The grumpy thread

[Negative Creep]

If that were a private firm I'd have stuck a sign on the clamp saying "better luck next time wankers!"

[Guest]

I think Lankytim's on the money there - they can't force you to move to a completely different part of the country. They haven't used the word "redundancy" yet as technically we're not being made redundant, we're relocating, but they have to offer redundancy as an option, and as I'm on the "old-style" contract my redundancy terms are 3x statutory, which would be worth having. They have said they would pay for our season tickets on the train if we did decide to commute, but as Hirst says, a journey like that is not something I'd particlarly want to have to undertake every day, especially at rush hour. We shall see...

If you're unsure about it now, you'll be deeply unsure about it once it actually happens. I was working 10-6 to negate the impact of the rush hour (which generally would add 20-30 minutes a side) and it still took yonks. The worst thing was when there was some sort of delay, you'd be miles away from home and still be dicking about. Never mind the fact that I was having to commute there in the middle of the winter via the Laurel taxi (with 4 cracked tyres) on a variety of crappy backroads. In fact, I'd base the whole thing on that more than anything - what might seem like an acceptable commute during the summer could be a bloody nightmare when the freeze sets in, all those times going back to my car and having to spend yonks scraping ice off it before I'd even began the "Wastrels to Wakefield" charity rally.

 

On an good day I'd finish at 6pm, walk a good 15 minutes to the car, drive to the petrol station and stick yet another £20 of petrol in it, then by the time I got home it would usually average about 7:30pm (later in winter), that was generally the best case scenario. Wasn't until the clocks changed that I'd really have much hope of arriving home in something approaching daylight. Even then, I'd usually be too knackered mentally to do much more than have my dinner, poke around on the computer for the evening and go to bed. It was balls, never again.

[CIH]

I'd usually be too knackered mentally to do much more than have my dinner, poke around on the computer for the evening and go to bed. It was balls, never again.

 

Wow, my life in one sentence...

[Richard]

It's a lot of people's lives nowadays.

[retrogeezer]

some ass wipe couldn't be bothered to wait 1 second and overtook a parked car (on their side of the road - I had right of way), clouted my mirror which promptly disintegrated. Cheers for that you tosser.

[Cavcraft]

Been to see a brand new (rented) house today after 18 full months of pissing about by the builders. The fuhrer and the offshoots were excited and even I was a bit less pissed off than normal. Until we had a look round it.

How in the name of shite do they call a four inch square space a bedroom? I can understand (to some extent) smaller houses but how the hell can people with two growing kids live in a 2.1 bedroomed house?

[CIH]

some ass wipe couldn't be bothered to wait 1 second and overtook a parked car (on their side of the road - I had right of way), clouted my mirror which promptly disintegrated. Cheers for that you tosser.

 

Fnny you should mention that actualy. I was tasked wih collecting a punters newish XF and driving it back to base to get new tyres. Twice, FOOKING TWICE I had to it the anchors when oncoming tossers decided to overtake slower traffic and encroach onto my side of the road. Seriously people are just fucking morons an getting into an accident would likely cost me my job.

 

They were proper a-road National Speed Limit head-ons too, not just the usual squeeze past parked cars at 20ish.

[Albert Ross]

some ass wipe couldn't be bothered to wait 1 second and overtook a parked car (on their side of the road - I had right of way), clouted my mirror which promptly disintegrated. Cheers for that you tosser.

 

I had this happen in the late 80s with a Mercedes 115 that I had JUST fitted new mirrors to. FSO Pickup wobbles out of a pub car park, onto my side, I tuck in as I slowed down, and he clouted the mirror and broke it... cue a swift 180 and I followed him home.... The pissed up old fart was so surprised when I was up his drive and out of the car before his engine was even turned off. I suggested he recompense me for the mirror (only available as pairs at the time, due to a special re-issue at the dealers) with fuel cost added in, I took £120 off his Wife at the doorstep. I went home and made the original N/S mirror glass fit the O/S backing. I got pissed that weekend. And the next....

[dollywobbler]

David Cameron is 'looking' at fuel prices. Aren't we all you posh twat!

[pogweasel]

He needs to look harder.

Drop the tax so it's under a quid a litre and he could do what he likes with the rest of the economy. Vote winner.

[pogweasel]

I am the least Conservative person here, merely stating a fact.

Fuel has risen from 90p/litre to £1.40/l in less than a year, which when everything else is being squeezed is fairly unacceptable.

[ashmicro]

^^ +1, pogster.

[Claypole]

I'd usually be too knackered mentally to do much more than have my dinner, poke around on the computer for the evening and go to bed. It was balls, never again.

 

Wow, my life in one sentence...

 

It was mine too - walked out and never looked back.

 

No more falling asleep on the M62/M18/M1 for me thanks.

 

I'd rather be a bit poorer than ill from any job.

[Negative Creep]

I'm unemployed and that sums up my life as well

[garethj]

As mentioned by a few others, today’s rant is impatience on the roads.

 

I remember being 17, driving everywhere flat out, it’s a given. Young male = stupid driver, ask any insurer if you don’t believe me. But now it’s older drivers too, people in any car that presumably they’re paying hundreds per month for are driving like absolute cunts because the other driver will give way.

 

Is it because everyone’s in a hurry? Tried getting up 10 minutes earlier instead, you fucktards?

 

Is it because you think you’re immune in your car? Firstly, you’re not. Accidents can still hurt, a lot. Secondly, that pain will be nothing compared to the pain of dealing with the insurance company so polish up that brain cell and don’t think you’re safe.

 

Is it because everyone’s frustrated by the heavy traffic? Well here’s the hot news – heavy traffic itself isn’t a problem if you don’t act like a selfish mong. However some twats could cause a near miss and road rage if there’s 3 cars around and nothing else for 20 miles.

 

Every day I have to cross a roundabout, it’s got 4 exits and I leave at the second one. Roundabouts don’t get any easier than that, if it’s your driving test that question is a gift. Almost every day, I get cut up by some twat who thinks that because he can get the nose of his van out, it’s fine to pull across even if everyone else has to slam the brakes on. I rode a motorbike in London for many years so my spidey sense is well tuned, very rarely do I have to brake suddenly. Judging by the number of dark lines on the roundabout, it’s not just me that encounters these wankers though. The puzzling thing is – why do it? In my case I’m going straight across, south to north. It’s not as if I’d be in front of these cunts who want to go from west to east. Do you really need to save those 5 seconds? Wherever you’re going, you can afford to be a bit late, honestly you can. Find some better porn and you’ll reach the vinegar stroke that bit quicker instead.

 

Pulling out of junctions is another one. If you’re in a hurry, fair play. You’ve seen the latest action movie on council house TV, let’s get some wheelspinning action, yo! But why pull out where you’d just make it in a Lamborghini, then amble along taking half a mile to reach 42mph, which you then hold regardless of speed limit until you get home.

 

Pog’s manifesto of dropping the price of petrol is a good one, but my pledge to you the people is this: simplify the system for traffic offences. Speeding could be relaxed, parking too, all sorts of current rules could be ignored if you do this one thing – get the twats off the road. Then you don’t need all the other rules and it saves you making loads more.

[Station]

I remember being 17, driving everywhere flat out, it’s a given. Young male = stupid driver, ask any insurer if you don’t believe me. But now it’s older drivers too, people in any car that presumably they’re paying hundreds per month for are driving like absolute cunts because the other driver will give way.

 

I only sold my Astra three weeks ago, the lad was 25 and he was regaling me about all the cars he had and how many he had crashed. My insurers got onto me and said the car had been written off!

[Negative Creep]

I have a very simple solution. An instant ban for the following:

 

Having 2 brake lights out

Driving with front fogs and sidelights on at night

Owning a Renault Scenic

Driving with mirrors folded in

Fitting a large spoiler to a front wheel drive car

 

 

Our roads will be a much better place

[dollywobbler]

I should point out - I don't think we have a 'right' to cheaper fuel. That's simplistic thinking when it's a global economy and a finite resource. What I object to is Cameron playing the usual political card of actually doing f*ck all by claiming to be looking at it. You can imagine him sitting there thinking, while all this lovely tax income comes pouring into the treasury. He think about dropping it, but then he sees the effect it might have on this flood of cash - after all, there are expenses to pay. Like any politician (I'm not keen for this to become an anti-one-party rant) he won't do anything until people are REALLY angry. He can't go "ok, here's a problem, let's do something NOW." There's probably a committee of bored civil servants sitting around right at this moment, wondering when the next tea break will be and bashing sensible thought into pointless drivel.

 

I discovered today that the BX is out of tax as well, that's made me grumpy as I could have sworn it was April that it ran out. I'll now be taxing TWO cars this month as the Scimmie also has none.

[retrogeezer]

more bad driving, I don't know if it's just me or because I drive an old car or what..

 

I take my better half to the station in the mornings, probably a 4 or 5 mile round trip. This morning in that short journey I had 2 people reverse out of the driveways in front of me (no cars behind me either time so completely unnecessary)

 

A van driver thought it was o.k to just drive across a staggered junction in front of me making me stop (again, I had right of way)

 

And to top it off, a bus pulls out of a turning on the right straight in front of me, again, as if my car is invisible!

[autofive]

think my ISP has been barred from using the dvla 'enquiry' website

 

the last couple of days ive been trying to check the details of a car and each time i get this message:

 

Page Timed Out

Sorry this page has timed out and the application or declaration has been cancelled.

 

This can occur automatically after a period of inactivity or may be due to a network problem.

 

so this afternoon, using hidemyass to mask my ISP, i can get stright onto the site without any problems

 

so a open a fresh window in my browser and try with my own ISP, and get the same error message

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Some BOTS have got into my hotmail account and sent 100kg of spam to everyone in there including grandparents, former colleagues, employment agencies and lord knows who else!!! FUGGIN SPAMMERS!

 

Now I am going to have to write to everyone to tell them 'BUMP FOR A REAL MESSAGE'

[Guest]

Dear Whinging Cunt Customers,

 

It is not my fault that the store you're trying to get through to isn't answering the phone. Whining like a little shit and \ or shouting at me claiming you're 'really put off and won't shop with [iNSERT RETAILER NAME] again' makes fuck all difference and will not get you through quicker. Using sentences beginning with 'I feel' will not curry favour with me. In fact, in a customer service context 'I feel' translates as 'I've got this ridiculous idea in my head, and I like it. I know it's complete bollocks and a pathetic attempt at trying to put my mistake on to you, but I like what I know and I'm going to milk it for everything it's worth by making a mountain out of a tiny complaint.'

 

If you're nice I'll put you through on a number that only we have access to that the stores have to answer lest they get a kicking from head office. If you complain your arse off and generally sound off like a dickhead, I'll try the customer number a few times and then fire them off an email, which they won't look at until the end of the day.

 

Hope that's OK. If it isn't, I hope I've ruined your children's Christmas (another customer service classic phrase).

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Mum's Face.

[Guest]

Some BOTS have got into my hotmail account and sent 100kg of spam to everyone in there including grandparents, former colleagues, employment agencies and lord knows who else!!! FUGGIN SPAMMERS!

 

Now I am going to have to write to everyone to tell them 'BUMP FOR A REAL MESSAGE'

 

 

Give us bots a bad name that does

[greengartside]

To rub salt in the wound - after receiving a battering from a 4x4 on Tuesday, I glanced over the engine bay of the Carina E earlier and found that the radiator is absolutely fugged - most of the core is missing

 

What radiators fit these? I did hear the 2.0 Celica ones fit as the Carina E GTi's are pretty thin on the ground and there's none on fleabay...

[Negative Creep]

Can't you get it re cored?

[retrogeezer]

if it's not leaking and not over heating why worry??

[M'coli]

It will do once ambient temperature hits 15 degreees celsius.

[Negative Creep]

Bristol Cars has gone into administration

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-br ... istol+News

[r.welfare]

Are the GTI rads not the same as the standard 3S-FE 2-litre jobs, greengartside? I'd be surprised if they are different - I scored a new one for £40 delivered for my next door neighbour last year from eBay, and it was apparently a piece of cake to fit.

[pogweasel]

I suspect BISTO ARS will be ressurected quite swiftly, some shadowy old money will doubtless appear.