What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Modern children's films are brilliant.

 

Watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, at the moment, but it's just one of many; Hotel Transylvania, Cars, Toy Story, Madagascar, they're all hilarious.

 

Old children's films just aren't enjoyable as an adult, and I don't remember liking them much a child either.

WHAT? I was only thinking earlier today how good Disney films used to be. They're all whiny crap these days. Jungle Book and Dumbo are both still brilliant. Of more modern films, Shrek and Monsters Inc I find enjoyable. Not that I watch many films at all these days, let alone kiddy films.

[Timewaster]

Just had the car delivered back and on the passenger seat was a posh box of Ferraro rocher (sp?)

Have you bought an Ambassador?

[hairnet]

Modern children's films are brilliant.

 

Watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, at the moment, but it's just one of many; Hotel Transylvania, Cars, Toy Story, Madagascar, they're all hilarious.

 

Old children's films just aren't enjoyable as an adult, and I don't remember liking them much a child either.

 

 

WHAT? I was only thinking earlier today how good Disney films used to be. They're all whiny crap these days. Jungle Book and Dumbo are both still brilliant. Of more modern films, Shrek and Monsters Inc I find enjoyable. Not that I watch many films at all these days, let alone kiddy films.

shaun the sheep ftw

 

never laughed so much in ages

 

keep meaning to buy a box set and keep forgetting

[Vin]

WHAT? I was only thinking earlier today how good Disney films used to be. They're all whiny crap these days. Jungle Book and Dumbo are both still brilliant. Of more modern films, Shrek and Monsters Inc I find enjoyable. Not that I watch many films at all these days, let alone kiddy films.

 

Not really film related, but heavily pregnant sister vin and my 3 year old niece stayed over for a few days last week. As always, niece pulls the Bagpuss and Trumpton DVDs out the stack to watch, which she did...We also watched 'Puffin Rock' on Netflix though which is lovely...

[Mr A Lawrence]

I like Jaguars.

 

The missus likes big pickup trucks.

 

Here's a compromise.

[Cavcraft]

I like petrol, my wife likes matches. That'd make a better compromise for that hideous heap of shit.

[cobblers]

The house I used to drive past on the way to work and go "Fuck me, I'd love to live there" has come up for sale. 

There's two workshops in the garden. Both are bigger in floorplan than the house. The garden is about 250m long.

I can afford it, my credit score is mint now because I've paid all the credit cards off and all that so I could get the mortgage. But.. I've got no deposit cos I didn't think I'd be moving for a while so dilly dallied about flogging my t25 this summer.

I need to pull 8k out of my arse incredibly quickly.

[xtriple]

Did you remember to tell them that with these chocolates they were spoiling you?

 

Strangely, yes I did ! Sent an e-mail with the quote from the advert... how sad am I?

[captain_70s]

The house I used to drive past on the way to work and go "Fuck me, I'd love to live there" has come up for sale. 

There's two workshops in the garden. Both are bigger in floorplan than the house. The garden is about 250m long.

I can afford it, my credit score is mint now because I've paid all the credit cards off and all that so I could get the mortgage. But.. I've got no deposit cos I didn't think I'd be moving for a while so dilly dallied about flogging my t25 this summer.

I need to pull 8k out of my arse incredibly quickly.

Take out a loan for "house improvements", little do the bank know your idea for a new kitchen is to move to a house with a different kitchen...

[AMC Rebel]

Modern children's films are brilliant.

 

Watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, at the moment, but it's just one of many; Hotel Transylvania, Cars, Toy Story, Madagascar, they're all hilarious.

 

Old children's films just aren't enjoyable as an adult, and I don't remember liking them much a child either.

 

Agreed - Chicken Run, Pirates and Scientists, The Shaun Movie, Close Shave, Wrong Trousers etc

 

Took my daughter to see Alice through the looking glass in the hols (she is and it was amazing - brill effects, fabulous sound and picture quality.

[AMC Rebel]

The house I used to drive past on the way to work and go "Fuck me, I'd love to live there" has come up for sale. 

There's two workshops in the garden. Both are bigger in floorplan than the house. The garden is about 250m long.

I can afford it, my credit score is mint now because I've paid all the credit cards off and all that so I could get the mortgage. But.. I've got no deposit cos I didn't think I'd be moving for a while so dilly dallied about flogging my t25 this summer.

I need to pull 8k out of my arse incredibly quickly.

 

 

Take out a loan for "house improvements", little do the bank know your idea for a new kitchen is to move to a house with a different kitchen...

 

My mate used his Visa card (for a deposit) - probably not what Martin Lewis would advise, but it worked and he now (several moves later) lives in a huge flip off mansion.  I bet there are even some 0% ones.

[Timewaster]

I once took out a home improvement loan.

 

My house was improved immensely by parking a nice car outside it.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Am I the only person in the world who's never seen Back to The Future?

 

I'm going to watch it last week.

[The Moog]

On way to hand over the Alfa, there was a rumble and these turned up.

 

The new ones are a bit meh, but older ones were nice. Was a bit fanboi action round them so didn't get a close up

[doobietoo]

A35 only failed the not-mot on brakes and rust.....could've been worse...

[dollywobbler]

A beautiful, sunny day here in Cymru, and we'll shortly be heading to my first eisteddfod. Proper Wales boyo!

[andy18s]

I like Jaguars.

The missus likes big pickup trucks.

Here's a compromise.

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Need something more practical...

[purplebargeken]

Alfa 156 Sport wagon. Lovely looking things.

 

Anyone got a leather interior??

[michael1703]

Drove my rover p4 from work to home the grand distance of 19 miles.

 

I've not driven it further than the odd mile from my workshop for years, once the brakes bedded in and I go the feel of it, it drove well.

 

Things to fettle, steering shit, new silencer is louder than having no exhaust and less ancient tyre would help too.

[Fat_Pirate]

I've been cleaning.  Did you know the Rover 75 was Autoshite car of the Year 2015?  How quickly we forget.  

 

[Bucketeer]

For the last week or so I've had a bunch of badgers snuffling around near my tent in the dark hours. Badgers are ace. Last night my personal Badgerwatch was followed by a dream featuring Kate Humble and not Chris Packham. Which was nice.

[Pillock]

I'd like to snuffle around Kate Humble's badger in the dark hours.

[cobblers]

[AMC Rebel]

My niece took me out for a practice drive (she is 17 and learning).  Hilariously, her Mum has been telling her a million things to do.  I just shut up and let her get on with it.  She's very good - better than many buffoons out there already driving.

[beko1987]

My niece took me out for a practice drive (she is 17 and learning).  Hilariously, her Mum has been telling her a million things to do.  I just shut up and let her get on with it.  She's very good - better than many buffoons out there already driving.

Ace!

 

I always wish I had more just random driving when I was learning. Stepdad has a company car, so I couldnt drive it on a provisional, so only had driving instructor time (and usually 20 minutes extra because I had a good mate who lived on his way home, so he would finish the lesson the other side of Wycome, then just tell me to drive, and he would only chip in if I was about to do something stupid, so I got 18 free miles to just about Reading out of him every time, nice chap.

 

When I bought my 206 on L plates, a mate who had been driving for over 3 years (the first of our circle of friends to pass) became a red driving instructor, so when he had his paperwork, but whilst revising for his driving instructor test, we went out every weekend. He would get me to tell him how I was taught, he would try shit out he thought of, and practise his lesson stuff, but I could just drive! Did over 200 miles a day, and he would just jump in if I got tired/it was quicker to blez down the motorway to home. Was far far more cost effective to brim up my 2.0HDI with derv than pay £24 an hour, the only pisser was he had to drive to mine first!

 

Had 2 more lessons then passed my test second time round after fucking up a double mini roundabout that I still hate now and just drive over the bastard, my mate loved that as he could teach me how to do it. It's notorious for pricks, I got beeped at for not moving, sat there with the indicator on waiting for a gap. Beep = instant fail). How was I to know you just nose out and hope the car about to not look right stops in time?

 

So do more of that, just let her drive with no supervision at all unless she's about to do something a bit silly.

 

The first weekend I passed he made me drive 50 miles up the M40 and back too, which helped ALOT. Mate packed the red stuff in after 4 years as 'it's a fucking joke, bastards' and now lives in australia.

[Pillock]

I've heard bad things about the Red driving school, mostly related to them promising much (£30k per year earnings!) and then maxing out your area with half a dozen instructors all clamouring for the same business. You weren't allowed to advertise yourself, had to  direct people towards Red who would then dish out the clients.

[beko1987]

That's pretty much what the issue was! He did wel lfor the first year, then it tailed off into nothing and I think his gran had to bail him out of his contract.

 

Was fun when he would drive to the pub in his car though. Pull up to a busy junction, get ready, revs rise, bite point creaking for the gap, there it is! Revs  balanced, handbrake off.......passenger side clutch down!

 

Infact him and another mate drove to bournemouth (me and someone else in the back, in a 3 door corsa FFS) with the drivers side doing the steering gears and accelerator, passenger side clutch and brakes. That was hilarious fun!

[jakebullet]

Recorded Kinky Girl on my phone dancing about in a silly manner. She says put it on a usb stick and bring it thru so she can watch it on tv. No problemo!

 

Wrong! I'd filmed it in portrait, and assumed android tv box thing would just show it in the middle of the screen. Instead it stretches to fit 16:9 with the result she looks like she's 3 foot tall, with 8 foot long arms. KG thought it was hilarious, which is a bonus as I was bracing for a twatting.

[dollywobbler]

I'm counting the minutes until someone makes a very obvious comment.

[cobblers]

Ed Balls