The grumpy thread

[autofive]

feck me its windy - we have a 65 year old scotch pine in the backgarden, its about 50- 60 feet tall and its bending and swaying about 10 feet at the top

 

must be 60 mph gusts outside

 

just spent 20 minutes nailing the shed roof back on and collecting bits of fence from around the garden:shock: im going to check it again in an hour or so

[Guest]

you think uv got wind .

my winds wet from eating a burger at birmingham wheels tonight

[Felly Magic]

Ah classic e-coli dispensers. Seems outlets in the Birmingham area are well known for it, even the so called premium venue the NEC. I've had food poisoning twice from food there, and I know someone who almost choked to death on a bacon sandwich whilst at the NEC toyfair. It was the event organiser! Whoops!

 

I avoid any form of 'fast food' at events if I can help it. Food hygiene is never a priority on burger vans.

[autofive]

im off back outside, at 4am, to fix the shed roof for the third time tonight

[Lufthansa-Terminal]

im off back outside, at 4am, to fix the shed roof for the third time tonight

 

Have you tried hammering a larger shed roof on it

[cobblers]

I am amzaed how they can sell a 'full suspension mountain bike' for £99 or whatever, you just know all the bearings, chain etc are gonna be made out of cheese. Like sub-TESCO VALUE cheese, not even 'Catherdral City' or some such.

When I worked at 'frauds, on the old computer system you used to be able to find the cost price of an item by writing one off as scrapped and looking how much the losses figure went up (or something, this was 5 years ago), and the £89 full suspension pish cost the company £19. Obviously they buy thousands to get them at that price, but when the scrap value of the thing in metal is probably £3 or £4, you can imagine how much is left to spend on quality control and "design".

[cort16]

I spent ages nobbing about with the non functioning door lock on the Alfa yesterday. I recon there's some wanking safety solenoid thing thats engaged for some reason to block you locking the door that's now jammed on . I took the lock mech out the car hoping there was a fruit polo or something jammed in there but nothing. It's a sealed unit so so you can't get in to see what actually blocking it. Aaahh.

Also while removing the door card a rogue clip flicked my pinkie just above the nail and didn't think anything of it until I looked at it and the bloody was pissing out it at an alarming rate. I fixed it by bashing some masking tape over it.

[Cavcraft]

Had a few more drinks than normal last night (no mean feat I can assure you) and as such I now feel like I have a British Seagull two stroke engine with no exhaust running in my head. Missus has stomped off to town Chrimbo shopping and wanted the money from the Mondeo to go with.

Letting her know it's been spent on important things like another (shit) car, fags, ale and the like hasn't gone down quite as well as I dreamt it might have. Even the five quid petrol station flowers I bought her yesterday as a pre-cursor to the storm I knew was coming haven't helped much

[DSdriver]

I have just bought a Bosch pressure washer for cleaning cars, boat, paths, etc. I don't know how I have managed to survive without one as long as I have because our water company has been gradually reducing pressure for several years now. I have a nasty suspicion that they are part owned by Karcher. So I bought a Bosch.

Anyway, to get to the point of this ramble: Instructions say "Only use Bosch approved detergents" then a dire warning about what happens should you have the cheek not to.

Nowhere that I can find does it list what detergents are Bosch approved. If they expect me to buy Bosch liquids at double the price they can go and whistle.

 

Bosch pressure washer lasted for less than five minutes and I didn't get half of the car done before the hose came off the back and then, although the motor was running it wouldn't pump anymore.

B&Q were quite happy to change it for a Karcher at nearly twice the price.

[autofive]

were you using bosch recomended detergents?

[DSdriver]

Nope, just water - perhaps that was where I went wrong.

[theorganist]

R.I.P. Gary Speed.

 

Just heard that he was found dead at his home in Cheshire at the age of 42 this morning!

[Cavcraft]

Just heard the same, I didn't even know he lived in Chester tbh.

[ashmicro]

Heard about Gary Speed on Sky a little while ago. Sad news indeed.

 

 

Regarding Bosch power tools. Lately, they've been utter shit. The motor fell apart in a barely-used and expensive Bosch cordless drill a mate had, and the same item failed in my hedgeclippers. I have a Bosch cordless strimmer, and while it works, it barely holds enough charge to do my pretty small garden. I'm about to get a Ryobi pez jobbie to replace it for a GR32 price, as they have a factory down the road and a mate's getting one for me at about 80% off.

[Alexg]

R.I.P. Gary Speed.

 

Just heard that he was found dead at his home in Cheshire at the age of 42 this morning!

 

A REAL footballing legend. Very sad

[OwdChina]

 

Was there in 07 and there was a cracking little car museum, is it still there?

 

Don't know tbh. We were only there to sort out America residency visas. The place is like Fort friggin Knox. We lived in Nurnburg and there is a lot of little motor museums there.

[dollywobbler]

I'm starting to get really, REALLY sick of idiots in modern cars. I'm starting to think that everyone should be made to drive a truck or a 2CV before being allowed to have their driving licence. To be honest, I was having huge fun on the Shrewsbury bypass overtaking people with a mixture of momentum and choosing the correct lane - until I tried to overtake a Mitsubishi Warrior. He was not impressed and I didn't have enough momentums to prevent him overtaking the car in front of him, so I was forced to eat particulates while he went hoofing off down the road screaming to the world that he was a man, A REAL MAN! YEAH. I DRIVE A WARRIOR!! THAT'S HOW MAN I AM!!

 

On the way back home today, we dispelled with motorways and dual carriageways. After all, life is much more relaxing on the A roads isn't it? Er, no. Not when you keep getting stuck behind idiots who accelerate up to 60mph for every straight section of road (when otherwise I may have just been able to overtake) but slow down for the bends to such a degree that I can only assume that someone had greased their tyres. These are the sort of idiotic twats who'll happily trundle through a 30mph zone at 45mph. Even when there are flashing signs and children playing. A brown Toyota Avensis was particularly bad for this and it was irritating that an MGC roadster was able to easily sail past the two of us. This then made Toyota man drive at 65mph for the next few miles, but then there were some bends so he slowed down to 45 again. Gah!

 

Then there was a Mitsubishi Delica, which had a Marina badge on the back for some reason. Note to driver. Actually, 2CVs can travel at 60mph so may catch you up surprisingly quickly when you pull out in front of them, especially as Delicas accelerate about as quickly as a space rocket powered by a small child's fart.

 

I think this is why driving the Rover is so relaxing. It's not exactly powerful by modern standards, but you have enough poke to overtake people quite smartly when a chance presents itself. Which is nice.

[Negative Creep]

R.I.P. Gary Speed.

 

Just heard that he was found dead at his home in Cheshire at the age of 42 this morning!

 

A REAL footballing legend. Very sad

 

 

Awful stuff, especially as those around him are stating there was no prior indication anything was wrong

[trigger]

A work mate hanged himself last year, All seemed fine, nice, friendly, popular lad without a problem in the world. Drove down to his parents orchard whilst pissed on vodka and hanged himself from a tree.

 

He was only 21 or 22, even today no-one still understands why he done it.

[The Moog]

My saab alloys went on ebay and got a whopping £2.19... woo hoo..

 

Why is when I want something it costs £££ and then when I sell it is PPP..

 

That and I have had a cold for a week and still it isnt shifting.

[Felly Magic]

A work mate hanged himself last year, All seemed fine, nice, friendly, popular lad without a problem in the world. Drove down to his parents orchard whilst pissed on vodka and hanged himself from a tree.

 

He was only 21 or 22, even today no-one still understands why he done it.

 

My dad found an elderly neighbour hanging in his house last year. It still haunts him to this day. Nobody knows why he did it either.

[DSdriver]

My saab alloys went on ebay and got a whopping £2.19... woo hoo..

Not even the price of a drink. That sucks. Still, just think how happy you have made another Saab driver today. Not much consolation but you've got to grab what you can.

[TimothyClaypole]

My saab alloys went on ebay and got a whopping £2.19... woo hoo..

Not even the price of a drink. That sucks. Still, just think how happy you have made another Saab driver today. Not much consolation but you've got to grab what you can.

 

Been there done that. It's very annoying but best to just put it behind you and move on.

 

If you want something yourself then you can guarantee someone will bid on it minutes after you do, no matter how obscure it might be.

[Lord Sterling]

WOMEN AGAIN!!

 

Seriously I'm really getting fed up now.

[eddyramrod]

Why is when I want something it costs £££ and then when I sell it is PPP..

 

That's always been my experience too. Anything you want to sell: nah mate, can't give them fuckers away these days (doesn't matter what it is). Anything you want to buy: nah mate, can't get them for love nor money, haven't seen one in years, you won't get change out of ten large (doesn't matter what it is; could even be the same item, on the same day). It's pure Sod's Law, totally random and unfair, so just like real law then! We just have to live with it, I'm afraid.

[Polystratus]

WOMEN AGAIN!!

 

Seriously I'm really getting fed up now.

 

Don't bother just have them as friends and get stuck into your cars/hobbies ...

[eddyramrod]

They only whinge when you spend time here with us, and we are soooooooooooooooo much more fun!

[maxpower]

WOMEN AGAIN!!

 

Seriously I'm really getting fed up now.

 

Don't bother just have them as friends and get stuck into your cars/hobbies ...

 

and invest in a fleshlight.... a pussy that doesn't answer back

[dollywobbler]

WOMEN AGAIN!!

 

Seriously I'm really getting fed up now.

 

Turn gay. Problem solved. Might make your eyes water though (to quote the hilarious Michael Gambon).

[Angrydicky]

Just spent the morning having shards of metal removed from my eyeball. I have to go back on Friday for the final piece to be removed. Not fun