What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[anonymous user]

Ah no then, at 9pm I was doing this

 

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I know how to live on a Friday night!

 

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Beko, is that your special test carpet?

[Alan_Green]

Gotta love Africa! And no, it's not an April Fool, even though the robot is sited on "Hilarious Avenue".

 

[beko1987]

Beko, is that your special test carpet?

Afraid not. It was brand new 2 years ago it's had kids and me since then. Its coming up this year, back to the laminate underneath. It was only down so Charlie didn't brain himself as he learnt to walk

[beko1987]

"and this is the number you call when it doesn't start one day in 2 gears time because it's utterly fucking fucked itself madam"

 

[Alfamale]

So for a while I’ve been wanting more garage space. I have access to two rented garages and a 20ft shipping container at work but these are all just basically storage.

 

The parents have quite a big plot for their house and as they spend an increasing amount of time abroad as they start to wind down to retirement can’t really be bothered with all the maintenance needed. Last year, my dad and I hatched a plan for the side of the house that involved extending the drive and building a double garage to the side.

 

A good mate of mine is a landscape gardener and could only do the work in the off season when he was quiet. Ground works were finished in March and then on Thursday the garage got put up. It’s sectional so won’t be rthe dryest of places but it’s huge, 22ft 3 by 16ft 3.

 

I’ve spent the last few days putting up the lighting, loads of LED batterns that give a good spread of light, put loads of sockets in around the sides, installed a PVC door to the side and laid a rubber floor matting. A mate is coming to link the distribution board to the main board and test everything before it goes live.

 

Going to rearrange the fleet so that I can work on the BMW 2000 and have easy access to Delta so that will get used much more this summer. Happy days!

[busmansholiday]

The look on Mrs BMH's face after I unpacked the few clothes she needs for a couple of nights away in the van ( I don't know what the weather will be like) and I commented " Would it be easier in future if I fitted a set of wheels and a towbar to your wardrobe?".

[wuvvum]

Coming out of the Kings Lynn auction this afternoon and this beauty was parked outside.

 

 

The photo actually flatters it considerably - it really was as rough as a badger's arse.  It was like I'd fallen asleep and woken up in 1989.

 

 

 

[SiC]

Christ. If the camera flatters it, it must be an absolute shed on wheels.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....It was like I'd fallen asleep and woken up in 1989 1979.

 

EFA.

 

Despite its evident crustiness, it looks remarkably complete on this side. Even the original wheelcovers are there.

[Mr A Lawrence]

A woman is sitting at her deceased husband’s funeral. A man leans in to her and asks, “Do you mind if I say a word?”.

 

“No, go right ahead”, the woman replies.

 

The man stands, clears his throat, says “Plethora”, and sits back down.

 

“Thanks”, the woman says, “that means a lot”

[andy18s]

Popped into town yesterday,which always gives a few piccy opportunities

[HillmanImp]

Spotted at Leeds market yesterday.

 

[Mr A Lawrence]

Marshmelouse is the new craze sweeping Yorkshire.

 

Considerably better than the last sweeping craze that involved injecting drugs directly in to the mouth.

 

Known locally as E by gum.

[rantingYoof]

Are we going to ignore that Brava's camber or what?

 

:shock:

[DodgeRover]

Bubs trike thread, not only for that fact it has mad Bub happy but also for the 2 pages ignoring the matt black elephant in the room and discussing the number plate

[cort16]

There's some god awful places to stay in airbnb but I think this caravan in a tree above a scrap yard takes the biscuit

 

 

 

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/2721279

[anonymous user]

I would stay there, do they allow dogs?

[Guest Hooli]

There's some god awful places to stay in airbnb but I think this caravan in a tree above a scrap yard takes the biscuit

 

 

 

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/2721279

 

 

£17 a night though, I'd be very tempted to try it once.

[MorrisItalSLX]

I wouldn't have a shag in there for fear of falling off your perch!

 

(Also, it would be impossible to get a girl in there)

[fordperv]

(Also, it would be impossible to get a girl in there)

That's what rohypnol was invented for

[Skut]

Crossing the North Esk bridge near St Cyrus saw a blue Imp holding up a new Mustang.

 

Quite fitting considering the mismanagement Mopar muscle car supremos meted out to it.

[Sloth in a bowl]

The Wizzkid has sparks and fuel and very bad timing, but it fecking goes.

[skattrd]

Quick snap of the fleet, currently re-locating to skattrd_acres.

4 of the 5 pictured are road legal as well, although the Espace has running issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[busmansholiday]

Driving into Scarborough this afternoon and winding down the windows on the Ducato so the sound of the Fiat diesel was drowned out by the exhaust notes from the Aston Martin Vanquish in front and the McLaren in front of that.

[purplebargeken]

Yesterday, because sunshine I saw a weird looking 4x4 soft top on the A10. Got closer, it was a soft top Evoque or whatever it's called (you know the happy Mrs Beckham one). 

 

It was the most gopping abortion of shite ever. I mean it was fucking horrible and not in a good Autoshite sort of way. The two persons in the car needed to have been on many, many high quality illicits to have even considered themselves to be in any way cool.

[beko1987]

Just had the last of the parts from the old blue laguna collected and paid for! It's officially gone now. Rip yt55enp

[Guest Hooli]

Yesterday, because sunshine I saw a weird looking 4x4 soft top on the A10. Got closer, it was a soft top Evoque or whatever it's called (you know the happy Mrs Beckham one). 

 

It was the most gopping abortion of shite ever. I mean it was fucking horrible and not in a good Autoshite sort of way. The two persons in the car needed to have been on many, many high quality illicits to have even considered themselves to be in any way cool.

 

They wouldn't even make a good skip unlike most convertibles would they?

[SiC]

I've always thought that a JLR designer picked up their child's Barbie toy car and thought "this would make a great car".

[Tayne]

Just found American Grafitti on Netflix.

[xtriple]

Dropped my phone on Friday (that wasn't a grin moment at all) and smashed the screen to shitrags, plus it keeps switching itself off and is generally unhappy. I am on a brilliant deal with Talkmobile (£7.50 a month for unlimited texts, 500 data 500 mins of calls and a phone) and I know they are going over to Vodafone so new deals were bound to be worse.

 

I had to ring them today as the phone is dying by the minute and expected a good spanking, but no, same deal, more or less the same price (subsidised by 50% as a loyal Talkmobile customer    ) and a new phone will be here tomorrow. Cheered my right up did that