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look at technology , how did we ever go up the mountains in coats like that ,,,,,,  :-)

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, MikeR said:

look at technology , how did we ever go up the mountains in coats like that ,,,,,,  :-)

Never mind that - didn't realise that an LSD was on the options list for a Model T🤪

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letter for appointment today

turns up

after i get back into house from said appointment

 

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1971 Range Rover in at work. When these halfshafts were drop forged my Father and brother were working for the company that made them, OMES Faulkner Ltd in Colnbrook Bucks. My brother was an apprentice then having started in 1970, my Father started working for Faulkners in Barnes after WWII and I was an apprentice in 1981 until my Father and I were made redundant in 1983, my brother had moved to Wilkinson Match by then. The company is long gone now and all the technology absorbed, so many forgings produced for many industries and famous names.

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M6 north bound today , some twat in a black bmw/audi/clone type car nearly side swiped me as I indicated to move into the middle lane .

I saw him coming on my last glance and aborted the change and held my line  , he flew past on his way to a gap in the traffic for the Blackpool turn just off on my  nearside..

and 40 tons of artic filled the gap just as he approached it  , :-)

forcing him to dodge up the M6 looking for a gap as his options slowly ebbed away due to a chain of lorries blocking the lane off ...

we fucking cried with laughter ......

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went to collect bike after oil change today

mot man said - your mots expired (for some odd reason when they do work on stuff they check)

whu? july innit? that and insurance not very far apart

nope that was cb500

it ran out in october :D

not been anywhere mad although trips to wales and the airport - how anpr hasnt pinged me ive no idea :D

apart from lubing the chain - needed nothing

note to self - do more miles :D

listening to that blackburn gadge and waiting for pizza (rock and roll)

could be worse could be a potato :D right @They_all_do_that_sir

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pizza happened (lazy bastidge)

from russia with love and watching indian pacific train fro sydney to perth

ice cream later

have to go decathlon tomorrow to collect some thermal socks and some silk (!) gloves :D

practical or nerd :D

still not as bad as @beko1987 :P

plan for spain maybe @Remspoor @Jerzy Woking youre invited for coffee 

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11 hours ago, MikeR said:

M6 north bound today , some twat in a black bmw/audi/clone type car nearly side swiped me as I indicated to move into the middle lane .

I saw him coming on my last glance and aborted the change and held my line  , he flew past on his way to a gap in the traffic for the Blackpool turn just off on my  nearside..

and 40 tons of artic filled the gap just as he approached it  , :-)

forcing him to dodge up the M6 looking for a gap as his options slowly ebbed away due to a chain of lorries blocking the lane off ...

we fucking cried with laughter ....

M6 East Bound Today. From Spaghetti Junction to the M42/M6 Toll junction. 

Some bastard in a white Citroen C1 was using all the lanes to under take then over take, then under take.  Traffic was moving at a steady 60 to 65 mph across 3 lanes and this prick was tracekkung at 75 to 90 mph. 

Was it you ? 

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11 hours ago, hairnet said:

pizza happened (lazy bastidge)

from russia with love and watching indian pacific train fro sydney to perth

ice cream later

have to go decathlon tomorrow to collect some thermal socks and some silk (!) gloves :D

practical or nerd :D

still not as bad as @beko1987 :P

plan for spain maybe @Remspoor @Jerzy Woking youre invited for coffee 

thanks. Spain is a huger country  than uks so it depends on wheres aboots.

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3 hours ago, robinmasters said:

You can tell it's Prince's street because he's left one of his tiny microphones behind. 

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Except it’s PRINCESS Street!

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3 hours ago, New POD said:

M6 East Bound Today. From Spaghetti Junction to the M42/M6 Toll junction. 

Some bastard in a white Citroen C1 was using all the lanes to under take then over take, then under take.  Traffic was moving at a steady 60 to 65 mph across 3 lanes and this prick was tracekkung at 75 to 90 mph. 

Was it you ? 

was in the Focus

I will be doing that in the wifes C1 on Sunday !  :-)

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1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

Except it’s PRINCESS Street!

Don't go spoiling things with facts. 

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I got the last two wheels refurbished & on the Puma,& treated it to a Polish wash.Really happy with how it looks now 😁20220122_114349.thumb.jpg.378a7ef13cea99cfac278008a691f66f.jpg

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To the owner of a red Rover 414, T976 RMA, which was being driven on its door handles at quite a pace down the back roads into Chi, hats off to you sir. You are Jackie Stewart AICMFP.

Much like this, with the body roll at the same angle!

Essay : Why I (can't) hate the... Rover 400 HH-R - AROnline

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Forwarded from my mum from her cousin .

 

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Just back from a gathering of all my old pals, we surprised a mate who's had a couple of bereavements and had been feeling a bit low, his face when 15 of us burst into his local pub in Mellor in Blackburn was a picture , I was a bit anxious about meeting them all for some reason but we had a bloody good laugh so feel like my soul has been recharged a bit .  I haven't drank that much for years though and feel like a rung out Chamois today 

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On 19/01/2022 at 15:15, MikeR said:

look at technology , how did we ever go up the mountains in coats like that ,,,,,,  :-)

because back then they were MEN rather then the snowflakes of today! 🤣

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Been here all morning, in and out of the river, hauling shit out etc. Fell over a few times it was good fun. 

Until halfway home and I realised I didn't have my keys... Fuck. 

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Shit. We walked back but there was zero chance of finding them. So we headed home to think of a plan B... (had called Amy who still has a front door key but she's out and 3 hours away...) 

Imagine my delight when we walked up to the house and saw them sitting in the front door 😂 Made me think we need a safe space for them when we next fuck around in the river, I nearly shit myself several time. 

Also means I probably live in a decent neighborhood as their open to the world to see sat in the front door. 

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