The grumpy thread

[PhilA]

  On 13/08/2020 at 11:13, wuvvum said:

Highways.  Dead straight, wide and barely any traffic (by European standards), but a 100km/h limit.

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Fair, we have a few like that here.. most areas are fine but Golden Meadow is a 50 limit where the same road is 65, and they like to try nab you for anything over 50. Used to be highway 1 was the hotspot, 45 down to 30 and badly signposted with a cop hiding behind a building

[Timewaster]

  On 10/08/2020 at 08:14, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Imagine how Vauxhall Vectra Mk.1 owners must feel...

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But the mirrors are the one distinguishing feature. Without them they would be so bland that they would be one of those non descript badge less cars in insurance adverts. 

[Saabnut]

  On 13/08/2020 at 15:14, puddlethumper said:

Bloody BBC saying the train crash is in Aberdeenshire. No, it's near Stonehaven which is in Kincardineshire ya dingbats.

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Actually, in this (rare) case the BBC are correct,  Kincardineshire stopped existing officially over 30 years ago, it is now Aberdeenshire. I know, the crash site is about 4 miles from chez Saabnut

[puddlethumper]

  On 13/08/2020 at 17:33, Saabnut said:

Actually, in this (rare) case the BBC are correct,  Kincardineshire stopped existing officially over 30 years ago, it is now Aberdeenshire. I know, the crash site is about 4 miles from chez Saabnut

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Bloody hell! didn't know that obviously. I was checking maps on t'net just in case and didn't find 

one with it missing. I was brought up there and went to school in Stonehaven. Oh well, apologies then.  

[Saabnut]

Many of the road signs now have "Welcome to historic Kincardineshire" on them now, so you are forgiven!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

  On 13/08/2020 at 17:54, puddlethumper said:

Bloody hell! didn't know that obviously. I was checking maps on t'net just in case and didn't find 

one with it missing. I was brought up there and went to school in Stonehaven. Oh well, apologies then.  

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If it's any consolation, my partner's Mum once recommended that we visit Danson Lido to cool off during a particularly hot summer's afternoon.  Only snag is that it closed in 1979...

 

[cort1977]

Chingford where I'm from became part of london in 1963 but many, many people assure me that I'm wrong and it's still located in Essex.  I tell them it's still spiritually Essex.

[New POD]

  On 13/08/2020 at 18:40, GrumpiusMaximus said:

If it's any consolation, my partner's Mum once recommended that we visit Danson Lido to cool off during a particularly hot summer's afternoon.  Only snag is that it closed in 1979...

 

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My Grandad was Director of Parks and Gardens for the London Borough of bexley, and had his office at danson park, and lived in a council owned house. New  Bourne Cottage. 

[Tickman]

  On 13/08/2020 at 12:01, xtriple said:

Took Phoebe to a different vets today, totally different experience. Lovely lady vet, happy to sit with her/us and we were even allowed inside to pay! We could have waited inside but I am so programmed to sitting outside and waiting I just did it automatically. Happy to finally get a vet that gives a shit about the dog not just the profits!

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We have a great vet who is very uncomfortable talking to people but amazing with the dogs.

[beko1987]

  On 13/08/2020 at 20:05, cort1977 said:

Chingford where I'm from became part of london in 1963 but many, many people assure me that I'm wrong and it's still located in Essex.  I tell them it's still spiritually Essex.

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A job I used to have to do in the early days of being an admin assistant was find all the postcodes within 'middlesex', even in 2008/9/10

Eventually someone added a column to our files called 'former unitary authority' and I could stop that horrible job. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 14/08/2020 at 07:10, beko1987 said:

A job I used to have to do in the early days of being an admin assistant was find all the postcodes within 'middlesex', even in 2008/9/10...

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HA, TW and EN, I'd have thought.

[outlaw118]

  On 13/08/2020 at 20:05, cort1977 said:

Chingford where I'm from became part of london in 1963 but many, many people assure me that I'm wrong and it's still located in Essex.  I tell them it's still spiritually Essex

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My late grandad moved there when he re-married.

**USELESS FACT** "E" London postcodes are alphabetically ordered, so Chingford is E4, but Walthamstow which is borders it is E17 (alriiight, alriiight everythin's gonna be alriiight etc)

Some wankers, recently 

[Richard_FM]

  On 14/08/2020 at 08:28, Tadhg Tiogar said:

HA, TW and EN, I'd have thought.

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UX as well for Uxbridge.

[Zelandeth]

Glanced at weather report. 17C and cloudy... excellent, ideal weather to go take the dogs for a walk.  Little warmer than I'd ideally like but fine enough.

Idiot... should have read the whole screen.

Ugh...six miles later and I've just had to change every item of clothing and take a shower.  The thing I hate even more than heat is humidity.

Again...moving down here was a dumb, dumb decision.

[cort1977]

  On 14/08/2020 at 11:18, outlaw118 said:

 

**USELESS FACT** "E" London postcodes are alphabetically ordered, so Chingford is E4, but Walthamstow which is borders it is E17 (alriiight, alriiight everythin's gonna be alriiight 

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I never knew that.

Dubious claim to z list fame: My dad was brian from e17's headteacher.

[BorniteIdentity]

The price of UK holidays.  

We always book last minute with someone like Haven.  Sister in Law works for Bourne Leisure so - on top of their last minute discounts - we get an extra 20% off.  We usually pay about £65-600 for 5 days away which is enough for someone like me who literally has no idea what to do when he's not working.

This year?  Double.  Literally £1200.  

Whilst I was swearing about it yesterday, in the middle of a biblical storm, the holidays we would have considered all sold.

Double the price for half the value (remember - no entertainment etc this year) means it's a no from me.

 

If the weather is fine I might do something stupid and buy a motorhome - or failing that we're daytripping and heading home each night.

Never mind eh!

[Zelandeth]

  On 14/08/2020 at 13:11, BorniteIdentity said:

The price of UK holidays.  

We always book last minute with someone like Haven.  Sister in Law works for Bourne Leisure so - on top of their last minute discounts - we get an extra 20% off.  We usually pay about £65-600 for 5 days away which is enough for someone like me who literally has no idea what to do when he's not working.

This year?  Double.  Literally £1200.  

Whilst I was swearing about it yesterday, in the middle of a biblical storm, the holidays we would have considered all sold.

Double the price for half the value (remember - no entertainment etc this year) means it's a no from me.

 

If the weather is fine I might do something stupid and buy a motorhome - or failing that we're daytripping and heading home each night.

Never mind eh!

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Not unexpected really, those places have always had demand based pricing so given that everyone who would normally have gone abroad with no expense spared are descending on them the prices have inevitably gone silly.

Motorhome prices have gone mental as a result apparently - had someone trying to buy mine yesterday and they were up to offering nine grand before I finally managed to convince them that I meant it when I said it's not for sale.

[outlaw118]

  On 14/08/2020 at 12:56, cort1977 said:

  On 14/08/2020 at 11:18, outlaw118 said:

**USELESS FACT** "E" London postcodes are alphabetically ordered, so Chingford is E4, but Walthamstow which is borders it is E17 (alriiight, alriiight everythin's gonna be alriiight 

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I never knew that.

Dubious claim to z list fame: My dad was brian from e17's headteacher.

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E1 Aldgate

E2 Bethnal Green

E3 Bow

E4 Chingford

E5 Clapton

E6 East Ham

E7 Forest Gate

E8 Hackney

E9 Homerton

E10 Leyton

E11 Leytonstone

E12 Manor Park

E13 Plaistow

E14 Poplar

E15 Stratford

E16 Victoria Dock & North Woolwich

E17 Walthamstow

E18 Woodford

E20 Walford* Olympic Park new district.

[Egrvalve]

  On 14/08/2020 at 12:56, cort1977 said:

I never knew that.

Dubious claim to z list fame: My dad was brian from e17's headteacher.

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Can I ask which school?

[cort1977]

Edward redhead junior in higham hill. He was the head for about 25 years.

[Egrvalve]

Ahh. We went to same high school but different junior. Edward redhead. Always good at football.

[strangeangel]

 

Good job I have a spare, eh? Unusually for me, this time I caught the clown that did it & she'll be coughing up for this.

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Re postcodes "if I had a quid for everytime" im asked am I sure that my  postcode starts with a single letter & number!

Sheffield ones are S 1-9 ,same for street.

Fuxake I think I'm sure I've lived here since 74 & the house/estate was built in the late 30's

[High Jetter]

  On 14/08/2020 at 13:11, BorniteIdentity said:

The price of UK holidays. 

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Stay home. Save lives.

[MarvinsMom]

  On 14/08/2020 at 21:42, High Jetter said:

Stay home. Save money.

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EFA

[MarvinsMom]

and we've just had the lightbulb go in the front room while watching Vera.

this one went off like a mortar bomb!

it literally blew itself to bits, shards of glass and molten bits of filament everywhere!!

i've had to pick the pieces up and run around with the hoover.

so we've had  to find another one from under the stairs, turn the power off, pull remains of the bayonet cap outta the pendant light..... find that this replacement bulb is fucked cos the bayonet cap on the end is loose, then go and find another and so on.

i wonder how long this will  last before it blows, and will that one go off like an incendiary bomb?

place bets now.......

[Pieman]

  On 14/08/2020 at 11:18, outlaw118 said:

(alriiight, alriiight everythin's gonna be alriiight etc)

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I like that song ? (and I didn't know it was by them until you posted that)

[Popsicle]

6 cars on the drive and 4 of the fuckers have problems. This has slowly snowballed since February when only 16.66% of the fleet had problems. Now after months of constant spending, parts ordering and knuckle scrapping on the bloody ungrateful bunch of cunts - only 2 of the twats work and one of them is getting through more oil than petrol. 3 is the magic number of cars I need working at any one time, not 2! I also have a feeling of impending doom on the 329k mile Zafira, which is the only one behaving itself. I really hate cars at the moment...............

[paulplom]

  On 14/08/2020 at 12:56, cort1977 said:

I never knew that.

Dubious claim to z list fame: My dad was brian from e17's headteacher.

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Didn't he run himself over with his own car?

Edit, it was.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1495761/Harvey-blames-potato-feast-for-freak-accident.html

[paulplom]

  On 14/08/2020 at 13:11, BorniteIdentity said:

If the weather is fine I might do something stupid and buy a motorhome - or failing that we're daytripping and heading home each night.

Never mind eh!

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I have time off for the first time since Christmas the week after next.

We've told the holiday companies to fuck right off because of prices.

Partner has arranged days out for every day of the week for us and the kids. The saab will be getting some hammer. Some of them are not exactly local.