The grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

21 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

Whilst people say 'there's no cost of living crisis, I still see everyone is at the pub' etc., there's definitely something happening that's causing a lot of businesses to falter.

I'm at the other end of the scale, business size wise, but even I'm noticing things are a bit fucked up.  This has been the worst year I've had I think ever, incredibly unpredictable income swings from month to month.  At least I'm seeing what looks like a proper seasonal sales pattern this year, but that's followed an almost completely dead November which isn't normal at all.  Since the shutdowns of the pandemic, spending habits are very peculiar and the patterns I could rely on previously I no longer can.  Amongst my regulars there's been a common theme of cutting their usual spending so they can help prop up friends and family whose cost of living has become more difficult.  Things like big showy original commission pieces have become a real rarity, most of my sales now are smaller impulse purchase items and sticker prints.  People *want* to spend, they just can't because there isn't enough money in their pocket.

[gm]

what a perfect time for the binis thermostat to pack up - can’t get any heat in the car at all  

we’ll just have to go old school until the parts arrive 

 

[paulplom]

Grand cash tonight m9

 

[gm]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Grand cash tonight m9

 

nah, i’ll keep it for now, thanks. heater worked a treat on the way into town, nice and toasty  

new thermostat and housing should arrive tomorrow and i’ll get it fixed properly. i’ve just picked up a set of winter tyres too so i’m all set for the bad weather 

[Zelandeth]

17 minutes ago, gm said:

nah, i’ll keep it for now, thanks. heater worked a treat on the way into town, nice and toasty  

new thermostat and housing should arrive tomorrow and i’ll get it fixed properly. i’ve just picked up a set of winter tyres too so i’m all set for the bad weather 

That's something I need to do.  The really wet weather lately and cold last couple of days has really shown how abysmal the wet and cold weather performance of the tyres on the Peugeot is.  I foresee a set of Rainexperts in its near future.

[richardmorris]

What’s wrong with journalism?

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/woman-hurt-hit-run-royal-28195894

headline basically says woman hurt in hit and run by a pub- has anyone seen the pub in question? Has the Royal Oak had a quick paint job and is now the golden hind?
 

Or did they mean near a pub ?

[sheffcortinacentre]

10 hours ago, Merryck said:

Have you ever heard of the Lipstick Index? Essentially the premise is that when money's tight people will spend on small things as a treat. It's far easier to spend on a couple of drinks with friends here and there when your general outlook is shit as a way to lift your spirits.

The upshot of it is that people will cut back on big spends while increasing the instance of treating themselves. Also when people say that, they fail to realise that every time they're walking past that same busy pub they're likely seeing different people. Or they're being intentionally obtuse.

Welcome to the 1980's

[GingerNuttz]

Next door neighbor's car failed it's mot for £1000 of welding according to the garage 😑

A grand for a bit of box section, robbing bastards 😂

[primeradoner]

22 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said:

Next door neighbor's car failed it's mot for £1000 of welding according to the garage 😑

A grand for a bit of box section, robbing bastards 😂

He is really lucky to have you for a next door neighbour

[GingerNuttz]

4 minutes ago, primeradoner said:

He is really lucky to have you for a next door neighbour

I've got far too much on to even think about welding it so he's not that lucky 🤣

 

[Split_Pin]

What type of car is that?

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

What’s wrong with journalism?

Lack of knowledge of the English language and punctuation?

[gm]

an interesting drive home tonight on an ungritted motorway

made all the more interesting by my being tailgated at 40mpm by a fucking snowplough ! seriously, he was about a car length off my bumper - absolute arsehole !

glad i bought those winter tyres the other day, shame they’re still sitting in the garage and i’m driving on death rings. i did have a little bit of handbrake fun on an empty roundabout when i was nearly home  

[GingerNuttz]

8 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

What type of car is that?

Fiat doblo that's had a wheelchair conversion.

[Split_Pin]

Ah right I know the one you mean.

[myglaren]

 

Ooops.

 

A big Volvo ploughed into him on an awkward bend, only going walking pace.

Have a dashcam video of it.  Insuresrs (LV+) taking care of it.  Probably a write off though.

Shame as it has been a good car.

[Talbot]

17 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

What type of car is that?

A rotten one.

TBH, with current labour rates and the amount of fabrication and welding needed for that to be repaired properly. I can well imagine that is a grand's worth of work.

[sdkrc]

If I have to explain the hows and the whys of servicing a fucking hoover one more time I'm gonna lose it. Every 4 weeks "the hoover isn't working". 

[Rust Collector]

1 minute ago, sdkrc said:

If I have to explain the hows and the whys of servicing a fucking hoover one more time I'm gonna lose it. Every 4 weeks "the hoover isn't working". 

Did you hoover anything up that you shouldn't have?

'No.'

Opens hoover to find it clogged full of shite that shouldn't have been hoovered up...

[beko1987]

38 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

If I have to explain the hows and the whys of servicing a fucking hoover one more time I'm gonna lose it. Every 4 weeks "the hoover isn't working". 

Turn it into a YouTube channel like I have 😂 Endless supply of content. I got a vax in 3 weeks ago clogged up with rotten Xmas tree needles from last year... 

[Remspoor]

14 hours ago, gm said:

an interesting drive home tonight on an ungritted motorway

made all the more interesting by my being tailgated at 40mpm by a fucking snowplough ! seriously, he was about a car length off my bumper - absolute arsehole !

glad i bought those winter tyres the other day, shame they’re still sitting in the garage and i’m driving on death rings. i did have a little bit of handbrake fun on an empty roundabout when i was nearly home  

Uing a camera- phone whilst driving is not illegal in the UK?

What motorway has traffic lights and a concrete central barrier?

[gm]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Uing a camera- phone whilst driving is not illegal in the UK?

What motorway has traffic lights and a concrete central barrier?

err, that was taken by my passenger, yes, definitely my passenger  

you’re quite correct, that isn’t a motorway, it’s a section of dual carriageway when i was nearly home but shows the same conditions that the motorway was in : bloody slippy !

i got the winter tyres fitted today and it’s so much better, ready to take on the winter now  

[Talbot]

Fuckit.

Unloading the dishwasher and I manage to drop a wine glass on the counter, and it just fucking exploded in razor sharp shards of glass all over the kitchen, so I'm stood there barefoot surrounded by glass like the shittest tribute to John McClane in Die Hard.  Managed to get away from it without shredding myself, started clearing up and vacuuming the 8.46 billion shards of glass up, at which point a string of lamps we have up in the lounge (open plan) comes off their sticky pads, falls down and knocks a clock off the wall.  Said clock falls to the floor and the 300mm diameter glass front.. you guessed it, explodes into another 5 billion shards, all over the entire room.

Taken me an hour to be confident I've cleared up all the glass.  It was absolutely sodding everywhere.  Bits on almost every surface of both rooms.  Fucks sakes!

I'd suggest I need a glass of wine after that, but I broke my favourite glass.

Bollocks.

[Mally]

As mentioned in the insurance topic, my insurance with 14 years NCB has risen from £371 to £1,010.

HFM!

[High Jetter]

It's -3 degrees here, with a heavy mist or light fog and there are still lunatics driving like...well, lunatics.

[loserone]

I went out at lunchtime and must have overtaken a dozen dozy old geezers doing 20mph when I was quite happy doing the speed limit despite summer tyres on the 182.

[jakebullet]

The Mrs's mother who ruined holiday by ghosting us has explained* what was going on. The cat she stole from further down the street has decided to shit all over the house, so we couldn't possibly have gone there. A: stop stealing cats. B: you could have said that when we was there rather than ghosting.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, jakebullet said:

The Mrs's mother who ruined holiday by ghosting us has explained* what was going on. The cat she stole from further down the street has decided to shit all over the house, so we couldn't possibly have gone there. A: stop stealing cats. B: you could have said that when we was there rather than ghosting.

Does your Mrs's mother live down the street from @barefoot perchance? 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

On 01/12/2023 at 17:22, Rust Collector said:

Did you hoover anything up that you shouldn't have?

'No.'

Opens hoover to find it clogged full of shite that shouldn't have been hoovered up...

My partner doesn't hoover much at all, that's very much my job.  When we had new carpets fitted, there were bits of loose pile everywhere.  I explicitly told my other half that we should use the mains-powered Sebo to clean them up about an hour before the fitters arrived.  She was on holiday and I was in my outdoor office working from home all day.

Instead, she gave the fitters the cordless from under the stairs.  Which didn't have any charge anyway.  So they spend 2 minutes trying to use it and then decide to empty it.

Now when you empty our cordless, the filter assembly tends to end up in the bin with the dust, unless you hold onto it as you open the dust bin.  She didn't know this and the fitters ended up accidentally taking some dust - but also the entire filter assembly - with them in a bin bag.  I spot it that evening and call the company first thing in the morning.  In the end the director of the company ends up fishing about in their Biffa bin looking for it.  Fortunately he finds it and sends the fitters over with it a couple of days later.  Otherwise we'd be looking at having to replace the entire cleaner.

This was back in April and I don't think I've let her touch the cordless since then.

[New POD]

12 hours ago, jakebullet said:

The Mrs's mother who ruined holiday by ghosting us has explained* what was going on. The cat she stole from further down the street has decided to shit all over the house, so we couldn't possibly have gone there. A: stop stealing cats. B: you could have said that when we was there rather than ghosting.

All of which could be made up ? 

Jake, your whole (extended) family sounds like a nightmare.  Good luck at Christmas.