What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Lankytim]

Ive actually got a fully functioning washing machine in the scrap pile to weigh in... Maybe I should chuck a brick into it and destroy it!!!

[pogweasel]

Although that washing machine shit was lolworthy, please don't kill them unneccessarily.

I only say this because ours has spazzed up and I have run out of socks and nearly out of grits.

I have taken it to bits twice and still none the wiser. A man is coming to fix it.

[Lord Sterling]

Someone messaging me on youtube the link to this old Keep Britian Tidy PIF after I posted up a plea for it. Ok its not a very good copy, but its the one PIF I've been wanting to see for a while now.

 

Not much has made me smile for a while as you can probably tell.

[Spottedlaurel]

I could post on the grumpy thread about washing machines, but it's too boring.

 

More pleasingly, mum and stepdad have just turned up with four big boxes of old Nissan and Autodata manuals for me. They're from former Datsun/Nissan dealer Jim Howlett from Sudbury who knew of me through stepdad (who'd bought a number of Datsuns from him over the years and also done odd bits of building work for him). There may be more stuff to come too - excellent!

 

Be great to have a chat with him and see what he remembers about selling them back in the day, as unlike many dealers he obviously has a degree of sentimentality about what he sold (otherwise he wouldn't have remembered about me and bothered passing this stuff on).

 

Also they've turned up with a working CRT TV that a neighbour was about to chuck away - it'll probably last better than the modern JVC which went wrong after two years, the only brand new TV we've ever bought. In the manner of an old set with valves, we have to let it warm up for half an hour...

[Pete-M]

Just cleaning the windows on the Jag, next door neighbour (who's not said anything much to me for the 2 years they've been there, they're the ones who get the V8 burble from the Rovers at 3am..) is backing out of his drive, obviously looking at the Jag.

 

Twatted straight into his wife's car.

 

I had to stop myself from giggling, especially when he pulled back into his driveway, then back out and very nearly twatted it again.

 

He stopped as he was passing, wound down his window, grinned and said "I don't know why she parks it there..."

 

Fair play to the guy, he's just twatted his wife's 58 plate Mazda with his '09 plate Megane and he's still smiling.

[Cavcraft]

Holidays.

Just back from a week away and, despite lack of turbo on the car and the bit in the grumpy thread, it was fucking ace.

Didn't think about work once, lost track of what day was what and spent some much needed chilling time with the missus and kids. Played (and lost at) the GR835T of holiday sports ever (crazy golf), spent shit loads of money on automotive tat in £1 shops and got 300 miles on half a tank of dizzle in the Pisshat.

Even being (almost) forced to watch some nuggets from BGT and X Factor didn't spoil things.

 

Random shite spottings included two very tidy standard Allegros, a yellow special edition (SE6?) Calibra and enough shagged out old Rovers to fill Longbridge fifty times over amongst others.

[Pillock]

it'll probably last better than the modern JVC which went wrong after two years, the only brand new TV we've ever bought. In the manner of an old set with valves, we have to let it warm up for half an hour...

Capacitors in the power supply are bulging at a guess. It's about a quids worth of parts to fix it from Maplin, and they're proper shizzle- none of this surface-mount nonsense so you can fix it with a regular soldering iron.

 

Whip the back off, find the power supply, the top of the capacitors should be perfectly flat. If they're rounded, they're about to pop, swap 'em. Common issue, especially on Samsungs, not that I know anyone who makes a lot of cash buying "dead" Samsungs on eBay and spending a quid and 10 minutes to get them working.....

[brammy777]

Seeing this:

made me smile. Good to see its in good condition still, plus I think theyve replaced the front bumper and had it tidied up. Im so going to get it back, thank god its stayed local. The original dealer sticker has gone though, sadly.

[Pillock]

A Transit??

[sporty-shite]

Just cleaning the windows on the Jag, next door neighbour (who's not said anything much to me for the 2 years they've been there, they're the ones who get the V8 burble from the Rovers at 3am..) is backing out of his drive, obviously looking at the Jag.

 

Twatted straight into his wife's car.

 

I had to stop myself from giggling, especially when he pulled back into his driveway, then back out and very nearly twatted it again.

 

He stopped as he was passing, wound down his window, grinned and said "I don't know why she parks it there..."

 

Fair play to the guy, he's just twatted his wife's 58 plate Mazda with his '09 plate Megane and he's still smiling.

Is this the house next to your drive? That wife looked pretty tidy when I was there the other day

[brammy777]

Hahaha I knew someone would say that. No its actually the 307 SW just behind..

Ive actually seen the Impreza alot recently, the other week it was parked up when I was in a Driving lesson, and I nearly crashed into it just because of pure shock.

[mattblack]

Spent a pleasent afternoon strippng and cleaning the spare Sceptre dash, door cappings and centre console fillets I bought on ebay a few weeks ago. Although they're not perfect, they're 1000X better than the current ones, which somone appears to have re-varished with a sweeping brush...

[CIH]

 

I really hated this film when it was new (especially Adam Sandler) but right now I love it.

[Pete-M]

 

Fair play to the guy, he's just twatted his wife's 58 plate Mazda with his '09 plate Megane and he's still smiling.

Is this the house next to your drive? That wife looked pretty tidy when I was there the other day

Yeah, she is pretty cute isn't she...

[Lord Sterling]

Ive actually seen the Impreza alot recently, the other week it was parked up when I was in a Driving lesson, and I nearly crashed into it just because of pure shock.

It used to belong to your Dad didnt it? You really should think about making some sort of contact with the owner, maybe tell him about its history and ask for first dibs on it should he think about selling it. First thing I'd do if I saw my Dads old Sterling (Which is highly unlikely)

[dollywobbler]

A slight grin. The CX is running again, thanks to the chaps on the CX Club forum. However, this is entirely a bodge and there's clearly something amiss on the intake system somewhere, which is less grin-worthy.

[meggersdog]

Yesterday a mate brought round a little Chinese moped for me to look at.He'd been given it as the previous owner had lost the key.I took the ignition barrel apart,removed all the gubbings and put it back together.Now you can put the ignition on with a penny so I had a razz round the garden on it.

It hasn't been on the road for a couple of years and had been used as a field bike.The 'ped was stood for a while so after freeing off the brakes today we spent a couple of hours taking turns to ride it.We took it down country lanes,across fields and farm tracks.

Two blokes in their 40's being irresponsible.Riding on raods on a non road-worthy moped wearing no more protection than shorts and teeshirts.It was a bit of a laugh and luckily neither of us fell off.

[Negative Creep]

Visited Milford Sound, officially one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I'll let the photos do the talking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saw a lot more of the Keas, the tubby alpine parrots who love to 'investigate' (i.e destroy) everything they find. As you can see they have no fear of people either

 

 

Managed this one by pure luck. Kindof looks computer generated but it isn't

 

 

 

 

Oh and 48 hours without a breakdown!

[michiel]

Stunning.

[trigger]

^ WHS, Amazing looking place!

[Guest]

That last shot looks like something you'd get in the graphics section of Amiga Format, circa 1992.

 

AGA AWESOMEZ! 111111!

 

Lovely shots.

[Guest]

Unit shenanigans.

 

Found this magnificent relic in Mark's Cortina the other day:

 

 

Authentic early 80's aftershave! Smells of rotten strut tops and talc.

 

Next, via the medium of MM5, I present.......

 

 

The Autoshite Clock! (not to be confused with the Elvis Presley Dambusters Face Mask of Tutenkhamun).

 

The Autoshite Clock is impressively immobile, requiring the uneccessary use of most of your precious shelving. Comprising the digital LED unit from legendary Nippon horologists JAMCO, the unit you see before you comes courtesy of a banger racer in Lichfield who was followed in by a P5 at Hedensford.

 

Filling a margin never thus before dreamed, aspiring shiteist MM5 cobbled this modern marvel together by ripping the digital clock from the Piazza's now defunct centre console and gaffa taping it to my newly erected shelving. Splicing bits of the butchered loom together, extra points were garnered by employing the means of a reclaimed Bosch 588 car battery, infuriating SCTSH_ANDY who already knows the time and wants the rent paying, as well as a new battery for the 012 my Celeste destroyed.

 

Hardy and reliable, the Autoshite Clock will provide years of dependable, shin breaking service* (distilled water not included).

 

Stocks Are Limited, Phone Today !!! (1!)

 

*Unless you happen to go past the shelving and disturb the wiring. Or the clock falls off the shelving and crashes into the concrete floor in some kind of ironic conceit.

[pogweasel]

Found this magnificent relic in Mark's Cortina the other day:

 

 

Authentic early 80's aftershave! Smells of rotten strut tops and talc.

 

 

THE SCENT OF HIRST.

[Station]

Spending the days up at my soon to be vacated garage fixing up car. It's more of a place to get away, I don't get bothered by anyone, it's rather 'therapeutic', like 'a shed' that some men have at the bottom of their garden (no hidden porn though).

 

So far made £100 selling a small fraction of stuff I'm never going to use in the clear-out. I've got about 700 quid's worth of stuff for sale, and it seems to be getting interest, all on stuff I would've considered storing in the loft for years or eventually binning - I even had a cheeky offer!

 

 

Flip knows where I'm going to put this thing when I've got it in a state where I can actually drive it. It's got a single red door, which I like.

 

[Negative Creep]

Do you offer the Autoshite Clock in only 4 easy payments plus p&p?

[Guest]

Do you offer the Autoshite Clock in only 4 easy payments plus p&p?

Hey there! Talk to our finance team and short term loan payday lenders. At 2356% APR and some shit floor mats, I'm sure we'll come to an agreement we'll both be happy with.

 

Thanks for your interest.

[Mr Lobster]

Retro Rides Gathering.

 

Awesomez.

 

Also, Seth, Nigel Bickle, Reallyloud and Pandamonium, 'twas a pleasure to meet you. I'm sure reallyloud has plenty of pictures as I don't!

 

Too far away? Pah. If it was on the moon it would have still been worth going.

[Minimad5]

Next, via the medium of MM5, I present.......

 

 

The Autoshite Clock! (not to be confused with the Elvis Presley Dambusters Face Mask of Tutenkhamun).

 

The Autoshite Clock is impressively immobile, requiring the uneccessary use of most of your precious shelving. Comprising the digital LED unit from legendary Nippon horologists JAMCO, the unit you see before you comes courtesy of a banger racer in Lichfield who was followed in by a P5 at Hedensford.

 

Filling a margin never thus before dreamed, aspiring shiteist MM5 cobbled this modern marvel together by ripping the digital clock from the Piazza's now defunct centre console and gaffa taping it to my newly erected shelving. Splicing bits of the butchered loom together, extra points were garnered by employing the means of a reclaimed Bosch 588 car battery, infuriating SCTSH_ANDY who already knows the time and wants the rent paying, as well as a new battery for the 012 my Celeste destroyed.

 

Hardy and reliable, the Autoshite Clock will provide years of dependable, shin breaking service* (distilled water not included).

 

Stocks Are Limited, Phone Today !!! (1!)

 

*Unless you happen to go past the shelving and disturb the wiring. Or the clock falls off the shelving and crashes into the concrete floor in some kind of ironic conceit.

All of the above makes me grin

Jon, we shall have to make more mad things

Hopefully the clock doesn't fall .... (Tiger Seal need not apply ?)

[ChinaTom]

My Queen of the Nights have just burst into life. Only happens once every few years for this particular plant.

 

 

5 of the buggers! All flowered at the same time, and at 02:24, within 8 minutes of 2008. Amazing stuff, nature.

[pogweasel]

Pretty.

And cool.