The grumpy thread

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Is that a well known thing in the trade? I own an ex-Chubb Mégane.

Yeah either the old Astra 1.3 diesels or if you’d met your targets the White Megane Estate.

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, sierraman said:

Yeah either the old Astra 1.3 diesels or if you’d met your targets the White Megane Estate.

I'm doing well, then.

[RoverFolkUs]

These fucking headphones

Sony MDR-ZX310 is the model and they are not fit for purpose. 

This is the 8th pair I've had in about 6 years and they've just failed today, bought just over a year ago.

They always fail in exactly the same way. The insulation chafes and the wires become exposed and break. 

When I bought this pair I tried wrapping electrical tape along the flex but one ear has just stopped working and upon removing the tape exactly the same thing has happened. 

It's a real shame because I have found this model is the most comfortable headphones with the best sound quality for the price. I just wish they'd use better quality insulation. 

Grump over, off I go shopping for another pair

[sierraman]

1 minute ago, RoverFolkUs said:

These fucking headphones

Sony MDR-ZX310 is the model and they are not fit for purpose. 

This is the 8th pair I've had in about 6 years and they've just failed today, bought just over a year ago.

They always fail in exactly the same way. The insulation chafes and the wires become exposed and break. 

When I bought this pair I tried wrapping electrical tape along the flex but one ear has just stopped working and upon removing the tape exactly the same thing has happened. 

It's a real shame because I have found this model is the most comfortable headphones with the best sound quality for the price. I just wish they'd use better quality insulation. 

Grump over, off I go shopping for another pair

 

I’ve had a pair of those for a few years and they were fine until the kids stood on them a fortnight ago.

[motorpunk]

7 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I’ve had a pair of those for a few years and they were fine until the kids stood on them a fortnight ago.

I loved mine, until the bastard cat chomped through the wire. 

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I’ve had a pair of those for a few years and they were fine until the kids stood on them a fortnight ago.

I do use them almost everyday to be fair, but still expect them to last longer. Its a real shame because they are really good otherwise. I'll try cutting the flex and reattaching the wires somehow but dont think it'll work

[RoverFolkUs]

Just now, motorpunk said:

I loved mine, until the bastard cat chomped through the wire. 

No animals here (as far as I know) to be eating the cable in my case!

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 hours ago, myglaren said:

Google Maps & Waze.

Went to visit granddaughter and new great-granddaughter in Northallerton yesterday.

Sunday I looked her address up on Google maps (on a laptop).  It struggled to find her address, which admittedly is a bit odd.  Got near enough in the end.

Tried to send it to my phone, which it failed miserably to do.  It sent it to my email though.

When I opened it, it had changed the rout from the one of three it had shown.

Tried Waze and it only wanted to travel by the A19, which I wasn't keen on with it being bank holiday.

Yesterday morning Google managed to send the map to my phone, looked OK.

When it came time to set off, it too had reverted to A19.

I told daughter (she was driving) to ignore it but she would try her phone.  It too insisted on A19, talked her into A1 instead.  GM wanted to transit Darlington town centre when there was a better option by leaving at Leaming Bar.  Daughter cleverly missed the exit and we added another thirty miles to the journey.

Then it announced that we had arrived, at an estate agent in the middle of the high street

I woke up Waze again the took us to the proper destination.

Returning later, Waze would accept no input as the car was moving (sensible if I had been driving) so daughter would return the way we came but thought that she had seen a sign for the A1.  None of us saw that although there was one for the A19 that she wouldn't take, carried on for a further ten miles or so, somewhat lost.

Took another sign for the A19.  All well and good but looking at it later, we passed the original sign for the A19 after adding another 25 miles to the journey.

I think my 20-oddd year old never registered, never updated satnav would have made it with less hassle.

If only it had been in the car.

Google Maps is being a pain for me too. When I was out visiting @Flat4 and @big_al_granvia it took me into some odd places before shutting up and coming back on trying to take me further north back to Largs. 😂

[JMotor]

Google maps has nearly caused a few "nearly flingin the phone tae fuck oot the winda" moments for me as well.

Handy most of the time. But there is always that one time!  

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, JMotor said:

Google maps has nearly caused a few "nearly flingin the phone tae fuck oot the winda" moments for me as well.

Handy most of the time. But there is always that one time!  

I drove round in circles up in Glasgow because there was two streets almost side by side and I wanted the second one but the sat nav kept telling me to go left so I kept going round about three times until it clicked in my head... 🤣

[Zelandeth]

Just checked the tyre pressures on the van.  

The tyres over the course of less than a month have gone from "slightly perished, need to think about changing them this year" to "pretty much buggered."

One shows none, two like this, one worse.

Of course the MOT is on a fortnight too.

Given the weight of the thing definitely will be getting those changed sooner than later.

[Flat4]

6 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Google Maps is being a pain for me too. When I was out visiting @Flat4 and @big_al_granvia it took me into some odd places before shutting up and coming back on trying to take me further north back to Largs. 😂

Oh yeah, no sat nav seems to know that the first street after the old railway bridge, at one end of ours, is a 1 way and always tries to send you down it the wrong way!

[AnnoyingPentium]

8 minutes ago, Flat4 said:

Oh yeah, no sat nav seems to know that the first street after the old railway bridge, at one end of ours, is a 1 way and always tries to send you down it the wrong way!

I'm not saying it was bad, but I had to use my built-in (brain) navigation... I ended up in Harvey Gardens... wherever that is. 🤣

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Just checked the tyre pressures on the van.  

The tyres over the course of less than a month have gone from "slightly perished, need to think about changing them this year" to "pretty much buggered."

One shows none, two like this, one worse.

Of course the MOT is on a fortnight too.

Given the weight of the thing definitely will be getting those changed sooner than later.

What’s the date code? Had to change the 2cv tyres last year because the tread was parting from the side walls, same is happening to the x1/9 as well now.

[Merryck]

In Folkestone there's a road that has two names. One side is Trinity Gardens, and the other is Augusta Gardens. Then there's a crescent just round the corner also called Augusta Gardens.

Whoever did this is a real sadist.

[Ghosty]

I'm having to pull the Equality Act card on my job. I am looking for a better one, mind.

[MikeR]

5 hours ago, JMotor said:

Google maps has nearly caused a few "nearly flingin the phone tae fuck oot the winda" moments for me as well.

Handy most of the time. But there is always that one time!  

I came off the M6 southbound for Leyland last week to avaoid the crashed lorry issue ... saw the signs for the Martin Mere nature reserve ..

yep follow the signs and home I go .... learn a new way home  I thought   .....  5 mins later the signs have gone and I have seen some strange roads and got lost  !!! .. shit

all the google sat nav can say is go back to the M6 ...  so I did ... and the lorry issue was over and the M6 was clear !!

[RoverFolkUs]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Following on from my post in the grumpy thread.. 

I thought I wasn't going to let myself throw away the EIGHTH pair of these fucking things without trying to fix them.

I cut a large section of the flex out to hopefully remove the broken part where ever it was. 

The I separated the red and copper coloured wires and burnt the insulation off them. Joined them together and insulated them

Stiffened the repair* with a plastic drinking straw and wrapped it in tape...

 

And they work! The right ear cuts out every so often until I fiddle with the cable but I rather that than one ear not working at all. 

At least I have a pair of working headphones and not just one ear until I buy some new ones!

 

I've managed to temporarily repair* the headphones which has lowered my level of grumpiness

[Garythesnail]

5 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I've managed to temporarily repair* the headphones which has lowered my level of grumpiness

I've had a pair of sennheiser momentum  for 8 years or so. Mine are 'on ear' and I find comfy but do occasionally check ebay for over the  ear versions with bigger cups and are available used / refurbished for £nottoomuch.

These (and I'm sure there are others) have removable/replacable cable - available cheap on ebay.

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

What’s the date code? Had to change the 2cv tyres last year because the tread was parting from the side walls, same is happening to the x1/9 as well now.

A lot older than I though they were, 2114.  So not really surprising they're starting to fail to be honest.

[RoverFolkUs]

3 minutes ago, Garythesnail said:

I've had a pair of sennheiser momentum  for 8 years or so. Mine are 'on ear' and I find comfy but do occasionally check ebay for over the  ear versions with bigger cups and are available used / refurbished for £nottoomuch.

These (and I'm sure there are others) have removable/replacable cable - available cheap on ebay.

Thank you, they're a good shout, I'll definitely do some more research before buying my next pair 

[Noel Tidybeard]

i was given a pair of Angle & Curve which i find jolly splendid

[Ghosty]

3 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i was given a pair of Angle & Curve which i find jolly splendid

IIRC those were freebies with Orange/EE phones like 10 years ago. They're not much special, but if you like them.... 

Cheap on-ear stuff is hard to find that's worth the money - I'd always go Sennheiser. Koss Porta Pro sound better, but the quality isn't there. 

[Zelandeth]

Insomnia can get in the fscking sea.

[Daviemck2006]

Insomnia can get in the fscking sea.

I agree. And I'm only 200 yards from the fcuking sea!

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[mitsisigma01]

2 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Insomnia can get in the fscking sea.

Me too , been up since 5am yesterday morning 😒

[mitsisigma01]

Hey ho time for work already ....

[puddlethumper]

OMGHGF update. Took my heap classic van to a garage I've had dealings with before and although they are up to their ears, when I suggested that with a bit of space in the yard I could do it with a bit of their knowledge and occasional assistance. This was accepted so yesterday I started getting stuff off it. Today I had to get the exhaust off the fannymould which I thought would be a pain in the arse but after a soak in WD overnight it came off with relative ease and every thing is very reusable. Small win. The engine mount is a pain in the butt to get off but off it bloody well came. Got the head off and could see where it had gone but the head is not looking great. Going to get it to a specialist in Bilston and let them tell me if it's worth getting it skimmed or if it's scrap. It's possible they may even have one although I won't be surprised if they don't. The head gasket on this is 28 years old so I can't complain, much. 

The last head gasket I did was in 1975 on a Moggy Minor which took about ten minutes compared to this, which is a pretty basic engine as well, taking me the best part of a day and a half so far. Going to put a new belt and tensioner on, although it's only 3 years old and done no more than 25 thou. Also, as the water pump is 28 as well, I'll get a new one as I don't want to take everything apart in a year or two if it goes tits. Pictures or it didn't happen I believe is an AS rule.

[grogee]

Restaurants. If you don't have capacity to serve customers, don't seat them. 

Pizza Express, Brum Bullring. Yes I know waste of time but Mrs Grogee said we had to go there. After 15 minutes of being ignored we got up and left. 

Went to Five Guys, where they've completely abandoned all pretence at service - it's all about the food. That burger was divine. Yes I had to stand and wait for "NUMBER NINETY-EIGHT" to be bellowed at me but it was worth it and no pretend bollocks about customer service. 

[Fumbler]