What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Joey spud]

In May 2018 i quit my RAC patrol job.

After seventeen years and 750,000 miles of ploding up and down the motorways of north Kent it had became a stressful and a sometimes dangerous way to earn a living.

So after fifteen months of ''resting'' and not wanting to continue in the motor trade and not actively looking for work i sent my cv off for a job i have no written qualifications for and bugger me sideways i got the job.

It's field based so i get a nice new kitted out Mercedes Sprinter to drive around southern England,down side i got a few weeks of training in Wakefield to enjoy first.

It also means i don't need to keep the Daihatsu YRV turbo as my commute car which will free up some cash for a scruffy Nissan Stagea i've spied locally.

 

[Sealtainn]

It’s a lovely evening up here in Shetland so thought I’d indulge in some topless motoring...........not sure I’ve got the hang of it though ?

[High Jetter]

40 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

In May 2018 i quit my RAC patrol job.

After seventeen years and 750,000 miles of ploding up and down the motorways of north Kent it had became a stressful and a sometimes dangerous way to earn a living.

So after fifteen months of ''resting'' and not wanting to continue in the motor trade and not actively looking for work i sent my cv off for a job i have no written qualifications for and bugger me sideways i got the job.

It's field based so i get a nice new kitted out Mercedes Sprinter to drive around southern England,down side i got a few weeks of training in Wakefield to enjoy first.

It also means i don't need to keep the Daihatsu YRV turbo as my commute car which will free up some cash for scruffy Nissan Stagea i've spied locally.

 

Sounds like an all-round result to me, well done - as long as you actually wanted the job, obs.

[Joey spud]

14 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Sounds like an all-round result to me, well done - as long as you actually wanted the job, obs.

Originally i was going to settle for a simple van delivery sort of job like a Tesco or a parts supplier gig but i kept thinking i am a light vehicle tech with C+G certificates am i selling myself short,although after gaining this qualification in the mid eighties how relevent it is in 2019 is debatable but shirley i can do something to match my skills.

So yes i really wanted this job but didn't think at my age they would invest time and money training me to the standard required.

But wtf do i know maybe maturity and life skills  trump still being a bit wet behind the ears.

 

[High Jetter]

Mrs J  & I are planning to escape this island for a short while in October. Dug out our EHIC's this morning - expiry 25th Sep FFS. Grin is it only took about 5 minutes to order new ones FOC and they should be here in 10 days! Wouldn't have fancied shelling out if they'd only last a month instead of 5 years.

[Supernaut]

Mr Spud, would your new job be telecomms related by any chance?

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Sealtainn said:

It’s a lovely evening up here in Shetland so thought I’d indulge in some topless motoring...........not sure I’ve got the hang of it though ?

Taps aff

[hairnet]

View from the hotel

Cba riding home

[Wack]

I'm grinning because I didn't pay to watch it, had I paid I wouldn't be grinning

Since Roger Moore stopped playing James Bond there has been a gap in the utter bollocks film category

Well NO LONGER, that void has not only been filled it's overflowing out of the bowl and covering the bathroom in shit

I give you Fast And Furious Hobbs and Shaw, a steaming turd of a movie

 

 

[BorniteIdentity]

This absolute WINNER AT LIFE in the arcade yesterday. 

[Fumbler]

Just noticed the main Autoshite page has reached 500 pages. Nice round number.

[reb]

[Joey spud]

13 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Mr Spud, would your new job be telecomms related by any chance?

No it's more along the lines of calibration and certification.

[3VOM]

14 hours ago, Sealtainn said:

It’s a lovely evening up here in Shetland so thought I’d indulge in some topless motoring...........not sure I’ve got the hang of it though ?

Needs waxing.

[paulplom]

Ferry trip to South Shields this morning. I spotted this. I didn't know vauxhall made a testarossa.
The dog's growing up fast as well.

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[DoctorRetro]

I'm childish I know... 

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[jon928se]

Sitting in the China Southern business lounge at Guangzhou airport. Drinking Glenfiddich - not that unusual anywhere in the world, but washed down with Badoit, Heaven.

Would try posting a pic but chinese internet.... won’t allow google searching but apparently AS is not an insurrection ist movement here yet.


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[Keymaster]

I can't get enough of this.

It's so wrong, it's right!

[gm]

Surely must be one of us ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, jon928se said:

....chinese internet.... won’t allow google searching ....

They have ways of making people (not) think.

[cort1977]

8 hours ago, paulplom said:

Ferry trip to South Shields this morning. I spotted this. I didn't know vauxhall made a testarossa.
The dog's growing up fast as well.

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Showing my age but I like that. Would have cost someone a pretty penny when built.

[Amishtat]

And it looks like that's not the first Vauxhall to have worn that plate 

[skattrd]

I'm guessing that Calibra is a Rieger body kit, they did similar for other cars, mk2 Scirocco is one I remember, and I'm probably in a minority, but I like them. 
They were expensive kits.

[richardmorris]

7 hours ago, jon928se said:

 apparently AS is not an insurrection ist movement here yet.


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We need to try harder then. 

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

We need to try harder then. 

We had a staff day trip to Beijing last year and had a chat with Xi Jinping, he's a right laugh, and a massive shiter - He's got a Speke built TR7 which he chose specifically on the strength of union involvement in the production process. He personally ensured we're whitelisted over there. Top Lad.

[320touring]

The GSA having proper ride quality:)

[beko1987]

Got me a nice radiogram for £7 at the car boot this morning 

Which is good as I have many cd's but nothing to play them on. Has its remote too

[Timewaster]

Good find but not a radiogram in my book.

A radiogram is like a sideboard in your grans house.

[MikeR]

owned a Road Captain good style today .....

F in Pratt , pricking around with some one on his own turf ....

[jumpingjehovahs]

Sometimes, your twitter timeline just lines up perfectly


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