The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

I was puzzled why Chinese tea, a liquid, came in tubs, which I associate with being round. Aah, take-away containers? I've a big box of them, always useful things.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I was puzzled why Chinese tea, ....

Took me a while to work out that they actually had a Chinese for tea (meaning dinner / supper in my book)

[jonathan_dyane]

Over enthusiastic consumption of cheese and crackers has lead to a broken denture. Not ideal when we’re going on holiday on Monday...

[paulplom]

Bit of a shocker this morning. Gas hob is Shiremoor 1st job. Young lad hung himself on the bannister here at the weekend. Puts things into perspective. Fucking hell man. Lived here with his grandparents. Luckily they're away.

 

[Heidel_Kakao]

Just got on the wrong train like a moron on my way to collect the Van Van. Not the end of the world but rather annoying, this is why I generally don't do public transport.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Bit of a shocker this morning. Gas hob is Shiremoor 1st job. Young lad hung himself on the bannister here at the weekend. Puts things into perspective. Fucking hell man. Lived here with his grandparents. Luckily they're away.

 

Shit. 

Do you have to step around everything to work or is it sacked off now? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 minutes ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

Just got on the wrong train ....

Right up there with getting on the right train but missing your stop....

[Heidel_Kakao]

8 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Right up there with getting on the right train but missing your stop....

Yeah I have done that before too, I now set an alarm on my phone ten minutes before my stop so I can't doze off and miss it. I got on the wrong train because I was on the right platform but an earlier train was running late so when it pulled in I assumed it was mine but nope, going to pay more attention this time.

[iainrcz]

11 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Took me a while to work out that they actually had a Chinese for tea (meaning dinner / supper in my book)

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.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

I live in Grimsby,  ....

My condolences. 

[iainrcz]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

My condolences. 

My little brother and I were actually born in Norfolk. That's slightly better isn't it?

99% of my family (what's left of them!) are from various places dotted around Yorkshire, so quite how we ended up here I don't know.

[paulplom]

34 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Shit. 

Do you have to step around everything to work or is it sacked off now? 

I've done the hob. He killed himself last weekend. His grandparents have fucked off away for a few days while we finish the kitxhen. I had to go upstairs to the airing cupboard. There's no sign at all of anything that's happened. Towels on the bannister etc. Very strange. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

28 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

My little brother and I were actually born in Norfolk. That's slightly better isn't it?....

Given what people tell me about Norfolk, maybe not.

[anonymous user]

16 hours ago, Remspoor said:

You seen food trucks, you more than likely hated the idea of an old van cut up in a conversion.

Well here is the next example of that Hipster movement. An ex-fire truck stuck in a field for you to sleep in.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ireland/inside-former-1950s-fire-truck-22623140

I am not going to look at the website, linked to by the Mirror, to see how much it costs to sleep in this lorry which has no loo, bathroom or electricity. They only take you to the truck, but leaving you have to walk to your vehicle which is parked some distance away.

I do like the lorry though.

 

I'm sure I remember this from one of those tv programmes, amazing spaces, fancy sheds, etc. Mainly because it appeared to have a Rayburn cooking range in it and wondering how it would handle on the road. Still at least it would be fairly easy to strip it all back out if you wanted to use it properly.

[Wack]

Fucking car dealers

I agreed to sell my car to a well respected performance car dealer because I was Ok with their offer and it meant they'd sort all the PCP out with ford finance so I left them to it

I get two figures from them , one to to pay the finance balance off , one the balance of their offer coming to me

Day arrived, they pay me , pay off the finance and take the car, all done and dusted before the next payment date so that's it over with

Only at the end of the month another payment gets taken out of my account so I ring Ford Finance to see what's going on

Instead of getting a balance for the 24th ,they day they took it they asked for a balance  at the end of the month the 31st so one payment was outstanding

So not only have they taken the car , they've also taken another payment as an extra kick in the nuts

I know it's my fault for not checking myself and they have paid the amount they said they would but it's a clever way of making you think you're getting more than you are.

Of course it's an admin error

[Wack]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

I've done the hob. He killed himself last weekend. His grandparents have fucked off away for a few days while we finish the kitxhen. I had to go upstairs to the airing cupboard. There's no sign at all of anything that's happened. Towels on the bannister etc. Very strange. 

I've had that feeling

My son was at uni at the start of lockdown in a rented house, he decided to stay there, about 2 weeks in his girlfriend dumped him and left unknown to us, replies to texts got less frequent, then not at all so his sister and me drove up there

His room is on the ground floor, curtains closed, no answer banging, calling, nothing

I got that Oh fuck feeling but before kicking the door in I thought I better go to the only shop in walking distance hoping to find him buying microwave meals and Pizzas , showed the girl behind the till a picture , knows him but not seen him for a few days , I felt physically sick as I rang the police

They said they'd send somebody round but were unlikely to authorise a break in as he might just be out for a walk

Then the phone rang, it was his sister, the little fucker couldn't be bothered to change his bedding so was asleep on the top floor , stood there in his pyjamas like neil from the young ones when I got there, wondering what all the fuss was about

I was so relieved I couldn't be angry with him but fuck me I 'm still getting that sick feeling thinking about it while I'm typing this

I've been to one suicide funeral, they're incredibly sad , I never want to go to another.

 

 

 

[Pieman]

14 minutes ago, Wack said:

I was so relieved I couldn't be angry with him but fuck me

You showed remarkable restraint, if I'd done that to my parents they'd have kicked the shit out of me there and then.

[Fumbler]

I got two E-Mails saying my delivery would be today from DHL. They then call me and say:
"Yeah sorry about that, your parcel was given to the wrong driver by mistake. You won't see it until Monday."

 

Feck.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

I got two E-Mails saying my delivery would be today from DHL. They then call me and say:
"Yeah sorry about that, your parcel was given to the wrong driver by mistake. You won't see it until Monday."

 

Feck.

You think that's bad. I was alerted to go to my local Collect Plus agent to collect a parcel, only to be told when I arrived that it wasn't there. Two days later, it still wasn't there and the agent thought it might have been sent back in error.... The investigation is still ongoing. 

[Fumbler]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You think that's bad. I was alerted to go to my local Collect Plus agent to collect a parcel, only to be told when I arrived that it wasn't there. Two days later, it still wasn't there and the agent thought it might have been sent back in error.... The investigation is still ongoing. 

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!

[Wack]

A mate ordered an £800 laptop from Lenovo to be delivered last tuesday , waited in all day for it, nothing by 5pm so he checked the tracking , apparently signed for by his son who wasn't even in the house , it's been reported to the police as theft because it's looking like somebody has pocketed it and marked it as delivered 

[New POD]

I had a laptop delivered from erm Carphone dixons currys about 2 months back. The courier was insistent that he had to take a clear photo of it inside my front door, on the floor. He took 2. one close up showing the package, floor and part of the front door and one from further away, showing me, the package, the floor, the door and the porch.  I thought it was a good way of NOT being accused of theft. 

[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!