The grumpy thread

[Wack]

Just watching a programme about cops on C5 

Copper gets called to a guy brandishing a knife which he threatens the copper with so the guy gets the dog , only he slashes it across the face cutting an ear off then attacks the copper , even thogh the dog is badly cut he still responds to the command and goes in again , copper gets stabbed in the hand but the dog gets a grip of his wrist and he drops the knife 

He gets arrested but unfortunately died on remand , shame 

Then 

They stopped a guy in an unmarked car doing at least 40 in a 20 , he gets out , seems OK, lot of cash in the car so they question him , as soon as they say are there any drugs in the car he's off in the car with a copper still hanging onto the door , it ends up with the copper deciding if he doesn't let go he's dead ,so he lets go at speed, broken wrist multiple lacerations 

Gets to court , judge starts his summing up , protect the police etc etc they think yes he's going down 

No , suspended sentence , where the fuck do they get these people from.

 

 

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Like the one asking what type of bus was it one of those you get on at the back?

When/Where was this is you ask? London in the 60's? Nope Leeds early 2000's!!!

[Talbot]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

the copper deciding if he doesn't let go he's dead ,so he lets go at speed, broken wrist multiple lacerations 

Gets to court , judge starts his summing up , protect the police etc etc they think yes he's going down 

No , suspended sentence , where the fuck do they get these people from.

After the recent case with PC Harper being killed by being dragged behind a car for over a mile, I suspect very much that it has opened the eyes of many people to the genuine dangers that are presented to officers and some of these oxygen thieves might get some stiffer sentencing.

Can but hope.

[Wack]

6 hours ago, Talbot said:

After the recent case with PC Harper being killed by being dragged behind a car for over a mile, I suspect very much that it has opened the eyes of many people to the genuine dangers that are presented to officers and some of these oxygen thieves might get some stiffer sentencing.

Can but hope.

All the copppers were quite young , they’ve learned a lesson , next stop any suspicion keys out of the ignition I’d think.

where did all these scumbags come from , an hour watching this programme saw acid thrown at a crowd of people including a copper, one stabbed and one dragged up the street 

Fuck tazers and pepper spray , these cunts need a bullet 

[Saabnut]

Back home after basically 4 months away from home working. Opened door, no power. Check box, RCD has tripped, reset and all good. Ah, that will have been the storms that resulted in the train crash 4 miles from me on Wednesday last. Still, no prob....... bugger! The freezer! Yep, freezer full of soft food. Refrozen it but it will all go next bin day.

Went to phone a friend (yes, he is still a friend despite me getting him to collect chod for me) and no phone. No internet either. Arse. Drove up the drive to use my mobile to report it but followed the links to where it said are you sure, if it is your end it will cost multi millions in call out fees. Decided to do more checks. Sure enough, turns out the master socket at the back is OK, so I have a phone again. More checks and it is obvious the front plate that splits the phone and ADSL is borked. Twenty two minutes on hold to Bastard Twats and eventually they inform me that they only cover to the master socket, so the front plate, printed with BTs name all over it, is nothing to do with them so they will send an engineer but I will be shafted in return. Could not be bothered to argue (both my phone and internet are supplied by BT so it is theirs no matter what) so decided to sort it myself.

In the distant past, when my phone line was dug up on one of the many occasions, my master socket was changed and the engineer said it was just to update it as there was nothing wrong with the old one and he left it behind. I have never touched phone stuff but how hard can it be? Figuring the engineer would be no more expensive if I borked everything, I removed the old one and refitted the ancient one. Phone worked, but when I plugged in the router cable, it killed the phone. Replaced the cable, and all seemed good. Switched on my router, and the power supply is dead. A phone call to my friend, a borrowed router and I am back online. Three days that has wasted......

[angle]

On 7/7/2020 at 4:54 PM, angle said:

The ultra shonky XM that lived on my road has been missing a few weeks, presumed dead. 

At the same time, someone new has moved in round the corner. 

There goes the neighbourhood. Bloody gentrification. 

Woo! I'm assuming it's needed some fettling, not that you'd know it. Good job, slightly odd Jimmy Saville lookalike neighbour! 

 

[mitsisigma01]

What about the Austin, does that belong to some local weirdo as well

[somewhatfoolish]

On 8/15/2020 at 11:32 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The Hanger Lane shop is an oul school repairer as well. He reckons he can turn round a repair in about two hours, if the starter proves repairable. Trouble is, we've only got the one, and that's in the car because Garage Dubois-Loizou need it in there in order to move the car around the premises.

Have you apprised GD-L of the fact the starter could be fixed in half a day and be off their premises and not need shuffling about if they facilitate this? Left hand, meet right hand.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

17 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Have you apprised GD-L of the fact the starter could be fixed in half a day and be off their premises and not need shuffling about if they facilitate this? Left hand, meet right hand.

You're way ahead of me. Seriously though, I did mention this to them and after a bit of "internal discussion", this is exactly what they've done now.

Please don't laugh because, after they sent the starter away for reconditioning, I received an e-mail from another auto-electrical retailer saying that they did have the Mitsubishi-type starter in stock (which they had also started reconditioning) and did I want it? Now, this was like a red rag to a bull and I booked it immediately.

What's the betting that, now I have a spare one to keep in the shed, I'll never actually need it?

 

In other news, the MoT expired yesterday.

[xtriple]

Not been sleeping well (at all) for ages so yesterday took HALF of a sleeping pill (prescription jobbies, from the actual Doctors) as a whole one makes me sleep too heavily. Slept for 14 hours on the floor

only to find the front door still wide open (for the dogs) and a feeling like I have died.

Still feel like death and I need to go out to get stamps etc. Think I may refrain from driving at all today as I really do not feel well/aware/alive at all. As I have managed three slight mishaps with the car in recent weeks I'd better start being more aware of my health when I drive!

Please note, one accident was a branch falling on the car as I drove by, one was the dog slamming into the door at warp speed 9 Captain and only one was me being a twat.

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

More checks and it is obvious the front plate that splits the phone and ADSL is borked.

that front plate is not really any different from any other ADSL splitter, so you can just remove it and shove any of the dangle-on-a-cable splitters that seem to be supplied by the thousand with every new router.  Worth keeping a couple of spares as they do fail every now and then (cheap capacitors I assume).

Freezer being off is not good news.  If you're going to be away a lot, then a big battery back-up UPS might be an idea for it maybe?  At least it only turned off a few days before you got back, and not a few days after you left...

[Bren]

14 hours ago, Wack said:

Just watching a programme about cops on C5 

Copper gets called to a guy brandishing a knife which he threatens the copper with so the guy gets the dog , only he slashes it across the face cutting an ear off then attacks the copper , even thogh the dog is badly cut he still responds to the command and goes in again , copper gets stabbed in the hand but the dog gets a grip of his wrist and he drops the knife 

He gets arrested but unfortunately died on remand , shame 

Then 

They stopped a guy in an unmarked car doing at least 40 in a 20 , he gets out , seems OK, lot of cash in the car so they question him , as soon as they say are there any drugs in the car he's off in the car with a copper still hanging onto the door , it ends up with the copper deciding if he doesn't let go he's dead ,so he lets go at speed, broken wrist multiple lacerations 

Gets to court , judge starts his summing up , protect the police etc etc they think yes he's going down 

No , suspended sentence , where the fuck do they get these people from.

 

 

 

It costs around £40k a year to incarcerate a cat A prisoner. That's why there is a reluctance to send offenders down.

[Pieman]

Then replace "incarcerate" with "incinerate", problem solved.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

17 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Then replace "incarcerate" with "incinerate", problem solved.

Seeing how deeply China has embedded itself into Britain, surely a deal could be done to ship our convicts off to one of the concentration camps in Xinjiang? Out of sight, out of mind....

[somewhatfoolish]

I think one of the more 'sporty' Home Secretaries of recent years did ponder the idea of shipping lags off to somewhere cheaper; a Best Exotic Marigold Strangeways if you will.

[Zelandeth]

Why the heck do breakdown companies seem to be universally incapable of keeping tabs on how long it will take to get to someone?  Every time you request an update (as per their instructions) it's always "about another half hour to an hour."

[Talbot]

Because they often have to divert a patrol to somewhere else.  If you're not in a dangerous situation, but someone else calls in who is, they'll divert the patrol.

If you're a bloke on your own, pulled off the road in a low-risk situation, you're getting seen last.

[Zelandeth]

True...but they could at least tell you that.  It's when they tell you things like "You're the very first person the driver will be seeing when he comes on duty in five minutes.." yet you're still there two hours later it grates.

If it's "an hour, subject to not being called out elsewhere..." Then just say that...

[BorniteIdentity]

14 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Because they often have to divert a patrol to somewhere else.  If you're not in a dangerous situation, but someone else calls in who is, they'll divert the patrol.

If you're a bloke on your own, pulled off the road in a low-risk situation, you're getting seen last.

From memory, they also get paid by police /highways so that temptation will ALWAYS remain. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

31 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Why the heck do breakdown companies seem to be universally incapable of keeping tabs on how long it will take to get to someone?  Every time you request an update (as per their instructions) it's always "about another half hour to an hour."

The AA does provide a mobile tracker app, so at least you can see when your nominated service(wo)man gets diverted elsewhere. 

[Zelandeth]

51 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

The AA does provide a mobile tracker app, so at least you can see when your nominated service(wo)man gets diverted elsewhere. 

For the price the AA charge I'd expect them to deliver a brand new Rolls-Royce to my location for me to take to my destination while they recover, repair and fully valet my vehicle before dropping it at my door...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

For the price the AA charge I'd expect them to deliver a brand new Rolls-Royce to my location for me to take to my destination while they recover, repair and fully valet my vehicle before dropping it at my door...

They have to charge that much, as they lost money every time they had to recover my CX from wherever it decided to down tools.

[mitsisigma01]

If you like older women and dogs help catch these fkin arseholes

WMP Traffic (@Trafficwmp) Tweeted:
Please help us find these people. If you know who they are, do the right thing and call us. 

https://t.co/ZioLQQ3Zf6 https://twitter.com/Trafficwmp/status/1291061795013230593?s=20

[Zelandeth]

Fscking wasp just flew in the window, landed on my knee, stung me then flew back out the window.  Ow!

[eifion]

11 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Fscking wasp just flew in the window, landed on my knee, stung me then flew back out the window.  Ow!

You want one of these to hit the next one with.

[New POD]

16 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

If you like older women and dogs help catch these fkin arseholes

WMP Traffic (@Trafficwmp) Tweeted:
Please help us find these people. If you know who they are, do the right thing and call us. 

https://t.co/ZioLQQ3Zf6 https://twitter.com/Trafficwmp/status/1291061795013230593?s=20

There's very clear camera footage. 2 registration numbers, clear sight of the people involved. If the police can't catch them, there's no point in having police at all. 

The Astra will be passing through CCTV all the way home, so if the police can't get within 200 yards of them, they ain't trying hard enough. 

[Zelandeth]

24 minutes ago, eifion said:

You want one of these to hit the next one with.

Would have been tricky given I was driving at the time!

First time I've ever been stung just completely randomly like that without any reason or warning.

[dozeydustman]

That was a morning of my life I won’t get back. Missed the FoD open weekend for 1 missed bin collection and continuing with my risk assessment type ups, only to be told I can’t use a workstation in the depot because risk of spreading. Yesterday I was told I could to save me dismantling the work from home setup.

Couldn’t leave depot as it has to be manned all morning and nobody else in.

 

I have a feeling tomorrow morning will be the same if I get a call.

[Jamie]

One time my wife borrows my car, managed to smash the splitter to fuck ?

[Wack]

On 8/20/2020 at 7:19 AM, Wack said:

All the copppers were quite young , they’ve learned a lesson , next stop any suspicion keys out of the ignition I’d think.

where did all these scumbags come from , an hour watching this programme saw acid thrown at a crowd of people including a copper, one stabbed and one dragged up the street 

Fuck tazers and pepper spray , these cunts need a bullet 

I'm going to have to avoid Facebook before I have a heart attack 

When did London turn into such a shithole with criminals behaving like they don't have any worries about what might happen if they get caught.

Knife attack , i like the old lady mime , like it happens every day 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=798097960998557&id=471607460314277&extid=4DqpfJpQkNgDyUBJ&d=null&vh=e

Fuckwits attempt to steal a motorbike 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1099682793760089&id=471607460314277&extid=u7pLmlKc5EOPUSmL&d=null&vh=e