What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[SiC]

14 hours ago, beko1987 said:

Well that was fun. 3 bags seen, we saved the Scottish from the Hootsman, then a trip to Big John's for dinner. 

Is that code for the Invasion is canceled?

[New POD]

https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/Xa89wvqUfVULdGQi/x1120-mcdonald-stickers-valid-til-2020

 

What made me grin? 

Going on crime shoppers anonymous and suggesting they check what other stolen goods they are trying to flog. 

[anonymous user]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

Is that code for the Invasion is canceled?

He's been taking the Communicating Effectively course, unfortunately it's run as a joint venture by hairnet and tooSavvy 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Robs post on the BBC's 'Have your say' regarding the safety of smart motorways...

''To anyone who thinks these re safe try stopping at the red X and watch your life flash before your eyes as everyone else fails to stop. Yes I have done this, you get hooted, cars and trucks swerve and you don't breathe again until there are at least 10 vehiles behind you. Smart motorways are killers; driver have to decide between looking up or ahead to check no one has stopped, its impossible...''

Good post Rob.

[strangeangel]

[New POD]

33 minutes ago, BoggyMires said:

Robs post on the BBC's 'Have your say' regarding the safety of smart motorways...

''To anyone who thinks these re safe try stopping at the red X and watch your life flash before your eyes as everyone else fails to stop. Yes I have done this, you get hooted, cars and trucks swerve and you don't breathe again until there are at least 10 vehiles behind you. Smart motorways are killers; driver have to decide between looking up or ahead to check no one has stopped, its impossible...''

Good post Rob.

That the general public are too confused by smart motorways is confusing me. How can anyone be confused.  There's no hard shoulder. So if you are in lane 1 you should be ultra vigilant just in case. How is that confusing? 

[Wack]

shocking

 

[Wack]

1 hour ago, New POD said:

That the general public are too confused by smart motorways is confusing me. How can anyone be confused.  There's no hard shoulder. So if you are in lane 1 you should be ultra vigilant just in case. How is that confusing? 

It's hours of nothing happening driving on a motorway so regardless of smart motorway or not people just aren't expecting stationary vehicles in a live lane, at a recent inquest into a death on the M6 the coroner asked the highways agency why technology wasn't used to detect stationary vehicles, their response was we're looking at it, but so far all they have is police, the public and somebody watching CCTV to spot them which must be the most boring job on earth 

Plus there's the moron factor to consider

 

[Zelandeth]

Freshly polished and waxed car + rain is always a grin for me...

 

[Cheggers]

I seem to have a less-than-zero emissions diesel...One of the stranger advisories I've ever had.

[hairnet]

their machine is totally fucking fucked mate

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

I'd be more concerned that it seems that nails can leak. I have never seen this.

[Mrs6C]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50167812

They got the hang of it pretty quickly!

[davidfowler2000]

More classic Scottish local TV ads been found, stolen, cut out the bigger video and uploaded to my own channel...

Another Glens, Hutchison, Robertson and Stepek one:

Dougie Donnelly presents some great deals on the Lada Riva and Samara ranges from Peat Road Motors including a minimum £1000 trade in on all Samara Swingers!

 

 

[Floatylight]

Spent the last three evenings trying to fix the central locking on the ex Dozeydustman Saab, only when fitting the newly arrived key case to the innards did I notice the separate lock and unlock buttons...

 

What a twat...

As[mention=207]chaseracer[/mention] would say from our IT days PICNIC.. (problem in chair not in computer)

 

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[STUNO]

Big day starting in about 8 hours, off to deliver the new Hubnut transport to him in Auckland. I Don't have any innerned access while not home so cannot track my travels. I have been hiding it on my driveway for a week but promised him it would not be revealed until he has the keys in his hand. Ian has his video at the ready to record it all !

[dollywobbler]

2 minutes ago, STUNO said:

Big day starting in about 8 hours, off to deliver the new Hubnut transport to him in Auckland. I Don't have any innerned access while not home so cannot track my travels. I have been hiding it on my driveway for a week but promised him it would not be revealed until he has the keys in his hand. Ian has his video at the ready to record it all !

Major excitement here! I even dusted off a Haynes manual from my collection.

[clayts450]

Got me a Council garage for 45 squid a month - result

Okay, it is 3 miles away, but nevertheless...

[MorrisItalSLX]

Big grin today.



My Mum’s old car drove past me! I haven’t seen it since 2007 when it was sold.

Mum was very pleased with the news that it was still going strong.

[myglaren]

 

[shedenvy]

Common sense prevails:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal?

[cobblers]

That's not a bad tip!

[paulplom]

Hobgoblin. Mmmmmm.

[hairnet]

7 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

Major excitement here! I even dusted off a Haynes manual from my collection.

not a torana then

 

[New POD]

Just visiting my Dad in a Wales. In hospital in Bangor.  

I think I might have to learn the language at some point. He insists on talking to the nurses in Welsh.  Luckily the Doctors I have spoken to today  both had home counties accents and were talking sense in the queens English. 

 

[Aston Martin]

Stolen from Facebook, I didn't know Cavcraft had an x-type.

[richardmorris]

On 10/24/2019 at 12:16 PM, BoggyMires said:

Robs post on the BBC's 'Have your say' regarding the safety of smart motorways...

''To anyone who thinks these re safe try stopping at the red X and watch your life flash before your eyes as everyone else fails to stop. Yes I have done this, you get hooted, cars and trucks swerve and you don't breathe again until there are at least 10 vehiles behind you. Smart motorways are killers; driver have to decide between looking up or ahead to check no one has stopped, its impossible...''

Good post Rob.

Yes, me too. Driving up the m25 a week or two back at night on the way back from France. M23 and m25 junction down to one lane clockwise. All others red x. Me in lane 1 queueing. Watching loads of cars - by observation bmw and audi predominantly, wizzing past the red Xs at 70ish.

[FakeConcern]

On 10/12/2019 at 4:04 PM, paulplom said:

There's a dude 4 doors up with a black 2013 corsa. Someone keyed it a while back. I've just got in from shopping and outside with halfords finest rattle canning the whole offside. What an abortion. It's completely flat and patchy although he does have a can of laquer as well. I'll take some pictures tomorrow when I get up sharp.

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I don't care what he's done or not done, there's no excuse to key someone's motor, I sympathise with him and think it's a real shame he ends up having to rattle can it especially if he doesn't have the skilz.

[FakeConcern]

I got this message today...

[Wack]

This bargain just popped up on shock

I'm not 100% sure that's how it left the factory , still £100