The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.

[cygnet]

My order of tyres from Germany yesterday was cancelled by them this morning due to a system failure. Now they will cost more because Brexit.

[ElyDave]

I've decided, I really don't get adverts anymore. Nine times out of ten I have no idea what I'm supposed to buy

[Andrij]

I've decided, I really don't get adverts anymore. Nine times out of ten I have no idea what I'm supposed to buy

More bicycles, and/or bicycle paraphernalia.

HTH

[ElyDave]

I've decided, I really don't get adverts anymore. Nine times out of ten I have no idea what I'm supposed to buy

More bicycles, and/or bicycle paraphernalia.

HTH

Don't need ads for that

[T42]

Hold music on its own I can stand - I put the phone on low-volume speaker and get on with something else.  But when it's on a 15-second loop with a wee message to say "we're trying to make the wait more agreeable": then my attention gets tweaked every cycle. Bah.

[Mr Larrington]

Dear everyone involved in tonight's foopball match: please to be learning how Icelandic names work.  And that includes whoever supplied the Icelandic team's shirts

[rogerzilla]

They hgave a restricted list of first names in Iceland, presumably to avoid subsequent babies being called Supersoarawayson.

[meddyg]

Dear [Local School]

If you are trumpeting your excellence by advertising on the whole back cover of the Council magazine, don't you think you could phrase
 '46% of all exams sat got an A* or A' [sic] more eloquently?

Village school in Miserden trumpets 'not only do we consistently rate highly in inspections, but our excellent classroom teaching  is complimented by weekly 'forest school' sessions.'

Shall I tell'em ?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Recruitment agencies. What the hell are they on? I've just been invited to apply for a job as a language teacher. Of German, which I speak to about O level standard. In India, where I haven't lived for five years. I might just apply anyway! If I get invited to interview I wonder if they'll pay my travelling expenses? 

[Guy]

Has anyone else noticed how the weather has gone to ratshit since we Brexited?

[Polar Bear]

40 days and 40 nights ...

[hellymedic]

Has anyone else noticed how the weather has gone to ratshit since we Brexited?

Given that I got so wet going to vote that it took about 48 hours for my shoes to dry out, methinks you might be putting the cart before the horse...

[Kim]

Nahh, it was warm and sunny on voting day.  Except in That London, where all the remain voters live.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Well I've just taken my bike outside, sprayed it with Fenwicks cleaner (which supposedly is edible – no, I'm not going to try) and guess what...

[Guy]

The bike's still dirty, but you have nice clean Fenwicks?

[CAMRAMan]

I quite like a bit of drizzle...

[Cudzoziemiec]

The bike's still dirty, but you have nice clean Fenwicks?

Mmm, it makes quite a nice milkshake actually.

Don't try this in your own fridge, kids.

[Si S]

Well I've just taken my bike outside, sprayed it with Fenwicks cleaner (which supposedly is edible – no, I'm not going to try) and guess what...

And you can't shave with the foaming stuff   

[Mr Larrington]

Michel Bussi, or possibly translator Sam Taylor: ammunition with a calibre of 38 mm will not fit in any revolver known to SCIENCE.  Do yore prep.

[T42]

^^^Following Brexit, the British Standards Institute decides to devalue the millimetre.

[Wombat]

Michel Bussi, or possibly translator Sam Taylor: ammunition with a calibre of 38 mm will not fit in any revolver known to SCIENCE.  Do yore prep.

Methinks it might have a bit of a kick...

[Mr Larrington]

^^^Following Brexit, the British Standards Institute decides to devalue the millimetre.

Butbutbut, M Bussi is one of those damned Frenchies, who invented the beastly things in the first place.  And as a university professor and author of a shedload of crime novels I'd expect him to know the difference between something you can carry in your coat pocket and a light anti-aircraft gun.  I therefore point the finger of blame at the translator, who is probably one of those other-worldly humanities graduates who can't boil an egg without a 128-page multi-lingual manual, or a UKIP voter.

[spesh]

Michel Bussi, or possibly translator Sam Taylor: ammunition with a calibre of 38 mm will not fit in any revolver known to SCIENCE.  Do yore prep.

Quite - even auto-cannons with revolver breech mechanisms haven't gone above 35mm in calibre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_cannon

EDIT: a Polish mentalist has made a replica of a Remington Model 1859 - a 28mm-calibre monstrosity that even Hellboy would consider to be OTT. 

http://pixgrove.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-worlds-biggest-revolver.html

[T42]

45 kg 

[fuzzy]

^^^Following Brexit, the British Standards Institute decides to devalue the millimetre.

Butbutbut, M Bussi is one of those damned Frenchies, who invented the beastly things in the first place.  And as a university professor and author of a shedload of crime novels I'd expect him to know the difference between something you can carry in your coat pocket and a light anti-aircraft gun.  I therefore point the finger of blame at the translator, who is probably one of those other-worldly humanities graduates who can't boil an egg without a 128-page multi-lingual manual, or a UKIP voter.

What use is a UKIP voter to a humanities graduate trying to boil and egg