The grumpy thread

[purplebargeken]

Hmm. Maybe. Will search the shed and outhouse tomorrow and see if anything is discovered.

[GeorgeB]

13 hours ago, paulplom said:

Greggs at the Bigg Market in Newcastle has a pair of bouncers on the door at the weekend.

Was this in response to the soap character question. Phwoar!

[GMcD]

House is undergoing a rewire. Just started today. I went over tonight to check progress and make sure the place was locked up.  They've only gone and chopped a hatch through the main bedroom floor.

Simply no need for them to cut up the floor when there is full basement access from the boiler room to every room except the kitchen as it's concrete.  They've been shown this twice before starting.  No mention of chopping the floor.

I had already chased the walls and run pull wires down the back of each old and additional socket location, so it should be a straightforward job. 

Had they informed me they needed a hatch I would have told them to use the box room. 

Perhaps I'm being over dramatic but I'm really quite annoyed as I wanted to sand / wax a few of them, the floors in every room were mint as they have never been lifted (why would they have been lifted when it has a FUCKING BASEMENT), not a squeak from any of them and now they've chopped them.  

[High Jetter]

18 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Correct , extra points for character & soap.

Charlene, Neighbours. Utterly pointless.

[IronStar]

Got a call off a chap I’m renting parking space from. Random 10€ price bump, because he thinks he should buy an extra lunch every 6 months off my money or something. 

I pay 6 months upfront so I don’t have to deal with this bullshit. I called him exactly 0 times to complain about things even though the garage is anything but tidy despite me paying the maintenance bills.

Tenner a month isn’t going to bankrupt me or make him rich, so why the fuck would you bother and annoy someone that never calls you for anything, pays cash so you don’t report that income or pay tax, however measly it may be, and goes on his marry way?

I told him I’m paying the old price upfront, paying the new price but he can have the maintenance bills, or switching to monthly. He told me he’ll have a think and call me back by the end of the day.

Surprisingly* he didn’t call back.

I hate this random bs.

[reb]

4 hours ago, purplebargeken said:

Discovered a detail sander in the shed.  Nice size, cordless too. Can I find the charger, can I fuck. Ok, let’s see if I can find one on the internet. Can I fuck. 

I might have a suitable charger. I'll have a look. It was for a Guild drill but the battery gave up and I have a makita now so the charger is surplus to requirements. Fingers crossed it's the same!

[sheffcortinacentre]

53 minutes ago, IronStar said:

Got a call off a chap I’m renting parking space from. Random 10€ price bump, because he thinks he should buy an extra lunch every 6 months off my money or something. 

I pay 6 months upfront so I don’t have to deal with this bullshit. I called him exactly 0 times to complain about things even though the garage is anything but tidy despite me paying the maintenance bills.

Tenner a month isn’t going to bankrupt me or make him rich, so why the fuck would you bother and annoy someone that never calls you for anything, pays cash so you don’t report that income or pay tax, however measly it may be, and goes on his marry way?

I told him I’m paying the old price upfront, paying the new price but he can have the maintenance bills, or switching to monthly. He told me he’ll have a think and call me back by the end of the day.

Surprisingly* he didn’t call back.

I hate this random bs.

It's more commonly known as being a greedy bastard.

[320touring]

6 hours ago, hairnet said:

some jock twat drove into the side of my car two hours ago

no it wasnt @320touring

i hate tesco

i have their details

and even tho i told the insurance and said it was unlikely i would make a claim when i can clearly check for damage (thanks jock weather)

they said youre entitled to a rental car

the only thing that made me larf is not that its a local place here

its the local place at home i regularly use

fuck fridays

Glad you are ok

 

And glad it wasn't me that hit you

[Split_Pin]

9 hours ago, GMcD said:

They've been shown this twice before starting.  No mention of chopping the floor.

Most tradesmen are great but we've had a few in that are just plain thick and can't see past their next sausage roll.

[BorniteIdentity]

11 hours ago, GMcD said:

House is undergoing a rewire. Just started today. I went over tonight to check progress and make sure the place was locked up.  They've only gone and chopped a hatch through the main bedroom floor.

Simply no need for them to cut up the floor when there is full basement access from the boiler room to every room except the kitchen as it's concrete.  They've been shown this twice before starting.  No mention of chopping the floor.

I had already chased the walls and run pull wires down the back of each old and additional socket location, so it should be a straightforward job. 

Had they informed me they needed a hatch I would have told them to use the box room. 

Perhaps I'm being over dramatic but I'm really quite annoyed as I wanted to sand / wax a few of them, the floors in every room were mint as they have never been lifted (why would they have been lifted when it has a FUCKING BASEMENT), not a squeak from any of them and now they've chopped them.  

That would be enough to make me fire them on the spot and put the house on the market. Fucking Mongtards without an ounce of sympathy or savvy. 

[IronStar]

10 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

It's more commonly known as being a greedy bastard.

What an absolute moron.

Switched to monthly, because squeezing tiny bit more over X months as opposed to getting a lump sum you can go and spend on a big ticket item (or, heavens forbid, put into savings account) makes all the sense in the world. 🤦‍♂️

[Merryck]

Fucking Land Rover lights have stopped working.

It's fucking endless with this shit. Just spent nearly £3k to get it back on the road after the gearbox fucked itself. Couldn't do it myself as I don't have the space.

Then because I'm a fucking idiot I managed to set fire to the engine bay. £90 and a day off work and that's all sorted.

Three weeks or so later the headlights have stopped working. Ok, fine, not a big deal but I don't want to have to fucking stand out there in the rain trying to work out what's gone wrong this time.

I've got too much shit. Too many cars. Micra's still not running again and I have no idea why. I've got a car trailer on the driveway taking up too much space. I've got a Mini at my mum's she needs gone, fully in pieces. The Midget's at a friend's house in his garage, he wants to work on it but has no experience. I haven't got the time to do it, so he's going to get fed up with it being there and I'll have to find somewhere else to put it. Both cars need welding, so I need a space to do that if I'm going to keep them.

I don't want to give up all these things that I treasure but I can't see how I'm ever going to actually be able to enjoy them.

So now I'm on my laptop trying to work out reasons why the Land Rover's headlights have stopped working when I'm meant to be spending the day with my son, and I'm in a foul fucking mood now, and I don't know if I'll be able to get myself out of it.

FUCK.

Oh, and yesterday I cracked one of my teeth on a mint humbug and fucking swallowed it, so the weekend didn't get off to a good start.

[DavieW]

Not a grump as such, more a WTF. Out with ny mate last night for a few beers. 

Every pint I had, the head disappeared soon after pouring and didn't leave foam on the sides. My mate, who was drinking the same beer from the same tap, had a perfect pint every time. 

[bramz7]

Boiler failed it's safety inspection on Thursday so I've had no hot water since. Luckily, or not, I have a power shower. Except the pressure is like being dribbled on. The other, better shower, runs off the boiler supplier hot water. 

Neither my landlord or letting agent have been in contact. Now I'm not expecting it to be fixed right away, but a courtesy email would have been nice, especially when they want to increase the rent yet again in April. The house next door, which he also owns, has been empty since the last tenants left a month ago, maybe partly because the rent is too high and the heating is controlled by a range cooker! Quaint in the countryside I'm sure, but in Basingstoke it's borderline mental. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, DavieW said:

Not a grump as such, more a WTF. Out with ny mate last night for a few beers. 

Every pint I had, the head disappeared soon after pouring and didn't leave foam on the sides. My mate, who was drinking the same beer from the same tap, had a perfect pint every time. 

Your glass wasn’t rinsed properly. You were drinking Fairy Liquid shandies last night. Don’t go to far from a toilet today! 

[DavieW]

3 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Your glass wasn’t rinsed properly. You were drinking Fairy Liquid shandies last night. Don’t go to far from a toilet today! 

I know the glass would've been wet, it was more the fact I got the crap looking one every time. No toilet worries. 

[BorniteIdentity]

2 hours ago, Merryck said:

Fucking Land Rover lights have stopped working.

It's fucking endless with this shit. Just spent nearly £3k to get it back on the road after the gearbox fucked itself. Couldn't do it myself as I don't have the space.

Then because I'm a fucking idiot I managed to set fire to the engine bay. £90 and a day off work and that's all sorted.

Three weeks or so later the headlights have stopped working. Ok, fine, not a big deal but I don't want to have to fucking stand out there in the rain trying to work out what's gone wrong this time.

I've got too much shit. Too many cars. Micra's still not running again and I have no idea why. I've got a car trailer on the driveway taking up too much space. I've got a Mini at my mum's she needs gone, fully in pieces. The Midget's at a friend's house in his garage, he wants to work on it but has no experience. I haven't got the time to do it, so he's going to get fed up with it being there and I'll have to find somewhere else to put it. Both cars need welding, so I need a space to do that if I'm going to keep them.

I don't want to give up all these things that I treasure but I can't see how I'm ever going to actually be able to enjoy them.

So now I'm on my laptop trying to work out reasons why the Land Rover's headlights have stopped working when I'm meant to be spending the day with my son, and I'm in a foul fucking mood now, and I don't know if I'll be able to get myself out of it.

FUCK.

Oh, and yesterday I cracked one of my teeth on a mint humbug and fucking swallowed it, so the weekend didn't get off to a good start.

Been here. Had seven cars at once and, despite having plenty of money spare at the end of each month, could never make any headway. Some people are happy having a thousand cars in various states of disrepair but it twisted my melon. Even now, three years after OMGCOVID, trying to get garage time is hard - especially when it’s not just an “oil and filter for a Corsa m9”.

I now have three and it feels right. Daily car is turn key, Mini will be similar within two weeks and the Sierra operates.  None will ever be SORN under my ownership; if it’s not being used it’s gone. 

The thing that hurts most is it not being your own decision; circumstances are dictating. But I bet you 50 new pence you feel better once you get things manageable. 

[alcyonecorporation]

Courtesy car won't start. 



Week:  can you just fuck off, please? 

[vulgalour]

After the fun and games of the NHS overpaying me £900 just before Christmas which I then immediately paid back because of how it might fuck up my Universal Credit, and several weeks of runaround trying to get the Job Centre and the NHS to talk to each other to resolve a problem caused by them not me, today I got an invoice for overpayment of wages to the tune of £250 for a job I left several months ago.  Whether or not I really do owe them that money remains to be seen, and I can't call the understaffed payroll department until Monday to be able to find out.  What fun!

 

 

[Datsuncog]

Big shout-out to EuroCarParts for wasting my entire fucking day, when the brake pads that were meant to be ready for collection at 9am were actually still in the delivery M8, here any minute; no, not that delivery, the other delivery this afternoon; no, wait, looks like it'll be Monday before they're here squire, actually maybe Tuesday.

Yeeesh.

[alcyonecorporation]

someone tried to pay for a £40 food order tonight with 1000 vietnamese dong 

"sir I do not accept dong of any kind, on or off the clock" 

[alcyonecorporation]

[somewhatfoolish]

Cheeky fucker, that's one step up from a Bob Mugabe era Zim Dollar.

[reb]

9 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Cheeky fucker, that's one step up from a Bob Mugabe era Zim Dollar.

I have this

I think the £3 I paid for it is actually more than it was worth at the point they shitcanned the whole currency.

[somewhatfoolish]

I have some trillion ones kicking about somewhere. I was going to stick them in the christmas crackers the year I bought them but I forgot.

[Barry Cade]

30 minutes ago, reb said:

I have this

I think the £3 I paid for it is actually more than it was worth at the point they shitcanned the whole currency.

That's mad, just looking through some of my Dad's old stuff- found Reichsmarks and Guilders from 1938. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

That's mad, just looking through some of my Dad's old stuff- found Reichsmarks and Guilders from 1938. 

I have some prewar German postage stamps with Hitler on them. Millions of marks to post a letter. Makes Royal Mail look good!

[Remspoor]

Following on from the merge in turn conversation.

Highway code has to say.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/multi-lane-carriageways.html

Quote

134
You should follow the signs and road markings and get into the lane as directed. In congested road conditions do not change lanes unnecessarily. Merging in turn is recommended but only if safe and appropriate when vehicles are travelling at a very low speed, e.g. when approaching road works or a road traffic incident. It is not recommended at high speed.

What speed is low or high?

[Rust Collector]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

What speed is low or high?

I would interpret that as high speed = flowing traffic at or around the posted speed limit, low speed = queueing or crawling traffic.

[Mally]

Someone wiped the drivers door mirror off my 75 last night. On the bright side the glass didn't break and no other damage so I Gorrilla taped it back on for now and set off to Chester to pick a Yaris up.

Got to Chester, Car was as described except they forgot the rear axle sub frame was hanging on by a prayer and the anti roll bar had been gas cut through for some unknown reason. Also described as running, but wouldn't start, so we left it there.

Kia next door, mirror was wiped off at the same time, but their mirror is smashed to bits.