What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Roobarb]

for what it’s worth, I like it Arthur... um... Jamie!

Sorry, couldn’t find a pic of his Jaaaag.

[Jamie]

9 minutes ago, Roobarb said:

for what it’s worth, I like it Arthur... um... Jamie!

Sorry, couldn’t find a pic of his Jaaaag.

This is why I love AS ??? quality 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

43 minutes ago, Roobarb said:

 

Given the gay references, should that not be Mindr?

[Wack]

2 hours ago, jamiechod said:

I mean it does look a bit gay times weekly cover pic... 

To be fair it looks better on than it did on the rack , not as feminine as I was expecting , must be the way you're rocking the collar 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, jamiechod said:

I mean it does look a bit gay times weekly cover pic... 

sausage and chips please

[SiC]

20 minutes ago, hairnet said:

sausage and chips please

Sausage and meatballs surely?

[hairnet]

one or the other

 

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

To be fair it looks better on than it did on the rack , not as feminine as I was expecting , must be the way you're rocking the collar 

Glad I could pull it off in a manly way. AS win ?

[Jamie]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

Sausage and meatballs surely?

Everything has its price 

[hairnet]

meat pie, sausage roll........

oh wait thats oldham

 

[hairymel]

4 hours ago, Fumbler said:

200 amps. Ha ha ha haaaaa......
.... research ...

Guess you have already found out that generally these type of Chinesium 200a inverters are not bad for the money as long as you factor in that the display shows about twice the actual current. And of course the 200a rating is nearer 100a.

[MarvinsMom]

21 hours ago, xtriple said:

I just heard of a car company that has recently set up a plant in China to make one specific model. All the cars have certain tolerences by design but apparently some have been 'pushed' a bit... to the extent that certain parts (namely headlights) from a UK built car will not fit the exact same car being built by the same company in a new factory in that there China.

thats gotta be JLR - some of their bits made in this country don't fit on cars assembled in this country!

[Wack]

6 hours ago, Rovorsche said:

Tesco Insurance are CUNTS!

My Mother In Law stayed with them for Ten years, and was paying £650 for a 1.4 seat, the yearly increments were excessive but affordable to her.

Switched to RAC for £280 including breakdown cover and hasnt looked back.

They all are, my dad was with the same company for decades , they were charging him over £600 , I got it for less than 50%  of that

Didn't go so well though , 18 months later he rang me up , who was that insurance with , I can't find the certificate and I need to tax my car 

That's when I found out it hadn't auto renewed and he'd been driving with no insurance for 6 months 

Oops 

[Jamie]

21 minutes ago, hairnet said:

meat pie, sausage roll........

oh wait thats oldham

 

Im in Rochdale so pretty accurate to be fair 

[Timewaster]

22 hours ago, xtriple said:

I just heard of a car company that has recently set up a plant in China to make one specific model. All the cars have certain tolerences by design but apparently some have been 'pushed' a bit... to the extent that certain parts (namely headlights) from a UK built car will not fit the exact same car being built by the same company in a new factory in that there China.

A friend of mine worked in his dad's business selling industrial machines. 

Manufacturing by contractors in China, they would produce the first batch perfectly. 

Then gradually the spec began to drift. 

Titanium fixings became stainless, stainless fittings became mild. 

Non vital components start to disappear. 

Sizes begin to shrink. Metal got thinner and thinner. 

The company would have the machines shipped directly to the customer and only discover these cut corners when they went to maintain or repair them. 

A swift flight to China and a bollocking given, the spec returned to normal for a bit. 

[Fumbler]

49 minutes ago, hairymel said:

Guess you have already found out that generally these type of Chinesium 200a inverters are not bad for the money as long as you factor in that the display shows about twice the actual current. And of course the 200a rating is nearer 100a.

Indeed, people's current readings on Youtube show this. In the case of This Old Tony, switching polarity makes the weld better, however I don't know if this applies to all of them.

[Joey spud]

This made me larf.

[Roobarb]

^^^

I always wondered how ‘The ox and lamb kept time’

In a Flaver Flav kind of way or with a baton like the Conductor on the Last night of the Proms?

EDIT: Google is your friend

[hairymel]

4 hours ago, Fumbler said:

 This Old Tony

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[MarvinsMom]

14 hours ago, Joey spud said:

This made me larf.

which reminds me of this, an all time favourite

"i brought these gifts for you, their upper my bum......"

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 hours ago, Timewaster said:

A friend of mine worked in his dad's business selling industrial machines. 

Manufacturing by contractors in China, they would produce the first batch perfectly. 

Then gradually the spec began to drift. 

Titanium fixings became stainless, stainless fittings became mild. 

Non vital components start to disappear. 

Sizes begin to shrink. Metal got thinner and thinner. 

The company would have the machines shipped directly to the customer and only discover these cut corners when they went to maintain or repair them. 

A swift flight to China and a bollocking given, the spec returned to normal for a bit. 

"Heaven is high, and the Emperor is far away"

Alternatively, when the cat's away,  the mice mitch off early. 

[SRi05]

Drove my mum and dad about on Christmas day so they could both have a gargle when out visiting, they normally laugh about how I always have a different car when I visit them, and this was the first time they'd seen the Saab. They were absolutely purring over it ? had a fair bit of country road driving so stuck the roof down for a laugh, they loved it. Think I'll just donate it to them when the time comes to buy my next piece of chod from here. 

[iainrcz]

Just been watching that Brian Cox geezer.
Had a quick search about the Voyager probes, they're still out there transmitting data after over 42 years.
Fucking staggering.

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[wuvvum]

Yep, space probes were built to last in those days.  Not like the flimsy Space-X crap they're pushing out now which half the time can't even get into orbit without falling to bits.

[Jamie]

Still making me grin ?

[hairnet]

no ep3s round your way?

 

[Bobthebeard]

Working on Christmas Day. My first Christmas as a private hire driver so decided to put my name down to work all day. Christmas tariff so 50% extra. Really enjoyed the day, everyone in a good mood, no traffic and plenty of 'tips'. Was about to sign off at 6pm but a job pinged up to collect a customer from a local club. Turned up, waited and waited. Just about to log the job as a No Show then a young lass dashed out in full going out gear. "Are you waiting for me? It's Katie" Agreed that I was so in she got. She needed to go and feed her four horses and return to the party, could I wait and bring her back etc? Did that. The grin is that she was delightful and her horses were in stables miles away. £30 fare and a £10 tip. A great end to work on Christmas Day. 

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Yep, space probes were built to last in those days.  Not like the flimsy Space-X crap they're pushing out now which half the time can't even get into orbit without falling to bits.

Boeing can't even get theirs to go into orbit at all, not the right one anyway, so experience isn't all it's cracked up to be. At the moment parachute science seems to be harder than rocket surgery, or something.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

19 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Boeing can't even get theirs to go into orbit at all, not the right one anyway.....

They're certainly having problems with the stuff they used to do really well, like building planes that don't crash....

[iainrcz]

38 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

They're certainly having problems with the stuff they used to do really well, like building planes that don't crash....

*cough* Accountants *cough*