What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Sloth in a bowl]

At this rate we will just be xylophoning the jokes in.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

My gf just took her first look at autoshite over my shoulder.......

'No wonder you're a fucking weirdo' as she toddles off back to work.......

 

Thanks fellas.

[The Moog]

  On 27/04/2018 at 08:56, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

My gf just took her first look at autoshite over my shoulder.......

'No wonder you're a fucking weirdo' as she toddles off back to work.......

 

Thanks fellas.

Give it a month and she will be buying you roffle tickets

[beko1987]

You let her see? Silly man, she knows it exists now and keep an eye on you! See Six-cylinder and Mrs6c... The things Chris used to do and buy before she joined. Oops, shouldn't have said that. Ssshh

[Jim Bell]

  On 27/04/2018 at 08:56, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

My gf just took her first look at autoshite over my shoulder.......

 

Tell her to bongo and do something usefull.

[fordperv]

  On 27/04/2018 at 08:56, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

My gf just took her first look at autoshite over my shoulder.......

'No wonder you're a fucking weirdo' as she toddles off back to work.......

 

Thanks fellas.

Would she rather you watch porn instead?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Ba-doom-tish....

[Guest Hooli]

  On 26/04/2018 at 19:30, dollywobbler said:

Not enough swear words?

 

 

I like drums, they are easy enough to work on. Work well & give a decent handbrake.

[Jim Bell]

  On 27/04/2018 at 11:54, Hooli said:

I like drums, they are easy enough to work on. Work well & give a decent handbrake.

 

I dont get it.

[DVee8]

Duck tape repairs anything

 

[HillmanImp]

Jag just passed it's MOT with just a bit of seat mount weldage and payment to some nice men to replace the subframe mounts.

 

Cost me a fair bit to get the mounts changed but to have a legal car for another year it was a bit of a Steel (drum)

[MorrisItalSLX]

It makes me happy that bussinesses like this are still in buisiness:

 

http://www.autoshades.com.au/

 

I really want one now!

 

[dozeydustman]

  On 27/04/2018 at 08:27, Sloth in a bowl said:

At this rate we will just be xylophoning the jokes in.

 

 

I must marimba I got to get Mrs D's car MoT worthy this weekend. If the weather doesn't beat down.

[Inspector Morose]

Something something Glockenspiel something something hilarious.

[Kiltox]

Just had confirmation that the client want to extend my contract by another 6 months (and 2 weeks for some reason)

 

Might not still be grinning when they get word of the rate increase I’ve asked for and tell me to GTF

[Sloth in a bowl]

  On 27/04/2018 at 13:53, FPB7 said:

Something something Glockenspiel something something hilarious.

To the Germans, this rapid fire punning, is just gun & game.

[meggersdog]

alcyonecorporation carries out devastating raid on meggersdog's sweety jar

 

good to see you mate.

[mat_the_cat]

This evening I took the Stellar on my regular Friday 'trip into the nearest town for a takeaway', and received a double thumbs-up from a complete stranger, accompanied by a huge grin

[Parky]

Mike Brewer just liked one of my tweets!

 

So that's him, Mark Hamill, and Mark King from Level 42 covered. Just need a like from Kim Jong-Un and that's me done!

[D Spares & Tyres]

  On 26/04/2018 at 21:00, twosmoke300 said:

Drum brakes aren't too bad if you think about things a bit , do one side at a time for a pattern and it's not Vito handbrake shoes

Or Fiat Uno

 

I have seen a friend destroy some brand new Uno brake shoes with a hammer. Awkward bastards

[Timewaster]

  On 27/04/2018 at 21:56, D Spares & Tyres said:

Or Fiat Uno

I have seen a friend destroy some brand new Uno brake shoes with a hammer. Awkward bastards

[anorak on]

 

Fiat used those same brake shoes for about 30 years.

 

127, Panda, Uno, various Yugos all the same with those odd circular spring thingies.

 

AP LS1290 from memory.

 

[/anorak off]

[captain_70s]

Replacing the Dolly's brake shoes was refreshingly easy compared to the last time I had to deal with drums on a knackered Mk3 Transit van...

[AlabamaShrimp]

  On 27/04/2018 at 18:38, mat_the_cat said:

This evening I took the Stellar on my regular Friday 'trip into the nearest town for a takeaway', and received a double thumbs-up from a complete stranger, accompanied by a huge grin

Was it Jimmy Savilles ghost?

[The Moog]

  On 27/04/2018 at 22:12, Timewaster said:

[anorak on]

 

Fiat used those same brake shoes for about 30 years.

 

127, Panda, Uno, various Yugos all the same with those odd circular spring thingies.

 

AP LS1290 from memory.

 

[/anorak off]

Like you ever take that anaroak off....

[Timewaster]

I have various anoraks.

[artdjones]

  On 27/04/2018 at 22:12, Timewaster said:

[anorak on]

 

Fiat used those same brake shoes for about 30 years.

 

127, Panda, Uno, various Yugos all the same with those odd circular spring thingies.

 

AP LS1290 from memory.

 

[/anorak off]

They were friction self adjusters.

[DodgeRover]

  On 26/04/2018 at 15:08, dozeydustman said:

Stepdaughter's report card at Parents' Evening last night. She's doing entry level car mechanics. Very proud.

 

report card.jpg

 

Upper half is practical assessment (4 distinctions, 2 merits and 2 passes), bottom is the theory side. 2nd in the class overall with an average mark of 94% and is earmarked for an apprenticeship at the local VW dealer. I think she's going to make a bloody good mechanic when she's all growed up.

 

She's already said that drum brakes are "fucking awful fucking fuckers that can fuck off". Good girl!

 

EDIT - parents' evening was last week, we got the report card yesterday after she came home from college!

Well done to your daughter, I doubt she has discovered the joy of rebuilding calipers yet and the wonders of multiple sticking pistons

[Eddie Honda]

  On 28/04/2018 at 07:14, artdjones said:

They were friction self never adjusters.

FTFY

[Spottedlaurel]

Woohoo, Camry went pretty much straight through its MoT (apart from a number plate bulb).

 

Looks like I've done almost 2,500 miles in it since resurrecting it last year after the accident damage and being written-off in late 2013. Perhaps I should celebrate by getting the tailgate painted and twin rear wipers working this year?......

[sierraman]

On the train for a mammoth 520 mile round trip to collect a car I've never seen.

 

There is method in the madness though, incorporated it with a trip to visit my dear old mum.