The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

  On 20/09/2013 at 18:49, Lord Sterling said:

Fucking weather is relenting, wanker little kids outside making too much noise right into the night, and now there is this fucking wanker twat outside who has taken to shouting and screaming in the evening to make the stupid little girls in the street giggle. This is starting to royally piss me off, I'd like to shoot the little fucker. I seriously cannot wait to pack up and leave.

 

I feel very sorry for my next-door neighbours where the noisy bastard kids have taken to sitting on thier wall, shouting, screaming as if thier fucking deaf or something.

My mate's mum had a similar problem with kids sitting on her garden wall and making noise at all times of the day & night.  One evening her husband went out and poured used engine oil liberally over the top of the wall.  Funnily enough the kids haven't been back since.

[KruJoe]

Human faeces would have the same effect, and would be biodegradable.

[vulgalour]

If you fancy clearing up after the dog here you're welcome to all the kid-deterring-poop you can carry.  Actually, now I think on, Will was collecting sheep poo prior to Shitefest for some reason, I bet he can furnish you with plenty of material.

[jakebullet]

Repairing your car with quality* used ebay parts would be a lot fuggin easier if sellers of said parts pulled their finger out and actually sent them.

 

Also tosser insurance finally phoned up today:

Well we've had your car collected by our salvage agent and we just need a few details....

 

Er, excuse me one moment ~looks out window, disco still dumped at bottom of garden~ No you haven't, and you're not going to either. Bugger off you vultures.

[mattblack]

When did a remake of a film become a fucking 'reboot'?

[robinmasters]

  On 20/09/2013 at 18:49, Lord Sterling said:

Fucking weather is relenting, wanker little kids outside making too much noise right into the night, and now there is this fucking wanker twat outside who has taken to shouting and screaming in the evening to make the stupid little girls in the street giggle. This is starting to royally piss me off, I'd like to shoot the little fucker. I seriously cannot wait to pack up and leave.

 

I feel very sorry for my next-door neighbours where the noisy bastard kids have taken to sitting on thier wall, shouting, screaming as if thier fucking deaf or something.

 

You could try one of those high pitched noise generator things, that adults can't hear. Used engine oil is probably more entertaining to watch though.

 

  On 21/09/2013 at 07:45, mattblack said:

When did a remake of a film become a fucking 'reboot'?

 

About the same time tossers started calling a series of films a 'franchise'.

[autofive]

  On 20/09/2013 at 23:25, wuvvum said:

My mate's mum had a similar problem with kids sitting on her garden wall and making noise at all times of the day & night.  One evening her husband went out and poured used engine oil liberally over the top of the wall.  Funnily enough the kids haven't been back since.

 

we used to have a railing next to the side gate of our house (leftovers of oldfarter who used to live here) kids used to climb the railing, to climb the gate and use our garden as a short cut into the field at the rear. One day I bought some cheap margarine and covered the railings in it

Laid in bed that night I heard an odd noise sort of a: BONG, CRACK. next morning there was blood and a tooth laid on the path and no one tried it again.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 20/09/2013 at 23:08, vulgalour said:

I saw a two tone beige over brown Wartburg 353 Tourist on matching beige probably Ford alloys.  I did not have my camera or even my phone camera with me, that is very obviously the grump here.

This has happend to me a number of times. Only yesterday after getting off the motorway to go "home" crossing the bridge over the m'way I spotted a Rover P4 on the motorway below. A few days after I came back from Brussels, I pulled up on another motorway bridge to listen to something on Radio 4 when I saw in the distance, another Rover 800 on the m'way. Then, I also spotted a early White mk2 Sterling and countless other things I could have got pics of.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Remember a couple of weeks ago I posted that I'd found a note in my car from someone claiming they'd bumped it, but I couldn't find any damage?

 

I found some damage. Just noticed the sun catching a new crease in the rear wing, with tiny cracks and a bruise in the new paint. Annoying. Can't help but feel an insurance claim for rear quarter damage on a 45 year old hand painted car would end in far more grief and hassle than just living with it. 

 

Ah well, he gets honesty points for leaving a note. 

[dollywobbler]

Lovely weather forecast, so we started ripping the conservatory roof off today. Naturally, once we'd removed one piece, it started raining. Fortunately, the roof covers an area that was originally outdoors, so it's sort-of ok ish.

[Mr Lobster]

Back. Worked myself silly recently and just as you think you are making progress something kicks you in the balls.

 

So I'm taking Lobster Jnr to nursery in Mrs_Ls none shite Mazda. Approach a roundabout and the moron-ette in lane two decides that mirrors are for losers and that she needs to use both lanes to get around the roundabout. So yep, she hit me. 

 

Obviously she didn't possibly think it was her fault that she changed lanes into a car alongside her without so much as a glance in the mirrors or a flash of the indicators did she. Upshot of that is that insurance say its a 50:50 claim and I'll have to pay my own excess and suffer an increased premium next year. Cheers. I reckon we might be having words of the next few days...

[wuvvum]

Or get one of those dashboard cams that all the Russians seem to have (I realise it's a bit stable door / bolted horse in this instance).

[Mr Lobster]

The dashcam thing occured to me too but then would I have actually gone to the bother of sticking it in for a five mile round trip on a normally quiet road? Probably not tbh.

 

Jon, good to see you today too. Sadly no witnesses or anything although I do have photos of damage to both cars and of the road and all that although whether that proves anything I'm not sure. I'm going to have another go at the insurer next week and see if we can get anywhere, if nothing else at least it'll make me feel better.

[HillmanImp]

I got really drunk last night and logged on here this morning and had some 'likes' but cant even remember posting anything.....

 

I am too scared to check my post history.

 

Am getting drunk again now so will wait and see what tomorrow holds.

[chaseracer]

  On 21/09/2013 at 16:45, watanabe said:

DM'd. It's lengthy and tedious.

Reading. Thinking. Back to you ASAP.

[Negative Creep]

  On 21/09/2013 at 19:22, wuvvum said:

Or get one of those dashboard cams that all the Russians seem to have (I realise it's a bit stable door / bolted horse in this instance).

 

 

But they only face forward, so not much use if some daft cow goes into the side of you

[wuvvum]

  On 21/09/2013 at 23:15, Negative Creep said:

But they only face forward, so not much use if some daft cow goes into the side of you

Except to prove that you were driving correctly in your lane and so, by default, if there was a coming together it must have been because said daft cow deviated from her own lane.

[wuvvum]

I am now 34.  This means that I am officially in my mid-30s.  Which is depressing, especially as I have very little to show for my 34 years on earth.  Apparently 34 is the average age at which people in Britain buy their first house - barring a Lottery win, I can't see that happening to me over the next twelve months.

 

Still, it could be worse - next year I'll be half way to my three-score-and-ten, and that really will be depressing.  I hate getting older.

[trigger]

  On 21/09/2013 at 23:20, wuvvum said:

Which is depressing, especially as I have very little to show for my 34 years on earth.

I don't know, your name on nearly 300 V5's is a pretty good achievement!

 

[Cavcraft]

  On 21/09/2013 at 23:20, wuvvum said:

I am now 34.  This means that I am officially in my mid-30s.  Which is depressing, especially as I have very little to show for my 34 years on earth.  Apparently 34 is the average age at which people in Britain buy their first house - barring a Lottery win, I can't see that happening to me over the next twelve months.

 

Still, it could be worse - next year I'll be half way to my three-score-and-ten, and that really will be depressing.  I hate getting older.

 

 

Erm, I'm 50 next year. Life's what you make of it, and all that. I've got absolutely F*CK *LL to show for it financially speaking (really, I haven't) but I'm rich in other ways. We don't own our house and doubtless ever will, is that really such a big issue these days? Tough shit if it is.

[Barry Cade]

I bought my house at 28, made a few bad decisions which included being my own boss and owning a string of Yankee V8's, along with hundreds of other V5's passing through my hands. Gave the house back to the bank 2 years ago as I realised owning a house is a pain in the arse. Won't do that again.. Got f*ck all to show for anything now but it's better in a lot of ways....

 

Happy birthday!

[jakebullet]

I'm 40 next year, still live with the parent, have no social skillz, little friends n a shite job. My oh so funny sister will give me a dvd of the 40 year old virgin as a birthday present and I'll have to say oh how whacky you are! whilst wishing to give her a much needed kick up her big fat arse.

[Mr Livered]

Jobs, money, success in life... boring!

 

I like to read the forums at idlefoundation.org. Helps me stay focused on the things that really matter in life and forget about the things that aren't.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 21/09/2013 at 23:20, wuvvum said:

I am now 34. This means that I am officially in my mid-30s. Which is depressing, especially as I have very little to show for my 34 years on earth. Apparently 34 is the average age at which people in Britain buy their first house - barring a Lottery win, I can't see that happening to me over the next twelve months.

 

Still, it could be worse - next year I'll be half way to my three-score-and-ten, and that really will be depressing. I hate getting older.

Wuvz - I am 30 and have fuck all to show for it. Still (unfortunately and rather regrettably) live with Ma_Sterling and have never, ever had a contracted job in my life only ever working for agencies on shit pay, despite working hard/applying for jobs, I have basically had all my confidence and drive squeezed out of me. I see and hear of people earning 20k/30k and spunk £10/£15k cash on cars, clothes and holidays were I find it hard to break the 1k barrier in savings. Its taken me neigh on 3 years to reach the dizzy heights of having a mere £900-odd in savings.

 

Frankly, I just accept life for what is and what I'm given, I'm not meant to be one of these high-earners/high spenders, I'm not meant to buy my own house or have the knd of luck others might have. So, fuck it, let it be. I don't give much of a shit anymore.

 

Where I am today is one of the reasons why I want to leave this country very soon, if it wasn't for my Dad and recent events in Brussels, I reckon I'd just doly accept life as it is and probably grow old alone.

[Timewaster]

Blimey, is this Grumpy old man or the Samaritans?

[ruffgeezer]

Another day on the Daimler, and another day failing to get it to start, next time I'm going to take a booster charger with me, as I'm sure it isn't turning over quick enough.

 

The starter solenoid has had it, but even a direct feed to the battery failed to make it fire.

[wuvvum]

Hmmm. Sorry, I was a bit down last night - apologies if I've made everyone else feel miserable as well.  I blame my visit to Rome...

 

Trig, I've just consulted my spreadsheet (to which I've added an R8 214i that I owned about 9 years ago and had completely forgotten about) and the total currently stands at 462, including bikes.  I suppose that is an achievement of sorts, although not one which has improved the health of my finances...

[r.welfare]

On behalf of those of us unwilling or unable to make the compromises to our own lives in order to achieve what you have, can I (for one) salute you.

[purplebargeken]

I'm 50 next year and I had an early birthday present in the Amazon - Mrs. PBK said that I might as well have it now whilst I can still do stuff on it, as I  might not be able to later. Gee thanks. Where's the life insurance policy? Sheesh. 

[Station]

Search for MD80 camera. They're 10 quid, USB charged, tiny and can film in 720p, plus length of recording depends on size of SD card used. You hit record at the start of each journey. Buy two for the rear as we'll.