What made you UNHAPPY today!

[johnpwalsh]

I say, was that four candles or fork handles

[ramjet]

Sigh................. There's always someone in a crowd who thinks they are funny. 

[silverfrost]

The two Ronnies script !  Legend 😊

[mayevora]

Can’t get my Le Mans vinal Car decs on the Car!! Annoying me how easy they are meant to go on. Weather is not helping. 🌞😡

[Bibs]

Fairy liquid in a spray bottle?

[ramjet]

I have spent nearly the entire day trying to get our electric shadecloth blinds at the back of our house to run correctly in their tracks. Took the guide covers off and undid some work that a guy from the company said would fix our issues. His work made them worse and fixed nothing.

Anyway, after a fair bit of mucking around to try and get the curtains to roll up squarely, I got my spirit levels out. Every single curtain and set of guides are set up out of level and square. It is no wonder that the things keep pulling the curtain edge out of the tracks.

Now will have to wait until it gets warmer to basically pull the whole lot down and set them up level and square to the guides.

And they weren't cheap.

[Colin P]

Waiting behind some pillock in Karen Millen because SWMBO wanted to return a dress with a faulty zip. 

20 minutes whilst the guy in front returned and re-bought what must have been his wife's entire wardrobe, because the items had gone down further in the latest sale reductions and he wanted them at the cheaper price... his wife meanwhile was off to Dotty P's to do exactly the same thing.

A woman did exactly the same last time we were in there. Get a F8%$ing life!!

 

[C8RKH]

Don't ever go shopping at the weekend. Ever. It is just wrong. 

So serves you right😚

[Colin P]

Had to it will be too late to return after the IOM and she’s working Mon-Wed. Last time was mid week. 

[Dan E]

57 minutes ago, C8RKH said:

Don't ever go shopping 

So serves you right😚

FTFY, 

[Kimbers]

Cystoscopy. My new least favourite thing. "You may feel a little uncomfortable"..... HOLY F***ing SHIT! Uncomfortable???? 

[Sparky]

Yes, I've heard the pain is inversely proportional to a man's 'stature'.

I've had several with little to no discomfort.

[Kimbers]

He got out this long tube with a camera on the end I said "You will not need all that I promise you!" 

[Chillidoggy]

That must have been the Granada clutch cable camera just like what I experienced.

[johnpwalsh]

Been there, done that and still have the scars.

 

[Stuart Monument]

7 hours ago, Buddsy said:

MOT was booked in last week for the Esprit.

I like to remove the under tray before an MOT and give it a wipe over and have a look at the cam belt and bits and I notice a small nick in the rubber elbow that is attached to the water pump where the long section of the cam belt has occasionally been vibrating against.

Its only a tiny nick...hmmmm....probably be ok but I guess I really should replace it and adjust the cable ties to keep it away.

Drain the system then the fun and games of laying on top of the engine and reaching down to refit the pipe and a jubilee clip. From above I can get one hand down to it...From below I can get one hand up to it....

After ages Im all back together so go through the refilling the coolant sequence...but whats that noise? Yay coolant pissing out all over the floor. 

Turns out as I had tightened the jubilee clip on it must have twisted off the water pump spigot a bit...

 

Took me 3 days before I could face trying again.

One of the troubles is the water pump spigot is pretty short which doesn't help. I had tighten the jubilee clip a small amount then check it was on in the right place a little at a time.

Eventually got all back together filled and bled. Its a bastard of a job...An access panel behind the seats to the front of the engine would have made this job and cam belt change a doddle...

 

buddsy 

What a pain in the arse. Good to hear your still alive, not sen you in ages 😀

[Barrykearley]

Suck it up @Buddsy -you know you love her 👍

[andydclements]

11 hours ago, Kimbers said:

He got out this long tube with a camera on the end I said "You will not need all that I promise you!" 

Could all be done very cheaply.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/5-5mm-Mini-Camera-Recordable-Video-Inspection-Borescope-Car-Engine-Snake-Scopes-/232168971523

[2GOOD]

22 hours ago, Kimbers said:

Cystoscopy. My new least favourite thing. "You may feel a little uncomfortable"..... HOLY F***ing SHIT! Uncomfortable???? 

I get the names mixed up of the different procedures. Had to have the camera down the throat a few years ago to finally confirm if I had Coeliac disease or not. Been told that they’d prefer it if I just had the local anaesthetic, so sat there waiting my turn, girl in front of me in the queue goes in. I’m last & it seems like I’ve been nervously sat there for ages, when there’s an awful lot of people rushing around & the door bangs open with the previous girl still on the bed, being pushed past me at speed! Apparently I was as white as a sheet as a nurse put her hand on my shoulder, if I’d have still had my shirt on instead of a hospital smock I’d have probably walked. They let me have full anaesthetic.

 Had the camera up the main artery in my arm to check my heart whilst awake & they want you to watch it on the screen above your head too. 

 Anyway I’ll come back to this thread later for the reason I’m unhappy currently 🙁

[Kimbers]

Cystoscopy: Camera up your old man!

[Kimbers]

And I don't mean my dad!

[Kimbers]

Got my pension statement today:

Current monthly contributions: £187.50 Me, £133 Work, £50 Govt. Total a month £370.50.

"When you retire your pension will be worth £2011 a year......right. So thats £167.58 a month. Less than half of my total contributions! You must be having a fucking giraffe!!!!!!!!!!

[mdw]

1 hour ago, Kimbers said:

Got my pension statement today:

Current monthly contributions: £187.50 Me, £133 Work, £50 Govt. Total a month £370.50.

"When you retire your pension will be worth £2011 a year......right. So thats £167.58 a month. Less than half of my total contributions! You must be having a fucking giraffe!!!!!!!!!!

That's why we have chucked most of my money into properties .   Plus once we are  gone my kids will get what ever the government  doesn't grab.  Needs a bit more effort but in the long run it wins.

Being fair to the pension it depends how long your paying at that price and how long  you plan on living.

[2GOOD]

Both of my elderly parents are in the same (currently) local Hospital, Mum, the last two weeks (osteoporosis, a lot of pain & apparently resulting mental health issues) & Dad for a week now (lymphoma but issues with a stomach op carried out 2-3years ago & exhaustion from looking after Mum, whilst not letting on how ill she really was. A very clever man & mentally still firing on all cylinders). Both of them just seem to have wasted away, Dad wants to tell Mum so much when we take them to see each other but Mum’s memory & reactions to things aren’t good. Watching him try to tell her that they can’t do much for him this afternoon was heartbreaking. Didn’t expect either of them to be like this in their old age for some reason. 

 At 54 it’s put me off getting much older...

[johnpwalsh]

Wow so hard to take. My mum has just turned 94 last month and is a cracker for her age. She was working as a volunteer until she fell 4 years ago and broke an ankle. Things went downhill from there. The onset of one UTI after another has taken it's toll. But at 94 and with a cracking big smile every time I see her I am reminded of how lucky I have been compared to some. I turn 63 this year but still act and work like a 30 year old. That's the one downfall, she always reminds me with a smirk and say's. Your not 50 now son, time to grow up and stop playing with your toy's, i.e cars. I dread it every time I go back overseas to work as I know fine well one of these days I am going to get the phone call. Love them while you can regardless of their shortfalls and ailments though hard as it is.

The legs may not work the same now, but the brains as sharp as a button, and the smile says it all.