What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[RoverFolkUs]

4 hours ago, Cheggers said:

I'm Range Rover shopping, but looking at the dent in the passenger seat here I'm not sure I'm man enough
 

No, the previous owner's last journey in it was giving a lift to an attractive lady in Thailand. 

[Ghosty]

Did a run to Devon and back in one of the Civics. 45mpg. 

[Merryck]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:22 PM, Cavcraft said:

I think he's brilliant. His autism is possibly the reason some people are unsure of him (not saying that's the case with you) and he's a proper champion for wildlife/animal causes. The fact he gets up the noses of the inbred fox hunting twats is the icing on the cake.

I don't really like his presenting style, but there's a great quote from him I read once which I thought was fantastic about how pandas are just the worst animals. Because they're cute and cuddly they get absolutely huge amounts of money spent on them, and their conservation is often at the expense of other species. He said something like "I'd eat the last panda if I could have all the money spent on their conservation back on the table to spend elsewhere".

[motorpunk]

11 hours ago, Yoss said:

over the hour he went through dealing with autism, not fitting in at school and how much his dog meant to him 

I don't mind Packham, but if I'd tuned into a nature show and heard all that depressing stuff I think I would have flipped channels pretty quickly!

On a sort-of related note; the river Test. How beautiful is it?! I was in Stockbridge and astounded at how clear the water is and the abundance of fish leaping out of the water to catch flies. And to think I first went there to look at what was once a grotty old petrol station. 

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Merryck said:

I don't really like his presenting style, but there's a great quote from him I read once which I thought was fantastic about how pandas are just the worst animals. Because they're cute and cuddly they get absolutely huge amounts of money spent on them, and their conservation is often at the expense of other species. He said something like "I'd eat the last panda if I could have all the money spent on their conservation back on the table to spend elsewhere".

He’s better than that sanctimonious git Attenborough. He only makes the best programmes because his budget is about 100x bigger than anyone else’s.

[vulgalour]

Only a frigging GMC Motorhome driving past us in GOLD.  One of my all time favourite campervans ever and never thought I'd see one in the wild, let alone at all in the UK.  Magnificent thing, looked like it had arrived from another planet.  No photo, sadly, but here's a similar one from the interwebs.

This is the same area I saw the six wheeled silver Citroen CX estate that I was also unable to get a pic of, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they're owned by the same person.

[PhilA]

Found some old photos while rummaging about.

My old Cinq and a mate's Onion 1.6 Ghia.

Cinq outside a local scrappy,back when they had real cars in scrapyards.

Mate's Wizzard Roadster beetle.

Zooki.

Mini, sans engine.

My old Super Minx that ended its' days round the oval.

Diesel dumper. Petter single cylinder. Bonus Midi.

Jaaaaaaaaag.

 

A slightly* rotten Spitty.

 

Phil

[MikeR]

numpies on the motorway ... was ambling along the M58 and went to pass this red shittyron and it stayed there matching my speed ???

so I stayed put and the speed crept up , still he stayed there ....  I was in no rush , I could of stayed there all the way to end of the empty motorway ,,

so to test a hunch ,  I pulled into the inside lane ... and he braked !!!

so whipped back into the middle lane and went past him like he was stood still ..

some right ankers about ..

[Yoss]

7 hours ago, motorpunk said:

I don't mind Packham, but if I'd tuned into a nature show and heard all that depressing stuff I think I would have flipped channels pretty quickly!

On a sort-of related note; the river Test. How beautiful is it?! I was in Stockbridge and astounded at how clear the water is and the abundance of fish leaping out of the water to catch flies. And to think I first went there to look at what was once a grotty old petrol station. 

You mean Stokes Garage in Stockbridge High Street? Many times I looked at that and thought what a perfect house it would make.

Just about enough living space upstairs with a nice balcony looking up the High Street with enough room for a little workshop downstairs and plenty of parking out the back . Plus it just looked cool. Also, can't quite see it here but the River Test splits into lots of rivulets through Stockbridge, one of which is the other side of that wall on the right. Very picturesque.

It got turned in to a restaurant which is a bit of a shame as I liked the run down garage look but it's not like I could ever have afforded it and they seem to have made a nice job of it and at least the building is still there.

 

I'd say both the Test and the Itchen have some lovely walks and the two finally meet here in Southampton to form (along with the Hamble) Southampton Water. I think the Test is one of those chalk streams the south of England is famous for. The water stays clear all the way down.

[motorpunk]

16 minutes ago, Yoss said:

You mean Stokes Garage in Stockbridge High Street? Many times I looked at that and thought what a perfect house it would make.

Just about enough living space upstairs with a nice balcony looking up the High Street with enough room for a little workshop downstairs and plenty of parking out the back . Plus it just looked cool. Also, can't quite see it here but the River Test splits into lots of rivulets through Stockbridge, one of which is the other side of that wall on the right. Very picturesque.

It got turned in to a restaurant which is a bit of a shame as I liked the run down garage look but it's not like I could ever have afforded it and they seem to have made a nice job of it and at least the building is still there.

 

I'd say both the Test and the Itchen have some lovely walks and the two finally meet here in Southampton to form (along with the Hamble) Southampton Water. I think the Test is one of those chalk streams the south of England is famous for. The water stays clear all the way down.

That's the place. I wrote quite a chunky amount about it for my book about old filling stations. As I recall there was a story about ladies of the night standing on the balcony attempting to catch the eye of passing aristocrats visiting the nearby horse races. 

Now it's somewhere for an overpriced coffee. 

(3 cups pub opposite-ish is great for food btw)

[cobblers]

Made me smile seeing someone had parked next to me. Those ID-Buzz are quite likeable in real life, smaller than I expected. 

[Tickman]

19 hours ago, cobblers said:

Made me smile seeing someone had parked next to me. Those ID-Buzz are quite likeable in real life, smaller than I expected. 

I was behind one the other week and it was the same size as the Berlingo van I was driving!

[HillmanImp]

[MiniMinorMk3]

That's not Clint Eastwood, it's Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver

[motorpunk]

Following on from the above, and this splendid pic

Raleigh have announced they're making new Mk2 Choppers again. £950 but fuck it, I am having one, originals are more anyway. Can't wait. 

[hairnet]

Lol

 

[hairnet]

Big up to that nice @PhilAfella

Oh.

[PhilA]

27 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Big up to that nice @PhilAfella

Oh.

Figured you might need to buy an Ioniq or something 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

 

 

 

 

lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

apart from beko - funniest thing ive seen all week

[hairnet]

Testicles

not Phil's fault not the shops fault and the parts fiche didn't say either

USDM baby

still big up and xx to Phil tho

[Remspoor]

 

[PhilA]

4 hours ago, hairnet said:

Testicles

not Phil's fault not the shops fault and the parts fiche didn't say either

USDM baby

still big up and xx to Phil tho

They're the wrong part?

[High Jetter]

They look nothing like my testes. FYI.

[hairnet]

43 minutes ago, PhilA said:

They're the wrong part?

No.

They're a bit trump

 

Euro version

[hairnet]

42 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

They look nothing like my testes. FYI.

are you not an oompah loompah

[PhilA]

Gingercators ftw

[TheOtherStu]

On 5/28/2023 at 4:44 PM, Wack said:

Just watching car SOS on C4 , the Opel manta

For the first time ever I've seen someone I know on TV , Terry at the electro platers , they're a great bunch of lads, I used to take truck parts up to be plated , they're just off the A1 north of Hartlepool , probably too big now but they did used to do one offs

The MR2 Mk1 a few weeks back, Patrick at Rogue is well known throughout our community. They found the perfect place to get that car done up rather than doing it in-house.

 

On 5/27/2023 at 9:03 AM, dozeydustman said:

It wouldn’t be so bad to stay here if the landlady actually made good the defects we report on property inspections. Also turns out the property inspector hasn’t been informing the letting agent nor the landlady the repairs needed doing.

When we were renting, it felt like the inspectors were only interested in finding fault with something we'd done (they never came up with anything) rather than reporting back any issues with the house.

We used to email the letting agents ourselves and ensure that we got acknowledgement.

 

It did help that the Landlord's in-laws lived in the same road and if anything started going on and on, we'd let them know. In fairness, she was an excellent landlord. Once she knew, she'd get things fixed within a couple of days. And in fairness, we were excellent tenants.

[Blunderguts]

[iainrcz]

Finally had time to scrub the car.

Don't let the shininess fool you, it needs a proper polish.

[omegod]

someone’s been having a field day at Halfords!