What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[mattblack]

Got home from work in record time today, hardly anything on the road... I belive it may have had something to do with OMG!!FUTBALL!!!

[Albert Ross]

Made me smile too, until I hit roadworks..... with the "workers" reading the paper etc. Wankers.

[ashmicro]

Getting my neighbour's petrol strimmer working for him is making me smile. Not only does it now work, but it revs to about 15000 RPM. The smell and the noise of the two-stroker really took me back to my youth.

 

I made sure to return it ASAP as I was having evil thoughts about barrel&bore kits, 7th transfer ports etc!

[seth]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1289185/Navigators-gag-amuses-plane-spotters-fighter-jet-races-Snowdonia.html

[Minimad5]

The sound of a V8 RR Classic rumbling up my road (woman driver didn't look too bad neither)

[Station]

I now have a boot!

 

 

GR8.00001 4 RELAXIN 'N.

[Lord Sterling]

I dont usually have a lot smile about but for the first time in a while I have.

 

Had an insurance renewel letter from my current insurers drop on my door step today, bearing in mind I have been paying £500 this year for a classic policy. Opened letter from said insurer to see quote had jumped up to £2060

 

Got on the blower to them to see if it was some sort of joke, apparently I was no longer entitled to some sort of "scheme" (?) that allowed me to be on a classic policy Told them fuck off and I wasnt going to renew with them.

 

Shopping around got me nothing, classic insurers didnt seem interested, normal policies were £000s +

 

Suddenly I got a call from Lancaster (a few minutes before I tried to get an online quote) had a chat to one of thier advisors, who advised me on a few points and made ammendments. The quote for me then was, Fully comp, for the whole year £262 I'll have that!

 

Hopefully It'll be sorted by Monday as I need to pay the deposit, but hopefull if all goes through, I'll be one happy chap.

[Station]

I had a policy with Lancaster on my Porsche for 125 pounds. I think they're the best for classic insurance.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

i'm with some company or other whose name i've forgotted, i thnk its Richardson Hoskenm for £120 a year tpft whatevear shitbox im drivin

[Station]

They give out awards for everything in Ireland?!?!

 

[marcus]

A small article in that most esteemed publication 'The Loughborough Echo' yesterday:

[trigger]

My local paper had a the headline the other day, man electrocuted in electricity substation has been charged.

 

I'm grinning as I'm off to Newmarket nights this evening to watch Spandau Ballet and I'm in the premier area which mean vip treatment! (But I have to wear a suit )

[Station]

Bought a radio for £5 from the scrappy without a code. Went on the internet, posted the serial number and got a working code within 1/2 an hour for free! Yay!

[barrett]

Our local rag had this headline the other day

[Mr Lobster]

 

OM NOM NOM

[Lord Sterling]

Courtesy of 109landys I've been watching; a-to-b - Over the moon with a Cavalier. Felt sorry for the guy with the Maestro.

 

Thanks mate!

[seth]

  Mr Lobster said:

OM NOM NOM

Making me hungry! NOM NOM NOM OM NOM!

[chester drawers]

Karma. This afternoon I followed a newish A6 3.0 TDI along the dual carriageway. As you might expect the twat tailgated between the speed cameras. On and off the brakes and throttle intimidating everyone out of his way. This went on for a couple of miles or so. Until he closed up on what started life as a base model MKI Astra. You could almost hear A6 man sneering at the shite in front of him.

 

Astra man did not move. He built up TDI man’s frustration for just the right amount of time before taking off like a scalded cat. TDI man attempted to give chase but his attempts were futile. Astra man backed off and repeated the exercise another couple of times by which time TDI man’s ego was sufficiently bruised to give up.

 

XE and LET conversions aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but they ain’t half effective

[Tayne]

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[warren t claim]

I'm happy 'cos it's Friday, I've just been payed, I spent a few hours with Claim jr and I'm now getting pissed.

[Minimad5]

Mark - what happened to quitting the drink ?

 

Remember what the doctor said

Glad you got to see the little dude, hope all is well

[warren t claim]

The doctor said alcohol was empty calories. I beg to differ as every one of them is full of delicious goodness! Besides I don't drink as often as I would like to 'cos I've been working hard for the last month and turning up to work with a hangover or still pissed from the night before is not an option.

[Minimad5]

You know them guys who think they are amazing and better than you because they seem to have more costly posessions and in general have a shitty attitude ?

 

.... well i have the displeasure of knowing someone like that and it makes me happy to say ..

 

THE CUNTS MOTORBIKE GOT HIT AGAIN !!!

Karma is a lovely thing sometimes.

 

For anyone worrying ... he was not on the bike at the time

[Cavcraft]

This is still my favourite gif. on the whole of the interwebz...

 

[ashmicro]

Shoehorning a Merc 2 litre supercharged lump into my Rover, and converting it to RWD

 

 

 

Just kidding!

[RedSparrow]

 

After a hard week, this evening will be spent drinking cider in a seafront bar.

[Pillock]

I worked a long, long week at work. So much so that I'd done 37 hours by Thursday, and given that there's no budget to pay me overtime and I don't do nuffink for free, I worked two more hours to make my weekly quota up and then didn't turn in yesterday.

 

As such, I think it's Sunday today - this is good, as I'll have a lovely surprise tomorrow! It also meant I could pleb around in the week, go shopping for nice clothes, chill out whilst everyone was at work. Lovely.

 

Today though, my friend is playing a gig. It's at someone's house, which sounded suss, although there's room to camp and I'm assured it's big enough that it doesn't need directions, just turn up in the village and you'll find it. It's a ska gig, he's not played to an audience for 6 year or something, and it's going to be great to see him doing something he loves, but (quite serious) circumstances have prevented him from doing.

 

I'm also getting out of the rut that is a relationship, finishing. Things are looking up, I'm enjoying being me, and other people are starting to apparently see me return to 'normal'. Good times.

[Cavcraft]

Good news Pillock, hopefully things will work out very well for you. Not averse to a bit of ska music myself, is he on Youtube or owt like that?

[Pillock]

It will be shortly, I was videoing last night! Just gotta wait for someone to transfer it to the computer... was a great gig though, just a big garden party with a bar in the corner, a pizza oven and couple of hundred people.

[RedSparrow]

Mates birthday yesterday. We all got cidered up and swam in the sea under the moonlight at 4am. Made me happy!