What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Angrydicky]

That picture of the beige beast makes me grin. Thanks Brammy

[Lord Sterling]

motorway cops - watching the 93 year old maestro driver who'd driven the wrong way down the M40 in the snow say 'bollocks' when he'd been caught - it was the Fast Show all over again!

 

Lol, yeh I saw this! Great little moment that, when the cops got out, whilst on his own he uttered 'bollocks'

 

Apparently, the old fella had his licence revoked. I did a bit of checking on his car, RAC say its an Austin Maestro L.

 

The vehicle details for G274 EJW are:

 

Date of Liability 01 06 2011

Date of First Registration 01 08 1989

Year of Manufacture 1989

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1598CC

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Licence Not Due

Vehicle Colour BLUE

 

So, its still taxed (hopefully) but for how long?

[Guest]

OMFG POSITIVITY.

 

1. Got Piazza interview back. Got 73. Highest mark in class.

2. Did some test filming for idiot lecturer. Rushes came out OK.

3. Upgraded to the latest version of VLC player and the footage I thought had been scrambled by the IX 20 hadn't been! It's useable! VLC 1.03 didn't like the camera's codec and was dropping frames all over the place.

 

Anyone want to recommend a decent piece of freeware editing software? I have a copy of a well known piece of editing software [***d], but it's so willfully illogical it's doing my tits in.

 

MERCI WORLD I LUV YOU LOADS

 

4ROM WAT

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

[Guest]

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

 

I USED WMM AN ITZ WELL GAY

 

SOZ LENRD.

[CIH]

Red Dwarf night in my gaff = grinz.

 

Hearing my silvia is on it's way down south to me after ~2years in stroage = BIG grinz.

[gallondrunk]

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[brammy777]

Got caught taking photos of a car today, for the first time, whoops.

But he was a friendly chap, and only 27 years old, which probably helped. Seems he is really into MKII Fiestas, the car I got caught snapping being one (modified, although all reversable), and we got into a lengthy chat about them, and even about old cars in the area. Weirdly, as we were talking, an old woman came over and mentioned that she had two laid up in her front garden. What on earth are the chances of that?!

[Guest]

^^Two of *what* laid up in her garden?

 

MILF

[Pete-M]

I'd not driven the Jag for a week, until tonight.

 

I just cannot bring myself to sell it. The Jeep is gonna have to go.

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

 

I USED WMM AN ITZ WELL GAY

 

SOZ LENRD.

 

Since you're "creative" now, shouldn't you buy a Mac for £1k and use its video editing suite? I bet it's called something wanky like iLife.

[254575]

That picture of the beige beast makes me grin. Thanks Brammy

 

Speaking of what makes you grin, its always nice to find picture of your car online taken by enthusiasts. it makes all the hard work worthwhile

 

i see you spotted my 1600 in the car park on a previous occasion (its now tucked up safe and dry in a garage)

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38389354@N ... 721133548/

 

and someone else my EFi

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8165854@N08/5345562997/

 

(it now has maestro alloys back on it)

[Station]

OMFG POSITIVITY.

 

1. Got Piazza interview back. Got 73. Highest mark in class.

2. Did some test filming for idiot lecturer. Rushes came out OK.

3. Upgraded to the latest version of VLC player and the footage I thought had been scrambled by the IX 20 hadn't been! It's useable! VLC 1.03 didn't like the camera's codec and was dropping frames all over the place.

 

Anyone want to recommend a decent piece of freeware editing software? I have a copy of a well known piece of editing software [***d], but it's so willfully illogical it's doing my tits in.

 

MERCI WORLD I LUV YOU LOADS

 

4ROM WAT

 

Have you tried Adobe Premiere? I didn't have a clue, and watched a 3 minute video tutorial on Youtube and I'm clued up on it now. You can do everything with it, it even does 1080 HD etc.

[Negative Creep]

Actually doing a days work. Job seems pretty easy and I don't have to deal directly with the public, although I'll likely be bored of it in a week

[dollywobbler]

I got paid today, which is nice. It was looking like the Scimitar money was about to become 'living' money! The thought of collecting the plastic fantastic on Saturday is making me grin. My grin muscles will hurt by Saturday...

[Guest]

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

 

I USED WMM AN ITZ WELL GAY

 

SOZ LENRD.

 

Since you're "creative" now, shouldn't you buy a Mac for £1k and use its video editing suite? I bet it's called something wanky like iLife.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't spend £100 on an Apple product. I'd rather bank the majority of my loan for next year and spunk the bursary the University gave me on wheels and spares for the Amazon (and a 480).

 

If they insist on employing shit lecturers, I will spend their money stupidly on things I want.

 

I'll go and see Mahmoud who does my pay-as-you-go phones to see if he can get me a copy of Premiere on the slant. He gets me most of the stuff I need. I've since established with the head of year and technician that it matters not what you edit the damn film on, so long as you meet the requirements on the sheet (which she didn't write).

 

I hope she likes my song about Jesse Birdsall (Eldorado era) that I wrote yesterday. Sample line: 'ARRROOOOOOGGHGHHHHHHHHH, TR7 AND COINS, URRRRGHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOGGGHHJHHHHHHHHH'

[HillmanImp]

Right, this is a very old grump.

 

At the end on 1988 or beginning of 1989 my parents recorded a film. Unfortunately it was shown on the same night as either the Lockerbie bombing or the Kegworth air crash. This resulted in there being a newsflash in the middle and I missed the end of the film as i had programmed the video to record the exact length of the film like a numpty.

 

I am trying to find out what film it was. I don't remember who was in it, but it was an American film from the 80's about a girl and a guy who sold people cars and then stole them back again in order to sell them on to another punter. Thats all I remember.

 

Not a lot to go on I know. I remember really enjoying the film and it has just popped in my head as I saw this on B3ta. I am pretty sure its not this but it might be.

 

I am sure the people in the one I watched were a bit more 'street' and less 'Suit Jackets and Quiffs'. Tried finding the TV listings for those dates but to no avail. Might buy some radio times from e-bay if needs must (although did the radio times do all 4 channels in those days or was it just BBC).

 

Can anyone on here help?

[michiel]

Ink truck crash. Big, colourful photo here.

[Richard]

Might buy some radio times from e-bay if needs must (although did the radio times do all 4 channels in those days or was it just BBC).

 

Radio Times was just BBC then, you had to buy the TV Times for ITV/C4.

 

You should be able to find a newspaper from that day at your local library, that would have TV listings in it.

 

It's not Grand Theft Auto is it? I have that still in cellophane, you can have it for nothing if it turns out to be that.

[HillmanImp]

Bollocks i just realised i put that on the wrong thread. Sorry. This is the Grin not the Grump

 

Good try but its not Grand theft Auto, I actually have that somewhere. Starring the whole of the Howard clan IIRC. Got it free with my Doovd player.

[Des]

Given this today, listened to track 1, brilliant, saving the rest for when I'm next pissed off.

 

[HillmanImp]

I am trying to find out what film it was.

 

I know you said 80s but could it be the original Gone In 60 Seconds from 1974?

 

 

The lead characters did practice lots of dodgy car theft and insurance scams.

 

No, but that looks ace. Just ordered a copy of it from Play for £2.99. I think it might have to be the TV listings or i can forget about it for another 20 years.

[BMC Dan]

 

I am trying to find out what film it was. I don't remember who was in it, but it was an American film from the 80's about a girl and a guy who sold people cars and then stole them back again in order to sell them on to another punter. Thats all I remember.

 

Can anyone on here help?

 

Where's Hirst when you need him?

[meggersdog]

This should really be in the grumpy thread but it made me smile anyway.

I bought a cheap MX5 from BCA on Friday.The driver said the windows didn't work.Both not working probably just a blown fuse then.It came with a hardtop,a month's MOT but just a back half of a V5.The red paintwork was as flat as a witch's tit so on Saturday it got a good buffing.The hardtop was stuck on the chrome posts which took two of us to remove.Once removed the hood was perfect and I had to adjust it to make it fit as was tight.That'll be the hardtop listed on ebay then.

Time to look at the windows now.Yesterday I found the well hidden fusebox and the 30 amp for the windows was ok.I removed the centre console to get at the switch.There's power going in and power to both up and down on the passenger's side but only the down on the driver's side.Hmmm, a broken wire perhaps.Removing the the nearside trim panel revealed...............oooh what's this piece of wood doing propping up the window ? wait,where's the bloody window regulator gone ? Over on the driver's side the motor is disconnected,the window is unscrewed from it's runner and there's another wooden prop.Bodge-tastic.The driver's side is back together but only goes down.Power in is 12 volts power out is 9 so I had to run wires from the passenger door across to the driver's motor to get the window up.Oh well atleast the V5 arrived today.

[Guest]

Hillman: Could it be "Made In USA"? In the middle of this:

[HillmanImp]

Hillman: Could it be "Made In USA"? In the middle of this:

 

I think you might have hit the nail on the head there Hirst.

 

At first i thought you were taking the piss as it would not play the video on my phone so i googled it but accidentally typed in 'Made in America' which seems to star Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson in some sort of teen romcom, however upon arriving at work I can view the vid......

 

Good work that man.

[mk1_4dr]

Well done indeed Hirst. That was QUALZ.

[Cavcraft]

Took the Fiesta for it's first 'proper' run out by coming to work in it today. It started first time and ran beautifully. Obv. a bit slow but got up to 60mph no bother and is actually very quiet.

[Richard]

Hillman: Could it be "Made In USA"? In the middle of this:

 

Opening sequence shot in Centralia! Centralia is the scene of a massive underground fire that started in 1962 and is still burning today. I've seen pictures before but this is the first time I've seen it on film.

 

[barrett]

Sonic Youth did the soundtrack? I'll try and check this out...