Grump of the day

[Flyfisher]

First world problems, eh?

 

[kreyszig]

There's hardly a less appropriate forum to begin getting moralistic about each other's "complaints", in this country of all places with many people unable to even contemplate owning a home. We are all very lucky to live in an abode we value for its quirks and foibles which come with a bit of history, and it's very much the same with people who appreciate historical cars or aeroplanes or boats. We love to complain, but it's only because we have such wonderful things to complain about. Nobody is really complaining.

 

[kreyszig]

None of us have to own a house either, especially not an awkward historic one. Let's close the forum down.

+1

 

[Keithj]

Nah, can't close it down! Where would i go for my evening fix?

I'm still coughing like a walrus, but another date has been picked for Glenforsa so I've put in the order for sunshine on the relevant weekend. That should ensure the monsoon comes...

 

[Feltwell]

Nobody is really complaining.

Well I, for one, as the originator of this unintentionally long-running thread, want to grump about the number of people grumping and the general volume of grumps. But that in itself is a grump, thereby perpetuating my own grumpiness. I am, as you can see, caught on the horns of a dilemma, a grumpy one at that.

Feltwell, who has been somewhat absent of late.

 

[Flyfisher]

That's more like it. Excellent grump!

 

[DJH]

Why do white donkeys look dirty... :roll:



and why do I need the pot belly stove burning in the workshop on the 28th July??? Grrr :shock:



Doug

 

[mims&pip]

My grump of the day.....no, better make that week, is that between them M&S and DPD are unable to organise the proverbial booze fest in a brewery

Last week (Friday or might have been Thursday) we ordered a small set of 'bistro' furniture for the balcony here. It had taken me absolutely ages to choose a set, as having bought a rather lovely (imho :wink: ) large and reasonably expensive rattan set by Gloster for the terrace, nothing else came close, but I had decided the M&S set was as close to perfect as I was likely to find.

Fast-forward to yesterday and our delivery arrived - or at least half of it did (the table) - with the DPD driver saying they couldn't send out two parcels with the same barcode......what? :twisted: On opening the box we discovered a component missing, so were on the phone to M&S who said they would send out a complete replacement set by the end of the week, then would later arrange collection of the original table. They also said they don't normally use DPD and will ensure our order will come via a different courier. We also contacted DPD to have a moan about their peculiar delivery system.

This morning the missing chairs arrived - great, I thought, I can at least set up what I have on the balcony, but within a couple of hours DPD made contact saying they were coming back for them as they understood we had a complete replacement set on the way.....grrrr!

So now we're back to a table (with missing, but not vitally important component) and no ruddy chairs!

On live chat with M&S they informed us that DPD (yes, it was they that were booked to deliver again, not a different courier as promised) had now cancelled delivery of the replacement set - keeping up, are we? - so they (M&S) would be initiating a THIRD delivery......guess who is delivering it?

So, chances are history will repeat itself regarding the barcode issue and we'll get one item - most likely a second table - arriving first.

Tbh I'm sick of the whole fiasco now and wish I'd never ventured onto the M&S website :roll:

Apologies, rant over.....

Mims x

 

[Me!]

Anyone got an Audi A1 or A3,

I have a friend with an A3 TDi, 6 years old, full service history, 80,000 miles, only used for a gentle daily commute through the local countryside. A recent big-end bearing failure and a £4,000 bill means that he is very grumpy.

 

[Keith Bowman]

Anyone got an Audi A1 or A3,

I have a friend with an A3 TDi, 6 years old, full service history, 80,000 miles, only used for a gentle daily commute through the local countryside. A recent big-end bearing failure and a £4,000 bill means that he is very grumpy.

Not exactly a grumpy grump but I do wish people would realise that water condenses inside engines just as much as it does inside houses. Cars need to be thrashed regularly to get the oil properly hot and boil off the water. A low mileage second hand car which has only been used by a little old lady to go three miles to church once a week is a far worse buy than a high mileage sales rep's car which has been driven hard and regularly professionally serviced.

 

[Penners]

Why do white donkeys look dirty...

To clean a house you need to do housework. Presumably, to clean a donkey you need to do donkeywork.

 

[Penners]

Well I, for one, as the originator of this unintentionally long-running thread, want to grump about the number of people grumping and the general volume of grumps. But that in itself is a grump, thereby perpetuating my own grumpiness. I am, as you can see, caught on the horns of a dilemma, a grumpy one at that.

Feltwell, who has been somewhat absent of late.

That's a really top-quality grump, Feltwell. I do hope others on this thread will follow the example of a really professional grumper.

(By the way, welcome back from your sojourn in outer darkness, or wherever you've been.)

 

[Flyfisher]

Anyone got an Audi A1 or A3,

I have a friend with an A3 TDi, 6 years old, full service history, 80,000 miles, only used for a gentle daily commute through the local countryside. A recent big-end bearing failure and a £4,000 bill means that he is very grumpy.

Not exactly a grumpy grump but I do wish people would realise that water condenses inside engines just as much as it does inside houses. Cars need to be thrashed regularly to get the oil properly hot and boil off the water. A low mileage second hand car which has only been used by a little old lady to go three miles to church once a week is a far worse buy than a high mileage sales rep's car which has been driven hard and regularly professionally serviced.

I'd be extremely grumpy about a such a major engine failure after only 80,000 miles. I take Keith's point about short, infrequent journeys being generally worse than high mileage motorway cruisers, but 80k miles over 6 years can't fairly be regarded as low mileage. Audi have also recently had serious and widely-publicised problems with an engine design fault leading to large oil consumption: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1Q2rXBpVsXVQ12hVFmxMBjP/audis-oil-guzzling-issues

Here's a more in-depth report, which suggests that oil consumption is an increasing issue with modern engines: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/06/excessive-oil-consumption/index.htm. This surprised me a lot as I can't remember the last time I needed to add oil between annual services when the oil was completely changed anyway - but I've never owned one of the cars on the fairly long list. Hmm.

 

[mims&pip]

Why do white donkeys look dirty...

To clean a house you need to do housework. Presumably, to clean a donkey you need to do donkeywork.

Brilliantly put, as always Penners :lol: :lol: :lol:

My own grump of the day is a relatively minor one, judging by the previously high standards set on this thread - why is it that when you don't want wallpaper to come off, it peels and lifts at the joins/edges, but when you want to remove the blasted stuff (woodchip, the devil's own preferred decorating choice :twisted: ), it stays firmly glued to the wall no matter what you throw at it.....literally in my case as I just hurled the scraper at it :roll:

Mims x

 

[plasticpigeon]

And what about this bloody forum. After 4 years and over 1000 posts I still don't know the rules of a really good grump.

 

[Penners]

You can't quantify a good grump, PP. You just instinctively know one when you read it.

 

[plasticpigeon]

Sounds like jazz to me: if you have to be told, you'll never know.

 

[Feltwell]

That's a really top-quality grump, Feltwell. I do hope others on this thread will follow the example of a really professional grumper.

(By the way, welcome back from your sojourn in outer darkness, or wherever you've been.)

Why thank you Penners, too kind. I would love to say it takes hard work, dedication, skill and years of practice, but alas it's only the years of practice bit that is true.

Well, perhaps the dedication part is true as well. :wink:

 

[Penners]

it takes hard work, dedication, skill and years of practice

Strange... I seemed to pick it up with no trouble at all.

 

[Feltwell]

I'd like to grump that today Mrs F has booked the kids in to see Father Christmas in December. It's JULY, for Christ's sake. Mind you, from the weather maybe it's closer to Christmas than I think!