The grumpy thread

[outlaw118]

Best wishes to Dean and t'other half, hope all goes well.

 

My current grump, amongst others, is MY POXY MOBILE PHONE!!

 

It's a Sony Ericsson txt, and recently it's developed a habit of not putting the keylock on automatically, so i've made various "silent" calls, mainly to the AA, or my cousin Alan, or been logging on to the internet while it's been in my pocket.

I've checked the settings, and it says "automatic keylock on". Now, after wasting shitloads of credit, i have to wait until the little lock sign comes up, and if it doesn't reset the phone, losing my wallpaper picture, and my amusing* ringtone.

It's a fairly minor thing, but it's a royal PITA all the same.

I don't understand why it's doing it.

The phone hates me. Thats what it is.

[dean36014]

Thanks for all the best wishes. Just waiting on the date now, primed work to let them know i'll be taking time of at short notice. Just a waiting game now.

My other grump, citroen C5 listed on gumtree, awaiting all the calls from muppets and time wasters offering half the asking price.

[hairymel]

Sony Ericsson txt....keylock...shit..... royal PITA.....

 

The phone hates me. Thats what it is.

 

i feel your pain

 

swmbo has same phone/issue and therefore it has been a pain in my neck/ear/ass.

 

no fix as far as i know - i usually let the battery go flat which often sorts it. try putting your wallpaper/ringtone on a memory card in the phone to enable quick reinstallation.

 

or just smash it to bits with a big hammer

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

It's a Sony Ericsson txt, and recently it's developed a habit of not putting the keylock on automatically, so i've made various "silent" calls, mainly to the AA, or my cousin Alan, or been logging on to the internet while it's been in my pocket.

 

It irritates me that you can still dial 999, 112 or 911 when the keylock is on. That's why I lock the keys, so no-one dies because a 999 operator was busy listening to my coat pocket while someone else was trapped in a burning building.

[Wilko220]

I don't know how long they've been around for, but I saw a BMW X1 for the first time today. Hadn't previously been aware of their existence. Can't seem to get the taste of sick out of my mouth.

[Volksy]

It irritates me that you can still dial 999, 112 or 911 when the keylock is on. That's why I lock the keys, so no-one dies because a 999 operator was busy listening to my coat pocket while someone else was trapped in a burning building.

 

I guess it could go the other way if the Old Dear trying to work your phone to call an ambulance when you've had an Accident etc. cant, as she cant work out how to get the keylock off.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I don't doubt it was well intentioned but the fact that 999 had been receiving as many as 12,000 silent calls a day (2009 figures) suggests that it's wasting resources more than it's saving lives.

[Danblez]

4G my arse, it's about time they sorted out the, quite frankly, shit nationwide coverage of 3G first.

 

On my 17 mile rail journey home I go through 4 areas with no 3G and 2 with no mobile data at all. It's not good enough O2!

[Cavcraft]

Today, for the first time I can ever recall, I went on and around the M58. If anyone tells me there's (a) more wanker infested stretch of road(s) anywhere I'd be disinclined to believe them.

[Bobthebeard]

4G my arse, it's about time they sorted out the, quite frankly, shit nationwide coverage of 3G first.

 

On my 17 mile rail journey home I go through 4 areas with no 3G and 2 with no mobile data at all. It's not good enough O2!

 

+1

Same goes for vodafone. 3G coverage is shit. Patchy coverage outside of large towns/cities. Whatever the latest technology, coverage is pretty crucial. Ok, so all the major players claim that 90% of the UK population has 3G coverage, but that still means that seemingly around 40% of the actual UK in terms of land mass has got feck all. Similar grump for broadband and wifi. We all* need* it nowadays, as we have become used to having it. Try going to Scotland/Cornwall/Wales/Yorkshire and checking your emails or eBay on your smart*phone.

[wuvvum]

Try going to Scotland/Cornwall/Wales/Yorkshire

/Norfolk

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Imagine this as a pie chart. Small section: time spent drinking coffee. Enormous section: time spent diagnosing, repairing espresso machine and holding its hand through the arduous process of making coffee.

 

edit: that's not even an exaggeration. I spent 45 minutes cleaning it out a couple of weeks ago, plus the time it's taken me to replace the pump in the past, and I must have spent 20 minutes trying to get a cup of espresso out of it this afternoon (no success yet).

[Pillock]

I guess it could go the other way if the Old Dear trying to work your phone to call an ambulance when you've had an Accident etc. cant, as she cant work out how to get the keylock off.

 

I normally remove the emergency dial functionality from my phones, I can't see I'll ever be in a position where I need to call the feds but can't remember my lock code. And nobody touches my phone, nobody, so sod anyone else wanting to. However, I've left it on my Samsung as it's got quite a cool feature of being able to tag contacts as emergency - so hitting "Emergency Dial" on the password screen will let you call 112, 999 or my close family. That seems quite handy since there's no way the regular thing of storing "ICE" contacts in your phone works any more, unless you're daft enough to not have a pin code on your phone.

 

Does mean whichever paramedic pulls me out of a car crash needs to know exactly how a Samsung Galaxy S3 works though. Hmmmmmm.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Hooray! Here's that cup of coffee I started making a couple of hours ago!

[Guest]

Hooray! Here's that cup of coffee I started making a couple of hours ago!

 

Eh? Is that normal?! That looks like the sort of thing John Lewis would sell and then slightly damage unintentionally. Take it baaaaaaaaaack, man.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

It's quite old and I already wrecked all the security torx opening it a couple of years ago.

 

Makes good coffee when it's not in one of its moods.

[Volksy]

Makes good coffee when it's not in one of its moods.

 

Sounds like most of the staff in my local coffee house....

[Ben_L]

Makes good coffee when it's not in one of its moods.

 

Sounds like most of the staff in my local coffee house....

 

Sounds like SWMBO

[coalnotdole]

Bit of a late grump

 

Someone crashed into My Dads Honda Accord Aerodeck at high speed while I was driving it on Saturday. The car was in dealership condition and absolutely immaculate. The third party are liable and have admitted responsibility at an early stage but its been a miserable few days trying to get things sorted out. I was injured in the crash (head neck back and ankle and cuts and bruises) but ultimately am counting myself lucky to have walked away. The car will almost certainly be a Category B as the smash was a big one at dual carriageway speeds which is sad end for what was a very tidy car.

 

I'll stick up a full post with all the details once the insurance stuff is settled, But fuck knows when that will be.

[vulgalour]

@dean: To reiterate what everyone else has said, my thoughts are with you and your girlfriend.

 

@Peter: Stop being all clever with your new fangled machine, get an old fashioned manual model. It's the Autoshite way.

 

@coalnotdole: That's horrible news, I hope it all goes smoothly from this point on for you.

[Cavcraft]

Just stop drinking coffee, that'll do it. It's fucking horrible anyway.

[Station]

just found out my girlfriends brain tumour has returned. Had major surgery 7 years ago, and today it was confirmed its back. She'll have the op in about 2 weeks. if its successful, driving license suspended for 6 months, at least 4 months off work. Worried senseless it won't be a success, god i love her.

 

Everything will be OK Dean, just stay positive.

[Lord Sterling]

For the past week or so, all I can smell is cigarette smoke around me, if I stay in one place the smell appears, I don't know where the hell its come from, I don't smoke, never have done and nor do my family.

 

I could smell it for the first time from next door quite strongly on Monday, I don't know how its got into the house so it must have got onto the clothes and bedsheets.

 

I can also smell it at work and I know some of the people I work with do smoke

 

[Minimad5]

Dean - Myself and thy loud lady give you our best wishes. Do keep us posted & all the best.

 

My grump - Like a soft shite i have hit the fence post with the Riva .... Fawk off dint and scratch(s) down the passenger side

[dean36014]

Looking like its going to be May 21st when she goes in, a bit longer than they originally said, but hopefully might get pulled forward. She's going to tell her children this weekend, don't envy her that job. I've got fingers and toes crossed for her, and thanks for all the good wishes, I'll pass them on.

[beko1987]

Forgot to hand my overtime form in last month, so got paid fuck all. Now get to play the fun game of juggling which bills to pay and which can go to fuck. Managed to put £70 in the car, sure I'll regret that later this month. 5 week month too...

[meggersdog]

Tooth extraction is never a pleasant experience,especially when the teeth in question once belonged to a cambelt.

 

Took a car in part exchange last week and yesterday, before punting it on, I decided to take it for a drive.30 miles from home in the desolate wastes of the Norfolk fens as I readied to overtake an hgv the car lost power.I coasted up a slip-road and listened to the lack of compression.After phoning a couple of mates one turned up to tow me home three and a half hours later.That's three and a half hours with no radio and a cheap 'phone who's only app is the on/off button.

On the plus side the car owes me a lot less than scrap value.Even so....fucksticks...

[ruffgeezer]

There is a very old motorcycle holding dust off of the floor in one of the lock ups at work, it needs total restoration, which I'd be happy to have a go at, can I get a sensible or even an idea of a price for it? Can I fook! It has a transferable plate and apparently that means it's worth the earth...

...in it's present state it's bleddy not! Grr!

[Cavcraft]

eBay have been pissing about 'improving' things again. Not content with a new look, retina burning display some stupid fucking little thing comes up now that says '13 people are viewing this item per hour' or something like that.

I couldn't give a flying one how many people have looked at an item was looking at so just piss off, eBay.

[shedvan]

eBay have been pissing about 'improving' things again. Not content with a new look, retina burning display some stupid fucking little thing comes up now that says '13 people are viewing this item per hour' or something like that.

I couldn't give a flying one how many people have looked at an item was looking at so just piss off, eBay.

 

 

+1 on that stupid f-ing

 

your ma and 6 members of the light horse are watching this advert

 

very annoying is there any way to bock this? Ad Blocker Pre useless on this I guess because its organic to the website or some other bollocks?