What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[DVee8]

12 minutes ago, gm said:

You planning to spend it on a micra ?
enjoy your hols  

A micra ummm nah to small, but something may be on the horizon

[Remspoor]

19 minutes ago, DVee8 said:

A micra ummm nah to small, but something may be on the horizon

That will be the Bezos space rocket prick flying towards you. Nice ride if you can afford it so it seems.

[Matty]

13 hours ago, motorpunk said:

My shopping car. Always puts a smile on faces.

Fit

Also worst car in world for big shop 😁

[gm]

2 hours ago, DVee8 said:

something may be on the horizon

Some sort of father and son project car ? Sounds good to me  

[cobblers]

I have an electric toothbrush - I knocked it off the shelf this morning, picked it up and gave it a rinse before use but halfway through brushing I found out the hard way that it'd picked up a hair off the floor, which vibrated against the back of my throat and make me instantly violently vomit and half fill the sink. It was absolutely magnificent!

 

[motorpunk]

38 minutes ago, Matty said:

Fit

Also worst car in world for big shop 😁

Yeah! But the rear seats are pretty good for stuff. I spent some time working on what I thought was a shagged gearbox or clutch until I found and adjusted this nut, now drives just as good/bad as new again! 
 

 

[High Jetter]

54 minutes ago, cobblers said:

I have an electric toothbrush - I knocked it off the shelf this morning, picked it up and gave it a rinse before use but halfway through brushing I found out the hard way that it'd picked up a hair off the floor, which vibrated against the back of my throat and make me instantly violently vomit and half fill the sink. It was absolutely magnificent!

 

Why do they make them (Oral-B, looking at you here) so easy to topple over and, usually, onto the floor?

[Soundwave]

Repairing my Rover's headlining earlier, though not perfect, went far better than I imagined it would.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, DVee8 said:

A micra ummm nah to small, but something may be on the horizon

A Sunny, then?

[goosey]

All set to help my son fix  the rocker gasket on his Lupo GTI yesterday which is no where near as straightforward as it sounds when my son informed me he had sorted it himself,

He traced the oil leak to the bolt to the left of the sensor  (the dirty bolt) which was loose, this was tightened and no more oil leak.

just got to pressure wash the engine bay and underneath now 

*edit he sent me this pic after he cleaned it *

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Apparently spotted earlier in Cambridge. There must be a joke in this somewhere....

 

[vulgalour]

Just installed the very first piece of brand new wiring in the Lanchester.  Not the most exciting thing in the world, but a huge step to getting the car back on the road.

[Sham]

It was my sons 15th birthday a few weeks ago, and we bought him a young drivers experience for it. Today was the day. Up to the Norfolk Showground for an hours instruction in a new Corsa.

He loved it, I grinned proudly throughout and we got a video as a keepsake. He was also a natural, and will make a great driver in a couple of years.

https://www.youngdriver.eu

[anonymous user]

22 hours ago, Matty said:

Fit

Also worst car in world for big shop 😁

I raise you a Lotus 7 on that. Although when it was my only car I managed, but passenger definitely not allowed.

[Matty]

6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Apparently spotted earlier in Cambridge. There must be a joke in this somewhere....

 

Bet there was a big kick off when he put the nozzle in

[anonymous user]

7 minutes ago, Matty said:

Bet there was a big kick off when he put the nozzle in

Yes, he galloped off for about 20 miles then just dropped to the floor.

 

He wasn't dead, he'd run out of petrol 

[motorpunk]

1 hour ago, anonymous user said:

I raise you a Lotus 7 on that. Although when it was my only car I managed, but passenger definitely not allowed.

I was once stopped by plod for taking my 3 kids to school in a Caterham. Two in passenger seat and one stood in boot holding rollbar. Copper was an old school friend “Rich, you twat, I can’t always ignore this y’know!” … let off with it. 🤣

[Dick Longbridge]

On 7/23/2021 at 5:48 AM, Wack said:

DIY convertible pulled over by police in Swinton Manchester 

 

 

That must be a photoshop. 

There's no rot around the fuel filler. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, anonymous user said:

Yes, he galloped off for about 20 miles then just dropped to the floor.

 

He wasn't dead, he'd run out of petrol 

Was this in the Shires?

(It's too warm for a coat...)

[New POD]

9 hours ago, motorpunk said:

I was once stopped by plod for taking my 3 kids to school in a Caterham. Two in passenger seat and one stood in boot holding rollbar. Copper was an old school friend “Rich, you twat, I can’t always ignore this y’know!” … let off with it. 🤣

As an 18 year old, I met up with some mates in a pub, who were already pissed, and as I was in the Spitfire, on my eay home from working in a petrol station, I just had a coke, before last orders. 

At which point they decided to gho to the chippy.  I fancied a bag of chips for supper, so i went in the car. About 1/4 mile..Top down. 

On the way there was a railway crossing. Last train from Liverpool had closed the gates, so i was sat waiting and 3 of them decided to stand up in the back whilst waiting. 

Then a police car pulls up and my mates piss off over the bridge. 

I am.told to pull over. 

Erm I'm already stopped officer.

When the gates open, drive forward and park in front of the shops. 

So I wait for the gates to open and drive to the chippy. 

Where I am accused of being over the limit, and carrying 3 passengers whilst they are standing on the back parcel shelf. 

But he decides that his shift finishes shortly, and he's got his eye on me. 

My mates come out of the chippy, and offer him some of my chips. 

I really didn't see the funny side, and neither did he. 

Fucking twats didn't get me salt or vinegar. 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

 

[MikeR]

Lifted the car today , apart from a bit of tinworm it seemed ok ....

But the back tyres wont do for the winter .....  Suppose i have had my moneys worth out of them ....they came with the car ....

 

[reb]

Despite my grumpiness noted in the Grumpy Thread, in a conversation with MrsReb last night we realised that between the two of us and our respective brothers we actually have the skills (if not necessarily the experience) to set up a technology company/game development company/various different industries really. All four of us are autistic and actually quite good at a variety of things, we all do much better when doing something we genuinely enjoy rather than working a 9-5, so given all of us are presently unemployed what better time to start working on something?

What to work on I'm not entirely sure yet, but I'm sure we'll find something, we might even make some money out of it with any luck!

[iainrcz]

I've had my security camera a while now. It's got a 128 gig card in it.

I set it up, using a storage calculator online to get about 10 days of footage.

I'm at a loose end, killing time before work. I just scrolled back to see where the footage recording loop restarted.

16:15 on 28.05.21

I think that's more than 10 days. There's still 34 gig left of recording space on the card too..

[Remspoor]

Fake?

 

[dozeydustman]

[iainrcz]

10 hours ago, Nyphur said:

10 days of "average use" vs 10 days of 24/7 recording presumably?

24/7.

I live in Grimsby.

[New POD]

16 hours ago, reb said:

Despite my grumpiness noted in the Grumpy Thread, in a conversation with MrsReb last night we realised that between the two of us and our respective brothers we actually have the skills (if not necessarily the experience) to set up a technology company/game development company/various different industries really. All four of us are autistic and actually quite good at a variety of things, we all do much better when doing something we genuinely enjoy rather than working a 9-5, so given all of us are presently unemployed what better time to start working on something?

What to work on I'm not entirely sure yet, but I'm sure we'll find something, we might even make some money out of it with any luck!

I've always said, you should look.at the last ten items or services you purchased. 

Could you do.it better, cheaper etc. ?  If so you are *half-way there. 

 

[cort1977]

Grin at work today, helicopter services to the offshore platforms have been delayed recently with various breakdowns and spares issues resulting in complaints.

Babcocks response indicated that their choppers were not 'going tech' i.e. breaking down, they were in fact undergoing ‘Unscheduled Engineering Events’.  

I have already advised the wife that in future our vehicles may undergo such events rather than shitting themselves like they usually do.

[Noel Tidybeard]

you mean an FTP has resulted from a UEE?  🤣