What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Tayne]

you're 

[jakebullet]

Rather random choice of a tag? Or commentary on BLM?

[DVee8]

[Cavcraft]

Got pretty wankered up town last night. 

 

Much needed day off work today.

 

Four figure tax refund arrived this morning.

 

Time to go and look for an(other) old two stroke bike or moped. 

[iainrcz]

This made me chuckle earlier, spotted in Stirling.

[xtriple]

Wonder if this will work?

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

Just watching Deals on Wheels with Mike Brewer and Richard Sutton:

Yeah yeah, I know. There are some Mike Brewer haters on here...yawn...etc...

Check out the young Scottish 70s "throwback" selling a 1980s Citroen BX at around the 15 minute mark...

Now this was the 90s, most members of the public found appearing on television rather uncomfortable, lots of muffled speeches, uncomfortable silences and a general air of "what the fuck am I doing here?" which was highly refreshing to see, much better than the talentless wannabes who assault the TV screens of today.

[steveo3002]

saw  a focus...rego 9 poo  lols

[andy18s]

Stretch Escalade,HumVee or Cadillac  toooo much?

Yours,for only 5000 of your English pounds

[High Jetter]

On 9/12/2020 at 3:21 PM, New POD said:

I believe that the word twat has more than one meaning.

It's a pregnant fish,

A Tory politician, 

A fanny.

A person who is a bit of a nasty price of work 

And it mean to hit. 

Normal parlance for most of Liverpool I think. 

Price of work? Unlike you, sir! 'mean to hit' is a bit dodgy too.

[Lord Sterling]

6 minutes ago, Tayne said:

He was on here a few years back, he had moved onto Xantias.

I did wonder. I mean surely a Scottish 1970s throwback student-type who likes old cars with a general 'I'm uncomfortable around unfamiliar humans'  demeanor cannot not be a part of this forum, surely.

In the programme it shows a Citroen AX parked on the driveway then a dark-blue Xantia later on.

[Lord Sterling]

2 minutes ago, Tayne said:

Did you watch the Nigel Bickle episode?

I did but a fair few years back when it was on TV.

[Soundwave]

Warm evenings. There's just something about them that lifts my mood, even if it gets dark much earlier now than it did in the height of summer.

[mitsisigma01]

[vulgalour]

1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said:

I did wonder. I mean surely a Scottish 1970s throwback student-type who likes old cars with a general 'I'm uncomfortable around unfamiliar humans'  demeanor cannot not be a part of this forum, surely.

We definitely don't know anyone like that.  But if we did you know they'd be into Triumphs or some such.

[gm]

Fifers at play in the nineties 

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

9 hours ago, gm said:

Fifers at play in the nineties 

 

 

That Escort at 7:50 ?

[New POD]

11 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Price of work? Unlike you, sir! 'mean to hit' is a bit dodgy too.

Clarification

Nasty Piece of work 

Means "To Hit" 

[cort1977]

Loving all the Sierras.  And the Avenger.

[dozeydustman]

Sorting through my inherited stamp collection and I have found this beauty.

 

anyone know what the car is (not the model T)

 

Then I come across this fantastic piece of history.

 

 

A letter from June 8 1717, someone asking the local Lord or Laird for coal clinker

[Tenmil Socket]

40 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Sorting through my inherited stamp collection and I have found this beauty.

 

anyone know what the car is (not the model T)

 

Then I come across this fantastic piece of history.

 

 

A letter from June 8 1717, someone asking the local Lord or Laird for coal clinker

That letter is fantastic!

[Muniphobia]

Looks like an Australian Ford Falcon

[Lord Sterling]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Sorting through my inherited stamp collection and I have found this beauty.

Nice. Umm al-Qiwain (supposed to be spelt 'Quwain') is in the UAE. The motorway map underneath looka a bit like the spaghetti junction in Birmingham ?

[iainrcz]

Just done 150 miles hooning around the back roads around Stirling.
Found "the Duke's Pass" fucking ace, did it twice it was that much fun.

Maybe, possibly, sort of did a few slides.

[juular]

2 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Just done 150 miles hooning around the back roads around Stirling.
Found "the Duke's Pass" fucking ace, did it twice it was that much fun.

Maybe, possibly, sort of did a few slides.

Fun in pretty much anything that road.

Also fun, B827 between Braco and Comrie, then to Crieff and up over the Sma' Glen to Amulree and Aberfeldy.

[iainrcz]

Fun in pretty much anything that road.
Also fun, B827 between Braco and Comrie, then to Crieff and up over the Sma' Glen to Amulree and Aberfeldy.

Don't encourage me to waste more fuel

[Saabnut]

3 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Don't encourage me to waste more fuel

It will not be wasted,  it will be invested!

[hairnet]

16 hours ago, Tayne said:

Did you watch the Nigel Bickle episode?

'nim nim'

( Sorry Nigel)

[juular]

8 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

It will not be wasted,  it will be invested!

Yep, smiles per gallon in a car like that.

Wasted fuel is when you have to return the wrong stuff to Euro Car Parts for the 50th time. ?

[320touring]

33 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Just done 150 miles hooning around the back roads around Stirling.
Found "the Duke's Pass" fucking ace, did it twice it was that much fun.

Maybe, possibly, sort of did a few slides.

I once drove the Dukes Pass from Callander end to Aberfoyle in a 535i manual e34 during winter.

Sheet ice all over, new (at the time, she's still here now) Burd in the passenger seat and wheelspin barely above idle in 4th.

Was on the last 1/2 mile found down into Aberfoyle when I spied they had put a "road closed" sign on the carriageway in the other direction.

There was no sign at the Callander end. Mildly skittery.

 

It's an ace road though - the Burd's Clio 172 is the right size for it and has enough poke for climbing the hills!