The grumpy thread

[pogweasel]

I squeezed my hand in with some very small pliers to remove the clip, pulled out the pipe and slid the M/C out.

New M/C is in, but of course there's no space to move with dexterity to do things up (there was enough to remove brutally).

 

Manuals no bloody good - it didn't even mention this end of the M/C, spent ages trying to work out why it wouldn't come out when it was still attached throug hthe bulkead...

[M'coli]

Ebay grump: Old, massively incomplete tools selling for -to me- humongous amounts of money simply because they are collectable. You can guarantee the buyer is a collector who will stick it on a shelf and not someone who might actually want to make use of the item for what it was originally designed and made.

20 years ago my uncle started his own blacksmith/welding shop, and had difficulty obtaining a good anvil but eventually found one - within 3 weeks of opening the forge, he'd had 'suits' offering to buy the anvil "because it would look good in the garden". They wondered why he got upset at this, after all, it's not like he needed it to make their bloody gates...

[seth]

I squeezed my hand in with some very small pliers to remove the clip, pulled out the pipe and slid the M/C out.

New M/C is in, but of course there's no space to move with dexterity to do things up (there was enough to remove brutally).

 

Manuals no bloody good - it didn't even mention this end of the M/C, spent ages trying to work out why it wouldn't come out when it was still attached throug hthe bulkead...

 

Can you unbolt the M/C again so that it floats about a bit to make it easier?

[Pillock]

What you need, poog, is a HAYNES MANUAL.

 

Or a fucking big hammer.

[dollywobbler]

Pog - running into the house and ranting is the best solution. Head out tomorrow and it'll probably pop straight on. Lost count of the number of times this has worked...

[pogweasel]

HBOL can stfu. It's RONG.

 

I'll try unbolting again, but it won't give much jiggle room beause of the design.

[Pillock]

Pog - running into the house and ranting is the best solution. Head out tomorrow and it'll probably pop straight on. Lost count of the number of times this has worked...

 

+15.4

 

That's why my gearbox swap took two weekends. Kept hitting an "obstacle" so I'd walk off, go and have a wander or a cup of tea or go to a mates house or something. Come back and "piece that won't fit at all and is in completely the wrong place" just slots straight in.

[sludgeguts]

Ebay grump: Old, massively incomplete tools selling for -to me- humongous amounts of money simply because they are collectable. You can guarantee the buyer is a collector who will stick it on a shelf and not someone who might actually want to make use of the item for what it was originally designed and made.

 

Conversely, I provoked shock and horror from the seller of whom I bought my Tamiya Cheetah off several months ago. He was aghast because I actually wanted to run it instead of sticking it on a shelf. I reckon he deliberately left parts off it during his tenure so that it had less chance of being run. I don't understand the whole RC 'shelf queen' mentality - there are far more detailed 1:10 and 1:12 models out there for similar money with the singular purpose of being a collector's model. Why buy an RC car with very approximate levels of detail, half build it and then whop it on a shelf?

 

 

 

Well said sir.I do collect vintage Tamiya RC but they are all run,albeit with a certain amount of care due to the obscene prices vintage parts seem to make.Believe it or not there are people who collect,sometimes solely,unbuilt kits with the intention of keeping them that way,never mind actually building them and running them.Whats the point in that?

 

By the way,watanabe,let me know what bits you need for your Cheetah.Might be able to help you out there and if I cant I know a few people that may have the parts you are looking for (obviously without the need to spend a stupid amount to get it going)

[warren t claim]

Single blokes should only buy tinned carrots! Or go to a proper greengrocer (if you can find one still open)

[Claypole]

Buy the bigger cheaper bag, peel and chop them as you prefer then bag them into the freezer with some spuds or whatever other veg takes your fancy in individual potions.

 

Then when you want a "slap up tea" you can just use them as required.

 

 

I wish i was rich/that busy that I had to buy the pre peeled and chopped stuff - lazy gits.

[Guest]

Well said sir.I do collect vintage Tamiya RC but they are all run,albeit with a certain amount of care due to the obscene prices vintage parts seem to make.Believe it or not there are people who collect,sometimes solely,unbuilt kits with the intention of keeping them that way,never mind actually building them and running them.Whats the point in that?

 

By the way,watanabe,let me know what bits you need for your Cheetah.Might be able to help you out there and if I cant I know a few people that may have the parts you are looking for (obviously without the need to spend a stupid amount to get it going)

 

I shall bear that in mind. When I rescue it from the unit I will send pictures.

[Station]

After spending an absolute fortune - it's easy to exaggerate on fixing cars, but it must be close to 2,000 of my missus' money so far - and spending months and days in pissing rain, snow, the MGF will no longer start in the morning. I've replaced everything on the fucker, and it's still driving like it would rather be sat on the driveway just resting. Fuck these cars and fuck you Rover (again) for making constantly shit, unreliable products.

[Mr H Sceptre]

The bloody glass fell out of the drivers side wing mirror on the Simca on the M6 yesterday. Arsecandle.

 

[Mr H Sceptre]

^^Who was driving it while you're in FL?

 

 

Me! I'm not in FL until Thursday of next week. Can't wait!

[M'coli]

H-S, does that mean the left or the right?

[trigger]

Grr... Just got the hump whilst playing Gran Turismo 5 and now broke the controller, I really need to grow up sometimes.

 

I think i'll watch The Sweeney instead.

[Station]

I destroyed my Xbox controller while playing Flatout Ulitmate Carnage. It's a fantastic game, but later in the game, you need to drive perfectly, and on the final straight in the lead I hit a mound and my car just spazzed out and I lost the race, and lost the plot and threw the controller full force to the floor. I think most gamers do this, it's part of the winning and losing! Still doesn't justify losing your temper though, and it's quite sad whenever I've done it in the past. My old bedroom at my folks has little indents on the walls from floppy discs being launched from when I was younger! I think some people who break flatscreen TV's must have it down to launched controllers at them!

 

Good game though!

 

[Negative Creep]

I've broken many controllers over the years, but even I know better than to lob them at the tv screen

[trigger]

I've never done a TV screen although i did damage my chest of drawers as a youngster with me SNES controller as my TV was on top of it.

[BMC Dan]

My VDP will be appearing on carandclassic soon.

[Guest]

I've been playing games since I was little and have never destroyed a controller or anything close, though I have on several occasions found myself nearly killing people in real life. What a bother!

[dollywobbler]

I've broken many controllers. Serious temper problem! My Xbox is in the loft. Controller-less.

[Guest]

At work we get several TVs a month that have been smashed by flying games controllers. I think the problem has got worse with the advent of wireless joypads. It's actually hilarious when people admit how their TV became mullered. They hit the roof when you tell them that they can't have a new one because accidental damage isn't specified in the extended warranty they took out.

 

That said, when playing through The Getaway on the PS2, I destroyed five DualShock 2s in fits of rage. It was a great title, but bugged to buggery. When GT 4 came around, two more bit the dust.

[HillmanImp]

I've broken many controllers. Serious temper problem! My Xbox is in the loft. Controller-less.

 

I just bought some off e-bay for my old x-box as I have destroyed the ones for my Wii playing Mario Kart. Had not played for months and my great score was systematically wiped out by a bunch of Japanese electronic prodigy's within half an hour.

 

Tiger Woods golf destroyed my old x-box ones so am not playing that with my new controllers.

[chaseracer]

I've broken many controllers. Serious temper problem! My Xbox is in the loft. Controller-less.

Fortunately, you married a psychologist!

[ashmicro]

Breakdown Services:

 

The AA - their touchtone telephone system doesn't work

 

The RAC - unbelievably convoluted combinations of cover options, delivered by someone with an unintelligible accent. I hung up

 

Green Flag - seem unconvinced that I can get to the Republic of Ireland without going on a boat. If they don't know that you can DRIVE from Belfast to Dublin, I am not assured of their ability to get to me if I'm broken down.

 

What a bunch of dicks.

[autofive]

i got a freeby year with the rac a few years back. snapped a clutch cable on my sierra after midnight on a duel carriageway, rang RAC and because i ddint have a postcode some bint said ' we cant help you, cant you ask at a shop for their postcode?"

eventually i managed to speak to someone with a whole brain, and arranged a call-out then made a formal complaint about the dizzy bitch

[Pillock]

At work we get several TVs a month that have been smashed by flying games controllers. I think the problem has got worse with the advent of wireless joypads. It's actually hilarious when people admit how their TV became mullered. They hit the roof when you tell them that they can't have a new one because accidental damage isn't specified in the extended warranty they took out.

 

Dozens and dozens a day.

 

The Wiimote in particular leaves a very telling mark in the screen of a 55" 3D plasma...... thing is, we fix them!

[Richard]

People use Wiis?

 

I thought you were supposed to get them home, fart about with Wii Sports for half an hour then never look at them again.

[Negative Creep]

I am considering buying a Wii, with the genuine plan to get some exercise without having to go to a gym