The grumpy thread

[reb]

47 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Does the wii not play dvds? I know the playstation does.

It never occurred to me! A lot of things aren't occurring to me ?

[EssDeeWon]

10 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Wait until you find out the keys are in the boot under the spare tyre and all the water has shorted the central locking and locked itself ????

Don't ask me how I know! 

I feel for you my back goes out like that quite often but this time I've been knackered since just before Christmas ☹️

Keys are here, anyhow I have spares.

For now it’s rest and back to back Minder. 

[xtriple]

In the current chaos, I have a true massive grump... I scuffed the rear drivers side wheel yesterday, my lovely new 18 inch wheel no less. At least thirty pence worth of damage. Gutted!  

[flat4alfa]

'Working from home'.

Isn't it interesting when certain staff at a management level that have been perpetually 'working from home' a day or two a week, for many months, suddenly come forward with an urgent request to replace the 'faulty' mobile phone / laptop / monitor and also require a chair / desk / VPN CONNECTION *

* delete as applicable

[Zelandeth]

Well I was just out walking the dogs.  I'm avoiding all contact with other people, but they need exercise or they'll destroy the house, and a walk into and around the woods in the pouring rain isn't exactly high risk.

Got collared by the mounted police halfway through the walk, asked "Are you bloody stupid?" And firmly instructed to go the hell home, get inside and stay there.

Okay...did we get slammed into full lock down already and I had failed to hear about it?!?  Not as far as I can see...

Blarg. 

[meshking]

Did you lick this person? If not, who would you have caught this off?

[DoctorRetro]

Currently on day 3 of working from home and going stir crazy. I love the isolation, but I haven't yet had any proper training in my new role, so I'm without things to do most of the time. Luckily I am still in contact with my old team and have been helping them. 

But... 

My upstairs neighbours have been playing music non stop since about 9am, and are now doing their usual karaoke routine of Lewis capaldi durges etc. It won't be the C*****virus that does them in at this rate... 

On a plus side, the flat next door to the weed smoking*, loud music loving anti-social cunts has just been let out - to a policeman. This could get interesting. 

 

*Not bothered what people do, but there is clear non smoking rules in these flats, and they smoke out of the windows above us, throw all the dog ends onto the front garden and generally make the whole place stink of properly strong skunk. It's turned a lovely quiet set of flats into a shit hole. 

[MikeR]

people running scams in times like this ..

no better than looting ..

 

just shoot them .

[Timewaster]

Mrs went to the pharmacy to get her fathers prescription this morning. 

45 minute wait, fair enough if they are busy. 

Old fella at the front of the queue was having a proper rant at the pharmacist as his prescription included paracetamol which they didn't have. 

He just kept shouting "It's on my prescription - I'm ENTITLED to it. I'M ENTITLED!!" 

Apparently the pharmacist repeatedly apologising and telling him they didn't have any was not acceptable, he just shouted it again. 

 

Just a reminder that not all old people are frail vulnerable lovely old worthers original suckers. 

Some are just twats that have been alive a long time. 

[Snipes]

40 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Not bothered what people do, but there is clear non smoking rules in these flats, and they smoke out of the windows above us, throw all the dog ends onto the front garden and generally make the whole place stink of properly strong skunk. It's turned a lovely quiet set of flats into a shit hole. 

Our neighbours below use to do that too. May as well be blowing it into my face.

 

[sierraman]

Picked up a bike for eldest from Halfrauds, staff serving said it’s had its ‘pre delivery inspection and was good to go’. Got it home, chain was bone dry, tyres flat as a fart... wasn’t expecting a bouquet of flowers but if they said they’ll assemble it I’d assume they’d take the trouble to put some fucking air in the tyres. 

[Kiltox]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Picked up a bike for eldest from Halfrauds, staff serving said it’s had its ‘pre delivery inspection and was good to go’. Got it home, chain was bone dry, tyres flat as a fart... wasn’t expecting a bouquet of flowers but if they said they’ll assemble it I’d assume they’d take the trouble to put some fucking air in the tyres. 

I have a scar on my head caused by an incorrectly assembled Halfords bike - the fucking handlebars came off!

[BorniteIdentity]

1 hour ago, Timewaster said:

Mrs went to the pharmacy to get her fathers prescription this morning. 

45 minute wait, fair enough if they are busy. 

Old fella at the front of the queue was having a proper rant at the pharmacist as his prescription included paracetamol which they didn't have. 

He just kept shouting "It's on my prescription - I'm ENTITLED to it. I'M ENTITLED!!" 

Apparently the pharmacist repeatedly apologising and telling him they didn't have any was not acceptable, he just shouted it again. 

 

Just a reminder that not all old people are frail vulnerable lovely old worthers original suckers. 

Some are just twats that have been alive a long time. 

I thought they'd stopped the bullshit of paracetamol on prescription.  It's twenty one fucking pence for fuck's sake.  I know we now have to pay for my son's antihistamine which, on balance, is absolutely fine.

[Zelandeth]

Also bloody hell this having everyone working from home thing is driving me nucking futs.

There is basically nowhere I can be other than locked away in my room that I'm not either in the way or having my ears battered by senior management phone calls. 

The house is an absolute sodding tip, but I can't do any cleaning properly without majorly getting under people's feet.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

....*Not bothered what people do, but there is clear non smoking rules in these flats, and they smoke out of the windows above us, throw all the dog ends onto the front garden and generally make the whole place stink of properly strong skunk. ...

I wonder if that's going to trigger mental health / psychotic episodes in future. Could lead to a killing or two, leading to "lessons being learned" by the authorities, etc..... *rolls eyes*

[Timewaster]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I thought they'd stopped the bullshit of paracetamol on prescription.  It's twenty one fucking pence for fuck's sake.  I know we now have to pay for my son's antihistamine which, on balance, is absolutely fine.

I suspect this sort of whinging self entitled old scrote probably whined at his gp until they prescribed it just to get rid of him. 

[BorniteIdentity]

44 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

I suspect this sort of whinging self entitled old scrote probably whined at his gp until they prescribed it just to get rid of him. 

Still, the good news is the likelihood of coffin dodgers like this kicking the bucket right now has just increased by 1,875%

[Mally]

7 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Still, the good news is the likelihood of coffin dodgers like this kicking the bucket right now has just increased by 1,875%

Thank you for your empathy*

[BorniteIdentity]

9 minutes ago, Mally said:

Thank you for your empathy*

You’re welcome. 

[tapir]

Anyone else noticed how much the supermarket's have jacked up food prices in addition to removing all the deals. 

I worry about the pensioners and people on low incomes actually affording food and essentials.

The supermarkets really are the only winners in this horrible situation. 

[Mally]

Heinz soup Asda 95p.

Poundxtretcher 65p or four for £2.

Possibly all gone now though.

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Well I was just out walking the dogs.  I'm avoiding all contact with other people, but they need exercise or they'll destroy the house, and a walk into and around the woods in the pouring rain isn't exactly high risk.

Got collared by the mounted police halfway through the walk, asked "Are you bloody stupid?" And firmly instructed to go the hell home, get inside and stay there.

Okay...did we get slammed into full lock down already and I had failed to hear about it?!?  Not as far as I can see...

Blarg. 

No, dobbin-mounted plod is full of shit; as long as you're more than 6' from other people you can do what you like at little risk, even as a person at greater risk from CV19. It's petty bollocks from closet brownshirts which will not make this situation any easier given it's got at least weeks to run, possibly months. Other non-dobbin-mounted police that are not of this persuasion are available.

[eddyramrod]

1 hour ago, tapir said:

Anyone else noticed how much the supermarket's have jacked up food prices in addition to removing all the deals. 

I worry about the pensioners and people on low incomes actually affording food and essentials.

The supermarkets really are the only winners in this horrible situation. 

Yes, I noticed when I was trying to do my weekly shop on Tuesday.  And yes, as if it wasn't a constant enough worry already, I'm right with you on the low-income bracket.  Because that includes me as firmly now as it ever has!

[MikeR]

 

the local rag has a full section of undertaker adverts !!! 

[eddyramrod]

6 minutes ago, MikeR said:

 

the local rag has a full section of undertaker adverts !!! 

And we thought it was a dying trade....

 

OK, I'll get my coat.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

37 minutes ago, MikeR said:

 

the local rag has a full section of undertaker adverts !!! 

Although people are always dying, the death rate has remained remarkably constant since the start of history: about one per person. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, tapir said:

Anyone else noticed how much the supermarkets have jacked up food prices in addition to removing all the deals..... 

Not quite the overt price gouging that is already being seen at some local shops and pharmacies....

[MikeR]

4 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Although people are always dying, the death rate has remained remarkably constant since the start of history: about one per person. 

I am just being buried a bit at a time ,  a kidney has just gone !!

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, tapir said:

Anyone else noticed how much the supermarket's have jacked up food prices in addition to removing all the deals.

Prices in my local Tesco look about the same as they always were, for the stuff I buy at least.  Also I just got 2 for £1.50 on tins of Ambrosia pudding so not all the deals are gone.

[Kowalski]

5 hours ago, sierraman said:

Picked up a bike for eldest from Halfrauds, staff serving said it’s had its ‘pre delivery inspection and was good to go’. Got it home, chain was bone dry, tyres flat as a fart... wasn’t expecting a bouquet of flowers but if they said they’ll assemble it I’d assume they’d take the trouble to put some fucking air in the tyres. 

Least of your worries! Have you felt the weight of those Halfords bikes?? Got my lad a Frog bike, half the weight of a Halfords boat anchor!