The grumpy thread

[The Liberator]

^^^^ All those property programmes suck, I absolutely despise them, the people in them and those who watch them. I think they represent a concentration of whatever it is that has left the UK with a devalued currency and a colossal national debt that will take years to pay off. Everyone is quick to jump on 'bankers' as being responsible for the fuggin credit crunch and taking on unsustainable debts that the public now have to pay off, but these programmes show where your average Joe has made a contruibution to the mess. Fuelled by these awful programmes, housing is no longer a matter of buying somewhere to live and a nest-egg for yours or your kids future, but a short-term 'investment', and homebuyers now make their decisions on how much profit they acn expect to make on it rather than whether its a decent home that meets their needs. These programmes flog the idea that you should be able to make a shedload of money by simply being the owner of a house, never mind actually creating any value doing it up or actually doing anything physical at all. 'Yeah I'll buy a house for £100k, in 3 years it should be worth at least £150k' etc etc Everyone (particularly the Daily mail) loves to see property prices going up, its like 'free money' but where does it come from? Well only now do we see where its been coming from for the last few years, the fuggin future taxpayers pocket. 'You dont get something for nothing', these programmes seem to lose sight of that age-old maxim.BASTARDS

Grrrrr, dont even get me started on the horrible fascist bitch Kirstie Allsopp. She's one step away from Goerbels.

All this, and Cavette's rant, and more. They are just shit, lazy backward programming. On the last episode of 'Relocate to a Home in the Country Under a Hammer' I saw, the presenter introduced a house as being "quite literally Tardis like". How, exactly? It's not a Police Box. It's not capable of travelling through time, and it's not bigger on the outside than the inside. It's a bloody house with an extension on the back that you can't see from the front.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Complete fucknuts.I dont actually mind Grand Designs as much, at least there is some innovative architectural stuff on it. Not as good as Minder though.

[55bloke]

Ah, now you've hit on something that really gets to me- bad English!! I know it shouldn't bother me, but it does. "Quite literally" is one of the worst, followed by "potentially" when used in totally the wrong context!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Those Private Eye 'Colemanballs' books often have a good 'literally' section in them. 'He swooped an the ball and literally killed their entire squad of defenders' etc

[Guest]

Good one the other week, Jamie Oliver said that you could literally put the world on a plate. Might struggle with that one.With regards to house prices, they're ridiculous. My folks bought their place for £63K in 1997, it's now worth something like £180K. What's the point? Everything else is worth a fortune now too, you're sat on a load of money that no one can have! I'd be happy living in one of the tiny 2-bed bungalows in the area, but even they start at something like £130K nowadays.One time for a laugh I worked out roughly what kind of mortgage I'd be able to afford on my current wage - with it set at 40 years and assuming I'd have no cars and could pretty much live off rainwater, if I saved up another £20K cash I could either get a vacant lot, or a 1-bed ex-council flat on a local sink estate. Brill!Quite disappointed that at 25 I'm still living with my folks, luckily I get on with them, but if/when I get turfed out, sod renting a house, I'll get an industrial unit. Much better value and there'll be no irritating neighbours around on an evening.

[pogweasel]

Some of those property programmes do grip my balls, particularly the ones hosted by that smug tw*t who used to be on Brookside (further reinforcing my belief that all scousers are knobs), and the one with BNP Littlewood. Grand designs and whatnot are pretty good, and I have no beef with loaded folk building daft stuff or throwing pots of cash at knackered old crocks. After all, folk like that are people I rely on for an income... recently I have done jobs for these types, including a professional golfer who wanted to revamp a 600 year old farmhouse, a millionaire who had bought a farm with 14acres for £1.4million, then decided the house wasn't 'grand' enough, and a barking-mad dutch woman with a helipad in the back garden. I prefer working for these sorts, as they are usually pretty nice to deal with, supply you with cups of tea and generally pay their bills on time... far better than the 'speculators' trying to turn a quick buck who you spend months chasing for settlement of what are not huge bills, in the grand scheme of things....

[Milford Cubicle]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FOR XMAS No.1 - http://bit.ly/inthename

How can you rage against the Simon Cowell machine when you're buying into another multi-million selling major label band? In fact they were on a Sony label - same as Simon Cowell's acts.

 

I'm going to bulk buy Univers Zero's Jack the Ripper on iTunes, that'd make an excellent Christmas No. 1. Very upbeat.

[michiel]

a barking-mad dutch woman with a helipad in the back garden.

Anyone 'famous'?I like to watch Escape during dinner (usually taped), the houses & landscapes are usually nice and if anyone starts talking bs I'll just chew a little more loudly. Dutch gp yesterday (what a great accent - grump), and stuff on cucumbers & Dutchmen.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FOR XMAS No.1 - http://bit.ly/inthename

How can you rage against the Simon Cowell machine when you're buying into another multi-million selling major label band? In fact they were on a Sony label - same as Simon Cowell's acts.

I'm assuming that campaign was started by Sony? They've been keen on 'viral marketing' for some time.Anyone really wanting to rage against the machine should illegally download the X-Factor single, burn it onto a million CDs and drop them from helicopters over densely populated areas.

[Guest]

My campaign will win because I'm a cool dude.

[Cavcraft]

Hey, some of the housing nutters are ace though.I like the ones who bought a house in 1968 for 2/6 and 'now it's worth £220,000 so I'm quids in* and I'm going to sell up and buy another place'.Except you're not really quids in at all you nugget, as you're unlikely to find another house for 2/6, are you?

[M'coli]

download the X-Factor single, burn it onto a million CDs and drop them from helicopters over densely populated areas.

I believe that could be classed a war crime.

[The Liberator]

I'm going to bulk buy Univers Zero's Jack the Ripper on iTunes, that'd make an excellent Christmas No. 1. Very upbeat.

An excellent choice. Univers Zero should be on everyone's shopping list this festive season.

[Guest]

This needs examining.

 

BBC News - A cartoon guide to Darling's debt dilemma

 

I don't know whether to be angry at the fact that the BBC thinks I need a Clipart-esque cartoon of Alistair Darling with all kinds of strange half-smiles and eyebrow-raising to understand the budget, or amused at the fact that all they needed to do was stick some huge black eyebrows on a generic-looking cartoon bloke in a suit. It is faintly insulting and quite endearing at the same time, I just don't know what to make of it. I'll be angry for now, until I reach a conclusion.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I think that's the same cartoon man they used to illustrate John Major's affair with Edwina Currie, plus eyebrows.

[whitevanman]

PLEASE dont mention the X factor......I agreed to work on it Satuarday and Sunday this week............LOVE the job, but cant stand the "fame" junkies............NO! I don't care about what the "Stars" are doing, what makes you think I would know about *whatever*................

[Richard]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE FOR XMAS No.1 - http://bit.ly/inthename

How can you rage against the Simon Cowell machine when you're buying into another multi-million selling major label band? In fact they were on a Sony label - same as Simon Cowell's acts.

I'm assuming that campaign was started by Sony? They've been keen on 'viral marketing' for some time.

They did it last year too with Hallelujah. A lot of people have the understandable and admiral desire to wipe the smug expression off Cowell's face but you won't do it by buying records. A belt sander is the correct tool for the job.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

...which is the only tool I expect could remove all the POR-15 I've just got on my hands. I bought gloves specially, why the hell wasn't I wearing them?

[FredTransit]

PLEASE dont mention the X factor......I agreed to work on it Satuarday and Sunday this week............LOVE the job, but cant stand the "fame" junkies............NO! I don't care about what the "Stars" are doing, what makes you think I would know about *whatever*................

Are they filming it in Scotland or ar you coming South for work then?

[sporty-shite]

New Rant!Bad grammar on signs.Drove past a rather large billboard outside the BMW dealership in Bedford, which was offering discounts on servicing and "break pads"FFS, is there no-one working there who has seen this sign and said "hang on a second, that's wrong, take it down"

[Milford Cubicle]

See also: signs with "CD's", "DVD's" etc. plastered on them.

[pogweasel]

I saw a police sign at the scene of a fatal accident or stabbing or other kind of grim death that asked for witnesses:"DID U SEE ANYTHING"followed by a number to TEXT MESSAGE your sightings to. When the police can't be bothered to make proper signs, or feel that the public are too thick and lazy to understand correctly written sign and to act upon it by making a phone call, it really is the end of civilisation.

[whitevanman]

PLEASE dont mention the X factor......I agreed to work on it Satuarday and Sunday this week............LOVE the job, but cant stand the "fame" junkies............NO! I don't care about what the "Stars" are doing, what makes you think I would know about *whatever*................

Are they filming it in Scotland or ar you coming South for work then?

Just South Shields for Sat and Sun if the person gets through

[Guest]

The weather's taken a nasty turn, just driven back from Dewsbury - had to de-ice the Charmant and drive back in thick fog! What's going on?

[Mr H Sceptre]

Affirmative. Inclement conditions at Autoshite Midlands HQ (Leicester) also.

[CortinaDave]

-1 here just now according to the temp sensor in the Cougar (Just been to the all night garage ) no fog though!

[myglaren]

#2 son had to scrape the ice off his car when he left for work at 22:45.All the cars in the street are covered in ice now and I have just heard a couple of peals of thunder.

[55bloke]

The weather's taken a nasty turn. What's going on?

Erm, I think it's called Winter! Forecast for sleet and snow in next few days. No doubt the entire country will come to a grinding halt!

[Cavcraft]

Knackers.Looking rather chilly out there right now, I'm sat here in the warm stroking the kittens and then I have to face the real world in a minute.Have to cycle about 1/2 mile when I get to work and I've left my gloves and hat in my locker

[whitevanman]

Sunny, dry, not too cold (-3) now thats what I call a mild winter so far