What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[D Spares & Tyres]

Where do you generally stand with garages (or builders) fucking things up?

 

A local garage snapped a glowplug they were changing on one of the Transit vans at work.  They phoned up to ask if it would be OK to take the head off to get it out.  I said no, we would live with 3 as it is going soon.  The van is only 3 and a half years old FFS surely we shouldn't be putting up with that shit.  We did put up with this as they are far more competent than the last garage.

 

If I fuck up a job for a customer I will fix it for free.  This isn't to say that all jobs are finished on time and on budget,  sometimes things take longer because the wood is rotten behind the paint or you dig down to find unexpected concrete.

Undoing a glow plug is a simple job. A child could do it. If it snapped then its the poxy vans fault. Have a heart

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Oh totally! Utterings were had about the husband having too many cars too

 

Reminds me of "Aunty Wainwright" in Last Of The Summer Wine. Nobody came out of her shop without having "bought" something.....

[chaseracer]

I'm on the train to work just now, the conductor has just announced "ladies and gentlemen, we apologise for the late running of this train today, the reason for this is a streaker was running through the tunnels at haymarket"

 

Maister Flower on shift again...? 

[drum]

The reason I've moved into the countryside.

 

Good for the soul after a crap day at work.

 

I had to stop this morning and take a pic.

[sierraman]

Got back on good terms with my brother, we fell out some time ago over something really minor. Things over the past week made us think what a bloody silly thing it was to bust up. If I've learnt anything in the past week its that times too precious commodity.

[MorrisItalSLX]

I went looking in my shed for some tail light bulbs and found a heap, even some NOS ford ones



I also found a life time supply of 30 amp fuses



I've never even heard of Australux

[The Moog]

We have working heating... Very happy bunny. Plus was £100 less than had budgeted for.

[Tickman]

We have working heating... Very happy bunny. Plus was £100 less than had budgeted for.

Extra £100 in the car fund then?

[puddlethumper]

^^ Or a lorra roffle tickets.

[Guest Hooli]

We have working heating... Very happy bunny. Plus was £100 less than had budgeted for.

 

£100? that's a dozen mopeds!

[Guest Hooli]

Main grin for the day is having booked tickets for this, I've always wanted to see jousting. It's a proper sport unlike all the modern shite (all sports are shite after 1486 etc)

 

https://royalarmouries.org/events/calendar/2018-03-30/easter-tournament-2018

[rainagain]

Haven't watched the youtube vid, but it boils my piss to see "safety" covers shoved in 3-pin sockets. I know the boffins in the 40s already thought about it.

 

NO NEED!

 

http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk

 

This for me too, especially in public buildings. Those things should be made illegal.

[rainagain]

Sorry if we have already had this one.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zeBIxI7n1I&sns=em

 

 

This video complies with our intetests!

Wow what great ingenuity, thanks for posting

[Guest Hooli]

I know this will make a load of you weridos grin...

 

[DeeJay]

I don't know what I'm looking at but you are right.

[Guest Hooli]

I don't know what the transporter is, but pretty sure that's a Trabant on the back.

[Datsuncog]

Barkas transporter... that's quite the Commie combo there.

[DeeJay]

Didn't think it would take long, cheers. 

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm sorry they make me put it in bottles

 

 

 

 

(I got some it's like weird thin mayonnaise)

[vulgalour]

That looks like it's trying to be gravy, as in biscuits and gravy. No, not Hobnobs and Bisto, it's more like... savoury scones and a seasoned white sauce.

[DodgeRover]

Accepted an offer on our house, had our offer accepted for our new place. Everything crossed it all goes smoothly!

[alf892]

Mrs Alf is away for the weekend. She looks after me really well and makes sure I eat healthily.

 

Just had sausage, egg and chips. Sausages fried.........and the eggs fried in the sausage fat.

 

Non nom.......

[richardmorris]

The reason I've moved into the countryside.

Good for the soul after a crap day at work.

I had to stop this morning and take a pic.

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That’s a lovely location.

[bramz7]

Only came across a Tipo in Harry Bucklands today. Took the grille, rear lights, weirdly pristine parcel shelf, rear wiper and speaker grilles for £20.

 

I love that place.

[Saabnut]

A dual grin today. Started off with the ebay buyer of my MR2 turning up at the agreed time,  paid up and took it away. Another parking space! Followed this up with a fresh MOT on the Saab 9-3 Sportwagen. Had this car in regular hack duties for 7 years now, a new record for me!

[eddyramrod]

Got back on good terms with my brother, we fell out some time ago over something really minor. Things over the past week made us think what a bloody silly thing it was to bust up. If I've learnt anything in the past week its that times too precious commodity.

I've spent the last 18 months rebuilding relations with my sister after 20 years of ignoring/avoiding each other.  We're all the blood-relations each other has left so we've managed to agree that life's too short.  We are having brother-sister "dates" in order to make some new, nice, memories.  I do often feel like I'm walking on eggs a bit (and I'm very good at trampling them) but it's worth the effort.

 

In other news, I was late finishing work today because I had to take a delivery to Bowness, and the A592 is closed so there's a diversion.  So why is this a Grin?  Because I went to work in the Cadillac this morning, a Grin in itself; but also, my van was in need of an Italian tune-up, as all it does is go 5 miles at a time, meaning it never really gets up to temp.  The diversion sent me all the way to Kendal and into Windermere which is beyond Bowness, and back the same way.  Quite a lot of that is dual carriageway and when traffic's light, these are gorgeous roads.  Not that I saw much of the scenery, as I was trying to see what speeds I could do in each gear.... within the law obviously officer!*  Let's just say, my Transit has well and truly had its lungs cleared.

Excellent "crusty camper" in Windermere too, no photo as I was driving.

[myglaren]

I'm sorry they make me put it in bottles

 

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(I got some it's like weird thin mayonnaise)

Weird coincidence that this was brought up on ARRSE today too

[AlabamaShrimp]

That looks like it's trying to be gravy, as in biscuits and gravy. No, not Hobnobs and Bisto, it's more like... savoury scones and a seasoned white sauce.

Could be but it's just a bit weird. Which is probably why so much was on the shelf really cheap.

[hairnet]

I'd hump that

 

Near Allentown Pennsylvania ( the one billy Joel sang about)

 

The truck

 

Can't remember the others

 

The black is oddly far from home and had done 29 k we do that in a year

 

Comfy but even at legal speed it's doing less than 35 mpg auto but mega sensitive kickdown

[clayts450]

Looking back at your car after parking up and muttering to self "I fucking love you, car"

 

 

How many modernz owners look back at their car ?