The grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

12 minutes ago, maxxo said:

central heating pumps gone

man can't come to mend it until friday

taken the jacket off the hot water cylinder and left the cupboard door open with the programmer set to hot water so at least the bedroom is warm

it's bloody cold i'll say that, but hey ho sat here watching telly with a blanket so it's tolerable

And so obviously your landlord has come round with a supply of oil filled radiators as a stop-gap?

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, jakebullet said:

At least I've learned to go to Mad Jean's on the last day of the holiday. She really is a nasty piece of work, Mrs has put a lot of effort into crapmass gifts and won't get as much as a thank you. Jean would be getting a big box of fuck you if it was down to me. 

Jean has alienated herself from family, church, choir, banned from doctors etc. She won't last a week once dad dies, be nobody to stop her taking a month's worth of happy pills at once.

How do you know and what is your connection to this horrid witch?

[maxxo]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

And so obviously your landlord has come round with a supply of oil filled radiators as a stop-gap?

of course not!

i'm not too arsed, i've got some anyway

[andy18s]

26 minutes ago, maxxo said:

central heating pumps gone

man can't come to mend it until friday

taken the jacket off the hot water cylinder and left the cupboard door open with the programmer set to hot water so at least the bedroom is warm

it's bloody cold i'll say that, but hey ho sat here watching telly with a blanket so it's tolerable

Landlord must be loving you....month before Xmas and everything 😂 

[maxxo]

Just now, andy18s said:

Landlord must be loving you....month before Xmas and everything 😂 

i tell you one thing the bedroom is lovely and toasty!

in all honesty it's not too terrible at the minute, i've still got hot water at least so might have a nice bath

[richardmorris]

14 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Landlord must be loving you....month before Xmas and everything 😂 

They’re running it as a business, they have responsibilities. 

[jakebullet]

10 minutes ago, Pieman said:

How do you know and what is your connection to this horrid witch?

Mad Jean is Mrs's mumsie. She attacks everyone on facebook for made up reasons. The Mrs is faking her disability so she can claim benefits to go on holidays. The choir master doesn't recognise her singing talents because he is a fraud and isn't qualified. Church are evil because they don't give her the nice pew or sing the hymns she wants. Doctors are trying to poison her. Receptionist pretends to talk on phone so she misses her appointment time. I'm a baddie because I interfere with her communicating with the Mrs. Hackers keep changing her words on facebook. Everyone is against Jean, she's had a lifetime of suffering with Jesus her only friend. 

[Pieman]

Seriously, call in a mental health professional, she needs one.

Also, if you don't, it'll be you needing one.

[richardmorris]

7 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Very, sartorius cubis range. 7 decimal places so to 0.1 micrograms.

Headington, Oxford at 11.

[jakebullet]

16 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Seriously, call in a mental health professional, she needs one.

Also, if you don't, it'll be you needing one.

No doubt she's already on their radar. When the Mrs's was a child mum spent a few years institutionalised cos that's what they used to do with the mentally ill.

Doubt it will be long before I get dumped off her facebook list so won't know who or what she's ranting about. Mrs. has already been banned.

[Wibble]

Number one son starts his new job on Thursday, so went out today, to work out his route.

I said how this job could lead to good opportunities and his reply was just, “hmm, maybe but we’re going to war and then I’ll be dead”. He is seriously resigned to the fact he has no future and will soon be killed. Fuck you Putin but what do I say to him? Other than what I’ve already said, that it’s unlikely to come to that. Not sure I believe my own words though 🙁

[Lord Sterling]

FFS. Minor gripes strike again. 

I've been at home all day being utterly lazy, as I usually work nights, being a night owl isn't really an issue for me.

I have 2 cars and I love them. This also means that I can regularly keep one space occupied and just look for somewhere  else to park for whatever I'm driving at the time. I've had a few days off work so used the Jag, if I need to swap the cars over, I usually do it at midnight or early morning quietly so as to not inconvenience anyone, plus this town is quiet at that time so if I've bagged a space in a nearby street I usually prefer to park, there is unlikely to be any "wanderers" wandering into the street at bagging the space I've just left.

This usually takes 10 minutes to do and whilst it sounds a tad over complicated, needs must.

So, because of 'OMG SNO KAOS' I forgot that the freezing temperatures and iced-up snow would hold me up, which it did. In fact it took me exactly 45 minutes from walking out the house, to walking back before I was done. Why? Well as my usual luck would have it, neither car had any ice-scrapers, or de-icer or in fact anything that would help shift the ice off the screen. I was absolutely sure that I kept ice-scrapers in the car, clearly they have just melted away into nothing. 

The Jag seems to be able to shift ice off the screen but having a V8 engine idling outside someone's house at midnight is what I'd consider a tad anti-social. 

I had absolutely nothing to shift the ice, not even my wallet with cards in because why? Everything is closed (plus I'd assumed the snow had shifted by this time) however, the Jag has very good heaters and within 10 mins, the ice was happy to come off the screen.

Same thing with the Vectra. Once the heaters get going, it's just a matter of time before the snow/ice falls off. It did help a bit that I'd cleaned it with RainX.

[chaseracer]

9 hours ago, Wibble said:

Number one son starts his new job on Thursday, so went out today, to work out his route.

I said how this job could lead to good opportunities and his reply was just, “hmm, maybe but we’re going to war and then I’ll be dead”. He is seriously resigned to the fact he has no future and will soon be killed. Fuck you Putin but what do I say to him? Other than what I’ve already said, that it’s unlikely to come to that. Not sure I believe my own words though 🙁

I remember feeling much the same way in April 1982.  Keep doing what you're doing, he knows you're there.

[cobblers]

12 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Mad Jean is Mrs's mumsie. She attacks everyone on facebook for made up reasons. The Mrs is faking her disability so she can claim benefits to go on holidays. The choir master doesn't recognise her singing talents because he is a fraud and isn't qualified. Church are evil because they don't give her the nice pew or sing the hymns she wants. Doctors are trying to poison her. Receptionist pretends to talk on phone so she misses her appointment time. I'm a baddie because I interfere with her communicating with the Mrs. Hackers keep changing her words on facebook. Everyone is against Jean, she's had a lifetime of suffering with Jesus her only friend. 

Sounds exactly like my nan was behaving for about 5 years before her dementia diagnosis. It's common for slowly progressing dementia to affect peoples personality like this, and turn them into nasty, suspicious horrible people. By the time my nan was bad enough that we got her brain scanned, her brain was essentially mush, but since it had progressed slowly, she had adapted round it.

For your own sake, you need to start saying "no" to the shit that you keep getting roped into, and Mad Jean needs referring to adult social care for some professional help.

 

 

[Supernaut]

11 hours ago, Wibble said:

Number one son starts his new job on Thursday, so went out today, to work out his route.

I said how this job could lead to good opportunities and his reply was just, “hmm, maybe but we’re going to war and then I’ll be dead”. He is seriously resigned to the fact he has no future and will soon be killed. Fuck you Putin but what do I say to him? Other than what I’ve already said, that it’s unlikely to come to that. Not sure I believe my own words though 🙁

To be honest I feel the same in my mid 30s.

A decade in IT has turned my brain to mush, and now I'm so unemployable that I just got turned down by RM for a 3 month contract doing basic van driving, FFS.

[jakebullet]

On the bright side Mrs is saying today Mad Jean will get a card at xmas etc, and if she wants any more interaction she will have to make the effort to communicate. Don't know if she will stick to this, but can only hope. 

Jean has a social worker and was assessed for help doing things recently but turned them down so she can continue to bitch that nobody helps her, terrible family etc.

[Yoss]

12 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

To be honest I feel the same in my mid 30s.

A decade in IT has turned my brain to mush, and now I'm so unemployable that I just got turned down by RM for a 3 month contract doing basic van driving, FFS.

This makes it slightly ironic that after 34 years at Royal Mail I feel I would unemployable anywhere else as almost every job requires basic IT knowledge that I don't have. I'm just hoping RM has ten years left before it implodes completely. 

[myglaren]

9 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

FFS. Minor gripes strike again. 

I've been at home all day being utterly lazy, as I usually work nights, being a night owl isn't really an issue for me.

I have 2 cars and I love them. This also means that I can regularly keep one space occupied and just look for somewhere  else to park for whatever I'm driving at the time. I've had a few days off work so used the Jag, if I need to swap the cars over, I usually do it at midnight or early morning quietly so as to not inconvenience anyone, plus this town is quiet at that time so if I've bagged a space in a nearby street I usually prefer to park, there is unlikely to be any "wanderers" wandering into the street at bagging the space I've just left.

This usually takes 10 minutes to do and whilst it sounds a tad over complicated, needs must.

So, because of 'OMG SNO KAOS' I forgot that the freezing temperatures and iced-up snow would hold me up, which it did. In fact it took me exactly 45 minutes from walking out the house, to walking back before I was done. Why? Well as my usual luck would have it, neither car had any ice-scrapers, or de-icer or in fact anything that would help shift the ice off the screen. I was absolutely sure that I kept ice-scrapers in the car, clearly they have just melted away into nothing. 

The Jag seems to be able to shift ice off the screen but having a V8 engine idling outside someone's house at midnight is what I'd consider a tad anti-social. 

I had absolutely nothing to shift the ice, not even my wallet with cards in because why? Everything is closed (plus I'd assumed the snow had shifted by this time) however, the Jag has very good heaters and within 10 mins, the ice was happy to come off the screen.

Same thing with the Vectra. Once the heaters get going, it's just a matter of time before the snow/ice falls off. It did help a bit that I'd cleaned it with RainX.

A bucket of tepid water will shift it like magic from the outside.  Inside you are on your own.  TEPID!.  I have seen windscreens shattered due to people cleverly pouring a kettleful of boiling water on them.  

I did buy some RainX anti-condensation stuff but it never seemed to work, perhaps I didn't apply it diligently enough.

[Pieman]

12 hours ago, Wibble said:

Number one son starts his new job on Thursday, so went out today, to work out his route.

I said how this job could lead to good opportunities and his reply was just, “hmm, maybe but we’re going to war and then I’ll be dead”. He is seriously resigned to the fact he has no future and will soon be killed. Fuck you Putin but what do I say to him? Other than what I’ve already said, that it’s unlikely to come to that. Not sure I believe my own words though 🙁

I feel exactly the same way at the moment.

2 hours ago, cobblers said:

For your own sake, you need to start saying "no" to the shit that you keep getting roped into, and Mad Jean needs referring to adult social care for some professional help.

I've been telling him exactly the same for years and he's taken no notice.

[New POD]

19 hours ago, Rust Collector said:

@jakebullet I think you should dress up as Jesus and go round Mad Jean’s house for a game of knock and run.

I wonder what Jesus would look like on his second coming.  Probably like a cross between Trump and Elvis and Lenny Henry and The Queen of Sweden. 

[Chas4545]

Looks like Jaguar just committed suicide...   I am convinced there is something in the water making people stupid.

[beko1987]

16 hours ago, maxxo said:

central heating pumps gone

man can't come to mend it until friday

taken the jacket off the hot water cylinder and left the cupboard door open with the programmer set to hot water so at least the bedroom is warm

it's bloody cold i'll say that, but hey ho sat here watching telly with a blanket so it's tolerable

Given it a few big fucking taps with a hammer? 

My pump went 2 winters ago in early Jan. Plumber came straight out, but didn't have the right pump on the van. 3 massive belts woth a hammer (with the heating on so it'll carry on spinning when it's going) and I had heat.  Lasted about a day before going again, so I smacked it spinning once more and just left the heating on 24/7 until he came back 😂

Burning smell is hopefully just it struggling and failing to turn itself

[High Jetter]

In my experience, if the impellor won't turn with a screwdriver when everything has cooled down, it's dead. You used to be able to just replace the head (4 screws) but now they want you to buy their 'efficient' complete units which, of course, are more spendy. Selectrics are around £100 now I see, used to be £45 ish.

[beko1987]

12 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

In my experience, if the impellor won't turn with a screwdriver when everything has cooled down, it's dead. You used to be able to just replace the head (4 screws) but now they want you to buy their 'efficient' complete units which, of course, are more spendy. Selectrics are around £100 now I see, used to be £45 ish.

That may have been one of his troubleshooting things he did when I wasn't there... 😂 I hear him call out to come here and he had it running and showed me the precise level of smack to give it on the side so as to not crack the casing. Sounded bloody awful I'll give it that (sounded fine before it packed up but it was old. Wasn't replaced with the storage tank and boiler 11 years ago when we moved in anyway

[83C]

Today I'm grumpy because things are just less convenient. 

I need a V55/5 form to register the Sambar. No problem thinks I, the Post Office will do them. The local one didn't (not so much of a surprise) but they directed me to the big post office in town. They don't do them either, but sent me onwards to a smaller post office that is apparently the main post office in the area for DVLA forms - except the V55/5. 'Can't you just print one?' asked the clerk behind the counter, somewhat unhelpfully. Bit fucking difficult when I have no printer, which is why I'm stood here asking. If I could have printed the form at home I wouldn't have had a two day mission trekking around different post offices seeking what is apparently the DVLA equivalent of the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail and a 10mm socket all rolled into one. 

Ok, I'll phone DVLA and order one. Anyone tried to find DVLA's phone number recently? Good luck. The .gov website tries to take you though a selection of questions that just make you end up at the online page with whatever form you want, which is no fucking use when you need a phone number. Eventually some googling threw up a number, and after being passed through 4 different departments I ended up speaking to someone who confirmed that yes, they could post me a V55/5 form, I'd just have to wait 10 working days for it to turn up - wouldn't I rather print it instead and get it instantly? Whilst the swear words that coursed through my mind came thick and fast, I managed to keep them away from developing into actual noises whilst muttering 'no thanks' down the phone. 

Two fucking weeks to drop a sheet of A4 in an envelope and stick it in the post. Mind you this is the same DVLA that insist the fee that accompanies a V55/5 must be in the form of a cheque. A fucking cheque. I had to order a chequebook, something I've not owned an example of for 15 years or more now. So a form that is deliberately difficult to get unless you go online, download and print it yourself has to be accompanied by a method of payment that is also a fucking ballache.

Fuck sakes. 

Bonus added side grump - pressure selling. I need to insure the Sambar as part of the registration application, initially on the chassis number. Adrian Fuck do VIN insurance, so I phoned them. Got the quote, wanted to get some comparisons from elsewhere, but could they send me the quote via email? The lady I spoke to tried everything to get me to buy on the spot, from saying the quote was only valid for this call and due to 'live pricing' could change, that I could buy now and if I find a cheaper quote elsewhere cancel and get my money back, was there an issue with the quote, why couldn't I buy now, etc. I get they have sales targets to meet but I absolutely will not buy when being pushed - if anything I'll go out of my way to get what I need elsewhere instead. Bollocks to it all.

 

[Mr Pastry]

25 minutes ago, 83C said:

So a form that is deliberately difficult to get unless you go online, download and print it yourself has to be accompanied by a method of payment that is also a fucking ballache.

I think you will find that you can get free internet access at your local library and you can then download and  print things for a small fee.  

[Mally]

46 minutes ago, 83C said:

Today I'm grumpy because things are just less convenient. 

I need a V55/5 form to register the Sambar. No problem thinks I, the Post Office will do them. The local one didn't (not so much of a surprise) but they directed me to the big post office in town. They don't do them either, but sent me onwards to a smaller post office that is apparently the main post office in the area for DVLA forms - except the V55/5. 'Can't you just print one?' asked the clerk behind the counter, somewhat unhelpfully. Bit fucking difficult when I have no printer, which is why I'm stood here asking. If I could have printed the form at home I wouldn't have had a two day mission trekking around different post offices seeking what is apparently the DVLA equivalent of the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail and a 10mm socket all rolled into one. 

Ok, I'll phone DVLA and order one. Anyone tried to find DVLA's phone number recently? Good luck. The .gov website tries to take you though a selection of questions that just make you end up at the online page with whatever form you want, which is no fucking use when you need a phone number. Eventually some googling threw up a number, and after being passed through 4 different departments I ended up speaking to someone who confirmed that yes, they could post me a V55/5 form, I'd just have to wait 10 working days for it to turn up - wouldn't I rather print it instead and get it instantly? Whilst the swear words that coursed through my mind came thick and fast, I managed to keep them away from developing into actual noises whilst muttering 'no thanks' down the phone. 

Two fucking weeks to drop a sheet of A4 in an envelope and stick it in the post. Mind you this is the same DVLA that insist the fee that accompanies a V55/5 must be in the form of a cheque. A fucking cheque. I had to order a chequebook, something I've not owned an example of for 15 years or more now. So a form that is deliberately difficult to get unless you go online, download and print it yourself has to be accompanied by a method of payment that is also a fucking ballache.

Fuck sakes. 

Bonus added side grump - pressure selling. I need to insure the Sambar as part of the registration application, initially on the chassis number. Adrian Fuck do VIN insurance, so I phoned them. Got the quote, wanted to get some comparisons from elsewhere, but could they send me the quote via email? The lady I spoke to tried everything to get me to buy on the spot, from saying the quote was only valid for this call and due to 'live pricing' could change, that I could buy now and if I find a cheaper quote elsewhere cancel and get my money back, was there an issue with the quote, why couldn't I buy now, etc. I get they have sales targets to meet but I absolutely will not buy when being pushed - if anything I'll go out of my way to get what I need elsewhere instead. Bollocks to it all.

 

I am you.

Sometimes we are wrong.

[New POD]

50 minutes ago, 83C said:

Today I'm grumpy because things are just less convenient. 

I need a V55/5 form to register the Sambar. No problem thinks I, the Post Office will do them. The local one didn't (not so much of a surprise) but they directed me to the big post office in town. They don't do them either, but sent me onwards to a smaller post office that is apparently the main post office in the area for DVLA forms - except the V55/5. 'Can't you just print one?' asked the clerk behind the counter, somewhat unhelpfully. Bit fucking difficult when I have no printer, which is why I'm stood here asking. If I could have printed the form at home I wouldn't have had a two day mission trekking around different post offices seeking what is apparently the DVLA equivalent of the Golden Fleece, the Holy Grail and a 10mm socket all rolled into one. 

Ok, I'll phone DVLA and order one. Anyone tried to find DVLA's phone number recently? Good luck. The .gov website tries to take you though a selection of questions that just make you end up at the online page with whatever form you want, which is no fucking use when you need a phone number. Eventually some googling threw up a number, and after being passed through 4 different departments I ended up speaking to someone who confirmed that yes, they could post me a V55/5 form, I'd just have to wait 10 working days for it to turn up - wouldn't I rather print it instead and get it instantly? Whilst the swear words that coursed through my mind came thick and fast, I managed to keep them away from developing into actual noises whilst muttering 'no thanks' down the phone. 

Two fucking weeks to drop a sheet of A4 in an envelope and stick it in the post. Mind you this is the same DVLA that insist the fee that accompanies a V55/5 must be in the form of a cheque. A fucking cheque. I had to order a chequebook, something I've not owned an example of for 15 years or more now. So a form that is deliberately difficult to get unless you go online, download and print it yourself has to be accompanied by a method of payment that is also a fucking ballache.

Fuck sakes. 

Bonus added side grump - pressure selling. I need to insure the Sambar as part of the registration application, initially on the chassis number. Adrian Fuck do VIN insurance, so I phoned them. Got the quote, wanted to get some comparisons from elsewhere, but could they send me the quote via email? The lady I spoke to tried everything to get me to buy on the spot, from saying the quote was only valid for this call and due to 'live pricing' could change, that I could buy now and if I find a cheaper quote elsewhere cancel and get my money back, was there an issue with the quote, why couldn't I buy now, etc. I get they have sales targets to meet but I absolutely will not buy when being pushed - if anything I'll go out of my way to get what I need elsewhere instead. Bollocks to it all.

 

Remember 14 day cooling off period distance selling regulations apply once thd policy is in force, in case you or your armchair lawyer don't like the T&Cs. 

They can only prorata the cost before you cancel. Can not charge an admin fee in that 14 day period. 

Even better if the start date is a few days in advance.  

The optimum time to buy car insurance is 28 days ahead apparently. It gets more expensive the closer the start date. 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, 83C said:

Bonus added side grump - pressure selling. I need to insure the Sambar as part of the registration application,

unless your registering it to an address in Northern Ireland you dont need to insure the vehicle to register it, just make sure to SORN it when you get the new V5  

[jakebullet]

Hey hey it's the mad Jean:

I have been thrown off for no good reason off spring vale medical centre. This is a very unfair thing to do and have tried to force me onto sleights medical centre when we have always gone to Spring vale Medical centre in Heron Foods Whitby . My husband is 94 years old and i am 81. We were asked to go at 5 p.m. time and it cost us 30 pounds in cash out of our disability money in too cold weather aparg from been out of the town where we live and have done for 30 years we are too old and disabled to travel in taxis at 30 pounds a time out of our disability money. when i went it was not at all to see a doctor it was to trap us into seeing a social presciber who had the cheak to tell me to leave my husband and she wanted to send me to a womans refuge in scarb., i told her i will not i don,t want to leave my ill husband who i have bedn married for for over 60 years, how dare she suggest this to me? the bad person. we live here in whitby but, because of a very nasty towards me talked to me like a dog i got thrown out of the Whitby practice, it should have been her that should have gone or at least had some proper training, i should not, therer was a woman when i was waiting to see the doctor and she heard the upsetmrnt and when i went to sit by her said she is a very wicked person that receptionist that she had actually helped to kill her husband and i said to this lady i can beleive it so is so nasty and there is no call for it whatsoever.  The marriage breaker up at sleights will not be seeing me again, k have not signed any forms requesting to be on their list and i have told them how i was put into contact with them because, the paramedics twisted me into going therr at 2 p.m. early morning they recconed that they booked me in as a member of slights list and this was a big lie i was listening and there was nobody there ,they tried to trick me to be on Sleights list but , i don,t wish to be and have rang and told them i am not on your list, your marriage breaking up list so make sure that i am not because i am Not. and WILL NOT BE EVER. THIS NEEDS A COPY TO BE SENT TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND QUICK, HE NEEDS TO GET THAT ONE SORTED OUT.
 

She actually got dumped because she sent them a nastygram by post demanding X Y & Z members of staff must be fired or she's leaving, and doctors wrote back with you're no longer on our list from X date, so sorry to see you go....

She could have avoided £30 from her disability money by getting in the car in her garage and driving there (it's a huge 4 miles away).

Get on it Sir Keir!