The grumpy thread

[iainrcz]

For the record, We're childless weirdos (at least, We're viewed as such by people. Haggard, tired looking people)

 

I agreed to look after my nieces for a few hours today. Fuck me, I think I need counselling. I'm not used to the amount of noise they produce.

As much as I love them, they are quite hard work.

[High Jetter]

Am with you there, a smol one is more than enough!

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Hopefully the AA chap or chapess will be in a good mood when they arrive, having seen what the vehicle is and realising its not an omgmodern/insert_ @Barry Cade _tale_here job (in theory)

Tried hitting bits of it with rocks whilst you wait? Might jar it into life, or people will just leave you alone

Turned out to be a loose spade terminal on the actuator wire.  Strange that it's never given any problems before...  It started up fine once that was sorted and is now on its way south with its lucky* new owner.

Funnily enough the AA bloke was the absolute spit of Trigger - glasses, hairstyle, accent, everything - except about a foot shorter.

[Lord Sterling]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Has not affected me or family, but........ WTF?

The stealing of bonnets off Peugeot 5008 is now "a thing" in Rotterdam.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2380548-criminelen-stelen-de-ene-na-de-andere-peugeot-motorkap-in-rotterdam

Hmmm. Thats as wierd as the "thing" a couple of years back here in the UK when body panels like bumpers and bonnets kept getting stolen off Vauxhall Corsas.

Just had my first covid jab today and not looking forward to tomorrow when I might 'feel' it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, iainrcz said:

For the record, We're childless weirdos (at least, We're viewed as such by people. Haggard, tired looking people)

 

I agreed to look after my nieces for a few hours today. Fuck me, I think I need counselling. I'm not used to the amount of noise they produce.

As much as I love them, they are quite hard work.

They do say that children are like farts. Everyone prefers their own.

[plasticvandan]

Just had my insurance renewal come through,£309,about a tenner less than last year,except I now have a years NCB.run a new quote through with the same insurer,increasing mileage from.5 to 9 thousand,£224! So I've just paid for that to start from when the current one ends,why they can't just send me.the best price to start with who knows.thinking this might be the case I had set current policy not to autorenew a few days ago lol

[richardmorris]

23 hours ago, iainrcz said:

For the record, We're childless weirdos (at least, We're viewed as such by people. Haggard, tired looking people)

 

I agreed to look after my nieces for a few hours today. Fuck me, I think I need counselling. I'm not used to the amount of noise they produce.

As much as I love them, they are quite hard work.

I tell my nieces that between visits I spend my days in quiet meditation listening to Gregorian chanting

[Floatylight]

25 minutes ago, plasticvandan said:

Just had my insurance renewal come through,£309,about a tenner less than last year,except I now have a years NCB.run a new quote through with the same insurer,increasing mileage from.5 to 9 thousand,£224! So I've just paid for that to start from when the current one ends,why they can't just send me.the best price to start with who knows.thinking this might be the case I had set current policy not to autorenew a few days ago lol

Loyalty is never rewarded by insurance companies, I always shift every 2-3 years.

[plasticvandan]

They were still cheapest for me and hadn't had any issues.this year,just surprised at the difference.no matter,all done for another year,bit the bullet and paid the lot rather than pay another £52 in direct debit

[Spiny Norman]

1 hour ago, plasticvandan said:

Just had my insurance renewal come through,£309,about a tenner less than last year,except I now have a years NCB.run a new quote through with the same insurer,increasing mileage from.5 to 9 thousand,£224! So I've just paid for that to start from when the current one ends,why they can't just send me.the best price to start with who knows.thinking this might be the case I had set current policy not to autorenew a few days ago lol

NEVER allow an insurance policy to auto-renew.
ALWAYS shop around every year. It's 10  minutes on a Compare the Scoundrel website, I'm over 50 with 20-odd years NCB and just about every year I find someone £50-£100 cheaper than whoever I'm with. They get the courtesy of one phone call to see if they want to match the lower quote and that's it. Esure lost my business this year because they couldn't be arsed answering the phone so I went elsewhere and paid £220 instead of £270.

[New POD]

On 13/05/2021 at 16:14, dozeydustman said:

4th day of jury service.

4th day of being sent home in the afternoon as not even been called in for selection. If they don't actually need me, I can do something productive, such as go to work or repair the Suzuki's exhaust mounts.

I did my self -assessment, wifes self assessmenr and VAT and  LTD company accounts using the free court WiFi, whilst waiting for people to stop pleading guilty. 

[iainrcz]

I tell my nieces that between visits I spend my days in quiet meditation listening to Gregorian chanting

We were "boring" at one point.
Probably because I kept telling them to stop fiddling with shit.

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[Floatylight]

On 5/3/2021 at 8:06 PM, Floatylight said:

1 - Had a stack of outdoor things to do today  weather is absolutely shocking.

2 - FatherFL is in hospital with cancer, bit of a roller coaster.. (again)

3 - Seems I lost £120 in those stupid slippery £20 notes yesterday, think it must have fallen out when filling up.

4 - SmollestFL seems to be employed by someone who is a bit of an arse, his mental health is fragile at the best of times..

Ramble over, at least I've got tomorrow off..

 

 

Update - 

1 - Blah, jobs now done

2- Dad out of hospital but now got hospital bed in the front room and carers 4 times a day, prognosis - not good, doesn't want further treatment, Step mum struggling...

3 - Found lost £120 down the side of the car seat tonight - muchly cheered up..

4 - Smollest's boss turned into even more of a tosser and quite rightly Smollest sacked it off, got a new job lined up starting the day after his 18th in a couple of weeks in a warehouse where they are going to put him through his forklift licence.

TL:DR - some ups, some downs.

[goosey]

22 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Hmmm. Thats as wierd as the "thing" a couple of years back here in the UK when body panels like bumpers and bonnets kept getting stolen off Vauxhall Corsas.

Just had my first covid jab today and not looking forward to tomorrow when I might 'feel' it.

My Eldest Son is a mechanic at a BMW main dealer, he says the biggest issue they are having is steering wheels being stolen from new 1 series on the forecourt. 
at its worst about 3 a week were being stolen by the same thief (takes him approx 4 minutes from smashing the window to running away wheel in hand) every time as they caught the guy on cctv, 

 

[Jerzy Woking]

1 hour ago, goosey said:

My Eldest Son is a mechanic at a BMW main dealer, he says the biggest issue they are having is steering wheels being stolen from new 1 series on the forecourt. 
at its worst about 3 a week were being stolen by the same thief (takes him approx 4 minutes from smashing the window to running away wheel in hand) every time as they caught the guy on cctv, 

 

Why? Is there something special about them?

I know that flat bottomed VW steering wheels cost an arm and a leg. I wanted one for my Transporter as i had changed the seats, not realising at the time-because I was so pleased I had got them to fit the floor runners-that the seat base was 4 inches higher.

Easiest and cheapest way to get around this was to reinstate the standard VW seats.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I tell my nieces that between visits I spend my days in quiet meditation listening to Gregorian chanting

If they're under 50, bewildered neices. 'ommmmm' Maybe encourage them with Steeleye Span, Gaudete?

[PhilA]

On 5/13/2021 at 7:33 AM, Lankytim said:

 1x set of plug leads, 1x spark plug and 3x air filters. 

I had the giggles for a few minutes imagining an engine that needed a single spark plug, 5 wires and had 3 carburetors.

Sorry

[dozeydustman]

6 hours ago, New POD said:

I did my self -assessment, wifes self assessmenr and VAT and  LTD company accounts using the free court WiFi, whilst waiting for people to stop pleading guilty. 

Took the work laptop in and managed to re-schedule to green waste service to accommodate the extra truck we’ve been promised. Unlike many I’m on full pay and my hobbies are practical things such as winemaking and old computers. Sadly there’s nowhere to plug in a BBC micro for a quick game of Elite at the court building

[goosey]

8 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Why? Is there something special about them?

I know that flat bottomed VW steering wheels cost an arm and a leg. I wanted one for my Transporter as i had changed the seats, not realising at the time-because I was so pleased I had got them to fit the floor runners-that the seat base was 4 inches higher.

Easiest and cheapest way to get around this was to reinstate the standard VW seats.

I’m not sure how much they go for second hand but apparently it was costing BMW around £2500 to replace a steering wheel when it got nicked.

A work colleague has one of those flat bottomed steering wheels in his T5.1, they really do look good.

[sierraman]

48 minutes ago, goosey said:

I’m not sure how much they go for second hand but apparently it was costing BMW around £2500 to replace a steering wheel when it got nicked.

A work colleague has one of those flat bottomed steering wheels in his T5.1, they really do look good.

Piss funny. Is there a shortage on them or something? 

[myglaren]

12 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

NEVER allow an insurance policy to auto-renew.
ALWAYS shop around every year. It's 10  minutes on a Compare the Scoundrel website, I'm over 50 with 20-odd years NCB and just about every year I find someone £50-£100 cheaper than whoever I'm with. They get the courtesy of one phone call to see if they want to match the lower quote and that's it. Esure lost my business this year because they couldn't be arsed answering the phone so I went elsewhere and paid £220 instead of £270.

If only.

It is a bit of a nightmare as my son is included and uses the car to get to work for nightshift.  No public transport.

Car is in a secure car park that according to insurance company websites doesn't exist (a very large national company with four sites here alone).

Each attempt at entering all the details takes ages and very often the savings are minimal and frequently they are more expensive - as last year, my premium decreased by £50.

[Dan the van]

13 hours ago, plasticvandan said:

Just had my insurance renewal come through,£309,about a tenner less than last year,except I now have a years NCB.run a new quote through with the same insurer,increasing mileage from.5 to 9 thousand,£224! So I've just paid for that to start from when the current one ends,why they can't just send me.the best price to start with who knows.thinking this might be the case I had set current policy not to autorenew a few days ago lol

Unlikely as it sounds,car insurance does seem to have gone down presumably due to OMG Covid Chaos.My renewal with Saga (old git) was a reasonable 12 quid up on last year at 190 but I did a Go Compare anyway.A dozen quotes under 150,cheapest Zenith at 126 so they got the business.I too habitually  change each year and always save £££.

[PhilA]

My insurance went up too. Did the online change thing the day we bought the pickup truck. 

Says them - oh yes, SUV being changed for a pickup truck? Reduction in cost because vehicle type you're buying is less to insure.

Renewal paperwork comes in and the underwriter has decided that it should actually be more.

Went from $360 to $373 which is annoying.

A month.

It's all a lot of nonsense really. Expensive nonsense. Still, can't drive about without it so it's a necessary nonsense. There's cheaper insurers but the he cheaper you go the more excuses they provide not to pay out. Friends of ours found that the hard way.

Phil

[sheffcortinacentre]

13 hours ago, sierraman said:

Piss funny. Is there a shortage on them or something? 

This will be like the astra front panel theft & land rover bonnet thefts , people repairing front Ender's.

[artdjones]

Why is the bonnet €3-4000? Does it have airbags in or something?

[tobyd]

What I love more than anything is finding some loser has replaced something with the wrong part and in order to make it work* has also soldered on a connector for said wrong part.

Well done whoever you are.

Good work.

[Timewaster]

On 5/14/2021 at 9:22 PM, Spiny Norman said:

NEVER allow an insurance policy to auto-renew.
ALWAYS shop around every year. It's 10  minutes on a Compare the Scoundrel website, I'm over 50 with 20-odd years NCB and just about every year I find someone £50-£100 cheaper than whoever I'm with. They get the courtesy of one phone call to see if they want to match the lower quote and that's it. Esure lost my business this year because they couldn't be arsed answering the phone so I went elsewhere and paid £220 instead of £270.

I think the insurers are slowly starting to realise that they can't jack up the price and hope we don't notice. 

My last renewal was the same as all the compare sites. 

[reb]

The battery for the C2 is too flat to charge with an "intelligent" charger, so I had to get creative to give it enough juice for the charger to work.

This brought it up to 11.7v after about 20 minutes which should be enough. Attached the charger and over the course of about 5 minutes instead of charging it just dropped like a stone back to 11.2v before I gave up and switched it off. I don't really fancy buying it a new battery as that'll eat into whatever tiny amount of money I manage to make on it. I think the fiesta has the same battery so I might use that and buy the fiesta a new one since that's hopefully actually going to be worth something once it's MOTd. I hate that such small things are getting in the way of me getting stuff done.

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, reb said:

The battery for the C2 is too flat to charge with an "intelligent" charger, so I had to get creative to give it enough juice for the charger to work.

This brought it up to 11.7v after about 20 minutes which should be enough. Attached the charger and over the course of about 5 minutes instead of charging it just dropped like a stone back to 11.2v before I gave up and switched it off. I don't really fancy buying it a new battery as that'll eat into whatever tiny amount of money I manage to make on it. I think the fiesta has the same battery so I might use that and buy the fiesta a new one since that's hopefully actually going to be worth something once it's MOTd. I hate that such small things are getting in the way of me getting stuff done.

That's frustrating to hear, do you happen to have any scrappies or car breakers nearby because a battery from a scrapper ought to be more like a tenner? It might even have a 3 month warranty, my last one did.

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, Stanky said:

That's frustrating to hear, do you happen to have any scrappies or car breakers nearby because a battery from a scrapper ought to be more like a tenner? It might even have a 3 month warranty, my last one did.

If not what stanky suggests, I do recommend tayna.co.uk