The grumpy thread

[eddyramrod]

I was in our big Tesco yesterday and managed to find some OBF stock.   So I brought home two boxes.  Haven't really got room to store any more.

[loserone]

Love a good own brand frosties panic buy.  You should build an underground bunker for it.

[warch]

Bloody ebay sellers. Ordered a new bottom arm last week for my car's MoT next week. Noted the expected delivery date and the fact that it was marked for dispatch for November 3rd. Had a lot on so only just noticed that the thing hasn't arrived. Used the ebay 'where the fuck is my item request' and got a reply that it is delayed until next Tuesday (the day before my MoT). So presumably the seller hasn't got it in hand, can't get one until later this week, but has still marked it as dispatched to prevent ebay penalising them. 

It is all about honesty really, I don't mind if its a genuine mistake or if there are extenuating circumstances but it's all the bullshit people seem perfectly comfortable with that I find so aggravating. If they had just come clean I could have gone elsewhere and ordered one in plenty of time.   

[Jazoli]

36 minutes ago, warch said:

Bloody ebay sellers. Ordered a new bottom arm last week for my car's MoT next week. Noted the expected delivery date and the fact that it was marked for dispatch for November 3rd. Had a lot on so only just noticed that the thing hasn't arrived. Used the ebay 'where the fuck is my item request' and got a reply that it is delayed until next Tuesday (the day before my MoT). So presumably the seller hasn't got it in hand, can't get one until later this week, but has still marked it as dispatched to prevent ebay penalising them. 

It is all about honesty really, I don't mind if its a genuine mistake or if there are extenuating circumstances but it's all the bullshit people seem perfectly comfortable with that I find so aggravating. If they had just come clean I could have gone elsewhere and ordered one in plenty of time.   

Do you not have a local motor factors? They are usually no more expensive than ebay sellers for decent stuff, it makes no sense ordering something online when you actually need it for a specific date when you can probably pick one up locally same day.

[DavieW]

This woman walked her dog on the road with a very decent pavement right beside her. 

Granted, the road is quiet, but why walk on the road with the traffic coming behind her? Nuts 🙄

[warch]

1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Do you not have a local motor factors? They are usually no more expensive than ebay sellers for decent stuff, it makes no sense ordering something online when you actually need it for a specific date when you can probably pick one up locally same day.

I do, but my preferred factor is a 22 mile round trip from chez warch so I decided to be lazy and get it delivered (or in this case not delivered) to my door. That'll learn me. 

 

[vulgalour]

Why is everything I try and buy at least a 2 hour drive away?  Four hours for the round trip.  I wouldn't mind except for the fact I struggle to find three consecutive hours available, and that usually at this end of the day which is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.  Thankfully when I really come unstuck there's usually someone out there in the void willing and able to help out, I just wish I didn't have to ask.  This country is so tiny, how does it take so long to get anywhere?

[High Jetter]

No local Co-op?

[High Jetter]

Plumber today condemmed the combi boiler in one of the flats I let out. Plus some gas pipe to it is wrong size and must be replaced. Said gas pipe is, of course, under the floorboards.

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Plumber today condemmed the combi boiler in one of the flats I let out. Plus some gas pipe to it is wrong size and must be replaced. Said gas pipe is, of course, under the floorboards.

 

[adw1977]

Why does nobody make built-in vented tumble dryers any more?

Plenty of vented freestanding ones, but I need a built-in type that the cupboard door attaches to and for some reason they are only available as a heat pump dryer which apparently takes 2-3 times as long to dry anything and requires emptying the condensed water out afterwards.  So the vent I have in the wall will be useless.  And the heat pump dryers cost twice as much.

Apparently they use a lot less electricity, but with the typical lifespan of modern appliances I doubt it will pay back within its lifetime. 

[adw1977]

Oh, and people with full beam headlights on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Even in daylight they're pretty dazzling in the rear view mirror. 

[High Jetter]

2 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Oh, and people with full beam headlights on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Even in daylight they're pretty dazzling in the rear view mirror. 

Yup, and if you pause to give way and let them through a gap and they BLIND you by flashing their high beams. Thanks.

[cobblers]

43 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Why does nobody make built-in vented tumble dryers any more?

Plenty of vented freestanding ones, but I need a built-in type that the cupboard door attaches to and for some reason they are only available as a heat pump dryer which apparently takes 2-3 times as long to dry anything and requires emptying the condensed water out afterwards.  So the vent I have in the wall will be useless.  And the heat pump dryers cost twice as much.

Apparently they use a lot less electricity, but with the typical lifespan of modern appliances I doubt it will pay back within its lifetime. 

I might have misread your post and this could be a granny with a gobful of eggs deal, but there are three main types of dryers on the market.

Vented tumble driers - they  continually draw about 2.5 kw, blow hot air into the drum and pump the hot exhaust straight out of the outlet pipe along with all the water out of your clothes. They work, but fucking hell man they are needlessly inefficient. I'm surprised they actually still sell these, they're a total false economy especially nowadays when a KWH of electricity costs £193

Condenser driers use the heat of the outgoing air to warm up the incoming air over a basic pressed metal heat exchanger. The moisture in the outgoing air condenses against the cold metal, and you have to tip a container of water down the sink every 4 or 5 loads. They use roughly half as much power as a vented drier, and the air that comes out of them is pretty dry so you can use them wherever (we have ours under the stairs in a tiny cupboard) the air coming out is hot, but dry. They're pretty much 90% as quick as a vented dryer. The first generation ones were total shite but the technology is very mature now and they work fine providing you take the heat exchanger out into the garden and hose the fluff off it every 9 -18 months (the instructions usually say to do it every load 😄)

Heat pump driers use much more sophisticated technology to suck every bit of heat from the outgoing air, so the air they exhaust is cold - every bit of heat possible is pumped back into the intake. Very energy efficient, but much more expensive to buy, less powerful and quite highly strung. 

I'd wait a few generations before going for a heat pump drier but there is absolutely no good reason for a normal person to go for a vented dryer

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, adw1977 said:

Oh, and people with full beam headlights on ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Even in daylight they're pretty dazzling in the rear view mirror. 

You mean motorcyclists?

[barefoot]

7 hours ago, cobblers said:

... providing you take the heat exchanger out into the garden and hose the fluff off it every 9 -18 months 

I didn't know that.

[andy18s]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

You mean motorcyclists?

So it works then ?!?

[Talbot]

12 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Apparently they use a lot less electricity, but with the typical lifespan of modern appliances I doubt it will pay back within its lifetime.

They don't just use "a lot less", they use "a shittonne less".  A vented dryer might use 4kwh of electricity to do a load of washing.  A condenser (non-vented) might be 2.5kw (and you get to keep the heat in the house).  A heat-pump dryer will use about 1kw for the same load.  At 50p/kwh (which we are fast approaching) that will save £1.50 per load.
A cheap vented dryer is £150.  A cheap heat-pump one is £350.  That works out at 133 loads to break even.  Or roughly a year if you do 2-3 loads a week.

Plus, that 1kw of energy ends up as heat in your house, meaning you need less "other" heating, so you gain benefit from that money spent.  With a vented dryer, you're essentally throwing 2.5kw of heat out of your house, AND having to draw in cold air from outside to make up the difference, so in winter a vented dryer will actively make your house colder.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, andy18s said:

So it works then ?!?

What does? I need to see a motorcycle headlight on full beam to notice it? I can see perfectly well if they use dipped beam. I’d notice hi-vis clothing even more but that’s not cool like black leather.

Its counter productive anyway. It annoys me , so I’m less likely to be nice to them. If they come up behind me with full beam, I reach straight for the fog light. If they’re coming towards me, I have more lights than them.

[adw1977]

13 hours ago, cobblers said:

I'd wait a few generations before going for a heat pump drier

This is the problem.  Right now heat pump dryers are the only built-in dryers available. 

[adw1977]

12 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

You mean motorcyclists?

No, car drivers!  Seems to have become quite common in the last few weeks for some reason.

[cobblers]

3 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

This is the problem.  Right now heat pump dryers are the only built-in dryers available. 

You're right! what the hell?

Fingers crossed you'll save enough on electricity before it corks it. They really are very energy efficient!

[cobblers]

Man, I'm really getting fed up of constantly being bothered by people, it's getting me down, I just want some fucking peace and quiet. It's just none fucking stop, the phone calls and messages just keep coming. Whether it family, work stuff, friends etc, all just constantly bothering me for stuff. I have every distraction completely sets me back from whatever I was trying to get on with, it will take me an hour to get going again, and then the fucking phone goes. If I don't answer it they ring my wife, or the land line, or just turn up and bang on the door.

Now somehow several estate agents have got my phone number and email address from somewhere and are badgering me about my wife's house for sale. It's not even my fucking house, and it's already on the market with a different estate agent! fuck off you vultures!

I'm about 3 phone calls away from throwing my phone in the canal and driving to Dundee in my bare feet. 

 

[Back_For_More]

I'd reply but don't want to be 'on the list' 😉

Camping trip in order this weekend then I think 

Deep breaths fella 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

Man, I'm really getting fed up of constantly being bothered by people, it's getting me down, I just want some fucking peace and quiet. It's just none fucking stop, the phone calls and messages just keep coming. Whether it family, work stuff, friends etc, all just constantly bothering me for stuff. I have every distraction completely sets me back from whatever I was trying to get on with, it will take me an hour to get going again, and then the fucking phone goes. If I don't answer it they ring my wife, or the land line, or just turn up and bang on the door.

Now somehow several estate agents have got my phone number and email address from somewhere and are badgering me about my wife's house for sale. It's not even my fucking house, and it's already on the market with a different estate agent! fuck off you vultures!

I'm about 3 phone calls away from throwing my phone in the canal and driving to Dundee in my bare feet. 

 

Don't forget the Toblerone.

I currently work in a job where I can be interrupted any minute with an asinine and pointless phone call.  I've told my manager that my goal is to 'get the fuck off the phones'.  Fortunately he supports this notion and cogs are turning...

[Back_For_More]

Documenting new App I'm SPOC for after taking over most of the integration management. Late in day saw no costing or impact analysis done etc.... In certain critical 3rd parties. Then found a shit load of bugs.... 

Code Freeze Sunday - dozey arseholes have a patch/fix build OK in SIT. Is it in Prod as of 5pm Friday - of course fucking not! 

Apart from fellow shiter comms for picking up my purchase this phone well be well and truely off in 15mins once though the door. 

Fucked if I'm bailing them out on my weekend 

[fairkens]

I sympathise with the sentiment but I'm afraid I don't speak IT

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Back_For_More said:

Documenting new App I'm SPOC for after taking over most of the integration management. Late in day saw no costing or impact analysis done etc.... In certain critical 3rd parties. Then found a shit load of bugs.... 

Code Freeze Sunday - dozey arseholes have a patch/fix build OK in SIT. Is it in Prod as of 5pm Friday - of course fucking not! 

Apart from fellow shiter comms for picking up my purchase this phone well be well and truely off in 15mins once though the door. 

Fucked if I'm bailing them out on my weekend 

Might as well be in Russian!

[High Jetter]

I reckon the SPOC has been spending time with Hairnet! 🤣

[RoverFolkUs]

Anybody else had "an absolute cunt of a day" ?

Wrong parts, no shows, wrong parts, delayed parts. DID I SAY WRONG PARTS. 

Fecking started at 7am and called it a day just now. Feeling no further forward as something that ought to have been done in two hours max and started first thing is still stuck on the ramp and will be over the weekend because of WRONG PARTS and the most fucking dense parts suppliers. 

At least the customer was understanding and not an asshole which would have topped it off

FFS man 

Small problems, people have had much worse etc but I needed to get that off my chest as I haven't had a day as frustrating as this for ages 

Went through 3 shock absorbers to find the right one... Then once that was fitted, remember the drop link that had to be cut off? Got the new one out and it was FUCKING WRONG 

..and breathe 😬