What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cobblers]

On Wednesday morning I drove past the site of a random 1700s lead mine with a few interesting remaining buildings, I went on a tour there years ago,  it was brilliant but we weren't allowed in the depths of it all because we were the general public and it was an open day. It's not open to the public usually and I made a mental note to look to see if there was another tour one day.

Got a message off a mate of mine this morning who said he has "great plans for saturday night". I was a bit concerned, but it turns out through sheer coincidence (I've never mentioned the place to him before) that these plans turn out to be that he's got us the keys for this entire mine, and use of the attached buildings that have a bunkhouse that we can stay in and drink beer and have a nice fire etc. 

Call me a sad bastard but honestly that's about as good of a saturday night as I can imagine. 

[High Jetter]

59 minutes ago, Wack said:

Fuck me 

If anyone down south reads this they'll just say , see I told you it was grim up north 

I like the single traffic light, with no backup for obstructions or bulb failures

[TheOtherStu]

8 hours ago, omegod said:

Have you visited Wades salvage in Winwick Quay? a regular haunt of mine with a splendid selection of 60's - 90's scrappers 

I can't say I have, no. I do like a scrapper. I just find the owners a bit, well, lacking in customer service (to be polite).

[omegod]

41 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

I can't say I have, no. I do like a scrapper. I just find the owners a bit, well, lacking in customer service (to be polite).

It's well worth a visit, you can wander as long as you want, not particularly cheap but like walking into a scrappy in 1986 with  . Off the top of my head Mg's ,Stag, Beetles, Marina, Montego, Croma, E31's,  Escorts, Scimitars, Ibiza, Safrane, XM and much more 

[myglaren]

22 hours ago, Fumbler said:

You're rather lucky to still be seeing a few, I suppose. I haven't seen one in ages. I seem to remember that once you saw rust around the filler flap, the inner arch and rear quarter had turned to dust.

There are two in my son's street, one is the lady next door but one to him.  A  '15' and she is meticulous with it, not just the usual cleaning it but doing her own servicing.  First time I saw her she had the air filter and all the intake bits out on her garage floor to clean and was changing the plugs.  No sign of rust anywhere.

The other is the same colour and there the resemblance ends.  The standard rust around the filler very much in evidence.

[Datsuncog]

Fleet managers! Tired of feckless employees dragging the side of your vans along bollards? Fed up with your vans breaking out in rust blisters before the lease period's even halfway through? Have we got an elegant solution for you!

Simply enquire about our 'pre-fucked' package and you never need worry about cosmetic damage again!

(It's a van for a company that does advertising displays - dunno how Vauxhall Commercial feels about it, mind...)

[808 Estate]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, 808 Estate said:

Alternative method would be to tarmac over them. That way they get the insulation they crave, plus the traffic keeps flowing. Win-win, no?

[omegod]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

I don't get why we don't just call their bluff and leave the twats glued down, they'll soon start whining when they need a shite 

[Wack]

8 hours ago, omegod said:

I don't get why we don't just call their bluff and leave the twats glued down, they'll soon start whining when they need a shite 

Saw one who'd glued his hand to a police transit van , I think a blue light run would sort that out 

He'd either fall off or definitely not do it again 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 hours ago, omegod said:

I don't get why we don't just call their bluff and leave the twats glued down, they'll soon start whining when they need a shite 

Offer them some Ex-Lax refreshments*?

[myglaren]

[Wack]

On 11/4/2021 at 10:30 PM, TheOtherStu said:

As someone who works fairly frequently in Warrington, the traffic there is amongst as bad as I've ever seen in my travels around the world.
I work in Birchwood, but often had to stay at Winwick, as that's were the hotels were that had availability. I thought one day it would be really fun to try going across town. An hour later, I was about half way.

You tend not to notice traffic volumes increasing until you go somewhere else , Warrington always seem to be busy , especially considering it's surrounded by motorways 

I quite often think where are all these people going at 11am , they can't all be pensioners , does nobody work any more 

[chaseracer]

[mitsisigma01]

On 11/4/2021 at 11:13 PM, cobblers said:

On Wednesday morning I drove past the site of a random 1700s lead mine with a few interesting remaining buildings, I went on a tour there years ago,  it was brilliant but we weren't allowed in the depths of it all because we were the general public and it was an open day. It's not open to the public usually and I made a mental note to look to see if there was another tour one day.

Got a message off a mate of mine this morning who said he has "great plans for saturday night". I was a bit concerned, but it turns out through sheer coincidence (I've never mentioned the place to him before) that these plans turn out to be that he's got us the keys for this entire mine, and use of the attached buildings that have a bunkhouse that we can stay in and drink beer and have a nice fire etc. 

Call me a sad bastard but honestly that's about as good of a saturday night as I can imagine. 

Have you made it out in one piece 🤔

[myglaren]

[cobblers]

3 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Have you made it out in one piece 🤔

Not only was it a 1700s lead mine, but it was haunted and cursed. Flipping amazing place to stay! 

 

[808 Estate]

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[808 Estate]

[richardmorris]

On 11/4/2021 at 10:04 PM, Wack said:

Just watching American graffiti on Netflix 

Made in 1973 , that Jamie Oliver has aged well 

 

Could be Elon musk too.

[richardmorris]

12 minutes ago, 808 Estate said:

You made me spit wine over the screen!

[somewhatfoolish]

15 minutes ago, 808 Estate said:

James Herriot has a lot to answer for.

[Remspoor]

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

This content needs vetting!

[andy18s]

[Sunny Jim]

Sailing makes me happy. I've not had a holiday in two years and I'm really enjoying this one.

 😁

[Wack]

The signwriter is going to be busy , that's a lot of trucks 

fifteen billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-five thousand  delivered safely

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Because you only live once:

 

[hairnet]

because west mercia are cunts

not like he crashed into it or set fire to it

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

21 minutes ago, hairnet said:

because west mercia are cunts

not like he crashed into it or set fire to it

 

Six officers, though. No wonder there's nobody available when you really need 'em.