The grumpy thread

[Zelandeth]

It would be really nice if like... anyone, it feels like...was taking the whole being in lockdown thing seriously.

There's more traffic out there (both vehicular and pedestrian) today right now than I'd expect at this time of day on a normal day.

[Supernaut]

18 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

It would be really nice if like... anyone, it feels like...was taking the whole being in lockdown thing seriously.

There's more traffic out there (both vehicular and pedestrian) today right now than I'd expect at this time of day on a normal day.

Same round here. I just nipped across to the shop for a couple of things and Great Northern Road was a solid line of traffic. I haven't seen it so bad in quite some time.

[Zelandeth]

Yeah... washing your car is an essential journey.

Similar queue for the vacuum cleaner.  Kebab van round the corner is doing a roaring trade, were at least 15 people queued for it.

[jakebullet]

Ma's just been doing my bonce in by being a diabetic mad woman. It's obvious she's having a hypo, and the obvious solution is glucose.

It's like trying to persuade a small child who doesn't like veg that pureed carrots are the best thing ever. With a side order of I'm not drunk m8. No Ma, holding a bottle of glucose doesn't work, drink it. "I'll be alright in a minute" x 11 billion.  No, you won't. Sugar is that low all the meter can come up with is "Lo". She then becomes obsessed that the meter is broken, and must find one that isn't. Stop fucking about and drink the glucose, 4 meters say you're fucked, you don't need to find batteries for an old one out of the cupboard for a fifth confirmation. "Why is it so hot in here?" It isn't. it's you. FFS drink!!!!!

Now being mardy 'cos I was nasty* to her and she would have been right in a minute.

[MikeR]

Jeez the scrap man works quick . I put the old tumble dryer on the drive , went out to get the new one , put it in the house , went out to load the car up with the old one ....

And it was gone !!!!

[jakebullet]

Being a greedy grump today. Bob the builder burning chipboard in a smokeless zone with obvious smoky results. Ma expecting me to email the council's illegal fire department, who will come and stop BTB instantly. Doesn't work like that Ma. But if you want to start an official feud and blight your property value etc go right ahead.

[purplebargeken]

My mate and former neighbour booked into a hospice a couple of days ago. Message to say that he passed away at midnight. So sad but he is ok now, no pain, no struggling to breathe. 

[sporty-shite]

7 minutes ago, purplebargeken said:

My mate and former neighbour booked into a hospice a couple of days ago. Message to say that he passed away at midnight. So sad but he is ok now, no pain, no struggling to breathe. 

So sorry to read this, Ken. 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

3 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Same round here. I just nipped across to the shop for a couple of things and Great Northern Road was a solid line of traffic. I haven't seen it so bad in quite some time.

Same here, I went out  for the first time in a week today for a quick bike ride and it was as busy as ever. Its dissapointing as I've followed the rules for 9 plus months  and  people still dont seem to get the message.  

 

2 hours ago, purplebargeken said:

My mate and former neighbour booked into a hospice a couple of days ago. Message to say that he passed away at midnight. So sad but he is ok now, no pain, no struggling to breathe. 

Ouch, sorry to hear, my condolences.

[jonathan_dyane]

Can’t get moved in the bloody shed which might be in part related to the number of motorcycles within.

Anyone after a project Kawasaki GT550?

[myglaren]

On 16/01/2021 at 15:24, Zelandeth said:

Yeah... washing your car is an essential journey.

Similar queue for the vacuum cleaner.  Kebab van round the corner is doing a roaring trade, were at least 15 people queued for it.

Car was places have all been closed for ages round here.

Shops pretty quiet.  Friday, went to Home Bargains (for SBC LED bulbs - didn't have any) all very orderly and hardly any cars in the huge carpark for HB, M&S, Next, Pets at Home, Aldi, Matalan and a couple of others.

As usual with Home Bargains, I go in for two things, they only have one but come out with twenty things I didn't go for.

[Rocket88]

Traffic round here [Maidstone] a lot lighter than usual..........

[face]

On 11/29/2020 at 8:15 PM, face said:

Innocently and completely fucked up car insurance for me for life.

Hit a deer with my Golf. Going through insurance as fair bit of damage.

Decided to buy a second car a couple of days later.

Went on GoCompare, found a decent quote and took it. I entered a claim from a couple of years back, went to enter this very recent one and it wouldn’t let me proceed without a monetary amount. The Golf hadn’t been collected at this point, let alone examined and quoted for the work. So I left it off as I assumed as it had t been paid out, it wasn’t completed. That’s wrong I now know.

New car insurance company run the CUE check, see I’ve had this recent claim and subsequently cancelled my policy, giving a weeks notice.

That’s me royally fucked for life. I’m going through the complaints procedure as it was an innocent oversight. But I doubt I will get it overturned. I’ve never not paid anything I should be paying or even considered fraud.

If I was pissed and ran somebody over, that would eventually drop off my record. But not this.

Im stupid and that life-long red mark is cuntish at best.

I sent a formal complaint about the above and received a reply.

As it happens, because the policy was cancelled within the cooling-off period, it was not registered as cancelled on the national database. So I don't need to disclose it for future quotes.

Why they didn't tell me that when I rang them on the day it was cancelled, I don't know. Been stressed to fuck about it.

Anyway, good news for me today

[MorrisItalSLX]

Bloody Australia.

[Talbot]

That escalated quickly.  22 to 41 in 4 days?  That's amazing.

[wuvvum]

5 minutes ago, Talbot said:

22 to 41 in 4 days?  That's amazing.

Almost as quick as my Iveco...

[Supernaut]

Aye, here's me thinking "that looks fairly pleasant... oh shit!"

[DoctorRetro]

111 insisting on sending an ambulance because I phoned up about chest pain. Feels ridiculous, but I've been up most of the night with it. 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Early hours are peak MI time, they're just doing their job.

[Tickman]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

111 insisting on sending an ambulance because I phoned up about chest pain. Feels ridiculous, but I've been up most of the night with it. 

 

Better safe than sorry.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

111 insisting on sending an ambulance because I phoned up about chest pain. Feels ridiculous, but I've been up most of the night with it. 

 

Hope you're on the mend.

[DoctorRetro]

30 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Hope you're on the mend.

Ambulance crew insisted they took me to hospital. Doctor quickly ruled out cardiac. 

I'm fine, just Costochondritis apparently. Anxiety related. I feel bad about it, but everyone goes into panic mode when you mention chest pains. 

I probably shouldn't be walking 2 miles home from the hospital, but I refuse to get on a bus. 

[cort1977]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

Ambulance crew insisted they took me to hospital. Doctor quickly ruled out cardiac. 

I'm fine, just Costochondritis apparently. Anxiety related. I feel bad about it, but everyone goes into panic mode when you mention chest pains. 

I probably shouldn't be walking 2 miles home from the hospital, but I refuse to get on a bus. 

Glad it's not too serious.  Walking two miles might be a good thing actually, bit of fresh air, birds singing, being out in nature etc. might lower your stress.

[louiepj]

Definitely worth the lower stress to take a nice slow walk home and get some time on your own after a stressful night and morning in hospital.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

111 insisting on sending an ambulance because I phoned up about chest pain. Feels ridiculous, but I've been up most of the night with it. 

 

My wife phoned 111 when I had neck pains that were becoming chest pains.  

15 mins later I was on a cardiac monitor, had some tablet under my tongue, and 20 mins after that I was on my way to hospital. The monitors did not show a heart attack but blood tests showed my enzymes were 10 times what they shoukd have been and an X ray and then an ultrasound showed moderate damage.  2 days later I was having a stent fitted through a tube in my wrist, which went all the way to my heart. 

I keep saying it.  NEVER ignore chest pains.  Even if it turns out to be trapped wind. 

They were pretty sure that I'd probably had 2 small ones in the previous 2 weeks. 

[Cavcraft]

Sorry to hear of your woes, @TheDoctor. 

 

 

Keep an eye on eBay if you're selling things. Twice recently they've decided to add a 'submit best  offer' thing to my listings without my consent. You have to log on and change what they've done to stop the bastards. God knows what happens if someone accepts the lower offer eBay decided to put without asking you.

[eddyramrod]

2 hours ago, cort1977 said:

Glad it's not too serious.  Walking two miles might be a good thing actually, bit of freezing 100mph fresh air, birds singing, being out in the pouring rain etc. might lower your stress.

EFA, we are in England here and it's January!

[cort1977]

9 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

EFA, we are in England here and it's January!

It's a good point, well made.  It's sunny up here mind.

[Markeh]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Keep an eye on eBay if you're selling things. Twice recently they've decided to add a 'submit best  offer' thing to my listings without my consent. You have to log on and change what they've done to stop the bastards. God knows what happens if someone accepts the lower offer eBay decided to put without asking you.

I switched from selling on Facebook marketplace and Gumtree to eBay during the first lockdown (I mainly sell laptops amongst other techie stuff), and while it's been a mixed bag (you still get the same morons incapable of reading item descriptions as you do elsewhere), this and other irritating quirks have made it frustrating at times.

One particular favourite of mine is if you save a draft listing then go back into it later, it has a habit of changing the price you set to what IT thinks your buy it now/start price should be. On several occasions I've listed things for sale at significantly less than I intended to, in one case the item actually sold, though fortunately there was only something like £20 difference, I'd have probably accepted that on best offer anyway!

Speaking of best offer... I find most people who send a best offer that you then accept do not pay, even if you accept the second the notification comes through. I can probably raise an unpaid item case in my sleep at this point. I'd say I have to do this 8/10 times on a best offer.

[High Jetter]

10 hours ago, New POD said:

My wife phoned 111 when I had neck pains that were becoming chest pains.  

15 mins later I was on a cardiac monitor, had some tablet under my tongue, and 20 mins after that I was on my way to hospital. The monitors did not show a heart attack but blood tests showed my enzymes were 10 times what they shoukd have been and an X ray and then an ultrasound showed moderate damage.  2 days later I was having a stent fitted through a tube in my wrist, which went all the way to my heart. 

I keep saying it.  NEVER ignore chest pains.  Even if it turns out to be trapped wind. 

They were pretty sure that I'd probably had 2 small ones in the previous 2 weeks. 

Again, thank fuck for the NHS. Even if they keep you awake. All night.