The grumpy thread

2,399 · October 19, 2020

My girlfriends mum. Thick as a concrete fortification.

Driving her somewhere the other day and the manual passenger mirror needs adjusted. Franny do me a favour I say and push that knob towards the front of the car.....She pushes it down. No towards the front of the car. She pulls it back.. Push it towards the front.....you know the nose off the car. She pulls an annoyed expression and pushes and pulls it in multiple directions giving a clear view of the sky, the road surface of the A90 and tired paintwork. I give up and mentally vow to make use of the Longbridge installed loom for the leccy mirrors.

On it's own it's no big deal but she's also an appalling gambling addict who chucks 50quid at a slot machine and thinks she's done well to win £20 back. An incorrigible know it all despite the fact she knows the square root of fuck all about anything. Hyper aggressive and self centred. Has 'borrowed' money which she then conveniently forgets about and has no empathy towards anyone or anything.

She's wheelchair bound and I'm not convinced there's anything actually wrong with her. She can walk herself about on her knees just fine which makes me wonder what disease or illness affects you from the knees down only. At least one doctor has said it's all in her head.

5,446 · October 19, 2020

1 hour ago, Skut said:

She's wheelchair bound and I'm not convinced there's anything actually wrong with her. She can walk herself about on her knees just fine which makes me wonder what disease or illness affects you from the knees down only. At least one doctor has said it's all in her head.

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound, she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

5,358 · October 19, 2020

6 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound, she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

Somehow that made me think of this.

13,383 · October 19, 2020

7 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound, she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

On the other hand, my wife could walk a little around the house, but needed a wheelchair for any distance, and was in constant pain for 25 years.

She's dead now.

I wish I was still pushing her around.

8,859 · October 19, 2020

50 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

I worked with a bloke who's wife was seriously ill and had lost a lot of her mobility and was wheelchair bound, she was only young, less than 30, he was taking her all over the country to see specialists, paid privately in Harley Street etc as it baffled the doctors..

After about 18 months of this he got talking to someone in the village who said "it's so great to see your wifes better, its lovely to see her walk past everyday" a bit of sleuthing revealed she'd made the whole thing up, absolutely nothing wrong with her..

Or this (terrible quality)

17,069 · October 19, 2020

Stress is killing me. Literally. Another Crohns flare up owing to passport mayhem and have been in hospital nil by mouth since Thursday. Of course getting treated during Covid was a treat and they are generally doing their best but that’s the state of the NHS right now and it ain’t getting better this winter folks so pop your masks on. Even if you don’t believe in science it keeps your face warm which is a nice side effect when it’s cold.

So this is where life gets interesting. In order to get released I have to be able to eat. Three options, none of which work for my system (I am not being a wet flannel, I can’t eat cooked tomato’s as they trigger inflammation in my gut so soup isn’t going to work). There is a chicken soup option but it’s not on their light diet list (apparently Tomato is a clear soup whereas chicken is a light one, it’s different and rules are rules) so strictly verboten to me. Ah, decisions decisions.

And somewhere along the line I am supposed to be packing for NZ and studying. You know what? I am starting to feel like the Turkish fella in “From Russia with Love”. You lot are on the right hand side....Right, here we go.

”I’ve had a very interesting life. Would you like to hear about it? You would!”

6,277 · October 19, 2020

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

He needn’t have left them on the path; he’s legally entitled to cut it and chuck it on your lawn- as long as it’s your hedge and it encroaches over his property.

Some people will tell you that they MUST return them, as they are legally yours!

In short, grin and move on. He sounds like a right cherub.

I was totally expecting him to chuck them over the fence given he's a grade 1 tool. The (shared with 15 houses) rear access lane has become his own personal builder's yard with piles of shit and his pikey truck blocking it, fortunately I'm before him. His Mrs. is a nasty piece of work and the child is mentally defective. I'm guessing fetal alcohol syndrome. She's very good at teaching him Pavlovian responses. He's currently learned to have a meltdown every day at 5 pm 'cos that's when he knows she will be shouting "eat your fucking tea you cunt!"

17,683 · October 19, 2020

16 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

He needn’t have left them on the path; he’s legally entitled to cut it and chuck it on your lawn- as long as it’s your hedge and it encroaches over his property.

Some people will tell you that they MUST return them, as they are legally yours!

In short, grin and move on. He sounds like a right cherub.

Legally he must offer you the clippings but there's no obligation to take them; dumping them on the pavement is littering and it would be a shame if he had been videoed doing it and the video found its way to the council 'utter bastard' enforcement dept, along with dobbing to the planning dept about him using the premises as a builders yard without a change of use. Strictly for the good of mankind though, not for petty vengeance.

3,364 · October 19, 2020

On 10/18/2020 at 10:21 AM, puddlethumper said:

This is the reason I don't charge my phone up when I'm asleep.

WOW. I don’t like charging phones when I’m not awake/ about to check on it - and am even less likely to do so now.

4,744 · October 20, 2020

On 10/18/2020 at 9:59 PM, Nyphur said:

Yes it is, and probably not worth it, if you want a quiet life. Or at least not a noisier life than you have now.

Unfortunately it is if you want a quiet life... But then there is environmental health, social services, child welfare etc etc... Not that I am suggesting any of those 🤔

9,426 · October 20, 2020

it gone phut :-(

treated the old single core lap top to a new SSD , new OS , new CMOS battery ....

and a couple of weeks later .. nothing

not even a beep if I take the memory cards out , a blank screen and a feeble whirr from the fan ...

binned ..

SSD is now a good sized USB flash drive ...

4,577 · October 20, 2020

So today I was nearly involved in an accident with an hgv who decided he'd like to drive on my side of the road.

I'll point out luckily because the roads around there were so shit, and my car being about 3mm off the floor I was only doing 40/45.
So I could avoid him and the low wall on the left.
I stopped just up the road to check I hadn't damaged it.

18,148 · October 20, 2020

Sorry to hear that @Parky how are you doing today and have you had any news on the passport front?

18,148 · October 20, 2020

13 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

So today I was nearly involved in an accident with an hgv who decided he'd like to drive on my side of the road.

I'll point out luckily because the roads around there were so shit, and my car being about 3mm off the floor I was only doing 40/45.
So I could avoid him and the low wall on the left.
I stopped just up the road to check I hadn't damaged it.

An Escape from shit driving? Sorry, couldn't resist. Proper shit that.

4,577 · October 20, 2020

An Escape from shit driving? Sorry, couldn't resist. Proper shit that.

I'll be getting a copyright strike from Metallica

18,148 · October 20, 2020

2 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

I'll be getting a copyright strike from Metallica

As long as you don't try and share this video on Napster, you'll be fine.

6,201 · October 21, 2020

On 10/19/2020 at 6:40 AM, Skut said:

My girlfriends mum. Thick as a concrete fortification.

...Franny do me a favour I say and push that knob towards the front of the car.....She pushes it down. No towards the front of the car. She pulls it back.. Push it towards the front.....you know the nose off the car. She pulls an annoyed expression and pushes and pulls it in multiple directions giving a clear view of the sky, the road surface of the A90 and tired paintwork. I give up and mentally vow to make use of the Longbridge installed loom for the leccy mirrors.

Fair enough, thick as fuck.

However...,

On 10/19/2020 at 6:40 AM, Skut said:

...needs adjusted...

Sorry pal, but if you're going to criticise people for speaking or understanding English poorly, at least make an effort to speak/write it correctly.

17,069 · October 21, 2020

2 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Sorry to hear that @Parky how are you doing today and have you had any news on the passport front?

Cheers man. Got out today (5 days inside). Quite frustrating as if my notes had been followed, two quick shots and a bag of saline and I am home. Whacked and battered but home. I blocked a bed for five days, three of which were “because admin”.

I had ordered lunch today but when it arrived at my bed at 12.30, it was taken off me as I had been discharged at 10am. Nobody thought to tell me, although I enjoyed my chat with the angry Nurse who told me I couldn’t have soup because I wasn’t there anymore. She couldn’t tell me where I was, she just knew I wasn’t on the ward anymore. It truly was Kafka-esque. I spent some in bed contemplating the truly temporary nature of ourselves. Are we here? Or over there behind the video cabinet? Was that Nurse even real, was I merely the remnants of a long lost spirit destined to wander Basildon until the second rapture liberates my inner soul.....or was I just a very tired man waiting three hours for someone to remove my drip so I could leave. Who could tell.

I am buzzing on steroids, truly itching with them. Bloated and bruised, I can best describe myself like something that God would have made whilst on meth and thought fuck it, make that anyway, see what happens.

Re second item, ne passport pas. Not panicking just yet

18,148 · October 21, 2020

As Parky awoke one one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in a bed into a man with tubes...

2,399 · October 21, 2020

5 hours ago, robinmasters said:

Fair enough, thick as fuck.

However...,

Sorry pal, but if you're going to criticise people for speaking or understanding English poorly, at least make an effort to speak/write it correctly.

Nah pal, I'm criticising her for being a cunt.

11,609 · October 21, 2020

8 hours ago, iainrcz said:

So today I was nearly involved in an accident with an hgv who decided he'd like to drive on my side of the road.

I'll point out luckily because the roads around there were so shit, and my car being about 3mm off the floor I was only doing 40/45.
So I could avoid him and the low wall on the left.
I stopped just up the road to check I hadn't damaged it.

That looks like one of those horrible pinch points you sometimes get, with a small bridge. There's a wall/barrier on both sides of the bridge. There's one on a country road near where I used to live in Southend (Shopland Road for the locals) seen lots of near misses there as there's enough room for two cars to pass safely but not anything bigger. Unwritten rule is smaller vehicles normally give way to HGVs in that situation anyway. Either way it looks like the lorry driver hasn't really done anything wrong. He is close to the barrier on his side but the road is super narrow!

9,843 · October 21, 2020

20 minutes ago, Angrydicky said:

it looks like the lorry driver hasn't really done anything wrong. He is close to the barrier on his side but the road is super narrow!

I have to agree, there's a couple of these on my drive home and there is enough room for 2 cars but an almost 9ft wide HGV always gets priority if there's one coming.

4,577 · October 21, 2020

I have to agree, there's a couple of these on my drive home and there is enough room for 2 cars but an almost 9ft wide HGV always gets priority if there's one coming.

I wouldn't have minded if he'd slowed down, but he just blew past like he'd not even seen me. Given like you say it was a narrow road, he could have been a little less bullish.

So it was either a fuck you I'm bigger than you moment, or he hadn't actually seen my car coming.

63,134 · October 21, 2020

9 hours ago, robinmasters said:

Sorry pal, but if you're going to criticise people for speaking or understanding English poorly, at least make an effort to speak/write it correctly.

Does Skut hail from north of The Wall? It's well known that the Scottish have a fractious relationship with the gerundive.

9,843 · October 21, 2020

50 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

I wouldn't have minded if he'd slowed down, but he just blew past like he'd not even seen me. Given like you say it was a narrow road, he could have been a little less bullish.

So it was either a fuck you I'm bigger than you moment, or he hadn't actually seen my car coming.

Maybe it was poor obs on your part? or maybe not, there is never a winner but the close call could have been avoided if you'd slowed and allowed for him, lorries will rarely give way to a car, you should drive more defensively to mitigate this

4,577 · October 21, 2020

Maybe it was poor obs on your part? or maybe not, there is never a winner but the close call could have been avoided if you'd slowed and allowed for him, lorries will rarely give way to a car, you should drive more defensively to mitigate this

I was driving slowly, I mentioned the poor road at the start.
I was probably doing 40/45 tops.

I also successfully negotiated two hgvs before and one after without ending up upside down in a field.

So my points still stand, either he's an inconsiderate cunt or didn't see me.

19,851 · October 22, 2020

back.

fucked.

first day off sick in a long time

not happy

11,004 · October 22, 2020

I think the lorry driver is at fault, it's him that crossed the white line. He should’ve adjusted his speed/stopped to allow the car through.

13,488 · October 22, 2020

Arse. Vectra has knocking noise in engine. Sludge in oil. Engine scrap. I loved that car ☹

Still, I have the Peugeot 407 TD which I can use as leverage to buy a thirsty petrol car though.

11,004 · October 22, 2020

16 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said:

Arse. Vectra has knocking noise in engine. Sludge in oil. Engine scrap. I loved that car ☹

Still, I have the Peugeot 407 TD which I can use as leverage to buy a thirsty petrol car though.

Step this way

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