The grumpy thread

[Chas4545]

Injections have changed.  It is common nowadays to not feel them at all, especially vaccines, and sometimes people are convinced it was not done.

There are ways to help yourself.  It goes in the shoulder, not the arm, so wear a tee shirt that you can hold  up and reveal the complete shoulder. Then let your arm hang, relax the muscles.  That means the person doing the injecting is not struggling to find the deltoid (?)  Muscle. That struggle to hold up clothing and give vaccine at the same time drives nurses mad.

Ant vacc , anti mask and  hoax believers are frightened people.  They really depress me.  Trust the medics, go with it.

 

 

[myglaren]

6 hours ago, bobdisk said:

Dont put grease down the drain, or toilet, you had what they call a "fatburg" ! I put my leftover cooking grease in an old tin, or jamjar, then put it in with the rubbish. Never get fatburg trouble. Only trouble I do get is that every so often I have to dismantle the sink's drain and clean it out, cos it stinks. Dont know why.

I pour any out into the garden, insects and bacteria take care of it.

That said, I get very little, mostly from fried eggs.

Wipe the pan out with paper towels that go in the bin.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

I tip waste cooking oil into the kids pull-ups in the bin. Soaks it in just great. I can imagine in 590 years time during a landfill archeological dig they find one and proceed to explain how it's evidence of the high fat diet consumed by children around the turn of the century.

[omegod]

2 hours ago, bobdisk said:

Look on eBay for "car spring compressors" There is several there under £20 that will do your job Will be cheaper than a mobile mechanic, and you will still have a tool to keep.

Honestly I cannot be arsed in this cold  I need it rolling asap so couldn't wait for compressors to be delivered, also springs scare me somewhat !!

[PhilA]

8 hours ago, bobdisk said:

Dont put grease down the drain, or toilet, you had what they call a "fatburg" ! I put my leftover cooking grease in an old tin, or jamjar, then put it in with the rubbish. Never get fatburg trouble. Only trouble I do get is that every so often I have to dismantle the sink's drain and clean it out, cos it stinks. Dont know why.

I don't. Most of that is soapy crap from the dishwasher.

Phil

[omegod]

5 hours ago, omegod said:

First day of a weeks leave, lots of plans but just gone to move the fiesta and BOING ! bastard coil spring has snapped, I have a spring but don't have compressors and it's undriveable so I've put a shout out on the local facebook for a mobile mechanic.  It's too cold to be a tight arse 

Facebook mechanic turned up and was an absolute fucking nutter, flat earther with some unbelievable conspiracy theories and apparently parliament is getting burned down imminently. If he's not on a watch list I'd be very surprised! 

Did a decent job changing the spring though  

[wuvvum]

Probably still safer than entrusting your life to a pair of £20 eBay spring compressors mind...

[Craig the Princess]

Just now, wuvvum said:

Probably still safer than entrusting your life to a pair of £20 eBay spring compressors mind...

Bill Gates is behind BIG spring compressor? Makes a lot of sense.

[omegod]

Oh for fuck sake as if the day wasn't bad enough the wife's focus has started fucking about cutting out and losing power. I'm guessing it's the dash cluster playing up so i'd better learn to solder tonight....haven't got a soldering iron mind 😆

[Tenmil Socket]

49 minutes ago, omegod said:

Oh for fuck sake as if the day wasn't bad enough the wife's focus has started fucking about cutting out and losing power. I'm guessing it's the dash cluster playing up so i'd better learn to solder tonight....haven't got a soldering iron mind 😆

@omegod I’ve got one you can use.

[warch]

5 hours ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said:

I tip waste cooking oil into the kids pull-ups in the bin. Soaks it in just great. I can imagine in 590 years time during a landfill archeological dig they find one and proceed to explain how it's evidence of the high fat diet consumed by children around the turn of the century.

I am an archaeologist and I think that is entirely plausible. What happens is that everything has meaning ascribed to it, so you get lovely little occurrences like a collection of hazelnut nuts buried in the ground getting interpreted as 'evidence of nut hoarding activity' rather than the more prosaic 'evidence of squirrels'. 

[omegod]

9 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

@omegod I’ve got one you can use.

Cheers bud, I'll probably buy a mini torch kit and grab a spare cluster from Mallies scrappy this week to practice on

[TataBobu]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

Oh for fuck sake as if the day wasn't bad enough the wife's focus has started fucking about cutting out and losing power. I'm guessing it's the dash cluster playing up so i'd better learn to solder tonight....haven't got a soldering iron mind 😆

Do you have an electric oven?  😁

[montytom]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

Oh for fuck sake as if the day wasn't bad enough the wife's focus has started fucking about cutting out and losing power. I'm guessing it's the dash cluster playing up so i'd better learn to solder tonight....haven't got a soldering iron mind 😆

Next time it does it give the top of the dash a tap if it cures the issues then yes the cluster is at fault. 

[Craig the Princess]

I'm calorie counting to try and lose weight.

 

So I'm hungry and pissed off.

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, Craig the Princess said:

I'm calorie counting to try and lose weight.

 

So I'm hungry and pissed off.

Sympathy like, I'm in the same boat, 3 days on 800 calories/day to 'kick-start' it and no sodding booze.

grumpy is one way to describe it...

[Craig the Princess]

11 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Sympathy like, I'm in the same boat, 3 days on 800 calories/day to 'kick-start' it and no sodding booze.

grumpy is one way to describe it...

Fuck. I'm on 1920 a day and hate it. At only 800 I'd probably murder someone.

[New POD]

2 hours ago, Craig the Princess said:

I'm calorie counting to try and lose weight.

 

So I'm hungry and pissed off.

I've been on a semi-vegan, low sugar, low far diet since March

Meat in only 1/2 My meals. 

3 stone lost. 

Not counted calories at all. 

[wuvvum]

DVLA.  The feckers have tried to take a VED payment for the Granvia, which I sold last month.  I transferred the exact amount of money required to cover this month's legitimate VED payments into the specific bank account I used for that purpose, and the attempt to take the payment for the Toyota has resulted in the account going overdrawn - albeit only for a few hours as the bank refused the payment.  

The reason I had to set up a separate bank account was because I kept cancelling VED direct debits when I sold vehicles, which resulted in my main bank account being blacklisted as apparently you're not supposed to do that as the direct debit automatically gets cancelled when you sell the car.  Except it obviously doesn't.  

I'm going to have to make a snotty phone call to the DVLA tomorrow.  Assuming there's anyone actually in the office at Swansea obvs.

FFS.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

48 minutes ago, New POD said:

I've been on a semi-vegan, low sugar, low far diet since March

 

Can you be semi-vegan?

Know what you mean though, I like to try to go meat-free for over half the week

[New POD]

21 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Can you be semi-vegan?

Know what you mean though, I like to try to go meat-free for over half the week

I own Fern Cottons book The Happy Vegan.  Use it once a week at least.  Tonight we had Aubergine and lental bake but added cheese.  

[artdjones]

22 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Can you be semi-vegan?

Know what you mean though, I like to try to go meat-free for over half the week

Yes I'm meat free usually half the time. From 7pm in the evening until 7am the next morning every day.

[High Jetter]

Me too, 9pm to 12noon here.

[ruffgeezer]

Installed new sad and extra ram in my computer, now it keeps freezing. 

 

Cuntballs.

[taranaki]

Meanwhile in New Zealand......

 

[captain_70s]

First day back at work post Crimbo/Noo Year.

Got 4 hours sleep due to wrecked sleeping pattern? Check.
Starting the day with a cheeky wee dental appointment? Check.
9 hour backshift on the horizon? Check.

 

Got root canal to look forward to as a Brucie bonus.

[DoctorRetro]

Step dad died this morning. Covid-related, but heart attack actually did the job. 

Only 63, that's no age. 

I wasn't close to him, but it's still shitty 

[maxxo]

as a fool i forgot my HSBC secure key password

currently on hold with them

this is going to be a faff i can tell

[beko1987]

18 hours ago, ruffgeezer said:

Installed new sad and extra ram in my computer, now it keeps freezing. 

 

Cuntballs.

Sad's do that... 

(got the correct and matched ram fitted? Did you do a clean install to the ssd or clone your old drive?) 

[omegod]

3 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

Step dad died this morning. Covid-related, but heart attack actually did the job. 

Only 63, that's no age. 

I wasn't close to him, but it's still shitty 

My sympathies to you and yours, such a shite time we are living in he was young