The grumpy thread

[junkyarddog]

Condolences to you and your family.

R.I.P.

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Condolences, may he rest in peace. It’s hard, even when expected.

To be honest, it's a relief. 

He didn't suffer (apart from weeks of radio therapy in 2023. 

[Wibble]

5 minutes ago, New POD said:

To be honest, it's a relief. 

He didn't suffer (apart from weeks of radio therapy in 2023. 

I know, I’m glad it was peaceful and painless.

[High Jetter]

A lot to process, my thoughts are with you. You'll find relief, and release, god willing.

[maxxo]

Decided to upgrade my parents house alarm today as the previous panel has a failure of the microprocessor 

thought to myself, surely, can’t be that bad

 

welp

9 hours in the cupboard later

did over 30 years so can’t complain

but fuck me

my back is fucked

whoever fitted it labelled nothing

what a fucking nightmare

have to go back tomorrow to make some last tweaks as 7pm was late enough for me

what a nightmare 

 

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, New POD said:

To be honest, it's a relief. 

He didn't suffer (apart from weeks of radio therapy in 2023. 

I’m sorry for you and the family. To be fair I felt like that about my grandmother a few years back. It was sad but a relief as she was in a lot of pain before and had no quality of life.

[IronStar]

In today’s episode of where the fuck did you get your license - mk1 Focus estate jumped into the traffic from the gas station on the other side of the road 5m in front of me. Mashed the brake, locked up, skidded, but thankfully there was no one on the sidewalk so climbed the kerb and stopped there not to ram the idiot. Few meters after where his car was. 
He didn’t even floor it when joining to have a chance in hell to make it without a crash. No apology either, just drove away. For extra WTF points, there were no cars behind me, so he could’ve just waited 5 extra seconds.
I really hope I didn’t bend any suspension components from climbing the kerb at 40ish kmh. 

[Westbay]

@New POD

Condolences ...

[alcyonecorporation]

Employers who take the 8K piss for six months, find my breaking point, then act wounded when I explode. 

'How...how dare you! You can't do that, you can't say that...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah what an over-reaction'. 

Oh, just fuck off. I'm not working when my car's dropping coolant all over the ground, because you sure as fuck aren't buying me a new engine. 

'Oh well this is a failure on your part, the area manager's being rung, you're probably sacked.' 

"No mither, I quit, then."

'Oh! Well! Thank you!' 

"You're welcome [slams phone down]". 

[comfortablynumb]

I've chucked a few jobs like that @alcyonecorporation, just try not to let it get to you.

Bugger them 🙏

[richardmorris]

I’m losing the will to live…

[reb]

Two interesting facts:

1) the letter T is the second most used letter in the english language

2) the T key on the thinkpad I've put on writing duty and brought to the coffee shop has started playing up

 

Also I managed to bump my coffee with my bag while I was putting my tray down and it kind of went everywhere.

[maxxo]

Been told today by the letting agent I’m getting a new boiler in 2 weeks time

grump is that means gas bills will go up

i don’t understand how it’s possible for them not to

so I’ve got a glowworm micron at the minute according the web it’s a 14kw boiler and a 120 litre or so hot water cylinder 

I’ll be getting a 36kw I believe Baxi combi

so heating wise, yes it may warm up quicker but it’ll be using more gas doing so right?

im not happy about having the boiler fire every time I use a hot tap either, that’ll be more expensive over the course of the month I reckon as the cylinder gets heated anyway by the current boiler so I just use that for bathing etc the next morning

im also really not happy about the proposed location, the current one is tiny and in a kitchen cupboard, they’re moving it to where the cylinder is in the front bedroom

ive asked if they could just leave it but no apparently it’s been paid for etc

i absolutely despise combi Boilers as it is, but I just feel this is going to be a lot of faffing around to cost more in gas and have less water pressure

ill be asking them to leave the cold water tank in place for the bathroom, I want a reserve if the water goes off

massive grump from me 

[reductiongear]

Probably a minor grumble but nonetheless still a grump. 

Alternator belt snapped and of course I was out without tools. Cue a mad dash to ECP and b&q to buy some bits, whilst hoping battery would last. Alternator belt fitted in 15 mins in b&q car park. 

However was out in some decent clothes and have tore my jeans in the process from the arse to the crotch... 

[comfortablynumb]

I've always, ALWAYS, got tools in the car. @reductiongear

Whether they're the right tools for the job, well thats another matter 🤦

[reductiongear]

28 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

I've always, ALWAYS, got tools in the car. @reductiongear

Whether they're the right tools for the job, well thats another matter 🤦

I have a socket set but did not have it in the car 🤦‍♂️. More annoyed about the jeans I ripped

[chaseracer]

31 minutes ago, reductiongear said:

I have a socket set...

10mm present, or AWOL? 😉

[comfortablynumb]

Been on before, but worth sharing again 

[artdjones]

12 hours ago, reb said:

Two interesting facts:

1) the letter T is the second most used letter in the english language

2) the T key on the thinkpad I've put on writing duty and brought to the coffee shop has started playing up

 

Also I managed to bump my coffee with my bag while I was putting my tray down and it kind of went everywhere.

The keys on a ThinkPad unclip with an upward pull on the front edge. Quite often something has got underneath.

Edit:-Just checked and it was the side edges on my newer one.

[horriblemercedes]

2 minutes ago, artdjones said:

The keys on a ThinkPad unclip with an upward pull on the front edge. Quite often something has got underneath.

Depends on the model. Many don't have that feature.

[artdjones]

1 minute ago, horriblemercedes said:

Depends on the model. Many don't have that feature.

I've got 4, ranging from a T43 up to a T460 and they all do it.

[horriblemercedes]

Just now, artdjones said:

I've got 4, ranging from a T43 up to a T460 and they all do it.

So does my T530

[sheffcortinacentre]

Bewary of the T101 can be a bit problematic .

[New POD]

4 hours ago, maxxo said:

Been told today by the letting agent I’m getting a new boiler in 2 weeks time

grump is that means gas bills will go up

i don’t understand how it’s possible for them not to

so I’ve got a glowworm micron at the minute according the web it’s a 14kw boiler and a 120 litre or so hot water cylinder 

I’ll be getting a 36kw I believe Baxi combi

so heating wise, yes it may warm up quicker but it’ll be using more gas doing so right?

im not happy about having the boiler fire every time I use a hot tap either, that’ll be more expensive over the course of the month I reckon as the cylinder gets heated anyway by the current boiler so I just use that for bathing etc the next morning

im also really not happy about the proposed location, the current one is tiny and in a kitchen cupboard, they’re moving it to where the cylinder is in the front bedroom

ive asked if they could just leave it but no apparently it’s been paid for etc

i absolutely despise combi Boilers as it is, but I just feel this is going to be a lot of faffing around to cost more in gas and have less water pressure

ill be asking them to leave the cold water tank in place for the bathroom, I want a reserve if the water goes off

massive grump from me 

You need to see this as very a positive step forward.

Energy used to reach and maintain a temperature is dependent upon the size of the space, the insulation, and the temperature difference between the outside and the inside. 

It has very little to do with the size of the boiler. Once you get to the temperature you set on the thermostat, the boiler will stop pumping water around and stop using gas.  The only difference is that it will be a more efficient boiler and yes it will burn fuel faster, but for much less time before it cuts off. 

You will Love having instant hot water. No.need to heat water in a tank that you may or may not use, which looses heat.  You will probably save money. 

In 18 years of having a combi boiler, it has never left us without heat or hot water.   Except when there was a power cut. 

[Westbay]

14 hours ago, maxxo said:

Been told today by the letting agent I’m getting a new boiler in 2 weeks time

grump is that means gas bills will go up

i don’t understand how it’s possible for them not to

so I’ve got a glowworm micron at the minute according the web it’s a 14kw boiler and a 120 litre or so hot water cylinder 

I’ll be getting a 36kw I believe Baxi combi

so heating wise, yes it may warm up quicker but it’ll be using more gas doing so right?

im not happy about having the boiler fire every time I use a hot tap either, that’ll be more expensive over the course of the month I reckon as the cylinder gets heated anyway by the current boiler so I just use that for bathing etc the next morning

im also really not happy about the proposed location, the current one is tiny and in a kitchen cupboard, they’re moving it to where the cylinder is in the front bedroom

ive asked if they could just leave it but no apparently it’s been paid for etc

i absolutely despise combi Boilers as it is, but I just feel this is going to be a lot of faffing around to cost more in gas and have less water pressure

ill be asking them to leave the cold water tank in place for the bathroom, I want a reserve if the water goes off

massive grump from me 

https://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqownerocc.htm

Uumm GOV.UK says you can't do that ...

 

[paulplom]

On 11/01/2025 at 18:46, Mally said:

Probably for the best.  We all make mistakes, as they said when I scrapped a £6,000 panel at Aerospace.

I wouldn't like to be playing with human bodies.

Gf recently sacked two people at work. They scrapped an £80k stainless steel machine one weekend as it hadn't been used for a while.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Gf recently sacked two people at work. They scrapped an £80k stainless steel machine one weekend as it hadn't been used for a while.

Bloke I worked with had got promoted because he scrapped £1m of nuclear reactor part by setting the offset on a milling machine incorrectly. I think they wanted him off the shop floor so put him.in quality. 

[paulplom]

I've got a mate who operates a cnc machine. He sometimes comes home with titanium trinkets (fuck ups) which he's turned into key rings for me. 

He's scared incase his gaffer sees them in the scrap bin. I've got about half a dozen somewhere.

[Bren]

27 minutes ago, New POD said:

Bloke I worked with had got promoted because he scrapped £1m of nuclear reactor part by setting the offset on a milling machine incorrectly. I think they wanted him off the shop floor so put him.in quality. 

I remember reading about a russian aircraft on youtube. One comment was from a Russian who explained his father's factory was constantly failing inspections. They solved this by stopping inspections.

[cobblers]

On 14/01/2025 at 16:42, maxxo said:

Been told today by the letting agent I’m getting a new boiler in 2 weeks time

grump is that means gas bills will go up

i don’t understand how it’s possible for them not to

so I’ve got a glowworm micron at the minute according the web it’s a 14kw boiler and a 120 litre or so hot water cylinder 

I’ll be getting a 36kw I believe Baxi combi

so heating wise, yes it may warm up quicker but it’ll be using more gas doing so right?

im not happy about having the boiler fire every time I use a hot tap either, that’ll be more expensive over the course of the month I reckon as the cylinder gets heated anyway by the current boiler so I just use that for bathing etc the next morning

im also really not happy about the proposed location, the current one is tiny and in a kitchen cupboard, they’re moving it to where the cylinder is in the front bedroom

ive asked if they could just leave it but no apparently it’s been paid for etc

i absolutely despise combi Boilers as it is, but I just feel this is going to be a lot of faffing around to cost more in gas and have less water pressure

ill be asking them to leave the cold water tank in place for the bathroom, I want a reserve if the water goes off

massive grump from me 

 

You'll definitely save money with a new combi over an old standard boiler.

1: New boiler will be more efficient than the old one, so will use less gas for the same heat output. If you can keep the house warm with a 14KW, then turn your flow temps on the rad right down to about 55c and you'll get the boiler operating in its most efficient zone.

2: All the time your tank is full of hot water, it's leaking heat out. Constantly, 24/7 wasting energy. With a combi, you only heat the water you actually use, as you use it.

 

The only real disadvantages you'll have are the fact that it could take longer to run a bath, and there will be a delay when using a hot tap before the boiler kicks in. 

 

Combis are absolutely fine and if fitted halfway right, they are now very very reliable.

When can you ever remember the water going off? I'm nearly 40 and I think it's only ever gone off once in my life, and that was last week because we live in a tiny village with it's own private water supply and the big tank on the hill froze up!!