What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[BorniteIdentity]

  On 26/06/2020 at 10:17, Rovorsche said:

Looks like a sturdy bike, that would also mean its heavy as well ?

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22kg by the looks of things!!!!

Still - I guess nobody's going to carry it away unless they turn up with an army.

[Volksy]

Quite liked this article, given (apart from one) these vehicles are right in our territory. I think I would probably pick the 'Benz at this age though. 

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15141394/bmw-750il-vs-mercedes-benz-560sel-lexus-ls400-bentley-turbo-r-archived-comparison-test/?src=socialflowFBCAD&utm_campaign=socialflowFBCD&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media

[Andyrew]

  On 26/06/2020 at 10:17, Rovorsche said:

Looks like a sturdy bike, that would also mean its heavy as well ?

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Indeed it's rather weighty.

The bike plus it's 6 foot plus and probably 15 stone rider , makes the drum brakes purely cosmetic I've been informed.

Good job he hasn't just moved into a house on one of the steepest hills in Luton last week . . . 

Ohh.

 

Told him to watch out for any abandoned ramps on the way down.

[omegod]

Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat 

[Tigerfox]

Gifted a coule of punnets of Strawberrys and Raspberrys, just need a bit of cream.

Tough job but somebodys got to do it

[somewhatfoolish]

  On 26/06/2020 at 11:35, Andyrew said:

Indeed it's rather weighty.

The bike plus it's 6 foot plus and probably 15 stone rider , makes the drum brakes purely cosmetic I've been informed.

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I didn't find that; you couldn't take the piss with the brakes, they aren't discs but as long as you kept to a speed appropriate to the amount of load(if I had 30kg of mail on I took it easy, at the end of the walk with no load I could pretend to be Eddie Merckx coasting downhill and not die horribly at junctions.) they were fine. They do also need adjusting, especially when new and bedding in; allow them to go out of adjustment and they became ornaments.

[somewhatfoolish]

  On 26/06/2020 at 12:38, omegod said:

Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat 

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From the country that brought us grits, cheezwhiz and BBQ sauce that's pretty rich mocking other countrys' food.

[Andyrew]

  On 26/06/2020 at 12:52, somewhatfoolish said:

I didn't find that; you couldn't take the piss with the brakes, they aren't discs but as long as you kept to a speed appropriate to the amount of load(if I had 30kg of mail on I took it easy, at the end of the walk with no load I could pretend to be Eddie Merckx coasting downhill and not die horribly at junctions.) they were fine. They do also need adjusting, especially when new and bedding in; allow them to go out of adjustment and they became ornaments.

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Cheers, I'll pass that on. 

Some brake tweakage needed then.

[Andyrew]

Well that's that part of the movie ruined , thanks autoshite. 

[djb222]

[hairnet]

  On 26/06/2020 at 12:38, omegod said:

Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat 

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twinkies and reeses and grits and chitlins mean the usa cannot call anyone on food

 

[Volksy]

  On 26/06/2020 at 13:20, hairnet said:

twinkies and reeses and grits and chitlins mean the usa cannot call anyone on food

 

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Ugh. Grits..

[gm]

@paulplom has just been round and dropped off a cordless drill/ impact driver which will come in very handy when I get started on building this kit car, if it ever arrives. Cheers, Paul, much appreciated  

[Wack]

what a picture, isn't it just beautiful

 

 

[omegod]

  On 26/06/2020 at 16:39, Wack said:

what a picture, isn't it just beautiful

 

 

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I still hold out hope that it'll fly again one day 

[Fumbler]

  On 26/06/2020 at 17:21, omegod said:

I still hold out hope that it'll fly again one day 

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I wish it will so I can experience a flight in it.

[myglaren]

Sitting in my window, open of course, just heard a 'Deltic' two-tone horn, like the third one.

 

Nearest rail line is approx two miles in a straight line.

[Wack]

  On 26/06/2020 at 17:30, Rovorsche said:

My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit.

While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off.
It was awesome.

When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit.
So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why.

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About 15 years ago I was taking a break in a petrol station next to the runway at heathrow , I'd watched a few planes take off , by the time they got to where I was they were well airborne , a few hundred feet or so 

I didn't know concorde was taking off until I heard it coming , I was looking up but it was still firmly on the ground flat out with the afterburners on, it needed all of the runway to get in the air.

It was a sight I'll never forget , I can still see it now , British & French engineering at it's best ,designed by men in brown suits with drawing boards

[Fumbler]

The first car they show had me chuckling away.

[Dan the van]

  On 26/06/2020 at 17:30, Rovorsche said:

My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit.

While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off.
It was awesome.

When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit.
So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why.

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Yup,I used to work at the cargo village at LHR.Without fail everyone stopped what they were doing to watch her take off.I so so miss Concorde.

[catsinthewelder]

  On 26/06/2020 at 19:19, Fumbler said:

The first car they show had me chuckling away.

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Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years.  Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ?

 

Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though.

[Fumbler]

  On 26/06/2020 at 22:01, catsinthewelder said:

Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years.  Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ?

 

Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though.

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That Avenger afterwards as well. The suspension was virtually nonexistant! Great catch on the Polonez too, I was trying to figure out what it was! To be honest, I find his narration to be a breath of fresh air... Perhaps it's because I don't watch television anymore.

There's a whole lineup of old PCA episodes on the channel, plenty of prime chod to look at, that's for sure.

[hairnet]

watching bangers and cash

barn find early marina 3 door - the chap gets there and is taking it off the trailer and keeps repeating one owner never welded unrestored

'gearlevers a bit short'

gearbox is in the boot ?

sd1 3.5 and at least matthewson was complimentary

but still slagged bl in general

 

[hairnet]

omg herald estate someones put a vitesse 6 in it

want

 

[somewhatfoolish]

  On 26/06/2020 at 22:01, catsinthewelder said:

Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years.  Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ?

 

Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though.

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What's the Subaru thing laying down the smoke screen near the beginning?

[mitsisigma01]

  On 26/06/2020 at 20:08, Dan the van said:

Yup,I used to work at the cargo village at LHR.Without fail everyone stopped what they were doing to watch her take off.I so so miss Concorde.

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I was at FedEx, 92-95

[Dan the van]

Small world,we used to take the Fed Ex mid morning stuff covering the south.My run was Surrey,Hampshire and Dorset.In a Bedford Astramax.Was doing about 90k miles a year back then.Advance couriers they were called,left in 1989.

 

[Tigerfox]

  On 26/06/2020 at 17:30, Rovorsche said:

My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit.

While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off.
It was awesome.

When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit.
So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why.

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I was at a Goodwood Revival a few years ago when the Battle of Britan Lancaster flew over, very low, it made the ground shake and also set off countless car alarms

[Wack]

  On 26/06/2020 at 20:08, Dan the van said:

Yup,I used to work at the cargo village at LHR.Without fail everyone stopped what they were doing to watch her take off.I so so miss Concorde.

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Same happened at legoland , everybody and I mean everybody stopped what they were doing and looked up until it was out of sight , it must’ve happened every evening no matter who was there.

[Wack]

  On 27/06/2020 at 07:36, Tigerfox said:

I was at a Goodwood Revival a few years ago when the Battle of Britan Lancaster flew over, very low, it made the ground shake and also set off countless car alarms

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The sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin has made tears run down my face many times , I don’t know if it’s the sound or the emotion behind the history, without the merlin Britain could’ve been a very different country today.
 

in the 80s when airshows weren’t the dull affairs a mile from the crowd they are today watching a spitfire flat out along the runway was amazing