The grumpy thread

[junkyarddog]

Gave fat brother in law a loan of the Focus as his van failed it's test (surprise surprise)only to receive a call from sister(Not directly)that the fuel light had come on.

FFS,the self entitlement of some people is just mind boggling. 

🙄

[Tenmil Socket]

3 hours ago, cobblers said:

HAPPY MONDAY MORNING EVERYONE

 

At least the tyre was 90% dead anyway, I suppose.

At least it's due replacement anyway... I'd be more gutted if it was a newish tyre as that looks on the verge of unrepairable?

[cobblers]

Oh yeah it was 90% dead anyway, but 90% dead rainsports are loads better than the 90% new mixed bag of tyres named after characters from Aesop's fables I have on my other wheels

 

[sierraman]

3 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Gave fat brother in law a loan of the Focus as his van failed it's test (surprise surprise)only to receive a call from sister(Not directly)that the fuel light had come on.

FFS,the self entitlement of some people is just mind boggling. 

🙄

Bet it comes back with the fuel light on as well. 

[junkyarddog]

4 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Bet it comes back with the fuel light on as well. 

It always has in the past,well almost so that how he got it this time 🙄

Although he has fitted a new battery to the key fob today so it now works again,so not all bad.

[Ghosty]

McDonald's have confirmed the breakfast bagel isn't coming back. 

It's the only good thing they sold...

[cobblers]

I used to love a mcmuffin, but something has happened with the eggs over this past 3 or 4 years to make them fucking awful and sulphurous 

[cobblers]

3 hours ago, cobblers said:

Oh yeah it was 90% dead anyway, but 90% dead rainsports are loads better than the 90% new mixed bag of tyres named after characters from Aesop's fables I have on my other wheels

 

I was sort of joking but I have just driven around the block and I can now light the front wheels up in third gear, in a van.

[Remspoor]

6 hours ago, sierraman said:

Is drink driving a big problem in Spain?

It seems it. But The GC only do spot checks. They never follow a vehicle and pull them over. There is a phone app and you can join WhatsApp groups which inform you of spot checks. That means that spot checks are not perhaps the best way to combat this.

The use of mobile phones and the non use of seat belts is also an issue that I can see. So must other drivers.

[Popsicle]

3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

McDonald's have confirmed the breakfast bagel isn't coming back. 

It's the only good thing they sold...

I always presumed only Mrs Popsicle liked them - sounds nasty but I'm glad their not coming back because we always got parked up at the drive thru's as they had to make one up for her - hence why thinking only she liked them!

[twosmoke300]

7 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Gave fat brother in law a loan of the Focus as his van failed it's test (surprise surprise)only to receive a call from sister(Not directly)that the fuel light had come on.

FFS,the self entitlement of some people is just mind boggling. 

🙄

 Get that sort of shit with my loan car .

[Zelandeth]

Literally just had to interrupt a drug deal in progress - to get into my driveway.

Don't we live in a lovely place...

*Bashes head against wall repeatedly*

[Agila]

8 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Gave fat brother in law a loan of the Focus as his van failed it's test (surprise surprise)only to receive a call from sister(Not directly)that the fuel light had come on.

FFS,the self entitlement of some people is just mind boggling. 

🙄

I'd politely tell him to bring it back.

Open the door, take the keys out, hold door open so they can get out. Close the door, lock it. Go back inside your house, say nothing.

Leave the prick on your drive.

[dozeydustman]

4 hours ago, Ghosty said:

McDonald's have confirmed the breakfast bagel isn't coming back. 

It's the only good thing they sold...

Nothing from the golden arches is worth consuming.

[EML]

23 hours ago, EML said:

Some bollocks has decided my 406 didn't need its drivers side mirror and kicked it off this afternoon. 😠

The drivers side was parked close to the fence on the land next to my house.

Had a better look in daylight, foot prints on the bonnet, windscreen , roof and hand prints on the rear window,  Oh how i didn't laugh.

Soon be on tic-twat today no doubt for a few likes. But Tesco has gorrila gaffer tape at half price with the clubcard. Tape up the mirror like Jack Duckworths glasses, and the rest go on the 406 bully if i catch them

 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Nothing from the golden arches is worth consuming.

When gigging in the '90s, I'd get outvoted in some towns and McGonads was their choice. If you order a plain burger it's cooked to order and just about edible

[reb]

26 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

 If you order a plain burger it's cooked to order and just about edible

Everything is made to order these days, the meat is batch cooked and stored in heated holding units. Same with the monarch of burgers. The only chain burger place that makes a good burger is Five Guys.

[High Jetter]

There is a 2/3 outlet local chain here which does cook to order, it's pretty good.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 18/01/2022 at 17:38, hairnet said:

apparently not

id asked them seeing as they have mobile number and they rang me to leave a 'please ring us' message why they didnt just say what they wanted to change - as what they were talking about wasnt medically senstive

they said they dont do it like that

letters it is - its soo 1923

which is a shame as it shouldnt be any type of hassle

 

can't becos GDPR- someone else might listen to a message not intended for public knowledge

[somewhatfoolish]

I'd say it's reasonable to assume a mobile phone is private, in any case there's nothing medically or personally sensitive about the time of an appointment being changed. The overreach some apply to GDPR is ridiculous.

[robinmasters]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

...McGonads...cooked to order...

Worst thing they've ever done. The cheese doesn't melt! 

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

When gigging in the '90s, I'd get outvoted in some towns and McGonads was their choice. If you order a plain burger it's cooked to order and just about edible

I’m sure there’s a secret ingredient. Some people are practically addicted to McDs. They queue for ages at the drive thru and act like it’s the Holy Grail. It’s a soggy bun and some cheap mince FFS!

[High Jetter]

22 minutes ago, robinmasters said:

Worst thing they've ever done. The cheese doesn't melt! 

That ain't cheese.

[Out Run]

2 hours ago, reb said:

Everything is made to order these days, the meat is batch cooked and stored in heated holding units. Same with the monarch of burgers. The only chain burger place that makes a good burger is Five Guys.

'Not a freezer in the joint'

[Noel Tidybeard]

45 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

I'd say it's reasonable to assume a mobile phone is private, in any case there's nothing medically or personally sensitive about the time of an appointment being changed. The overreach some apply to GDPR is ridiculous.

depends if appt is for clap-clinic!🤣

[sierraman]

7 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’m sure there’s a secret ingredient. Some people are practically addicted to McDs. They queue for ages at the drive thru and act like it’s the Holy Grail. It’s a soggy bun and some cheap mince FFS!

There’s a guy I work with has them every day. Apart from the cholesterol it must be racking up it must cost him £30 for dinners alone per week. 

[New POD]

13 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

 Get that sort of shit with my loan car .

I had a courtesy car a couple of weeks before Christmas. It had enough diesel to get to work. 40 miles. So I put enough diesel in it for the 2 days id been promised (I estimated 40 mpg x 40 miles x4 = 4 gallons. So I put in 20 litres. 

It was more economical than my estimate, I had it 3 days, and handed it in with enough diesel to do 100 miles.  Because that's how it works. 

The Next bastard that has it will do 80 miles and hand it back with the fuel warning light on. Having saved 8 quid. 

[chadders]

So you put in enough to last 2 days by your estimate and you got 3 days out of it at no additional cost.

I hope that your estimations of your morning cereal allocations are more accurate otherwise you might find yourself hungry and have to eat some of the cakes that a kind person has put by the coffee machine.

[Amishtat]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’m sure there’s a secret ingredient. Some people are practically addicted to McDs. They queue for ages at the drive thru and act like it’s the Holy Grail. It’s a soggy bun and some cheap mince FFS!

When the one at Boreham services off the A12 reopened in 2020 after the first scamdemic the queue must have been nearly half a mile long with bonus fat lazy coppers to keep order/queue jump. I didn't know whether to laugh or despair (more than usual) at the state of 21st century slack-jawed vacant eyed humanity. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’m sure there’s a secret ingredient.

Fiver on it being horse.