The grumpy thread

[Datsuncog]

That doesn't make any sense.

Here, a brown wheelie bin is used for food waste, garden waste and cardboard, which is then collected fortnightly.

The council use it to make compost for parks etc, but a few times a year they bag it up and residents can pick up a few bags for free from the council depot.

Black bin for landfill waste, and a separate kerb collection by a charity group (Bryson House) for glass/ paper/ plastic/ metal recyclables.

[paulplom]

Our grey/black bin is for recycling and the GREEN bin is for general waste.

Make of that what you will.

[barefoot]

11 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Bollocks to Christmas.

I love xmas. We give up drinking each year from September to xmas, which as anyone knows, officially begins on the 1st of December.

(...then we stop again Jan - May. We only really drink over the summer/festival months, but by God, do we make up for lost time!)

[Split_Pin]

I love Christmas too but my wife and I have agreed that the tree and outdoor lights will be the ONLY lights we have on for December 😅

[barefoot]

We do hygge with fairy lights throughout the house & garden all winter long, for 'a feeling of wellness & contentment'.

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Our grey/black bin is for recycling and the GREEN bin is for general waste.

Make of that what you will.

the general waste bins were probably supplied long before the recycling bins. 

[beko1987]

My Green bin is mixed recycling, brown is garden (don't have one of those though) and black general rubbish. 

My mum over the border near MK has green with a blue lid as general waste, dad in South Holland/lincs has bags by the kerb still

My gran in Pboro has green as general waste or something

I ask what bin is what every time I need to use one  Same at the FoD, I see some signs went up recently as all the black bags look the same when your aiming a can at them from a chair 😂

[myglaren]

22 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Contact the press or put it on whatever social media the council uses. They’re all “seen to be green” and don’t like to be shown up for being environmentally irresponsible .

Contact your local Councillor.

My mate was one for years and would have loved to pick such as that up.

[jakebullet]

Dozy hole next door is screeching, when I hear amongst the usual fucks and cunts her shout "You don't fucking start fires in the house! Cunt!".

Great! Perhaps you shouldn't a) leave lighters around and b) supervise what your kids are doing?

One of the kids is exactly like Beavis so not unexpected that he'll start fires if you leave fire about. Previous experiments* have included what happens if you nerf gun the dog in the head from point blank range, and can my brother breathe underwater if I hold him under long enough?

[Pieman]

Let natural selection take its course.  Then kill any survivors.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Dozy hole next door is screeching, when I hear amongst the usual fucks and cunts her shout "You don't fucking start fires in the house! Cunt!".

Great! Perhaps you shouldn't a) leave lighters around and b) supervise what your kids are doing?

One of the kids is exactly like Beavis so not unexpected that he'll start fires if you leave fire about. Previous experiments* have included what happens if you nerf gun the dog in the head from point blank range, and can my brother breathe underwater if I hold him under long enough?

November 5th could be interesting in your street!

[cobblers]

Parking my camper inside nowadays, I realise how much benefit the solar panel gave me, running the wifi, fresh air fan, heater controller etc all the time. 

I bought a CTEK charger thinking that they were a well trusted brand, not likely to go on fire and "by now these smart chargers are OK and not trying to be too smart for absolutely no reason"

Nope, of course not! It will only charge for 20 hours and if your battery isn't full by then it turns off. For absolutely no reason other than to add a nonsense "tick in the features box" to impress nobody. 

What an absolute bag of shit! JUST FUCKING CHARGE THE BATTERY LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO! PUT 3.8A INTO IT TIL IT GETS TO 14.4V! THIS WILL WORK PERFECTLY WITH EVERY CAR BATTERY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD FOR FUCKS SAKE!! AAARGH!!

[High Jetter]

Maybe find a shit hot electronics guy? Oh, hang on

[Datsuncog]

Bollocks - the new oil boiler fitted back in June now isn't doing much to heat the house.

Working fine until this morning - but now it switches on, runs for two or three minutes, and then flicks itself off again. Then comes back on after ten minutes, and repeats.

Pump seems to be working okay, the outlet pipe gets up to temperature quickly, but the radiators are only mildly tepid at best. Everything looks alright inside the unit casing. Plenty of kero in the tank (and yes I did check again) and a new filter fitted along with everything else. I'm concerned there's a blockage within the house somewhere restricting flow; it's all rubbishy 10mm pipe going through an ancient manifold system.

SOS has been sent to the plumber who fitted it, but it could be a night for huddling under blankets...

[High Jetter]

RM on strike today, am not grumpy about that though. However, why did they turn up to deliver a parcel in the 15 minutes I was out getting dizzle?

[cobblers]

14 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Maybe find a shit hot electronics guy? Oh, hang on

I don't know any of them!

[Talbot]

29 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

oil boiler

Sounds like it's tripping on high burner temperature or high water temperature due to lack of circulation.  Does the system have a header tank?  if so, check there is water in it.  Either that or an airlock somewhere maybe.

[hairnet]

Fuck medical

In the right place to get it fixed 

They've said it's normal so thank fuck for that

[Datsuncog]

29 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Sounds like it's tripping on high burner temperature or high water temperature due to lack of circulation.  Does the system have a header tank?  if so, check there is water in it.  Either that or an airlock somewhere maybe.

Cheers for that - yes, there's a header tank in the system. I've just been up to the attic to check and there is water in it at what appears to be the usual level, with the ballcock valve functioning as normal.

The plumber has previously been in and removed a few radiators to make way for the kitchen remodelling, so it's possible that's maybe created an airlock somewhere - just odd that it's taken a couple of weeks for this to manifest.

There was a bit of air in some of the radiators (not much), but they're all bled now and still no difference.

Have messaged the plumber again, so with any luck he can stop off later and take a look...

[Noel Tidybeard]

16 hours ago, cobblers said:

Parking my camper inside nowadays, I realise how much benefit the solar panel gave me, running the wifi, fresh air fan, heater controller etc all the time. 

I bought a CTEK charger thinking that they were a well trusted brand, not likely to go on fire and "by now these smart chargers are OK and not trying to be too smart for absolutely no reason"

Nope, of course not! It will only charge for 20 hours and if your battery isn't full by then it turns off. For absolutely no reason other than to add a nonsense "tick in the features box" to impress nobody. 

What an absolute bag of shit! JUST FUCKING CHARGE THE BATTERY LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO! PUT 3.8A INTO IT TIL IT GETS TO 14.4V! THIS WILL WORK PERFECTLY WITH EVERY CAR BATTERY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD FOR FUCKS SAKE!! AAARGH!!

get an aldi/lidl one or maybe a noco

my aldidl one stays on maintaining said battery

[mitsisigma01]

Trying to buy a mattress , go to a bed shop , fkin expensive, makes you've never heard of, can't find reviews about them , delivery time of minimum 4 weeks ....

Online, scammers ,spammers , wankers, more makes you've never heard of , delivery time 2 days but if it turns out to be shit you've got to pay for returning it . Fk off ...🤯

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Bollocks - the new oil boiler fitted back in June now isn't doing much to heat the house.

Working fine until this morning - but now it switches on, runs for two or three minutes, and then flicks itself off again. Then comes back on after ten minutes, and repeats.

Pump seems to be working okay, the outlet pipe gets up to temperature quickly, but the radiators are only mildly tepid at best. Everything looks alright inside the unit casing. Plenty of kero in the tank (and yes I did check again) and a new filter fitted along with everything else. I'm concerned there's a blockage within the house somewhere restricting flow; it's all rubbishy 10mm pipe going through an ancient manifold system.

SOS has been sent to the plumber who fitted it, but it could be a night for huddling under blankets...

How's your circulating pump? 

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Trying to buy a mattress , go to a bed shop , fkin expensive, makes you've never heard of, can't find reviews about them , delivery time of minimum 4 weeks ....

Online, scammers ,spammers , wankers, more makes you've never heard of , delivery time 2 days but if it turns out to be shit you've got to pay for returning it . Fk off ...🤯

Emma/eve/maureen/ whatever online mattresses are zero risk, buy one, try it for a few months then if you don't like it they collect it and refund FOC.

I have an Eve in my camper van (I got it half price as it was one that someone tried and didn't like so they put a new cover on) and it's pretty nice.

[Sunny Jim]

18 hours ago, cobblers said:

Parking my camper inside nowadays, I realise how much benefit the solar panel gave me, running the wifi, fresh air fan, heater controller etc all the time.

If the solar was up to the job could you not buy the requisite panel(s), put them on the roof of your unit and run a cable down to the charge controller in the van? 🌞

[chodweaver]

Cheers for that - yes, there's a header tank in the system. I've just been up to the attic to check and there is water in it at what appears to be the usual level, with the ballcock valve functioning as normal.
The plumber has previously been in and removed a few radiators to make way for the kitchen remodelling, so it's possible that's maybe created an airlock somewhere - just odd that it's taken a couple of weeks for this to manifest.
There was a bit of air in some of the radiators (not much), but they're all bled now and still no difference.
Have messaged the plumber again, so with any luck he can stop off later and take a look...

Got thermostatic radiator valves? Their favourite trick after a summer of no heating seems to be to seize in the closed position. Unscrew the collar that holds the big plastic top on, and check the tiny pin beneath that can move. Up is open.

Oddly, just had our combi serviced today and airlocks in the radiator circuit plus the fault with the TRVs was stopping half the rads from warming up and the combi to burn for 2minutes, decide it was up to temperature and switch off for 8 minutes. Then repeat.

Good luck!

[Yoss]

3 hours ago, High Jetter said:

RM on strike today, am not grumpy about that though. However, why did they turn up to deliver a parcel in the 15 minutes I was out getting dizzle?

You really were unlucky if the strike is as well supported as our office. Of around 120 staff we only have four strike breakers (we're not allowed to use the scab word!). On most strike days two of them stayed in sorting all day and the other two have been going out just doing special deliveries 

[bunglebus]

"You should scratch the car more often"

Is anyone else getting really pissed off with the latest Tesco ad?

[Noel Tidybeard]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

How's your circulating pump? 

that's a bit of a personal question isn't it?🤣

[artdjones]

3 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

that's a bit of a personal question isn't it?🤣

[Lankytim]

The FIL volunteers at a food bank, going out and collecting donations from supermarkets, usually short dated food or stuff with slightly damaged packaging e.t.c. He takes the donated items to a church that run the food bank and the items are given to hard up people in the community He went to the local Tesco yesterday to make his weekly collection of donated goodies and was told that the stock had already been collected an hour or so prior. Turns out a couple of women posing as the food bank turned up and took the donation before the FIL got there. 

Imagine stealing from a food bank. The mind boggles.