The grumpy thread

[Wack]

This has definitely been nicked , this guy wouldn't pick £5 up he found on the street without handing it in , I've had a few where they've insisted on a picture but many where it's knock and run or just left behind a plant pot

 

[paulplom]

I had a can of silver spray paint delivered yesterday by dpd. He insisted of taking a picture of it at my feet in the doorway.

They'll be asking you to smile and pose with the parcel before long.

A signature musn't be enough anymore.

[Parky]

I ordered a Lenovo and just had a note saying that due to Covid, component suppliers aren’t meeting orders so despite needing it yesterday, would early October be OK?  I would cancel but tbh I really want that particular machine so might have to limp the old Dell onwards for another few weeks.

Also got confirmation at last that I am being paid out for my car accident last October.  However I can’t have the money as the two insurers are debating whether or not my physio overcharged for his services so they can’t settle until that’s been agreed.  Am told, with luck, it should be resolved before December.  I bloody hope so as I am leaving the UK mid November!

At least my travel insurer finally paid out my lost Chernobyl trip from March.  Not bad, six months to settle a simple claim.  It really shouldn’t be that hard should it?

[New POD]

21 minutes ago, Parky said:

I ordered a Lenovo and just had a note saying that due to Covid, component suppliers aren’t meeting orders so despite needing it yesterday, would early October be OK?  I would cancel but tbh I really want that particular machine so might have to limp the old Dell onwards for another few weeks.

Also got confirmation at last that I am being paid out for my car accident last October.  However I can’t have the money as the two insurers are debating whether or not my physio overcharged for his services so they can’t settle until that’s been agreed.  Am told, with luck, it should be resolved before December.  I bloody hope so as I am leaving the UK mid November!

At least my travel insurer finally paid out my lost Chernobyl trip from March.  Not bad, six months to settle a simple claim.  It really shouldn’t be that hard should it?

Ask for the undisputed portion as a gesture of goodwill, in order to reduce the interest you'll be claiming.  There's 80% of the payout that they both agree on. Why should you suffer? 

[High Jetter]

9 hours ago, iainrcz said:

I live in Grimsby,  speaking posh around here will get you burnt at the stake. Christ even being able to construct a cogent sentence raises suspicion.

I wonder who decided to try and posh it up by adding the s, b & y?

[iainrcz]

I wonder who decided to try and posh it up by adding the s, b & y?

Some deluded fool.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, Fumbler said:

That really is bad. Worst we've had is DPD priority damaging goods in the sorting office, on the priority sorting hardware. Their investigation is still ongoing after 2 months!

Latest on my parcel is that it has now pitched up somewhere in Leamington Spa. No, dunno why. Sender of the parcel isn't happy about this and sez he'll probably have to refund me rather than risk eBay penalising him.

[xtriple]

A million years ago I worked for the Grimsby News! Therefore, I worked in and around grimsby and really rather liked the place! Granted, I did live (and commute daily) in Scunthorpe...

 

Went out with a local lass - Linda - who was lovely until she dumped me!

[Fumbler]

7 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Latest on my parcel is that it has now pitched up somewhere in Leamington Spa. No, dunno why. Sender of the parcel isn't happy about this and sez he'll probably have to refund me rather than risk eBay penalising him.

Ouch. At least you know where it is and the seller is in contact. We only learned of the damaged goods we sent off when the recipient said parts were missing and the box was bandaged up in DPD's own tape.

[myglaren]

BT have at long last separated from Yahoo! (!).

The much vilified BTYahoo mail is now far, far worse than it ever was.

All 'improvements' are shite.

[beko1987]

17 hours ago, Wack said:

A mate ordered an £800 laptop from Lenovo 

He bought a cheap one then... 

Still a shit thing to happen though. I have a related story although one involving a Thinkpad worth about 80p, posted it to LightBulbFun and it never arrived. 

[paulplom]

I posted a hardrive loaded with films to @Lord Sterling and that dissapeared off the face of the earth as well. Royal mail.

[HillmanImp]

FFS. 

[Zelandeth]

Had a huge terrifyingly real nightmare last night that our house burned down, having clearly started from some of the slightly shonky wiring we inherited with the house in the garage.

...Guess I'm rewiring the garage this weekend then as I now can't trust it as far as I can throw it.  Everything has. Now been unplugged in there in the interim.

On the plus side, I've been wanting to install a dedicated socket for the van's mains hookup lead for a while so will be a good opportunity to get that fitted.

[Wack]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

FFS. 

A few years ago my mechanic who worked on 7.5t trucks got an artic tractor in , the lad who helps him out decided to speed things up by dropping the oil while he was away getting the service kit for it

Only he vastly underestimated how much oil was in it , the oil was very hot so once the plug was out it wasn't going back in , it quickly overflowed the container and most of it ran down the yard like an oil slick from the exxon valdez ,a drop of oil goes a long way, there were litres and litres of this , the forecourt was like an ice rink every time it rained for about a week.

[Volksy]

4 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

FFS. 

Ha. 

Reminds me of a mutual friend of Mr Imp and myself, whom is notoriously messy being very chuffed with himself by managing to drain the oil out of his Navara without so much as a drip on the street. 

He then tripped on the front garden step whilst carrying the open drain tray, and sloshed several litres all over the steps garden and footpath... ?

 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

• I'm curious how those things that look like beer coolers on wheels deal with the light-fingered; do they have lazers and flame throwers or is it lameness like CCTV and a tracker?

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

A few years ago my mechanic who worked on 7.5t trucks got an artic tractor in , the lad who helps him out decided to speed things up by dropping the oil while he was away getting the service kit for it

Only he vastly underestimated how much oil was in it , the oil was very hot so once the plug was out it wasn't going back in , it quickly overflowed the container and most of it ran down the yard like an oil slick from the exxon valdez ,a drop of oil goes a long way, there were litres and litres of this , the forecourt was like an ice rink every time it rained for about a week.

Yep...seen exactly that happen.  Someone totally unprepared for the 30-40 litres of oil that was released when the sump plug was pulled on an old Volvo one afternoon. 

No excuse given he'd just been out to pick up the oil that was going back in so the math should have been pretty apparent! 

[Remspoor]

On 9/4/2020 at 10:51 AM, iainrcz said:

I live in Grimsby,  speaking posh around here will get you burnt at the stake. Christ even being able to construct a cogent sentence raises suspicion.

 

I won't even go in to the grief I get on local Facebook pages for correcting spelling. I mean, I'm not a genius, but good god some people are as thick as pig muck.

Could be worse it could be Hull.

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

FFS. 

I hope you don't use a urinal the same way.?

[Remspoor]

Milk. It is a danger to global warming.

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08phq81/should-we-be-drinking-milk-

Nothing about Cheese(s), Ice cream, Butter, Yogurt(s), Milk Chocolate, Basundi, Cream(s), Curd etc

Half baked reporting on the subject matter with half baked ideas mixed in.
 

[angle]

Wankers. 

[Wack]

3 hours ago, Volksy said:

Ha. 

Reminds me of a mutual friend of Mr Imp and myself, whom is notoriously messy being very chuffed with himself by managing to drain the oil out of his Navara without so much as a drip on the street. 

He then tripped on the front garden step whilst carrying the open drain tray, and sloshed several litres all over the steps garden and footpath... ?

 

 

A mate told me about a mate of his that decided to service his motorbike himself , because he was saving on the labour he bought the most expensive oil he could find

Put what he thought was the correct amount in but it wasn't even on the stick so he put more in , still not on the stick , fuck me how much does this bike take ,ill have to get more 

stood up then saw a £60 golden streak of oil running down the slope of his drive , not put the sump plug back in.

[wuvvum]

Aaand I've lost my wallet.  I thought today was going too smoothly.

I'm 90% sure I know where I dropped it - I was bending down to unlock my bike just before getting off the train, and a couple of pens which were in my inside pocket (where my wallet was) fell on the floor - I grabbed them and shoved them back in my pocket without thinking any more of it, as I was in a rush trying to get off before everyone started piling on,  My wallet is black, as was the floor of the train, and it's a gloomy corner anyway so I probably just didn't see it.

I've emailed East Midlands Trains lost property dept, but I'm not holding my breath - there's no guards on the trains at the moment so nobody to hand it to if someone did find it.  The train in question goes all the way to Liverpool so it could be anywhere (and if it was found by a Scouser my chances of getting it back are nil obvs).

The cards are less of an issue - I was able to block those pretty much straight away, debit card via the app, credit card via an automated phone line.  My driving licence was in there though, and I'm going to have to pay to replace that.  And most annoyingly, there was a not insignificant sum of cash in there (I've not been able to get to a bank to pay cash in because Covid) which I really could have done without losing as money is tight at the moment as it is.  It's rather spoiled what should have been a good day.

[Out Run]

5 hours ago, angle said:

Wankers. 

Beastied!

@Mike D show us your chain.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Aaand I've lost my wallet.  I thought today was going too smoothly.

I'm 90% sure I know where I dropped it 

Aah, that sucks. Other 10%? My cash is in back pocket, cards in separate holder. No losses so far, but could happen any day.

[beko1987]

Went to bed feeling fine, woken up full of cold. Wtf! 

[Mally]

Cold at nights now, you need an extra bed cover.

Wait till you get my age.

[chaseracer]

Yeah, we're back to the winter duvet already! ?

[beko1987]

I don't like duvets though, I get too hot under them.... Could fetch it out though