The grumpy thread

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Still haven't managed to unbolt the CX steering wheel. Every time I step outside with the socket set, the rain comes down. I go back in, and the rain stops! WTAF!???

[twosmoke300]

6 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

The council have been out most of this week and will be into next too resurfacing the road. So far they’ve planed off the old surface down to the old concrete base. Of course they’ve fucked off for the weekend now. 
Problem is, the roads drains are now standing proud of the surface so after heavy rain they can’t drain the water away! Heavy rain like we’ve had overnight and into this morning… 

Thats not all. To stop the bits of old tarmac and crap going down the drains they’ve fitted plastic poly sheet over the grates! And they didn’t remove them either so the road was literally filling up with water between the curbs, it looked more like a canal than a road. Luckily none of the water managed to overflow down the driveways on this side as they’re all slightly down hill of the road.

If they stopped on to finish it this weekend then someone would moan about that too . 

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, twosmoke300 said:

If they stopped on to finish it this weekend then someone would moan about that too . 

Most likely. I don’t know why, given the forecast for heavy rain, they left the drains covered though? Seemed like common sense to remove the covers before leaving to me? Put them back on on Monday once work restarts.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

22mm socket plus Halfrauds ratchet completely failed to make any impact on the steering wheel nut. I think I may need something with more power behind it....

[Timewaster]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

22mm socket plus Halfrauds ratchet completely failed to make any impact on the steering wheel nut. I think I may need something with more power behind it....

I'm sure you know, but leave the nut on a turn when you free the wheel from the spline. 

A stupid person might pull the wheel off and smack themselves in the face with it. 

Athk me how I dow. 

[Garythesnail]

23 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I'll trump you all with mk1 Reno 5

The manifold does not have to be removed. A job of many cuts.

[High Jetter]

Is it engine out, though?

[High Jetter]

2 neighbouring houses, about 500m from me, are having an annual party. Amplified music started about 11 am, volume increased, by 11pm it was intolerable. Who to complain to? 101 say environmental elf, but don't have a live phone no. Council website is useless. It's now 00:40, it's still going

 

[New POD]

Annual party ? I'd just knock on thier door about Now (6:18 am) and ask them why you didn't get an invite. 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

Annual party ? I'd just knock on thier door about Now (6:18 am) and ask them why you didn't get an invite. 

I'd make a start on cutting up that old washing machine so it fits in the car better for the tip run... Use a nice blunt grinding disc on your loudest grinder. Go nice and slow as you cut... 

[New POD]

Cut? No. Hammer yes. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I violently took down our plastic/aluminium greenhouse with a large hammer a few months back.  If you really hate your greenhouse, I can recommend that as a course of action if they're still making noise.  It's even better because bits go flying everywhere.  Bonus points for smashing up some old bits of ply that you have lying around to fit in the car as well.

[iainrcz]

Does Buxton have any weather other than "fucking tipping it down"?

We've been here since 13:30 yesterday and it hasn't stopped.

 

Whereas Llandudno, +20 degrees all week since Monday. We had two small spells of drizzle.

[omegod]

Sorry about the weather guys, it's all my fault due to me picking up my tools 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

46 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Does Buxton have any weather other than "fucking tipping it down"?

We've been here since 13:30 yesterday and it hasn't stopped.....

Where d'ye think Buxton gets its spring water from?

[MikeR]

11 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I violently took down our plastic/aluminium greenhouse with a large hammer a few months back.  If you really hate your greenhouse, I can recommend that as a course of action if they're still making noise.  It's even better because bits go flying everywhere.  Bonus points for smashing up some old bits of ply that you have lying around to fit in the car as well.

A 4lb mallet is fun , saves all that hand action with a saw , it sort of just makes things part and fall apart ....

[chaseracer]

9 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Where d'ye think Buxton gets its spring water from?

When it was "fucking tipping it down" 5000 years ago!

[mintwth]

11 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Where d'ye think Buxton gets its spring water from?

Incidentally, never ever drink the Buxton spring water from the drinking fountain in the middle of Buxton!

[sdkrc]

This 5 series has driven through 8-10 inches of water and has broken down.

He's just caused £3k+ of damage by trying to shave 30seconds off his journey. There's a Vectra just out of shot which did the exact same thing before this guy and was broken down, bonnet up. Surely that's enough warning not to do this.

Struggling to see why basics like not driving through floods isn't in the driving test. 

[Split_Pin]

That was some rain that. My kitchen got soaked because the rain bounced back up off the window sill and through the window, which was merely ajar for a bit of air!

[captain_70s]

20 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

Surely that's enough warning not to do this.

Struggling to see why basics like not driving through floods isn't in the driving test. 

People are stupid. You could cover it in the test and have huge flashing signs up and people would still flood their cars.

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

That was some rain that. My kitchen got soaked because the rain bounced back up off the window sill and through the window, which was merely ajar for a bit of air!

Aye, the area around my living room window was flooded by similar means, along with being covered in flecks of dirt that'd been smacked off the windowsill outside.

[cort1977]

34 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

People are stupid. You could cover it in the test and have huge flashing signs up and people would still flood their cars.

Yep.  In Houston flooding like that is routine and so is people driving in to it and wrecking their cars.  Despite growing up there.  And it happening three or four times a year.  And flashing signs, depth gauges, etc. etc.  It's incredible.

[beko1987]

I remember racing through flooding roads to get Eva years ago in the XM from amys mums before it was cut off. It got a bit deep at one point so I flicked the suspension into high and bounced through it (zero damping on high, or brakes but tbh I was going so slow I didn't need those). 

Had to come back a different way though

[sierraman]

Why are there so many fucking options these days... whenever you go somewhere it’s a hundred fucking point questionnaire. I just wanted some southern fried chicken legs with some chips. 

[reb]

The landlord for my unit just texted saying they've been in to clean the internal guttering, which is fine I suppose but I had asked if he could wait until I'd tidied the place up a bit so access would be easier but oh well.

The grump though is they've somehow managed to break the lock, which means they've replaced it and I need a new key. He's going to post it rather than drop it off with me or have me pick it up for some reason. So that's me not able to go to the unit for the next few days. Bums.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

42 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Why are there so many fucking options these days... whenever you go somewhere it’s a hundred fucking point questionnaire. I just wanted some southern fried chicken legs with some chips. 

The agony of choice 

[Alan_Green]

2 hours ago, sdkrc said:

This 5 series has driven through 8-10 inches of water and has broken down.

He's just caused £3k+ of damage by trying to shave 30seconds off his journey. There's a Vectra just out of shot which did the exact same thing before this guy and was broken down, bonnet up. Surely that's enough warning not to do this.

Struggling to see why basics like not driving through floods isn't in the driving test. 

The whispering tunnel.  Stand with your back against one archway wall and project your voice at the other arch for a weird sound effect.  #Dennistoun-nostalgia.

[cobblers]

Finally got "picked" as a preferred applicant on a house we want to rent (4th or 5th try, each time there were 10+ applicants for the property!) and we find out that in 6 months the landlord wants to take the entire garden back and build another house on it. It's hardly a large plot to start with. FFS. Back to rightmove!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, sdkrc said:

This 5 series has driven through 8-10 inches of water and has broken down.

He's just caused £3k+ of damage by trying to shave 30seconds off his journey......

...Struggling to see why basics like not driving through floods isn't in the driving test. 

That sense of smug that oleopneumatic Citroën owners get when confronted with a dip.

[New POD]

17 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Finally got "picked" as a preferred applicant on a house we want to rent (4th or 5th try, each time there were 10+ applicants for the property!) and we find out that in 6 months the landlord wants to take the entire garden back and build another house on it. It's hardly a large plot to start with. FFS. Back to rightmove!

Has he got planning permission yet? Object.