The grumpy thread

[Zelandeth]

Been back in Milton Keynes for about two hours now after a holiday in the US for two weeks.

I am already losing the will to live again and feel like I never left.  Few things highlight how unpleasant a place is than not being there for a while.  Why people just seem to go so far out their way to be assholes here I just don't understand.

[camryv6]

4 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I have a bird stuck in the vacuum cleaner.

Surely she should be using the vacuum cleaner ?

[mitsisigma01]

Are Henry's suitable for DIY enema's 😲😲🤔

[richardmorris]

18 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

Had Covid booster, so 4th dose this morning at 10.15. 

Feel like shite now, actually had T'Rona a couple of months ago, and I feel worse now!

Which one? I had Moderna and have been ill for three weeks.

[hennabm]

I had my 4th one and felt shit afterwards for a couple of days. It was the Moderna.

Having had Covid in August it wasn’t far off being the same all over again. 

[Yoss]

I'm going for my top up jab next Tuesday. I felt fine after the first three so I'm hoping it will be again. Here's hoping. 

[iainrcz]

Windows updated itself and broke my surround sound. Cunt.

Last time it did that it took 3 pissing days to get it working again.

[outlaw118]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Which one? I had Moderna and have been ill for three weeks.

Pfizer this time, can't find my card for the previous ones, seems that the side effects get worse each time!
Arm painful this am, but slept for 10 hours last night, which is unusual - could do with a nap now though!

[Richard_FM]

6 hours ago, outlaw118 said:

Pfizer this time, can't find my card for the previous ones, seems that the side effects get worse each time!
Arm painful this am, but slept for 10 hours last night, which is unusual - could do with a nap now though!

I didn't feel much effected by the first 2 (my wife reckoned I was acting tired though), the 3rd made me tired for a day or so, not good when assembling a wardrobe!

The most recent one just made my arm sore for 2-3 days afterwards.

[Coprolalia]

Our 14 month old has chickenpox. Scream-crying, grizzling and sleep deprivation.

And that's just the wife...

[paulplom]

Puncture in the pug yesterday morning down the fish quay. Jacked it up but the fucker was welded to the drum. I did loosen the wheel nuts and bounced it up a couple of kerbs but it still wouldn't loosen. I had to drive a mile home to get a mash hammer to it. It's fucked the tyre though. The date of the spare is 2011 which is also the age of the car. It didn't look like it's been used though.

Two new ones are cheap enough though. I'll clean and copper grease the hubs when I take the wheels to get the tyres swapped.

[paulplom]

Oh and I stood back on the wheeltrim smashing it. I have three spares in the lockup that my mate the previous owner gave me. It was cheaper to buy four as a set rather than an individual.

It has a headlight bulb out too. I changed it last year and it's a bastard.

[Tickman]

28 minutes ago, paulplom said:

. I'll clean and copper grease the hubs.

It was the spigot that was holding the ones on that I've had a problem with.

I ran the grinder round it to clean it up and it was perfect after that.

[paulplom]

Aye, that's where it was caught. I've got one of those wire brush things for my drill. I'll whip that around when I take the wheels off.

[MikeR]

3 hours ago, paulplom said:

Puncture in the pug yesterday morning down the fish quay. Jacked it up but the fucker was welded to the drum. I did loosen the wheel nuts and bounced it up a couple of kerbs but it still wouldn't loosen. I had to drive a mile home to get a mash hammer to it. It's fucked the tyre though. The date of the spare is 2011 which is also the age of the car. It didn't look like it's been used though.

Two new ones are cheap enough though. I'll clean and copper grease the hubs when I take the wheels to get the tyres swapped.

They do get a bit stuck , normally a good kicking gets them off , as u say , clean and grease up the hub spigot .

How did it handle with a flat on the back ?

Just wondering in case mine has a rear tyre go ..as I am may have to trash a tyre to get to a safe place .

[omegod]

6 hours ago, paulplom said:

Aye, that's where it was caught. I've got one of those wire brush things for my drill. I'll whip that around when I take the wheels off.

Friendly reminder to goggle up,  been there etc..........

[paulplom]

4 hours ago, MikeR said:

They do get a bit stuck , normally a good kicking gets them off , as u say , clean and grease up the hub spigot .

How did it handle with a flat on the back ?

Just wondering in case mine has a rear tyre go ..as I am may have to trash a tyre to get to a safe place .

I didn't hear anything as I had music blasting. I first thought I felt something about four miles previous going around a roundabout. I then got to the fish quay went round a corner and felt something again. I pulled over aboht half a mile later to check just in case. In a straight line I couldn't tell.

[MikeR]

I see our council is working to its usual standard with the installation of tactile crossings , shame about the sign posts ..

[Mally]

11 hours ago, paulplom said:

Puncture in the pug yesterday morning down the fish quay. Jacked it up but the fucker was welded to the drum. I did loosen the wheel nuts and bounced it up a couple of kerbs but it still wouldn't loosen. I had to drive a mile home to get a mash hammer to it. It's fucked the tyre though. The date of the spare is 2011 which is also the age of the car. It didn't look like it's been used though.

Two new ones are cheap enough though. I'll clean and copper grease the hubs when I take the wheels to get the tyres swapped.

We have those on the Tranny van. Bit bigger obv.

Been good so far.

[RoverFolkUs]

13 hours ago, paulplom said:

Aye, that's where it was caught. I've got one of those wire brush things for my drill. I'll whip that around when I take the wheels off.

Those things have caused me many minor injuries 😅

[PhilA]

It's 4 degrees out tonight.

Friday it's going to be 30.

 

This weather can get in the bin

[Rustybullethole]

On 10/17/2022 at 8:52 AM, paulplom said:

Aye, that's where it was caught. I've got one of those wire brush things for my drill. I'll whip that around when I take the wheels off.

Ah, a hedgehog making kit.

[wuvvum]

51 minutes ago, PhilA said:

It's 4 degrees out tonight.

Friday it's going to be 30.

 

This weather can get in the bin

Is that normal degrees or American degrees?

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

It's 4 degrees out tonight.

 

just like filton then

 

[hairnet]

medical can fuck right off

looks like ive been blowtorched (midnight run)

while i can move my arm with the dressing on it i cant lift in case it come off

at least its not as sore

this shit shoulda happened at the time not weeks after - they told me its normal

wtf

edit: frustration annoyance emotion

fuck it all

 

[beko1987]

On 16/10/2022 at 15:24, iainrcz said:

Windows updated itself and broke my surround sound. Cunt.

Last time it did that it took 3 pissing days to get it working again.

Just a case of firing up device manager and removing whatever generic rubbish windows update has installed and reinstalling the one that works surely? 

Then untick install optional updates 👍

[PhilA]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Is that normal degrees or American degrees?

Normal degrees. I doubt we'd see 4°F here, that's "hell freezes over" territory.

[Zelandeth]

16 hours ago, Nyphur said:

Must be being cheerful that keeps you going!

I do generally try to stay positive - but everyone needs to vent frustration somewhere - and I kinda thought that was why this thread existed.

C'mon, being in a house which is having the whole roof rebuilt while horribly jetlagged is enough to make anyone grumpy, even before stepping outside!

... Paying for said roofing work isn't exactly fun either.

[iainrcz]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Just a case of firing up device manager and removing whatever generic rubbish windows update has installed and reinstalling the one that works surely? 

Then untick install optional updates 👍

It's working again.

It's an old 5.1 Sony theatre kit connected via spdif. Took ages to find a driver that would make it work properly.

[beko1987]

31 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

I do generally try to stay positive - but everyone needs to vent frustration somewhere - and I kinda thought that was why this thread existed.

C'mon, being in a house which is having the whole roof rebuilt while horribly jetlagged is enough to make anyone grumpy, even before stepping outside!

... Paying for said roofing work isn't exactly fun either.

Go park the camper at the FoD and have a quiet lay down?