The grumpy thread

[bunglebus]

37 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

If you print so often then why are you using an ink jet?

It's what I had, like I said it's pretty old. Just suited me as it has a pretty decent scanner which I'd used to digitise a load of old prints etc. Typical I bought a load of the cartridges when Tesco put them on clearance, so they're no use to me now.

I only really print eBay labels these days but I want to start making decals for my custom toy cars, so it's upgrade time. 

My nightmare wasn't actually over when I posted last night, I store all my pictures on Flickr and have multiple albums for all my different makes of toy car, shows I've been to etc. The app, and to a certain extent the website, have been messing about lately and not displaying all my images. I was trying to sort some pictures out and couldn't find several of the albums, if I look at the info for a picture I know was in one of the missing albums, it doesn't show it as being in there, just in my photo stream. I've spent a lot of time organising those albums, I'll be livid if Flickr have fucked this up permanently 

[maxxo]

15 hours ago, myglaren said:

Probably won't be that bad as once the water is hot it should stay that way with only a bit of maintenance wattage.

Presume the tank has a jacket and is in a cupboard to keep the heat in.

Yes it has a red jacket on it and in the bedroom cupboard

its still hot this morning so hasn’t worked out too bad really 

just annoying that it was left on

[bunglebus]

5 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

hmmm?  

 

let me know what bulb it is/take a picture of it/any writing on it and I can probably point you in the right direction to get a suitable replacement  

I was being a bit overdramatic but it's not one I had in stock anyway. I'm sure I'll find a replacement E14

[IronStar]

3 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I don't print that often but as what I would need is just black and white I bought an old (2006-ish) HP laser printer on eBay a few months back.  It needed a new tray roller (5 Quid) to feed properly but came with a toner cartridge.  Old laser printers are basically the only thing that is worth recommending as they come pre-exorcised from the factory.

This. So much this. 
Get HP 1010/1012 @bunglebus. Laser, reman cartridges everywhere for pennies, just keeps going. The one we had kicking around and is still with my parents did over half a million pages, and is working just fine. 
No wireless connectivity if that’s your thing though. 

[myglaren]

My HP laserjet was superb - until it wasn't anymore, lots of grinding and growling and messages to update the firmware.

Always bought HP as they always* work with Linux.  Except this one didn't.  I had to email every print job to HP in America, who emailed it back to the printer.  It worked but was a complete pain.

Have an HP Envy 120 that is very sleek and pretty but only the scanner works on it.

[Kiltox]

Bastard scrotes. Dropped my wallet yesterday when cycling in Cheltenham (en route to collect the van) - some cunt not content with the £100 in cash that was in there immediately proceeded to using my cards everywhere they could. Within about 10 mins of me dropping it  

Cunts even stupid enough to take it home with them (there’s an AirTag in my wallet, I can see it) and tried to order food online using one of the now cancelled cards.  

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

No wireless connectivity if that’s your thing though. 

That's why I'm setting up a print server using an old Raspberry Pi.  For the one time I print every month.  So worth it...

[andyberg]

Ffs it’s early November. Bah humbug to you Heathrow 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Just now, andyberg said:

Ffs it’s early November. Bah humbug to you Heathrow 

Neighbour at the end of our road already has lights out.  Worst of all, they have a fucking door bow.

[bunglebus]

Partner's daughter has the tree up. Just NO

[horriblemercedes]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

My Brother just works, has done for 15+ years

Fair play to him. Nice to see family members in gainful employment

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Just got the old HP laserjet set up on the network with an old Raspberry Pi set as the print server.  Once I'd got the image running on the Raspberry Pi (incredibly easy) it took about 5 minutes.

[artdjones]

4 hours ago, myglaren said:

My HP laserjet was superb - until it wasn't anymore, lots of grinding and growling and messages to update the firmware.

Always bought HP as they always* work with Linux.  Except this one didn't.  I had to email every print job to HP in America, who emailed it back to the printer.  It worked but was a complete pain.

Have an HP Envy 120 that is very sleek and pretty but only the scanner works on it.

HP always seems to have connection problems in my experience. I had a Dell B+W laser for 10 years with very little trouble. Now have an Epson with ink tanks. Which needs deleting from the laptop and reinstalling once a year to work, for some reason.

[Zelandeth]

Just got back from a run up to Daventry to drop a couple of things off.

Motorway grumps.  No roadworks issues or anything during this one - but almost the entire sodding way back was three lanes of bloody lorries crawling past each other, with one lane of cars overtaking then about 1mph faster.

The tiny disparity between speed limiters on wagons must be absolutely maddening if you're trying to drive them.

After finding my way round the third or fourth cluster I just said sod it, slotted myself in behind them in lane 1 and just bumbled along at 50-55.  It's just not worth the hassle to do otherwise for the sake of 20 miles taking maybe a minute or two less if I try and bully my way through.

[LightBulbFun]

5 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

maybe a minute or two less if I try and bully my way through.

the thought of you flashing people out of the way in TPA or the Trabant is quite amusing I will say  

[jakebullet]

Looks like there's a war brewing with CND and his pikey trucks. To recap he has 2 x transit tipper + chavved up disco 4, and zero off road parking. There is previous history of mrs. CND attempting to bully Hazel (little old lady) into keeping space outside Hazel's house "reserved" for disco as a) Very valuable car b) Large car c) CND needs the space more* This shit got stopped after police involvement.

But now he has the extra pikey truck, and nowhere to put it. Last night Hazel's daughter was parked outside Hazel's house, and pikey had to be dumped on grassed area, or (horror) walk 100 yards. Daughter went home and he moved pikey in front of Hazel's house. Big surprise, when he moved it this morning Hazel put her car back in front of her own house.

CND has come home, and is parked behind Hazel. Delightful shouting coming thru wall, 50% fucks & cunts, rest CND told Mrs CND to park disco in Hazel's space to reserve it for pikey truck. So parking war time. Slight snag being junior cunts have to be driven to / from school, so there's no way she can long term hold the space, assuming she can snatch it when Hazel goes shopping.

 

[Rust Collector]

7 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Bastard scrotes. Dropped my wallet yesterday when cycling in Cheltenham (en route to collect the van) - some cunt not content with the £100 in cash that was in there immediately proceeded to using my cards everywhere they could. Within about 10 mins of me dropping it  

Cunts even stupid enough to take it home with them (there’s an AirTag in my wallet, I can see it) and tried to order food online using one of the now cancelled cards.  

That’s properly scrotey of them.

I bet they’d take in someone else’s takeaway order and eat it if it was delivered by mistake, rather than point out the error.

With that in mind, and considering you now know where they live, I propose the following method of remediation:

1. Go and buy a takeaway local to them
2. Rub your cock and balls on every inch of the food
3. Pose as a ‘confused’ delivery driver and deliver it in to them.
4. Don’t forget to photograph your knob on all the food, so that you can post the photos through their letterbox a few days later.

Other more sensible methods of resolving this situation may be available.

[Kiltox]

If I knew with 100% certainty which shithole it was in, it’d probably have a Nissan E-NV200 in its front room by now. 

[GeorgeB]

4 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

they have a door bow.

Whut?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

17 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Whut?

The Christmas decoration of the unironic Love Island viewer.  Often viewed with a 'Live, Laugh, Love' sign in the kitchen and 'SOAK' ornament in the bathroom.

[GeorgeB]

1 minute ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

The Christmas decoration of the unironic Love Island viewer.  Often viewed with a 'Live, Laugh, Love' sign in the kitchen and 'SOAK' ornament in the bathroom.

FFS!

[myglaren]

I was imagining a longbow to shoot carollers with.

Amazing how much money goes on useless shite.

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Fair play to him. Nice to see family members in gainful employment

I deliberately used a capital B to avoid such childishness 🤣

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

Fair play to him. Nice to see family members in gainful employment

I deliberately used a capital B to avoid such childishness 🤣

 

7 hours ago, andyberg said:

Ffs it’s early November. Bah humbug to you Heathrow 

I was in a hotel lounge in that London yesterday when staff started moving sofas around and erected a fake tree.

[High Jetter]

11 hours ago, Kiltox said:

Bastard scrotes. Dropped my wallet yesterday when cycling in Cheltenham (en route to collect the van) - some cunt not content with the £100 in cash that was in there immediately proceeded to using my cards everywhere they could. Within about 10 mins of me dropping it  

Cunts even stupid enough to take it home with them (there’s an AirTag in my wallet, I can see it) and tried to order food online using one of the now cancelled cards.  

That's shite. Plod remotely interested?

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, myglaren said:

I was imagining a longbow to shoot carollers with.

Amazing how much money goes on useless shite.

It feeds a lot of poor Chinese children.

[Remspoor]

Pub called The Midget changes name after lecturer says it is offensive.

Opened in 1974 and was named after a model made by MG.

https://archive.ph/DU1oW

I believe the midget name was first used with the production of the MG M-type in 1929.  Used right through until the more popularly known 1960s to 80s small sports car.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

8 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Pub called The Midget changes name after lecturer says it is offensive.

Opened in 1974 and was named after a model made by MG.

https://archive.ph/DU1oW

I believe the midget name was first used with the production of the MG M-type in 1929.  Used right through until the more popularly known 1960s to 80s small sports car.

Using that logic*, Midget Gems need to get in the sea, too. The world's truly gone bonkers. 

[Kiltox]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

That's shite. Plod remotely interested?

Nope. Filled out some online form to report, had a call from someone who asked me to reply to her email with details of transactions / where they took place - her email had a letter attached saying there were no viable lines of enquiry 🙄

[EyesWeldedShut]

15 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Just got back from a run up to Daventry to drop a couple of things off.

Motorway grumps.  No roadworks issues or anything during this one - but almost the entire sodding way back was three lanes of bloody lorries crawling past each other, with one lane of cars overtaking then about 1mph faster.

The tiny disparity between speed limiters on wagons must be absolutely maddening if you're trying to drive them.

After finding my way round the third or fourth cluster I just said sod it, slotted myself in behind them in lane 1 and just bumbled along at 50-55.  It's just not worth the hassle to do otherwise for the sake of 20 miles taking maybe a minute or two less if I try and bully my way through.

Or you could meander up the A5?

 

11 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

The Christmas decoration of the unironic Love Island viewer.  Often viewed with a 'Live, Laugh, Love' sign in the kitchen and 'SOAK' ornament in the bathroom.

Saw my first one of those yesterday and a 'traditional' wreath on another door - they've not even put out all the fires after Guy Fawkes' Day yet FFS