What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[beko1987]

3 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Been carefully* cementing round the edge of my council lock-up as it's been leaking water from the garage next door for years. Got into the other one at the same time, and concreted along the edge of that. Result, it's worked.

 

Today I did the other side of the leaking garage and the back edge to try and stop it resembling a paddling pool, then carried on using the left over cement to do the little sort of 'step' outside the lock-up to make it easier to push cars in when required. It looked pretty shit, but I got the 'ramp' quite smooth so stood back to admire my handiwork, before ten minutes later parking the car outside, forgetting about the concrete and getting a lovely Vauxhall Astra tyre mark straight through said concrete.

My grandad built a water feature in their garden in about 1993. To this day there's a handprint in one corner where 6 year old me shoved my hand into it! 

They tell me occasionally* still

[gm]

not sure it will catch on 

 

[beko1987]

75ish now

Can pull a few more from the shed. A fair few are missing as their fully boxed up for storage and I don't want to unpack them all

Then they've all got to fucking go away again! 

[Wack]

10 hours ago, Alan_Green said:

Is that real or has the original picture been photoshopped 

[Jamie]

After a swap for the wheels on my mrs' audi tt on faceache. Got to laugh at what you get offered for a swap, not sure a smol stereo and an armarmi watch have a 5x112 stud pattern anywhere 

[Roobarb]

Very lucky day today. 

Went to pick up snow tyres for my daily and a friend offered (as I sorely hoped he would) to give me a lift back...

Introducing his latest limited edition Mustang Bullitt with a mere 480bhp and less than a couple of weeks old. 

Amazing ride with scary out of the box power. Great lines too.

Makes other muscle cars look like toys...

And that sound! Happy days.

[New POD]

5 hours ago, Roobarb said:

Very lucky day today. 

Went to pick up snow tyres for my daily and a friend offered (as I sorely hoped he would) to give me a lift back...

Introducing his latest limited edition Mustang Bullitt with a mere 480bhp and less than a couple of weeks old. 

Amazing ride with scary out of the box power. Great lines too.

Makes other muscle cars look like toys...

And that sound! Happy days.

I like the bright green one.  The other is erm...too much like a jag.....Kind of.

[sierraman]

I just love the optimism of people sometimes. Passed a 54 plate Polo yesterday, £1400. 

[155V6]

Just took Miss_155's Peugeot 307 for a Mot,it failed on a leaking rear shock.Not bad considering it's been off the road for nearly 3 years as she doesn't really drive anymore & I've always got a couple of other cars.

It felt like driving round in a wardrobe after my Puma & ZR though ?

[beko1987]

Well, that's it, there's 80 in the front room now, that will be enough. Don't fancy hitting 100 enough to unbox them and get them down, so I won't!

If they phone and cancel in the next hour I'm going to be very cross! Had planned to fix the dining table this weekend too, if I get them all away today I might be able to. Tent needs to come into the house too.

Not all pictured is mine, all the refurbs I currently have are coming along for the ride! From my collection though is this:

AEG	Deluxe Electronic 608
Benchy	The Bench Vac
Black & Decker	Super Spillbuster
Black & Decker	Carvac Super
Dirt Devil	Titan
Dirt Devil	Broom Vac
Dyson	DC46 Allergy Parquet
Dyson	V11 Absolute
Dyson	DC01 Breakthrough
Dyson	DA001
Dyson	DC18
Dyson	DC07 Clic
Electrolux	Dolphin
Electrolux	2000
Electrolux	Dolphin Electronic 1200
Electrolux	Slimline Electronic 185
Electrolux	Slimline 156
Electrolux	Automatic
Electrolux	Dolphin 1000
Electrolux	The Boss Cyclonic lite
Electrolux	Contour Supreme
Electrolux	Workzone
Electrolux	2060 Electronic
Goblin	Handy
Goblin	Laser
Goblin	Rio 800
Goblin	Rio 1000
Hilka	RAC 12v Car Vacuum
Hoover	Dustette
Hoover	Sensotronic Total System 40
Hoover	Turbopower Junior
Hoover	Turbopower Freedom
Hoover	Junior
Hoover	Concept One
Hoover	Turbopower 1000
Hoover	875
Hoover	825
Hoover	Turbolite
Hoover	Turbopower
Hoover	Turbomaster
Hoover	Turbopower
Hoover	Sonix
Hooverette	2944
iRobot	Roomba
Kirby	Heritage 2
Kirby	Legend 2
Leifheit	Regulus
Lux	Lux 1 Royal
Miele	Revolution 5000
Miele	Electronic Air Clean
Miele	S7 Cat & Dog
Miele	Esprit
Miele	Complete C3 Extreme Powerline
Moulinex	Vacuum Cleaner No1
Newmaid	Newmaid
Nilfisk	GM-80
Numatic	NV-200
Parnall	TenTen
Sebo	Automatic X
Spinney	U62
Tineco	PURE ONE
Vax	121
Vax	6130SX
Vax	Supabroom
Vorwerk	Vk135
Vorwerk	VK120-3

[Kiltox]

The fuck is a Benchy?!  

[beko1987]

Just now, Kiltox said:

The fuck is a Benchy?!  

It's a very rare, short lived model from the early 2000's. Didn't last, their very rare

[Kiltox]

Is it a Numatic product or some kind of weird rip off?

[High Jetter]

I hope he/they turn up

[beko1987]

3 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Is it a Numatic product or some kind of weird rip off?

Rip off, it's my random Mercedes ex commercial bench vac, and one of my fans printed me some stickers for it! 

[Jerzy Woking]

Watching the Chateau Impney Hillclimb on TV. Some great old stuff on it, all being thrashed as they would have been when they were new.

[hairnet]

17 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

It's a very rare, short lived model from the early 2000's. Didn't last, their very rare

pervert  at the vacs pic (im not quoting it )

[beko1987]

21 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Rip off, it's my random Mercedes ex commercial bench vac, and one of my fans printed me some stickers for it! 

Here he is vacuuming all the rust out of Mr @Wingz123 's old aquavac 620. Only the Irish could make a wet and dry vacuum that isn't rust resistant...

[Remspoor]

Kinky in Berkshire?

[myglaren]

Vorwerk! 

I didn't imagine they would still exist.

My parents bought a Vorwerk Vactrik in the mid sixties.  The epitome of vacuum cleaner shite.

 

 

[beko1987]

23 minutes ago, myglaren said:

Vorwerk! 

I didn't imagine they would still exist.

My parents bought a Vorwerk Vactrik in the mid sixties.  The epitome of vacuum cleaner shite.

 

 

 

Still very much going. Their latest "home cleaning system" costs nearly 3 grand... I wait until their 10 years old and fucked and buy the whole shebang for £20...

Matey came! 

And now he's gone. I'm going to have a beer and a fag, then maybe another beer and start putting it all away again! 

[beko1987]

Seems their a bit cheaper than I remember. a mere £1.2k for the full corded kit, minus many optional tools

Or £800 for their cordless cleaner that has no hose, can only be used on floors...

Not even I can ever man maths myself one

[beko1987]

Yep. My 1987 VK-121 doesn't even stand up! I think Vorwerk invented that, ignoring all that came before of course

[hairnet]

46 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Inb4 the iVac is created to compete.

does it blow (usa reference)

[hairnet]

watching daryl for the 459834573498631982th time

still wanting the dodge dart at the beginning

even after 30 years

@PhilA could you help with that

[Tamworthbay]

Just been sent some pics of the wedding we played a couple of weeks back. Like this one of us between the bride and bridesmaid.

[myglaren]

 

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Tamworthbay said:

Just been sent some pics of the wedding we played a couple of weeks back. Like this one of us between the bride and bridesmaid.

Gigs like that were so much fun. Wish I was still playing.

[MrDuke]

5 hours ago, Tamworthbay said:

Just been sent some pics of the wedding we played a couple of weeks back. Like this one of us between the bride and bridesmaid.

Why is the bridesmaid's head on backwards?

[Zelandeth]

Remember my folks used to have a Hoover cylinder cleaner...bright orange...grill on the top and a little rectangular bag full indicator that fascinated me as a toddler.  Any ideas what it was?

It was replaced by a Goblin Rio 1200 - which I still have and is still used as my garage vacuum.

Need to get some more bags for it though...and the filter is is probably a few years overdue a change.  Resilient little bigger though, my folks definitely didn't give it an easy life even before I inherited it.