What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Yup.

 

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Magnificent*, isn't it?  I bought it off Gumtree for a tenner as spares for one of my other bikes, but it turned out to ride really well and I couldn't bring myself to strip it.

See your bike, that's a girls bike that is.

[willswitchengage]

We all remember this from Facebook over Christmas?

 

 

Well, the rozzers caught them.

 

https://www.herts.police.uk/news-and-appeals/woman-charged-following-incident-at-tesco-in-rickmansworth-2601

 

 

Lucy Turner, aged 32, of Organ Hall Road in Borehamwood, has been charged with the following offences:

• Attempted theft (from Tesco in Rickmansworth)
• Causing serious injury by dangerous driving
• Use of a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance
• Driving whilst disqualified
• Being the driver of a vehicle that failed to stop after a collision
• Being the driver of a vehicle that failed to stop after a collision and failing to report the collision

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© FPB7

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Followed a pogweasled 405 estate for about 10 minutes this afternoon.  That brought on a big grin.

[D Spares & Tyres]

It was cheap with a decent ticket. That's all I look for! Bonus is it is nice. Bought it back from leicester

Good cars

 

I have loads of bits for these. Or will buy the remains off you when you are done with it.

[bub2006]

Remains?! You know me too well. I plan to run it while trying to save up. It's not ideal for me,not big enough and low down too but until I can afford something better it will do.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I like them. We have two every days cars, a Nissan X Trail and ZX. I prefer the ZX by far

[Mrcento]

Getting on for a month since i put the offer in on the unit that was rejected,

 

It still sits totally empty, so that's already over £500 the landlord is down.

 

And i bet it'll still be empty this time next month

 

And the month after

 

And the month after.

 

The guy's going to end up thousands down and still have a unit in need of doing up at the end of it, all because he wanted top bucks right away.

 

Nae luck sunshine, should have taken my offer.

[catsinthewelder]

I had a really quiet day at work today,  often this can result in boredom but fortunately I arrived prepared.

 

I wasn't prepared through organisation but through laziness.  I had planned to service the 405 earlier in the week but hadn't got around to it so had oil and filters in the boot.  I now have a freshly serviced car.  I did some welding earlier in the week and still had the kit in the boot.  This means that a door on the building I've been meaning to fix for about 2 years now has a fresh set of bolts attached.

 

Another grin was a big parcel arriving from Dome of this parish.  The result was a very full Peugeot on the way home to a very happy teenager.

[omegod]

I had a really quiet day at work today,  often this can result in boredom but fortunately I arrived prepared.

 

I wasn't prepared through organisation but through laziness.  I had planned to service the 405 earlier in the week but hadn't got around to it so had oil and filters in the boot.  I now have a freshly serviced car.  I did some welding earlier in the week and still had the kit in the boot.  This means that a door on the building I've been meaning to fix for about 2 years now has a fresh set of bolts attached.

 

Another grin was a big parcel arriving from Dome of this parish.  The result was a very full Peugeot on the way home to a very happy teenager.

Issue 1 - 1273 of razzle ? 

[bub2006]

I like them. We have two every days cars, a Nissan X Trail and ZX. I prefer the ZX by far

I've had numerous saxos, Picassos,a xantia and a xsara but never a zx. It's not bad at all for a 1.4. Think alternator bearings aren't great though and a noise like a droplink on driver side. Front and rear bumpers a bit scuffed up and outer indicator lense missing on driver side. Oh and stereo has no code!

[catsinthewelder]

Issue 1 - 1273 of razzle ? 

 

A bicycle that is far better than anything he was expecting to get.

[paulplom]

I've used this garage for 20 years or so. I rang yesterday morning for a service and mot on our 2006 V70. They said just to bring it down. My partner dropped it

about 12. they rang at 3 asking if I was picking it up! full service, mot, new rear discs and pads and they were busy welding the exhaust as the receptionist was talking to me. There's a few garages could take a lesson from that. If I have issues with my van they drop everything to get it sorted. It's like a formula one pit crew watching them.

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Automotive-Repair-Shop/Barrington-MOT-Centre-657190807717963/

 

It's worth having a look through their page at some of the stuff they do. There's a defender with the 'dreaded disease'.

£300 damage for a years motoring's not too bad. Cycling with my son 15 miles for it this morning.

[Sheefag]

Two, maybe even three times a year at The Guardian, an editor falls asleep at the wheel and a warm hearted story somehow slips through to publication.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/400-toilet-rolls-how-feels-win-lifetime-supply

[dozeydustman]

Two, maybe even three times a year at The Guardian, an editor falls asleep at the wheel and a warm hearted story somehow slips through to publication.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/400-toilet-rolls-how-feels-win-lifetime-supply

 

What would you do with a lifetime's supply of loo rolls?

[MorrisItalSLX]

What would you do with a lifetime's supply of loo rolls?

Give some to Jim Bell?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

We all remember this from Facebook over Christmas?

 

 

Well, the rozzers caught them.

 

https://www.herts.police.uk/news-and-appeals/woman-charged-following-incident-at-tesco-in-rickmansworth-2601

Ah, another pillar of the Boringwood community.

[dozeydustman]

Give some to Jim Bell?

 

Ahh yes, for when one of his trains on a kolexun caypa has no bumwad.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Accumulated some more CX S2 parts for squirreling purposes:

 

Exhaust rear box

Pair of side repeaters (might convert to LEDs)

2 AEI units

Another o/s bi-optic headlight

Jetronic ECU

Electric window switches

 

Might be in with a chance of a spare triple LCD console display later.....

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Went for lunch today at a pub that's just changed hands and been tarted up, parked in the 1995 executive carpark.

[Tamworthbay]

[beko1987]

Saw this

 

 

It was fit

[NorthernMonkey]

Went for lunch today at a pub that's just changed hands and been tarted up, parked in the 1995 executive carpark. image.jpeg

Does it have a flat roof and an Alsatian?

[anonymous user]

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I just can't think why anyone thought that a good idea

[puddlethumper]

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Bit of a stretch to the indicator switch.

[Garythesnail]

Didn't expect to see a competitive game of rugby.

 

Did expect England to give Wales a pasting.

 

As a bonus, I've cleared* enough crap from the shed to be able to see my rusty 200 BRM with its OMGHGF engine again.

 

Maximum grinnage.

 

*re-arranged

[andy18s]

12 consecutive wins......

[richardmorris]

12 consecutive wins......

 

 

Yes, quite the turnaround in the second half.

[andy18s]

What's that number???

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Might want to add the 90s to that if my Primary School was anything to go by...