The grumpy thread

[captain_70s]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's cold

Warm house though. Must be well insulated as we can't get ours above 16C once it's below freezing outside!

[Dyslexic Viking]

21 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

Warm house though. Must be well insulated as we can't get ours above 16C once it's below freezing outside!

It is not well insulated, it is an over 100 year old log house, so the walls are mostly logs and the windows etc are bad. But have good wood stoves and that helps.

I can't understand that you can't get it warmer than that and I've lived in several bad houses and even lived in caravans and never had it that bad. So something must be really wrong with your house?

[MikeR]

found out today that my 500mb hdds are no longer sufficient to hold all the yearly back ups , 1TB seems to be the new target size so I dont have to split up my film dir ....  thankfully the servers are ok , but its another reason to visit CEX

[Dyslexic Viking]

It's even colder now

[captain_70s]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

It is not well insulated, it is an over 100 year old log house, so the walls are mostly logs and the windows etc are bad. But have good wood stoves and that helps.

I can't understand that you can't get it warmer than that and I've lived in several bad houses and even lived in caravans and never had it that bad. So something must be really wrong with your house?

Perhaps UK central heating/housing isn't as robust...

Certainly the 100 year old cottage I lived in frequently dropped to 6C overnight and 12-14C in winter was normal with the heating maxed out.

The houses I grew up in were largely the same, and around the same age.

This place was built in the 1980s but the heating is from 2006 and I think it was quite a cheap system back then...

Folks I know in new houses never seem to have to run the heating at all to maintain 25C!

[Split_Pin]

22.5c is literally my optimum temperature for the house inside. It's probably just a mental thing though.

There's thick frost on the cars that haven't moved today already and its only 11.10 pm.

[Bren]

7 hours ago, iainrcz said:

First night back at work.

Want to hang myself already.

I know that feeling.

[iainrcz]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

I know that feeling.

I've got 50 minutes to go, and I'm going to have a beer when I get in.

It's cold and I've had enough.

[andy18s]

Our first chilly nights coming up next week

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 26/12/2023 at 20:08, Zelandeth said:

My entire goddamn house reeks of cigarette smoke.  My lungs feel like they've been through a cheese grater, and my head is pounding (even more than usual) and has been for about 48 hours now.

Having chain smoking relations over for Xmas sucks.  Especially if you've got asthma.

I thought it was about the most repulsive habit on the planet even before seeing it in black and white as a cause of death on my mother's death certificate.

Sure it will only take about a week to get rid of the stink.

"is it ok to smoke in the house?"

 

no, and with the utmost respect, fuck off outside with your unpleasant, disgusting habit

[hairnet]

23 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's cold

 

but norwegians are hardy and know how to deal with it

 

[hairnet]

they still need to retire steve wright

listening to pick of the pops not quite live (im not that daft)

and still have to ff past his inane bullshit drivel

no wonder they put him on at weekends

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 03/01/2024 at 09:03, nev_jr said:

Yeah I got out, but WHY THE FUCK HAVE YOU BLOCKED ME IN YOU CUNT?!?!?!

 

because there is NO footpath crossing/dropped kerb to block- ergo they have done nothing wrong

you on the other hand have

[Spiny Norman]

Why on earth would a non smoker allow anyone to smoke in their house?

[New POD]

Just now, Spiny Norman said:

Why on earth would a non smoker allow anyone to smoke in their house?

I think if you read back a few pages, the visitors were smoking outside, but due to prevailing winds and the fact that their clothes and hair emit their own smoke smell, the house still ended up with a foul odour. 

 

[New POD]

5 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

because there is NO footpath crossing/dropped kerb to block- ergo they have done nothing wrong

you on the other hand have

I mean you have a point, but most* people would look at the car on the "drive" and think, I won't park there in case they need to use the car. 

[vulgalour]

No, mate, pal, buddy, I've stopped because having reversed out of the parking space I now need to put my car into first gear so I can drive off not so you can try and overtake me.  No, your indicator isn't going to change any of these facts.  No, now I'm moving forwards there still isn't space to overtake me and given that we can both (hopefully) see the parents and kids milling about half in the road you'll forgive me for not going any faster while I navigate around them safely.

I have no idea what he was hoping to achieve and it's not the first time I've had this happen.  The variation on the theme is when I'm stopped to let someone complete their maneouvre of reversing out of a parking bay and the person behind me drives around me and then gets confused that there's a car in the way.  I swear some people cannot see further than the end of their steering wheel.

[Zelandeth]

First world problems and all that I know, but one of my monitors is dying.  Thankfully it's the odd one out rather than the matched pair as that would have really hacked me off. 

I do have a spare to replace it, but due to a different stand arrangement and being a significantly different size, slotting it in will require a not inconsiderable amount of rearranging the workstation - and I really cannot be bothered!

Let's see how long it takes having a significantly green tint to the right half of the display on the leftmost monitor to annoy me enough to trigger the rearrangement of the desk.

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

but norwegians are hardy and know how to deal with it

 

This is cold even for us. I had minus 34 this morning. 

[Spiny Norman]

4 hours ago, New POD said:

I think if you read back a few pages, the visitors were smoking outside, but due to prevailing winds and the fact that their clothes and hair emit their own smoke smell, the house still ended up with a foul odour. 

 

By fuck, you're a mardy cunt aren't you?
 

[Rocket88]

Another triumph for our esteemed education system….

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Rocket88 said:

Another triumph for our esteemed education system….

A diner car could be anything though - one to drive to a diner, or one to sit in and eat dinner in. Although a dolomite could be a bit small for that.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Although a dolomite could be a bit small for that.

I've eaten sandwiches in one, does that count?

[richardmorris]

Just now, High Jetter said:

I've eaten sandwiches in one, does that count?

Of course.

[Boycie]

Could depend on the sandwich , cheese and pickle ok , spam of course , if it was a baguette you'd prob need the extra space of a 2000/2500 

[Boycie]

This would def need a 2000 ... Possibly an estate 

 

 

[myglaren]

18 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

This is cold even for us. I had minus 34 this morning. 

I have vivid recollections of walking to work in the early morning (around 4 a.m.) in -38°C and it didn't seem that bad, often feels colder her and only a few degrees below 0°C.  Allegedly due to the humidity levels.  My mother had similar experiences in Germany and Poland during the war, although the temperture wasn't quite as low.

[LightBulbFun]

won a lightbulb on ebay for really quite cheap the other day, said this to a group chat im in

quelle surprise this lands in my inbox just now

if I wanted to be a dick about it, I could still push the matter that I want the lamp for my collection regardless

I wont but its but still annoying, if you list it with a 99 pence starting bid then be prepared to have to sell it for that!

 

especially if you are selling something semi-obscure, with a shit description, so only sad bastards like myself are going to find it LOL

 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, LightBulbFun said:

won a lightbulb on ebay for really quite cheap the other day, said this to a group chat im in

quelle surprise this lands in my inbox just now

if I wanted to be a dick about it, I could still push the matter that I want the lamp for my collection regardless

I wont but its but still annoying, if you list it with a 99 pence starting bid then be prepared to have to sell it for that!

 

especially if you are selling something semi-obscure, with a shit description, so only sad bastards like myself are going to find it LOL

 

I get that with vacuum cleaners! If I win stuff for under a tenner it's just a matter of waiting a day for them to realise what their selling doesn't break down small easily and "sorry I've gone to pack it and it's broken" but 95% of the time I still need to push for it as I want it for 'insert other non broken part here', and nodded on it because it was listed as broken but it doesn't matter to me as I'll just strip it down for the bits I need

4/10 they get posted and it wasn't broken at all or its refunded 😢

The guy I got a kirby from on new years day questioned me, he went to get it out his shed and it'd been leaked over for months. Still wanted it (and the motor ran fine and is in my Sentria right now!). It's easier with a collection only thing though and he got £20 I could tell he wasn't expecting to get 

[Bren]

Took the decorations down at the weekend. Normally cannot wait to get them down but felt a bit sad this  year. I later remarked to my wife that once you get past 50 you never know if it's your last christmas.