The grumpy thread

[RedSparrow]

Mrs_Alexg's look of utter disgust when you reveal the new acquisition also welcome!

 

News broken...

 

ARE YOU SERIOUS?....WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY THE SHITTEST CAR!? .....DON'T LAUGH, IT'S NOT FUNNY... YOU ARE NOT PARKING IT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE!!!

 

...I thought it went ok

 

Was that the orange estate? You bloody winner!

Pitchers plz.

[richardthestag]

Mrs_Alexg's look of utter disgust when you reveal the new acquisition also welcome!

 

News broken...

 

ARE YOU SERIOUS?....WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY THE SHITTEST CAR!? .....DON'T LAUGH, IT'S NOT FUNNY... YOU ARE NOT PARKING IT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE!!!

 

...I thought it went ok

 

Was that the orange estate? You bloody winner!

Pitchers plz.

 

Mrs-thestag would have given significantly worse than that, sounds like you got away with it.

 

Mum got an orange allegro estate after I smashed her Marina up. After a couple of years it was replaced by a yellow TR7 and then a Metro.

 

Anyone else got a mum who loved shite British cars?

[trigger]

 

Just got home from spending £180 in Sainsburys on Christmas food and bits which made me grumpy enough as it is, I then lifted a bag of drinks from the boot only for the bottle of Old Peculier i bought to drink this evening fall through a hole in the bottom of one of their cheap, shitty carrier bags and smash on the floor.

 

Is it normal from a grown man to cry over split ale?.

[Cavcraft]

 

Is it normal from a grown man to cry over a split arse?.

 

Yes, emotionally and financially.

[Felly Magic]

A man I really admired has sadly passed away. Christopher Hitchens R.I .P. You were a right sod, but an excellent author, and great campaigner for us atheists. You will be missed Hitch

[RedSparrow]

Just got home from spending £180 in Sainsburys on Christmas food and bits which made me grumpy enough as it is, I then lifted a bag of drinks from the boot only for the bottle of Old Peculier i bought to drink this evening fall through a hole in the bottom of one of their cheap, shitty carrier bags and smash on the floor.

 

Is it normal from a grown man to cry over split ale?.

 

I feel your pain. Last week I dropped a box of Peroni beers when getting them out of my car. Somehow it burst open, some rolled under mine and another car and there was a big pile of glass behind my back wheel. Had to crawl around in the wet road to sort it out.

I was really looking forward to them after 14 hours a work and very nearly shed a tear.

[trigger]

When me and Mrs Trigger first moved in with each other we rented this flat, Mrs T bought me a 15 pack of beers as a moving in present and promptly dropped the box down the whole flight of stairs to the flat. It was nearly the shortest living arrangement ever.

[whitevanman]

Trigger, any sensible grown man will cry over spilt beer....it's genetic

[maxpower]

trigger you should have shopped online, then you could have blamed the delivery driver

[M'coli]

Unless it's bud or john s..... as they're a waste of good ingredients.

 

I found out why the Tripel I brewed tastse so sweet but is utter rocket fuel this week when I put on a double batch of Grand Cru - after tipping in 2kg of sugar to the wort, I had a read of the instructions to find that it should only have been 1kg...still, it's a good job I now have 2 fermenters, as once I've got the St Peter's bottled (tomorrow or Sunday) I can sort out the Grand Cru having bought some more kits to make it a quadruple batch (each batch only makes up to 9 litres, but you lose about a litre when you bottle it because of the sediment at the bottom - double batch it and you still only lose that litre or so).

 

Just what I'm going to bottle 36 litres of 8% strength beer into is a different matter, but I'll be drinking this far into the middle of next year!

[maxpower]

Unless it's bud or john s..... as they're a waste of good ingredients.

 

I found out why the Tripel I brewed tastse so sweet but is utter rocket fuel this week when I put on a double batch of Grand Cru - after tipping in 2kg of sugar to the wort, I had a read of the instructions to find that it should only have been 1kg...still, it's a good job I now have 2 fermenters, as once I've got the St Peter's bottled (tomorrow or Sunday) I can sort out the Grand Cru having bought some more kits to make it a quadruple batch (each batch only makes up to 9 litres, but you lose about a litre when you bottle it because of the sediment at the bottom - double batch it and you still only lose that litre or so).

 

Just what I'm going to bottle 36 litres of 8% strength beer into is a different matter, but I'll be drinking this far into the middle of next year!

 

yeah if your liver doesn't run for the hills first

[ashmicro]

Speaking of which, it's only a fortnight until I get my annual two litres of "Bilkos Brew", a highly illegal home-made whiskey. The mate who makes it says the same thing to me every New Year's Eve - don't blame me if you go blind"

[maxpower]

Speaking of which, it's only a fortnight until I get my annual two litres of "Bilkos Brew", a highly illegal home-made whiskey. The mate who makes it says the same thing to me every New Year's Eve - don't blame me if you go blind"

 

wear shades this year and say " who said that?"

[mk1_4dr]

Midnight last night:

 

 

 

 

Its not been a good day.

[Alexg]

Aw shit! Were you ok?

[mk1_4dr]

Yeah. Im ok. Stiff and sore but i'll be fine.

[Lankytim]

Shit!!

[Alexg]

What happened then?

[Cavcraft]

Ahh, shit. Know how much you love that car, is it saveable? I hope so mate.

[Lankytim]

I have a portapaower, should you need it. Mr Bollox has it at the moment though.

[trigger]

As i said over on FB, I'm gutted for you mate, at least you can claim against someone.

 

Ref stiff and soreness, I know it's not the done thing on here but i would really make a claim for it, You might feel a bit stiff and sore now but trust me, in a few weeks time when you can't get comfortable at night and wake up in the morning with lower back pain and stiff neck you be grateful that you did, and that you'll be able to get proper treatment for it.

[mk1_4dr]

I was slowing down approaching a crossroads where I'd have to give way, and about 50yrds from the end of the road, there is an enterance a carpark on the left, he was driving towards me then just turned across my path to turn into the carpark. He says he didn't see me, and I certainly didn't see him indicate. There was nowhere to go, it was either this or down the side of his Avensis which would've only caused more damage.

 

He's admitted fault, to me, the 20or-so people that came to see if I was ok and the police. Ive got all his details so this will get sorted. I just want to get it out of the police compound and back into my yard as soon as possible.

[mk1_4dr]

Its saveable for sure.

 

A wing, bonnet, front panel and grille. Then stuff like a apir of lights and indicators, new number plate and such. The innerwing will need a tug, but from my cursory glance at it last night while waiting for the ambulance was that the suspension hadn't been touched. Its mostly cosmetic.

 

I think I'll be putting a standard front panel and front bumper back on too.

[HillmanImp]

Gutted for you. Hope you are okay.

[AnthonyG]

Glad you are OK.

 

By the way, make sure the car doesn't get taken away by an insurance company, either yours or the other parties. I can see you want it home as soon as!

[chaseracer]

Ray Charles in the Avensis will be paying for all that. Glad Escrot's saveable, and even more glad you're OK...

[retrogeezer]

ah, what a pisser about the Mk1. Just shows you how sometimes it is impossible to avoid having a crash no matter how carefully you drive.

 

Sure it will soon be back on the road though.

[Craig the Princess]

Ref stiff and soreness, I know it's not the done thing on here but i would really make a claim for it

 

 

I don't think anyone said this, it was the "oh someone bumped into my car at 0.1 mph and I must have whiplash despite no pain" style claims people objcted to.

 

That is a real pisser mk1_4dr, I'm glad to hear it is savable and hope that they sort it our for you without hassle.

[Wilko220]

As everyone has said above, really hard lines - but excellent both that you are ok and that your 'pride and joy' is saveable.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Nasty. Glad you're okay and at least it's saveable.