What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

22,822 · February 24, 2019

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

Prohibited for vehicles under 25 years unless you go through the expense of Federal homoglation.

(All part of "imports aren't going to hurt our car economy", whereby the manufacturers then went to Mazda and Mitsubishi etc and bought their designs to build)

18,091 · February 24, 2019

Is it steaming backwards or is there a strong wind from behind?

i'm guessing that Tornado is running tender first in that picture.

11,941 · February 24, 2019

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it.

8,354 · February 24, 2019

Just seen a Sierra BASE in Shaun the Sheep the Movie

(Well, I'm pretty sure that's what it is)

16,454 · February 24, 2019

Managed to get a mahoosive splinter yesterday in my finger right on the bone. No way was it moving yesterday. A soak in a very hot bath followed by some judicious poking has finally got the bastard out.

9,107 · February 24, 2019

Rover 75 driver in crap brown paint job of an estate car ..... joining the motor way from a set of traffic lights , he was on the outside , I was on the inside ,,,,

for some reason he booted his car , swerved in front of me on my lane ....

and braked ....

he not realising I already had him down as a cunt for buying such a gawdy looking car ..had noted his plan

and I had nipped into the outside lane and was showing him a clean pair of heels before he realised he was still on the brakes ...

he did not look happy .... soft arsed SFB

20,023 · February 24, 2019

Rover 75 driver in crap brown paint job of an estate car ..... joining the motor way from a set of traffic lights , he was on the outside , I was on the inside ,,,,

for some reason he booted his car , swerved in front of me on my lane ....

and braked ....

he not realising I already had him down as a cunt for buying such a gawdy looking car ..had noted his plan

and I had nipped into the outside lane and was showing him a clean pair of heels before he realised he was still on the brakes ...

he did not look happy .... soft arsed SFB

Where's the dash cam footage.

22,822 · February 24, 2019

Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it.

Yup, Grumman went through all the type approval for the Kubvan to be RHD as it was built to purpose.

56,288 · February 24, 2019

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4,256 · February 24, 2019

Back on the RHD/ LHD bit, the rubbish truck that calls here is modified so that the driver can operate single handed. our rubbish is in bags not bins, the picker has to fling the bag through the opening in the side of the truck.

Driver has a standing up driving position on the left only a small step to the ground and he can very quickly grab the bags and toss them in. The bags are not big. The regular driving position is there and used for ordinary driving.

19,475 · February 24, 2019

Postie vans are (or were) RHD, there's one nearish to me, must get a photo next time I see it.

Prohibited for vehicles under 25 years unless you go through the expense of Federal homoglation.
(All part of "imports aren't going to hurt our car economy", whereby the manufacturers then went to Mazda and Mitsubishi etc and bought their designs to build)

Is it prohibited? I thought it was just difficult/expensive to get RHD vehicles. I'm sure I saw a proper RHD post van in Fort Worth when I was there but I can't have taken a picture of it.

Really common here. Buying a new RHD car or buying the parts to properly convert a LHD model of car to it's correctly manufactured RHD counterpart with factory parts is prohibited, yet fitting a giant fanbelt with woodscrews to the dash and steering with it isn't.
Phil

Lake placid/Jim thorpe not long ago

19,475 · February 24, 2019

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Crepes.

did pancakes earlier but they were bought

sugar and lemon

20,931 · February 25, 2019

Lake placid/Jim thorpe not long ago

would love to own/import a Grumman LLV some day

(wonder if there are any in the UK?)

28,342 · February 25, 2019

I think there are! I have a feeling one of my old friends in Liverpool had one a few years ago. Not a lot of help, I know, because we've lost touch; but encouragement, surely?

In other news, I had a lovely day out yesterday with wife and dog in Bowness, beside the lake (Windermere). The sun shone, we got a parking space, we even had a cruise on the lake. Beautiful.

1,556 · February 25, 2019

would love to own/import a Grumman LLV some day

(wonder if there are any in the UK?)

I can’t recall who, but I’m pretty sure there’s one on here somewhere

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February 25, 2019

Used to be one in Crediton about 25 years ago

44,507 · February 25, 2019

I've also seen one in Durham. Albeit 11 years ago.

4,485 · February 25, 2019

According to my Mrs I "sneeze camply"

Well there you go.

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23,324 · February 25, 2019

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Did you take that or is it from somewhere else?

56,288 · February 25, 2019

Did you take that or is it from somewhere else?

Not my pic no fella. Just ran across it on Facebook.

8,916 · February 25, 2019

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This #motorcyclist though it was ok to wear a hard hat and a bungee cord to secure it instead of a helmet. #itsnotok #reported #notworththerisk

12:49 PM - 19 Feb 2019

https://twitter.com/MerPolTraffic/status/1097840489594871808

22,342 · February 25, 2019

I think that's a shining example of the old saying "if you have a ten dollar head, get a ten dollar crash helmet"

20,023 · February 25, 2019

According to my Mrs I "sneeze camply"

Well there you go.

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According to my kids "Dad you are so gay"

I'm sure they mean it as an insult, but I can't see it is.

28,441 · February 25, 2019

I was 55 yesterday, proving to myself that I'm still an idiot . I started and ended the day with a shag, had a 20oz T bone for lunch then on the way to B'ham airport maxed the Passat for the full length of the M45( it goes as fast as a Troll's Golf) . Tiny 3/4 life crisis!

Today is my 30th wedding anniversary , which is pearl ( Mrs N has already vetoed the obvious present!) we're going to Swansea for her work, so I've booked that fancy tower restaurant and given it Billy Big Bollocks by ordering a bottle of champagne for when we arrive.

Tomorrow I'll probably turn my toes up, but be happy.

129,351 · February 25, 2019

I was 55 yesterday, proving to myself that I'm still an idiot . I started and ended the day with a shag, had a 20oz T bone for lunch then on the way to B'ham airport maxed the Passat for the full length of the M45( it goes as fast as a Troll's Golf) . Tiny 3/4 life crisis!
Today is my 30th wedding anniversary , which is pearl ( Mrs N has already vetoed the obvious present!) we're going to Swansea for her work, so I've booked that fancy tower restaurant and given it Billy Big Bollocks by ordering a bottle of champagne for when we arrive.
Tomorrow I'll probably turn my toes up, but be happy.

Exactly a day younger than me.

On Saturday night I discovered (by being told, not literally doing it) that something called 'Sploshing' is actually a thing. Oh how we laughed. Do NOT FFS Google it with your partner or kids about though. Or at work.

8,916 · February 25, 2019

Here's another walloper stopped by the polis (and yes, it did have a MOT).

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We’re not McLovin’ this! A Vauxhall Nova 31years old stopped in Stoke. The driver’s seat wasn’t attached to the car, it was like driving a rowing machine. Needless to say vehicle was prohibited and the driver reported to court. 5453.

10:00 AM - 23 Feb 2019

https://twitter.com/CMPG/status/1099247536005672960

53,347 · February 25, 2019

Not only is the Princess running nicely today with the new float needle and seat, it also successfully jumped Mike's Rover P38 AND Mike's Toyota Supra. Feeling pretty good about it today.

10,156 · February 25, 2019

I hope you jumped them Dukes of Hazzard style!

18,721 · February 25, 2019

The Saab classic 900 convertible passed its MOT today!

12,051 · February 25, 2019

Here's another walloper stopped by the polis (and yes, it did have a MOT).

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We’re not McLovin’ this! A Vauxhall Nova 31years old stopped in Stoke. The driver’s seat wasn’t attached to the car, it was like driving a rowing machine. Needless to say vehicle was prohibited and the driver reported to court. 5453.

10:00 AM - 23 Feb 2019

https://twitter.com/CMPG/status/1099247536005672960

The pictures make the car look better than it actually is, a mate of mine knows the owner of it

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