What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[PhilA]

Went for a drive along the prom in the modern.

Pretty evening, all the boy racers were out. A bit like an upmarket Weston Super Mare.

I'm going to miss being by the ocean when we move.

 

Phil

[reb]

51 minutes ago, PhilA said:

 all the boy racers were out.

What do they drive over there? I'm guessing not 1l Corsas.

[PhilA]

11 minutes ago, reb said:

What do they drive over there? I'm guessing not 1l Corsas.

Most of them, no. I've never seen a Corsa here (they did sell them in Mexico, I have seen a Peugeot 106 though). Tonight was a smattering of BMW 400 series, a couple of Integras (it's the law to have seen at least one), a late 80's Accord and a handful of Camaros and Challengers.

Phil

[somewhatfoolish]

13 hours ago, Wack said:

What kind of witchcraft is this 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8wN3Vcw/

 

Some kind of high frequency vibration, perhaps ultrasound? Assuming it's not meddled/manipulated it looks pretty effective.

[hairnet]

9 hours ago, PhilA said:

 

 

 

if only blackpool looked like that

merry christmas y'all

[iainrcz]

Got some reduced Twiglets in Lidl.

[S2000]

35 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Got some reduced Twiglets in Lidl.

Puppy mullered a pack on Christmas Eve, nothing like waking up to a wimpering pup as his ass explodes in the bathroom…..
 

[New POD]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

if only blackpool looked like that

merry christmas y'all

We couldn't see Blackpool in the distance this morning due to the mist. 

Son got his feet wet carrying his wife. 

[hairnet]

13 hours ago, PhilA said:

Most of them, no. I've never seen a Corsa here (they did sell them in Mexico, 

Phil

i want a fiesta sedan (remember that )

you could buy corsa b estates but badged as chevys mostly sold in brazil and mexico

[mitsisigma01]

4 minutes ago, hairnet said:

want a fiesta sedan

Was that a Mazda 121 ?

[Wack]

[PhilA]

15 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Was that a Mazda 121 ?

No, it was it's own car. Fiesta Belmont.

Booted superminis were treated with scorn when GM tried them (Nova, Astra) so the UK has since missed out.

[3VOM]

20 minutes ago, Wack said:

[808 Estate]

[MrDuke]

16 hours ago, Pieman said:

OK, I'll nick it and banger race it then.

Fair enough lol. Can I have the rims back though? Not much use on the track, and my roadman homies will give me bare coin for them, init.

[MrDuke]

3 hours ago, S2000 said:

Puppy mullered a pack on Christmas Eve, nothing like waking up to a wimpering pup as his ass explodes in the bathroom…..
 

At least he had the decency to do it in the bathroom.

[mitsisigma01]

2 hours ago, PhilA said:

No, it was it's own car. Fiesta Belmont.

Booted superminis were treated with scorn when GM tried them (Nova, Astra) so the UK has since missed out.

UK or USA ....

Astra Belmont ✔️ 

Fiesta Belmont .... show us some pictures , Google says no ...

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, MrDuke said:

Fair enough lol. Can I have the rims back though? Not much use on the track, and my roadman homies will give me bare coin for them, init.

Je ne comprends pas.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

UK or USA ....

Astra Belmont ✔️ 

Fiesta Belmont .... show us some pictures , Google says no ...

Shirley the Elf / Hornet were the first booted minis?

[mitsisigma01]

They might well of been ... I've just never heard of a Fiesta Belmont 🤔

[PhilA]

4 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

UK or USA ....

Astra Belmont ✔️ 

Fiesta Belmont .... show us some pictures , Google says no ...

Tongue firmly planted in cheek.

[twosmoke300]

Top tip - don’t challenge someone to a game of “ Roxanne” when they have a can of fosters and you have half a litre of strong JD n coke 😂

[mitsisigma01]

Roxanne ... never heard of it 🤔

[twosmoke300]

Either two people or a two team game . Play the song Roxanne . One drinks on Roxanne and one drinks on red light .

If anyone drinks on the “R” when he doesn’t actually say Roxanne then they have to down the pint 

 

A bit like the And n The game where you put the news on and one drinks on and and one on the .

 

[mitsisigma01]

When I worked in my old local we had a couple of football teams whose game was cancelled on a Sunday lunchtime because the ref didn't turn up. Most of them came back to the pub for a beer or five and to watch a televised game ...they decided to play a similar name game but with shots of various spirits . We had to rope in a few of the regular Barfly's to make up two full teams .... 22 drinkers , £20 per person , some passed out within 10 minutes, some disappeared , some projectile vomited , our game was abandoned at half-time due to no players fit to continue . We had coats, football kit, car keys all over the place for days !! . That game was never played again !!! Some good news though the bar take was up that day !!!

DRINK RESPONSIBLY !!!

[808 Estate]

On 12/26/2021 at 9:16 PM, Wack said:

What kind of witchcraft is this 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8wN3Vcw/

 

No idea, but my rims could do with some of that.

[MikeR]

Argos turned up this morning with a replacement washing machine .... it was to replace the new one we had bought before Xmas that had the left hand side pushed in .

the original one with its damage we received just before Xmas , I installed it , used it , noticed the drum was not square with the door opening , put it down to the support springs , then when having a cuppa I could not unsee what I saw ,the  left side from the soap drawer downwards to the base  was pushed in 1/4 inch or so , that in turn was stressing the door and making it springy to shut , up till then it just looked like a bit of shadow on the front .. 

Got on the blower and finally got hold of a helpful human who asked if I wanted cash off or a replacement , I went for a replacement due to the stress on the door and I could not unsee the damage , so he promised me a post Xmas drop off of a replacement and pick up of the original one .

so this morning they turned up , took the old one , dropped off the new one , checked new one  over first and left me to connect up ..  all working and looking good .

all sorted , one phone call , no messing , 10/10

[mintwth]

8 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Top tip - don’t challenge someone to a game of “ Roxanne” when they have a can of fosters and you have half a litre of strong JD n coke 😂

Same applies for games of "drink while you think" 

🤔Is a drinking game thread a good/ painful/liver pickling/  bad idea? 

[reb]

Passed the first of two CompTIA A+ exams! A+ is an industry certification for IT technicians and the like, hopefully this is the first step towards a more fulfilling career. I did really well in the exam considering how little I actually prepared for it. It was supposed to be last week but there was some technical issues that meant I had to reschedule.

Time to start preparing for the second one now!

[wuvvum]

One for the mathematicians.