What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Christine]

Dreadful      

 

( nicked from ddk forum)

 

[SierraMikeHotel]

I haven't actually driven the Saab very much, apart from the trip to Ostend, and so I hadn't really bonded with it yet. I was even considering swapping it.

 

I did a really good A and B road blat last night though and loved every minute of it. Perfect weather, an interesting mix of roads, and I barely saw another car. Really, really good fun at the end of a bit of a stressful day.

[STUNO]

Hooray, shortest day today.

Hooray now it gets cold(er) and wet(ter).

[angle]

£29 delivered, double din touch screen stereo.

 

Who the fuck would buy this?

*whistles innocently*

 

 

(it was already in the car, but in fairness its not as terrible as you'd think)

[somewhatfoolish]

If you get 5 gold bars in row does the ashtray fill up with pound coins?

[Stanky]

Ah, interesting - I was looking at these very things yesterday. The Celica has a double-din slot in the dashboard and the Sony X-plod stereo is, ummm, uncooperative? I was looking at a replacement, but for the same price I could have this piece of shiny tat instead.

 

Am i right that it does normal FM radio, Bluetooth, music or video from an SD card or USB and a few others things but not GPS?

[angle]

I think that's right, yeah - I mostly use a USB stick or the aux input, but no AM radio and I don't think it has GPS. It's a bit fiddly to use, but it works well enough to drown out the rattly trim and wind noise where the drivers window doesn't close properly...

[cobblers]

I bought a cheap sleeping bag off amazon, and the manufacturers slogan really inspires a lot of confidence

[Guest Hooli]

The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.

[dozeydustman]

Furniture & bulky waste collections today. Made a pleasant change as not running around like an idiot in this poxy humid weather.

 

Collected 3 sofas from the Vicarage in Southbourne near Chichester. Vicar (a young hipster chap) comes out with a cup of tea for each of us, a plate of biscuits and a tin of coke each to drink later on.

 

He was also wearing a Ron Swanson t-shirt for added win.

 

A free tea & biscuits + Swanson cheered me up for we had a bad start to the day. Vicar was also a very nice bloke

[brandersnatch]

The latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.

Statistics also say that 78.53% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[meggersdog]

Had a Sierra shape P100 in for retest today.It's got a big old Truckman nudge bar on the front that looks like it's been used for purpose.Hand rollered khaki green and the tailgate chains are bare so when I stopped in the workshop it clanged loudly.James from Practicals walked by just at that moment."Oooh,look a P100" and starts taking photos.The noise from the chains made one of the mechanics nextdoor come round too.

 

Ha, we get some flash cars in here but an old shitbox of a pick up is here for a 15 minute retest and two people stop what they are doing to take phone photos.

[inconsistant]

You c***

 

YOU f***ing c***

[RoadworkUK]

It's only just occurred to me I should name my car Bridget. Because everybody says I should.

[Guest Hooli]

Just managed a set of 10 chest presses with 100kg on the bar. That was my target when I started gym again last October

[Spottedlaurel]

I was cruising home in the Laurel today when I saw a Renault 20 coming the other way. I'm 99.9% sure it was this one as previously photographed by Trigger: https://flic.kr/p/8T5dKS

 

Can't be many other brown A-reg 20s with alloy wheels, can there?

 

All those holidays in France, several thousand photos and no sign of a 20 yet, then I see one just a few miles from home.

[fordperv]

Saw this seamless arch repair earlier

 

[catsinthewelder]

The sign behind says it all

 

Daughter 1 was doing survival training yesterday and came home with a box of rations which I read before throwing out.

 

 

How thick are squaddies?

[somewhatfoolish]

The sign behind says it all

 

Daughter 1 was doing survival training yesterday and came home with a box of rations which I read before throwing out.

 

IMG_20180620_181137914.jpg

 

How thick are squaddies?

Thicker than a whale omlette(so I'm told); when the MoD buy new idiot-proof equipment the army always up the ante with a better quality of idiot capable of breaking it. The warning to not throw ammo on a fire sums it up.

[Richard]

The sign behind says it all

 

Daughter 1 was doing survival training yesterday and came home with a box of rations which I read before throwing out.

 

IMG_20180620_181137914.jpg

 

How thick are squaddies?

 

I don't know about squaddies but I have done nearly all the things that tells you not to do. I think I'd draw the line at throwing live ammo on a fire though.

[Guest Hooli]

Try yanks, they need 'this side towards enemy' on their claymore mines!

 

Oh and 'do not eat' on C4.

[DodgeRover]

Try yanks, they need 'this side towards enemy' on their claymore mines!

 

Oh and 'do not eat' on C4.

I wonder if C4 would pass through the body unchanged as it's pretty stable, if you put a detonator into the resulting turd would it explode?

Can someone ask on ARRSE please?

[Guest Hooli]

I wonder if C4 would pass through the body unchanged as it's pretty stable, if you put a detonator into the resulting turd would it explode?

Can someone ask on ARRSE please?

No idea but i'm told it smells of marzipan.

 

You ask that on Arrse and someone will try it!

[DodgeRover]

No idea but i'm told it smells of marzipan.

 

You ask that on Arrse and someone will try it!

Can you imagine the possible youtube advertising revenue....

[Guest Hooli]

As most made for YouTube stuff is utter shit it should do well.

[dome]

First track day in the MR2 achieved! Car was spot on, drivers need some work though...

[Stanky]

When I was a youth and went to music festivals we always bought army rations from the local army surplus shop to take with us and eat, they look a bit unappetising but everything tasted amazing, whether it was hot or cold. The chocolate pudding was really good, and they did another thing which was fruit dumplings in a sort of custard-y sauce.

 

One packet was always enough, I genuinely lolled at Nyphur's chocolate pudding binge!

[tobyd]

those clogged you up like a bastard for about a week though...

[DodgeRover]

those clogged you up like a bastard for about a week though...

Perfect for a 3 day festival then!

[gm]

First track day in the MR2 achieved! Car was spot on, drivers need some work though...

You've got the right lines, confidence will come with seat time. Thanks for letting me have a go in the mr2, that little car has a lot of potential, great fun