What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[fordperv]

Got to say Halfords lifetime guarantee is ace, I twisted a T55 socket undoing some stupid tight headbolts with a scaff bar and have generally abused my 3/8 ratchet and they swapped both tonight without a seconds hesitation with no receipt nonsense

This reminds me I must pop into my local branch, I found my big set has 2x 20mm 1/2 drive sockets in instead of having a 20mm and 21mm

[MorrisItalSLX]

One for all the maths people, identify this function:

 

[M'coli]

Well...it's not complete unless it =0 then it's a cubic polynomial and it's got 1 root or three roots...

[MorrisItalSLX]

Well...it's not complete unless it =0 then it's a cubic polynomial and it's got 1 root or three roots...

 

f(x)=0 because its the general formula

[STUNO]

How we used to get condoms in 1970

 

 

And other goods.....

 

 

I actually knew the Rotorua advertiser in later years but never bought anything but a fake Rolex from him.

[STUNO]

What old rubbish can you see ...1970... ?

 

 

 

[phil_lihp]

That Commer van looks delighted at having its photo taken.

[CanaryinManc]

I love these old photos. The small saloon heading towards the camera behind the Aussie Cortina GT lookalike has me stumped. Bit like a Simca 1000 or NSU Prinz but don't think it's either.
 

[AlabamaShrimp]

Been freezing my nasty off the last three days delivering letters.

 

Today it's so warm I'm sat in the garden

[Datsuncog]

I love these old photos. The small saloon heading towards the camera behind the Aussie Cortina GT lookalike has me stumped. Bit like a Simca 1000 or NSU Prinz but don't think it's either.

 

Looks fairly like a Simca 1000 - but agreed, the indicators and overriders don't quite seem to match pics of any 1000 I can find.

 

 

 

Possibly a NZ assembled version with some slight variations, to allow for local content?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Looks fairly like a Simca 1000 - but agreed, the indicators and overriders don't quite seem to match pics of any 1000 I can find.

 

post-2915-0-49572500-1518755956 Crop.jpg  Simca-1000.jpg

 

Possibly a NZ assembled version with some slight variations, to allow for local content?

 

Apparently it is a Simca 1000, probably built around 1962.

[bub2006]

Nice new car,nice weather and lovely views.

[John F]

^ isn't that a bit new for this website?

[bub2006]

Well I put the post on moderns but it made me grin so hey ho! If I get told to fuck off that's fine but I want a little something to go right for me for once that's why I went for a brand new car.

[John F]

Well I put the post on moderns but it made me grin so hey ho! If I get told to fuck off that's fine but I want a little something to go right for me for once that's why I went for a brand new car.

 

Brand new is no guarantee of reliability bub, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

[Tamworthbay]

Then it isn’t bubs problem and the garage can sort it.

 

Nice one Bub, hope it’s all you want mate.

[bub2006]

Thing is it's a motability car so a lot of stress is lifted off my shoulders worrying about repairs, insurance costs etc.

[eddyramrod]

You won't see me carping about you going for a Motability car Bub, that's exactly what we intend to do when the Blob reaches the end.  Top contender at the moment is Mazda CX3, because we need to be able to carry a wheelchair, and we need an auto box with "enough" petrol engine.

[bub2006]

From what I've seen it's not so much the size of the engine but the power output these days. The 1.4 in mine is 150 bhp which is same as the 2.0tdi

[fordperv]

Saw the south african import 3.0 v6 cortina that lives inside a car parts shop actually being driven, mrs fp was quick on the draw to snap a picture before it passed by

 

[Parky]

Made it to France and back to retrieve Parkette who was suffering on a school trip. Came home to find she had a £25 win on the premium bonds and Mrs P got a couple of hundred refund cheque from the inland revenue!

 

Have started new co tract and immediately another old colleague wants a chat about doing some stuff for him too so I might be fully engaged in the next week or so.

 

And finally I saw this in a front garden in Upminster nearby - looks like a 1.3s that failed its last MOT in March 2010. Tempted to pop a note through the door!

[eddyramrod]

That's good news!  How is Parkette now?

[xtriple]

Having had a grump about micro blister on the Mazda yesterday, today I have a grin about it. I have managed to get rid of about 90% of them by heating the area with a towel soaked in boiling water and left on the area, repeat a few times. Not completely gone, but good enough even for a fussy twat like me. Did involve a bit of rubbing action which fealt a bit like work but hey, can't have everything!

[DodgeRover]

Made it to France and back to retrieve Parkette who was suffering on a school trip. Came home to find she had a £25 win on the premium bonds and Mrs P got a couple of hundred refund cheque from the inland revenue!

 

 

Has the school got cover to pay for this eventuality - after all it was their failure to provide the appropriate staff that led to you having to retrieve her yourself? What would they have done if you couldn't have got her?

My kids aren't going on the France trip as their school isn't competent to look after a pet rabbit let alone kids in a foreign country.

[Parky]

Has the school got cover to pay for this eventuality - after all it was their failure to provide the appropriate staff that led to you having to retrieve her yourself? What would they have done if you couldn't have got her?

My kids aren't going on the France trip as their school isn't competent to look after a pet rabbit let alone kids in a foreign country.

This is something under discussion. The school are claiming we hadn't made them aware of Parkettes issues (basically yeah we have her file but hadn't read it) but to be honest getting her home and settled was the priority. I will consider if it is worth pursuing any sort of refund, I suspect it is pointless and I can't see turning the college tutors against her will help her future grades shall we say.....

 

EDDY - yup, she is much happier now. Being back in her usual surroundings helps heaps. Sometimes she copes so well we kind of forget her issues until one day they make themselves very much known again. This week was one of those times sadly.

[DodgeRover]

Parky I'm sorry for you and Parkette jnr, having to deal with the situation, not that that really helps

[Parky]

Ah no worries. 16 years of being the parent of an autistic child, shit like this is pretty much water of a ducks back!

[hairnet]

Nigel Slater doing a cooking visiting thing in Iran

 

405s everywhere

 

His taxi driver invited him for dinner

 

Slater in the back of a 405

[Stanky]

I seem to have developed a stomach ulcer. This is far from grin-worthy.

 

I drink to relax, it is very very rare I don't have a few beers or cans of cider or a bottle of wine in the evening. I'm probably dependent but whatevZ. I cannot drink any of these drinks it seems without the ulcer taking serious umbrage and putting me in agonizing pain for the entire evening and most of the night. Again, not grin worthy material.

 

However, I read on an NHS web page that while cider, beer and wine making it hurt like mad (yeah, I'd gathered); spirits do not.

 

So here I am with a bottle of rum, to sip without very much pain at all! I even got myself a mini bottle of Kraken rum that I'm about to try. Hooray! I can still drink!

[busmansholiday]

Tell me I'm sinical or sarcastic, but for the life of me I cannot remember ever seeing free range sausages roaming the fields anywhere.