The grumpy thread

[paulplom]

Faulty battery or do you reckon you have a drain?

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

 

Have you tried this stuff ?

Seems to work for me , sounds like Rice Crispies in yer ears !!

No but that's the sort of thing I need to keep it maintained! 

I went, I paid my £75 and can hear again! Might see how much specsavers charge next time, but equally if I don't just leave it until I wake up one morning and they've clogged it might not have to happen for a while

[carburettor]

On 1/22/2022 at 11:50 PM, High Jetter said:

3 dr Tina = Crappi?

Oh yeah, 🤭👴it was a base model 1.3 *2* door 😂

[mintwth]

7 hours ago, sierraman said:

I thought this would be something you’d have resolved on the NHS?

Not anymore. Having wax taken out of your ears so you can actually hear is apparently now a lifestyle choice, so not available on the NHS. 

All the NHS will do now is to tell you to put a couple of drops of olive oil in the affected ear daily until it sorts itself out. If you want it sorted faster then you'll have to pay someone to vac it out. 

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

No but that's the sort of thing I need to keep it maintained!

Be careful of using anything hydroxide/peroxide based long term, it can dry out the skin in your ear to the extent it can damage it and also the eardrum. For long term maintenance you're best off using the few drops of olive oil (the worst it'll do is give you really well moisturised ears). 

[somewhatfoolish]

Because I wear ear defenders a lot(my workplace is an engine room) I get a lot of wax build up; I find that taking really hot showers(as hot as you can bear) and directing the water into the ears repeatedly helps to mobilise it and it mostly comes out on its own. Not an instant fix(one time I was partially deaf in the right ear for a fortnight until a pea sized lump of wax fell out) so don't give up if it doesn't work straight away. It beats having to pay someone to sort it or squirting peroxide in my ears anyway.

[Popsicle]

Years ago after getting sick of having my ears syringed twice a year I went for the natural Hopi ear candle treatment, very straight forward, lie on your side, fit bird rams a candle type thing in your ear and sets it alight. Ten minutes later its supposed to vacuum all the crap out your ear through the hollow centre of the candle. I don't think it worked, it never seemed too, but my mind was on other things as all I could see was the ample cleavage of the young lass stood in front of me gentle sliding a beeswax lubed candle in and out of my ear. The image has been stored in the wank-bank every since 😂.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, mintwth said:

Not anymore. Having wax taken out of your ears so you can actually hear is apparently now a lifestyle choice, so not available on the NHS. 

All the NHS will do now is to tell you to put a couple of drops of olive oil in the affected ear daily until it sorts itself out. If you want it sorted faster then you'll have to pay someone to vac it out. 

Be careful of using anything hydroxide/peroxide based long term, it can dry out the skin in your ear to the extent it can damage it and also the eardrum. For long term maintenance you're best off using the few drops of olive oil (the worst it'll do is give you really well moisturised ears). 

Olive oil is where I'll go, I got a dropper from boots and tried it a fair while ago, will keep doing that every so often! 

I tried the shower trick too, didn't work but again, as a regular wash it will help

[captain_70s]

I too suffer from the occasional deafness brought on be excess ear wax. Slightly improved since I don't have to wear ear plugs every day now.

Never had any luck with the ear drops/olive oil, they just seem to soften it enough that it completely blocks my ear but never enough to actually shift it. Hot water down the lug hole has a similar effect.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Eh!?

[Bren]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

Faulty battery or do you reckon you have a drain?

Battery is bad - the lower the temp the more it struggles.

[Mally]

2 hours ago, mintwth said:

 

Be careful of using anything hydroxide/peroxide based long term, it can dry out the skin in your ear to the extent it can damage it and also the eardrum. For long term maintenance you're best off using the few drops of olive oil (the worst it'll do is give you really well moisturised ears). 

Olive oil is not recommended if you wear an hearing aid, can gum it up or something.

I use Sodium  bicarbonate. You have to use the drops for several days before they work, so I never*  press it down a bit with my ear lobe.

I too can get syringed on the NHS at times, but depends who you see. 

[Agila]

22 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Eh!?

"THEY ARE SAYING USE OLIVE OIL"

[Quintus]

I've had issues with wax buildup on one occasion before and and ended up using a company called Interhearing.  Reasonable value as they charged £65 for both ears. Only drawback is they don't have the national coverage that other companies have.

https://interhearing.com/quick-earwax-removal-2/

[Metal Guru]

Got stuck in a long line of traffic on a fast A road with good straights and no cameras . Traffic bunched up as no one would overtake and refused to leave spaces for others to do so. 10th in the queue was too much for one pass even for a Subaru.

What really annoyed me was cars further up the queue included an RS4 and a 350Z, trundling behind a bus at 40mph.

[Lankytim]

I once had bad ear ache so i asked the wife to heat some olive oil up a little on a teaspoon and pour it into my lughole, Without thinking she warmed it up briefly on the hob and poured it in. I think they heard the screams 20 miles away.

[Dyslexic Viking]

I have eye problems with screen use now this came pretty quickly. This is annoying and especially when it is winter. This also happened 4 years ago where I needed new glasses something I do not want now as I am tight, and do not want Covid.

[cobblers]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

I once had bad ear ache so i asked the wife to heat some olive oil up a little on a teaspoon and pour it into my lughole, Without thinking she warmed it up briefly on the hob and poured it in. I think they heard the screams 20 miles away.

After having a welding spark land in my ear when I was wedged under an MX5 in the rain at the side of a busy road, you have all my sympathy

[grogee]

Arrrgghh both the ear stories made me wince!

Had a welding spark go in my shoe, that was bad enough. Was dancing like ol' Jacko

[chodweaver]

I once had bad ear ache so i asked the wife to heat some olive oil up a little on a teaspoon and pour it into my lughole, Without thinking she warmed it up briefly on the hob and poured it in. I think they heard the screams 20 miles away.

That was you?!?

[mitsisigma01]

On 1/25/2022 at 7:26 PM, mintwth said:

For long term maintenance you're best off using the few drops of olive oil (the worst it'll do is give you really well moisturised ears

And it will make your earwax nuggets taste more Mediterranean , maybe add to a salad instead of croutons 😬😀

[mintwth]

27 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

And it will make your earwax nuggets taste more Mediterranean , maybe add to a salad instead of croutons 😬😀

Add some vinegar for an earily good salad dressing 😉

[mitsisigma01]

Not forgetting to replace the tagliatelle with some tapeworms , visually similar , different texture 🤢

[AnnoyingPentium]

I was in a fair stinker of a mood until (see the bottom of this)

Was meant to be going out for a coffee with a lassie I haven't seen in ages but she's had to cancel due to being not well. I was a wee bit sad about that like.

Oh plus the small Mercedes van in front of me that floored it on the only good straight bit of road, you can ram it.

Oh and that Golf up my backside, didn't like it when I tapped the brake, did you?

Edit - I didn't slow the car down when tapping the brakes. I know how to press it to bring on the lights and no more. I ensured there was nothing behind the Golf too.

Good news - off uni tomorrow!!

[Dick Longbridge]

Annnnd just tested positive for 19covids. 

It's absolutely everywhere in the primary where I teach so it was inevitable eventually. Symptoms so far include mild aches and pains, nose like a tap, headache and just generally feeling rough. I'm surprised it's taken this long really. Damn frustrating though. 

Edit: Feeling rougher than a badger's arse right now.

[Crackers]

I'm a bit worried that the MX-5 is going to turn into one of "those" cars. Just after christmas it was treated to various brake components. Last week, 4 new Rainsports to the tune of £360 as the rears were illegal and the fronts were legal but lethal. The same day the tyres went on, the electric aerial broke. Today I replaced it with a fixed stubby aerial, then drove to the shops. When I got home and swung into my parking space, there was a new, pronounced creak from something up front. 

I'll be gutted if it decides to fight me every step of the way. I've been trying to save up some coin to sort the P6 out this spring  

[mitsisigma01]

I'll take it away for £50 for you 😬

[Wack]

DPD fucking arseholes have broken an amplifier I sent with them 

It was packed using high density foam on all sides , weighed 11kg , they've smashed the plug into the cooling fins bending them and dislodged the transformer inside 

Some cunt must've dropped it , only the guy I sold it to has disposed of the packaging so they won't even entertain a claim for damage even though it's fucking obvious they broke it 

Fucking cuntbag arseholes , do they only employ twats who break stuff because they can , in 45 years at work in some really shit jobs I've always done my best 

 

[Spiny Norman]

I won't buy from someone who's going to use DPD, Hermes or Yodel as 'logistic solutions providers'. I'll take my chances with RM any day over these chimps.

[Agila]

Confession time.

When I was one of those twats, I tripped and fell in the back of a 7.5t truck and stuck a size 10 through this geezer's box. 

The look on the guy's face when he answered the door and looked at the package, he kept looking at me, looking at the box, back at me, back at the box etc.

I panicked and lied "it was like that when I got it mate, sorry".

I feel better for sharing 16 years later. I might* have even laughed when I got back in the van.

#sorry,not really.

Shit story from your end though. Crap if you miss out on dosh caused by muppets.

[Bren]

Since covid my breathing has been bad - I feel like collapsing climbing the stairs. Went to the walk in centre - diagnosed with sinusitis and a chest infection. Given antibiotics and steroids.

Feeling very low.