The grumpy thread

[Rust Collector]

  On 04/09/2023 at 22:42, jakebullet said:

Ma's phone has decided to not allow calls to / from mobiles.

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This can only be a good thing mate, make the most of the peace 😅

[omegod]

  On 04/09/2023 at 22:42, jakebullet said:

I am on a scum newspaper* caravan holiday***. It's not going well.

 

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I have little sympathy, you dance with the devil .........

 

[motorpunk]

Leicester is a miserable shit-hole. 

[jakebullet]

  On 05/09/2023 at 10:08, omegod said:

I have little sympathy, you dance with the devil .........

 

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Now I've got off site and away from bollywood greatest hits at 96db it's actually quite nice. Sun's out, diets blown etc.

Suppose any race / religion can be a chav wanker, but not something I've ever seen before.

[junkyarddog]

Prelude has it's test this evening at 6:20,got a cancellation spot late last night.

So have been giving it a quick once over and wash.

Local farmer decided today would be a great day to cut the hedgerow,so the road I've to drive on in a couple of hours is now a carpet of thorns and other hedgerow debris. 

What's the betting I'll get a fucking puncture and miss the test?

FML🙄

[New POD]

  On 05/09/2023 at 10:27, motorpunk said:

Leicester is a miserable shit-hole. 

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Main dealer service bay ? 

[goosey]

  On 04/09/2023 at 05:40, New POD said:

Just get on the plane and remind him.about his tardiness every day for the next 10 years. 

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I got him back thought I forgot to book his hotel room, so he had my premiere inn booking and as the premier inn was full I booked a room at the Haslam Hotel https://www.haslemhotel.com/ in Lisburn which was absolutely spot on 

[jakebullet]

Noise makers appear to have gone home. Left a little* mess behind. Why would you do this when there's bins 50 foot away? Need shooting. 

[108]

  On 05/09/2023 at 16:17, jakebullet said:

Noise makers appear to have gone home. Left a little* mess behind. Why would you do this when there's bins 50 foot away? Need shooting. 

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I hate these types. 
 

I hope they get blacklisted but know that they won’t. 

[High Jetter]

  On 05/09/2023 at 16:17, jakebullet said:

Noise makers appear to have gone home. Left a little* mess behind. Why would you do this when there's bins 50 foot away? Need shooting. 

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That's crap, shit neighbours on holiday as well as at home!

[cobblers]

75% of the parcels we get sent to us via Evri end up with a "We weren't able to locate your address". One old boy does a bit of driving for them one or two days a week and he's great, but the rest of the time our route seems to get the worst of their "talent pool"

It's a business premises, with a massive fucking great sign on the front of the building. About 15-25 other couriers and customers manage to find us every day. But these useless shower of bastards just don't even bother looking. The postcode is newish so you have to drive about 25 meters past where old maps say the turning is to get to us.

I actively avoid buying anything from any company that specifies they use Evri, but I forgot about Autodoc..

Evri (or some agent of theirs) actually cold called us a few weeks ago to try and get our business, and the woman actually had a pretty good sense of humour when I said that what we want from a courier company is literally the exact opposite of what they are, and that I would rather boot the parcels around the carpark myself and then throw them over some random fence than pay them £4 a shot to do it for me.

[junkyarddog]

  On 05/09/2023 at 15:24, junkyarddog said:

Prelude has it's test this evening at 6:20,got a cancellation spot late last night.

So have been giving it a quick once over and wash.

Local farmer decided today would be a great day to cut the hedgerow,so the road I've to drive on in a couple of hours is now a carpet of thorns and other hedgerow debris. 

What's the betting I'll get a fucking puncture and miss the test?

FML🙄

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After all that it failed🙄

Not by much though,still a pain.

Annoyed with myself that I hadn't spotted this.

Two stretchy CV boots to be added to my shopping list.

Have a trip to the factors in the morning to pick up some Jetta parts.

 

[Zelandeth]

Why the hell have Amazon suddenly decided that 2200 is a reasonable time to deliver a package?

Feel bloody sorry for the poor sods stuck doing runs at that time of the night.  Especially in dodgy areas.  It's a bad enough job at the best of times.

[Metal Guru]

  On 05/09/2023 at 16:17, jakebullet said:

Noise makers appear to have gone home. Left a little* mess behind. Why would you do this when there's bins 50 foot away? Need shooting. 

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I paid for it so I’m entitled to leave a mess for someone to clear up. They’ve added it to the price anyway.

[Dobloseven]

  On 02/09/2023 at 09:50, Datsuncog said:

Saw this in Sainsbury's on Thursday night, while it was still technically August.

August.

Fuck.

Right.

Off.

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If mince pies are so nice(they're not IMO), why don't we have them all year round? 

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 05/09/2023 at 16:17, jakebullet said:

Noise makers appear to have gone home. Left a little* mess behind. Why would you do this when there's bins 50 foot away? Need shooting. 

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How lovely that CND decided to join you on holiday to ensure you don't get withdrawal symptoms!

[sheffcortinacentre]

  On 05/09/2023 at 20:30, Dobloseven said:

If mince pies are so nice(they're not IMO), why don't we have them all year round? 

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Obviously you can going by those.

[richardmorris]

  On 05/09/2023 at 19:58, Zelandeth said:

Why the hell have Amazon suddenly decided that 2200 is a reasonable time to deliver a package?

Feel bloody sorry for the poor sods stuck doing runs at that time of the night.  Especially in dodgy areas.  It's a bad enough job at the best of times.

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Yes, they keep pestering me to switch to a business account, but whenever I’ve had stuff sent to work it takes an extra three or four days as they try and schedule for 8pm or later.

[adw1977]

  On 05/09/2023 at 20:30, Dobloseven said:

If mince pies are so nice(they're not IMO), why don't we have them all year round? 

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The time to buy mince pies is in January when they're about 20p a box.

[High Jetter]

  On 05/09/2023 at 19:08, junkyarddog said:

After all that it failed🙄

Not by much though,still a pain.

Annoyed with myself that I hadn't spotted this.

Two stretchy CV boots to be added to my shopping list.

Have a trip to the factors in the morning to pick up some Jetta parts.

 

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Not the Overture you wanted...

[chadders]

  On 05/09/2023 at 19:58, Zelandeth said:

Why the hell have Amazon suddenly decided that 2200 is a reasonable time to deliver a package?

Feel bloody sorry for the poor sods stuck doing runs at that time of the night.  Especially in dodgy areas.  It's a bad enough job at the best of times.

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Up to 10pm has been mentioned on my delivery information for at least a year now. I imagine some drivers do it after the kids have got home from school so it suits them.

Ours just leave it in the porch, we leave the outer door unlocked if we're expecting a delivery.

[jakebullet]

Advert on the radio, book now to see Santa. Perhaps a smidge soon?

[sdkrc]

I will be in on the 21st of September and I look forward to telling the Capita Marketing Specialist to fuck off when he knocks. 

Absolutely fuck off and die with this utter shite wasting my time 

[cobblers]

They won't come. We've had no license for about 12 years, gone through the whole letter chain half a dozen times and nobody has visited.

 

[horriblemercedes]

  On 05/09/2023 at 19:58, Zelandeth said:

Why the hell have Amazon suddenly decided that 2200 is a reasonable time to deliver a package?

Feel bloody sorry for the poor sods stuck doing runs at that time of the night.  Especially in dodgy areas.  It's a bad enough job at the best of times.

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As a customer I'd be happy with 10pm! I'm much more likely to be at home than I am at 10am.

 

That said, I don't use Amazon anyway apart from when I get a voucher as a gift (surprisingly often)

[junkyarddog]

  On 05/09/2023 at 21:56, High Jetter said:

Not the Overture you wanted...

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No,not exactly.

[sdkrc]

  On 06/09/2023 at 12:41, cobblers said:

They won't come. We've had no license for about 12 years, gone through the whole letter chain half a dozen times and nobody has visited.

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I got caught back in 2010 for no license but got away quite lightly. They definitely do the occasional visit

[Mally]

   I have 2 pairs of coil spring compressors. Because I always use 3 compressors on any spring.

I showed my son how to use them on the Yaris a couple of weeks ago.  Put them in the van afterwards!

My 75 failed the MOT today, broken front spring and a drop link.

Where are the spring compressors?

Err.

[RoverFolkUs]

Ah, just remembered I forgot to give a dog some attention earlier and now I can't stop thinking about it. 

I walked past him at our friendly MOT station, he's a labrador and gave me that look that they do when they want to say hello. 

Made a mental note that I'll quickly drop the keys in as the car might be in the way then I'll go back to say hello

Except I forgot. 

I can't help but think he must have wondered why I walked past him. Twice. 

I know it's silly. But it's just one of those things that nag away 😅

[richardmorris]

  On 06/09/2023 at 18:52, RoverFolkUs said:

Ah, just remembered I forgot to give a dog some attention earlier and now I can't stop thinking about it. 

I walked past him at our friendly MOT station, he's a labrador and gave me that look that they do when they want to say hello. 

Made a mental note that I'll quickly drop the keys in as the car might be in the way then I'll go back to say hello

Except I forgot. 

I can't help but think he must have wondered why I walked past him. Twice. 

I know it's silly. But it's just one of those things that nag away 😅

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I said hello to a couple of dogs on Sunday when i was cycling on my mountain bike, they never said hello back though.