The grumpy thread

[ChinaTom]

Do you really pay someone to clean your windows? Get your pool cleaner to do them.

[Lankytim]

Yeah, but it kinda happened by accident. He just turned up one day, cleaned them and asked for 1pound 50pence. (pound sign doesnt work, sorry) After that he kept coming back every month or so. Beats getting up a ladder and doing them yourself.

[Pillock]

Yeah I caught the guy out when he claimed to have been round the back, but had he moved the bins which block the side passage there would have been a massive glass bottle avalance - post Christmas, not yet gone to the bottle bank. The fact I don't recall coming home in the past week to broken glass means you're a liar, pal.I've since found that my windows have a neat 'cleaning' feature, where you can clean the fixed window by leaning out of the opener, and then press a catch on the slider and the opener flips around so you can clean the outside, from the inside. Neat! And saves me dealing with Mr Lying Windowcleaner. I've been out and bought a £4.99 squeegee from B&Q so I'm already £1.01 up, I'm sure I can get some filthy water and an old pair of pants for free.

[Richard]

I've since found that my windows have a neat 'cleaning' feature, where you can clean the fixed window by leaning out of the opener, and then press a catch on the slider and the opener flips around so you can clean the outside, from the inside. Neat!

That has been a legal requirement on upstairs windows for a few years now.

[pogweasel]

Yeah, we sacked off the window cleaner for the same reasons, he'd never clean the ones at the back after the old biddy next door put an enormous bolt on the gate, but still asked for the money. What a rip!

[FredTransit]

I went with the parking a luton in front of the lounge window for the same reason. Oh, and you don't have to clean the windows either....

[Cavcraft]

The dizzy bint inhabitants of Neston, aka plastic scouse land.See your fucking big posh 4x4? You can actually go near the side of the lanes in it you know?See me? See my big fuck off ugly Transit van? Well next time maybe if you actually slowed down and moved over an inch or two you might not have had to take a last second de-tour into those fucking bushes you peroxide blonde, mobile phone using slag.I hope your gross piece of wank shit mobile is covered in big bastard scratches. Twat.

[dollywobbler]

The dizzy bint inhabitants of Neston, aka plastic scouse land.See your fucking big posh 4x4? You can actually go near the side of the lanes in it you know?See me? See my big fuck off ugly Transit van? Well next time maybe if you actually slowed down and moved over an inch or two you might not have had to take a last second de-tour into those fucking bushes you peroxide blonde, mobile phone using slag.I hope your gross piece of wank shit mobile is covered in big bastard scratches. Twat.

It's more fun to behave like that in a 2CV. Give way just because my car is made of Bacofoil and you think you can intimidate me in your big 4x4? Um, no. Sorry. I don't play those rules.

[pogweasel]

Things which have incurred my displeasure this week:1) Liverpool (again. Expected to be a non-mover next week as well. What a turd-hole)2) Tightwad, two-faced, lying, dishonest scottish bastards, 3) "Gorno" Films. I had the misfortune to be subjected to "Hostel" this week, very unpleasant viewing. Gruesomeness can be tolerated in cinema if it's there for a reason. Plotless dross like this is just offensive. My colleague championed it, so I watched it. I assume because it is just blood-fest it trancends cultural boundaries (m'colleague is Polish). As a retort I made him watch 'Apocalypse Now' last night. Which whilst also full of blood, death, dismemberment etc, that is not the reason for it's existance.... Do people actually pay good money to see these crappy "horror" films at the cinema? Or on DVD? It worries me.

[Milford Cubicle]

Yeah, Hostel is pretty grim, and not in an appealing way.

Surely you enjoyed the Tatra chase towards the end though.

[myglaren]

Things which have incurred my displeasure this week:1) Liverpool (again. Expected to be a non-mover next week as well. What a turd-hole)2) Tightwad, two-faced, lying, dishonest scottish bastards, 3) "Gorno" Films. I had the misfortune to be subjected to "Hostel" this week, very unpleasant viewing. Gruesomeness can be tolerated in cinema if it's there for a reason. Plotless dross like this is just offensive. My colleague championed it, so I watched it. I assume because it is just blood-fest it trancends cultural boundaries (m'colleague is Polish). As a retort I made him watch 'Apocalypse Now' last night. Which whilst also full of blood, death, dismemberment etc, that is not the reason for it's existance.... Do people actually pay good money to see these crappy "horror" films at the cinema? Or on DVD? It worries me.

Get him to watch Katyn.I bought it from Amazon three weeks ago, has English subtitles but he won't need them.

[brammy777]

Haha, i once liked hostel, but i was around 15 then, so it was more a case of OMG WATCHIN AN 18 FILM YO.But anyway, if you dont like Hostel, dont watch the second one, amazingly they pushed the boundries and guess what, its worse.Seriously though, seems to be a bit of a lack in good films right now, havent bought a new film for quite a while now.

[Rusty Pelican]

I tend to try and watch something that makes me think , Pans labyrinth was the last good film i saw , gory in places but very clever

[whitevanman]

Things which have incurred my displeasure this week:2) Tightwad, two-faced, lying, dishonest scottish bastards.

What have we done to upset you now ????

[Milford Cubicle]

I think us simply existing has annoyed pog. Sorry about that!

[pogweasel]

Well, the £3500 that is owed to me by a scottish firm has not been paid again, despite 'assurances', now been waiting 4 months, totally skint and christmas round the corner and all I get is BS off them.

[whitevanman]

Well, the £3500 that is owed to me by a scottish firm has not been paid again, despite 'assurances', now been waiting 4 months, totally skint and christmas round the corner and all I get is BS off them.

Now that boils my pish.no need I went out of business being owed more than a £100K nine years ago...........so I genuinely do feel your pain

[whitevanman]

As a thougt, I done a fair bit of "debt collection" from firms that do that sort of thing....the offers there if you need it\

[Cavcraft]

As a thougt, I done a fair bit of "debt collection" from firms that do that sort of thing....the offers there if you need it\

Kwal!Please tell me you turn up in a rusty Allegro estate with balaclavas, baseball bats and hungry rottweillers?

[CortinaDave]

Put it this way, If i didn't know Dunc was a actually a nice bloke and he turned up at my door in his satin black Oldsmobile to collect debt, I'd take one look at him and pay up.He has a "Dont mess" aura about him.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Fuggin Morrissey. He's just been on 'desert island discs', what a pretentious twit that guy is. I've never got on with his music (just never got the hang of being fully occupied with 'misery') and the guy himself seesm to have about as much to say as your average 'i'm a celebrity get me out of here' type of character

[RedSparrow]

Cunting boiler.Was working fine before I went to work last night. Got back at 11pm having been soaked by rain and the fucker has decided to just stop working for no reason whatsoever. What annoys me most is that its 2 frigging years old, and I will have to get my dad, who is my landlord, to do something about it which will probably yake 6 months as he immediately forgets anything anyone ever tells him.Any suggestions on how to fix combi-boilers would be appreciated.

[M'coli]

Is there enough pressure in the system?Then you can try switching it on, listening for the flame to start, and switch the electric off, wait for it to "click" off, and switch it on again - usually works for ours.

[RedSparrow]

Is there enough pressure in the system?Then you can try switching it on, listening for the flame to start, and switch the electric off, wait for it to "click" off, and switch it on again - usually works for ours.

The pressure readout is fine, this is what baffles me, literally nothing changed while I was at work, why would it pack up.Tried your suggestion, several times, but to no avail. Thanks though.Any other ideas before I smash it with a hammer in a fit of rage?

[pompei]

Thanks for that Mr B. Saved me having to listen on Friday. I've never understood all the Moz hype although I do like Panic.

[michiel]

I've got quite a few Smiths/Morrissey records but tend to get bored with him after a few listening sessions - then I start to listen to the music behind the voice because he always has great musicians in his band, and then I just leave the albums alone for a few more years. Not really interested in the man or what he has to say outside of his records... as with most musicians, writers, painters etc.

[Rusty Pelican]

" How soon is now " is the only truly great Smiths track , one of my all time top 10 , the rest makes me want to slit my throat

[myglaren]

Is there enough pressure in the system?Then you can try switching it on, listening for the flame to start, and switch the electric off, wait for it to "click" off, and switch it on again - usually works for ours.

The pressure readout is fine, this is what baffles me, literally nothing changed while I was at work, why would it pack up.Tried your suggestion, several times, but to no avail. Thanks though.Any other ideas before I smash it with a hammer in a fit of rage?

There is usually a reset button somewhere on them.

[whitevanman]

As a thougt, I done a fair bit of "debt collection" from firms that do that sort of thing....the offers there if you need it\

Kwal!Please tell me you turn up in a rusty Allegro estate with balaclavas, baseball bats and hungry rottweillers?

Find me an Allegro estate and I will................as for the Rotties.........do half a dozen pissed of Martial arts experts count??

[Cavcraft]

" How soon is now " is the only truly great Smiths track , one of my all time top 10 , the rest makes me want to slit my throat

No wai! 'Hand In Glove' (sung by Morrissy) or 'There Is A Light' are absolutely awesome tracks.