What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[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.

[Fumbler]

After a 2 year long struggle, my brother's got his visa. Emigration flight booked for next Wednesday!

[inconsistant]

Just found ‘Zen Motoring’ on iplayer.  Best thing i’ve seen on tv for ages. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bf955j

[goosey]

Pissing about on Stonehaven beach instead of working 

[puddlethumper]

I used to go to school there. Not on the beach obvs.

[goosey]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

I used to go to school there. Not on the beach obvs.

Had to drive from Dyce to Glenrothes so took the scenic route, absolutely beautiful place 

[Bren]

Put some momentum in the tank at tesco. Leaving the forecourt it was clear both ways - the road must have been greasy because I fishtailed the car off the forecourt.

[AnnoyingPentium]