What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

18 hours ago, hairnet said:

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

 

Everybody says what a top guy he is but I get the same impression as Fred Dibnah , my way or the highway , I doubt his kids ever saw a beach , more like the bottom of an oily engine during the school holidays.

[gm]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

There's an aircraft museum somwhere that has a concorde in it. I was there about ten years ago. They let you go inside and have a look at the cockpit etc. It's very small inside. Claustrophobic even.

just south of Edinburgh

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/concorde/

not far from the myreton motor museum, 

https://www.myretonmotormuseum.co.uk

could make a nice autoshite day out

 

[Fumbler]

Theory test booked for August- excite much!

[georgeinabz]

just south of Edinburgh
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/concorde/
not far from the myreton motor museum, 
https://www.myretonmotormuseum.co.uk
could make a nice autoshite day out
 

Another one at Duxford , Cambridge


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[Floatylight]

Going to get a new trolley jack, thought I'd have a look at what Argos have..

Clearly none of the people who have asked questions about this should be allowed anywhere near a trolley Jack..

Questions like

Can this be used instead of ramps when carrying out an oil change?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8845951?clickSR=slp:term:trolley%20jack:2:82:1

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[djoptix]

I made a thing.

A friend of mine has some crazy brackets to hold his curtains on the wall.

 

...but they've got bent because he has a toddler. He was looking for recommendations for a fabricator. He'd made a plan and everything!...

 

I ordered some 5mm x 50mm flat bar and successfully made them. I was using gasless wire so the welds are pretty splattery but I'm pleased with the result.

[djoptix]

14 hours ago, gm said:

just south of Edinburgh

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/concorde/

not far from the myreton motor museum, 

https://www.myretonmotormuseum.co.uk

could make a nice autoshite day out

 

It's also the main attraction at the new(ish) Aerospace Museum in Bristol.

If you're local and have kids I'd recommend it when it reopens. It's one of those places where you pay for admission once and then you can keep going back for a year for free.

[dome]

Just gave the Jag interior a quick wipe over. 

Just look at it. What a wonderful place to be?

 

[face]

13 hours ago, georgeinabz said:

Another one at Duxford , Cambridge


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I watched that land, 1977 ish.

[myglaren]

11 hours ago, Floatylight said:

Going to get a new trolley jack, thought I'd have a look at what Argos have..

Clearly none of the people who have asked questions about this should be allowed anywhere near a trolley Jack..

Questions like

Can this be used instead of ramps when carrying out an oil change?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8845951?clickSR=slp:term:trolley%20jack:2:82:1

Sent from my SM-A505FN using Tapatalk
 

I took my car back to my son's house yesterday and wandering back home passe a woman delving under the bonnet of her car (Ka) an stopped for a word.

Car was immaculate, she was removing the plugs, plug leads, vacuum hoses etc and cleaning them, replacing where needed.  Loads of tools in her crammed but very tidy garage.

She had been given a bit of a run around at a dealer and resorted to doing her own servicing, hasn't changed the oil yet and mentioned ramps so had a bit of a chat about trolley jacks and ramps, also Pela pumps and the like.  Seemed a clued up woman, probably late thirties early forties and sceptical of Halfords and the like.  Iranian I think, not that that matters but nice to see her digging in.

[steveo3002]

1 hour ago, face said:

I watched that land, 1977 ish.

same here 

[Fumbler]

2 hours ago, dome said:

Just gave the Jag interior a quick wipe over. 

Just look at it. What a wonderful place to be?

 

Phwoar! Suit you sir!

[BorniteIdentity]

After 4 years and 2 months of ownership, the wife finally got inside the Sierra. Not only that, she drove it as I was doing a 5 car shuffle (not a euphemism).

A few minutes later...

This came just a few minutes before she nearly took the front wall out with the grey grille as she’d not thought through the potential impact of maximum choke, medium strength and minimum PAS. She then soiled herself trying to brake as the carpet under the lower dash is falling down. 

Very amusing all told, 9/10 would recommend. 

[face]

10 hours ago, steveo3002 said:

same here 

From the (then) new M11 embankment at Duxford?

[808 Estate]

[mitsisigma01]

42 minutes ago, 808 Estate said:

Did they get a triumph badge for spotting the Herald and the 2000 in the picture, if they'd asked her to move a bit they'd have a much better view.... of the cars

[MikeR]

I have 5 tyres on my car that hold their pressures .. not had that for a while ..

[MikeR]

12 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Did they get a triumph badge for spotting the Herald and the 2000 in the picture, if they'd asked her to move a bit they'd have a much better view.... of the cars

Is the 2000 a mk2  2.5 with the alloys ?

[mitsisigma01]

4 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Is the 2000 a mk2  2.5 with the alloys ?

Not sure, I didn't get the Triumph badge?

[hairnet]

mad max on itv 4 now........

'the last of the v8's'

[steveo3002]

On 6/28/2020 at 10:38 PM, face said:

From the (then) new M11 embankment at Duxford?

nah dad had taken us into the airfield ...managed to lose me while filming it too lol

was stood near the hangers iirc...cant remmber much was about 4yrs old lol

 

[face]

1 hour ago, steveo3002 said:

nah dad had taken us into the airfield ...managed to lose me while filming it too lol

was stood near the hangers iirc...cant remmber much was about 4yrs old lol

 

Nice, I think I was 5.

If I get a time machine, I’ll give you a wave.

[11001010]

[outlaw118]

Email received today - went into Junk ...

Quote

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Investment advice from that waste of skin?

If I want advice on how to be unfunny, over-hyped and an annoying Wankpanda, then I'll be straight on the phone to him, but at the moment I'm quite capable by myself. KTHNXBAI

[808 Estate]

[Roobarb]

On 6/29/2020 at 8:17 AM, 808 Estate said:

Is he looking for the VW badge on the beetle bonnet?

[Wack]

Stopped at Burger King,  only drive through and a limited menu unfortunately  , pulled down to the bottom of the car park , saw plenty of wildlife , see if you can identify them 

 

 

[somewhatfoolish]

Hamburglars?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Hamburglars?

Ratatouille?

[mitsisigma01]

Probably taste better and more nutritious than a Burger King, if only you could catch one. 

Available in the Wuhan branch of BK