The grumpy thread

[andyberg]

IS IT WAS DEFINITELY FUCKED AND YOU ARE A CAR FIXING GENIUS JON😁😁

[omegod]

4 minutes ago, andyberg said:

IS IT WAS DEFINITELY FUCKED AND YOU ARE A CAR FIXING GENIUS JON😁😁

Awwwww fanks Andy 💋

[eddyramrod]

The old starter was clearly fucked all along.  The new one just needed a wake-up.

[omegod]

Just now, eddyramrod said:

The old starter was clearly fucked all along.  The new one just needed a wake-up.

I knew it 😂 thanks Eddy  

[Stanky]

Better than that - you fixed the original fault, and also identified an additional failure condition and resolved it before it became an issue. Award yourself an extra three hobnobs with your celebratory cup of tea!

[cobblers]

proper first world problem here, last night I treated myself to a reet nice sandwich and a fancy scotch egg from the posh shop near our house so I could have something tasty for my lunch today, I'm at work all weekend as usual and I'm feeling a bit down at the moment so a nice meal would cheer me up a bit.

Put em in the fridge in my van last night upon leaving the shop so I wouldn't do my usual trick of forgetting to fetch them.

Absolutely starving, I've just dug them out of the fridge. They're frozen into a solid block of ice, stuck on the bottom of the fridge. Of course, I had the fridge set on "freezer" mode. 

What a fucking dipshit.

Looks like I'm having a pack of soggy crisps (You know - the odd bag you get that was punctured when they sealed the multipack up) and a nature valley bar I found in the back pocket of my rucksack that is absolutely smashed to pieces. 

[Zelandeth]

Just about got wiped out by some dipshit in a black, lowered BMW with blacked out windows charging the wrong way through a one way system at about 40mph.  

They only jumped out the car, knife in hand and started advancing on me.  I of course did the only sensible thing and drove off, which they seemed taken aback by.  Their parting words being "You better watch your fucking back mate, I know where you live."

Of fucking joy, now I will spend the next year watching over my shoulder and having half a panic attack every time I see a black BMW.

I've said it before and will again, I hate living in this utter cesspool of a town in this disaster of a country and cannot wait to move the hell out of it.  God I miss Aberdeenshire.

[richardmorris]

47 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Just about got wiped out by some dipshit in a black, lowered BMW with blacked out windows charging the wrong way through a one way system at about 40mph.  

They only jumped out the car, knife in hand and started advancing on me.  I of course did the only sensible thing and drove off, which they seemed taken aback by.  Their parting words being "You better watch your fucking back mate, I know where you live."

Of fucking joy, now I will spend the next year watching over my shoulder and having half a panic attack every time I see a black BMW.

I've said it before and will again, I hate living in this utter cesspool of a town in this disaster of a country and cannot wait to move the hell out of it.  God I miss Aberdeenshire.

Report to police. They won’t do anything I suspect, but you will have a reference number.

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

How would a knife fare against being rolled over?

Hard to come looking for someone when they've two broken legs.

knowing how arse backwards things are these days it would probably be Zel that ended up with all the charges, never mind the fact it would of entirely been in self defence

 

but yeah holy fucking shit, do at least report it to the police! @Zelandeth (did you manage to grab the registration number the unhinged BMW?)

[camryv6]

5 hours ago, cobblers said:

proper first world problem here, last night I treated myself to a reet nice sandwich and a fancy scotch egg from the posh shop near our house so I could have something tasty for my lunch today, I'm at work all weekend as usual and I'm feeling a bit down at the moment so a nice meal would cheer me up a bit.

Put em in the fridge in my van last night upon leaving the shop so I wouldn't do my usual trick of forgetting to fetch them.

Absolutely starving, I've just dug them out of the fridge. They're frozen into a solid block of ice, stuck on the bottom of the fridge. Of course, I had the fridge set on "freezer" mode. 

What a fucking dipshit.

Looks like I'm having a pack of soggy crisps (You know - the odd bag you get that was punctured when they sealed the multipack up) and a nature valley bar I found in the back pocket of my rucksack that is absolutely smashed to pieces. 

Do you have a microwave at work ?

[cobblers]

9 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Do you have a microwave at work ?

Nope, it's our new unit so we've only got a sink. They're still mostly frozen, I'll see how they are tomorrow 

[camryv6]

2 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Nope, it's our new unit so we've only got a sink. They're still mostly frozen, I'll see how they are tomorrow 

well that's a bummer !

[Zelandeth]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Report to police. They won’t do anything I suspect, but you will have a reference number.

Unless they actually attempted to gain entry to my car or took a swing at me, they deem it antisocial behaviour and nothing else.  Swearing and waving it at me from several paces away doesn't count.  They won't follow up possession of a weapon unless I can provide photographic or video evidence.  Car appears to be on false plates - which they also won't do anything about without evidence.  I did suggest they approach M&S or MK council who operate the (CCTV controlled) car park...but apparently that would only happen if something had actually gone down rather than the guy just being a dick.

Keep in mind, this is Thames Valley Police.  Who in my experience are second only to Milton Keynes Council in terms of being absolutely sodding backwards and useless.

I worked closely with the police in my old job, so have a lot of respect for them and the challenges they face, but Thames Valley have been without fail on every single experience with them, utterly useless (at best).

[horriblemercedes]

I found myself today confronted by the most purely nasty and evil person I've ever met. I have met him once before and it made me miserable that time. Today was even worse 

 

He's worse than the man who mugged me and stabbed me in the face when I was a student. So he's quite bad 

[eddyramrod]

I've just posted in the advice thread.  No doubt this one will be equally faulty!

[Floatylight]

Someone has driven into the Merc parked outside the house last night / this morning, no note left...  Grrrrr!

Shame as the bodywork was really tidy.

[Pieman]

Not a grump, but this news has upset me a lot.

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/speedway/2023/04/17/wolves-future-in-serious-doubt-as-monmore-green-tenancy-set-to-end/

I grew up watching the sport there and spent pretty much every summer Monday for many years there, even missed my Uni graduation as I was working at a meeting there.  It not only helped to start my career, it is the oldest operating venue for Speedway in the world.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Bought what I thought was a regular jack on sale and had my dad pick it up while he was in town, he wondered what I had bought due to the size and weight of the box, And I am wondering the same.

 

In case anyone is wondering, it weighs 50 kg.

[Jazoli]

Just now, Dyslexic Viking said:

Bought what I thought was a regular jack on sale and had my dad pick it up while he was in town, he wondered what I had bought due to the size and weight of the box, I am wondering the same.

 

In case anyone is wondering, it weighs 50 kg.

I have a similar one, after 30 years of pissing around with 1.5/2T play jacks it's made a huge difference.

Bloody heavy though, although I'd not say 50kg.

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

I have a similar one, after 30 years of pissing around with 1.5/2T play jacks it's made a huge difference.

Bloody heavy though, although I'd not say 50kg.

I can imagine it did. And this is probably a good jack and I will get a lot of use out of it, I hope, but this was not quite what I had thought.

The size and weight somewhat limit where and when I can use it and that's what annoys a little but it will be fine for use in the garage.

[Zelandeth]

Ah yes, the schools are back.

Currently sitting waiting to get back onto my driveway as there are two cars parked across the entrance to it.

[somewhatfoolish]

The crank in the top side suggests it might be a low height jack, to fit under vehicles with not much ground clearance like sports cars.

  

30 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Bought what I thought was a regular jack on sale and had my dad pick it up while he was in town, he wondered what I had bought due to the size and weight of the box, And I am wondering the same.

 

In case anyone is wondering, it weighs 50 kg.

 

[chadders]

4 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Ah yes, the schools are back.

Currently sitting waiting to get back onto my driveway as there are two cars parked across the entrance to it.

Why not get some cones and put them there?

Yes, it's inconvenient but probably worth it.

Alternatively try and avoid going out for a couple of short periods in the day, there's very little that can't be scheduled as such.

I assume that you don't have any children so have never had the problem of finding a parking space to pick them up.

[jakebullet]

Spotted a door on ebay for the C1 in the correct colour that could replace my thief damaged one. He's got a pic of the car, so I ask if he's got the other doors? Yeah m11, they're all mint, £200 for the 3 doors you want. Ok, plz send me photos of the other 2?

Hmmm. Think there's a slight* dent in that one.

that ones not too clever either.

So now I feel bad, and am trying to think of a polite way to say thanks but no thanks. Really wanted 3 from the same car, not one here, one there. Fucksticks.

[chadders]

Just point out the dent and the other issues.

He must know that they're not mint and probably hoped that you wouldn't ask for pics.

I don't understand why you'd feel bad, he's tried it on.

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

The crank in the top side suggests it might be a low height jack, to fit under vehicles with not much ground clearance like sports cars.

  

 

It is. It is only 9 cm high at the end and lifts to approx. 55 cm.

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, chadders said:

Why not get some cones and put them there?

Yes, it's inconvenient but probably worth it.

Alternatively try and avoid going out for a couple of short periods in the day, there's very little that can't be scheduled as such.

I assume that you don't have any children so have never had the problem of finding a parking space to pick them up.

Cones they'd just move.  There were two there when the adjacent BT manhole had partly collapsed - they just appeared daily in our garden.

The irritating part is that there is zero shortage of parking less than metres further away.  Plus the catchment area is tiny, and most folks probably spend longer getting their kids into/out of the car than it would take them to walk.  I'm not exaggerating there - walking the dogs means I see where about 90% of the cars I see come from, and the vast, vast majority we're talking less than 1/4 a mile.

Going out is less of an issue, I'll usually just grumble and try again in half an hour then - it's usually getting back from things that I have issues when I find the drive blocked or cars parked in it.  If I wanted to avoid the time it basically means 1430 to 1600.

Honestly if we'd known the school was so close by we'd probably have given serious consideration as to whether we really wanted to buy this place - which it turns out would have been a blessing given the mountain of problems we've had with the house.  However we only saw the house in the dark outside school hours before we moved in, and moved in during the holidays - so we'd been there a week before we discovered that fun!  Not having kids and having absolutely zero interest whatsoever in ever having any, it's just not something we'd considered.

Not being able to get in/out of our property at will is something which causes me quite a lot of anxiety thanks to my autistic brain interpreting it as not being in control of my own space - which I know is nonsensical, but that doesn't help stop it from raising my blood pressure every time it happens.

It's just something we have to live with.  We'll be moving out of here as soon as it's feasible anyway.  Doesn't mean I won't grumble about it though... isn't that kinda why this thread is here?

 

Secondary grump...

Pretty sure that should be attached to the gearbox.

[chadders]

We used to drop the kids of off at school about 1/2 mile away and then carry into work. There wasn't time to walk them there, walk back and then set off for work. Add in the stuff for projects etc. that they often had to take in.

I could understand it more if it prevented you going to work. At least by the sound of it the school run mums don't wield knives.

I strongly suggest that you do some proper research next time, after all buying a house doesn't happen overnight does it?

[MikeR]

33 minutes ago, chadders said:

We used to drop the kids of off at school about 1/2 mile away and then carry into work. There wasn't time to walk them there, walk back and then set off for work. Add in the stuff for projects etc. that they often had to take in.

I could understand it more if it prevented you going to work. At least by the sound of it the school run mums don't wield knives.

I strongly suggest that you do some proper research next time, after all buying a house doesn't happen overnight does it?

We failed to view a house many years ago because of this , saved by a stroke of luck in a way ....

Anyway the mother in law lived by a school and her road would be parked up at little darlings collection time and people would use her drive space to enable a quick getaway  and I would park across her drive for a well timed visit  and my car became the keystone that locked the other cars in , drinking a cuppa whilst someone did a 44 point manoeuvre to get out , knowing they could see me seeing them ... Twat mode? 

[chadders]

So you never had the pleasure* of doing the school run then I guess.