The grumpy thread

[warren t claim]

If Scotland votes for independence he'll become McMugabe.

[M'coli]

So lets get this clear: is your grump about Alex Salmond or about Scotland getting an independence referendum? As an England-domiciled Scot, I'm udecided on both questions.

[ashmicro]

The next leader of the SNP will be James Whale. After all they've had a Sturgeon and a Salmond.

 

I believe the Scottish Tories have a lesbian ex-STAB kickboxer at the helm now.

 

 

Would, on the condition that she wore a CS95 smock and an NCB lid.

[cobblers]

McMugabe.

 

Sounds like a special edition burger from SlackRonalds. I'd buy one, but only if they were giving away free glasses with the meal.

[Cavcraft]

The Scottish Tories only have one MP I believe. Whichever way you look at it, that's one too many.

[warren t claim]

As Salmond is probably likely to indulge in some Putin style vote rigging it may be worth having a few bits of LHD chod registered to a postal address north of the border for when he makes Scotland drive on the right and introduces 1000% import duty on anything English.

[Timewaster]

Alex Salmond, yesterday

If you know the show, then you'll get it

[messerschmitt owner]

that stupid Apple system that means you can ask the phone to do things - whoever programmed it didn't allow for Scottish accents!

 

No I do not want to phone the TSB - I want you to play the Smiths!

 

No I do not want you to call Claire I want you to play the Cure!

 

effing useless shit! Even worse was finding my old phone had it too but I'd never tried it!

[ashmicro]

^ ^ There's a new handset to address that - the OchAyePhone

 

The Windows phone system used by Nokia seems very good, as it even understands my very flat Belfast accent when I'm bladdered.

[Lankytim]

So lets get this clear: is your grump about Alex Salmond or about Scotland getting an independence referendum? As an England-domiciled Scot, I'm udecided on both questions.

 

 

If the Scots want to go it alone then they have to do whats right for them. I think it would be a bit of a shame to break up the union and i'm not sure who would benefit out of it, its just that Sal-mong guy, he's a total git!

[Albert Ross]

They do a Geordie version too. The Why Aye pod.

[morris_ital_lover]

The Windows phone system used by Nokia seems very good, as it even understands my very flat Belfast accent when I'm bladdered.

 

Explain that science.... It took me 2 months to learn "Belfastish" and yet a phone that has no idea how to tackle a Scottish accent seems to work with Nirish, that said my mates Samsung completely refuses to accept his accent with very comical results.

 

As for that fat twat Salmond he's not my favorite but then again I'm struggling to think of a single party leader that I wouldn't want quietly dispatched one evening so we didn't have to put up with the bastards... Scottish independence would be comically shite - it would be the living embodiment of "Passport to Pimlico".

 

Edit to add.... what on earht has happened to Churchill, they've changed the voice actor to someone who sounds like a creepy northern effeminate actor.

[Lord Sterling]

FUGGIN FLU

 

Started with a sore throat on Friday, nothing much in the weekend, then on Monday eve just before work I started feeling quite crap, slightly drowsy, on the way to work was just shit, it didnt even feel like I was actually driving. Got to work and broke out ion a cold sweat, yuk. Thankfully as I arrived one of the temp workers who worked with us last week turned up despite not actually being asked to come in, so I got him to replace me, went home and have been feeling crap ever since. Today I've got the coughs, which hurts my fuggin 'ead everytime I blast a cough.

[M'coli]

Scottish independence would be comically shite - it would be the living embodiment of "Passport to Pimlico".

Aye, maybe. Scotland may not end up being a mighty international powerhouse with its 6 million or so of population, but it could well be like many other small independant nations - a wee, skint, proud nation. If the citizens of Scotland are prepared to deal with the "skint" and "wee" part, then they're going to be alright because they've already got plenty of the "proud" part. They have enough land to feed themselves and enough resources to trade with other nations - so whatever will be will be.

[morris_ital_lover]

I think the problem would lie in who takes over after independence - i.e. Salmon, lets face it he's no Gandhi, Havel or Walesa. He'll promise everyone a bed of roses before the referendum and then mumble off in the backround when it's all gone to shite. like his fellow boring fat scottish statesman. The NEDs are highly unlikely to take their benefits disappearing overnight particularly well....

 

If it was managed right it could work and seeing as the rest of the UK will probably be totally up the spout by the time "independence" comes it could work out well, it's just I'd trust the SNP like I'd trust any modern day politician.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Scotland is too small and too out-of-the-way to sustain a proper market-based economy. The only way it can survive as a separate country would be like a semi-socialist oil-dependent state, just like Norway. Medium-to-high taxes, comprehensive welfare schemes and an undercover hostility to foreign capital (e.g. the Norwegians drove Lidl out of the country by making stupid planning/zoning demands for virtually every single store). I am not a big fan of socialism (I agree with public healthcare but not with a massive nanny-state package), but there are advantages and disadvantages to both systems...

[cort16]

This Alfa's driving me friggin bonkers. After the success with bleeding the clutch it was going great then this morning no 5th and 6th gear. 1-2-3-4 and reverse are all still fine though.

[Lankytim]

Ordered an OMP panel filter for the 240 off ebay, got it today and its for an Audi 200 turbo. BOLLOCKS!!!!

 

 

Contacted the seller but I suspect he'l say theres none left in stock as it was an !!@only one left@!! type of sale.

 

Cock.

[wackywacerwill]

1-2-3-4 and reverse are all still fine though.

This the amount of gears both mine have, what's the problem?

[trigger]

There's a bit of a uproar going on at the moment on the streets, This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Cortina and to "celebrate" there is going to be a massive banger race at Swaffham featuring just Cortina's, this is being supported by Retro Ford magazine who are also racing a Cortina. http://www.retrofordmagazine.co.uk/news ... newsID=168

 

As you can imagine people are going mad over it, and rightly so, there's also rumours of Cortina's being stolen to order especially to race, It's nice to see a Ford enthusiast magazine fully supporting the event.

[DSdriver]

hmm... it's also the fiftieth anniversary of the Sherpa coupe, we need to think about this.

[morris_ital_lover]

...that Cort in the linked picture is mint (ish).

 

It wouldn't suprise me that they are being stolen to order as there seems to be plenty of nasty feckers involved in this kind of thing,* but if you think thats bad just wait until they have a Granada or a60 remembaranz race.... then the shit'll hit the fan. Having seen some of the corts going round the oval on ovalchat all I can say is it's going to be painful with plenty of lovely ones going round as well as the sheds unfortunately

 

It would be much better for our enjoyment if they were MGBs on the other hand.

 

*Disclaimer: Not all banger drivers are thieving bastards most are legitimate owners of the motors and alot put as much time into restoring classic cars as they do racing rusting sheds all I am doing is pointing out that there is a minority who are thieving bastards and should be used instead of armco around the track.

[theorganist]

Great, lets celebrate the anniversary of a iconic car by destroying a load, fine if they are sheds but it is becomming apparent that a lot of racers are racing perfectly good examples .

 

Must remember to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Ireland's death this year instead of holding a series of concerts I think we should just burn a pile of his music, much more fitting!!

[RedSparrow]

I am completely baffled as to why an enthusiasts magazine is promoting an event that will result in the theft/destruction of one of a marques key models. Can anyone explain?!

[tonedepear]

It'll make the surviving ones even more valuable so they can rake in £££s?

 

I'm perversely starting to like the idea of MGBs recently, just cos they're shit.

[autofive]

I am completely baffled as to why an enthusiasts magazine is promoting an event that will result in the theft/destruction of one of a marques key models. Can anyone explain?!

 

as paper madia is on the downward slope, it's obvious that certain mags, and their editors, feel the need to gain new readers from the search & destroy demographic

[RedSparrow]

Maybe the editing staff have a few they are going to bung on ebay or put in the classifieds in their own mag. Yeah I am a cynic!

 

Someone on here ages ago suggested the idea of a TR7 vs MGB banger race. That would be interesting. Also, there are plenty of shitty ones still about to race unlike certain other cars. That Farina only meeting mentioned on here put me off ever going to another banger meeting again.

[Lankytim]

It is pretty strange that Retro Ford are promoting an all Cortina banger meeting but I can pretty much guarantee all the cars raced will be rotted out munters.

[Guest]

There's a bit of a uproar going on at the moment on the streets, This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Cortina and to "celebrate" there is going to be a massive banger race at Swaffham featuring just Cortina's, this is being supported by Retro Ford magazine who are also racing a Cortina. http://www.retrofordmagazine.co.uk/news ... newsID=168

 

As you can imagine people are going mad over it, and rightly so, there's also rumours of Cortina's being stolen to order especially to race, It's nice to see a Ford enthusiast magazine fully supporting the event.

 

[Guest]

OK. So the hideous ordeal of my production module is finally over for me. I have more or less lived in Media City for the past three weeks or so.

 

Our film went in on time, but I tore my mind a new arsehole getting it there. So much so it took another TWO DAYS of 12 hour sessions to get my folder sorted.

 

Writing a paper edit and reshooting blew my edit schedule to pieces, and I'm riled I have to apply for mitigating circumstances, which I won't get granted anyway. Had I handed the film in as it was, we'd have all failed. With it is now, the producer and me should do alright. If the other two clowns get good marks, I'll take it up with the Chancellor himself.

 

This is the last time I go out of my way for ungrateful little bastards who don't give a shit anyway. Never again will I sort something out for someone else's benefit at my expense. I have had no help from my team whatsoever. It's only because I have some seriously adhesive mates at Uni that it got done. Mainly because they stopped me from kicking the camera man's head in for being a lying, incompetent little bastard.

 

Anyway, my tutors know damn well how far I went to get that film into something decent, because I've broken it down shot by shot, second by second, detailing who's shots are whose. Hint: about 5% of them were done by our cameraman. Yes, they were that bad.