The grumpy thread

[retrogeezer]

message him back and say fine but it will just have a label stuck on it. Your £15 was postage AND packaging etc..

[trigger]

I sold a whiteboard on ebay myself a few days ago, It only made £2.20 but as it never cost me anything i wasn't bothered.

 

The old lady came to collect it this morning, she was here nearly 2 hours!, I couldn't get rid off her!, To be fair she was a nice lady but god, i now know her life story!, Me and the wife did both look at each other when she said she spoke "cat" and started meowing to our cat, Kai took one look at her and ran off, i wanted to join him!.

 

She did tell he that she drive a A reg Metro with only 40k what she was given during a house clearance that had been of the road since 1996, so not all hope was lost!

 

She ran a Charity called Flood Aid UK helping flood victims around the UK which sounded quite noble so i ended up giving her the white board for free instead.

[pogweasel]

 

Just sold a pushchair. £200 new, in good order, sold for £29. Fair enough, that's what it brought, no reserve and all that. During the auction, someone asked if I could price a courier. Came out at £15, so I messaged her, and added it to the listing.

 

 

Pushchairs, a good source of GRUMP.

Mrs_Pog just bought yet another child chariot, an ultra 'fash' bugaboo, with buggerboard ( rly) with which to transport poglets micromus & minimus. I don't even want to know how much it cost. Even after her mothercare staff discount. Still, hopefully we'll get some quids back from flogging the last one, a vast double-decker affair that retails with all the trimmings at (get this) EIGHT HUNDRED FUGGING QUID. £800. For a pushchair. I have only once spent moar than that on a car for my personal consumption. £800.

[hairymel]

sporty-shite - a view from the other side of the coin

 

i often ask if its possible to send my own courier as p4d.co.uk send most things for £8.50ish

 

 

if my courier is inconvenient i don't get too upset.

 

i bid on the understanding i may have to pay the sellers p+p fee, but most people are happy not to have to pi$$ about sorting a courier and their fees are often picked out of thin air- sometimes too cheap

 

only time i've been a bit grumpy is for a propshaft with £25 p+p. the chap had the complete arse possibly cos it sold for £1.24

 

so i paid £25 for £10 postage stolen from his works franking machine and a single layer of wallpaper wrapped round it

 

£15 seems fair though, especially as it is so bulky/difficult to wrap.

[trigger]

I'll remember the flood aid scam when you come to sell the Kadette, Trig.

 

lol!, That had crossed my mind, i couldn't find anything about it on google but she did have a business card so it must be true...

[trigger]

Does the address appear on google street view?

 

It seems legit now I've googled her name, Here she is in the Mirror.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -22028959/

[Guest]

Still, hopefully we'll get some quids back from flogging the last one, a vast double-decker affair that retails with all the trimmings at (get this) EIGHT HUNDRED FUGGING QUID. £800. For a pushchair.

That's absolutely bonkers. I thought these "expensive pushchairs" people were banging on about were in the region of £80. They're a set of wheels and a seat!

 

When I inevitably get made redundant by the government, I'm going to start TWOC-ing pushchairs for export. Who's with me?

[autofive]

when i was lasted flooded and the whole house contents had to be put in a skip* the first thing i worried about replacing was my faithful old whiteboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*this never happened

[warren t claim]

Sitting here wishing I didn't have to go to work this week.

 

I'm getting increasingly bored with driving a truck on general haulage. There is absolutely nothing interesting about the job anymore. All I seem to do is mind numbingly boring stuff like driving from one end of the country to the other just to open the rear doors and reverse onto a loading bay or pull the tautliner curtains open and wait for a forkie driver to unload me.

 

I want to move onto something that requires a bit of thought and lateral thinking. Even driving a skip truck needs more talent than what I'm doing now. Ideally I'd be doing something like delivering and positioning static caravans or doing something that involved me getting a bit muddy and delivering to farms. I'd love to see more of the countryside and less of our motorway network.

 

I've had some really enjoyably jobs via the agency in the past, jobs where I've been given a battered Scania with bags of character and a flatbed full of steel or timber and left to my own devices without any interference from the boss but days like that are getting few and far between.

 

In fact one of the most memorable days of 2009 was when I had to drop a full load of insulation off at a self build house in Lancs. It turned out that the millionaire owner once ran a couple of FSOs in the past and was a bit of an enthusiast! Everybody mucked in helping to unload and his attractive wife was providing us with a constatant supply of coffee and nibbles. Much banter and shite related chat turned what would normally be a bit of a crap job into a memory I'll never forget.

[scaryoldcortina]

No taxi again Looks like I'm driving to yorkshire this morning then.

[pogweasel]

I want to move onto something that requires a bit of thought and lateral thinking. Even driving a skip truck needs more talent than what I'm doing now. Ideally I'd be doing something like delivering and positioning static caravans or doing something that involved me getting a bit muddy and delivering to farms. I'd love to see more of the countryside and less of our motorway network

 

I've had some really enjoyably jobs via the agency in the past, jobs where I've been given a battered Scania with bags of character and a flatbed full of steel or timber and left to my own devices without any interference from the boss but days like that are getting few and far between.

 

Have you thought about specialist vehicle logistics?

 

Hiab/Recovery driver required.

Must have convincing manner and be prepared to work nights.

A good knowledge of side streets and shortcuts is essential and an ability to work quickly and quietly is desirable.

The successful candidate will be collecting older cars on-spec, mainly granadas, datsuns and Farinas. You will also be expected to collect higher value cars quickly to order including Escort Mk1's & VW campers, all of which must be delivered quickly to our remote / secret workshop without arousing suspicion.

Previous convictions will not necessarily be a barrier to employment in this instance.

[warren t claim]

ROFL!

[Negative Creep]

Can I have a job there too? I only have a class B licence though, so it's probably best if I forfill the "sitting around pretending to work whilst browsing the web" role

[Richard]

I believe there's a job going here

 

Incidentally, in my experience caravans are sited by people who work on the site, the delivery drivers just drop them in the car park.

[warren t claim]

After all this complaining about my job at least I'm alive unlike this poor guy. I was working for these people last week.

 

http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.c ... -28045560/

 

I turned down working there over the weekend because I had my son.

 

I still don't know yet whether I knew the guy concerned.

[Negative Creep]

Nasty way to go, but from the description it's one of those freak accidents.

 

 

My grump is going to the job centre today. The fact there are 3 security guards in the reception speaks volumes about the average punter

[Angrydicky]

Where are the pictures of Pete-M's bloody 604?

[Guest]

Where are the pictures of Pete-M's bloody 604?

 

Do you want to write my fucking coursework? Jesus.

[autofive]

No taxi again Looks like I'm driving to yorkshire this morning then.

 

bugger

 

fecking useless taxi drivers

[dollywobbler]

Broadband has dropped to a rather feeble 128k. GR897 if you're used to dial up, not if you're used to the already feeble 680k we usually get. My plans to stream down another episode of The Gadget Show (last one was powertool drag racing) have been utterly thwarted. Then my laptop ate one of my David Attenborough discs.

 

Technology is shit. Oh, and the fire's refusing to burn because the wood's too damp. Even caveman technology is shit.

[autofive]

tonight im grumpy

 

after 4 days of man-flu I popped out to the shop for more fags and after a coughing fit threw-up my tea outside the spar shop

 

gggggrrrrr pesky virus'

[retrogeezer]

 

after 4 days of man-flu I popped out to the shop for more fags and after a coughing fit threw-up my tea outside the spar shop

 

gggggrrrrr pesky virus'

 

 

I think there is a message in there for you.....

[ashmicro]

My grump is kids. Not the little humanoids themselves, but the modus operandi involved in the equipment required to care for them:

 

Buggies/Prams: What a fucking palaver. Twist (1) backwards, push (2) and (2) inwards, pull (3) vertically...WTF!?!

Playpen/cage thing: 8 (eight) YES EIGHT locking tabs, and you press down the middle of the "floor", supposedly to "lock" said tabs, with a pressure roughly equivalent to 20,000 foot pounds (27116 NM)

Folding high chair: I defy anyone to put up/down one of these bastards with all their digits intact

Car Seats: When my eldest niece was born, I went to the Numero Uno kid-equipment shop in Belfast, and told them that I wanted the best, the most expensive, the strongest and the safest seat money could buy. Several hundred quid lighter, I got one. What an utter utter utter bollocks to fit. You have to stick your knee in it and shove it into the car seatback, while simultaneously routing the seatbelt through 372 turns without twisting it.

 

I am firmly convinced that those who design kids' gear are sadists, even worse than those who design modern Renners and Pugrots.

[autofive]

 

after 4 days of man-flu I popped out to the shop for more fags and after a coughing fit threw-up my tea outside the spar shop

 

gggggrrrrr pesky virus'

 

 

I think there is a message in there for you.....

 

i hadnt bought the fags then, and besides ive been smoking for 30 years, but ive only been coughing for 4 days

[Cavcraft]

 

after 4 days of man-flu I popped out to the shop for more fags and after a coughing fit threw-up my tea outside the spar shop

 

gggggrrrrr pesky virus'

 

 

I think there is a message in there for you.....

 

Smoke more and don't go shopping?

[Jon]

I can't get the Radio 4 i-player to work. Anyone else having any difficulties or is it just because I'm trying from outside the UK? Hope not, as it'll be something I'll really miss if they've changed their policies.

[STUNO]

I can't get the Radio 4 i-player to work. Anyone else having any difficulties or is it just because I'm trying from outside the UK? Hope not, as it'll be something I'll really miss if they've changed their policies.

 

You must be very bad at googling then

I googled radio 4 then clicked on it and it started making the right noises

so it's you not BBC

[M'coli]

Some of Radio 4's stuff is available as downloadable podcast - I'll assume that's not what you were wanting to listen to.

[M'coli]

forgetting that I've not loosened the pipe clip on top of the Cav's fuel vapour seperator and then trying to twist the pipe around...

 

'^plink^'

 

Arse!!!!

[scaryoldcortina]

Cats!!! Or more specifically, one very geriatric 17 year old cat.

 

I got up this morning and went to work, all morning I've been bothered by the smell of piss, but couldn't figure out where from. My wife rang about an hour ago to say that the cat pissed all over my side of the bed last night (this explains both the smell and the fact I woke up half on the floor) so I've come home and had a bath, the bedding is in the wash, and I have to go buy a new quilt (it's soaking).

 

Looks like the cat peed in her sleep, then moved a bit, then pissed a bit more (and so on) she was still asleep in the bottom patch of wetness when Mrs. went to air off the covers.

 

So, I'm grumpy. Not so much about the catcident, but the what happens now bit. Chaos is a very old cat, and used to having free run of the house, Mrs S is also quite fond of her. Best solution I can come up with is that the cat can sleep in a cat box next to the bed for a while, and a quick trip to the vets to check her general condition which is frankly poor, although she seems in no pain she looks like she died some time ago. Bugger.