What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Floatylight]

1 hour ago, Aston Martin said:

Drag coefficient of 1 million, unless you drive with all the windows open..

[gm]

I was looking out my living room window and couldn't figure out what was wrong - then it occurred to me - the lawn has been mowed.

Great, but by who ?

Not me, for sure

Presumably not one of the neighbours as theirs haven't been done.

Who on earth has come round while I am at work and done my garden for me ?

Bit of a weird one  

 

[High Jetter]

You've been Beadled! (Or your memory is fading and you mowed it yesterday)

[gm]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

You've been Beadled! (Or your memory is fading and you mowed it yesterday)

I am getting on a bit but would also need to have forgotten buying a mower too ! 

[Wack]

Just seen this advertised on facebook

 

 

PMSL did they describe her down the phone to some guy in China 

 

[Floatylight]

As expected this cat looks well cheesed off..

[808 Estate]

[Agila]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

Just seen this advertised on facebook

 

 

PMSL did they describe her down the phone to some guy in China 

 

Is that Clare Balding?

[Wack]

It looks more like Claire Balding  than Princess Diana that’s for sure 

[Quintus]

It looks more like Claire Balding  than Princess Diana that’s for sure 

Could be David Icke if you squint a bit.

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[320touring]

Oh for fucks sake...

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, gm said:

I am getting on a bit but would also need to have forgotten buying a mower too ! 

You say that, but you'll never know what you can't recall!

[Wack]

I was looking for a part time job , maybe driving a pharmacy van , or Wiltshire farm foods , that sort of thing , found a site that appeared to be advertising said jobs

Just got an email from them with some ludicrous salaries , like , night security officer £46,496 

Scrolled to the bottom to read this bollocks

[Floatylight]

2 hours ago, Wack said:

I was looking for a part time job , maybe driving a pharmacy van , or Wiltshire farm foods , that sort of thing , found a site that appeared to be advertising said jobs

Just got an email from them with some ludicrous salaries , like , night security officer £46,496 

Scrolled to the bottom to read this bollocks

The jobs market appears to need serious regulation at present, in our household I've had my wife and both teenagers looking for jobs, many agencies tout for applicants but don't actually have the jobs available and have nothing to do with the recruitment process, complete nightmare filtering out all this dross and fakery to actually find a job worth applying for with an agency that's actually been tasked with finding employee for prospective employer, only one of the tre has found a job and that was because a friend told him they needed someone at her place.  He's been there a couple of months now and it's a nightmare, many breaches of food hygiene, h&s and employment law, such as no staff getting paid annual leave, no lunchbreaks, and new yesterday known breaking covid laws!! But he darent leave as he'll have to go back into the nightmare of applying for non existent jobs and not receiving so much as a confirmation email..

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RANT OVER

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

You know that overpriced branded tat they have on display at the Parts Deot in Merc dealers? Golf balls for £80 or wine bottle stoppers for £100 just because they’ve got the 3 pointed star on.

Well. How much would they charge for hand made , individual designed hipster hats ?

A lot more than Ellina, that’s for sure. As advertised on W210 Merc Facebook page. 
That’s Mrs N’s Christmas present taken care of!
 

[Tayne]

Just washed this and I’m quite happy with how it’s come out. Applied a cheapo ceramic coating, we’ll see how that goes.

Bonus when my Z3 owning neighbour appeared asking to borrow a set of wheels as he’s mid restoration and he ended up buying my old 3 series winters. 

[Wack]

Now this is a bad day at work $2m in damage 

 

[cort16]

Just watching harry's garage with the reworked Callum Design Aston Martin Vanquish. which costs £450,000 and here it is, the  same electric window switch as my mk3 granada

 

[paulplom]

I got thia book a couple of weeks back at a car boot sale. I offered the guy the 25p it states on the front cover but he was having none of it.

I ended up having to pay a quid. Daylight robberey!

Anyway, is it any use to any one? I can post it out.

[dollywobbler]

On 9/25/2020 at 9:41 AM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Currently in darkest Ceredigion, waiting to see if local lockdown happens whilst I'm here....

Seems very unlikely. Ceredigion is very low in terms of cases. It is lovely though.

[myglaren]

[wuvvum]

On 9/27/2020 at 10:08 AM, NorfolkNWeigh said:

You know that overpriced branded tat they have on display at the Parts Deot in Merc dealers? Golf balls for £80 or wine bottle stoppers for £100 just because they’ve got the 3 pointed star on.

Well. How much would they charge for hand made , individual designed hipster hats ?

A lot more than Ellina, that’s for sure. As advertised on W210 Merc Facebook page. 
That’s Mrs N’s Christmas present taken care of!
 

Either that wool is 6" thick or those "hats" are just about big enough to keep the end of your winky warm.

[cort1977]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

I got thia book a couple of weeks back at a car boot sale. I offered the guy the 25p it states on the front cover but he was having none of it.

Anyway, is it any use to any one? I can post it out.

I would like that please, PM'd you. 

[Stanky]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Either that wool is 6" thick or those "hats" are just about big enough to keep the end of your winky warm.

Isn't it the latter? They are to keep the merc bonnet emblem/pedestrian spear 'warm'  I thought judging by pic 2 of the orange wool one sat on a black star?

I mean you could probably also use it to keep your winky warm/as a condom if you wanted?

[hairnet]

Wtf German what looks like pebble mill they were talking to a cat owner did some cooking then this

[yes oui si]

On 9/27/2020 at 6:27 AM, Floatylight said:

The jobs market appears to need serious regulation at present, in our household I've had my wife and both teenagers looking for jobs, many agencies tout for applicants but don't actually have the jobs available and have nothing to do with the recruitment process, complete nightmare filtering out all this dross and fakery to actually find a job worth applying for with an agency that's actually been tasked with finding employee for prospective employer, only one of the tre has found a job and that was because a friend told him they needed someone at her place.  He's been there a couple of months now and it's a nightmare, many breaches of food hygiene, h&s and employment law, such as no staff getting paid annual leave, no lunchbreaks, and new yesterday known breaking covid laws!! But he darent leave as he'll have to go back into the nightmare of applying for non existent jobs and not receiving so much as a confirmation email..

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RANT OVER

 

Yup, literally thousands of applicants for even warehousing or cleaning jobs around here. 

[Wack]

[MarvinsMom]

i'm loving the new bed.

well its not new, new, but new to me.

my father went and picked it up with the x-trail, didn't think it was going to go in the back but it did!

and it weighs a bloody ton, i know cos i had to carry the bits upstairs before putting it back together. 

its got my old mattress on it, i'm not flush enough to change that  (yet) and the old bed was dragged downstairs, reduced to matchwood, and taken to the tip.

its been a busy couple of days!

[Austat]

9 hours ago, hairnet said:

Wtf German what looks like pebble mill they were talking to a cat owner did some cooking then this

Opel Manta A, phwoarr.

[myglaren]