on here at the moment...........can't we have more fluffy ducklings in wicker baskets rather than sweaty ex-Genesis drummers in rank trackies?

 

With the avatars over there > I'm going to have to mirror that picture of me so I'm pointing the right way.

 

Less sweaty Collins would be good too!

[Tayne]

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[trigger]

Are we not feeling the love for sweaty Phil Collins then?.

[pogweasel]

Not really.

Must nearly be time to wheel out the christmas jumper anyway.

[trigger]

>>>Better?

 

I might wear the christmas jumper on Sunday, Just don't bring your wife's and daughters because they will all be over me.

[Marshall]

Just posting here so Stewie can have a look and tell me what he sees in triggers avatar above. (Personally I think she has soiled herself on the fairway but there's always hope)

[Maestroman]

Any good Boobydoo?

[Station]

The current government's (and the one before that) pseudo 'green tax', which is just a way of getting more money. There's more cars on the road every year, and nobody uses public transport through choice. How is this green tax fair, in the same way the poll tax (later sneaked in as council tax) was fair? They're both shitty, sly taxes. And why do they feel the need to increase it 'to help low earners'. Isn't the reason for these separate taxes for the namesake? Don't just put the lot in a big pot, you thick c*nts.

[brammy777]

Wow the Policeman on Traffic Cops just identified a Renault Modus as a Rover Metro. Because we all remember the latters perfect NCAP score.

 

Also, seeing an Accident on the road a few minutes after it had happened is always awful. A nearly new Mercedes SL55 t-boned a Megane Saloon right next to the M3 today, I think the woman had to be cut out. I reckon the Merc driver was speeding, as they all love to do on that road, changed into the right lane and not noticed the Renault coming out of the road on the left.

[trigger]

I'm just watching it now, that crash on the motorway with the Range Rover...

[retrogeezer]

Wow the Policeman on Traffic Cops just identified a Renault Modus as a Rover Metro. Because we all remember the latters perfect NCAP score.

 

 

 

haha - I saw that....

I actually thought the fezza was a focus estate but it is indeed a Fiesta.

[Mr Lobster]

I might wear the christmas jumper on Sunday.

 

YES. Do this. It would be especially apt what with it being September and all.

 

Do it

[M'coli]

Just posting here so Stewie can have a look and tell me what he sees in triggers avatar above. (Personally I think she has soiled herself on the fairway but there's always hope)

I think this might be Stewie's response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudKBbaOAfs

[Alexg]

I'm just watching it now, that crash on the motorway with the Range Rover...

 

Yeah, that was really upsetting. That bloke in the Range Rover looked like a fucking arsehole too...

[Cavcraft]

I'm just watching it now, that crash on the motorway with the Range Rover...

 

Yeah, that was really upsetting. That bloke in the Range Rover looked like a fucking arsehole too...

 

Didn't he just. 23 odd and already banned from driving and he's in a flash car like that driving like an idiot. Bet he won't be so cocky if he gets sent down.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Saw some stupid bint in a Micra driving through town at about 20mph with a completely flat back tyre...

 

I've just seen a Allegro-type Mazda 323 parked up on the street with a spacesaver mounted on the front offside, which is bad enough but it was almost flat and worn down to the steel belts.

Christ knows how long they've been running about in that thing hobbled with the handling abilities of an early Marina on worn, mismatched crossplies.

[Tayne]

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[barrett]

Going to America - why make it such a hassle? If you wanna go for up to 3 months then it's simple, one step fill in a form online and you're off, if you want to go for any longer then you have to go to the bloody US embassy (in London) and apply for a tourist visa, which means having a load of interviews where they pick through my finances etc and determine if I am allowed to visit I'm lazy at the best of times and was expecting the whole thing to not involve travelling further then my local Trailfinders, but travel agents are no longer allowed to process visa applications because terrorists use travel agents or something. Really not sure what i'm going to do now, go on a short break for the whole winter that I can arrange by tomorrow, or piss about going to London to the embassy and pissing about for hours just so I can see in the new year at Times Square....?

[Mr H Sceptre]

Can't you just delay your visit for a month or so, then get the 3mnth visa & still see in NYE in The Big Apple?

[wuvvum]

I think you have to pay for ESTAs now, don't you? I had to go to the American embassy years ago ('99) to get a J1 visa when I got a summer job in the US - IIRC it was a pretty straightforward process, but then of course that was pre 9/11 so the US authorities weren't seeing terrorists behind every tree.

[trigger]

I got home from work an hour ago, jump on the computer, log into autoshite, wrote a reply to Alfa in the Stondon thread and my internet crashes.

Great i think, so i turn the broadband all of, reset the box and try and connect it for a while and got feed up so i call BT up and wait 20 mins for a answer.

I eventally get through to an Indian guy who askes if Ipswich is near Central Scotland...

Then he askes if i'm near East Anglia which i said yes, oh, your broadband in your area went down at 4pm with a major problem and it will be another 24-48 hours before your back online again.

Great.

[barrett]

Mr.HS, I could do that but it's more the fact I wanted to stay for 4-5 months rather than just see in the new year over there, 3 months feels like no time at all. Also I quit my job so as of thursday i'll have no income to support me for a couple of months if I did stay here, and i'd just be eating into my savings for the trip.

You do have to pay for the ESTA, but it's only about a tenner which is fine. If I go down the visa route it's gonna be a lot more than that to get to London and back. I'm going to look into exactly what documents I need for it and possibly do it next week, I'm just pissed because I was hoping to get it all sorted today online so I could book my flights at the weekend.

[trigger]

I'm good but not that good! I'm having to use my really wanky mobile phone internet at the moment which is NOT GR8 4 SURFIN DA WEB.

[Marshall]

Just posting here so Stewie can have a look and tell me what he sees in triggers avatar above. (Personally I think she has soiled herself on the fairway but there's always hope)

I think this might be Stewie's response:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudKBbaOAfs

 

Haha. Yeah I thought that when I had posted but couldnt find the clip. LOL

[Lord Sterling]

FUCKING INSURANCE!

 

I've been looking to get the Micra on the road for a while now. Got a quote from MyMotorQuote some weeks ago, was happy with the price, discussed the details and decided to buy, unfortunately as I only have a Cash Card (New bank, old bank were cunts and still are being cunts) so couldnt pay the deposit, as I was off to Belguim anyway I thought I'd leave it and sort it when I come back. I asked the MyMotorQuote people to keep my quote on hold until I could sort it out.

 

Came back from Belgium, had a look at my finances and decided to wait until it tops up a bit. Today a mate needed my help recovering a car from Wirral, usual stuff we go up in one car, I drive the other down. On the way I had to sort insurance out, I phoned up MyMotorQuote on the way and asked if they still had my quote up, the only quote they had was the initial quote, not the agreed one which I asked them to save, no problem I thought, just a few questions and we'd be on our way.

 

We went through the details again and I asked him if I was covered to drive any other vehicle (I was to be second driver on the policy for the Micra, and wanted to use the 'drive any other vehicle' for the car we were collecting) at first the adviser answered yes, great I though, but then he said he wanted to go and double check, then he came back saying only my mum would be able to drive any other vehicle and I was not entitled, even though I was would be on the same policy, originally I had the entitlement during the initial aborted purchase, I dont understand why its been amended. This pissed me off no end. I told him to forget about it, and shut the phone.

 

Thankfully, my mate made a phone call to his insurer, and added me a second driver on his newly purchased car allowing me to drive it down to the Midlands.

 

I'm still without cover on the Micra and its still stuck in my mates garage, now I'm gonna have to go through the whole rigmarole again

 

Why the fuck do insurers feel the need to fuck about and change things, leave it alone and you might sell a few more policies.

[brammy777]

Ah dang it, My girlfriend of 15 months and I are breaking up. I kind of saw it coming but that doesnt make it any easier. Well, plenty more fish, as they say. Slightly confused by my current shrug it off sort of mood, but we had been on a 'break' a few months ago so I already went through that stage. A bit annoying that she decided to take me back then though, if this was going to happen.

[Gompo]

pick through my finances etc

 

Not wanting to be personal/nosey, but do you know what type of stuff they are looking for? Lack of money/dodgy dealings/excessive money?

 

I fancy an extended US trip at some point..

 

Cheers, Greg.

[Tayne]

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[dollywobbler]

Bad news Brammy, but I learnt long ago that if a relationship needs a break, it isn't worth bothering with really! When I was with that girl, it suddenly clicked that this wasn't how life was meant to be, so we called it off and went our separate ways. Worked for me! No idea about her - I think she was actually insane...

[ashmicro]

Bad news indeed Brammy. take a tip from an old fella (me). If you break up with someone, especially at your young age, never EVER go back. It just doesn't work.

 

Still, seems like you have the right attitude anyway, so good for you.