The grumpy thread

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

http://www.ds5.citroen.co.uk/uk/#/

 

Fuck's sake. It's just a fat looking estate car.

 

What a fabulous idea putting countless switches on the roof panel too, that should help people concentrate on the road

 

That's a great site, too. It wasn't loading for ages, so I had to refresh it to get going and then I clicked on "versatility and well-being" (Well being? Maybe you can walk instead of taking the car!), and it told me the following:

 

New Citroën DS5 audio system has handling software that enables surround sound. This sound is evenly spread throughout the cabin. For an even more musical thrill, it is possible to opt for the Hi-Fi System developed with Denon which includes 10 loudspeakers. This system really does create a vast sound platform within the cabin, giving your favourite music track complete justice!

 

Google Translate FTW.

[M'coli]

Right, that's f*cking it now..

 

What do you expect from tax-funded gummit-run raydeo? Quality? Listening to "the customer"? Being influenced by possible loss of commercial endorsements?

Norm, don't you have a forum for cars and politics and that?

[RedSparrow]

Right, that's f*cking it now..

 

What do you expect from tax-funded gummit-run raydeo? Quality? Listening to "the customer"? Being influenced by possible loss of commercial endorsements?

Norm, don't you have a forum for cars and politics and that?

 

Hmm yeah. He seems to have abandoned it. Probably when he realised it was just him arguing with his in communist.

[Cavcraft]

Lazy, disinterested desk jockeys: don't like your job? Can't deal with the public? Had a shit day? How about you eff off and get a new job then?

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

But, for once, Norm is bloody right on this one. We NEED the public NHS, it's the only reasonable way of insuring everyone in the land. We NEED the police and the courts to maintain a bit of order. We NEED a road/motorway network to move stuff and people around. There's a good reason to pay for all these public services. In today's world, however, there is no reason at all for taxpayers to pay for mainstream TV and radio 'entertainment'. The 'it's all funded by the licence innit' argument is bollocks because it just eats into the market while driving up prices, so it makes it less worthwhile for private companies to get involved.

[j-j]

I know people have a bit of a downer on BMW drivers, but frankly I have found new Seat drivers much, much worse. Is it just me?!

 

I've always tried to resist the "flippin XYZ drivers are the WORST.." type of thing but! in my experience it's Vauxhall drivers that are the worst! Mostly Corsa, Meriva and the Astra of any age. The most likely to do something quite alarming and sudden like non-signalled lane changes, sitting in the center lane and being parked diagonally in a carpark or some similar thing.

 

It could simply be that there are more of these cars around and so higher incidence of meeting one of a day (?) but no. I think they're chosen by gristle-heads who have no interest in cars at all and hence, can's drive worth a fak. Also, a lot of cheaper VXs are rental cars..

 

I might have just answered the reasons for myself

 

Anyway, I give Corsas a wide berth..

 

tonedepear wrote:http://www.ds5.citroen.co.uk/uk/#/

 

Fuck's sake. It's just a fat looking estate car.

 

I'm a Citroën fanatic and think that's crappy. One or two cool wee details on that but what new car doesn't have one or two nice little details now?

[M'coli]

Of course, we should cast out our licence fee and join in the race to the bottom of the brainpool that is commercial media.

[Cavcraft]

Of course, we should cast out our licence fee and join in the race to the bottom of the brainpool that is commercial media.

 

What he said.

 

Yeah, arseholes like Wright and often Chris Evans* can be incredibly annoying, but the BBC on the whole is pretty good and decent value for money imho.

 

*Subject of another e-mail to Radio 2 shortly if he carries on being a disrespectful, arrogant wanker to the religious guests on his programme.

[mattblack]

Steve Wright started yaking over '99 Red Balloons' as well... twunt.

[ProgRocker]

Agree with Steve Wright - I find his show very tedious nowadays and I switch the radio off after the Jeremy Vine show. They ought to either cut his 'Big Show' down from 3 hours to 2 or better still replace him with Richard Allinson on a permanent basis or someone else.

 

Ken Bruce is a great DJ - he plays some great tunes and appears to be a Prog Rock fan. - even getting in some 5+ minute tracks in there after PopMaster. Respect to the man. I must try and phone in to have a go at PopMaster one day - I do have some obscure music knowledge.

 

Chris Evans* can be incredibly annoying, but the BBC on the whole is pretty good and decent value for money imho.

 

*Subject of another e-mail to Radio 2 shortly if he carries on being a disrespectful, arrogant wanker to the religious guests on his programme.

 

Haven't picked up on this - a bit over-exuberant perhaps. What on Earth gets Chris Evans going in the mornings? And can i have some as I am a miserable bastard when I wake up.

[Lankytim]

Id pay double the TV licence few if they beheaded Wrighty live on the One show. "Alright Wrighty, love the show" Just piss off

[CreepingJesus]

Bravo, Billy! Funnily enough, I was driving back down from Dundee at about 2pm, and had a bloody good rant about Wright, for the few seconds it took me to find another station. My other half took me to task for it, reminding me that I do listen to Nicky Campbell on Five Live, some mornings, and saying he's much worse than Wright. Wrong... *

Wright's worst offense of late, was tempting me in with The Undisputed Truth's "You + Me = Love", then imitating wah guitar all over the end of the song, before cutting it short. Cunt. And it was the short radio edit, too, not the full-fat 11 min version!

I'm all for paying a license fee for radio, so it doesn't have to conform to advertisers' craven wants, and always play the safe choices musically; but the Beeb sorely needs to get shot of some of the dinosaurs, they haven't cut it for a long time now. I also need to get some DAB kit, and a small MP3 player just for the car, so's I can avoid the increasingly bad 'main' stations. Never mind commercial radio, which with the exception of Rock Radio (which I can't get over this side of the country) make me want to chuck.

[RedSparrow]

Mark Radcliffe is pretty good on R2 I recon.

[Cavcraft]

Mark Radcliffe along with 'the boy lard' would THE best thing that ever happened to R2.

 

Prog: if you make it onto Popmaster you HAVE to ask Ken if you can say a few hellos. When he agrees go through the usual 'family and colleagues' bit then say 'hello to everyone from Autoshite'.

Popmaster (and old Ken himself) rocketh mightily, would love to get on and have a go one day. Usually manage about 16 points but had the odd day with a score in the late twenties.

[kinkersaab]

Mark Radcliffe is pretty good on R2 I recon.

 

He is, until someone points out how often he "ummms, and errrrrs whilst speaking, then it will get on your tits enough to turn over.

[cort16]

Radcliffe got booted out his show by Joe Whiley which was a major grump of mine at the time. He's now on radio6 in the afternoons.

[lancashireclamper]

Mark and Lard were the funniest people on Radio ever, the afternoon show used to have me doubled up, Fat Harry White, Missing words beat the clock, in depth reportage etc, all original, down to earth humour, think my favourite was Oh lucky you by a short head, if you've never heard it have a listen and see what you think;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16sAIQXJgg

[tonedepear]

Mark & Lard on the graveyard shift got me through my early teenage years. When they got the breakfast show I genuinely shed a tear of joy on their behalf.

 

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Of course, we should cast out our licence fee and join in the race to the bottom of the brainpool that is commercial media.

 

What he said.

 

Yeah, arseholes like Wright and often Chris Evans* can be incredibly annoying, but the BBC on the whole is pretty good and decent value for money imho.

 

Of course the commercial media in the UK will be shit- all the non-shit stuff is the preserve of the BBC because they can pay more than anyone else!

In Greece, with a population of about 10 million, there are 7 nationwide commercial channels (the public TV is completely rubbish and 'only' costs a couple of hundred million), and they have everything from the worst kind of trash-TV through a massive number of soaps/series (although the really big homegrown productions got culled due to the crisis, they have a lot of imported stuff from the US, Russia and even Turkey) to late-night broadcasts about poetry and literature, plus an inordinate amount of news and political talk shows. In Spain, there's literally hundreds of commercial radio stations. Yes, some of the really big ones play 15 pop songs all day long and haven't got much to offer, but again there's a lot of worthwhile stuff on there.

 

And that's before you add the internet and pay-per-view stuff. The total cost of the BBC is so massive that it can't be 'good value'.

[ProgRocker]

Mark Radcliffe along with 'the boy lard' would THE best thing that ever happened to R2.

 

Prog: if you make it onto Popmaster you HAVE to ask Ken if you can say a few hellos. When he agrees go through the usual 'family and colleagues' bit then say 'hello to everyone from Autoshite'.

 

Don't think the Beeb would like me to swear - as in say the word 'shite' ! Even my own family don't listen to Radio 2!

 

Mark Radcliffe was alright but as kinkersaab pointed out he did used to Umm and Errrr quite a lot on Radio 2. He didn't do that on Radio 1 with the Boy Lard - 'BiggidibiggidibiggidiBONG!' . Never realised Jo Whiley replaced him.

[Alexg]

Had two re-con brake calipers delivered today. The top of the box was ripped open, one caliper was missing

[Cavcraft]

Mark and Lard were the funniest people on Radio ever, the afternoon show used to have me doubled up, Fat Harry White, Missing words beat the clock, in depth reportage etc, all original, down to earth humour, think my favourite was Oh lucky you by a short head, if you've never heard it have a listen and see what you think;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16sAIQXJgg

 

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This.

 

Which was the character who used to do the quiz and say 'I know this, Markkkkkkk'? Whatever job he had he used to bring his work home with him including a stint at the sewage farm.

M&L were pant wettingly funny and absolutely umissable.

[ProgRocker]

Mark and Lard were the funniest people on Radio ever, the afternoon show used to have me doubled up, Fat Harry White,

 

Oh yes Fat Harry White (used to think it was Larry White ). I love anything double-entendre laden - maybe why I like this forum too. In true Autoshite form I think Harry White used to drive a Bedford Rascal van.

[tonedepear]

Get to bed!

[M'coli]

Norm, there is so much of the BBC's content that is superb that I couldn't see the private sector doing it quite so well - for example, any of the wildlife series with David Attenborough, the science and nature documentories, other factual content, decent general knowledge quiz shows and other stuff.

 

There used to be competition and choice on the commercial channel too, way back in the depths of time when we had but 3 or 4 channels to watch from - competition between the regions. However, the great goal of globalism swallowed those regional suppliers up and we no longer have the diverse range of programming that ITV used to provide us with - and it even had wildlife documentaries, current affairs programs, business malpractice exposé stuff, and excellent dramas with good plots and storylines. These are now all gone into the distant past because they do not generate enough revenue from advertising for the company, to be left with a virtually 24-hour constant stream of low-grade, low-brow sensationalist drivel.

 

So we're left with the Beeb to uphold this sort of public-service ethos broadcasting. I pay about 12 sovs a month for the privilege of this wonderful stuff, but because I dislike the majority of commercial stuff I'd have to pay about 40 sovs a month to the commercial (read: satallite) channels for stuff that I would wish to see, and I doubt that I'd ever switch the radio on again as I listen to Radio 4 more than I watch TV.

 

So please don't try to convince me otherwise, huh? There's a good chap!

[scaryoldcortina]

Washing machine. We bought a brand new hotpoint last december, on saturday it stopped working. Totally dead, no lights, nothing... it's only got 10 weeks warranty left...

Pah. Sale of Goods Act...

 

http://whatconsumer.co.uk/how-long-should-it-last/

 

Engineer has just been, Machine needs a new main board (and a user interface board) which he didn't have on the van and will have to be ordered. MORE waiting, washing pile getting bigger......

 

and yeah, I know about sale of goods act but during the 1 year statutory warranty the engineer's visit is free.

[tonedepear]

On days this week, played football last night then couldn't sleep cos of old-man style piss issues (more of this later). Got called out at 03:30 this morning, ended up coming in to the office, and I'm not here til 7 tonight. brilliant. And I can't even have a big lie in on my day off tomorrow cos I'm at the doctors at 9 for tests (see above). Arse bags.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

There used to be competition and choice on the commercial channel too, way back in the depths of time when we had but 3 or 4 channels to watch from - competition between the regions. However, the great goal of globalism swallowed those regional suppliers up and we no longer have the diverse range of programming that ITV used to provide us with - and it even had wildlife documentaries, current affairs programs, business malpractice exposé stuff, and excellent dramas with good plots and storylines. These are now all gone into the distant past because they do not generate enough revenue from advertising for the company, to be left with a virtually 24-hour constant stream of low-grade, low-brow sensationalist drivel.

 

Do you really think that this has happened because of 'market forces'? How does that explain the examples I've given you from other European countries?

 

Have you ever tried to set up a small local FM radio station? It's a simple and inexpensive process made impossible by the state apparatus imposing ridiculous requirements and fees at every step of the way.

[warren t claim]

There used to be competition and choice on the commercial channel too, way back in the depths of time when we had but 3 or 4 channels to watch from - competition between the regions. However, the great goal of globalism swallowed those regional suppliers up and we no longer have the diverse range of programming that ITV used to provide us with - and it even had wildlife documentaries, current affairs programs, business malpractice exposé stuff, and excellent dramas with good plots and storylines. These are now all gone into the distant past because they do not generate enough revenue from advertising for the company, to be left with a virtually 24-hour constant stream of low-grade, low-brow sensationalist drivel.

 

Do you really think that this has happened because of 'market forces'? How does that explain the examples I've given you from other European countries?

 

Have you ever tried to set up a small local FM radio station? It's a simple and inexpensive process made impossible by the state apparatus imposing ridiculous requirements and fees at every step of the way.

 

Could you not hammer a smaller transmitter onto it?

[cort16]

I got a puncture on the way to work this morning in the Alfa. Luckily there was a spare but it's fully Stevey Wonder paint shop spec..

 

 

I then took it to get a part worn put on it the wheels got a massive dent in the back of the rim. The guy fixed it for me but he charged enough for it. Also the £28 tyre looks like it came off some kind of agricultural vehicle.

I should have just bought the two partworn firestones on ebay for £40. Infact I might still do that.

The wheels are a bit flakey on it so I thought I'd snap up a set of cheap 156 teledials but it turns out the 166 uses a different fitment to the rest of the Alfa range although oddly it seems some Jag wheels fit it.