The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Aye, it's pretty quiet around here.  Living in the arse end of Norfolk has its advantages!

I ran the Merc for an hour when I got home from work with the heater and the heated seat on flat out, now I've got a blower heater sitting in the footwell drying out the carpet.  Fortunately as it was drizzle rather than heavy rain it doesn't seem to have soaked in too deeply...

[IronStar]

Went to change oil on the 159. Can’t put the socket on, subframe leg is in the way. Oh, okay, plug is a bit worn, but I’ll slip a wrench on and turn. Well this wrench is a bit shit and plug is very stuck, but surely it’ll be fi…slip. Bollocks. 
Thankfully there was a vacuum sucker so I managed to get the oil out and put the new one in, but now I need a new sump plug and will have to find a way to remove the fucker next time I’m doing an oil change.  

[chadders]

1 hour ago, robt100 said:

On the plus side, the area ia safe enough to leave a door open all night without anything getting vandalized/nicked!

Wuvvums reputation in Norfolk would ensure that wouldn't happen, he's like the Don Corleone of the Broads.

[Minimad5]

My 'grump'

Some clever f*cker has  cloaned my card, and enjoyed a wee spending spree. Bastards.

Bank appears to be dealing with returning the funds rather slowly. GR8. 🙈

[Wibble]

Went to visit my sister in Gloucestershire today and it turned into a 168 mile round trip. Shouldn’t have been but M4 east bound was closed from Swindon to Hungerford for pretty much all day, making my return trip somewhat longer.

The real grump though, is that I went to swap out her integrated Smeg dishwasher with a new Beko one. She’s had the Smeg repaired twice recently and was now being quoted £270 for a new board. Anyway, got to work to find the decor panel had been bonded to the inner door. I could see the original fixings after some dismantling of the inner door but could not get the outer door off without fucking it. It should lift up and off, by the look of the fittings but looks like it has been a problem in the past, so previous house owner resorted to multiple adhesive pads to stick it on and these weren’t budging. She decided, in the end, to return the new integrated machine for a free standing one and I’ll return when that’s done to install it.

Nice to see her, of course but what a fucking waste of a day. Left at 9am and was home at 4.20pm.

[High Jetter]

50 minutes ago, Minimad5 said:

My 'grump'

Some clever f*cker has  cloaned my card, and enjoyed a wee spending spree. Bastards.

Bank appears to be dealing with returning the funds rather slowly. GR8. 🙈

How were you compromised? 

[maxxo]

well

rather foolishly on the 17th november i purchased something from someone on facebook who seemed reputable

an being as it was an intruder alarm panel i thought the risk of being scammed was low

he asked me to pay via paypal family and friends, sure why not

this was my mistake

still haven't recieved anything and he isn't responding to messages

so that's me out of £60

[somewhatfoolish]

Why would you? It's like 2% for the security of paying normally and being able to whinge at PP if it's rubbish or the vendor turns out to be a prick.

[ruffgeezer]

The washing machine started being incontinent,  so much so that it fused the electrics.

On a strip down, it looked like the heating element seal had failed, so a 2 day waited for new element and thermostat and yep it still leaks.

Strip it down again and remove the concrete ring to find the plastic outer drum housing has cracked.  Bastard.

That's the machine scrap then, just in time for Christmas. 

[New POD]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

How were you compromised? 

I reckon mine was cloned whilst paying for a phone repair in a dodgy back street near spaghetti junction. Can't prove it. But got my money back. 

[Remspoor]

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

[chaseracer]

33 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

Look on the bright side!  This means new Escort shells are available to recreate the iconic* 1100DL... 😉

[comfortablynumb]

38 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Total madness.

Ford Escort Mk1 returns with a high asking price.

Link to get around paywall.

https://archive.ph/PA2Wp#selection-3073.4-3073.27

So they're talking about the MK1, and then there's a random pic of Diana in a MK3/4?

 

[comfortablynumb]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Look on the bright side!  This means new Escort shells are available to recreate the iconic* 1100DL... 😉

Don't know about mk1's, but the Chinese made a batch of MK2 shells at the request of the Irish rally boys ( I think) and apparently they are rather good!

[chaseracer]

1 minute ago, comfortablynumb said:

Don't know about mk1's, but the Chinese made a batch of MK2 shells at the request of the Irish rally boys ( I think) and apparently they are rather good!

Escort Popular reboot!

[artdjones]

Will you be able to drive the Escorts on the road?

[hairnet]

So planned on train

Cancelled the one i was gonna but saw the one after was cancelled 

No train till 1424 ffs

Lift to tram and waiting for that now

[sheffcortinacentre]

Yes if reselling. Mk1-2 shells have been around for a while.

[24vdiamond]

8 hours ago, ruffgeezer said:

The washing machine started being incontinent,  so much so that it fused the electrics.

On a strip down, it looked like the heating element seal had failed, so a 2 day waited for new element and thermostat and yep it still leaks.

Strip it down again and remove the concrete ring to find the plastic outer drum housing has cracked.  Bastard.

That's the machine scrap then, just in time for Christmas. 

Which bit of lincs are you, ive a nearly new Bosch machine that came out of me late dads place so not done much work, can do you a deal on that!

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

I am never going to view a car at the cheaper end car dealer again,£1400. What a waste of  2 hours of my life . what a mis described pile of steaming shit, and it had just passed an mot !. Oh really. Christ knows how.

I NEED CHOCOLATE NOW.

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

I am never going to view a car at the cheaper end car dealer again,£1400. What a waste of  2 hours of my life . what a mis described pile of steaming shit, and it had just passed an mot !. Oh really. Christ knows how.

I NEED CHOCOLATE NOW.

Either buy off here or privately if you have to, I didn’t think a dealer supplied £1400 car existed any longer.

there’s an XC90, a Corsa, a Blingo, an X Type, a Polo, a Panda, an SX4 etc, I’d take a chance on any of them rather than a 1500 bombsite banger.

[ruffgeezer]

7 hours ago, 24vdiamond said:

Which bit of lincs are you, ive a nearly new Bosch machine that came out of me late dads place so not done much work, can do you a deal on that!

Annoyingly,  I've only just seen this - I splurged on a new one this morning.  Thanks for the kind offer though!

[Minimad5]

On 12/12/2024 at 22:54, High Jetter said:

How were you compromised? 

No idea, I've not used the card much 🤷‍♂️

[Spiny Norman]

UBER. Called a taxi this morning and he must have been just round the corner because almost immediately I got his message saying he was here so I texted him back saying '2  mins' as I hadn't got my shoes on and when I got dpwnstairs the fucker had gone. Had the cheek to charge me £8 for a cancellation fee too, which I subsequently claimed back through Paypal.

I'll stick to the local money launderers in future.

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

No idea, I've not used the card much 🤷‍♂️

Shell petrol stations were a cloning hotspot not too long ago..

[ruffgeezer]

Eddisons- I've not changed my password with them but cannot log in nor receive password reset emails, made a new account and cannot get the email to ore-reg for the auction that finishes Monday.  Bastard.

[New POD]

8 hours ago, Spiny Norman said:

UBER. Called a taxi this morning and he must have been just round the corner because almost immediately I got his message saying he was here so I texted him back saying '2  mins' as I hadn't got my shoes on and when I got dpwnstairs the fucker had gone. Had the cheek to charge me £8 for a cancellation fee too, which I subsequently claimed back through Paypal.

I'll stick to the local money launderers in future.

Last summer, we were waiting for an Ubber to take us about 2 miles from our hotel to the Open Air Theatre to watch Paul Weller.  

The price quoted was about the same as the Bus £4.50.  So we booked about 15 mins before we would need to leave.

When we booked it we had time to walk down to the Promanarde and get a bus, bus 10 mins walk. 

So we are sitting in the hotel bar and the bastards cancelled.  

Then had to run to catch the bus. (which we managed with about a minute to spare) 

Never used Uber since. 

[Marina door handles]

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

[Westbay]

2 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

In the true spirit of AS - fit a new battery !

[Split_Pin]

Agreed, my phones have had a few batteries before I finally change the device.

Cheap and very easy to do yourself.