The grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

More people in the fucked-Christmas-fridge club!  Sorry to see that Zel, it's a real bugger.  Ours went last Saturday about an hour after it was announced we would be in Tier 4 the next day.  You'll get it sorted!

[DeeJay]

15 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Oh for...

Something wrong with me, I thought that was a fold away toilet.

[C1am]

A minor grump, an example of the reality of a post Brexit world. Sending a single item to Northern Ireland with Parcel Force. Previously print off a single label. Now, create a customs declaration with description and customs code, print off a label and four copies of the customs declaration.  

[Zelandeth]

Yeah, got it back up and going after a couple of hours.  It had indeed just iced up.

Need to confirm *why* it had iced up, but a stuffed defrost heater element is my current favourite.  Unless someone left the door open for hours anyway.

The condensate drain was pretty plugged too so getting in there wasn't probably a bad idea anyhow.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 hours ago, DeeJay said:

Something wrong with me, I thought that was a fold away toilet.

It can be whatever you want it to be.  Just don't eat from it in that case.

[yohan]

On 12/23/2020 at 10:07 PM, MarvinsMom said:

Haynes are stopping publishing their infamous books of lies.....

Since John Haynes died the company has been sold out to some outfit what does publishing on line only, so no more paper books.

I cannot help thinking that the writings been on the wall for a while for the HBoL.

especially given how there isn't one for that avensis thing we bought.

but repair books on line, well that won't  fly, at least not for me.

having to deal with a broken car, and something on the fuckin' interweb, AT THE SAME TIME??

well that will not end well, not end well at all.

 

I remember reading a haynes manual for a motorbike where I needed to fix the electrics. The chapter on electrical systems started by saying „you probably wont have a multimeter so you should take it to a specialist workshop.“ REALLY!!!  in a REPAIR manual!!

[Mr Pastry]

9 minutes ago, yohan said:

I remember reading a haynes manual for a motorbike where I needed to fix the electrics. The chapter on electrical systems started by saying „you probably wont have a multimeter so you should take it to a specialist workshop.“ REALLY!!!  in a REPAIR manual!!

The bit that used to annoy me in Haynes was where it said: " You will need the manufacturer's special tool for this job.  Just go to your nearest main dealer and ask if you can borrow one"   Really, what planet were they on? 

[Bren]

Meccano. In particular their ducati.

It would be easier to restore one than complete meccano's offering.

[MikeR]

Found something worse than badger toilet paper , raindeer decorated  Xmas toilet paper , comes off liked rolled corrugated cardboard , sand papers your ring piece and floats like the Titanic should have .  Only a few sheets left , would better used in the bottom of a bird cage ...

[Cavcraft]

Yet more 'accidental' catching of foxes from those genuine* trail hunting wankers. These inbred, web toed cunts aren't going to stop whilst a blind eye is being turned to them. 

 

 

[taranaki]

wtfnz?

[strangeangel]

On 12/25/2020 at 6:37 PM, Wack said:

Is it April 1st , I'm glad they're working Christmas day but fuck me , have I broken the script 

Thank you for your recent e-mail.
We are sorry to learn that on side of your Sony WF-1000XM3 has been lost.
Please note that you can refer to the previous e-mail to send it to our service center. Also, please be advised that the ear buds are not available for sale as a replacement part but our service center will be able to help you.
Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reply to this e-mail.
Thank you for your enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Diana

 

 

Looks like you're not the only one having problems with these headphones... and Sony's 'you must have smashed them, you hamfist' seems to be their default position.

 

[Wack]

Mine are the individual Bluetooth ones 

I'm waiting for a reply , they say they don't sell just one but want me to send it back 

I think I'm on a hiding to nothing even if they offer to "repair" the lost one by replacing it for an out of warranty charge , they're £220 on the sony website , £139 in Costco so I might as well buy another pair as £110 for one 

[Wack]

House insurance is taking the piss now , £539 they want , they can fuck off with that 

AA last week , renewal was £331 so I rang up to fuck them off , a bit of to and fro and it's £180 

[Wack]

52 minutes ago, Tetleysmooth said:

 There was a fairly new Fiesta backing up to the rear of my car, and making a piss poor job of it too, he was coming in at a 45 degree angle. Now remember, I'd gone to the far side where there were dozens of spaces, bags of room either side and in front of me. After the first abortive attempt at parking, he pulled out and had another crack. Nope, no good. The third attempt saw him reasonably straight, but he'd backed up close to my car by then, and I've got a long necked towbar sticking out. He didn't hit it though. He then opened the boot of his car and struggled to get a wheelchair out. And I say struggled because he'd come so close to my motor. While he was doing this, he was grumbling away and regularly looking in my back window. I could almost feel him thinking 'why don't you move'. Anyway, he finally got the chair out, then his missus and went tootling off to the hospital.

It was a real 'why the fuck did he do that' moment and had me scratching my head.  One place to the left or right of me and he'd have had no problems at all, because all around me was an ocean of space. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen that particular car park so empty. Why???

He was pissed off because you were parked in "his" disabled space,  some people are just so cheesed off with life they go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible just so they've got something else to moan about.

[MikeR]

22 minutes ago, Wack said:

He was pissed off because you were parked in "his" disabled space,  some people are just so cheesed off with life they go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible just so they've got something else to moan about.

Quite normal that . I can guarantee some twonk will do that when I park in the Billy no mates spots far from the entrance ... 

[Mally]

1 hour ago, Tetleysmooth said:

I'll put this in the grumpy thread because I don't really know where else to put it. Have we got a 'why the fuck did he/she do that', head scratching thread?

Last Sunday, Mrs Tet injured her right eye. Apparently, she caught it with a fingernail. Neither of us realised how bad it was at the time, and we both thought it would clear itself up later that day. It didn't. Monday morning saw it worse and her eye looked like she'd gone ten rounds with Tyson Fury. So, over to A&E at Queens Hospital, Romford. I dropped her off and went to the car park. I was well into my second 2 hour ticket when I got the call to meet her at the main entrance. She came out carrying a couple of Costas, which was bloody welcome at the time.

In front of the hospital, as well as pick up points, there's another car park, but it's exclusively for disabled. It's pretty bloody big. and last Monday, it was reasonably empty.. so I drove to the far side where there was most room and stopped in a bay where could enjoy our coffees. Something caught my eye, (no pun intended). There was a fairly new Fiesta backing up to the rear of my car, and making a piss poor job of it too, he was coming in at a 45 degree angle. Now remember, I'd gone to the far side where there were dozens of spaces, bags of room either side and in front of me. After the first abortive attempt at parking, he pulled out and had another crack. Nope, no good. The third attempt saw him reasonably straight, but he'd backed up close to my car by then, and I've got a long necked towbar sticking out. He didn't hit it though. He then opened the boot of his car and struggled to get a wheelchair out. And I say struggled because he'd come so close to my motor. While he was doing this, he was grumbling away and regularly looking in my back window. I could almost feel him thinking 'why don't you move'. Anyway, he finally got the chair out, then his missus and went tootling off to the hospital.

It was a real 'why the fuck did he do that' moment and had me scratching my head.  One place to the left or right of me and he'd have had no problems at all, because all around me was an ocean of space. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen that particular car park so empty. Why???

Mrs Tet had scratched the cornea of her eye badly. She's on eight eye drops and day, which I've been administering. Pleased to report it's now clearing up, although she is still getting the occasional belt from it.

First point.    Are you or your wife disabled, and in possession of a badge?  If not your rant is irrelevant  as  you had no right to be there.

Lets assume you have a badge,

You parked out of the way.  He had a fairly new Fiesta (probably Motability) , so he also parked out of the way, in his head.

He had a few goes at getting straight, don't we all at times?

You have a long necked towbar. I've had a few, they are a pain, always banging your legs on them.

He had to lift a wheelchair out.  Hardly a crime.

You seem to think because the car park was almost empty your bit belonged to you, in the same way as he thought it belonged to him.

Your wife scratched her eye. The guys sorting a wheelchair for his wife who can't walk well.

It happened last Monday! That's a week ago, get over it.  

 

For the record, I am slightly biased,  My wife died  2 years ago this Xmas, I unloaded and pushed her wheelchair for 20 years.

It's not always fun, but it's worse when you can't.

[Wack]

I just put 1kg or 2kg on mine , never had a problem 

We do have a moody cow though

I went in a couple of weeks ago with a few parcels,  all pre paid , I usually go to a different post office about a mile away it's about 80-20 depending which direction I'm heading which one i use , usually going the other way

Moody cow wanted to weigh each parcel, I just said they don't weight them at the other post office

So why have you come here then 

Fuck off you barren cunt was what I wanted to say but , depends which way I'm heading after came out.

[Mally]

2 minutes ago, Tetleysmooth said:

Oh FFS, I do sympathise with your loss, but every fucking time I post something on here, someone comes on and attacks me. This is why I rarely post on here now. Last week it was about a light fitting where a member said I didn't have a clue what I was doing. How does he know? Before that, it was my Merc thread, which I dumped entirely because of the sarcasm and vitriol I was getting. And yes, I sold the Merc to a RR member. A painless sale and he collected it the day I needed it to go. I think I'll just be a lurker from now on. Not worth posting anything on here now.

Has it ever occurred that you may be wrong occasionally?

[Timewaster]

8 minutes ago, Mally said:

Has it ever occurred that you may be wrong occasionally?

For the record I thought his original post was wondering why the other gentleman had apparently gone out of his way to make his own life difficult and then somehow implied it was the posters fault. 

I understand the frustration of manhandling wheels chairs, kids buggys or mobility scooters. 

Why would you reverse into a space if that's what you needed to do? 

 

Peace on earth, goodwill to all men and all that..... 

 

[MikeR]

why does this country always flood at the first sign of a any old  storm ?

I do wonder if we would need waders and gills after a really proper prolonged bashing off the heavens .

gate shut horse gone the after type maintenance regime ?????

[Waderider]

Tetleysmooth, if you parked in a disabled space without the badge you're in the wrong. It's black and white, no one is picking on you.

My mother in law is in a wheelchair and every day peoples thoughtless actions make her, and her carers life a little difficult. It doesn't sound like you where really impacting on the Fiesta driver directly, but the poor man shall be worn down from being a carer in a society that neither cares or makes an effort to accommodate him.

[Amishtat]

34 minutes ago, MikeR said:

why does this country always flood at the first sign of a any old  storm ?

I do wonder if we would need waders and gills after a really proper prolonged bashing off the heavens .

gate shut horse gone the after type maintenance regime ?????

I don't know what area you're in, but where I lived previously it was usually because of undredged rivers, overgrown ditches and the like. Or, if you wish to be cynical, a short-sighted attempt to save a few quid by the council. 

[Wack]

2 hours ago, Waderider said:

Tetleysmooth, if you parked in a disabled space without the badge you're in the wrong. It's black and white, no one is picking on you.

My mother in law is in a wheelchair and every day peoples thoughtless actions make her, and her carers life a little difficult. It doesn't sound like you where really impacting on the Fiesta driver directly, but the poor man shall be worn down from being a carer in a society that neither cares or makes an effort to accommodate him.

There’s a difference between parking in a disabled space and parking in an almost empty car park while you sit in your car 

the bloke was being a twat , deliberately making his life difficult so he could moan about it , why else would he not park in the next space and make his life easy.

 

I’ve  never parked in a disabled space in my life but stopping in an empty car park for 10 minutes while I’m sat in the car , I don’t see a problem with that 

[Mally]

4 minutes ago, Wack said:

There’s a difference between parking in a disabled space and parking in an almost empty car park while you sit in your car 

 

 

I’ve  never parked in a disabled space in my life but stopping in an empty car park for 10 minutes while I’m sat in the car , I don’t see a problem with that 

Ask Arnold.

https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/074-is-it-ever-ok-to-park-in-a-disabled-parking-space#:~:text=To be allowed to park,to avoid certain parking exemptions.

[Minimad5]

Jesus no one got hurt, let Tetley man have his rant.

Anyway my slight gripe:

I walk doggo through a small village, and have noticed for a few months a lovely classic that has been left in a random road, so I kind of make a point of going that way just to see how it is.

Todays visit shows someone has popped the passenger window, Why !?.

It'll be taken for scrap soon no doubt, sad really. And no its not a LDV with curtains / Escort Cosworth etc  

[Rab]

First Rule of AS. Be honest and express an opinion.

Second Rule of AS. Expect to be routinely condemned and bullied for the first rule.

[Wack]

36 minutes ago, Rab said:

First Rule of AS. Be honest and express an opinion.

Second Rule of AS. Expect to be routinely condemned and bullied for the first rule.

I joined a motorhome forum , fuck me they know how to moan , once you get past retirement it all turns to shit so they just moan about everything 

Within a week I had 4 on the ignore list , that's more than I've ever had on every forum I'm on since the dawn of the internet 

[Wack]

1 hour ago, Mally said:

Ask Arnold.

https://www.arnoldclark.com/newsroom/074-is-it-ever-ok-to-park-in-a-disabled-parking-space#:~:text=To be allowed to park,to avoid certain parking exemptions.

I wouldn't ask them how to pump a tyre up 

[Mally]

33 minutes ago, Wack said:

I wouldn't ask them how to pump a tyre up 

Obviously you won't read this either. It is long winded, but relevant.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5742871/parked-in-hospital-disabled-bay