Author Topic: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant. (Read 1625192 times)

fuzzy · « **Reply #8425 on:** 19 December, 2016, 02:03:53 pm »

Could it be something as simple as the LED has come adrift from its little slot so isn't as close to the case and therefore less visible?

ian · « **Reply #8426 on:** 19 December, 2016, 02:57:07 pm »

Quote from: fuzzy (retd.) AAGE on 19 December, 2016, 02:03:53 pm

Could it be something as simple as the LED has come adrift from its little slot so isn't as close to the case and therefore less visible?

Possibly, but it looks in place and an experimental flick didn't improve thing. My wife claims the button doesn't work like it used to, but I think that's psychological because the light doesn't come on (there's a delay between button press and water flow to enable you to get out of the way). I don't know how the rest of the world survives without such features.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #8427 on:** 19 December, 2016, 08:13:41 pm »

If you're flicking the button and your wife says that the button doesn't work like it used to, I would be careful - she'll want to trade you in for a better button flicker.

fuzzy · « **Reply #8428 on:** 20 December, 2016, 12:33:33 pm »

^^^^^^

Normal service has been restored and all is well with the world

spesh · « **Reply #8429 on:** 20 December, 2016, 02:23:18 pm »

Quote from: Zipperhead on 19 December, 2016, 08:13:41 pm

If you're flicking the button and your wife says that the button doesn't work like it used to, I would be careful - she'll want to trade you in for a better button flicker.

Would that make ian a has-been flicker?

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #8430 on:** 21 December, 2016, 08:53:11 am »

Edinburgh: please to be making better with the weather. Thank you.

T42 · « **Reply #8431 on:** 21 December, 2016, 09:50:51 am »

Phone bank to cancel a contract before they all fuck off for Christmas: gee-I'm-dynamic muzak, 5-point menu, then "All our councillors are busy, please call later".

Phone Orange Pro services to change a contract: orgiastic muzak, 8-point menu, then "All our councillors are busy, please call later".

Arsebiscuits.

tiermat · « **Reply #8432 on:** 21 December, 2016, 02:26:45 pm »

Fucking hell.

The hair cut, what I did went for, this morning has ended up costing me £40. £15 for the hair cut and £25 for the bloody parking ticket I got due to it taking longer than expected.

Bugger

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #8433 on:** 21 December, 2016, 09:06:10 pm »

As I was going out, son asks if I can get him a £5 phone top up, so I pop into Carphone Warehouse as I'm passing it. "EE don't do a £5 top up. £10 minimum." "Okay, £10 then." "Have you got your card?" "Card?" "Top up card." "Oh. No, it's not for my phone. Can't you just print out a voucher? That's what I normally get." "They don't do vouchers anymore, you'll need the top up card." Which I know he hasn't got. So I went into Sainsbury's next door and got a £5 top up voucher.

Torslanda · « **Reply #8434 on:** 21 December, 2016, 09:24:49 pm »

Quote from: tiermat on 21 December, 2016, 02:26:45 pm

Fucking hell.

The hair cut, what I did went for, this morning has ended up costing me £40. £15 for the hair cut and £25 for the bloody parking ticket I got due to it taking longer than expected.

Bugger

Is that a 'real' parking ticket or some arsehole outfit like Parking Eye? I got a Parking Charge Notice from them yesterday. Seventy five fucking quid for overstaying a 'free' car park. Thumbnail size images of my motor against a totally black background, only the headlights and plate visible, no discernible background to show where they were taken. i've emailed them to tell them they'll have to do a sight better than that, they could literally have been taken anywhere. Funny thing though, I'm supposed to have been in this car park at lunchtime, yet the pictures give every impression of having been taken in the dark . . .

T42 · « **Reply #8435 on:** 22 December, 2016, 08:07:16 am »

^^^ Polish bloke I knew, who lived in France, drove to Poland to visit relatives in the early 90s. Got stopped by police with a radar gun when he was doing a legal speed. Queried it and was shown the reading on the gun, well above the speed limit, so not wanting any pother he forked out a trivial fine and went on. Relatives explained: Poles have no money now so they shoot a Polish car exceeding the speed limit then freeze the reading and wait for a foreigner.

tiermat · « **Reply #8436 on:** 22 December, 2016, 08:19:41 am »

Quote from: Torslanda on 21 December, 2016, 09:24:49 pm

Quote from: tiermat on 21 December, 2016, 02:26:45 pm
Fucking hell.

The hair cut, what I did went for, this morning has ended up costing me £40. £15 for the hair cut and £25 for the bloody parking ticket I got due to it taking longer than expected.

Bugger

Is that a 'real' parking ticket or some arsehole outfit like Parking Eye? I got a Parking Charge Notice from them yesterday. Seventy five fucking quid for overstaying a 'free' car park. Thumbnail size images of my motor against a totally black background, only the headlights and plate visible, no discernible background to show where they were taken. i've emailed them to tell them they'll have to do a sight better than that, they could literally have been taken anywhere. Funny thing though, I'm supposed to have been in this car park at lunchtime, yet the pictures give every impression of having been taken in the dark . . .

Nah, totally pukka, council run car park, my own stupid fault as I thought I would only be an hour, tops, and it took >2!

Andrij · « **Reply #8437 on:** 22 December, 2016, 08:41:32 am »

Quote from: tiermat on 22 December, 2016, 08:19:41 am

Quote from: Torslanda on 21 December, 2016, 09:24:49 pm
Quote from: tiermat on 21 December, 2016, 02:26:45 pm
Fucking hell.

The hair cut, what I did went for, this morning has ended up costing me £40. £15 for the hair cut and £25 for the bloody parking ticket I got due to it taking longer than expected.

Bugger

Is that a 'real' parking ticket or some arsehole outfit like Parking Eye? I got a Parking Charge Notice from them yesterday. Seventy five fucking quid for overstaying a 'free' car park. Thumbnail size images of my motor against a totally black background, only the headlights and plate visible, no discernible background to show where they were taken. i've emailed them to tell them they'll have to do a sight better than that, they could literally have been taken anywhere. Funny thing though, I'm supposed to have been in this car park at lunchtime, yet the pictures give every impression of having been taken in the dark . . .

Nah, totally pukka, council run car park, my own stupid fault as I thought I would only be an hour, tops, and it took >2!

Wow, I didn't think anyone cut each hair individually.

andrewc · « **Reply #8438 on:** 22 December, 2016, 11:32:47 pm »

Someone, on the small estate next to mine has had a generator or pump running for more than 24hrs. It's starting to annoy me

T42 · « **Reply #8439 on:** 23 December, 2016, 08:28:06 am »

If the neighbourhood is hilly then the someone might be the council and the pump could be in the sewers. There's one near us that has been running for the last 28 years.

Si S · « **Reply #8440 on:** 23 December, 2016, 08:39:04 am »

Darling daughter, the Britvic 55 purchased last night, during a somewhat fractious shopping trip, the one's you have guzzled upon your return late last night were for a member otp on Christmas day, I ought to send you to the stupormarket

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #8441 on:** 23 December, 2016, 08:41:58 am »

Quote from: Si S on 23 December, 2016, 08:39:04 am

Darling daughter, the Britvic 55 purchased last night, during a somewhat fractious shopping trip, the one's you have guzzled upon your return late last night were for a member otp on Christmas day, I ought to send you to the stupormarket

Seems fair.

Si S · « **Reply #8442 on:** 23 December, 2016, 08:50:49 am »

^^ It's more hassle than its worth MrC, it'll take her the best part of the day to get out of the house and that health hazard she inhabits will not get cleaned, which will lead to me cleaning it by the simple expedient of throwing it all out the window into the wheelie bin, probably not the best way to kick off the festive period.

andrewc · « **Reply #8443 on:** 23 December, 2016, 09:24:18 am »

Quote from: T42 on 23 December, 2016, 08:28:06 am

If the neighbourhood is hilly then the someone might be the council and the pump could be in the sewers. There's one near us that has been running for the last 28 years.

We are at the top of a hill but I've seen no evidence of any council work. It appears to be coming from a single house with a "for let" sign. My suspicious mind is starting to think "dope farm" with a pump for the hydroponics. Seems a bit careless for that though.

Kim · « **Reply #8444 on:** 23 December, 2016, 02:57:09 pm »

Generator, then? 'tis the season for unfortunate damage to the electrickery supply. Although the leccy board tend to deploy reasonably quiet ones for that.

Middle Earth is currently full of the things, on account of Christmas retail activities. I've ranted previously about one being deployed for the simple purpose of powering a giant advertising screen overlooking a road junction. Because the one thing Birmingham needs is more diesel fumes.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #8445 on:** 23 December, 2016, 03:12:51 pm »

Generators? Ha! Every largeish business, most small ones and a fair few houses have them in India. Brigade Road was the worst in Blr for generators, it's a road of medium-sized but busy shops, each with a DG chained up outside. Indian party conversation is not about whether to take the B4567 instead of the A1, it's about the respective merits of inline, online and offline generators (and UPSs).

Tim Hall · « **Reply #8446 on:** 23 December, 2016, 06:15:27 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 23 December, 2016, 03:12:51 pm

Generators? Ha! Every largeish business, most small ones and a fair few houses have them in India. Brigade Road was the worst in Blr for generators, it's a road of medium-sized but busy shops, each with a DG chained up outside. Indian party conversation is not about whether to take the B4567 instead of the A1, it's about the respective merits of inline, online and offline generators (and UPSs).