What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

This is our Christmas tree. 😆 

Also grin at the Lego that I got, was actually after that for myself! 

[jakebullet]

As usual we went to the BP station for coffee yesterday. The nice older bloke was serving, so we grabbed a box of chocs and gave them to him for crimbo. For reasons unknown the BP app decided to give us £6 of bonus points, so a cheap do.

[Remspoor]

Beer.

Purchased earlier this year, from Lidl, with these days in mind.

Last night drunk two. With what I think is the best of Spanish larger beers. Horribly small bottles.

All of the British breweries are owned by Carlsberg. My have things have changed since I left the UK.

[hairnet]

 

this is not @Conan

ROFL when he opens the boot

 

[Wack]

Anyone who booked florida for some winter warmth is going to be disappointed 

[808 Estate]

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/real-life/couple-hate-last-christmas-wham-25827788

[hairnet]

is georges estate laughing hard at them

 

[cobblers]

4 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/real-life/couple-hate-last-christmas-wham-25827788

It's really far from the most offensive christmas song, too.

People like George Ezra are allowed to just keep releasing music with no real kickback and these pair have their knickers in a twist over a song that came out a few years before she was even was born? 

[RoverFolkUs]

5 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/real-life/couple-hate-last-christmas-wham-25827788

No taste whatsoever

The sooner songs about sausage rolls or cost of living and whatever else next are banished from reaching number 1 and rammed down everyone's throats with lashings of autotune, the better

[cobblers]

21 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Beer.

Purchased earlier this year, from Lidl, with these days in mind.

Last night drunk two. With what I think is the best of Spanish larger beers. Horribly small bottles.

All of the British breweries are owned by Carlsberg. My have things have changed since I left the UK.

There are so many bloody fantastic beers in the UK at the moment but since all the big breweries got bought up, none of them are sold in a supermarket and especially not in a selection box. 

[Out Run]

[Remspoor]

14 minutes ago, cobblers said:

There are so many bloody fantastic beers in the UK at the moment but since all the big breweries got bought up, none of them are sold in a supermarket and especially not in a selection box. 

These do not come up so often and when they do the price is not great. Still it is the birthday of thingy.

[Wack]

19 minutes ago, cobblers said:

There are so many bloody fantastic beers in the UK at the moment but since all the big breweries got bought up, none of them are sold in a supermarket and especially not in a selection box. 

There are some good (mostly lager) beers for the Philips draft master, the problem is £35 a keg and if you buy one you don't like you've got 30 days to get through 6 litres of it. 

[hairnet]

the hyundai ad with the ioniq 5 in it

first two seconds thought they were gonna play strange little girl by the stranglers

disapoint they dont

[Supernaut]

3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

No taste whatsoever

The sooner songs about sausage rolls or cost of living and whatever else next are banished from reaching number 1 and rammed down everyone's throats with lashings of autotune, the better

I'm just disappointed this didn't make Christmas number one instead.

[Ghosty]

Spotting this 323 GTX 4WD made my day. 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

I want this fucker! 🤩🤩🤩

https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-classified-of-the-week/

[HillmanImp]

23 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

https://www.mylondon.news/news/real-life/couple-hate-last-christmas-wham-25827788

Someone on Reddit pointed out the slightly dubious age difference between the 2 considering the age of their oldest kid. 

Based upon that he'd probably have been 38 or 39, knocking up a 16 or 17yr old. 

Bit creepy. 

It could be his kid from another marriage though of course but it doesn't mention that and does make him look like a bit of a perv. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

I want this fucker! 🤩🤩🤩

https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-classified-of-the-week/

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-gLQLDn looks like £5K would maybe clinch it 'reserve was almost met' at £4.5K?

I'm wondering what the motivation was to plonk in the Triumph V8? I'd have thought something more modern would have been better/smaller.

[horriblemercedes]

2 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Someone on Reddit pointed out the slightly dubious age difference between the 2 considering the age of their oldest kid. 

Based upon that he'd probably have been 38 or 39, knocking up a 16 or 17yr old. 

Bit creepy. 

It could be his kid from another marriage though of course but it doesn't mention that and does make him look like a bit of a perv. 

I thought that too. It is very possible that he is a bit of a wrong 'un, but also I think possibly the elder/eldest ones are his children, not hers.

 

It says that 10 years ago she was working in a cafe in Oxford to learn English. Of course they might have all moved to Oxford or she might have left the children with him, but it's probably more likely that she did that when she was in her early 20s and single, before they met.

[vulgalour]

Improved the dim headlights on the Maestro by raising the idle.  That's a nice free fix.  It did need doing anyway, I'd adjusted it lower when I got the car as it was too high but since doing various jobs on the car - fixing the exhaust blow and setting the valve clearances being the main ones - the point I'd set it to was too low. Reconnected the vacuum hose that had fallen off the bottom of the air box too which seemed to help things.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

6 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-gLQLDn looks like £5K would maybe clinch it 'reserve was almost met' at £4.5K?

I'm wondering what the motivation was to plonk in the Triumph V8? I'd have thought something more modern would have been better/smaller.

Because V8 ftw! 🙌🙌🙌

[808 Estate]

[Yoss]

9 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

I want this fucker! 🤩🤩🤩

https://www.carandclassic.com/magazine/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-classified-of-the-week/

 

7 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1974-triumph-toledo-v8-gLQLDn looks like £5K would maybe clinch it 'reserve was almost met' at £4.5K?

I'm wondering what the motivation was to plonk in the Triumph V8? I'd have thought something more modern would have been better/smaller.

I don't like the wheels and the number plates need binning but I love the Rover 200 BRM interior. I'd buy it for that rather than the V8. 

I guess it has some sort of bigger brakes which might be why it has MGF wheels but it's only a Stag engine, it's not much more powerful than a Sprint so I'd definitely be looking at going back to 13" wheels. Still would though just for that interior. 

[hairnet]

 

oof

[808 Estate]

[Metal Guru]

Stayed in a hotel the other night. At breakfast , the waitress asked everyone “any allergies or intolerances?”

I was waiting for someone to say “ fine with any food love, but I can’t stand blacks, Jews or gays!”

[ETCHY]

Mikey the Robin.

Seen here ignoring a grape..

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 12/27/2022 at 9:26 PM, hairnet said:

 

oof

Such mixed feelings on that Impala. It's mind-blowing yet mind numbing at the same time.