The grumpy thread

[MikeR]

What's appning here ! 

Ronnie Pickering update 

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FrS4wTnjN/

[IronStar]

I finally wanted to replace the head gasket on my Mini. Not a single shop I called, and I called quite a few, has any, let alone Victor Reinz composite, in stock. 
 

Actually scratch that, found the fucker. Special order, with me in a week or so. 

[2SP00K]

So glad he's ok, was proper worried

[myglaren]

Went for a Covid jab, was there far too early so had a snoop around the shopping centre.

A Ramsdens pawn shop had a watch in the window for £10.99, not bad.

Except, looking more carefully, £10,999 

[paulplom]

Partner's parents both went for their 8th covid jab yesterday. The jabs must be pretty harmless. The pair of them are both 87 this year.

They've been married for over 60 years. It's funny af hearing them bickering on.

[High Jetter]

A local bus route has had to be diverted due to potholes which have caused damage to buses, according to the bus operator. This road has been bad for at least the last couple of years - I avoid using it.  Repairs are scheduled for the summer, the local rag reported, with the accompanying picture  of Devonshire Place - though they incorrectly captioned it Devonshire Road:

So what, I hear you cry? Well, Eastbourne is a tourist resort, so visiting drivers have experienced this poorly maintained road - which leads from the town centre to the seafront - for at least 2 years, and to add insult to injury it will cause more disruption for them at the height of the holiday season. 

[High Jetter]

And another thing...why are soup spoons going out of fashion? Does everyone drink it out of mugs? We've had our everyday cutlery set for over 20 years, and it's showing it's age. We wanted a dinner knife and fork, side knife and fork, desert spoon and soup spoon for 4, 6 or 8 settings, for sensible cost, ideally with a bead pattern on the handle. Nope. We could only find 2 sets with soup spoons, both very plain. Had to go for one of them in the end as have a royal visitation on Thursday (well, wife's sister and BIL, but the amount of fucking housework I'm on this week you'd think it would he Charles and Camilla).

[Zelandeth]

Sigh...

Managed to cram the bottles I had with me in the trolley, but still ended up taking about 40 litres home with me in the big bottles I drain the drain pump/tray into and what was in the vacuum drainer...which was full because I had nothing left to drain it into!

Have only ended up with so much piling up because this is the fourth time in a row the bloody collection point has been closed.

[jakebullet]

C1 exhaust is less than 2 years old and is well on it's way to being fucked. 2 TADTS holes round the silencer hanger. I'm taking it on holiday on Monday so a bandage and wobbing fix*, but surely someone makes an exhaust that isn't so shit?

Bonus of arse end of sills and large parts of floor are in need of a huge derust and paint session or it won't survive another year.

[captain_70s]

2-3 years seems par for the course for a steel exhaust. They're made to be sold as cheaply as possible because if you want longevity you're going to go for stainless.

[Bren]

Had a cystoscopy this morning.

Extremely uncomfortable.

However my bladder is normal though I am waiting on an MRI result as my prostate is moderately enlarged.

 

[wuvvum]

For a good couple of months now I've had a smallish house spider (about an inch across) living in a corner of my bathroom ceiling.  It just sat there minding its own business, occasionally coming out into its web but mostly just chilling in the corner.  I came to admire its persistence - I've not known a spider to stick around for that long before - and when the weather was decent I took to leaving the bathroom window open to increase its chances of getting a nice juicy insect for lunch.

I went into the bathroom earlier to find that it had been attacked and killed by a daddy longlegs, which was busy eating it.  I'm afraid the daddy longlegs got sprayed, and I'm now sat here wondering what the fuck is wrong with me for getting attached to a bloody house spider...

[ProgRocker]

I gave my i10 a jolly good clean on the inside this morning. Vacuumed the carpets and polished the plastics.

Took it out for a drive and over 5 mph the warning chime started "bonging" . It is the same bongs that go off when the driver's door is open and the key is in the ignition. There were no lights coming on in the instrument cluster to pinpoint what it was. Pulled over in a lay by to investigate. I convinced myself that the boot lid or the doors were not closed properly. Drove off and above 5 mph there were more bongs.  More bongs than a Legalise Cannabis protest.

It might be the seatbelt warning system. I think I might have dislodged one of the cables under the front seats with the vacuum attachment as it was fairly grim under there. I always wear my seatbelt but I might have to fasten the passenger one to get around this.

EDIT: As I was cleaning the driver's side I had unlocked the bonnet. That's what was triggering the bongs.   Thank God the bonnet didn't flip up.

Edited Sunday at 16:53 by ProgRocker
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[GeorgeB]

3 hours ago, ProgRocker said:

I gave my i10 a jolly good clean on the inside this morning. Vacuumed the carpets and polished the plastics.

Took it out for a drive and over 5 mph the warning chime started "bonging" . It is the same bongs that go off when the driver's door is open and the key is in the ignition. There were no lights coming on in the instrument cluster to pinpoint what it was. Pulled over in a lay by to investigate. I convinced myself that the boot lid or the doors were not closed properly. Drove off and above 5 mph there were more bongs.  More bongs than a Legalise Cannabis protest.

It might be the seatbelt warning system. I think I might have dislodged one of the cables under the front seats with the vacuum attachment as it was fairly grim under there. I always wear my seatbelt but I might have to fasten the passenger one to get around this.

EDIT: As I was cleaning the driver's side I had unlocked the bonnet. That's what was triggering the bongs.   Thank God the bonnet didn't flip up.

This why I never clean my cars. 

[barefoot]

9 hours ago, wuvvum said:

a daddy longlegs

Do you mean an ichneumon fly?

[DavieW]

The next 3 days I will be working well out of my comfort zone. It got dropped on me after a colleague left but is worth a lot for the company. 

I feel a couple of drinks coming on at the weekend. 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, barefoot said:

Do you mean an ichneumon fly?

They make you sneeze? 😀

[Wibble]

11 hours ago, wuvvum said:

For a good couple of months now I've had a smallish house spider (about an inch across) living in a corner of my bathroom ceiling.  It just sat there minding its own business, occasionally coming out into its web but mostly just chilling in the corner.  I came to admire its persistence - I've not known a spider to stick around for that long before - and when the weather was decent I took to leaving the bathroom window open to increase its chances of getting a nice juicy insect for lunch.

I went into the bathroom earlier to find that it had been attacked and killed by a daddy longlegs, which was busy eating it.  I'm afraid the daddy longlegs got sprayed, and I'm now sat here wondering what the fuck is wrong with me for getting attached to a bloody house spider...

Crikey, I didn’t know daddy longlegs were capable of that. I’ve spent many hours in fields in Ireland, with my Dad, catching them for trout bait. Two per hook was the norm.

[Lord Sterling]

Brilliant. Looks like I'm back on the scrapheap again looking for work.

A couple of arseholes at work decided that they were jealous of my position so took it upon themselves to try and raise a complaint against me, all trivial shit but mixed into one big complaint. That and an unsupportive shift lead saw me simply walk out. 

I have sent a long email to higher managers, HR and my union rep. I'm not expecting great stuff tbh.

All this because of a couple of wankers.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, barefoot said:

Do you mean an ichneumon fly?

Nope, cellar spider.  One of these cunts.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Wibble said:

Crikey, I didn’t know daddy longlegs were capable of that. I’ve spent many hours in fields in Ireland, with my Dad, catching them for trout bait. Two per hook was the norm.

They can kill spiders that can potentially kill or seriously harm humans. Because of this it was thought their venom must be particularly nasty but they couldn’t kill humans due to really weak fangs. 
However it turns out their venom is actually harmless to humans (at least in the dosage they can inject you with). 

[barefoot]

8 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Nope, cellar spider.  One of these cunts.

My father was bitten by one of those. He had a sore thumb for a surprisingly long time. 

[myglaren]

10 minutes ago, barefoot said:

My father was bitten by one of those. He had a sore thumb for a surprisingly long time. 

Found one in the washing up yesterday.  Drowned as the cup was full of water+soda crystals.

[Dyslexic Viking]

We're having the first really hot day of the year and I'm hotter than Madonna in the 80s and I hate it.

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

We're having the first really hot day of the year and I'm hotter than Madonna in the 80s and I hate it.

just pay @mat_the_cat to install some air conditioning in the Mercedes 190D, problem solved  

[lesapandre]

6 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

just pay @mat_the_cat to install some air conditioning in the Mercedes 190D, problem solved  

From the 1950's on there were Mercedes options to fit air-con to some of their cars - particularly for the US market. Original units may come up for sale from time to time - like this very battered one.

Tricky to fit and to get to work though  - even if one can be found.