What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

[cobblers]

  On 10/12/2019 at 22:57, cobblers said:

I like burgers, I'm not a snob about them, I'll eat any burger, but I do appreciate a good one, and I've found the best burgers always come from the last place you'd expect. Five guys, In'n'out  and all those "hipster" burger places are great, but the really amazing ones take you by surprise.

On sunday I drove cross country to Warrington to pick our lass up after she'd had an operation, where she couldn't eat any solids for 6 weeks after. On the way back home I was fucking starving so I popped into a Spar on the way and they had some burgers in a hot cabinet, not thinking I grabbed one and wandered back to the car where she was sat and started eating it infront of her.

This burger was the best burger I have ever had. Lovely thick patty, cooked and seasoned perfectly. Soft bun, grated quality cheese on it. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Three bites in I was just about to go off on how great this burger was, but I looked over at my mrs who can only eat jelly for two months and realised I'd dropped a bit of a bollock and just had to eat the rest of it very quickly and keep quiet about how bloody amazing this burger was.

I'm trying to find an excuse to drive the 40 mile round trip for another. 

(It's Spar in Calver, S32 3XH)

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I went back today! They look awful, but lord above they are good.

 

I'm going to keep some sliced gherkins and japanese weird mayo in the van for next time.

[Wack]

Just watched Tucker on netflix , preston tucker wanted to build a car after the war but got shafted by the big three

He did build 51 cars before they got him so I googled to see if they were still around, 48 of them are but they make good money

[jakebullet]

I don't get on with my idiot sister. Every year I'm blackmailed by Ma into buying her a crapmass gift. It's good money wasted. Last year I got her a decent dashcam given how many near misses she generates. It's never been out of the box, too complicated* to fit it to the car. Hmmm....

I'm in mc poodles today, and I've got a dud tooth I've got to nurse till the end of January when I can get a dentist. So I need something easy to eat. Fish finger happy meal! Sorted.

What's this in the happy meal box? Perfect! Happy Christmas dear sister!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 22/12/2019 at 15:11, Wack said:

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To be fair, throughout the last couple of hundred years, the Belgians have made a fair contribution to shitting on people - mostly in the Congo......

[Remspoor]

  On 23/12/2019 at 00:38, Tadhg Tiogar said:

To be fair, throughout the last couple of hundred years, the Belgians have made a fair contribution to shitting on people - mostly in the Congo......

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You forgot Verhofstadt a Belgian who is well known for pooping on people. ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 23/12/2019 at 09:31, Remspoor said:

You forgot Verhofstadt a Belgian who is well known for pooping on people. ?

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Ah now the fella's just an opportunist.

[willswitchengage]

There is an excellent video in this new article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-50890286/moment-a-barge-carrying-600-gallons-of-fuel-sinks-in-galapagos-islands

[somewhatfoolish]

  

  On 23/12/2019 at 10:30, Tadhg Tiogar said:

  

  On 23/12/2019 at 09:31, Remspoor said:

You forgot Verhofstadt a Belgian who is well known for pooping on people. ?

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Ah now the fella's just an opportunist.

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  On 23/12/2019 at 12:44, willswitchengage said:

There is an excellent video in this new article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-50890286/moment-a-barge-carrying-600-gallons-of-fuel-sinks-in-galapagos-islands

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I read that as there was a video of Verhostadt pooping, which would be a very niche form of entertainment and an unusual one to find on the BBC.

[hennabm]

Jeremy Vine announced that tomorrow will be a best bits programme.

 

Don't know what's on after 1205hrs tomorrow afternoon......

[St.Jude]

Every time this advert comes on, and I see this one doing the shoulder roll, just brightens up my day. 

[iainrcz]

  On 19/12/2019 at 17:12, vulgalour said:

Do you want to see what a kitchen waste pipe made of electrical tape looks like?  I bet you do. Astonishingly, it doesn't leak, the backboard of the cupboard has instead been ruined by a leak from something else that isn't leaking any more. 

 

 

My rcz had a coolant return pipe made of that because was I fuck paying about £40 for a small plastic pipe that needed about 8 other things removing to change.It was fine for about a year. 

 

 

It probably started leaking the day I traded it in.

 

Although given the clutch was chattering it's tits off a pipe wrapped in leccy tape was the least of it's worries.

 

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[dome]

Local Land Rover specialist has rocked up at the garage across the road. Their courtesy car/work hack? A Jeep...

[myglaren]

[Roobarb]

[anonymous user]

  On 23/12/2019 at 14:40, dome said:

Local Land Rover specialist has rocked up at the garage across the road. Their courtesy car/work hack? A Jeep...

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They obviously know their product. I'm more concerned that my local Citroen garage has a C6 as their courtesy shuttle. "Sorry, can you get the bus?"

[Wack]

  On 23/12/2019 at 12:44, willswitchengage said:

There is an excellent video in this new article.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-50890286/moment-a-barge-carrying-600-gallons-of-fuel-sinks-in-galapagos-islands

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The amount of crane accidents there are on youtube every time they send one out they must be expecting it not to come back.

[willswitchengage]

Will it start? The Christmas project has begun!

 

[MiniMort]

  On 23/12/2019 at 17:34, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

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Thats the automotive equivalent of putting a toaster in a bath...

[95 quid Peugeot]

At last  my Passat is run in     

[MikeR]

Xmas is here ..... Who is getting the first kick off in ....?

Silverserfers rule ...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 24/12/2019 at 12:15, 95 quid Peugeot said:

At last  my Passat is run in     

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That's just the bedding-in process. Still another 50,000 to go before it evens out properly. 

[Frogchod]

I'm having a day off.

Phones been going nuts.

Turned to silent now. 

More of the same tomorrow. 

[hairnet]

christmas swerved

was gonna go and do mallory park on thursday but the weathers looking toss

aldi later for teabags milk and sugar as two teabags and some uht aint gonna work

all the local family pressied up and YAY NO ROAST DINNER TOMORROW

am i sad

free wifi here and i remembered the power cable this time (verdict - div )

if the weathers ok tomorrow small bimble may happen

 

 

[MikeR]

some 13 years ago I worked in a 24/7 care home ,

Xmas came and being a newbie got the shite shifts , I must of lived in the place over December and still owed hours ..

then I found the Seniors had grabbed all the double time days and extra time days ......

 

some 12 years ago I worked in a 24/7 care home ,

Xmas came and still being a newbie got the shite shifts ,

as they got handed to me , I handed in my months notice , and I had a month of leave owed .....

I can still remember being off all of December ......it still makes me grin .......

[Wack]

Just been into M&S 

It appears that they're catering for a new male market , I genuinely thought I was in the womans section

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 24/12/2019 at 16:18, Wack said:

Just been into M&S 

It appears that they're catering for a new male market.....

 

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Welcome back to the 1970s.

[Wack]

  On 24/12/2019 at 16:04, MikeR said:

some 13 years ago I worked in a 24/7 care home ,

Xmas came and being a newbie got the shite shifts , I must of lived in the place over December and still owed hours ..

then I found the Seniors had grabbed all the double time days and extra time days ......

 

some 12 years ago I worked in a 24/7 care home ,

Xmas came and still being a newbie got the shite shifts ,

as they got handed to me , I handed in my months notice , and I had a month of leave owed .....

I can still remember being off all of December ......it still makes me grin .......

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I feel something like that coming on, I've really had enough of driving 

[jumpingjehovahs]

Went with my brother in his Weird Wagon to Caffeine and Machine today. It was quiet being Christmas Eve but some good coffee and some great metal in the car park. Highlight for me being the Clio v6, I’ve always wanted to see/hear one in person - Merry Christmas to me

Can see it being really worth a visit when there’s an event on.




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[Saabnut]

On Sunday evening, after I had finished prodding cars so was about 8pm, I decided I needed to buy a new aux belt and tensioner for the newly acquired Discovery 300TDi. The last parts I bought (for the Disco 2 TD5) I ordered on ebay from a seller who calls themselves LR-trade-parts-uk and was so impressed with quality and service I thought I would use them again. Order placed at 8pm, hoping it would arrive sometime between Christmas and New Year, but not bothered when it arrived. Today, at 1755 DPD delivered the parts.

Outstanding service by both the seller and DPD, both highly recommended. Might fit them tomorrow.......