The grumpy thread

[Metal Guru]

58 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I haven’t bought one for 25 years. My father in law ‘stumbled’ on some in a lay-by a while back. I’m calling bullshit on that though. 

I would definitely thought they’d be finished now by the numerous (so I’m told) porn sites on t’internet. 

[MikeR]

confirmed , they do have a screw loose !!

 

 

[Remspoor]

The other day had a nice meal at a typical Portuguese restaurant.  My grump is about the view.

 

[hairnet]

fkin eric clapton

the first tune they had him sing and it was like they didnt turn on the microphone

but then they have him on with smokey robinson and obvs hes at the back only playing the guitar

has always been a better musician than a singer im now watching 90s totp as they now have him playing guitar with townsend ffs (another massive felcher)

and hes on all night ffs

then moto gp at 9 on quest (the sprint) 

then sounds of 80s on radio 2 (now the only thing i listen for )

*drinks tea *eats sandwich

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

fkin eric clapton

the first tune they had him sing and it was like they didnt turn on the microphone

but then they have him on with smokey robinson and obvs hes at the back only playing the guitar

has always been a better musician than a singer im now watching 90s totp as they now have him playing guitar with townsend ffs (another massive felcher)

and hes on all night ffs

then moto gp at 9 on quest (the sprint) 

then sounds of 80s on radio 2 (now the only thing i listen for )

*drinks tea *eats sandwich

I went to his house once. Will watch it...sometime Leita

[Sh'Eds]

Mmmm. Forbidden milkshake.

Immediate FFS head gasket thoughts, but red tinge makes me think it probably more likely that trans cooler, which is housed in reservoir end of rad, has let go. Not sure if that is better or not. No milkshake on either oil or trans dip sticks so hopefully a one way leak under pressure so a rad change and coolant flush followed by trans fluid filter change should resolve, or is that just wishful thinking...

 

[sdkrc]

I got a modest bonus at work in December '22.

Off the back of that, in January '23 I promised to take the missus to Disneyland Paris for a holiday for her 40th. 

Later that month I got a fucking huge tax bill because my employer had used the wrong tax code for several years. A couple months later I lost an even larger sum moving houses due to some fuckaboutery that wasn't my fault. 

I have only just financially recovered from this and am looking at Disneyland holidays. First holiday of any kind in 7 years. Holy shit fuck it's expensive. 

£3k for a 4 day trip staying in the cheapest hotels and doing packed lunches. Absolutely dreading it and know there's better value elsewhere but this isn't really for me.

[Yoss]

24 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

I got a modest bonus at work in December '22.

Off the back of that, in January '23 I promised to take the missus to Disneyland Paris for a holiday for her 40th. 

Later that month I got a fucking huge tax bill because my employer had used the wrong tax code for several years. A couple months later I lost an even larger sum moving houses due to some fuckaboutery that wasn't my fault. 

I have only just financially recovered from this and am looking at Disneyland holidays. First holiday of any kind in 7 years. Holy shit fuck it's expensive. 

£3k for a 4 day trip staying in the cheapest hotels and doing packed lunches. Absolutely dreading it and know there's better value elsewhere but this isn't really for me.

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

[Bren]

I ordered an alternator plug for the SD1 last friday. The packaging and carriage was almost 50% on top of the purchase price - DHL were delivering.

I also ordered a used copy of the psychopath test by Jon Ronson as I should read more instead of looking at my phone. £2.70 all in.

The book arrived ten minutes before the part.

[sdkrc]

12 minutes ago, Yoss said:

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

Same. 

If the missus and the boy have a good time then it's a success. 

If they have a bad time then I get to gloat and I pick all the future holidays.

It's a win-win

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

That doesn't sound like a holiday at all to me, but I'm probably not the target audience. 

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

[Pieman]

23 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

Same.  I just don't see the appeal of spending a load on travel to go and sit on a beach doing fuck all for a week or more.  I can sit doing fuck all at home for no cost.

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, comfortablynumb said:

Swombo takes our youngest with our eldest to foreign climes once a year, eldest is a seasoned traveller.

Me? I stay at home and look after the dogs, house to myself for the week.

They show me pics on their return, everyone with their two square foot of beach.

My idea of hell 🙄

We are the same. We didn't really trust anybody else to look after Chieveley anyway but now he's classed as an XL Bully we definitely don't. So Lorraine goes off on holidays with her friends while I stay home with the dog and I go off on Eastern European railway jaunts while Lorraine stays home. 

If we do go on holiday together the dog comes with us, so it somewhere in the UK. 

Some people think I'm weird but I love going off on my own, I don't get lonely at all and it's great just being able to go where you want when you want. I can highly recommend.