The grumpy thread

[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.

[High Jetter]

And the seller is...?

[New POD]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

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

No. It wasn't the NHS that kept me awake. It was some old bloke with dementia in a side room. 

[ruffgeezer]

@Rovorsche the mot manual would only allow that to be failed if it was leaking at the time of test, that being said if they had spotted it they could have advised it.

 

[twosmoke300]

And then had people bitch and moan about giving advisories ? 
 

Testers cant win 

[Sham]

I'm very much in the 'not an expert' category, and there are plenty of things I might miss when giving a car the once over that wouldn't fail an MoT.

I would much rather have an advisory that I can fix before the next test than not know and fail the next test.

On a car purchase, the only time I have concerns is when the same advisory is on the certificate year after year - shows careless ownership in my view and such cars get passed over. An advisory that's gone the following test is fine by me.

[myglaren]

On 19/01/2021 at 11:31, 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. 

A neighbour opposite always used to sit in the window watching TV.  A big, very healthy looking bloke.

The kids used to call him "The Dead Man" as he never moved.

He complained about indigestion one day.

He was sat in his chair as usual - but this time he really was the dead man - heart attack.

[MikeR]

FFS , I clicked a news item .

Not bigbaps.com 

[somewhatfoolish]

I see the problem; you're reading the Daily Wail. That shit is bad for you.

[Minimad5]

Fire up the computer .... Machine Check Exception.

Aah fuck 🤦‍♂️

[New POD]

38 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I see the problem; you're reading the Daily Wail. That shit is bad for you.

I've tried to tell him. That and the "Formby Bubble" 

Both to be avoided. Along with twatter and arsebook 

[somewhatfoolish]

13 minutes ago, New POD said:

I've tried to tell him. That and the "Formby Bubble" 

Both to be avoided. Along with twatter and arsebook 

Formby Bubble sounds like a digestive complaint.

[New POD]

1 minute ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Formby Bubble sounds like a digestive complaint.

I've never looked at it, but daughter tells me it's like it sounds.  

[Pieman]

On 1/15/2021 at 11:48 AM, eddyramrod said:

You've just about described my school life too!    I am in touch with only one person I knew back then ( late 60s/early 70s) and that's because she's my kid sister.  I'm in touch with almost nobody from previous jobs too.

You read about people having lifelong friends, and childhood sweethearts, and good luck to them, but I completely fail to understand how they do that.  People who were really good friends years ago have just fallen away.  It probably doesn't help that I emigrated in 2009 and when we returned, came to a town a hundred miles from where we used to live.

It has crossed my mind that maybe I should be making more effort to stay in touch, and with a couple of them I do, but of the rest, several know where I am and none are putting in any effort.

I'm slowly realising that too.  No one from previous school, studies or work has spoken to me since I left, and even with current friendships, no one talks to me unless I contact them first, I'm never included by anyone in anything and the first I find out about anyone's life is when they post it on Facebook three days later (I had a separate rant about that recently on here).  My own parents don't even really try to talk to me or show any interest in my life...and I fucking live with them.

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

[MikeR]

Going to need wellies to get home .

Wonder if the river has topped over, it did last time the meter hit the high spot !!

https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/5227?direction=u

[Minimad5]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

Don't take this sort of thing to heart.

I'm a proper weirdo and feel uncomfortable with 'small talk' , so to me talking to folk is easier when it is about a subject - Cars or if you need help with something. 

So don't just take it you are the problem, as folk may have inner / hidden problem such as lack of communication skills. (Have you ever made the first move and expressed interest in the other persons interests or hobbies ? ... this can get the chatty juices flowing)

[Sham]

2 hours ago, Pieman said:

I've come to the conclusion that people just don't want to talk to me.

I envy you.

[Frogchod]

My mate's just bought a C15 Mixte. 

Greedy git won't sell me his C15 pick up. 

[New POD]

5 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

With that Formby Bubble, do you get a free Ukelele after three years subscription?

Wigan.  He's from Wigan 

[MikeR]

FFS , it's snowing now in Liverpool