The grumpy thread

[sheffcortinacentre]

Have a friend middle aged woman (teaching assistant) lives in a one bed flat, drives a 96 Micra, salt of the earth. Does some cleaning on fiddle.

Not to have a big screen TV , latest iPhone etc but to make ends meet makes me fucking sick,remind me what year is it in a couple of weeks??? Oh yes 1922!

What was she doing at one point during pandemic ??? Delivering food parcels to the "less fortunate" in her car!

She's spending most of Christmas at her mum's as she can't afford heating on in her flat!

Regularly lie to her re cost of work done on her car she's no idea on price etc.

She'd kill me if she knew real cost. Even though it's not much anyway.

But it's worth it to keep this unsung angel mobile.

Merry fucking Christmas Boris enjoy the party!

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, grogee said:

Fucking kids. Mrs Grogee brought these home  on Saturday. 

Is that what kids look like? Think I'll pass

[omegod]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Have a friend middle aged woman (teaching assistant) lives in a one bed flat, drives a 96 Micra, salt of the earth. Does some cleaning on fiddle.

Not to have a big screen TV , latest iPhone etc but to make ends meet makes me fucking sick,remind me what year is it in a couple of weeks??? Oh yes 1922!

What was she doing at one point during pandemic ??? Delivering food parcels to the "less fortunate" in her car!

She's spending most of Christmas at her mum's as she can't afford heating on in her flat!

Regularly lie to her re cost of work done on her car she's no idea on price etc.

She'd kill me if she knew real cost. Even though it's not much anyway.

But it's worth it to keep this unsung angel mobile.

Merry fucking Christmas Boris enjoy the party!

Lovely stuff mate 

[mitsisigma01]

5 hours ago, Wack said:

Supermarket waste 

Went into Sainsbury's , big pile of cabbage reduced to 10p because it had 21st on the plastic bag and the leaves were yellowing 

I worked on markets for 15 years , you'd see the veg traders with a knife cutting the outer leaves off and this is what was underneath , clean and fresh , not in the bin because of a date stamped on a plastic bag 

Join a site called Olio , it is mainly about food waste , end of day ,stuff gets disposed of for free , from mainly Big Tesco's and Tesco express , round here anyway. Someone collects it and posts it on a website , members request and collect ... some in need ,some just saving food waste . Surprisingly horrendous how much food gets wasted every day by even a small Tesco Express . Good for needy people and for those trying to be green and eco-friendly . But mainly good for Tesco because they don't have to pay for rubbish removal as often !!! My partner did the collection from a local shop and had 5 huge bags full of sandwiches, cakes, bread and then asked if there was any fruit and veg ...... 3 whole crates of bananas , still fresh ,never been on show, not bruised ....36 kg of bananas !!!! Pretty much everything was re-distributed by the following day !!! Nationwide site , adjust your settings and have a look . I think Tesco staff ,then food banks get first pick but often plenty of choices

[Datsuncog]

I inadvertently shaved a third of my moustache off, because I was in a rush and didn't notice the plastic length attachment thing had fallen off the clippers.

Evening up the other side to match resulted in a stunning likeness to one of European history's more notable political leaders of the first half of the twentieth century.

So I've had to take the lot off.

There are no pictures, before you ask.

[Wack]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

I inadvertently shaved a third of my moustache off, because I was in a rush and didn't notice the plastic length attachment thing had fallen off the clippers.

Evening up the other side to match resulted in a stunning likeness to one of European history's more notable political leaders of the first half of the twentieth century.

So I've had to take the lot off.

There are no pictures, before you ask.

I did something similar , had to trim a beard into a goatee after the guide fell off and I ended up with a stripe 

[xtriple]

So sorry to hear about your dog.  Horrible.

[Bren]

Just spotted that somebody has hit my car. I suspect this has happened in work - the parking spaces are marked for something the size of a fiat 127.

Not even sure about getting it fixed - I may just trade it in.

My week just gets better.

[mitsisigma01]

@Bren ☹️ show us the damage and when is the roffle starting 😕

Hope your Christmas gets better !

[timolloyd]

Not sure if this is for the grumpy or smile thread.

[chaseracer]

Got PLAGUE.  Arsebiscuits.  This guarantees a quiet Christmas though, so it's an ill wind... 😉

[Mally]

Saab passed MOT last Monday.

Clutch went today!

[chaseracer]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Timewaster]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Got PLAGUE.  Arsebiscuits.  This guarantees a quiet Christmas though, so it's an ill wind... 😉

Oh balls. Hope it isn't severe. 

Not fun. Mine lasted about 4 days but 5 weeks later still not 100%

[Dyslexic Viking]

I slept badly last night, but even worse I dreamed and this is rarely good, from the little I remember it was a diesel Escort van used as a police car and was involved in a car chase and that I thought this is shit for high speed car chases. Woke up quite confused.

[Yoss]

Well that's a proper Autoshite dream. 

[Remspoor]

Top Gear this years Xmas Special. WTF have they done to the BX?

[richardmorris]

30 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Top Gear this years Xmas Special. WTF have they done to the BX?

They didn’t show whatever accident it had to loose the door mirror.

[dozeydustman]

Starting to see signs of dementia in my father in law. He’s becoming more forgetful and increasingly difficult to cater for.

[PhilA]

Seems the green bean casserole had something bad in (checking the FDA website shows numerous recalls of green beans due to listeria) because I just spent the last 3 hours (it's now 6am) cleaning up a scene that looked like The Exorcist.

Thankfully I cannot stand the stuff.

 

Double edged sword

[PhilA]

Counteraction: I'm having breakfast, damn it.

[Crackers]

What's that acrid smell?! 

F M L. 

Not what I needed when I have 55 miles to go home tomorrow. 

[Crackers]

Well, that was a bit of an incident. 

Back at my parents' now, but the car is on the naughty step. OSF brake decided to become a smoke machine in quite a big way - thick, acrid black smoke pouring out the wheel arch. 

Now the smell of burnt friction material is stuck to my jumper and I've got to somehow drive it home tomorrow. 

Arse biscuits. 

[chaseracer]

Big Yellow Taxi...?

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, chaseracer said:

Big Yellow Taxi...?

Or,

Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

[mitsisigma01]

Big hammer for Crackers 😁

 

[Crackers]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Big Yellow Taxi...?

See how far I get, then if it goes all smokescreen on me again, then yes! 

[Fumbler]

14 hours ago, Crackers said:

Well, that was a bit of an incident. 

Back at my parents' now, but the car is on the naughty step. OSF brake decided to become a smoke machine in quite a big way - thick, acrid black smoke pouring out the wheel arch. 

Now the smell of burnt friction material is stuck to my jumper and I've got to somehow drive it home tomorrow. 

Arse biscuits. 

I feel your pain. I was 20 miles into a 180 mile journey when my NSF brake hung up big time, like, couldn't go faster than 40 big time. I must've got used to the smell because the interior stank when I attempted to drive a couple of days later.

 

Also Snapchat FTW.

[Crackers]

6 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

I feel your pain. I was 20 miles into a 180 mile journey when my NSF brake hung up big time, like, couldn't go faster than 40 big time. I must've got used to the smell because the interior stank when I attempted to drive a couple of days later.

 

Also Snapchat FTW.

Yikes. Yeah, the stench hangs around, it's stuck to my jumper so I'm now breathing it full-time. Joy. 

And yes, Chapsnat. 

[Fumbler]

4 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Yikes. Yeah, the stench hangs around, it's stuck to my jumper so I'm now breathing it full-time. Joy. 

And yes, Chapsnat. 

Nothing like the odd whiff of friction material.

With bonus scorched asbestos if it's old enough.