What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Crackers]

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!

[richardmorris]

Forwarded from my mum from her cousin .

 

[808 Estate]

[808 Estate]

[omegod]

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 

[Noel Tidybeard]

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! 🤣

[beko1987]

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. 

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. 

[Remspoor]

Well done for cleaning  up the river. But I would be blowed if i would enter it. Unless you intentionally wanted a "bubble bath" made of some unknown chemicals.

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Well done for cleaning  up the river. But I would be blowed if i would enter it. Unless you intentionally wanted a "bubble bath" made of some unknown chemicals.

I tell the kids to stay out as I pull the old tyres and shit from it. Luckily it's got a good flow and it all washes away fairly quickly... 

[mintwth]

With water companies discharging sewage so often, there's bound to be some wet wipes in there to clean* up with

[beko1987]

13 minutes ago, mintwth said:

With water companies discharging sewage so often, there should be some wet wipes in there to clean* up with

Not found any bones yet... 

There's dettol wipes, fresh water and cloths in the bag. Anything worse than that and it's time to head for home really 🤷

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Well done for cleaning  up the river. But I would be blowed if i would enter it. Unless you intentionally wanted a "bubble bath" made of some unknown chemicals.

Unless there's something industrial upstream discharging dodgy stuff('entirely legally discharged' sewage makes itself known pretty obviously so it's easy to give it a miss) the rainfall at this time of year means you're not likely to be exposed to anything troubling, although drinking it isn't to be recommended. 13.7 shite points to @beko1987 for cleaning it up.

[beko1987]

Ironically it's right next door to a gravel quarry, which itself has a water treatment plant next to it 😂 (the turds from my house go there...) and the whole thing was a huge waste dump 70/80 years ago apparently... 

 

From previous urbex-ing/trespassing though the entire area is floodplains and the culvert comes from the Thame football club grounds and associated ditches. 

[goosey]

BMW X5 camber of doom 

the insides of the rear tyres were down to the cords, although the driver seemed happy enough to just keep ragging it 

[Fumbler]

20 hours ago, beko1987 said:

the whole thing was a huge waste dump 70/80 years ago apparently... 

 

That's a lucky date because there won't be much if anything super harmful that remains/was dumped. If it were a dump from the 1960s and 1970s I'd be running for the hills.

[spike60]

3 hours ago, goosey said:

BMW X5 camber of doom 

the insides of the rear tyres were down to the cords, although the driver seemed happy enough to just keep ragging it 

Is that just the bottom arm ball joints? I had a high mile 530d touring that looked like that until I changed them. 

[dozeydustman]

[goosey]

9 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Boiling Petrol Tank ? 

[goosey]

12 hours ago, spike60 said:

Is that just the bottom arm ball joints? I had a high mile 530d touring that looked like that until I changed them. 

Think it’s the bottom arm and top arm bushes they all wear away together and they are a pain to replace, although if someone has more information on this please enlighten me 

[Borsuq]

Ehh, I'd say that's pretty arguable.

[garethj]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

The picture was a genuine VW advert from the early ‘60s although I think the caption was “Impossible” or something..

Edit: found it.

[High Jetter]

It's piss easy.

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, spike60 said:

Is that just the bottom arm ball joints? I had a high mile 530d touring that looked like that until I changed them. 

Mini Countrymans ( men?) look like that too, but they all seem like it , so it maybe is supposed to be. It doesn’t give any xs tyre wear.

[somewhatfoolish]

Is he making a cup of tea and he's waiting for the kettle to boil?

5 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

 

[mintwth]

12 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

A Beetle with a steam engine up front

[AnnoyingPentium]

16 hours ago, goosey said:

BMW X5 camber of doom 

the insides of the rear tyres were down to the cords, although the driver seemed happy enough to just keep ragging it 

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

[AnnoyingPentium]

16 hours ago, goosey said:

BMW X5 camber of doom 

the insides of the rear tyres were down to the cords, although the driver seemed happy enough to just keep ragging it 

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

[Spurious]

Went to the dentist expecting needing a wisdom tooth out. Don't like dentists. Don't like extractions. 

Turns out all that effing awful pain was just some debris. 

Tooth feels better. I don't feel grumpy. 

 

[Austat]

 

[High Jetter]

Just rung my dentist for a check-up, as they cancelled my last one in April 2020 and haven't contacted me since. 1st available is mid July FFS.  Plus the dentist I've had for 20+ years is retiring at the end of this month which is a tragedy, he is brilliant.