The grumpy thread

[M'coli]

Even their on-line discount thingy makes it £180 more expensive than the cheapest. I pay less than that for the classic policy!

[Mr Lobster]

People.

 

Specifically the utter cockswallower who was the passenger in a silver 06 plate Mondeo at Asda in Burnley earlier.

 

So Mrs L wanted to go to Asda so I'm sat in the car with Lobster Jnr #1 and #2 asleep in the back. Engines on as are lights and wipers so its pretty obvious I'm there.

 

Porksword boy comes back to his Mrs' Mongdeo and opens the passenger door with a good bit of force slamming into my door. This pisses me off so I get out, walk around the car and knock on the window and ask that he be a bit more careful and considerate in future. He goes mental and calling me all the names under the sun and threatening to do me in He then gets back in before his Mrs executes a 38 point turn to get out with him screaming out the passenger window all the time. Well done big man.

 

Why can't people be a bit more civil. All I was looking for was a 'sorry mate' type of thing but Mr tiny ego needs to show how hard he is. The twat.

[vulgalour]

On the drive to and from work I had a horrible time of it. Narrowly avoided being side swiped on the dual carriageway when someone tried to pull across into my B pillar. Got cut up and had to slam on the anchors at the approach to the same roundabout again, this time there wasn't really even space for them to get into. Had two occasions where cars pulled out in front of me in moving traffic without looking and again, made me emergency stop as they did it in such a way that there was no warning for them doing it. Had someone else decide that the gap between me and the parked cars that I'd left out of courtesy wasn't enough and he drove at me, when I had nowhere to go, plenty of room parked car side, barely an inch between our mirrors. Had a motorbike not see me when I was on a roundabout and he too tried to become a passenger in the car. I was an absolute wreck by the time I got to my parents, I couldn't keep it together long enough to make it home without stopping there for a stiff drink (of tea).

 

Financially, shit has really hit the fan with bills from the Council and the energy company escalating while I desperately reduce costs, going so far as to turn the heating off completely and to use as little electricity as possible, not to mention other stuff just appearing seemingly remorselessly on a daily basis. It's got that bad that I've had to sell the Polo for peanuts, I've sold most of my items of value and now the cost of commuting is such that I can no longer afford to keep my job. It's so bad, in fact, that I shall be moving into my parent's spare room though they've insisted that what few things of value I do have left (like the Princess) be taken care of by them and I'm not to worry about paying for stuff as long as they can help me. Thank goodness for small mercies, perhaps, and for the love and generosity of family, but it's galling to know that at the age of 31 I'm having to sell up and move back in with my parents because I can no longer afford to go to work or pay my half share of the household bills, even working 50 hours a week.

 

So you'll excuse me, perhaps, the above and any other rantiness I might spew out over the next few weeks while life gets a bit shittier for me and my independance is gradually worn away.

[eddyramrod]

a horrible time of it.

 

Bloody hell, that really is horrible! I do know intimately how it feels having been in almost exactly the same position at a similar age. Keep the faith, something you can afford to do will come along and life will improve. Slowly, but it will.

 

And I still have a blue Studebaker waiting for you....

[ruffgeezer]

There is no shame in circling the wagons to give you a bit of breathing space, at least this way you will have a little time to decide what is best for you to do next, be it a different job or a house closer to work!

[Cavcraft]

People.

 

Specifically the utter cockswallower who was the passenger in a silver 06 plate Mondeo at Asda in Burnley earlier.

 

So Mrs L wanted to go to Asda so I'm sat in the car with Lobster Jnr #1 and #2 asleep in the back. Engines on as are lights and wipers so its pretty obvious I'm there.

 

Porksword boy comes back to his Mrs' Mongdeo and opens the passenger door with a good bit of force slamming into my door. This pisses me off so I get out, walk around the car and knock on the window and ask that he be a bit more careful and considerate in future. He goes mental and calling me all the names under the sun and threatening to do me in He then gets back in before his Mrs executes a 38 point turn to get out with him screaming out the passenger window all the time. Well done big man.

 

Why can't people be a bit more civil. All I was looking for was a 'sorry mate' type of thing but Mr tiny ego needs to show how hard he is. The twat.

 

It's funny how knob warblers like this always seem to be threatening to do something or have their missus 'holding them back'. I'd have thought your average tough guy could quite easily get past his size ten missus to sort someone out if he really wanted. The coppers must laugh their bollocks off at all the morons who do this to them, as they probably see it on a daily basis then watch the tough guys go a bit quiet when the cuffs are off.

 

Todays grump?

A525 Whitchurch to Wrexham rd, unlit, dark, dodgy bends, heavy rain. Big thanks* to the turd behind me who stuck his headlights on full beam when no cars were coming the other way. Dropped back a fair bit when I shoved my fog light on though.

[Albert Ross]

I have a pair of high mounted 55W "worklights" angled about 15 feet behind me for this very purpose. I also have the equivalent of 330W of flashing amber warning beacons.... These can be used to great effect to discourage bellends, as they attract attention... the LAST thing they want.

[chaseracer]

I have a pair of high mounted 55W "worklights" angled about 15 feet behind me for this very purpose. I also have the equivalent of 330W of flashing amber warning beacons.... These can be used to great effect to discourage bellends, as they attract attention... the LAST thing they want.

This...

 

 

...is owned by a mate in 2CVGB. It has a button on the dash which operates ALL the lights at once.

 

Guess what we did, one dark night, when Maximum Bellend coming the other way chose not to switch to dipped...

 

[sporty-shite]

I have a pair of high mounted 55W "worklights" angled about 15 feet behind me for this very purpose. I also have the equivalent of 330W of flashing amber warning beacons.... These can be used to great effect to discourage bellends, as they attract attention... the LAST thing they want.

This...

 

 

...is owned by a mate in 2CVGB. It has a button on the dash which operates ALL the lights at once.

 

Guess what we did, one dark night, when Maximum Bellend coming the other way chose not to switch to dipped...

 

 

I remember camping next to that bad boy at RRG10. Does it still have that train horn on it? Took me a while to get to sleep that night!

[Spiny Norman]

How the hell does a 2cv engine power all those lights?

[Cavcraft]

Daughter's first job has lasted but weeks and she's been laid off at least until after Christmas

The owner of the business is a lovely lady, it's just the shop has hit hard times.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Bought a new keyboard as my old Microsoft 'Comfort' keyboard was 'worn out'.

 

My new one is an Apple style one where all the buttons are flat and square. It's horrible to use, who designs these horrible things, you have to type dead on, etc etc.moan first world problems etc

 

Short travel chicklets are here to stay for as long as we have thin laptops, but I hate them on desktop keyboards.

 

IBM Model M supremacy.

[155V6]

Started a new job this week.Was working for Parcelforce,starting at 6.30 & this time of year,getting home anytime up until about 8.00 pm.Now I start at 8.30,get a 1/2 hour lunch break,& finish at 5.00.Why's this in the grumpy thread then?.Two words-Steve Wright

[dollywobbler]

 

I remember camping next to that bad boy at RRG10. Does it still have that train horn on it? Took me a while to get to sleep that night!

 

Yup. Still has the train horn. It's remote controlled for extra giggles...

 

It does have a larger alternator than standard!

[STUNO]

got shaken out of bed out 15 mins ago. 5.8 mag but 200 k's deep so only made the house wobble a bit

[willswitchengage]

Hadn't been on thepiratebay for a while, and now I'm greeted with this:

 

 

Thanks internet police.

[chaseracer]

 

I remember camping next to that bad boy at RRG10. Does it still have that train horn on it? Took me a while to get to sleep that night!

Train horn still there, plus the old alarm siren off my house when I had the system replaced.

 

Still a 602 flat twin, with a Saxo alternator and three batteries. Struggles to do more than 60...

[coalnotdole]

Hadn't been on thepiratebay for a while, and now I'm greeted with this:

 

Best way to avoid censorship is to use some of these...

 

[Guest]

People on my course are being fucking vile. . Not needed. Too hysterical.

 

Fact is, many people are fed up and disillusioned with the way things have turned out. Five of us got together and took the [many] complaints we had to another level, a bit like the song - albeit with less techno and rather more bitter resentment.

 

End result - massive online argument. Lovely.

 

For once, I didn't initiate it, but a lot of them are going to have one hell of a shock come next September.

[warren t claim]

RIP Patrick Moore. Astronomer and Kraut hater.

[Morgan84]

Oh no,not Patrick Moore ? I used to sit up late as a school boy to watch The sky at night.Very good musician as well

[Negative Creep]

Ah crap. I just spent this morning watching Gamesmaster as well

[Cavcraft]

A real shame. I loved his whole sort of 'Britishness' (not including whatever he said about Germans) and although I was never one for all that astronomy stuff you have to love people with such a passion for his chosen 'subject'. People like him and Johnny Ball are ace, they're so enthusiastic they can sort of sucker you in and fascinate you about things you'd normally find boring.

[HillmanImp]

I wonder what will happen to his Ford Prefect.

 

I wont buy it though as I probably wont be able to sell it once all the kiddy fiddling stories come out.

[RedSparrow]

Yeah, is everyone who worked at the BBC in the 70s/80s a pervert?

[HillmanImp]

Yeah, is everyone who worked at the BBC in the 70s/80s a pervert?

 

You would think so the way the press are covering it all. Not just people who were at the BBC, I understand that the whole of the 1970's have now been arrested and put on the sex offenders register.

 

The way it is going, I am seriously worried that I am going to get lifted as I once looked down a womans top when I worked on the checkout at Sainsbury's in 1991.

[cort16]

I put the TR7 back together yesterday so I can sell it on. After charging the battery last night I went down today with the aim of driving it out and taking some picture of it.

After a pissing fuel leak I got it started and drove it outside. As soon as I bumped down the kerb on the garage I thought "was this a good idea".

I pee'd around taking pictures and clearing up the lockup, went back to start the TR7 and it just turned and turned and turned but wouldn't fire.

 

Now there's no way you'd push it back up that kerb so after a bit of poking about I took the spark plugs out and they where right 'orrible, black and stinking of petrol. I cleaned them up, put them back in, cranked and cranked then the battery went flat. Running out of patience now. I hooked it up to the rover, cranked and cranked and cranked then finally it burst into life and I managed to get it back inside. Then I cracked my head on the door. Then I went home.

[Cheggers]

Speaking of bumped heads, I managed to bash my noggin on the tailgate while loading shopping into the Peugeot this morning. The rest of the day's been a bit of a blur

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Brand new inner tube on my bike exploded while it was parked outside the shops.

 

[cobblers]

That's down to the tyre not being seated right, with cheaper tyres that have looser beads you really have to piss around to get them aligned properly