GOGS...Grumpy Old Gits Society..

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gordonzz

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2016

after all the years of suffering being called a miserable old bar-steward by mrs zz , I am finally rejoicing that she has come round to my way of thinking. the source of this wonderment?... a newly found joint loathing of the foul phenomenon of otherwise seemingly intelligent individuals starting a sentence with the word "so"!!!! if you have been asked , "how do you propose to re-attach that button"? , or , "what method would you use to distribute seed in your garden" , fair enough but otherwise , nooooooooooo! other current hot favourites are "yoofs" with their kecks hanging out the top of their trousers and newly qualified drivers with a green p plate (clearly designating pillock) who refuse to commit to crossing a roundabout without having received a written invitation at least a fortnight in advance! what gets your hackles up?

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David Lawson

· #735 · Aug 29, 2017

Bad luck Stuart and what a disappointment missing the Gold Cup meeting.

I gave up going to motor racing or anywhere else for that matter on a bank holiday years ago as the traffic is just so impossible these days.

When I go any distance 200/300 miles plus these days I set off at about 2am and arrive around breakfast time, it's much nicer killing time when you've arrived rather than sitting in a car for half the day.

David

David Lawson

· #766 · Nov 12, 2017

My new car has no spare and a can of something to re-inflate a punctured tyre, I just hope it never happens.... A friend who bought a new car recently which also didn't have a spare asked the dealer to supply a spare wheel/tyre - it cost him £500

David

David Lawson

· #771 · Nov 13, 2017

Ecurie Martini said:
My current car has an emergency spare. For me, that is an absolute minimum requirement. I simply will not buy a car without a spare. If that means I will be driving this or a similar older car forever, so be it.

I have an original Mkl Mazda MX5 with an emergency spare that takes up about a quarter of the fairly small boot but my new MklV MX5 has a tiny boot and even an emergency spare would use up well over a third of the space. There's no place where a spare could be stored below the boot so it has to be the can of gunk.

David

David Lawson

· #773 · Nov 13, 2017

Al

Even my 94 year old mother can get in and out of my MX5 so a youngster like you should manage it...

Another grump, because the boot on the MklV MX5 is so small they will sell you a boot rack for.... £660 !!

David

David Lawson

· #1,651 · Nov 4, 2019

Wobble said:
Not grumpy today. About 30 degrees today, not a cloud in the sky and very little wind so my wife and I went out for lunch and we went the long way.

I also go the long way round in my Mkl MX5 and have the top down in the winter whatever the temperature.

David

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David Lawson

· #1,693 · Nov 14, 2019 (Edited by Moderator)

Gordon

I know that you live in some strange foreign land and I don't know what type of TV or streaming you have but the BBC did a brilliant documentary on Pop Art recently and it's well worth watching if you can get it. I can't remember the title or exactly when it was on but it was in the last six to twelve months and it was shown on BBC4.

David

PS I've just found it, "Soup cans and superstars" but it's not currently available on iPlayer - it's sure to be repeated.

David Lawson

· #1,916 · Jan 23, 2020

vfr750 said:
There's another universe where things go. Many years ago I was working on my motorbike when I dropped a bolt. It was a specific bolt with the thread the wrong way. I looked everywhere but never found it. When I eventually moved house I emptied the garage, there wasn't a speck of dust ............................... or a bolt.

Cheers

John

I bought some Indycal decals for a specific car I was building a few years ago and carefully put them in my decal folder, a few months later I wanted to apply them to the car and they had vanished without trace.

I bought a very nice condition Scalextric March 711 last year to use for a conversion, I put it in my storage boxes with all my other pending projects, a few months later I wanted to start the build and the car has disappeared without trace.

I know these have never been been moved from where I stored them so it's a complete mystery how they have disappeared.

David

David Lawson

· #1,929 · Jan 25, 2020

I have woken up grumpy this morning so I will share my current pet hate. Why do so many people nowadays start every sentence with "So".

They are asked a simple question and they pause and say, "So - I work for the civil service", as though they are delivering some sort of proclamation rather than just answering a straight forward question. No one used to say this but nowadays like most affectation it is now common place,

David

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David Lawson

· #1,936 · Jan 25, 2020

Stuart

I can't stand people who don't read back in the thread carefully enough..... My excuse is that I have the memory of a goldfish these days and I almost certainly read your post at the time but it's floated off into the ether.

David

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David Lawson

· #1,966 · Jan 28, 2020

PETER GUNN said:
P,d off decided to get a set of 4 firesde chairs to replace our aging suite which like many things of our age is suffering from a saggy bottom, saved up a little money so decided 2020 is the year to get something, like hell it is.

Went into town to look at some furniture and discovered only one shop left now selling furniture and I was not impressed , so made a visit to a larger town to find there was only one shop left there also , but I was determined to get something, chap inside showed me a nice shiny catalogue and I picked out 4 nice chairs , and asked do you have them in the showroom so I can see if the wifes bum fits in them ok , he said sorry sir we don't keep them in stock , but I have one which is a BIT like it well it was nothing like it actually , but my bum fitted into it ok , so I said have you 4 and he said no sir that's the last one.

So, it was back to the shiny pictures then I said how much are 4 of those chairs and the reply was £1, 800 so after swallowing my mint and the missus going white I asked how long before I can have them, he said if sir ordered and paid for them today about 15 weeks .

Then I asked about disposal of my old suite , and he said well sir we have trouble disposing of them ourselves due to regulations , but if you paid us £150 we will take it away for you, so the bill was now £1, 950, the missus said something I had not thought of delivery , she asked is there a delivery charge he said yes madam locally £50 , she asked what is locally he said 5 miles radius , so she said to him where we lived and he gave a big inhale of breath and said out there madam it would cost round about £100, so our 4 chairs were now going to cost £2, 050 , so needles to say we wearily dragged ourself back the 27 miles home feeling knackered , so we still have our old saggy bottom suite to plant out saggy bottoms on which soon could be sitting on the floor as we can't get just 4 fireside chairs to replace it without holding up the bank.

I need five lampshades for a light fitting I've had for years so I went to the largest and best lighting specialist in my town as I do like to support local businesses. They had an enormous range of every style and size imaginable and I asked for the type of shades I wanted. The salesman said, "Lampshades are very difficult to get these days". I thanked him and went home and in 10 minutes I bought exactly what I wanted on ebay - it wasn't that difficult.

David

PS - Peter Gunn, phone up Sue Ryder, this charity will collect your old furniture without charge and sell it to raise funds.

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David Lawson

· #2,050 · Feb 4, 2020

munter said:
.my neighbours listen to heavy metal, whether they like it or not .

I did a deal with my neighbours. They have two very young children and the little boy sounds like a herd of elephants stampeding round their house so I said I was happy to listen to their noise if they were happy to hear all my loud music. We are both happy and get on very well.

David

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David Lawson

· #2,070 · Feb 5, 2020

The drivers of those type of cars just will not give way will they....

David

David Lawson

· #2,121 · Feb 16, 2020

Why not accompany her while she drives to the hospital so she realises that it isn't a difficult drive then you can say to her that she can go solo in future.

David

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David Lawson

· #2,142 · Feb 25, 2020

I'm another who can't stand the way our language is being strangled. I was watching the F1 test from Barcelona last week and the commentator (not Croft) was talking about Ferrari and said that it is the "most storied" team in motor racing. I know language evolves but I'm sorry that is just so wrong...

I was reading Bill Bryson's book, "Made in the USA" last year and there was a chapter on the English language. I can't remember all the details now but I was surprised to read that a lot of American English is the more pure form that travelled over with the settlers and the English English here has evolved more. This surprised me as I am always cringing at some of the American vocabulary.

David

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David Lawson

· #2,159 · Feb 26, 2020

Don't knock shop work. I went to a branch of Iceland last week there was a very nice teenager who was on the till and also answering customers questions about where things were, he was very communicative, very friendly and cheerful and he was efficient. I dread to think how little they pay him but what an asset to the business. He obviously saw his job as a lot more than "working in a shop".

David

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David Lawson

· #2,210 · Mar 4, 2020

dvd3500 said:
Like most things there are diminishing returns after a certain level.

Having said that, I snap pics with the phone then I e-mail them to myself, access e-mail on PC and voilà Photo is there..

I do the same.

David

David Lawson

· #2,239 · Mar 11, 2020

I use PayPal and every time I go on the site it asks me to add my mobile number which I just ignore as the last thing I want is to get loads of their sales texts all the time.

David

David Lawson

· #2,247 · Mar 15, 2020

I've just switched from Yorkshire to Tetley tea and hate to disagree with those above but I think Tetley is nicer.....

David

David Lawson

· #2,261 · Mar 16, 2020

Trisha said:
Similarly, Al, down many years of bale-hauling, lambing and many other farming duties (lambing is still long hours of often physically hard work), I've never heard anyone asking for anything but tea during welcome breaks. As members of the armed forces also know only too well, tea quenches thirst while coffee irritates it.

I agree

David Lawson

· #2,296 · Mar 23, 2020

I'm also a fan of cutting my grass which I find relaxing and satisfying, I think it appeals to my OCD as I like the neat finish and trimmed edges. For similar reasons I enjoy ironing, vacuuming and dusting. With the current self isolation I'm finding even more time for these pursuits...

David

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