What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[MikeR]

Just painted the decking , had a pizza ,the wine bottle is half full , i have a 20 box of twist offs , lots on the phone to watch , and i am up to song 200 out of 526 on my boom box ,  and its going to rain soon and i have swimming trunks on ........  

[S2000]

41 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Just painted the decking , had a pizza ,the wine bottle is half full , i have a 20 box of twist offs , lots on the phone to watch , and i am up to song 200 out of 526 on my boom box ,  and its going to rain soon and i have swimming trunks on ........  

I’m sleeping on a sun lounger in the Garden wearing nothing but my under crackers tonight........ hoping aliens will abduct a thin fat person surrounded by empty Stella Cans....

[Tamworthbay]

6 minutes ago, Rovorsche said:

Had a good session of lightning this afternoon, proper window rattlers with a couple striking close, less than a second so within 330 metres.

Shortly afterwards we were sitting under a creaky gazebo that was just about coping with the weather, sipping beer and finally cooling down

Then a LOT of sirens went down the A34, I predicted the destination exactly, Milton Interchange

 

What car is it ?

 

It’s an Australian make I think.

[richardmorris]

Audi?

[MikeR]

Audi know that ?

[Jerzy Woking]

Had a puncture in the Avensis today, not five feet from my front gate. No idea what caused it though.

Drove a few kms to the nearest garage/tyre place. Looked a bit busy even at 6.30pm

The grin is that no one the spoke English, but managed to explain my problem to them in my crap Spanish. Waited a bit and then the fitter sign languaged that he needed my key. Amused the hell out of me watching him get into the passenger seat first.

Put a new tyre on, a brand that I had not heard of, and then charged me €33 all in.

Something must go tits up soon...

[MikeR]

Ok , had my swimming stuff on all day .

The sky is starting to flash but no rain so far ...........

[Talbot]

It's finally raining here and the miserable hot temperatures have fucked off.  I might actually sleep tonight, which will be superb.

I can understand why some people like hot weather, but it just knocks me out.

[mitsisigma01]

I think you've had all ours then because we have nothing 28 miles north east of you ???

[paulplom]

10 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Audi?

Not audi, it's an actual colour.

[paulplom]

Home made bread buns for bait today.

Half ham and peas pudding, half chicken and branston.

[cobblers]

Bumped into a bloke in the corridor outside my workshop who fits solar panels.

Casually asked if he had any spare/orphan panels kicking about. Result:

Brand bastard new, proper 205W panel, not chinese rubbish. £30!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

28 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Bumped into a bloke in the corridor outside my workshop who fits solar panels.

Casually asked if he had any spare/orphan panels kicking about. Result:

Brand bastard new, proper 205W panel, not chinese rubbish. £30!

For trickle charging car batteries?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Not audi, it's an actual colour.

Skoda?

[paulplom]

A mate is friends with the makita rep. He just got me six 4ah batteries for £40 each. Half price with warranty.

 

[cobblers]

3 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

For trickle charging car batteries?

Most of the stuff in my camper runs off the batteries, even the water heater if needs be. A 200w panel like this will generate more electricity than I use in summer, even with the fridge running, so I can camp indefinitely without running out of juice and probably get away without using any gas. On an overcast day or in winter it won't generate as much, but will still probably account for half of my usage. And yes it'll keep the batteries all brimmed and in good health when the van is stood unused.

[beko1987]

Itll run some led lights about the place though? 

[somewhatfoolish]

Are you going to mount it on the roof, or just prop it up outside when camping?

[cobblers]

It'll be permanently on the roof, probably fixed with a low profile frame bolted to the roof bar anchor points. 

[dollywobbler]

On 8/9/2020 at 10:16 AM, twosmoke300 said:

Boot floor check is part of the test . Really grinds my gears when customers leave a load of crap in their cars / seats down / belts trapped etc for mot 

Oops. I didn't actually know that...

[rob88h]

Palindromes and fun numbers make me grin. I can’t decide which of these pleases me more:

 

[Remspoor]

On 8/9/2020 at 11:16 AM, twosmoke300 said:

Boot floor check is part of the test . Really grinds my gears when customers leave a load of crap in their cars / seats down / belts trapped etc for mot 

Could that be counted as a fail then? I.E. you are are unable to test/inspect them?

[Fumbler]

Well that was quick. Sweated my way through a 6-hour apprenticeship interview yesterday and was told that I would hear within 5 working days. I get a phone call at 11 o'clock to say that I'm hired!! Still pinching myself now to make sure this isn't a dream! It took two years but man it's worth it.

[320touring]

Congratulations! @Fumbler

[SteersWithThrottle]

On 8/12/2020 at 2:15 AM, PhilA said:

Did a proper line-up of the cars tonight.

 

They're all parked with their front wheels on the same line in the concrete. The Renault is tiny.

Phil

I'll take the Pontiac (Chieftain?) please.

You can mail it to:

Wish I had a drive big enough,

Bet it gets more looks than any of the others,

Jelly-town,

UK

[High Jetter]

They were absolutely correct, you DID hear within 5 working days. Stock answer, to allow for rejection letter to be posted. Anyway, irrelevant, well done that man!

[twosmoke300]

4 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Could that be counted as a fail then? I.E. you are are unable to test/inspect them?

Should be really but most testers can’t be arsed with the flack about it . If it’s a modern ish clean and tidy car I suppose they take the risk 

[Fumbler]

2 hours ago, High Jetter said:

They were absolutely correct, you DID hear within 5 working days. Stock answer, to allow for rejection letter to be posted. Anyway, irrelevant, well done that man!

Many thanks both to you and  @320touring!

Indeed, however it was also because they extended the application time (which I'm eternally grateful for or else this wouldn't have happened) and pushed back the assessments to yesterday, while keeping the work start date to be 1st September. Pretty tight!

[Tamworthbay]

17 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Should be really but most testers can’t be arsed with the flack about it . If it’s a modern ish clean and tidy car I suppose they take the risk 

Is there an option to advise like with child seats? I.e. couldn’t be tested due to month old Maccy D shite in boot, or similar.

[Bren]

Just deleted my twitter account. Full of bile that I do not need.