The grumpy thread

[sierraman]

Starting to wonder if Royal Mail 48 means 48 days. Ordered something Monday and it’s coming Friday under Rm 48. Where’s the sense in that?

[paulplom]

12 hours ago, grogee said:

Fuck this to the moon and back. I'm going to shame-tweet them, the cheap bastards. 

I remember buying this maybe a year ago from Robert Dyas. Spent time comparing, touching, deciding which one felt the best. No cheap shit for me, I thought, but I was wrong. This was just heavy but also shit. 

That purchase was prompted by Mrs Grogee bringing home some awful Chinese shit from Tesco that looked OK from a distance but simply expired if it even got close to a tin. 

Anyway I know what it'll be now - "where did you get it from, did you keep the receipt?"

NO BECAUSE I'M NOT CERTIFIABLY INSANE

And I just know that some smug twat will be along shortly to tell me to buy a 1970s metal one, which are shit, hard to use and hurt your fingers. 

Buy an identical one but keep the receipt. Wait a couple of weeks then take the broken one back for a refund. Simples.

I used to but various goods as seconds from ebay, buy the same one from argos then re-box the faulty one for a refund. 

The best one was a 2nd hand disney cars portable telly with built in dvd. I paid £30 as the dvd made a screeching noise when it was running. Bought the same one from argos and returned the faulty one for a refund. A brand new telly for the boy for £30. Argos are too soft, they never question anything.

[myglaren]

Magican tin openers are good, for a while.  Work well and usually last me about three years.

When the last one broke I bought a thing from AldiLidlB&M that looks like a medieval torture instrument.  Works well, baffles the grandkids.

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 hours ago, MrBiscuits said:

I can't use others like your red one because of left handedness.

[grogee]

5 hours ago, MrBiscuits said:

One of these is all the can opener you'll ever need:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Culinare-MagiCan-Opener-Plastic-White/dp/B071VJD27T/ref=asc_df_B071VJD27T/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=205185882402&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1727510733464956396&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006996&hvtargid=pla-420088569813&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

I can't use others like your red one because of left handedness. Turning anti clockwise seems to bugger them on the second or third go.

Kev I think we had one like that but Mrs Grogee chucked it out when she brought home her Tesco abomination. 

I'm leaning towards Brabantia - metal turny bit welded to business end

[Crackers]

The replies above have made me realised I own not one but two can openers, and have never opened a can with either of them.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

57 minutes ago, Crackers said:

The replies above have made me realised I own not one but two can openers, and have never opened a can with either of them.

You prefer a chisel, I'm guessing.  The can opener was invented long after the can was...

[Crackers]

13 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

You prefer a chisel, I'm guessing.  The can opener was invented long after the can was...

No, I just prefer food that doesn't come in cans.

[High Jetter]

44 minutes ago, Crackers said:

No, I just prefer food that doesn't come in cans.

You bake your own beans then? That and Heinz tomato soup are about all the tinned stuff we have, and they have ring-pulls now. Still have 2 can openers in the drawer though...

[Crackers]

9 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

You bake your own beans then? That and Heinz tomato soup are about all the tinned stuff we have, and they have ring-pulls now. Still have 2 can openers in the drawer though...

I get those horrible-for-the-environment-plastic-single-use-tub-things they do. But then I've eaten beans once since I moved here in December 2020 so I'm not exactly murdering the environment with plastic bean tubs.

Edited January 13, 2022 by Crackers
Snap pots. That's the name.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

49 minutes ago, Crackers said:

I get those horrible-for-the-environment-plastic-single-use-tub-things they do. But then I've eaten beans once since I moved here in December 2020 so I'm not exactly murdering the environment with plastic bean tubs.

Tinned vegetable curry with rice is legitimately good.

[Out Run]

7 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

At the Leftorium?

[AnnoyingPentium]

24 minutes ago, Out Run said:

At the Leftorium?

Of course.

[Remspoor]

Ordered some more tea via Amazon. This was packed inside a box used for transport. So they were damaged before sending to me.

Hard to see, but there is tea in the bottom of the larger box.

So I was very very grumpy at first. However, after a session on the chat with a very nice Amazon woman (oh Mrs!) I got a full refund voucher to spend on some more and no need to return these.

I also thought that the plastic wrapping had been removed. The wife found a label on the tea box saying to save the environment they no longer use the plastic wrapping.

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

13 hours ago, sierraman said:

Starting to wonder if Royal Mail 48 means 48 days. Ordered something Monday and it’s coming Friday under Rm 48. Where’s the sense in that?

It's 48 hours they aren't necessarily consecutive.

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

It's 48 hours they aren't necessarily consecutive.

Exactly, could be 24 hours today, and 24 hours in the year 2360 as well. And that's when they'll tell you they've lost yer parcel.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

they'll tell you they've lost yer parcel.

Has you that in riting? I thought 48 was average age of posties. (runs n hides...)

[AnnoyingPentium]

13 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Has you that in riting?

Good point. I have often wondered where my order of two BASF cassettes went...

[Crackers]

17 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Tinned vegetable curry with rice is legitimately good.

I bet it isn't. It hasn't got any meat in it. 

[carburettor]

Salvage Hunters, Drew Prickchard. Someone on here may already have commented, in the past & may even like the obnoxious condescending prick.

He is currently fixing (I know it’s a repeat) Renault 4, I love the car! He is putting Renner 5 Gordini alloy wheels on it.

Then he buys a Jaguar XJS & proceeds to remove the genuine, period* TWR body kit. Admittedly it looks better without, but I find him so irritating, I could cheerfully punch the ginger cunt.

And that prick Brewer, Tadaa!

Never mind, it’s probably just me 🤓

I guess I could simply watch Heartbeat again.

*in more ways than one I guess.

[sierraman]

Really get why garage won’t fit parts from eBay. Everything I’ve ordered for a job has arrived wrong despite clarifying a hundred times what year, spec etc. Absolutely sick and tired of this, it’s not first time either, a few years back struggling with a CV joint, wrong fucking number of splines. Lesson learnt. 

[New POD]

On 13/01/2022 at 07:56, paulplom said:

Buy an identical one but keep the receipt. Wait a couple of weeks then take the broken one back for a refund. Simples.

I used to but various goods as seconds from ebay, buy the same one from argos then re-box the faulty one for a refund. 

The best one was a 2nd hand disney cars portable telly with built in dvd. I paid £30 as the dvd made a screeching noise when it was running. Bought the same one from argos and returned the faulty one for a refund. A brand new telly for the boy for £30. Argos are too soft, they never question anything.

You sound like a criminal. 

Sorry no that's not right.

You are a criminal. 

You may as well go to Tesco and walk over out with a new telly without going to the Till.  

No better than any other shop lifter. 

 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Crackers said:

I bet it isn't. It hasn't got any meat in it. 

At least you won't be wondering what the meat is. 

[captain_70s]

2 minutes ago, New POD said:

You sound like a criminal. 

Sorry no that's not right.

You are a criminal. 

Well duh, he's a plumber. Daylight robbery is his trade.

[Spurious]

The only time I'll go with ebay is if the part number is visible in the photo as is with some parts that have been sitting on a shelf for a while or NOS parts. 

Autodoc I've had good success with as their parts reference system is excellent. 

 

[sierraman]

3 minutes ago, Spurious said:

The only time I'll go with ebay is if the part number is visible in the photo as is with some parts that have been sitting on a shelf for a while or NOS parts. 

Autodoc I've had good success with as their parts reference system is excellent. 

 

Did that. Ordered off the part number on the old one, it had a prefix that was different to the others available but matched the one I’d taken out, arrived and it’s wrong fucking one. I don’t think my mood is helped with having to fuck about with this after work outside in January.

If there were reliable garages nearby I’d wholeheartedly be giving them the job of PITA jobs this time of year. But unfortunately the ones nearby are almost notoriously bad, I’ve a bloke that does the test for me but he’s winding up soon no doubt as he’s in his sixties plus it’s miles from where I live now. Finding a decent garage is difficult it seems these days.

[Crackers]

32 minutes ago, New POD said:

At least you won't be wondering what the meat is. 

True, but you at least stand a chance of actually enjoying the food. 

[Rocket88]

2 hours ago, carburettor said:

Salvage Hunters, Drew Prickchard. Someone on here may already have commented, in the past & may even like the obnoxious condescending prick.

He is currently fixing (I know it’s a repeat) Renault 4, I love the car! He is putting Renner 5 Gordini alloy wheels on it.

Then he buys a Jaguar XJS & proceeds to remove the genuine, period* TWR body kit. Admittedly it looks better without, but I find him so irritating, I could cheerfully punch the ginger cunt.

And that prick Brewer, Tadaa!

Never mind, it’s probably just me 🤓

I guess I could simply watch Heartbeat again.

*in more ways than one I guess.

He’s an insufferable opinionated little twat

[horriblemercedes]

On 1/13/2022 at 7:56 AM, paulplom said:

Buy an identical one but keep the receipt. Wait a couple of weeks then take the broken one back for a refund. Simples.

I used to but various goods as seconds from ebay, buy the same one from argos then re-box the faulty one for a refund. 

The best one was a 2nd hand disney cars portable telly with built in dvd. I paid £30 as the dvd made a screeching noise when it was running. Bought the same one from argos and returned the faulty one for a refund. A brand new telly for the boy for £30. Argos are too soft, they never question anything.

This reads as if you're proud of yourself, not ashamed.

[horriblemercedes]

Just now. Sitting at the dining room table, working at the computer. Cat sitting on the table beside me, ignoring me.

I took my watch off and put it on the table. Cat looked at it, kicked it off the table and turned his head back to look out of the window. All without standing. Just a one leg flick.