The grumpy thread

[iainrcz]

Can we have a folding shower screen?

Yes dear

And this is the usual level of arsedness of folding it.

 

[Datsuncog]

Bumhats.

And I was just on my way over to the exhaust place to get the rotten centre section sorted out, too.

What a racket!

[Bren]

23 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

Someone reversed into my car twice this morning in the Aldi car park and then drove off (no obvious CCTV cover) 

Unfortunately for the driver of the 2006 Fiesta with P plates my 17 YO daughter was in the back of the car whilst I was in the shop and had the presence of mind to take down the number plate ( but not use her bloody iphone that is glued to her hand all the time to take a photo of the car).

I dont really want the hassle of going through my insurance, if they had stopped & exchanged deets I'd have just said bung us £50 and I'll buy some paint myself and that would have been that, but its this attitude now that "if I dont stop no one can prove anything and Ive got away with it"

I can pay a tenner & get her details off the insurance database, but can I really be arsed with it & the aggro?

They may have no insurance or pissed or on drugs. Absolutely report it to the police.

[Bren]

The 12v sockets on the BMW are kaput.

There are FIVE fuses for the circuit. Some in the boot.

Access to the fuses behind the glovebox is very poor - you remove a small panel.

I have checked four of them. The fifth is inaccessible- the glovebox needs to come out.

Well done BMW...

[Barry Cade]

28 minutes ago, Bren said:

The 12v sockets on the BMW are kaput.

There are FIVE fuses for the circuit. Some in the boot.

Access to the fuses behind the glovebox is very poor - you remove a small panel.

I have checked four of them. The fifth is inaccessible- the glovebox needs to come out.

Well done BMW...

If it's a 1 or 2 series, the fusebox comes out the bottom very easily.

[UltraWomble]

52 minutes ago, Bren said:

They may have no insurance or pissed or on drugs. Absolutely report it to the police.

 

[320touring]

20 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Bumhats.

And I was just on my way over to the exhaust place to get the rotten centre section sorted out, too.

What a racket!

Better thant than it falling off on the way back🤣

[Bren]

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

If it's a 1 or 2 series, the fusebox comes out the bottom very easily.

5.

[Datsuncog]

41 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Better thant than it falling off on the way back🤣

Fair point!

Used a bass string and the towing point to tie up off the road and get on my way again.

[Rust Collector]

9 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

Used a bass string

Does it have a lower exhaust note now?

 

 

 

 

Sorry…

[Zelandeth]

No idea *what* I've done to it, but I have apparently done something to greatly anger the lower half of my left leg.  Evidently I've pulled or sprained something as it's fscking agony.  Looks like I'm going to be hobbling around like a 100 year old tomorrow if this doesn't improve overnight.

[richardmorris]

23 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

No idea *what* I've done to it, but I have apparently done something to greatly anger the lower half of my left leg.  Evidently I've pulled or sprained something as it's fscking agony.  Looks like I'm going to be hobbling around like a 100 year old tomorrow if this doesn't improve overnight.

I’ve had a year off and on with what I think is plantar vasciitis in one foot. Feels like a deep burn and any touch is a pain- a sock for example. But a few days later it has gone.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

No idea *what* I've done to it, but I have apparently done something to greatly anger the lower half of my left leg.  Evidently I've pulled or sprained something as it's fscking agony.  Looks like I'm going to be hobbling around like a 100 year old tomorrow if this doesn't improve overnight.

Back of the calf? Have a lie down, if not better tomorrow then A&E

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I’ve had a year off and on with what I think is plantar vasciitis in one foot. Feels like a deep burn and any touch is a pain- a sock for example. But a few days later it has gone.

I’ve had plantar fasciitis and it came on if I’d been sitting for more than 20 minutes. First 10 steps were agony and then it wore off, and after that, no pain at all. It never lasted for days. Doctor suggested wearing Crocs around the house,(  I’d previously went round in my socks), and I’ve not had an incident since.

You could have gout. That is even more painful and lasts a few days normally and then just goes away. I normally get it in my ankle and it feels and looks like a broken ankle. Putting weight on it is unbearable and even touching very painful.

[LightBulbFun]

Grumpy at Royal mail who claimed "delivery attempted no answer" when in actuality there where 2 of us in the household at that time... I expect this sort of bullshit false-flagging from 3rd party couriers, but not Royal mail themselves...

I really wish there was a button on the tracking service to call bullshit it to it, to let them know "actually fuck off with that, there *was* someone in the house at the time you claimed no one was in" (theres not even a sorry we missed you card through the letter box)

EDIT: had to chuckle at the note however  

[comfortablynumb]

MK1 grandson (5) has been sent home from school, high temperature, he's been ill, but seemed to be getting better. He's autistic and in a special needs school..

Daughter has got him a doctor appointment, but since she hasn't got a license,  SIL had to leave work and come home to collect him, and then got stuck in traffic, meaning he was literally 2 minutes late to the appointment.

Doctor refused to see him!

They've complained, particularly since last time they went the doctors kept them waiting!

He's now got another appointment for 5.25 this afternoon!

Where the hell is the logic in that? Yeah say they'll have to wait for the next appointment, but he's a child for Christ sake, let alone one with special needs.

I despair!

[New POD]

My wife's special super power is getting people seen by Doctors.

i have heard her mention 

the disabilities act,

thier duty of care, (to a vulnerable patient/child) 

asking to see thier written complaints procedure.

 

[New POD]

On 27/01/2025 at 17:10, Metal Guru said:

No insurance company is going to accept an expired licence.

If your licence has expired but there is no reason why you shouldn't have a new one, the insurance company has no higher risk, because you are still the same driver and the insurance ombudsman has ruled in customer's favour on numerous occasions. But that don't stop insurance companies trying it on. 

[Floatylight]

Bloody moderns!

Colleague who is not at all car savvy has a 67 plate Astra K  petrol with 90k on the clock, fsh.

Looks to be a common fault but vacuum pump has failed and snapped the end off the crankshaft, engine still runs.  New crankshaft only available from Vauxhall but showing as on backorder for months with no expected delivery date, so looking like it's scrap...

Might make a cheeky offer...

[comfortablynumb]

Don't know anything about those engines @Floatylight, but if it's 'just' a vacuum pump drive, surely it's possible to bodge a repair?

[sheffcortinacentre]

All the manufacturers are back order re parts some upto 6 months.

[Boycie]

5 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Bloody moderns!

Colleague who is not at all car savvy has a 67 plate Astra K  petrol with 90k on the clock, fsh.

Looks to be a common fault but vacuum pump has failed and snapped the end off the crankshaft, engine still runs.  New crankshaft only available from Vauxhall but showing as on backorder for months with no expected delivery date, so looking like it's scrap...

Might make a cheeky offer...

May I suggest , with relevant experience of recent vauxhalls , no , no , no , noooooo  , run Forest run , life is to short .... Trust me something else ...prob gbox will follow suit 

[artdjones]

8 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Bloody moderns!

Colleague who is not at all car savvy has a 67 plate Astra K  petrol with 90k on the clock, fsh.

Looks to be a common fault but vacuum pump has failed and snapped the end off the crankshaft, engine still runs.  New crankshaft only available from Vauxhall but showing as on backorder for months with no expected delivery date, so looking like it's scrap...

Might make a cheeky offer...

Wouldn't this be a broken camshaft rather than crankshaft? 

[High Jetter]

12 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

MK1 grandson (5) has been sent home from school, high temperature, he's been ill, but seemed to be getting better. He's autistic and in a special needs school..

Daughter has got him a doctor appointment, but since she hasn't got a license,  SIL had to leave work and come home to collect him, and then got stuck in traffic, meaning he was literally 2 minutes late to the appointment.

Doctor refused to see him!

They've complained, particularly since last time they went the doctors kept them waiting!

He's now got another appointment for 5.25 this afternoon!

Where the hell is the logic in that? Yeah say they'll have to wait for the next appointment, but he's a child for Christ sake, let alone one with special needs.

I despair!

 Gentle,sympathetic letter of complaint to the practise manager is the best IMHO. They're often under massive pressure.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

 Gentle,sympathetic letter of complaint to the practise manager is the best IMHO. They're often under massive pressure.

Sod that! The NHS is under pressure. Of course it is , but so are many other people. We have got into this mindset of not criticising the NHS and be grateful for anything we can get however inadequate. The “we won’t see you if you’re late” rule is pure arrogance by doctors. It doesn’t matter how long you wait though, we’re important, you’re not. (I’ve NEVER been seen within 10 minutes of an appointment time).I

[GrumpiusMaximus]

6 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Sod that! The NHS is under pressure. Of course it is , but so are many other people. We have got into this mindset of not criticising the NHS and be grateful for anything we can get however inadequate. The “we won’t see you if you’re late” rule is pure arrogance by doctors. It doesn’t matter how long you wait though, we’re important, you’re not. (I’ve NEVER been seen within 10 minutes of an appointment time).I

Fully accept that some flexibility would be prudent, especially in the case of a child with special needs or somebody otherwise vulnerable.

As a semi-related side note, when I was a student I did a bit of temp working for a GPs surgery as an administrator.  One afternoon I was asked to gather, process and present the data on 'did not attend' (DNA) for appointments, i.e. ones where the patient didn't show up.  After a couple of hours of going through the last three months of appointments, I got to a figure of 25%.  Apparently this was fairly typical.

I admit that this was over a decade ago but if 25% of appointments just aren't attended by the patient then we should be addressing that issue - but I can't recall anybody in power ever talking about it beyond a bit of token hand waving.

[New POD]

38 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Fully accept that some flexibility would be prudent, especially in the case of a child with special needs or somebody otherwise vulnerable.

As a semi-related side note, when I was a student I did a bit of temp working for a GPs surgery as an administrator.  One afternoon I was asked to gather, process and present the data on 'did not attend' (DNA) for appointments, i.e. ones where the patient didn't show up.  After a couple of hours of going through the last three months of appointments, I got to a figure of 25%.  Apparently this was fairly typical.

I admit that this was over a decade ago but if 25% of appointments just aren't attended by the patient then we should be addressing that issue - but I can't recall anybody in power ever talking about it beyond a bit of token hand waving.

Our surgery text you every day on the run up to an appointment. 

[UltraWomble]

On 27/01/2025 at 12:56, UltraWomble said:

Someone reversed into my car twice this morning in the Aldi car park and then drove off (no obvious CCTV cover) 

Unfortunately for the driver of the 2006 Fiesta with P plates my 17 YO daughter was in the back of the car whilst I was in the shop and had the presence of mind to take down the number plate ( but not use her bloody iphone that is glued to her hand all the time to take a photo of the car).

I dont really want the hassle of going through my insurance, if they had stopped & exchanged deets I'd have just said bung us £50 and I'll buy some paint myself and that would have been that, but its this attitude now that "if I dont stop no one can prove anything and Ive got away with it"

I can pay a tenner & get her details off the insurance database, but can I really be arsed with it & the aggro?

Waste of time it appears

 

[Floatylight]

10 hours ago, artdjones said:

Wouldn't this be a broken camshaft rather than crankshaft? 

Correct! Well spotted..

[comfortablynumb]

Just now, Floatylight said:

Correct! Well spotted..

Doh! Why didn't I see that?🤦