The grumpy thread

[LightBulbFun]

19 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

I think I have given him fair chance to refund me otherwise!

woke up this morning to find a refund has landed in my inbox

I guess he woke up this morning also and realised I was just going to raise the matter with ebay which he had no chance of disputing

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, myglaren said:

Do you not have block heaters in your cars & vans?

Our works cars all had Eberspächer heaters on timers but outside the flats where we lived there were 'hitching posts' fore every parking space to connect the car's electric heater to the mains.  Never any problem starting them and nice and warm to get in to.

 

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I imagine that might be more of a "city" thing - as I understand it Dyslexic Viking lives in the arse end of nowhere.

Is it not normal practice to drain down the coolant if extreme cold temperatures are expected?  That's what people used to do here back when we had proper winters and less effective antifreeze.

Block heaters on electricity are nice and something we should have, but it's so rarely extremely cold anymore that I haven't thought about it, but maybe we should.

Coolant, pre-mixed and most of what comes in cars now is mixed 50/50 which is in the minus 36 to 38 range which isnt really enough. Draining coolant is fine enough on older cars where things are easy, but on everything made in the last decades it is not easy so I will avoid doing that.

Dads van won't start, he's tried charging the battery and everything he can but the engine won't turn over. So it looks like it has to be towed to a garage, as there is nothing more we can do. It's expected to be warmer tomorrow so I'll see if I can get mine started, it's petrol and a Hyundai, so that at least gives me some hope.

[Dave_Q]

West Yorkshire Police apparently out catching speeders with a 0.3 megapixel USB webcam?

There is an accompanying zoomed photo where there is sufficient POTATO POWER to read the plate. 

It was me so I've just copped for it but doesn't seem like this level of imagery would be any use in a case where someone is claiming it wasn't them.

[hairnet]

5 hours ago, Saabnut said:

FTFY

youve been up there too long

[hairnet]

51 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

West Yorkshire Police apparently out catching speeders with a 0.3 megapixel USB webcam?

There is an accompanying zoomed photo where there is sufficient POTATO POWER to read the plate. 

It was me so I've just copped for it but doesn't seem like this level of imagery would be any use in a case where someone is claiming it wasn't them.

in the fucking middle of the night

[Dave_Q]

5 minutes ago, hairnet said:

in the fucking middle of the night

Apparently there are other locations near me where they are also out at 6-7am. 

Would expect it to be a strictly day shift 9-5 sort of effort.

[silvercar]

35 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Apparently there are other locations near me where they are also out at 6-7am. 

Would expect it to be a strictly day shift 9-5 sort of effort.

I must say the amount of camera vans and police vehicles up and about at all hours north of Doncaster is staggering compared to south of London.

Was that really the NIP picture sent to you?

[Dave_Q]

53 minutes ago, silvercar said:

I must say the amount of camera vans and police vehicles up and about at all hours north of Doncaster is staggering compared to south of London.

Was that really the NIP picture sent to you?

It's one of three, there is one more zoomed in where you can see the number plate but none of them are better quality than you would have got out of a 2003 Sony Ericsson.

[Bren]

This cold snap can get to fuck.

I have severe asthma but thankfully no longer steroid dependant. However the colld is affecting my sinuses - my head aches along with my teeth  and my ears.

[hairnet]

Fuck medical

159%

[EyesWeldedShut]

18 minutes ago, Bren said:

This cold snap can get to fuck.

I have severe asthma but thankfully no longer steroid dependant. However the colld is affecting my sinuses - my head aches along with my teeth  and my ears.

Ahhh  - I thought that just was the learghy/covid/flu/bug that I caught last week.
Would it also cause achy joints, stuck lugs and a need for fourteen hours sleep a day? That and a brain fog like after a dozen (bad) pints.
Just grumpy 'cos I've not had a flu-like thing for years and years. Bollox.

[Bren]

10 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Ahhh  - I thought that just was the learghy/covid/flu/bug that I caught last week.
Would it also cause achy joints, stuck lugs and a need for fourteen hours sleep a day? That and a brain fog like after a dozen (bad) pints.
Just grumpy 'cos I've not had a flu-like thing for years and years. Bollox.

I have trouble sleeping at night. But then want to sleep during the day.

[horriblemercedes]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

This cold snap can get to fuck.

I have severe asthma but thankfully no longer steroid dependant. However the colld is affecting my sinuses - my head aches along with my teeth  and my ears.

This is a rubbish feeling. I always get it in one sinus only affecting one tooth and a headache down one side. Ibuprofen relieves it better than anything else, but it's not great

[DavieW]

I saw a car in the spec/colour I wanted. Didn't pluck up the courage to tell my wife I wanted a new car and now it's disappeared from the classifieds. 🙁

[vulgalour]

On 08/01/2024 at 18:03, jakebullet said:

I love* being tech support for mad old bats.

I keep getting told to turn all adverts off and my phone is overtaken by all adverts and a picture comes up on my screen of a man with a phone in is hands and i says you need to pay and he will clear all adverts but my phone becomes fully overtaken by all these adverts wanting me to agree to these adverts and click on them, and then you can get trapped into trouble.  what i normally look for the skip advert on screen and that turns them off. So really we don,t need to pay to get adverts removed but, both parry and i think this is a way of getting people to agreen just to make money, parry says don,t agree so i won,t.

Er, ok.

I have had to change onto my other tablet because, the one I was using just will not let me in now at all.

I REALLY THINK SOMEONE IS CREATING PROBLEMS ON MY COMPUTER AND MY PHONE.

Last time ELITE HACKER was she entered & saved the facebook password into the wifi password field. Fairly sure android things are not that easy to take over, and why would you bother nobbling 3 different devices?

She is probably on a numpty list, as I've seen romance scammers posting on her stuff. She also has a habit of friending / following anything that remotely mentions Jesus, TEH LORD etc. Wouldn't be that hard to get on her friends list with a carefully crafted Jesus post, and then to bang a load of shit her way so it appears on her facebook wall. But I can't get her to take a photo / screenshot so don't know what's really going on.

Anyone recommend a remote desktop app I can get her to install so I can fix from here?

Don't do it.  Just don't.  You won't be thanked for any trouble you go to, you already know this.  Leave it be.

[barefoot]

12 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Don't do it.  Just don't.  You won't be thanked for any trouble you go to, you already know this.  Leave it be.

Plus eleventy - DIY - Don't Involve Yourself.

[Rust Collector]

On 08/01/2024 at 18:03, jakebullet said:

She is probably on a numpty list, as I've seen romance scammers posting on her stuff. She also has a habit of friending / following anything that remotely mentions Jesus, TEH LORD etc. Wouldn't be that hard to get on her friends list with a carefully crafted Jesus post, and then to bang a load of shit her way so it appears on her facebook wall. But I can't get her to take a photo / screenshot so don't know what's really going on.

Anyone recommend a remote desktop app I can get her to install so I can fix from here?

I can't help with the technical problems, but can I take a moment of your time to talk to you about the word of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?

[Markeh]

Managed to cock up this morning.

I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to some DIY tasks, and I've successfully changed all the light switches and sockets upstairs in my house, as well as one downstairs that broke. Everything working fine, electrician was happy last time I had a callout for something unrelated, all good. Well after a couple of years the cheapo switch I used in the hall started playing up and one side of it now doesn't work at all, bought a replacement switch, lived with it for a bit, didnt think anything of it, managed without a hall light for a bit. Finally decided sod this I want to change it this morning. Moved it over one wire at a time, as I have previously.

Well clearly either this switch is fucked or I've fucked it up as it's now tripping the electrics every time I turn the lights on. After trying a couple of basic wire swaps I decided nope, fuck this, I'm not getting involved. Emergency electrician on the way. Now I'm conscious I look like a know it all who tried it and fucked it up.

[hairnet]

Got given a prescription by the hospital

Went to collect it and its the same stuff im on now only tiny bit stronger

If you can buy them off the chemist theyre not gonna be mad scary

Ffs - why not given them first no idea

 

[Wilko220]

Bad news today for Rootes owners

 

 

[High Jetter]

26 minutes ago, Wilko220 said:

Bad news today for Rootes owners

I used to deal with them occasionally when I was in parts back in the 80's in the same general area. Always very efficient and knowledgeable staff, a shame to see their closing.

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, Wilko220 said:

Bad news today for Rootes owners

 

 

Some tosser will purchase the Stock. Lets hope it is not the MR helpful* who purchased the stock from Earlpart when they closed a number of years ago.

[Markeh]

11 hours ago, Markeh said:

Managed to cock up this morning.

I'm not a complete idiot when it comes to some DIY tasks, and I've successfully changed all the light switches and sockets upstairs in my house, as well as one downstairs that broke. Everything working fine, electrician was happy last time I had a callout for something unrelated, all good. Well after a couple of years the cheapo switch I used in the hall started playing up and one side of it now doesn't work at all, bought a replacement switch, lived with it for a bit, didnt think anything of it, managed without a hall light for a bit. Finally decided sod this I want to change it this morning. Moved it over one wire at a time, as I have previously.

Well clearly either this switch is fucked or I've fucked it up as it's now tripping the electrics every time I turn the lights on. After trying a couple of basic wire swaps I decided nope, fuck this, I'm not getting involved. Emergency electrician on the way. Now I'm conscious I look like a know it all who tried it and fucked it up.

Sheer incompetence here. Waited til 6:30pm for an electrician. At about 6pm, I checked the third attempt of wiring I'd done, with the intent of tucking it away, assuming they werent coming, just so I didn't damage anything.

In the process, I wired it up right. I paid an £80 callout charge, all they did was turn the breaker back on and check the switch worked...

In fairness I did get them to change the landing switch while they were here.

Idiot tax paid, lesson learned, don't try and bugger about with electrics before you start work. Hopefully they just charge me for the callout - if they do, I'll probably bother to put some work their way for an outside light I need fitting.

[Wilko220]

5 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Some tosser will purchase the Stock.

I suppose there’s a chance that Rimming Bros will snap it up and put the price of each item up by a million per cent or something 

[junkyarddog]

10 hours ago, Wilko220 said:

Bad news today for Rootes owners

 

 

Got a few spares from them over the years,sad they are going.

[silvercar]

26 minutes ago, Markeh said:

Sheer incompetence here. Waited til 6:30pm for an electrician. At about 6pm, I checked the third attempt of wiring I'd done, with the intent of tucking it away, assuming they werent coming, just so I didn't damage anything.

In the process, I wired it up right. I paid an £80 callout charge, all they did was turn the breaker back on and check the switch worked...

In fairness I did get them to change the landing switch while they were here.

Idiot tax paid, lesson learned, don't try and bugger about with electrics before you start work. Hopefully they just charge me for the callout - if they do, I'll probably bother to put some work their way for an outside light I need fitting.

I found out several years ago when changing a couple of ceiling lights in the hall that because of regs it is perfectly acceptable to use a neutral coloured wire as a switched live. Oh how I laughed my arse off at paying the idiot tax to the grinning sparky as he fixed my wiring faux pas in about 2 minutes.

i feel your pain

[Datsuncog]

So it appears that Sainsburys now reckon they're Spotify, and have (somewhat belatedly) hopped on the groovy train to email me my "2023 Wrapped!!"

I have absolutely no idea what I'm meant to do with this information.

Other than possibly track down the #1 buyer of Belvita Cocoa breakfast biscuits in the local area, and challenge them to a duel to determine the one true champion.

[adw1977]

Apparently my top buy with Sainsbury's in 2023 was Freddos.  That's because my local Sainsbury's petrol station bizarrely decided to sell off their stock at 9p each so I bought pretty much all of them.   The door pockets in my car are still mostly filled with Freddos.

[jakebullet]

On 09/01/2024 at 20:54, vulgalour said:

Don't do it.  Just don't.  You won't be thanked for any trouble you go to, you already know this.  Leave it be.

I got a bazillion messages how does she change arsebook password 'cos HACKERZ*, so I told her and she buggered off for a full day.

Facebook are now saying that my old password is incorrect and I have used it for a very long time, I know it is right and Parry also does. So how do I get out of that one please?.

Er, use the new password, the one you changed it to? I suspect she thinks you change password only for the device you've changed it on, and not all of them.

Yes, trying to avoid further interaction with mad Jean.

[New POD]

13 hours ago, hairnet said:

Got given a prescription by the hospital

Went to collect it and its the same stuff im on now only tiny bit stronger

If you can buy them off the chemist theyre not gonna be mad scary

Ffs - why not given them first no idea

 

As I'm awake and coughing my lungs up, might I be allowed to be a pedant. 

It's a Pharmacist.  Not a chemist. 

The difference is significant. 

Daughter is the former, and son formerly was the later (and now is a chartered financial auditor), and have both previously pulled me up on this common error.