The grumpy thread

[eddyramrod]

It's definitely complicated!

[Fumbler]

15 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

There are some big ones that I've seen around the yard. The bastards breed quicker than the yard cats can eliminate them. 

The solution is obviously to get more and bigger yard cats.

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, eddyramrod said:

And as if the world wasn't fucked up enough... postie's just brought me a letter from PIP turning me down, again.  I don't know whether to challenge it or not.

Yes definitely challenge it. The citizens advice can normally put you in touch with someone to help filling the forms and there are a few online who can give pointers.

[jakebullet]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Drivers are much more willing to be brazenly dishonest nowadays. Dashcams always useful. 

It was pointing at dashcam that brought £50 offer. Brilliant defence though his car is smashed to fuck so plz point to matching damage on his car. Then  claim that's from parking by Braille last week.

[Dyslexic Viking]

A truck from a scrapyard passed here an hour ago with several moss-grown cars. Could not recognize everyone but the one at the top was a K70 and the rest looked old. So there are probably many parts and possible projects going straight into the crusher.

[grogee]

Yesterday the Grogee clan went to Coventry. Usually, that in itself is reason for grumpiness, but in this instance it was a great visit to the Wave swim centre (highly recommended for shiters with kids).

The reason I'm grumpy is that I went there again today to have a look at a car, and noticed that the A4114 now has a 30 limit. Yesterday I dashed along at 40 as it's been 40 since the beginning of time*. Today I notice it's now 30, with average speed cameras. 

So now I'm in that miserable limbo where you think you might have a ticket coming but it's not certain and how long do I wait until I can stop thinking about it...?

[grogee]

2 hours ago, Stanky said:

Fashionably* late to the party as ever, I've been struck down with the Covid.

Been feeling pretty lousy since Wednesday, off the back of 2 weeks of colds - snot everywhere, coughing up lung butter, the usual sorts of things. Then what I think might be a migraine set in, and wouldn't go. Everything aches, my smell and taste are off, but still work. I've been pouring with sweat at night so finally put 2 and 2 together and did a lateral flow test this morning. The T line showed up within about 45 seconds, never mind 30 minutes.

Well that explains that then. Emailed work to say I'd be WFH for the next week.

Interestingly* taking paracetamol and paramol did absolutely nothing for the migraine and aches. Ibuprofen though is a wonder drug, I feel almost fine if I take 2 tablets twice a day. 

Won't be going anywhere for a little while though. Glad I had my 2 doses of vaccine earlier in the year, its been annoying but nothing more serious than that, mercifully.

@Stanky we had it too, also after double jab. I was crook maybe 3-4 days but Mrs Grogee was struck down about 10 days mainly with fatigue. I lost taste and smell which is common, I think they're back but I still like Kula Shaker so nothing is certain.

I don't really have any advice except rest, and let your sick pay take the strain if that's even possible.

[Stanky]

Cheers, I'm able to work from anywhere with internet so its more of an inconvenience than an actual issue, luckily. I've been Ok with screens today, whereas weds, thurs and fri they made my migraine way worse so I think I'm on the mend now. Just need to stay away from people to stop/limit the spread.

my sense of smell and taste as definitely affected, I have gone right off the taste of beer and some decent wine I had last night tasted like vinegar. That said, the two colds I've had back-to-back have ruined my smell and taste too so its hard to know exactly when the covid started.

Just had to top up on the ibuprofen, my shoulders began to ache again a little while ago so a can of pepsi and two tablets should see me through to bedtime.

I know what you mean about fatigue though, I had to have a sit down and a rest for a bit midway through carving pumpkins with the kids this afternoon!

[twosmoke300]

23 hours ago, SherpaMog said:

He's just driven past a large layby frequently used by vosa or whatever they are called now, I'm pretty sure the tosser works for a mega tosser I unfortunately know.

What the fuck would make you think this is ok?

Chill out ! It’s not like the skips are full or anything 😂😂😂

[puddlethumper]

A couple of weeks ago the centre section of the exhaust, 305 van, decided to part company at the middle box. Cue loud noise and scraping sound. Managed to bodge it together with a sleeve and ordered a middle section. Just spent the best part of four hours sorting it out. I hate doing exhausts and why have two boxes ? About six or seven years ago the back box dis-intergrated and there was no noise difference.

[chris667]

18 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

And as if the world wasn't fucked up enough... postie's just brought me a letter from PIP turning me down, again.  I don't know whether to challenge it or not.

You deserve this money, Eddie. They are claim denying in the hope they won't have to pay. Sickening, really.

[eddyramrod]

Clocks!  Fucking things are fighting me all the way, like every fucking thing else!  I have three battery-operated clocks in my three main downstairs rooms.  Changed the battery in the dining room clock last week, it stopped dead.  Turned the kitchen clock back last night, it still works.  Turned the lounge clock back, it stopped dead.  

[myglaren]

Mine had me all confused - I have one that automatically updates but didn't (sat on a loudspeaker so the magnets must have interfered with it) also a new central heating timer showing the time one hour later - computers too.

Had to look at my watch to be sure what time it wasn't.  The CH programmer has updated automaticalilly.  Wasn't expecting that.

[Bren]

On 10/30/2021 at 1:51 PM, eddyramrod said:

And as if the world wasn't fucked up enough... postie's just brought me a letter from PIP turning me down, again.  I don't know whether to challenge it or not.

Absolutely challenge it.

[155V6]

23 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Chill out ! It’s not like the skips are full or anything 😂😂😂

One is 😉

[DavieW]

Deliveroo riders. No lights, cycle through red lights, ride down one way streets the wrong way, no helmets. Do they not get vetted before they employ them? Also, what is Deliveroos legal position if these riders cause an accident riding dangerously?

[Bren]

31 minutes ago, DavieW said:

Deliveroo riders. No lights, cycle through red lights, ride down one way streets the wrong way, no helmets. Do they not get vetted before they employ them? Also, what is Deliveroos legal position if these riders cause an accident riding dangerously?

Saw one on Edge Lane in Liverpool yesterday. Rode into the rear of a stationary ecosport and broke the light.

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, DavieW said:

what is Deliveroos legal position if these riders cause an accident riding dangerously?

Gig economy innit, they're all self employed so personally liable. Deliveroo/Uber Eats/whoever have no responsibility. If they cause any hassle Deliveroo will dump them like the proverbial bag of potatoes

[Zelandeth]

Fireworks.

It's been like an artillery barrage here since about half five.  Non stop.  Getting more frequent if anything.

Getting seriously sick of it now.

[loserone]

Folk who set off fireworks round here get shot at for disturbing the farm animals

[eddyramrod]

3 minutes ago, loserone said:

Folk who set off fireworks round here get shot at for disturbing the farm animals

Bloody right too!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, DavieW said:

...what is Deliveroo's legal position if these riders cause an accident riding dangerously?

Pontius Pilate springs to mind.

[artdjones]

Why are there so many morons on Facebook. I messaged someone at lunchtime about a generator for sale. He confirms it is. I asked him about starting and running. He says it's perfect. I ask him where he is and get 8 hours of radio silence. The other annoying interaction is with someone who wanted to buy some Punto discs from me. We confirmed arrangements,then nothing for 2 weeks, then he comes back and says a letter with the cash and a postage label are pinned to his noticeboard ready to go. That was on September 23rd and nothing since. 

[grogee]

58 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Fireworks.

It's been like an artillery barrage here since about half five.  Non stop.  Getting more frequent if anything.

Getting seriously sick of it now.

I remember this from living in Portsmouth.

Now I don't live in Portsmouth.

[mintwth]

Aren't modern's great*? Modern's boot latch that won't has made me proper grumpy. 

 

Go out to car, unlock, open boot to put stuff in it, go to shut boot and nope. It's not having any of it. 

Double check nothing is stopping the boot shutting. Nope, that's not it, must be the latch. Of course latch and latch bar bolts are hidden behind trim panels and almost totally inaccessible without dismantling the boot. 

Take the boot apart, check the latch and latch bar haven't worked loose and gone out of adjustment. Strange, everything is tight and turns out there is no adjustment. Check the rubber bump stops aren't stopping the boot closing because they're out of adjustment. Nope no adjustment there either and taking the bump stops off entirely makes no difference at all. 

Manually operate latch? Nope, everything that opens the boot is an electronic microswitch and there appears to be no manual override.

Realise I'm now running very late so tape and zip ties deployed to keep the boot from springing itself open on every bump. Of course, that is only after removing all the remaining boot trim to find something I can actually zip tie onto. 

 

Fixed* right?

Nope. Being a modern car, it's clever and knows the boot latch isn't latched. So it beeps all the time you're driving it to helpfully remind you the boot is open. Except I already know that I can't get the latch to latch as I've just spent ages trying to make the hateful thing behave. 

OK, let's lock it up and leave it in the naughty corner to think about why it should behave. 

Nope. Car detects the boot latch isn't latched so the car alarm starts going almost as soon as you lock it. Bugger. 

Leave it unlocked while we ponder next steps. 

Nope. It's a modern so it locks itself after a few minutes if left unattended with the key out of range. As soon as it locks itself it detects the boot's not latched shut & the car alarm goes off continuously. Poop sticks. 

Decide I've had enough, pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery. Problem solved?

Nope. Can now only lock the driver's door manually, the others have to be locked electronically. Carp. 

Reconnect battery, lock car, alarm goes off instantly because bonnet is open, disconnect battery, shut bonnet.

 

Success* at last, a locked and quiet car that may still have enough battery to start when I get back to it. 

[maxxo]

i am now banned from the local neighbourhood watch facebook group

apparently due to excessive moaning and making everything negative

oh let me tell you, i'm very upset about that

so much so, i'm going to move away to really show them who's boss

[Pieman]

Being constantly made to feel unwelcome in my own home since my sister moved back here several months ago due to selling her flat.  Tonight I got home and was basically told I couldn't even talk to my own parents because she was asleep and my voice is too loud.  She's thirty-fucking-one and yet it's like living with a new baby.

If I complain, the default answer is "well fuck off and live somewhere else then" which I would do if I had any life skills and was able to fend for myself, which I am not because outside of the specialist areas of my work I am borderline retarded.

Take the piss or slag me off if you wish to, I'm used to it.

[High Jetter]

Your home, your rules. She has funds to live elsewhere, surely?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

27 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Being constantly made to feel unwelcome in my own home since my sister moved back here several months ago due to selling her flat.  Tonight I got home and was basically told I couldn't even talk to my own parents because she was asleep and my voice is too loud.  She's thirty-fucking-one and yet it's like living with a new baby.

If I complain, the default answer is "well fuck off and live somewhere else then" which I would do if I had any life skills and was able to fend for myself, which I am not because outside of the specialist areas of my work I am borderline retarded.

Take the piss or slag me off if you wish to, I'm used to it.

Why allow her to live in your home? Sod that. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 hours ago, maxxo said:

i am now banned from the local neighbourhood watch facebook group

apparently due to excessive moaning and making everything negative

oh let me tell you, i'm very upset about that

so much so, i'm going to move away to really show them who's boss

I'm now getting flashbacks to Hot Fuzz