Roast Grumpy Old Thread II - the grumpiness continues

[koshari]

Also had to manufacture a nut adapter to get to drain plug out, took a 4 foot breaker bar to crack it, obviously the same gorilla that "hand" tightened to filter done the same number on the plug.

 

[Gasometer]

Also had to manufacture a nut adapter to get to drain plug out, took a 4 foot breaker bar ro crack it, obviously the same gorilla that "hand" tightened to filter done the same number on the plug.
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My old 71 Escort was the same

Think…I can change my oil like these morons

Nup wouldn’t budge

I look at my 2023 engine and it’s covered in plastic and wouldn’t know where that filter is…

 

[rickety]

My old 71 Escort was the same

Think…I can change my oil like these morons

Nup wouldn’t budge

I look at my 2023 engine and it’s covered in plastic and wouldn’t know where that filter is…

Are you Wayne Rooney?

 

[rickety]

Also had to manufacture a nut adapter to get to drain plug out, took a 4 foot breaker bar ro crack it, obviously the same gorilla that "hand" tightened to filter done the same number on the plug.
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[Gasometer]

Are you Wayne Rooney?

Ford Escort
1971

No I’m Mickey

 

[Gasometer]

 

[koshari]

Might be getting too old to spend my holidays climbing round under vehicles. Never to old to curse as my great late grandfather ( and my dad still does) happily demonstrated right up to his demise.

 

[koshari]

My old 71 Escort was the same

Think…I can change my oil like these morons

Nup wouldn’t budge

I look at my 2023 engine and it’s covered in plastic and wouldn’t know where that filter is…

to be honest iam not a huge fan of doing the fluids but its a bit of a logistical challenge getting a 4.5t machine into the mechanics.

 

[Gasometer]

to be honest iam not a huge fan of doing the fluids but its a bit of a logistical challenge getting a 4.5t machine into the mechanics.

I was a poor student once

 

[Samsquanch]

******* sprung a farken water leak after the farken mains today.. Farken meant to be on Farken holidays! Job done, but farrk me. What a campaigner.. no plumber needed just Duck looking like he was battling A predator covering himself in mud from head to toe

Anyone who complains about a charge from a plumber needs to have a long hard look at themselves. *en campaigner of a job

A few years ago some filthy prick stole my water meter.

Srsly

They bent the bloody thing back and forward and broke the pipes off below ground level - it happened in the early hours of the morning when we were asleep.

Cops were pretty confused but they thought that maybe somebody had racked up a lot of water usage and wanted a meter with a lower value although that didn't make much sense to me. They said 5 meters had been stolen in the previous week or so.

Made a bloody mess of the front yard that's for sure.

 

[Samsquanch]

Sugo is made in March when the Romas are over ripe

Pain of a job

The old style don’t have OHS considerations; machines with no guards, no kill switches.

Nice sauce though

Obviously nobody here is arguing with a "tomato" grower with ties to family in the Goulburn Valley when it comes to that kind of traditional Sicilian stuff.

 

[Samsquanch]

some Doris who is screeching like a ******ed Jimmy Barnes with his lefty caught in a vice.

Jimmy Barnes screeches like a ******ed Jimmy Barnes with his lefty caught in a vice!

 

[Samsquanch]

My old 71 Escort was the same

Think…I can change my oil like these morons

Nup wouldn’t budge

I look at my 2023 engine and it’s covered in plastic and wouldn’t know where that filter is…

I am trying to recall if I have opened the bonnet on mine. I think I went looking for the lever once but I gave up.

 

[DuckYeah]

A few years ago some filthy prick stole my water meter.

Srsly

They bent the bloody thing back and forward and broke the pipes off below ground level - it happened in the early hours of the morning when we were asleep.

Cops were pretty confused but they thought that maybe somebody had racked up a lot of water usage and wanted a meter with a lower value although that didn't make much sense to me. They said 5 meters had been stolen in the previous week or so.

Made a bloody mess of the front yard that's for sure.

WTF!!! Are they filled with nickel or somethin? What a rather strange thing to pinch

 

[Samsquanch]

Gasometer we just saw Catrina Rountree in a show on telly that says filmed up in Shep. House number 3 was "The Furphy House" but it was not the same house that I was able to find online. Do you know what is going on here?

 

[rickety]

******* sprung a farken water leak after the farken mains today.. Farken meant to be on Farken holidays! Job done, but farrk me. What a campaigner.. no plumber needed just Duck looking like he was battling A predator covering himself in mud from head to toe

Anyone who complains about a charge from a plumber needs to have a long hard look at themselves. *en campaigner of a job

Had a mate from my old footy club who came to fix a leak I'd sprung. I'd dug a hole around the pipe for access and my mate rocked up with his apprentice. He took a look, told his apprentice to set to, then stood there with the coffee I'd built him - though he had declined the same offer for his apprentice. 10 minutes later the job is done, coffee is gone, and he still slugged me $140 for the pleasure of his company. Not after a freebie, but wow!

Anyway, perhaps 3 years later, this bloke had left the club, to be replaced by a more likeable chap. Told me he'd be there at 4 - I said I'd be there just after 4. I got there at 4, hole had been dug, pipe replaced, hole filled in and plumber had long since gone. I called and he said he's day had opened up ....... cost me a slab. Needless to say the Likeable chap is now my go to.

 

[rickety]

Gasometer we just saw Catrina Rountree on telly up in Shep. House number 3 was "The Murphy House" but it was not the same house that I was able to find online. Do you know what is going on here?

We get tele down here you know

 

[Samsquanch]

We get tele down here you know

I meant that Catrina was up in Shep, in a show on the telly.

Actin'

It's her job.

 

[Samsquanch]

We get tele down here you know

Fixed it now.

 

[DuckYeah]

Had a mate from my old footy club who came to fix a leak I'd sprung. I'd dug a hole around the pipe for access and my mate rocked up with his apprentice. He took a look, told his apprentice to set to, then stood there with the coffee I'd built him - though he had declined the same offer for his apprentice. 10 minutes later the job is done, coffee is gone, and he still slugged me $140 for the pleasure of his company. Not after a freebie, but wow!

Anyway, perhaps 3 years later, this bloke had left the club, to be replaced by a more likeable chap. Told me he'd be there at 4 - I said I'd be there just after 4. I got there at 4, hole had been dug, pipe replaced, hole filled in and plumber had long since gone. I called and he said he's day had opened up ....... cost me a slab. Needless to say the Likeable chap is now my go to.

There are good tradies out there. Got a couple that’ll do shit for bugger all but their workmanship just isn’t that great they’re all “she’ll be right” types

 

[Samsquanch]

tradies

Got to pay off those Hi-Luxes and Rangers.

 

[Nate7]

Got to pay off those Hi-Luxes and Rangers.

Both shit vehicles.

 

[rickety]

I meant that Catrina was up in Shep, in a show on the telly.

Actin'

It's her job.

Years ago I used to be the postie for Brodie Harper .... she has the best ponytail ever to follow

 

[Samsquanch]

Years ago I used to be the postie for Brodie Harper .... she has the best ponytail ever to follow

Did U get arrested?

 

[rickety]

Did U get arrested?

Not yet ... well once in London, but that my friend, is a different story