The grumpy thread

[Inspector Morose]

They are all pay ones now, I noticed the free-air machines starting to disappear early this year. Now they are all digital pay ones now (well, at least in my local area). I did eventually find one that worked.

 

Next job is to find a car wash that isnt frozen/borked.

 

For air, try Sainsburys in Blackheath. Was working end of last week when I used it to replenish the forever leaky Saab tyres.

[wuvvum]

Lost my fugging phone on the way back from France yesterday. I had it in the departure lounge but didn't have it any more when I arrived at Stansted, which means I either dropped it in the lounge or in the plane. Called Vodafone and they transferred my number onto my spare phone straight away, but I've lost all my contacts, which is a right pisser.

[ashmicro]

There's a great, free airline at the BP station in the "hood" not far from here. It has a separate button for inflating totally flat tyres. Until a few years ago it was a wee half-arsed place, with a hut and no shop, where the bloke came out to put your fule in. Now, it's a BFO mini-supermarket, owned by the same bloke.

[ashmicro]

Lost my fugging phone on the way back from France yesterday. I had it in the departure lounge but didn't have it any more when I arrived at Stansted, which means I either dropped it in the lounge or in the plane. Called Vodafone and they transferred my number onto my spare phone straight away, but I've lost all my contacts, which is a right pisser.

 

Next time, Wuvs, use the mysterious little CD ROM that comes with your phone, and sync it with your PC. It was a lifesaver when I left my BB on the plane, although some kind soul handed it in, and BA sent it round to my house by courier a few days later.

[Cavcraft]

The tyre machines round here weren't working the other week because they'd frozen up. I suspect most will work again once it thaws out properly.

[Minimad5]

Sainsbury's still do free machines though.

 

Were you going to inflate the Astras tyres this morning Dave ?

(at about 1:30 in the morning)

- Might of clocked me by the Halfway house. Was good to see the mile munching machine back in action

[Angrydicky]

I crashed my van into a bollard today.

 

Smashed the headlight, wrecked the bumper and wing. Bollocks.

 

Spotted a blue Marina and an Autoshite condition Renualt 8, complete with rust streaks and Vehicle Watch stickers, but no camera on me. Bollocks.

 

The heater has stopped working in the Cambridge. Bollocks.

[trigger]

I crashed my van into a bollard today.

 

Smashed the headlight, wrecked the bumper and wing. Bollocks.

 

Spotted a blue Marina and an Autoshite condition Renualt 8, complete with rust streaks and Vehicle Watch stickers, but no camera on me. Bollocks.

 

Are these two incidents connected in anyway?.

[Guest]

Not being at work is making me grumpy, since they made a short-notice decision to close the office between Christmas and New Year.

 

All I've done today is change a brakelight bulb and watch 4 hours of The Wire. I was going to get a haircut, but I've decided to save that for tomorrow as a "big mission". If I was at work I'd have done all sorts of stuff, it's a nice way of soaking up a day. This is just rotten, it's like being banned from the working world. I haven't worn a tie for days. Even if your job is a bit rubbish, it gives your life some sort of routine. I haven't worked since Christmas Day and I'm practically feral. This is the longest I've ever had off and I don't like it.

 

No wonder the unemployed tend to be a bit mental.

[Claypole]

Had the week before Christmas off - company decision, spent it staring into space.

 

Managed to get flu/cold from a relative Christmas Day so been in bed since Boxing Day, great.

 

So wasted a full week for no good reason and lost two days through being ill.

[Tayne]

.

[Alexg]

The cinema.

 

I have never made a massive habit of going to the cinema, but now and then for an exceptional film (I last went for Inglorious Bastards), I'll make the effort. Unfortunatly I was roped into seeing the latest Harry Potter with the girlfriend. She must have caught me halfcut or trying to hide some resently delivered vehicle parts when I agreed to that So despite having much greater ideas of spending my day off I reluctantly went to our local cinema a purchaced two tickets for Harry Potter, standard seats.

 

£18.40! Yes, eighteen pounds fourty fucking pence! How can it be that expensive, the DVD will only be about 12 quid. Not gr8 for cheap night out, especially if you are peckish - "Meal Deal - Large Coke and Popcorn £7.60 - save 40p!"

[Tayne]

.

[cobblers]

The cinema.

 

I have never made a massive habit of going to the cinema, but now and then for an exceptional film (I last went for Inglorious Bastards), I'll make the effort. Unfortunatly I was roped into seeing the latest Harry Potter with the girlfriend. She must have caught me halfcut or trying to hide some resently delivered vehicle parts when I agreed to that So despite having much greater ideas of spending my day off I reluctantly went to our local cinema a purchaced two tickets for Harry Potter, standard seats.

 

£18.40! Yes, eighteen pounds fourty fucking pence! How can it be that expensive, the DVD will only be about 12 quid. Not gr8 for cheap night out, especially if you are peckish - "Meal Deal - Large Coke and Popcorn £7.60 - save 40p!"

 

You poor shit - Cinemas are awful, Harry potter is also awful. I'm also occasionally dragged out to the cinema by girls, it's a neccessary evil I think. No idea why.

 

Hermione is quite tidy though.

 

I'm sure most people on here will have had the same preconception as me about 3D stuff, but I must warm people. 3D makes the cinema even worse, do not ever try it. Imagine a normal film, but being watched through an 85 year old womans council prescription glasses that have had a coat of SAVAGE window tint spray.

Oh and the film doesn't even try to have a story - instead, things are thrown towards the camera every 4 or 5 minutes to keep people alert. It is no better than when I watched some Micheal Jackson 3d shit at EuroDisney when I was seven.

[Negative Creep]

All that for the joy of trying to watch the film whilst the chavs behind you talk on their phones throughout. And they wonder why people just download them

[Guest]

Hang on, you took the missus to see a Harry Potter film - on a schoolnight?

[Tayne]

/

[Claypole]

Visiting another forum I'd sort of given up on...

 

Not content with ruining a MK1 Golf, scenester rapes a MK1 Driver (my 1st car) for the engine into the bargain...

[CreepingJesus]

Ahh cinema. My grump - that I never get to the GFT any more, to smile knowingly at films in languages I don't understand. Halcyon days.

[woolleyiain]

Joggists; There's a curb for a reason. Run on it. The next time I meet one of you coming the other way on a blind bend - IN THE DARK FFS - I'm hitting you. And Kia's are heavy.

[55bloke]

Despite being a fully paid-up grumpy old man, I can not share the hate of cinema displayed in this post, I LOVE it, and wish I could go more often - though I have to agree, it is stupidly expensive. Avatar seems to be a Marmite kind of film, and I'm in the " 'kin awesome" camp, especially in 3d! Got the collectors edition DVD for Crimbo, and the feature length "making off" disc is amazing, and makes you appreciate just how much thought and effort was put into it.

[Richard]

I went to see Jurassic Park 2. I am still angry about the time I wasted watching that steaming turd of a film and I've only been to the cinema a handful of times since, always under protest.

[morris_ital_lover]

IMHO Avatar was at least an hour too long but it was a pretty revolutionary film TBH and one of those films that I felt I had to see what the fuss was about, bit like Inception. Cinemas up my neck of the woods are about £9 which ain't too bad (although about £9 too much to see London Boulevard).

 

m0rris

[Rusty Pelican]

IMHO Avatar was at least an hour too long but it was a pretty revolutionary film TBH and one of those films that I felt I had to see what the fuss was about, bit like Inception. Cinemas up my neck of the woods are about £9 which ain't too bad (although about £9 too much to see London Boulevard).

 

m0rris

Deffo a bit long , I really did fancy the blue woman in it ,she even got a tit out once , is this wrong or pervy

[myglaren]

Last time I went to the cinema was in 1997 to see LA Confidential.

 

I do - or used to - like going to the cinema but can't abide the other cinema-going public with their need to run commentaries, phone all their mates and eat a three course meal during the showing.

 

And the adverts.

Also, who the hell needs a break half way through 90 minute film (well, 2½ hours with the ads)

[gearoil]

Spineless people in other offices who are a total cunt to you on the phone, but are butter wouldn't melt when face to face.

 

GO ON, SAY IT NOW YOU LITTLE SHIT...

 

Rant complete, many thanks.

[gearoil]

Visiting another forum I'd sort of given up on...

 

Not content with ruining a MK1 Golf, scenester rapes a MK1 Driver (my 1st car) for the engine into the bargain...

 

I saw that earlier too. What a pile.

[rocco1504]

Oh and the film doesn't even try to have a story - instead, things are thrown towards the camera every 4 or 5 minutes to keep people alert. It is no better than when I watched some Micheal Jackson 3d shit at EuroDisney when I was seven.

 

 

Bestest thing I've seen in 3D recently was playing Need for Speed : Shift ( I think ? ) in 3D in our local PC world.

They'd set up 3x 42" screens with a seat and steering wheel, gearstick etc. pop on the 3D glasses and the next thing I know I'm screaming up the Embankment in London doing about 140 in a race tuned BMW, and I do have to say it was very real feeling, although to set up a system like it would be prohibitively expensive, and Mrs 1504 wasn't happy with my, "just a few more minutes, pleeeease" impression of an 8 yr old.

 

Opps, I forgot this is supposed to be the Grumpy thread, but I was pretty pissed when I finally got dragged away to go "Shopping"

[Lord Sterling]

Last time I went to the cinema was in 1997 to see LA Confidential

 

Same here, not been since about 1998, cant remember what it is I went to see. I've just have no interest whatsoever in new films for the past 10 or so years. I'm happier to see a film on TV or buy it on DVD.

 

I haven't worked since Christmas Day and I'm practically feral. This is the longest I've ever had off and I don't like it.

 

No wonder the unemployed tend to be a bit mental.

 

This. I havent worked since about July but have managed to keep myself busy/applying for any job going since then up until about Christmas. Since Christmas day I havent really been out of the house which is seriously doing my nut in. I cant sleep properly anymore, I have no money, no car and nothing useful to do. I feel like I going starting to lose it.

[pogweasel]

 

I haven't worked since Christmas Day and I'm practically feral. This is the longest I've ever had off and I don't like it.

 

No wonder the unemployed tend to be a bit mental.

 

This.

 

Also this.

I think I am gonna go properly stark-staring mental at this rate.

 

I probably have it even worse... my office isn't shut, as I don't have the man telling me. Instead I have the WOman. I have work I could happily get on with, but apparently this is UNACCEPTABLE as no-one else is working.... but I can't get sod all else done either, except an endless parade of cooking, washing-up and haranging untidy, bored offspring.

 

I am supposed to be collecting a conservatory tomorrow, which would at least give me something to do. Arranged a big trailer etc, on the basis that Er Indoors brother would help me fix my car. Except he didn't want to. So now as the other car has no tow-hitch that idea will have to be canned. Mind you it's a stupid idea anyway, as THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN JUST PILING SOME BRICKS UP AND STANDING SOME GLASS ON IT....

 

 

... and breathe...