What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Soundwave]

Been looking on ebay for an old whistling camping kettle, I've got fond memories of our old kettle from camping holidays as a child. Modern whistling camping kettles tend to shriek rather than whistle (mine definitely does), and I fancied revisiting my childhood a bit.

It seems I'm not the only one who remembers the older ones fondly though - every one I've seen so far has attracted lots of bids, and ended up going for £8-£10. I was watching one out of curiousity, it had already gone beyond what I was willing to bid so I didn't bother, was just curious to see what it went for. Suddenly one of the bidders had the idea of making a ludicrously high maximum bid at the last second. The idea, I assume, was to ensure nobody would outbid them and didn't actually expect to pay anywhere near their maximum bid... except another bidder had the same idea.


Long story short, one of them is now going to be paying £50 for a manky old tin kettle.

[gm]

I'm sure I've posted these before somewhere but I was out for a run this afternoon and stopped to take pics of this garages wall murals

last time I was passing, the shutters were up and he had a old Mustang and a Citroen DS in that both looked like long term residents

 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Soundwave said:

Been looking on ebay for an old whistling camping kettle, I've got fond memories of our old kettle from camping holidays as a child. Modern whistling camping kettles tend to shriek rather than whistle (mine definitely does), and I fancied revisiting my childhood a bit.

It seems I'm not the only one who remembers the older ones fondly though - every one I've seen so far has attracted lots of bids, and ended up going for £8-£10. I was watching one out of curiousity, it had already gone beyond what I was willing to bid so I didn't bother, was just curious to see what it went for. Suddenly one of the bidders had the idea of making a ludicrously high maximum bid at the last second. The idea, I assume, was to ensure nobody would outbid them and didn't actually expect to pay anywhere near their maximum bid... except another bidder had the same idea.


Long story short, one of them is now going to be paying £50 for a manky old tin kettle.

What's dad's old primus stove & kettle worf then?

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[myglaren]

12 hours ago, gm said:

I'm sure I've posted these before somewhere but I was out for a run this afternoon and stopped to take pics of this garages wall murals

last time I was passing, the shutters were up and he had a old Mustang and a Citroen DS in that both looked like long term residents

 

Remember that although it is years since I was up that way.

[myglaren]

[Remspoor]

23 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

Not Chinese?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/02/pentagon-balloons-surveillance-midwest

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 2/5/2023 at 2:13 PM, myglaren said:

 

Does it come with a chocolate fire guard?

[MikeR]

The track of the unknown cyclist , he knows who he is ... 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[New POD]

3 hours ago, MikeR said:

The track of the unknown cyclist , he knows who he is ... 

That was me. Circa 1980s as a teenager. National Trust at Victoria Road, Freshfield.  Guilty as Charged your Honour. 

The concrete was still wet. I was out on my "paper round bike" the one with no front brake and cow horn handlebars.  

There were no witnesses to my terrible crime. When did I tell you. Was I pissed ? 

[MikeR]

20 minutes ago, New POD said:

That was me. Circa 1980s as a teenager. National Trust at Victoria Road, Freshfield.  Guilty as Charged your Honour. 

The concrete was still wet. I was out on my "paper round bike" the one with no front brake and cow horn handlebars.  

There were no witnesses to my terrible crime. When did I tell you. Was I pissed ? 

Don't worry I won't tell anyone else , the shifting sands will cover your work to be discovered in thousands of years by future archaeologists. 

[Wack]

Walking towards a set of lights this morning, a few cars waiting when a sound caught my ear

dug dug dug dug, loud enough to be heard over the passing traffic, there were a few potential sources, the 56 plate Berlingo maybe, or the 07 focus 

Then the lights changed and DUGDUGDUGDUG fuck me it was loud enough to make me wince expecting to hear a bang with oil and innards spilling out onto the road but the girl driving the 12 plate mini didn't seem worried at all as she set off with her mechanical disaster waiting to happen 

I can't imagine a bloke driving a car making that much noise, maybe she was on the way to the garage having phoned ahead, my car is making a funny noise

 

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, MikeR said:

The track of the unknown cyclist , he knows who he is ... 

Urination Street?

[vulgalour]

On 2/5/2023 at 11:50 PM, gm said:

I'm sure I've posted these before somewhere but I was out for a run this afternoon and stopped to take pics of this garages wall murals

last time I was passing, the shutters were up and he had a old Mustang and a Citroen DS in that both looked like long term residents

 

Inspired by the work of Tim Layzell, no doubt.

[New POD]

11 hours ago, New POD said:

That was me. Circa 1980s as a teenager. National Trust at Victoria Road, Freshfield.  Guilty as Charged your Honour. 

The concrete was still wet. I was out on my "paper round bike" the one with no front brake and cow horn handlebars.  

There were no witnesses to my terrible crime. When did I tell you. Was I pissed ? 

 

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Urination Street?

Technically i think it's still Victoria Road even that close to the beach A road that is home to red squirrels and millionaire football players. 

[meggersdog]

One of nextdoors customers dropped a car off at the weekend to MoT "when you get chance". I have been putting it away in my workshop at night then parking it down the side of the workshop during the day.Today I thought I'd have time to MoT it so parked the car infront of the workshop. Firstly a delivery driver almost crashed gawping at it, then one of my customers came in "woah, oldskool 306 , is it yours ?" . Then the midday MoT "nice, is it an XS " nope a 306 GTi....6. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, MikeR said:

Don't worry I won't tell anyone else , the shifting sands will cover your work to be discovered in thousands of years by future archaeologists. 

Who will think it is a ley line left by a lefty liberal god extolling the virtues of riding a bicycle.

[Wack]

Just watched a video with some daft bint standing on the edge of a cliff in sandals 

This comment 

Recovered the body, from a fucking volcano 🤣

[RoverFolkUs]

Catching up on some of salvage rebuilds' videos on YouTube, couldn't help but notice VW's strategic alternator/idler design 😅

[High Jetter]

You have some strange thoughts! 🤣

[RoverFolkUs]

7 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

You have some strange thoughts! 🤣

I do. It's probably just me 😂

[808 Estate]

[Metal Guru]

Distinct cremations ad in TV last night, one with Sue Cook.

At the end “Money back guarantee” caught my eye.  Bit late once you’re cremated , “I wasn’t at all impressed by my funeral”.

[High Jetter]

You were tempted,tho?

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

Distinct cremations ad in TV

 

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

You were tempted,tho?

Did some shopping around for an unattended funeral during COVID after the local ripoff undertakers wanted £2,500 ... Tried the local Co-op, £1,025 but because he had a Co-op shop rewards card I got the old boy a £50 discount, result . And I got him home in time for Christmas for his widow.

It seems like an across the board charge of £100 to return the ashes from the crematorium to home , so I popped down to Brighton crem and gave him a last ride home along the coast in the mighty Micra .

 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

[HillmanImp]

I ordered some micro usb cables yesterday. 

Got notification that they'd arrived today. 

Instead of the cables I wanted, they'd sent a large, novelty, polkadot bowtie. 

No fucking joke.

I swear, One Foot in the Grave isn't a sitcom, it's a fucking prophecy. 

'And lo, on the 4th Sunday of lent, HillmanImp will accidentally put the tortoise in the garden fire, wearing his clowns bow tie' 

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

I ordered some micro usb cables yesterday. 

Got notification that they'd arrived today. 

Instead of the cables I wanted, they'd sent a large, novelty, polkadot bowtie. 

No fucking joke.

I swear, One Foot in the Grave isn't a sitcom, it's a fucking prophecy. 

'And lo, on the 4th Sunday of lent, HillmanImp will accidentally put the tortoise in the garden fire, wearing his clowns bow tie' 

You have to wear that for your next collection.

[New POD]

On 05/02/2023 at 23:59, High Jetter said:

What's dad's old primus stove & kettle worf then?

Your wife chucked it a n the bin about 19 years ago.