Grumpy old buggers thread

[Tins]

Bahh! Can't find any one of the 10mm drill bits I know I have somewhere! I thought this was only for 10mm sockets!

Nup. Anything 10mm. I'm sure I had a 10mm unicorn around here somewhere.

[windsock]

Nup. Anything 10mm. I'm sure I had a 10mm unicorn around here somewhere.

Just saw that running past my workshop door - grinning - with the 10mm bit between it's teeth...

[4bee]

I was a small arms coach and a range safety officer during my time in the military.

anyone who fired weapons in the forces knows the procedures.

if they failed to follow procedures they fronted up in the orderly room very quickly ....and the oc/co showed no mercy.

The Scriptwriter now claims there never was a time in the script when the gun was to be "fired".

So???

[scarry]

Bahh! Can't find any one of the 10mm drill bits I know I have somewhere! I thought this was only for 10mm sockets!

Just use a 3/8 drill bit,you should be fine.

[windsock]

Just use a 3/8 drill bit,you should be fine.

Haven't seen that one since 1969!

[Tins]

Haven't seen that one since 1969!

Probably rusted down to 5/32 by now.

[jonesfam]

I'm so GRUMPY that I will have to post my Grumpiness in 2 post!
My first cause of Grumpiness is getting dressed up.
Last Friday was our eldest Foster Sons year 12 Graduation. This was held in Cloncurry & somehow SWMBO managed to volunteer me to go with him.
What's the problem, you may think? Well, I don't own any long pants. Yes I do own a pair of jeans which are several years old & nearly cut me in 2 when I do them up but nothing you would call "Nice". Second I only own & wear polo shirts or T-shirts which are all well worn & "Comfortable".
So, a SWMBO mandated trip to Mt Isa to buy pants & shirt. Apparently, somehow, I have put on a little weight (which I had NOT noticed) so to get pants that fit around the middle they were way long & I bought a medium **** which I have been wearing for years.
So, I get home to dress Wilfred & he looks a million bucks in his well fitting black pants, nicely fitting bright patterned shirt, flash tie & new shoes.
Me - not so good, pants folded up inside & look odd, shirt plain white & tight not to mention long sleeved & track shoes I use for work. SWMBO could not convince me to wear a tie!
Just to top of things it is 40 odd degrees & I'm just feeling totally uncomfortable.
Anyway, I did my duty & took Wilfred to his graduation which was, despite my discomfort a great night & he had a great time.
My Grump is that you should not be expect to dress up & be something/someone you are not.
I have 2 more Graduations over the next 2 years, I either get better prepared for them or its shorts, work boots & a daggy polo shirt.
Jonesfam
PS Wilfred had a great time, thanked me & went to an after party which he got home from early AM the next day decidedly seedy but happy.

[jonesfam]

My second cause of Grumpiness is stupid tempory speed zones.
While driving back from Cloncurry there were 6 or 7 few K long sections of re-surfaced road.
These were posted at 80KPH because they had not put the lines on the road yet!
Really? It is some grave concern & danger that we can't stay on our side of the road without line markings that we have to slow down by 20KPH?
First we are out where the roads are relatively straight, flat & there is hardly any traffic.
Second there are hundreds of K's of road around here which have never had road markings, never will yet they are happy for us to drive 100KPH on those, not to mention all the single lane which is 100.
I know they are catering to the stupidest drivers but exactly how stupid are they? And how do these stupid drivers get on a couple of hundred K further along the road where there have never been lines?
God forbid if they are on a dirt road, must really confuse them!
Anyway, I stayed on my cruising speed of ***KPH (that's secret men's business) but would have been very ****ed of if I had got booked.
Jonesfam

[Tins]

My second cause of Grumpiness is stupid tempory speed zones.
While driving back from Cloncurry there were 6 or 7 few K long sections of re-surfaced road.
These were posted at 80KPH because they had not put the lines on the road yet!
Really? It is some grave concern & danger that we can't stay on our side of the road without line markings that we have to slow down by 20KPH?
First we are out where the roads are relatively straight, flat & there is hardly any traffic.
Second there are hundreds of K's of road around here which have never had road markings, never will yet they are happy for us to drive 100KPH on those, not to mention all the single lane which is 100.
I know they are catering to the stupidest drivers but exactly how stupid are they? And how do these stupid drivers get on a couple of hundred K further along the road where there have never been lines?
God forbid if they are on a dirt road, must really confuse them!
Anyway, I stayed on my cruising speed of ***KPH (that's secret men's business) but would have been very ****ed of if I had got booked.
Jonesfam

Try driving in Melbourne. They pit up 'temporary' limits, 100 witches hats, lollipop folk, flashing lights so they can pick up a fallen stick.

[Saitch]

Haven't seen that one since 1969!

Aaaarrggh! Earworm for a song I intensely dislike.

Curse you, Winsock!