The grumpy thread

[Supernaut]

38 minutes ago, Pieman said:

That's how things in life go with me in general - it's always me making an effort with everybody else, never seems to be the other way round.

Then people ask why I've been quiet and haven't talked to them.  Friendships work two ways, you selfish fuckwits!

Sounds familiar.

I've let a few friendships "lapse" like that because, quite simply, fuck 'em.

[jakebullet]

Mrs. has discovered today she has covid. Last time she convinced herself she "nearly died", when it's was more like bad cold. So mega upset that she's about to croak any minute now.

Bonus am I lucky?, as I spent the day there yesterday. Testing negative so far, but nose feels dodgy. But also hay fever season.

[NorthernMonkey]

On 04/07/2024 at 10:30, ruffgeezer said:

Someone posted on here recently about fixing a Berlingo or Partner with the wanky auto box as a non start, and I now cannot find it!

That was me…

[fairkens]

21 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Tell that to my mate who's mother ( late 20's) dropped his two daughters 5&6 for there regular visit 3 months ago & has gone off with boyfriend  & has now decided to play housey with him the other side of town, only communication "I can't cope with them" .

Must be ok as her mother did same with her & when contacted during search said she'll be ok & anyway I've no time to help I'm gunna the Costas next week!

 

That's a sad situation but I'm guessing she's not been posting that meme on facebook

[fairkens]

21 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Tell that to my mate who's mother ( late 20's) dropped his two daughters 5&6 for there regular visit 3 months ago & has gone off with boyfriend  & has now decided to play housey with him the other side of town, only communication "I can't cope with them" .

Must be ok as her mother did same with her & when contacted during search said she'll be ok & anyway I've no time to help I'm gunna the Costas next week!

 

That's a sad situation but I'm guessing she's not been posting that meme on facebook

[Ghosty]

Some eBay seller is harassing me and making abusive phone calls because I left them a neutral feedback, after they badgered me to leave a positive review, phoning me up and sending eBay messages.

Don't like these people having my address and phone number, should I be worried? They're not local.

[Remspoor]

On 06/07/2024 at 07:30, Dyslexic Viking said:

It's now summer so Norway is being invaded by Germans which is fine enough but going on holiday with a freaking tractor is not fine. 

This bellow caused complete chaos on one of our main roads yesterday. This should be illegal. And the driver must be a really selfish bastard to think this is okay.

Dose Germany still do Top Gear?

 

[wuvvum]

On 07/07/2024 at 20:38, sheffcortinacentre said:

Tell that to my mate who's mother ( late 20's) dropped his two daughters 5&6 for there regular visit 3 months ago & has gone off with boyfriend  & has now decided to play housey with him the other side of town, only communication "I can't cope with them" .

Your mate's mother is in her late 20s and your mate has a 6 year old child?  Early starters in that family one assumes...

[sheffcortinacentre]

3 hours ago, fairkens said:

That's a sad situation but I'm guessing she's not been posting that meme on facebook

Probably not, I replied more to do with the "no one hates there kids" post.

A mate had a neighbour who upto here daughter finally being taken in to care circa 10 years old could be regularly heard through the wall screaming abuse  etc  that the child ( from being baby) was the source of all her problems ,hated her & far worse.

As usual social services would have none of it as the mother was always sweetness & light in public.

The poor child was finally taken off her after attacking other pupils & biting  atleast one member of staff at several schools.

Obviously non of this was the mothers fault & her main complaints afterwards were all the benefits she no longer was getting.

So don't always think everyone their kids just by what you see on the surface.

[sheffcortinacentre]

13 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Your mate's mother is in her late 20s and your mate has a 6 year old child?  Early starters in that family one assumes...

Yep,

[sheffcortinacentre]

Ment their late 20's & the earent mothers mother( maternal grandmother) had done the same  thing when growing up so didn't care that she'd dumped her kids too.

Easier to say than write.

[sheffcortinacentre]

16 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said:

This confused me too. It would mean she became a grandmother at no older than 23. 

Does she live on Albert Square or is she a hamster? 

No ex chav I think but deadenders was probably her lifestyle guide.

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Probably not, I replied more to do with the "no one hates there kids" post.

A mate had a neighbour who upto here daughter finally being taken in to care circa 10 years old could be regularly heard through the wall screaming abuse  etc  that the child ( from being baby) was the source of all her problems ,hated her & far worse.

As usual social services would have none of it as the mother was always sweetness & light in public.

The poor child was finally taken off her after attacking other pupils & biting  atleast one member of staff at several schools.

Obviously non of this was the mothers fault & her main complaints afterwards were all the benefits she no longer was getting.

So don't always think everyone their kids just by what you see on the surface.

That just adds further fuel to my belief that in the eyes of social services, women can do no wrong. 😠 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yep ,they can be just as bad if not worse, also as said earlier why do people get themselves in this situation for want of contraception especially this century.

[jakebullet]

I haz covid. Second time the mrs has managed to zap me. So much for she doesn't touch door handles.

[vulgalour]

Got some new wipers for the Princess.  Sometimes, the new wipers have the proper plastic inserts for side-peg wiper arms, sometimes they don't.  This time they didn't.  No bother, I'll swap the plastic insert off the old wipers on to the ne-SNAP

Heck.

Wrapped it in red electrical tape as that's the only thing I had to hand to hold the blade on and so far it's fine.  Anyone got any spare side-peg compatible plastic inserts for wiper blades?

[omegod]

Yet another bug has caught me . I called my recently merged GP surgery and found I was 30th in the queue but was surprisingly  offered an appointment at noon,  it was a strange consultation where the guy managed 9 words in the 10 awkward minutes we sat there 

" I think you have infection" 

"I've sent it down"  

I was able to cleverly deduce from this that I have a ripper of a chest infection and  he'd sent a prescription for antibiotics the the pharmacy downstairs !  

Why waste words 😂

[sheffcortinacentre]

 our GP if you get through seconds after it opens you get the obligatory no appointments avl ( sure it's the dhss woman from bread granddaughter)  if your not lucky enough! To get through you just get cut off as queue is to big for system.

[RoverFolkUs]

22 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Got some new wipers for the Princess.  Sometimes, the new wipers have the proper plastic inserts for side-peg wiper arms, sometimes they don't.  This time they didn't.  No bother, I'll swap the plastic insert off the old wipers on to the ne-SNAP

Heck.

Wrapped it in red electrical tape as that's the only thing I had to hand to hold the blade on and so far it's fine.  Anyone got any spare side-peg compatible plastic inserts for wiper blades?

Got a picture of the type you need? Have a literal box of spare wiper fittings at work from universal kits... 'theyll come in handy one day' ...

[IronStar]

There's a distinct sound of a bearing failure coming from my air purifier. Something* tells me these are not made to be replaceable and you just junk the entire unit. I'll try opening it up to check later and see if silicon lube can shut it up, but I really didn't plan on replacing these after 3 years or so. 🙄

[iainrcz]

Put the oven on, chopping veg, heard a loud clanking and saw the fan in the oven going round like a fucking Catherine wheel. Stopped it and the inside is now all blue!?

[iainrcz]

It's shit itself 🙄

It was exciting mind.

[vulgalour]

4 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Got a picture of the type you need? Have a literal box of spare wiper fittings at work from universal kits... 'theyll come in handy one day' ...

Not of the ones on the car, I don't want to try and remove them for fear of them exploding and leaving me wiperless.  Not usually a concern in July but this year is intent on being broken in the weather department. Second from the left in the photo below is the type I'm after if you have them.

[RoverFolkUs]

28 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Not of the ones on the car, I don't want to try and remove them for fear of them exploding and leaving me wiperless.  Not usually a concern in July but this year is intent on being broken in the weather department. Second from the left in the photo below is the type I'm after if you have them.

Sure, I shall have a rummage next week when I'm back 👍

[artdjones]

COVID again, so ich mussen heute im bett bleiben. I feel awful, including being totally exhausted.

[gm]

it would appear that the footy is on bbc and itv tonight - i am unsure why is this necessary ? 

being not much of a footy fan and having a short attention span, i wondered idly if / how the two broadcasts would differ ? 

exactly the same coverage but, for some weird reason, itv is 2 seconds behind bbc. 

wtf ?? 

 

[High Jetter]

SIL was round, watching it. Mrs J followed it, ish. I came in, had to see. 45 minutes for no score. What a waste of time money. (Other opinions are valid, obs)

[barefoot]

Fuck, I thought it was on tonight.

[MikeR]

people !! 

parked in Tesco car park near a trolly dump at the far side away from the main doors ...note   most of the car park is empty ..

come back to a car parked next to mine and some chap struggling to get out of it because my car  is in the way ...

he complains there is not much room !!!  ffs , half the car park is empty to choose a space from ! 

people .... 

 

[Remspoor]

This the other day. Almost a head on. Taken from my dash-cam. The wife and I returning from shopping.

First image shows the first sighting by the cam. It does not show if he was already on the wrong side of the road. I doubt if I would have reacted at this point.

Next one I can clearly see he is coming across into my side of the road.

This is zoomed in so it show just how far over the white line the driver is. My thoughts at this point was where the hell do I go?

The lorry  is now going back to his side of the road. Thankfully I did not try and avoid him being on my side of the road.

At this point I was almost at a halt.

At least he just managed to get passed us without an accident.

We both do not want to go through that again