What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Lord Sterling]

I do like the have a conversation with the people that ring from random call centres.

Just had another one. Decided on the very fast generic Irish accent this time.

You must be a bit like me then, I love accents and attempting to do them. As I usually travel all over the country I do try, if I'm good enough, to do the accent I try to tone it down and not overly egg the accent.

[loserone]

So let's assume for the moment that I have more money than sense (I have, even though I have no money at all, lol) and decided to replace the Blob with a Leaf.  The Blob does most of our long-distance work, like going to Inverness to see the grandsons.  350 miles each way, which we consider a full driving-day in each direction.  How long would the journey take in the Leaf if we have to stop and recharge (assuming that's even possible along the interminable A9) every 70-ish miles???????

 

There's some clues in my leafy thread about my thoughts on long distant leafing.

 

Thankfully we have (or at least, had until 7am) an ICE for that kind of work.  Now we're potentially looking for a car again.  Maybe I should get a 'Huggy'?

[loserone]

Current thinking is a 2.5 or 3.0H6 legacy / outback. Glug glug!

[Tamworthbay]

Today the postman is mostly delivering....

They are bloody gorgeous! (Massive thanks to Chancer!)

[richardmorris]

What, has he brought Wheatabix?

String.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42338067

[dollywobbler]

I dare anyone to say this place is crap at the moment. Everywhere you look there are epic threads, and some ridiculous winter beaters of distinction. I'm sure it's not long until the moaners start up about it being much better in 1984, but hey, let's enjoy the good times!

[Guest Hooli]

String.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42338067

 

That did make me laugh when I read it.

[Tamworthbay]

What do I win?Ben

DVD box set of X factor featuring every episode ever that won’t turn off once you press play

[Captain Furious]

Grin = it’s 10 full days until Xmas and I’ve done all my shopping! A situation that has hitherto been unknown

 

I’ve finally made good on the promise to myself to be organised for once

[DodgeRover]

Why would I press play on that?

 

Ben

It's labelled as "Debbie Does Dallas"

[seth]

I totally outpaced a Pagani Zonda while driving down Park Lane today.  Left him way, way behind. 

 

I don't think I went faster than 20mph but his lane choice was repeatedly rubbish.  To be fair I suppose his field of vision is probably more limited than a '60s estate car's.

[loserone]

Tools for the job

[Roobarb]

Today was my last day at work until 2018.

 

Off on a flight with the kiddo to see my folks in Dublin tomorrow (for a week at theirs in the south of Ireland) and then back for home (well the US) for Christmas with the wife.

 

Only two presents left to buy.

Other than the packing and the 4hr lay over in Newark (shivers) life I grrrrrrreat!

[Noel Tidybeard]

It all kicked off at work in our depot the other day. Some total twunt had parked a Sprinter across the electric car charge points (car park is too small by far to be fair and vans should be the priority for parking really but still). Some of the managers have EV's and PHEV's so we're mightily pissed off they couldn't charge up. Worse, nobody could find who the van driver was or where he was so it couldn't be moved.

Stupid really but there you go.

 

when did you go back to move the splinter?

[beko1987]

"we're having a decorations war in the office, you 2 have to join in..."

 

Fine

 

[kinkersaab]

That carpet looks like it would make me walk funny to aviod falling over on it, like lots of escalators going in different directons....

[Supernaut]

"we're having a decorations war in the office, you 2 have to join in..."

 

Fine

 

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Not good enough, you let some of the tinsel onto your side of the desk!

[beko1987]

That carpet looks like it would make me walk funny to aviod falling over on it, like lots of escalators going in different directons....

Some of the tiles are flipped too, if this were pistonheads it would be in the 'what makes your teeth itch' thread, but we don't have one of those because are better than that

[beko1987]

Not good enough, you let some of the tinsel onto your side of the desk!

Gareth flipped that off as soon as he came in, it obscured the hidden message on our little sign

[dollywobbler]

Hold on,  we've got another slartibartfast now?!

[beko1987]

Yep, Beko flounced off so I nicked his avatar...

[chodweaver]

Returning home from a gig last night at about 2am, twenty minutes of impressive snow storm had turned all the estate roads around chez chod to a full on, no salt Swedish FIA rally stage. Much handbrake/dab of oppo fun was incongruously had in Mrs CW's automatic driving school corsa (complete with extra door mirrors and dual controls). Haven't had so much fun in years.

 

 

It is fully my intention that Mrs CW will remain unaware of this juvenile behaviour.

 

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[Cavcraft]

Not my picture, not my dog (on the right) 

 

 

 

[beko1987]

Returning home from a gig last night at about 2am, twenty minutes of impressive snow storm had turned all the estate roads around chez chod to a full on, no salt Swedish FIA rally stage. Much handbrake/dab of oppo fun was incongruously had in Mrs CW's automatic driving school corsa (complete with extra door mirrors and dual controls). Haven't had so much fun in years.

 

 

It is fully my intention that Mrs CW will remain unaware of this juvenile behaviour.

 

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A friend of mine had a dual control learner car when he joined Red for a few years. The hilarity we had dumping the clutch as he pulled out of a busy junction on the way home from the pub, or as he waited on a hill etc (he didn't drink).

[chodweaver]

One of my sister's boyfriends, wag that he was, enjoyed surreptitiously knocking her Prelude out of gear when she wasn't looking.

 

(I believe he's now in the slammer for armed robbery.)

 

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[Supernaut]

One of my sister's boyfriends, wag that he was, enjoyed surreptitiously knocking her Prelude out of gear when she wasn't looking.

 

(I believe he's now in the slammer for armed robbery.)

 

[Honey Badger]

Harry from harrys garage has done an update video on his manual V12 XJC, it's worth watching just for the noise of the V12.

 

11:30 onward is worth skipping to, just have tissues handy.

 

[FakeConcern]

When I got in this evening this was sitting on the doormat thanks to Hooli.........

 

 

...............following a post I made in Techy Corner

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

Glad it arrived.

[fordperv]

Saw a couple of performance motors out and about today in the lovely slippy conditions

 

 

This I took a picture of because of its rough and ready appearance, if you look closely you can see its door bottoms are rusty and a few other bits and it's damaged bumper, I was like it, part of me is hoping it has 500bhp and the owner keeps it looking tatty to take the pee out of people when they race it