The grumpy thread

[EyesWeldedShut]

Finally, it's not pissing down, brake cleaner has been delivered and I can get the sprog's car back together. 
Cambelt - check
Drive belt - check
Oil/coolant refilled - check 
Brakes in/on/wheel refitted - check
Formal gather round 'we name this ship....'
Turn key
Click.
Fuck, fuckety fucking fuck. Battery is at 12.3 volts - either it's shagged, the boot light has drained it or the Gods are just having a laugh. Or all three.
That's not made me grumpy though - it's the bloody midges tonight - I'm eaten in places that even my wife doesn't get to see. 

[Angrydicky]

8 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

This sounds like anti-motorist rhetoric.

Anti-cunt rhetoric.

[beko1987]

9 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Finally, it's not pissing down, brake cleaner has been delivered and I can get the sprog's car back together. 
Cambelt - check
Drive belt - check
Oil/coolant refilled - check 
Brakes in/on/wheel refitted - check
Formal gather round 'we name this ship....'
Turn key
Click.
Fuck, fuckety fucking fuck. Battery is at 12.3 volts - either it's shagged, the boot light has drained it or the Gods are just having a laugh. Or all three.
That's not made me grumpy though - it's the bloody midges tonight - I'm eaten in places that even my wife doesn't get to see. 

Good luck. I forgot to plug the throttle body back in when I did my first belt on my xantia 🤣 Fired up fine then died. Repeat about 3 times getting more panicked by the second. 

Throttle body contained the anti stall valve... Fired up and idled fine after plugging it in! 

Hope it's something simple for you

[myglaren]

14 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Our loft is full of wasps.  What fun.  There's a huge nest in the shed as well.  That's two item retrieval missions in three days I've had to abort because of the buggers.

There was one in eldest daughter's shed.  Youngest daughter went in, grabbed the nest and ran outside with it, chucked it over the fence into the bushes of the park.

She came out unscathed but I wouldn't recommend it.

[Metal Guru]

39 minutes ago, myglaren said:

There was one in eldest daughter's shed.  Youngest daughter went in, grabbed the nest and ran outside with it, chucked it over the fence into the bushes of the park.

She came out unscathed but I wouldn't recommend it.

As soon as I get rid of a nest , a new one is set up yards away. First I found one on the shed, removed it and two days later there’s one on the other side of the same shed.

Got rid of that and they move on to the house under the roof tiles. Got rid of them and they’ve moved 4 ft along the roof.

Pretty sure I destroyed the nest and so the queen. At least they’re small nests .

[New POD]

15 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Our loft is full of wasps.  What fun.  There's a huge nest in the shed as well.  That's two item retrieval missions in three days I've had to abort because of the buggers.

I can confirm that spray carpet adhesive into the entrance works well.  (You do have to go inside for a few hours to be safe) 

[New POD]

23 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

A lot of people in city centres don’t have cars. If a councillor stands on an anti car ticket , they will get votes,  especially if they “promise” better public transport and turning the roads over to cyclists. 

The councillors don't say what they are really going to do. They say they want to keep the library open, and extend the swimming pool opening hours. 

They don't mention, charging a quid to park in the free library car park or introducing double yellow lines outside the swimming pool, to force you to pay £3 to park. 

They don't mention that they are going to cut children's special needs provision to pay for a Twinning ceremony with a town in Greece. In Greece. 

[Metal Guru]

5 minutes ago, New POD said:

The councillors don't say what they are really going to do. They say they want to keep the library open, and extend the swimming pool opening hours. 

They don't mention, charging a quid to park in the free library car park or introducing double yellow lines outside the swimming pool, to force you to pay £3 to park. 

They don't mention that they are going to cut children's special needs provision to pay for a Twinning ceremony with a town in Greece. In Greece. 

Rule no 1 in local government.

There’s aways money for vanity projects.

Rule no 2

”Cuts” must always start with anything affecting vulnerable people. ( and then we blame the government).

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Good luck. I forgot to plug the throttle body back in when I did my first belt on my xantia 🤣 Fired up fine then died. Repeat about 3 times getting more panicked by the second. 

Throttle body contained the anti stall valve... Fired up and idled fine after plugging it in! 

Hope it's something simple for you

This was 100% the battery - trickle charged overnight and it started first turn of the key this morning. Not sure if its the battery or a current drain so I'll just get the test leads out over the next week before we drop it down to him. At his place he has to park out in resident's parking so it's not ideal if the electrics play up - methinks he'll invest in one of those little power pack things

[mercedade]

3 hours ago, myglaren said:

There was one in eldest daughter's shed.  Youngest daughter went in, grabbed the nest and ran outside with it, chucked it over the fence into the bushes of the park.

She came out unscathed but I wouldn't recommend it.

These are the actions of an actual lunatic. Bravo!

[MikeR]

Everything happens at once , fixed a bath tap and on my back I get the Mrs saying the hot water is off ...

Pilot light is out and not reaching the thermocouple , which ment heat exchanger , burners etc had to come out , to get the pilot light tube out , it was gummed up . .. anyway the heat exchanger is looking a bit minty so may be time for a replacement , my matey plumber will look into pricing and a convenient swap over can take place ... Goods for dosh ..

[andyberg]

I have had to put the liner back in my motorcycle jacket😡 Yes I do go to work at 3.30am but even so ITS JULY FFS. It was a bit chilly this morning. 

[Cavcraft]

Painful operation on my big toe a few weeks ago. Managed to be careful for two days, got bored, went to the garage and dropped a ratchet on it. Being careful again a week later, I ran it over pushing a moped. Being careful again today, I ran it over with a trails type motorbike.

[MikeR]

Fancy that 

Seagulls shitting in the sea ! 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1793396/seagulls-water-quality-sea-utility-company

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Painful operation on my big toe a few weeks ago. Managed to be careful for two days, got bored, went to the garage and dropped a ratchet on it. Being careful again a week later, I ran it over pushing a moped. Being careful again today, I ran it over with a trails type motorbike.

Please, whatever you do, don't be careless - it could be fatal at this rate

[goosey]

your not allowed to park here (even though you’re a visitor in a visitor space), so il block you in so you can’t leave s

the self appointed Parking Police 

[Bren]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

Fancy that 

Seagulls shitting in the sea ! 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1793396/seagulls-water-quality-sea-utility-company

It will only make it taste of chips and ice cream.

[horriblemercedes]

I've had a couple of nice pictures of my car taken by Warwickshire police. 58 in a 50 on the M42. First time I've ever been caught

 

Hoping for speed awareness course! 

[High Jetter]

41 minutes ago, Bren said:

It will only make it taste of chips and ice cream.

It's a bit rich for Southern Water after their recent crap dumps. Just giving their critics the bird?

[mercedade]

1 hour ago, goosey said:

your not allowed to park here (even though you’re a visitor in a visitor space), so il block you in so you can’t leave s

the self appointed Parking Police 

How did it resolve? Mindless, bloody violence?

[Noel Tidybeard]

36 minutes ago, mercedade said:

How did it resolve? Mindless, bloody violence?

"hello police, i've come to take a friend to an important appointment and someone has deliberately blocked my car in"

[goosey]

11 minutes ago, mercedade said:

How did it resolve? Mindless, bloody violence?

She moved her car and let me go after 30 mins, I kept calm and tried to be as polite as possible but after going round in circles and getting no where ended up having to swear at her which got her to move ( I regret having to do this ) 

 

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, goosey said:

your not allowed to park here (even though you’re a visitor in a visitor space), so il block you in so you can’t leave s

the self appointed Parking Police 

Causing an obstruction to the public highway? Criminal offence.

[goosey]

17 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

"hello police, i've come to take a friend to an important appointment and someone has deliberately blocked my car in"

It’s a tricky one, at the time I didn’t really want to get the Police involved as I didn’t want to create issues/worries for the family member I was visiting. 

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Causing an obstruction to the public highway? Criminal offence.

Yes, but can you please inform DPD et al who have no concept of the rulez

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Yes, but can you please inform DPD et al who have no concept of the rulez

Ha, too true!

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

I've had a couple of nice pictures of my car taken by Warwickshire police. 58 in a 50 on the M42. First time I've ever been caught

 

Hoping for speed awareness course! 

I listened in on my wifes course. I wanted to jump through the internet and strangle most of the other participants. Tutor wasn't much better. Stuck in a virtual room full of dull but angry people with an axe to grind.

Just take the points, it's cheaper. Save the course for later.

[jakebullet]

The Mrs. has decided she has dementia, and she's not going in no home! Engage big list of ways she's going to top herself.

Er, how have you come to this expert* diagnosis?

Yesterday the council sent 2 men to commission the heating system, and she had Nigel supervise them. When everyone had gone post was on the radiator, and OCD means she would never do that. Nigel has been interrogated at length, and will not admit to having moved the post from the floor, and he has provided a statement that he didn't see council men move it. 

QED: She must have moved it, doesn't remember, and so has dementia.

Or Nigel done it, but wants quiet life without days of screeching "contaminated!!!!!"
Or Man #1 done it, while Nigel watched man #2.
Or you got mega panic about men coming to OCD up your flat and forgot you moved post so they don't contaminate!!!! by standing on it.

Dementia then. She's vaguely willing to accept ghost as an answer.

[Datsuncog]

+1 for Post Ghost.

Until the point you're then tasked with exorcising it, and providing proof of same.

😕

[High Jetter]

Just logged on to Natwest online banking and they've messed with the fucking design, again! It was virtually untouched for at least 15 years, then had one revision (which I hated) and now them seem to be fiddling with it every 5 minutes! Grrrrr