The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Apparently even something simple like garden twine is made in China. What does the west make these days?

I assume we ( NATO) make all our own military kit ( the secret parts, I’ll bet some parts of the uniforms etc are made in China). 
After that I’m struggling.

[Westbay]

"their luggage went on without them apparently. Not sure how? "

Their cases once checked in will be passed to a 'Ground Handling Company' who look after the storing and movement of the luggage from terminal to aircraft hold either loose on trollies or containerised in ULD's (unit load device) depending on aircraft type.

Unless the airline tells or requests the Ground Handling Company remove the luggage from the flight it will travel even if the 'self loading freight' (passengers) don't travel on the flight ...

[Markeh]

I'm pretty surprised that if they weren't on the flight, they didn't unload the bags - you'd have thought it'd be a security risk having luggage on board without the accompanying passenger.

[adw1977]

Yes, I thought bags could never go without their owner because otherwise it's a way of getting a bomb on the plane without killing yourself.  Unless baggage scanning is considered so reliable that couldn't happen anymore?

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

I assume we ( NATO) make all our own military kit ( the secret parts, I’ll bet some parts of the uniforms etc are made in China). 
After that I’m struggling.

There are some tricks to not getting your IP stuck in the DoD red tape.  Say you have a contract with a NATo military organisation, and you need to design some control system, for that. If you design it for that contract, using it later for a none military purpose later could be very painful indeed. The US courts might not be happy with your "espionage" .

But if you design it for a none military application first, and then use it later for a military application you are okay.  

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Markeh said:

I'm pretty surprised that if they weren't on the flight, they didn't unload the bags - you'd have thought it'd be a security risk having luggage on board without the accompanying passenger.

Mum caused enough of a security risk in the terminal! These pensioners can be quite cunning and slippery.

[IronStar]

Is it too much to ask for people to pick up their (business!) phone? Or at least call back if you’re busy? 
CC is supposed to be booked at one of, if not the most reputable PSA specialist in Serbia. Called him last week, he picked up, to great shock of everyone who ever met him, told me to call on Monday or Tuesday. Called yesterday. Called today. 5 times. Drove there in the end. He was out testing a car. Ran into his dad(?!) who insisted on calling him for me despite me politely declining. He picked up his call, went, oh, yeah, sorry, come on Thursday morning. 
Friend that owned the blue Saxo before me had the pleasure of being booked then never being confirmed as he didn’t answer the phone. My mechanic friend who’s a very good mate of PSA specialist also keeps complaining about him not picking up the phone for days. What the actual fuck? Please get someone to pick up the phone and manage bookings if you CBA, heaven knows no one would complain if you upped the prices by 10 or even 20% to cover for that.

For the record, this is not the first time I met the guy. I was never pushy. I never asked for a car to be fixed immediately or booked for tomorrow. I never asked for a discount, hell, I paid over what I was quoted. In all our previous contacts we were getting along great, chatting about cars and shit. So I really don’t think it’s about me.

[comfortablynumb]

Seems to be a symptom of modern times @IronStar, people forget how they actually get money, they're doing you a favour actually talking to you, let alone do any work

I know I'm not alone in trying to contact someone, to have them blank me completely. They actively seem to want to go out of business 🤔

[GeorgeB]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

Is it too much to ask for people to pick up their (business!) phone? Or at least call back if you’re busy? 
CC is supposed to be booked at one of, if not the most reputable PSA specialist in Serbia. Called him last week, he picked up, to great shock of everyone who ever met him, told me to call on Monday or Tuesday. Called yesterday. Called today. 5 times. Drove there in the end. He was out testing a car. Ran into his dad(?!) who insisted on calling him for me despite me politely declining. He picked up his call, went, oh, yeah, sorry, come on Thursday morning. 
Friend that owned the blue Saxo before me had the pleasure of being booked then never being confirmed as he didn’t answer the phone. My mechanic friend who’s a very good mate of PSA specialist also keeps complaining about him not picking up the phone for days. What the actual fuck? Please get someone to pick up the phone and manage bookings if you CBA, heaven knows no one would complain if you upped the prices by 10 or even 20% to cover for that.

For the record, this is not the first time I met the guy. I was never pushy. I never asked for a car to be fixed immediately or booked for tomorrow. I never asked for a discount, hell, I paid over what I was quoted. In all our previous contacts we were getting along great, chatting about cars and shit. So I really don’t think it’s about me.

Sorry, but I have no idea what you are trying to say.

CC? PSA?

[IronStar]

12 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Sorry, but I have no idea what you are trying to say.

CC? PSA?

307CC, PSA Peugeot Citroën

[beko1987]

A spider the size of a small cat ran across my feet earlier this morning, I fucking hate spiders 😭

I was on a video call too, being active in it and didn't mute fast enough before swearing, then the thing I went to smash it with didn't work and it ran away.. 

Went and got a vacuum and spent the rest of the call with it in my hands with my colleagues laughing at me but I've still not found the twat, it's under the TV unit/massive pile of fucked hoovers that one side of my front room consists of 

[comfortablynumb]

It's biding it's time until you think it's gone @beko1987

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid 🤣

[Zelandeth]

First day back at the school just around the corner from us.  Yep, you can tell.  There's litter everywhere.  Haven't had to pick any up for the last eight weeks save for one day it was really windy on collection day and a few folks bins got blown over.

Today it's bloody everywhere again.

[hairnet]

7 hours ago, beko1987 said:

A spider the size of a small cat ran across my feet earlier this morning, I fucking hate spiders 😭

 

spider 1 massive tart with a beard 0

[Metal Guru]

I know it’s a small one compared to war, pestilence and disasters around the world, but those new attached tops on plastic bottles are really annoying me. They just get in the way when you pour and end up with fizzy pop etc everywhere. If you break the tag, they seem difficult to get the thread on straight.

[High Jetter]

8 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

I know it’s a small one compared to war, pestilence and disasters around the world, but those new attached tops on plastic bottles are really annoying me. They just get in the way when you pour and end up with fizzy pop etc everywhere. If you break the tag, they seem difficult to get the thread on straight.

Yup, mentioned about 20 pages back, last month. 

[Metal Guru]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Yup, mentioned about 20 pages back, last month. 

Yeh sorry, well done, got there first.

As I said a trivial grump, certainly not warranting researching hundreds of pages to check if someone said it before.

[IronStar]

In today’s episode of car that doesn’t want to live:

You know how 307CC has bespoke, stupidly expensive, prone to glue failure tail lamps? Guess what fell off today.

Four fucking hundred Euros for a piece of fucking plastic off breakers! That’s not getting fucking replaced then. Two on the other side are missing as well (one thankfully in my garage), and it passed technical inspection without them, so fuck it, not fixing unless I run into them stupidly cheap.

In the other news, I managed to get to the PSA specialist, who diagnosed roof with “that’s fucking fucked m9, all the hydraulic pistons are leaking”. Call me on 16th when I get back from holidays, I can’t fix this quickly.

Oh I got check engine on Tuesday as well. Probably secondary air pump acting up again.

Not a good day for a car that’s been pushing its luck for ages now. 

[MikeR]

at the tin can ... somebody is using the one next to us ,the other night they was  up all night to 1.30am  , tv loud ,all lights on , loud talking , screaming , thumping around .....

woke up at 8am , took the dog for a walk , 9am ...  and 

radio on ,doors open , did the washing up the loud way ,  played with the dog on decking , got the ladders out to do the guttering ...

not heard a peep from them again ..

 

wanted to visit a corn mill just around the corner , 5 house village type place with parking on a field and a W.I

please book your tour tickets at www.rapemywallett.com !!!!

f that ..  just went out and bought some bambi  burgers and sausages   , seen them , photographed them ,now its time to eat them ..

 

[Remspoor]

On 03/09/2024 at 07:43, EyesWeldedShut said:

Social media outrage.

Oh and  apathy is another thing that makes me grumpy.

[scdan4]

Meh 

[comfortablynumb]

Are you ignorant and apathetic?

I don't know and I don't care 😁

[maxxo]

So living at my parents again has led to a good few arguments but nothing major

sister came back today probably for a bath

i told her under no uncertain terms to leave the immersion on for more than an hour as the thermostat has failed

Everyone else in the house remembers and I’m getting a new one from toolstation tomorrow

guess what she did?

left it on, boiled the cylinder and filled the loft with steam

then had the audacity to scream at me saying it’s my fault 

quite a grump for today that was

still the cold tank full of scalding water did a cracking job of cleaning the bog when I gave it a few flushes and ran a few taps to try and cool it before it melted

[maxxo]

Also XM headlights

dipped beam performance on unlit roads is abysmal

i quite enjoy it when a modern with super bright LED headlights is behind me as I can actually see

[Metal Guru]

Just read a news headline online.

Asda , Morrisons , Sainsbury's and Tesco drivers urged to fill up now or lose £171.

Well obviously I don’t want to lose £171 so I took a look. Seems it’s referring to the possible 5p per litre rise in fuel prices in the budget. 
£171 is what it might cost the average driver in a year apparently. How the fuck are you going to hoard a years worth of petrol by filling up? 
In any case £171 a year is £3.30 a week , which is about 65litres. Given most cars manage at least 40 mpg that’s 520miles a week or 27000 miles a year, hardly the average.

Journalism is so crap these days. Rubbish figures are quoted and it then becomes “fact” on line . 

[sierraman]

Top tip, know what the fuck you need to order before you get to front of queue in Toolstation to save annoying everyone else behind. 

[auntiemaryscanary]

1 hour ago, sierraman said:

Top tip, know what the fuck you need to order before you get to front of queue in Toolstation to save annoying everyone else behind. 

I concur. You don't want me stood behind you tutting and rolling eyes whilst I rustle the stores handy docket detailing my order complete with the 5 digit code for the counter staff.

[Metal Guru]

14 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

I concur. You don't want me stood behind you tutting and rolling eyes whilst I rustle the stores handy docket detailing my order complete with the 5 digit code for the counter staff.

At least you don’t get people in shops writing cheques any more.

[captain_70s]

3 hours ago, sierraman said:

Top tip, know what the fuck you need to order before you get to front of queue in Toolstation to save annoying everyone else behind. 

This applies to anything.

The brain dead simpletons who need to study the entire McDonald's menu before choosing the same thing they always do at the self-service screens need firing into the sea.

[louiepj]

You forgot to mention that nearly all of what they want is not in stock!