The grumpy thread

[taxi paul]

A year ago our little shitzu doggie,  aged around ten . Eat some chicken bones my grandson gave it. Next day poorly sick and couldn't move. Off to the vets with my non insured doggie. Vet wanted £2,400 just to make a start. With no guarantees of any remote succes. So doggie was put down for £179.00 . We haven't got another and won't be getting one. I know people who spend hundreds a month for their ailing dogs . Fair play to them but  not for me. Although on our estate it's compulsory when getting a dog to spend at least £2,599 on some sausage dog or other fur ball with legs. Then parade round the school gates with the bleeding thing. Dont take it for a walk any other time obviously.  Just to school so other people can see how much richer than them you are. Or just highlight that you're fella has a questionable occupation involving class A substances. Also Facebook posts of your  massive Xmas tree. With a million lights. Dont see posts of the old mattress and other shite in the front garden though hey Sandra. 

[Neil clark]

21 hours ago, cort16 said:

My 7 series failed it's MOT on a rear shock absorber.. You can't get them after market, price from BMW £812.

There are lots of second hand ones on ebay for about £180 BUT they're all for the right hand side of the car and I need it for the left. They are of courses sided.

I've found a new one  in Lithuinia for £575 or there's a guy in Derby selling both for shock for £300 but it's on Friggin Facebook market place. I don't want to drive to Derby.

That's the risks with running ageing mega barges I suppose but it friggin stings.

Where in derby is he? I'm in derby and know a few people that break cars

[Pieman]

50 minutes ago, taxi paul said:

A year ago our little shitzu doggie,  aged around ten . Eat some chicken bones my grandson gave it. Next day poorly sick and couldn't move. Off to the vets with my non insured doggie. Vet wanted £2,400 just to make a start. With no guarantees of any remote succes. So doggie was put down for £179.00 . We haven't got another and won't be getting one. I know people who spend hundreds a month for their ailing dogs . Fair play to them but  not for me. Although on our estate it's compulsory when getting a dog to spend at least £2,599 on some sausage dog or other fur ball with legs. Then parade round the school gates with the bleeding thing. Dont take it for a walk any other time obviously.  Just to school so other people can see how much richer than them you are. Or just highlight that you're fella has a questionable occupation involving class A substances. Also Facebook posts of your  massive Xmas tree. With a million lights. Dont see posts of the old mattress and other shite in the front garden though hey Sandra. 

I hope your grandson realises what he did there.  And it's nice to see someone with a similar view of humankind to me! 😝

[cort16]

16 minutes ago, Neil clark said:

Where in derby is he? I'm in derby and know a few people that break cars

It doesn't say. This is what's on the facebook advert.

 

[myglaren]

Went to Lidl for some odds and ends, wish I hadn't now.  Tyre exploded on the sliproad just outside, had to change the wheel with traffic flying past at 70mph.

Then had to drive it home, very slowly. broken spring rubbing on the tyre.

So that is two tyres and a spring on Monday - need to angry-grinder the spring so I can drive it to the workshop.  They are closed at weekends.

 

Got home, putting shopping away, four pack of yoghurt, snapped in the middle and dropped to the floor, splattering yoghurt all over the floor.

A proper snappy day.

[High Jetter]

With the way your luck's running I'd avoid an angry grinder this weekend!

[myglaren]

Have a door to fit today so that can wait until tomorrow.  Then it will snow, I expect.

[Neil clark]

23 hours ago, cort16 said:

It doesn't say. This is what's on the facebook advert.

 

Ask them but my gut feeling is Normanton.......

[Zelandeth]

This is all we've been hearing for hours on end every night for the last week.

Exact volume varies from minute to minute depending on exactly what the wind is doing.  Louder than the camera makes it sound.

Loud enough that it keeps setting the dogs off.

The really annoying part?

The car park they're doing this in is about 500 metres from the Central Milton Keynes Police Station.  They can SEE it from their main entrance.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Zelandeth
Fighting with this stupid editor...

[LightBulbFun]

at the risk of making you even grumpier Sorry! it seems the editor/forum software has eaten the video file im getting a sorry could not find the file error

2 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

The car park they're doing this in is about 500 metres from the Central Milton Keynes Police Station.  They can SEE it from their main entrance.

can you go over there and politely of course, ask someone at the station why they are not doing anything about it?

[Zelandeth]

4 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

at the risk of making you even grumpier Sorry! it seems the editor/forum software has eaten the video file im getting a sorry could not find the file error

can you go over there and politely of course, ask someone at the station why they are not doing anything about it?

The editor was being an absolute bastard while I was trying to post it, so not surprised.  Try it now?

Last time we spoke to them about it, as an aside when I was also reporting a hit and run, the response I got was "It's the weekend, what do you expect?"

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Video working for me.  I'm sure reports of hearing suspected gunshots wouldn't rouse the Police into a bit of action...

[grogee]

For Mrs Grogee's works doo, we stayed in a Best Western which has a Marco Pierre White restaurant in it. 

Went down for breakfast this morning. I understand the whole celebrity chef thing, it's a brand, and they milk it. 

But what sort of psychopath would line the walls of his restaurants with black and white pictures ENTIRELY of himself? What a cunt!

 

[hairnet]

laptop is dying so wanna go and get another

have massive CBA so drinking tea and watching hunbut (YEAH hunbut) videos

need some glass fuses but they can wait till in the week

meh

i say again meeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

or is it old age

 

[Saabnut]

13 minutes ago, hairnet said:

or is it old age

 

It's old age! I have it  

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Anti-destination league Sunday drivers* can get in the fucking bin. 😠

[Datsuncog]

What should have been a simple half-hour job to change a set of drop links has now become a two-day fuckabout, with the car currently immobile.

Threads on the lower bolt remained impervious to being doused in penetrating oil, and now the hole for the H5 allen key has rounded off.

Looks like it's gonna be an angle grinder job to cut it off - if only it'd stop raining for long enough...

[Supernaut]

26 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

What should have been a simple half-hour job to change a set of drop links has now become a two-day fuckabout, with the car currently immobile.

Threads on the lower bolt remained impervious to being doused in penetrating oil, and now the hole for the H5 allen key has rounded off.

Looks like it's gonna be an angle grinder job to cut it off - if only it'd stop raining for long enough...

Oh, come on!

Every shiter knows that drop links are always an angle grinder job!

I'd say something about you beating me to that car, but my alternative choice of winter beater now has a strange over cooling problem.

I'm going into the centre of town for some Christmas shopping. That should cheer* me up...

[MikeR]

some time clearing shite in the garage revealed the back wheel bearings on my sons push bike are fubared again ...

funny how some people dont notice flat tyres and a wobbly wheel ????

its a cluster off job so that can wait till the spring .

[chaseracer]

If the Dyane's heading to Hereford for its new engine early in the new year, I really need to break out the sparkly stick and upload laurenceteachdavetoweldwithoutkillinghim.exe to get the door bottoms fixed.  But, somehow, meh...

Not good.

[junkyarddog]

Ambling along today in my Honda, was going to a local car meet,last one of the year.

Driving along at the legal limit,there was a Toyota prius behind me for a few miles,when he decided to overtake me,then immediately slow down so we were actually travelling slower than before he overtook!!!

WTF? 

 

[grogee]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

What should have been a simple half-hour job to change a set of drop links has now become a two-day fuckabout, with the car currently immobile.

Threads on the lower bolt remained impervious to being doused in penetrating oil, and now the hole for the H5 allen key has rounded off.

Looks like it's gonna be an angle grinder job to cut it off - if only it'd stop raining for long enough...

Usually ends up being like this for me, too. You could try heat I suppose. 

[mitsisigma01]

42 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Ambling along today in my Honda, was going to a local car meet,last one of the year.

Driving along at the legal limit,there was a Toyota prius behind me for a few miles,when he decided to overtake me,then immediately slow down so we were actually travelling slower than before he overtook!!!

WTF? 

 

Lucky he went round you , there's a dumb fk Prius driver round here that looks like they drive into and through everything looking at the all round panel damage 

[grogee]

29 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Lucky he went round you , there's a dumb fk Prius driver round here that looks like they drive into and through everything looking at the all round panel damage 

That'll be my Uncle Bruce

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

Ambling along today in my Honda, was going to a local car meet,last one of the year.

Driving along at the legal limit,there was a Toyota prius behind me for a few miles,when he decided to overtake me,then immediately slow down so we were actually travelling slower than before he overtook!!!

WTF? 

 

'The car in front is a Toyota'

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

That'll be my Uncle Bruce

Is your "Uncle Bruce" a cross dresser .... looked like a lady ...but that doesn't mean much nowadays 😯😯

[junkyarddog]

22 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

'The car in front is a Toyota'

It very nearly ended up being behind a Honda again,but I really couldn't be arsed.

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Ambling along today in my Honda, was going to a local car meet,last one of the year.

Driving along at the legal limit,there was a Toyota prius behind me for a few miles,when he decided to overtake me,then immediately slow down so we were actually travelling slower than before he overtook!!!

WTF? 

 

I've lost count of how many times that's happened to me lately around here.  Last time I was driving up to Leicester where our dentist is I overtook/was overtaken by the same Focus EIGHT times.

I had the cruise set at 70 and my speed didn't change once the whole time!

It is absolutely maddening though when someone sits two inches of your rear bumper for miles, finally overtakes you...then proceeds to continue driving 10mph slower than you were going beforehand.

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

It is absolutely maddening though when someone sits two inches of your rear bumper for miles, finally overtakes you...then proceeds to continue driving 10mph slower than you were going beforehand.

1:02 - 1:09... 😉

[MikeR]

6 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Ambling along today in my Honda, was going to a local car meet,last one of the year.

Driving along at the legal limit,there was a Toyota prius behind me for a few miles,when he decided to overtake me,then immediately slow down so we were actually travelling slower than before he overtook!!!

WTF? 

 

get that on the M6 north a lot , they also hog the middle lane , I watch them slowly catch up with me , then I find an excuse to pull out into the middle lane before they go into parrot mode and sit on your back bumper for a few miles when you may  want to move out , seems to piss them off having to share the middle lane ...