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Post by michael on Oct 6, 2017 14:09:44 GMT 1
More irritating than getting grumpy. Finally get chance to catch up on Internet to find there is an outage. Small dumb phone too awkward to do much...
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Post by michael on Dec 21, 2017 19:06:58 GMT 1
Being the run up to Christmas it should be goodwill to all men rather than being grumpy/ However, today I ended up being very grumpy! Today was the last day both my girlfriend and I are both off on the same day until Christmas Day. Having to go into London for another matter we decided to take two grandchildren (their parents had to work today)along to the Christmas Market outside the Tate Modern and near Blackfriars station. I had checked on the internet yesterday to confirm times, etc. and all seemed in order. We got there about 12:30 to find no market. Talking with a member of staff at the Tate Modern (worth a visit) they said they had been expecting the annual Christmas Market this year and it never appeared. Rubbish information and websites for businesses that no longer exist really make me grumpy!
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Post by colin on Feb 6, 2018 23:08:23 GMT 1
Now I've been relatively grump free lately, that is to say I'm normally referred to as "Victor Meldrew" due to my normal rants and raves....The other day my Guvnor in her wisdom said I ought to take the 24volt generator and jump kit with me in the hold as it's a lot cheaper to pay me a little extra instead of having to call on roadside assistance to jump start the coach should the event occur due to the present cold snap....good idea I thought.....anyway this weekend had to go to Ipswich and stay overnight to pick up at some unearthly hour (6 a.m.), got up and freezing cold and snowing, luckily I put the jump kit part in the Hotel, couldn't bring the genny in (stinks of petrol), undone the door, ordinary key lock, got in and tried the key start...gerrump, gerump, no go, so me thinks get the jumper!!! well you need the genny for power, it's in the hold!!!! held shut by air pressure!!! Got to start it to build the air pressure up to release the hold lockers....!!! I don't believe it !!!! GRRRRRR!!!!....on the phone....###££££#### etc....I want to retire and ride around in my Z...!!!!
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Post by colin on Feb 6, 2018 23:13:15 GMT 1
Oh, I forgot..the upshot was....go and buy some extension leads and plug in to hotel supply through window and Bob is your relative.....what are you like? I think they'll be glad to get rid of me....Col.
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Post by michael on May 2, 2018 18:21:03 GMT 1
As mentioned in another thread these zero hour and other modern work contracts really irritate me. My girlfriend changed jobs at the start of the year and it the final days they offered her guaranteed hours. She did not want to let the new people down so left and started her new job. However, that has now become equally crazy - previously she never knew if she would work a short (<20hours) week or a long (~40hours) week but for the past few weeks she has been doing split shifts with a 3 or 4 hour break in the middle. Ends up with either 7:00 am starts or 10:00pm finishes. As taxi driver I find it relay tiring at times!
Today I finished at 3:30 and as I needed petrol thought I would buy it on the way home rather than when I pick her up. Big mistake! Whilst the petrol station looked a bit busy it did not look too bad. However, once I was behind a car filling up the petrol station gradually got grid locked. It appeared that everybody getting petrol was doing a shop. The car in front of me did not move for 15 minutes and the driver looked like he had done his shopping for the rest of the week. A decade ago I had a choice of seven petrol stations and now it is just two busy ones both with small supermarkets. Why can't half the pumps be for fuel to allow a reasonably quick in and out (Fuel2Go?). They have got F1 pitstops down to 1.9 seconds but I needed 1000+ seconds just to get some petrol. I rarely buy anything in petrol station supermarkets as the mark up is massive! Grrr...
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Post by Joe on May 3, 2018 6:59:05 GMT 1
That's what the world has come too now that supermarkets are selling petrol, to make up petrol stations are now selling groceries. Over here in civilised rural Essex we are very lucky and have the usual choice of Shell, BP, Esseo and Mobile stations and also a few independents. There are at least four independents within ten miles that are "proper garages" and two of those still fill you up! And added to that one of those is an actual fuel distribution place and is the same price or cheaper than the supermarkets!
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Post by michael on May 5, 2018 11:23:54 GMT 1
We had a proper garage a few miles away where used to take the Zody for MOTs and repairs that needed a serious lift. They also used to fill your car. There was a small shop where you could pay if you did not pay the attendant (cash satchel) that sold cold drinks, chocolate bars, crisp, etc. but also bulbs, fan belts and the other bits and pieces you might need on a Sunday. Sadly the original owner retired and the new management changed the business model. The guy who always worked on my Zody left and went to Halfords, petrol sales disappeared (allegedly no one would supply the smaller quantities they sold), they diversified into used cars, etc.. I gave up on them when a front wheel on my Carlton became loose minutes after I picked up the car and drove a few miles to join the M1. A few years later it failed and became an infill set of houses.
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Post by michael on Mar 17, 2020 23:22:54 GMT 1
Sorry to hear about your Z4 Colin - very annoying!
So I am now officially vulnerable and have to socially isolate. The problem is you can't be grumpy at a bloody virus so I will get angry at the idiots destocking the local supermarkets. There has not been any sanitiser or wipes for over a fortnight with toilet paper and paper towels disappearing a week ago. And why do people need all the soap, all the pasta, all the tinned tomatoes, etc.
Oh well, I had a small win yesterday - a pack of nine toilet rolls! What's the world coming to?
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