The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

I've been waiting 3 weeks now for a replacement screen mount for my dash cam as the old one broke. Not sure if Nextbase are fibbing about sending it, or if RM have actually lost it, but it ain't here yet. Thankfully, haven't yet missed recording something important, just many twattish drivers.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

I'm glad it's not just me that gets wound up by some people's prejudices. Not all yoof are bad, and not all oldies are good. I was chuffed last year when a 23yo working temporarily for me, who's a friend of a permie,  told said permie she couldn't believe how open I was - this purely in a work environment. Both of them encounter it from older people on almost a daily basis, apparently, which I find very sad. (The permie is nearly 40, but has an, um, individual dress sense)

We had a lad come in for a short work experience placement a couple of months ago, clearly a somewhat troubled background but desperately trying to turn things around. Typical "youth" look but he was nothing but polite, respectful and punctual. Keen to learn and asked lots of questions. Just hugely lacking any direction and didn't quite show the initiative or aspirations you would hope for. 

Realistically, some of the "troublesome youths" that we all hear of are just lacking any direction from their elders. Not their fault, yet the elders are the first ones to judge them. 

I saw a group trying to vandalize a traffic bollard last week, not sure what they thought they were achieving but it always says more about their upbringing (parents) than them. 

[auntiemaryscanary]

This was in the work car park so it's been driven in this state! The arch liner has started to melt via friction FFS.

The poor little Terios had visible panel rust too so can't see it being an economical repair.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Bloody car window dropped into the door last night when the regulator decided to give up the ghost, used my time last night covering the window aperture in black bags and praying it didn't rain. Spent today hacking apart rivets on the door carrier, permanently fucking up the metal carrier and now it needs a new regulator (which was a given) and another carrier, thankfully you can buy them as the one thing, not just a separate regulator. Window is currently held in with a bit of fence post in true Autoshite fashion. Not looking forward to replacing the regulator to be honest. The window isn't closed right, it's watertight in rain I reckon, but whistles to no end at speed, and all the broken bits in the door rattle and clunk like shoogling a bag of spanners.

On the plus side... I've sorted the dodgy door handle, which is nice, or so I'm telling myself.

So this is what being relaxed looks like. I see.

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

We had a lad come in for a short work experience placement a couple of months ago, clearly a somewhat troubled background but desperately trying to turn things around. Typical "youth" look but he was nothing but polite, respectful and punctual. Keen to learn and asked lots of questions. Just hugely lacking any direction and didn't quite show the initiative or aspirations you would hope for. 

Realistically, some of the "troublesome youths" that we all hear of are just lacking any direction from their elders. Not their fault, yet the elders are the first ones to judge them. 

I saw a group trying to vandalize a traffic bollard last week, not sure what they thought they were achieving but it always says more about their upbringing (parents) than them. 

In quite a few cases they have no upbringing, their parents just sit staring at the TV all day taking no notice of them, and at night get busy creating more kids for more benefit money. [/Daily Mail]

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

This was in the work car park so it's been driven in this state! The arch liner has started to melt via friction FFS.

The poor little Terios had visible panel rust too so can't see it being an economical repair.

rip the arch liner out, boot the sharp bits in and drive it forever, that's just a flesh wound

[GMcD]

YODEL clichéd moan:

My parcels been stuck in the delivery van since Tuesday...it's went walkies hasn't it? 

[jakebullet]

Hmmm. Appears I was wrong in saying cunt next door didn't damage my disco. Examination of pikey truck shows it has my green paint down the side. I just don't have cctv of him doing it so Mr. doesn't give a fuck gets away with it.

[Cavcraft]

'I spend a lot of money in this shop'

 

No you don't, you daft c*nt, and even if you did you're still a fucking prick and you can still fuck right off. 

[Floatylight]

There's the weekend of tinkering down the pan then!

[richardmorris]

Another 2cv friend has just died this week. He was ( apparently) fine at our February meeting, but wanted to sell his car last month ( and has, to someone in Pimlico), passed away yesterday. 

[dozeydustman]

Saab’s EML came on at weekend. Exhaust flexi has blown big time just in time for another long journey.

I hope it’s not a clogged DPF.

[MorrisItalSLX]

18 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

'I spend a lot of money in this shop'

 

No you don't, you daft c*nt, and even if you did you're still a fucking prick and you can still fuck right off. 

I couldn’t agree more.

[Pieman]

Broken rear coil spring on the Focus. 😠 

[New POD]

On 11/04/2023 at 13:47, New POD said:

I have over 1000 unopened emails after 18 months in a job. 

Get about 5 daily MOP and Project Status emails automatically every day, including weekends.  I never open them.  I gave links on my desk top to the relevant information, which I look at occasionally. 

There's another which sends me an email daily telling me how many overdue tasks I have.  

Anyway, wife thinks I should resign next week.  I've emailed in sick this week.  I've listened to her figures and they seem flawed to me. But I will be getting my spreadsheet out and working out how little we actually need to live on. 

I did also did a little search on linked in a total jobs. 

There's a part time job 3 mind walk away, making dental implants. And false teeth. 

There's 3 jobs as manufacturing improvement engineers within 30 mins drive. 2 at Leyland trucks. And one at a ceramic brake disk company. 

There's also a consultant job at The MTC in Liverpool. 

My problem us I don't know if it's me, or the job.  Even after 35 years in industry, I feel like it's me. I can only do one thing at one time.  That seems to be the problem. 

Update. 

Last week I had conversations with my boss and his boss (plant manager) 

Both were really supportive, and made some suggestions, but in the end I resigned. 

I finish on 19th July. 

The risk is that I don't find a job, but as my wife said, does it matter? Not really. There no rush. 

I have a zoom interview next week for a company that only has 130 employees and makes carbon ceramic brakes for F1,  mclaren, Aston Martin etc. 

Only 13 miles from home. 

Not heard anything from the other jobs I've applied for. 

However this weekend my alcoholic Lodger is supposed to be moving out. I gave him notice 5 weeks ago to take him to end of April. 

I think he's going to be an arse. 

But no worries. I'll be changing the locks on Sunday, and phoning the police if he refuses to leave. 

[iainrcz]

Trying to close an investment with Aegon, fuck me. I've had to fill in a funds transfer form, because for some reason I'm not the "administrator" of my account. 

Now I can't find a fucking email address to send it to, and of course there are no customer service email addresses to ask.

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

Both were really supportive, and made some suggestions, but in the end I resigned. 

I finish on 19th July. 

Big step, how are you feeling now you've taken it - weight lifted? Hope the brake company gives you a, um, break - but if not I'm sure you'll find something else suitable before too long.

[JB77]

Getting everything ready for our trip to West Bromwich on Sunday and...only today I found out the trailer I'm lending is a foot short for the car i want to move. Can't find anyone round here to hire a trailer or transporter and when I went to pump the tyres up on my own transporter trailer the pump decided to pack in. Add several other bits of bad news into the mix and its turning out to be a not so wonderful day.

[Rust Collector]

52 minutes ago, JB77 said:

Getting everything ready for our trip to West Bromwich on Sunday and...only today I found out the trailer I'm lending is a foot short for the car i want to move. Can't find anyone round here to hire a trailer or transporter and when I went to pump the tyres up on my own transporter trailer the pump decided to pack in. Add several other bits of bad news into the mix and its turning out to be a not so wonderful day.

I had a similar problem last weekend when I went to pick up the Disco 3 of Doom that I've agreed to take on - it was a couple of inches too wide to fit between the wheels of the trailer.

I've done overhang before... Probably not advisable but I've gotten away with it when no other straightforward choice of recovery was available. This was probably overhanging by a foot or so:

[JB77]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

I had a similar problem last weekend when I went to pick up the Disco 3 of Doom that I've agreed to take on - it was a couple of inches too wide to fit between the wheels of the trailer.

I've done overhang before... Probably not advisable but I've gotten away with it when no other straightforward choice of recovery was available. This was probably overhanging by a foot or so:

Well I worked out that the car will fit if driven on backwards with the overhang at the front if I remove the front panel on the plant trailer I'm lending. Only trouble then is what little weight is in the car is at the back. Bloody annoying thing is I own an 18ft transporter trailer that the car with 3 wheels won't go on because of the gap down the middle of the trailer! 😄😄

[High Jetter]

Can you borrow (not, actually, lend) a longer trailer if you can't use something to support the middle wheel? What are you collecting, anyway?

 

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, Pieman said:

Broken rear coil spring on the Focus. 😠 

Best of luck, avoid touching the camber bolts at all costs!

[JB77]

50 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Can you borrow (not, actually, lend) a longer trailer if you can't use something to support the middle wheel? What are you collecting, anyway?

 

A Reliant Rialto. I don't know anyone else with another trailer to ask, plus I'd rather have it right way round and strapped down tidily rather than looking like someone just stuck it on there any old shape. 

[wuvvum]

How tf can a transporter trailer be too small for a Reliant Rialto?

[richardmorris]

I’m not going as I need to go to work tomorrow, but I’ve just seen that brooklands entry for auto Italia tomorrow is over £30. Double what it was four years ago.

 

 

https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/whats-on/Italian-car-day-2023

 

[JB77]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

How tf can a transporter trailer be too small for a Reliant Rialto?

I measured the bed of the plant trailer earlier and its 10 feet, the Rialto is 11 feet and a bit long. The front wheel will butt up right against the front edge of the trailer after the front panel is removed but then the ramp won't close. It should fit the other way around but the overhang will be quite noticeable.  The luck I've been having lately it would be a magnet for the old bill. 

Change of plan....the deals fallen through. 

[High Jetter]

Stick it on it's ass? Oh, no go then

[horriblemercedes]

I was in the local pub this evening. A guy who I've met once or twice before asked me, "do you have a grey BMW?" 

 

I replied, "yeah, grey or blue. Why?" 

"estate?" 

"yeah, why?" 

"I was jogging a couple of weeks ago and could've sworn it was you passing me. Around 7:30pm" (then he told me which road and where exactly it was) 

 

It was me. I was on that road at that time. But it's about 80 miles from where I live and where we were chatting. Turns out he's from there and was visiting family.

 

One of the things I like about that car is I thought it was very anonymous

[High Jetter]

You has a stalker?

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, JB77 said:

I measured the bed of the plant trailer earlier and its 10 feet, the Rialto is 11 feet and a bit long. The front wheel will butt up right against the front edge of the trailer after the front panel is removed but then the ramp won't close. It should fit the other way around but the overhang will be quite noticeable.  The luck I've been having lately it would be a magnet for the old bill. 

Change of plan....the deals fallen through. 

Nothing wrong with an overhang of that size, it's of no consequence and Dibble will not care. Overhanging loads only need marking if the overhang is more than 1 metre.