The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

9 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They generally didn't have those distractions back then whilst driving. 

Reading a broadsheet behind the wheel is a bit trickier than checking the news on your phone, to be fair.

[yes oui si]

15 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They generally didn't have those distractions back then whilst driving. 

You're right. 

These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647

[Tadhg Tiogar]

11 minutes ago, yes oui si said:

You're right. 

These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647

We were mostly too poor to have a telly in the car. Maybe you were different.

[yes oui si]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

We were mostly too poor to have a telly in the car. Maybe you were different.

We didn't even have a phone until the nineties. 

[TataBobu]

Well, of course, we had it tough. We used to 'ave to get up out of shoebox at twelve o'clock at night and lick road clean wit' tongue. We had two bits of cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at mill for sixpence every four years, and when we got home our Dad would slice us in two wit' bread knife

[Bobthebeard]

All sorts of (legal?) distractions go on as a taxi driver. The dash mounted PDA and dash mounted smartphone using Google maps being two. I do my best to pull over whenever one or the other of them require attention but it's definitely difficult. The Bluetooth earpiece takes care of the incoming phone call distraction...... 

Finding number 52 Blah Street in the dark whilst the customer is ringing me to ask where I am is definitely distracting. Especially when Blah Street is a posh area with long drives and no visible house numbers. Trying to find 'The Ferns' on a road two miles long in the dark with busy traffic is definitely a distraction.

[High Jetter]

15 minutes ago, Bobthebeard said:

All sorts of (legal?) distractions go on as a taxi driver.

When I did it (late 1980's) we used our knowledge rather than a satnav. No mobiles back then either. Of course then it was perfectly legal* to continually have the radio mike in one hand whilst the other was (usually) on the wheel.

[Marsh]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-51529207

Whatever happened to having your own thoughts but not enforcing them on other people? I’d be eating meat every day at work if I worked there. 

Grrrrrr.........if you want to be vegetarian/vegan fine it is your choice. If I want to eat meat it is my choice. Stop fuckin trying to dictate. 

Deep breaths.......

 

[Kiltox]

2 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Gutted. Just went to look at a 318is with no MOT on Facebook market place. 

 

I asked if it's still available, he said yes, give me the post code so I said great I'll set off now. 

 

Gets there, only some other fucker had beaten me to it, would have preferred when asked if its still available, that someone was on the way to view it. I knew he'd bought it as the listing changed to sold in front of me. 

 

 

Upside - you don’t own a 157k mile MOT-less E36. 

I can understand the “first come first served” thing tbh, Facebook Marketplace is full of time wasters who won’t turn up!

[Jamie]

1 minute ago, Kiltox said:

Upside - you don’t own a 157k mile MOT-less E36. 

I can understand the “first come first served” thing tbh, Facebook Marketplace is full of time wasters who won’t turn up!

Oh yeah absolutely, I didn't go kicking off because there are so many time wasters on fb. Just one of those things would have been nice as its a 318is M sport but ideally no where to put it and Cba finding out its a sieve on the mot ramp. 

[iainrcz]

Well the tough old bird lasted the night.
Despite losing plenty of blood.

I'm guessing the thing we're all thinking is coming, but when I'm not sure.

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13:15 x

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[dozeydustman]

3 hours ago, 5speedracer said:

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Did these have tapatalk?

[Tamworthbay]

3 hours ago, yes oui si said:

You're right. 

These kids keep letting themselves be distracted. The older generation wouldn't do anything like that... 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28880647

I have a BNIB car stereo purchased from this very site (I think it was anyway) that has a small TV built in. Japanese made and from the 70s or early 80s. I am still waiting for the perfect car to fit it into. I was going to put it in the Capri but it would be criminal to cut the dash to fit as mine is a rare unmodified version.

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, iainrcz said:

13:15 x

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Condolences

[chaseracer]

5 hours ago, yes oui si said:

Before television, people ignored each other by reading. 

Domestic Management would argue that this is a daily occurrence at Chaseracer Towers.  And she would not be wrong ?

[Cavcraft]

6 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Gutted. Just went to look at a 318is with no MOT on Facebook market place. 

 

I asked if it's still available, he said yes, give me the post code so I said great I'll set off now. 

 

Gets there, only some other fucker had beaten me to it, would have preferred when asked if its still available, that someone was on the way to view it. I knew he'd bought it as the listing changed to sold in front of me. 

 

 

 

No offence, but it's hard to fault him for that, as Facebook is about 98% timewasters who don't show up. Not saying that about yourself for a minute, but he wouldn't have known. 

[anonymous user]

I'm not sure who coined the phrase "there's nothing as affectionate as a wet dog" but imagine that multiplied by four. I love them, but they're annoying me at the moment. It's not their fault, god knows why they're pleased to see me and want to be with me, but I've not had a good day and wouldn't mind five minutes peace. Never, ever, have four dogs, you just feel guilty all the time.

 

While typing this with one finger, they have settled a bit, only one wet dog on this sofa, he is grunting happily as I rub his belly with my other hand. The other three are watching waiting for their turns.

 

[Jamie]

40 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

No offence, but it's hard to fault him for that, as Facebook is about 98% timewasters who don't show up. Not saying that about yourself for a minute, but he wouldn't have known. 

yeah i know, doesnt stop me being grumpy about it lol 

[Jerzy Woking]

5 hours ago, Marsh said:

Grrrrrr.........if you want to be vegetarian/vegan fine it is your choice. If I want to eat meat it is my choice. Stop fuckin trying to dictate. 

Deep breaths.......

 

How would a company get on if they said they would only reimburse expenses for meals containing meat? You can only imagine the outrage from vegetarians and vegans, and the vilification of the company across social media

It's a mad World

[catsinthewelder]

From what I can tell nobody at tree hugger.org or whatever it was called is upset about it.
Frankly I'd be quite pleased to get lunch on expenses even if it didn't have meat in ?

 

Meanwhile we've had something to make us grumpy.

 

That's our 15 plate minibus.  It was sat in 6" of water.  By the time we'd fetched the keys the water was over the dash and 2' deep inside our warehouse.  Fortunately the customers are being quite reasonable about all their stuff getting destroyed ?

 

[abelw44]

"You're through to the parts department how can I help?"

"Hi, I need to get 4 subframe bolts and captive nuts for a Corsa C please"

"Okay, Vauxhall sell them in packs of five so you'll have to by five"

"Riiiight... Okay fine - how soon can you get them?"

"Oh we're past the cut off point for the weekend now so won't be til Monday"

"Brilliant "

"The total for your order is £39.50"

For four sodding bolts. Or rather five and one that I don't bloody need. Grrrrrr.

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[dozeydustman]

Arse.

Added that the same side rear tyre goes flat, the other rear has 2mm tread left and the spare is the original from 2002 with some nice cracks in it, that’s the best part of 200 quid I need to spend immediately as opposed to getting some cheap rubber mail order and having it fitted as and when.

Oh. And a question to the complete and utter piece of bumwad driving the Merc GLA through the bit of flooded road I was broken down in. Would you like me to create a bow wave with my car showering you with muddy water and shout out “Un-fucking-lucky” while you were stuck at the roadside your conked out motor.

No. No you wouldn’t. Your card is marked sir, and quite frankly you deserve a huge phallus drawn on your car’s bonnet and tailgate with brake fluid or etched in with a stanley blade you complete and utter goat felcher.

[Floatylight]

Rare grumpy day here at FL towers, all got a bit much..

 

Driving back from being in Devon yesterday in horrendous rain, wipers on full chat and not really clearing the spray, stop at services and realise missed calls and loads of messages about my Dad going back into hospital by ambulance, 4th time this year..

 

Tried to press on and get home, when I did get home I could do nothing than collapse into bed, later WhatsApp group messages say the consultant he is under happened to be there and he confirmed it is most likely cancer that is causing his problems but they haven't found it, went to see him last night and whilst looked ok ish he was really tired so only stayed 5 mins.. This morning the WhatsApp group messages hes had a scan and looks like a blocked stent is causing his problem, so might not be cancer..

 

In the meantime I've got my own health issues due and have to be on regular meds, was running low on meds so contacted the Consultants secretary and left a message asking for a repeat prescription, you can never speak to anyone, due to an 80% reduction in secretaries at the hospital, consultant wrote to gp asking them to prescribe, proper post as always, gp wrote back saying drug is on a list that they cannot prescribe as restricted, consultant writes back saying it's a simple med, please provide evidence you cannot prescribe, all by post... in the meantime I've got 10 days without meds and no sign of getting any, been to PALS this morning and had a moan to them about it..

 

Took today off work to have an eye test, forgot to get voucher off the fridge before I went to see PALS so nipped back home to pick it up off the fridge, not there, turned house upside down, no sign of it, Mrs FL delivering counselling sessions so won't answer phone so I cant ask her, went to the opticians anyway with the thought of just paying, would be £39, for a bloody eye test, bugger that, I remember when charges were brought in and it was going to be £3-6!!

 

Someone close is being bullied at work and despite 15 yrs of union experience seems little in can do to help, they are thinking of chucking a promising career down the drain because of this twat..

 

All in all feeling pretty shit, having a coffee as I've paid for parking having a blub to myself...

 

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[SRi05]

Tried to get 3 garages to take the Saab in for a service and sort a sensor out this afternoon and they're all "too busy". I've went off the guy I usually use as he diagnosed OMGHGF on my sisters car a few months back when it was a hose needing replacing, quoting £££££££££££.  Least he was regularly available though ? I miss having somewhere local I can just pop in and leave the car to get sorted. 

[artdjones]

On 2/19/2020 at 5:29 PM, abelw44 said:

"You're through to the parts department how can I help?"

"Hi, I need to get 4 subframe bolts and captive nuts for a Corsa C please"

"Okay, Vauxhall sell them in packs of five so you'll have to by five"

"Riiiight... Okay fine - how soon can you get them?"

"Oh we're past the cut off point for the weekend now so won't be til Monday"

"Brilliant "

"The total for your order is £39.50"

For four sodding bolts. Or rather five and one that I don't bloody need. Grrrrrr.

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The nuts are £4 plus post for a set of 4 on eBay p/n90468617

Bolts are £3.10 each,but could probably be matched at an engineer's merchants.

 

[Jazoli]

Went on the train to buy a car from Peterborough today, when I got there I realised I'd been fucked over and there was no car and my deposit had been stolen, so I'm £420 down all in as I had to buy a train ticket to get me home (£140!) And then to top it off they cancelled the last fucking train and I had to get the wife to come and get me from 70 miles away.

No more collection missions for me, this place lulled me into a false sense of security and I left my brain at home.

Which also means now I cannot afford to sell my car to Loserone, who has been very gracious about it ?

But all told a shit day, 13 hours travelling for fuck all, and it was unpaid leave too so I'm also another ton down on the day, FFS, thankfully I've a cupboard full of bourbon. 

[Jazoli]

13 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

Can we find the fucker? How was the deposit sent?

 

Nope, I'm sure I'm not the first, advert looked legit, car was priced right, seller (seemingly) had other cars for sale, I never ever send deposits to persons unknown but it was quite a rare spec of car which there were only a couple for sale (nothing exciting just a car for work, petrol/auto/estate with towbar) so I was keen to hold it, got off the train to be met with radio silence then the alarm bells started to ring, shit happens, its not the end of the world and just annoying as the extra work I'd been doing for the last couple of weeks has been for nothing, on the upside I picked up a couple of jobs whilst trawling FB on the train so I should be able to earn the cash back soon enough.

[High Jetter]

Enjoy the drink, feel for your loss and disappointment.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 1/23/2020 at 3:02 PM, MarvinsMom said:

so having been offered this job in leeds, which i don't really want cos its along way to leeds to drive everyday and its very much outta my safty zone, been a job like nothing i have ever been offered before,

and failing to pass go on becoming a trainee bus driver,

i now get offered a place on a training course for learning to drive a forklift truck, though i dunno which sort cos the ad thing in the Jobcentre didn't say.

i have said for a number of years now that i need to get out of doing what  have been doing for a living, and got away and do something closer to home and less stressful.

and now i have, maybe got the chance to ACTUALLY do that, dare i take it?

 

will be a counterbalance

you do counterbalance first then "convert" to a reach truck next normally

hands up who used to be an instructor ?️

[Floatylight]

Went on the train to buy a car from Peterborough today, when I got there I realised I'd been fucked over and there was no car and my deposit had been stolen, so I'm £420 down all in as I had to buy a train ticket to get me home (£140!) And then to top it off they cancelled the last fucking train and I had to get the wife to come and get me from 70 miles away.
No more collection missions for me, this place lulled me into a false sense of security and I left my brain at home.
Which also means now I cannot afford to sell my car to Loserone, who has been very gracious about it
But all told a shit day, 13 hours travelling for fuck all, and it was unpaid leave too so I'm also another ton down on the day, FFS, thankfully I've a cupboard full of bourbon. 

So many cons about, do check out Jack Buster on Facebook and the Facebook ebay vehicle scam alerts (EVSA) group.

They target the con artists and get their bank details and report them to the banks, if they have done this to where you sent the deposit then the bank becomes liable for your loss as they didn't close the account when they were made aware, there are quite a large group dedicated to doing this and getting the ebay & bank accounts blocked..

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