The grumpy thread

[Craig the Princess]

Sadly I am a cheapskate and don't bother with household insurance.

Funnily enough, that phone is the only thing I own worth anything.

 

I am currently using an 8 year old Nokia. Still going strong.

 

Have you tried taking it apart and putting each part in a sealed jar of rice? It absorbes water like a bastard and has saved an ipod and 2 phones for me.

[eddyramrod]

I think you can buy a 'one dose' bomb that should correct the greenness. I had the same problem with my pool a few years back.

 

That could be interesting! I'll ask in the pool shop, thanks!

[RedSparrow]

Sadly I am a cheapskate and don't bother with household insurance.

Funnily enough, that phone is the only thing I own worth anything.

 

I am currently using an 8 year old Nokia. Still going strong.

 

Have you tried taking it apart and putting each part in a sealed jar of rice? It absorbes water like a bastard and has saved an ipod and 2 phones for me.

 

I have since learnt that I should have done this immediately.

I took the battery out straight away and left it for 5 hours to dry before trying it. I now know I should've left it a few days in rice.

[Cavcraft]

Women*, lazy bastards and the turd in the black Audi this morning who was happy tootling round at 35mph until that fat wanker in the green smelly Peugeot tried to overtake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Probably not all of them but this is Autoshite and generalisation rules, ok?

[Morgan84]

Green pool water ? You need a UV light inline of the filtration system which will help keep the water clear. Some call them water clarifyers

[eddyramrod]

I'm sure that's an excellent idea, it certainly sounds like one, however:

we're not here another 12 weeks. We fly on September 12th.

As you can see, I would be loth to spend more than the price of a Mars bar on the fecker, when it doesn't even belong to me anyway.

[messerschmitt owner]

I'm sure that's an excellent idea, it certainly sounds like one, however:

we're not here another 12 weeks. We fly on September 12th.

As you can see, I would be loth to spend more than the price of a Mars bar on the fecker, when it doesn't even belong to me anyway.

I can't wait till you're back in barrow. There'll be a whole pile more grumps we can relate to rather than naff pools, too sunny, etc.

 

Just don't use it for twelve weeks. Go lie in the bath. Problem sorted.

 

My grump is slightly more minor than algae in the pool. Buyers pulled out of our sale yesterday so house back on market. Losing purchase we've had surveyed, etc. now I have to tidy up again and unpack lots of boxes so we can have viewers round again.

[Mr H Sceptre]

I've much better things to be spending my money on at the mo too. MOAN MOAN MOAN etc

 

Yeah, me too. My swimming pool has turned green, which means it's filling up with dodgy bacteria and shouldn't be swum in. Oh poor baby, I hear you chorus , but wait: a twice-daily swim has been doing my beloved a lot of good both physically and emotionally, and now she can't go in, obviously both of these factors are deteriorating. It'll be relatively easy to fix. I just need to buy some chemicals... oh wait a minute, buy? Doesn't that involve giving someone actual money? Oh bugger. You can bet the chemicals only come in a pack size that would last me 12 months, too; we're not here another 12 weeks. We fly on September 12th. Also, I need to spend money on my little barn-find, more money I don't have.

 

I know, this is a recurring theme in my grumps, sorry. It's life. Once we've moved I'll find something else to grump about. The rain, the NHS, the job market, BT, there's bound to be something.

 

Is your better half able to swim in the sea, or would that be a bit daunting for her?

[eddyramrod]

It's not so much that the sea would be daunting, but it's a two-person job involving serious time commitment, whereas using the pool we have just involves getting changed on impulse in the bedroom and staggering down a few steps. She does swim in the sea when we're beside it. Getting beside it is the issue as that requires me, and my time, which is stretched a bit thin anyway. We're on the wrong side of town to just amble out of the back door onto the beach.

 

Anyway I went into one of the many pool shops today and bought a load of chemicals. Cost: rather too many Mars bars, but still, if it keeps her happy...

 

I can't wait till you're back in barrow. There'll be a whole pile more grumps we can relate to rather than naff pools, too sunny, etc.

 

Oh you bet! Naff streetlighting, NHS, insurance, BT, too much rain...

Tough luck on your house there, you have every right to grump on that!

[Guest]

Don't forget combi boilers.

[cms206]

Yeah, me too. My swimming pool has turned green, which means it's filling up with dodgy bacteria and shouldn't be swum in.

 

 

 

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[TimothyClaypole]

Ordered this from a business seller on Ebay (selling sinks and taps etc):

 

 

So they sent this:

 

 

3 days so far trying to get the idiot answering their emails to understand how they've arsed up...

 

 

I'm not one to rush to Paypal crying but I'm getting a bit cross when the sink is sat here waiting for this bit so I can sell it (hopefully about £140)

and use the money to pay the road tax on my van next week...

[RedSparrow]

Umm, what is it?!

 

Is it just me or is every BT advert a load of cheesy, retarded crap? The new ones with the lads in the flat make me want to smash the TV into small pieces.

[Cavcraft]

It's obvious: the bottom one bends to the right, not the left!

[M'coli]

No nameplate where the screw is?

[triumph1300]

Ordered this from a business seller on Ebay (selling sinks and taps etc):

 

 

So they sent this:

 

 

3 days so far trying to get the idiot answering their emails to understand how they've arsed up...

 

 

I'm not one to rush to Paypal crying but I'm getting a bit cross when the sink is sat here waiting for this bit so I can sell it (hopefully about £140)

and use the money to pay the road tax on my van next week...

 

I can't see what's wrong with it? Or am I being stupid?

[Cavcraft]

Neither do I, I was attempting to be sarcastic

[Guest]

Neither do I, I was attempting to be sarcastic

 

Yeah you BASTARDS, being a sentient Iveco Turbo Daily is hard enough, y'know?

 

Sincerely,

 

Combi Boiler.

[trigger]

Neither do I, I was attempting to be sarcastic

 

Sarcasm always falls flat when used on idiots Is the grey pipe different by having more ridges at the top and possibly a outlet at the bottom?

[trigger]

I don't mean to bring another RR rant onto here but this is one of the issues about customising cars i dislike, Bloke buys what sounds like a really tidy, original Victor FE with 30k on the clock, strips it down, cuts it up for a Jag XJR then gets bored and sells it half done. What a waste.

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=133343

[Albert Ross]

"A Victor shell in this condition is worth a grand" WHAT??!! With a fucking great hole in the floor?

[willswitchengage]

Apparently there are more PhDs on retrorides than at CERN

 

EDIT also is it just me but is anybody else really irritated by Australian brake disc sellers?

[autofive]

Apparently there are more PhDs on retrorides than at CERN

 

thats probably true

 

 

if PhD stands for Physically hurl up your Dinner

[Lufthansa-Terminal]

I don't mean to bring another RR rant onto here but this is one of the issues about customising cars i dislike, Bloke buys what sounds like a really tidy, original Victor FE with 30k on the clock, strips it down, cuts it up for a Jag XJR then gets bored and sells it half done. What a waste.

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... ead=133343

 

Looking at his website it will be this one.

[Negative Creep]

More shit at work - cctv, random personal searches and a ban on writing things down or printing them off, so that we don't steal credit card information. Credit card information we don't have access to since we don't do sales. Then you add to this the constant stupid rules, being told of for talking too much and going on report if you are a minute late. This is worse than school and I'm getting sick of being treated like a child.

[Craig the Princess]

More shit at work - cctv, random personal searches and a ban on writing things down or printing them off, so that we don't steal credit card information. Credit card information we don't have access to since we don't do sales. Then you add to this the constant stupid rules, being told of for talking too much and going on report if you are a minute late. This is worse than school and I'm getting sick of being treated like a child.

 

I have hit job agencies and web-site and found new employement for issues far less important than the above. Get an Exit planned, once things like going on report if you are a minute late starts there is no way back.

[Lord Sterling]

More shit at work....

 

Sorry to hear that mate. Not exactly a bed of roses where I work either....

 

Been working for an agency at a contracted logistics company in some warehouse for around 9 months now. I was approached by the contracts manager (the only office worker there for our company) some months back who asked me if I'd be interested in a full-time position doing the same job, this wasnt a formal job offer, more of a - if the job was offered full time, would you be interested kind of thing. A few months later and the job was advertised, I applied for it but so did a couple of other guys, then suddenly, after we'd sent our CVs and letters etc... the big wigs at headquaters decided to 'suspend' the job offer due to low work turn out or whatever. Also, since moving from night-shift to day-shift I've since had 3 run-ins with the guys I used to work with on night-shift, never had a problem before. Not sure what the hell its all about but it is pissing me off.

[Negative Creep]

I know I need to look for something else, but have no experience. To be honest applying for dozens of jobs and never getting so much as an interview just made me give up, and now I feel as if there"s no point look elsewhere, and I'm in the only thing I can get

[TimothyClaypole]

Neither do I, I was attempting to be sarcastic

 

Sarcasm always falls flat when used on idiots Is the grey pipe different by having more ridges at the top and possibly a outlet at the bottom?

 

The top one fits an under mounted sink where the plate fills the hole for the overflow.

 

The bottom one is where there is a little grill pressed into the sink so the overflow fits behind it with no name plate.

 

 

Think they've finally got the gist of it now.

[Cheggers]

More shit at work - cctv, random personal searches and a ban on writing things down or printing them off, so that we don't steal credit card information. Credit card information we don't have access to since we don't do sales. Then you add to this the constant stupid rules, being told of for talking too much and going on report if you are a minute late. This is worse than school and I'm getting sick of being treated like a child.

 

I'm pretty sure the cctv, searches & ban on writing or printing card numbers is part of PCI-DSS compliance which all companies handling credit card transactions need to adhere to. I do think PCI-DSS allows talking though