What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Other half has booked us a trip to Gothenburg for my birthday.  So we can go to the Volvo museum, amongst other things.  And if anybody sold a red  Matchbox die-cast Volvo 245 DL recently, that may now be on proud display in my office...

[myglaren]

 

[jaypee]

Drums! 

[hairnet]

Are we nearly there yet

[reb]

3 hours ago, jaypee said:

Drums! 

I now have a drum kit in my unit thanks to RetroShite, I haven't played since I was at school and it's every bit as difficult as I remember.

[Blunderguts]

[hairnet]

@PhilA wtf

Didn't know they did a wagon

[hairnet]

This is the age of the train 

[hairnet]

Oh.

[SteersWithThrottle]

I'm sure @Cavcraft would love one of these:

 

"The Dakar Winner 2023 - IVECO Powerstar.

This 6.8 metre long 9300 kg beast has a 12.9 Litre (789 ci) engine 6 cyl engine developing 600kw (850hp) and 3600 Nm! The weight balance is 50:50"

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

Oh.

I really wonder if you're ever home?

If you have one.

[Dyslexic Viking]

The owners of a holiday home down the road have been cleaning out and wanted to get rid of something. I don't know what this is called in English, but I call it a shed on wheels. Got it for free in exchange for removing it and it doesn't need much work either just a new roof and a few small things. So happy with this.

But transpoting it home was among the more questionable things that have been done in a while.

[Cavcraft]

3 hours ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

I'm sure @Cavcraft would love one of these:

 

"The Dakar Winner 2023 - IVECO Powerstar.

This 6.8 metre long 9300 kg beast has a 12.9 Litre (789 ci) engine 6 cyl engine developing 600kw (850hp) and 3600 Nm! The weight balance is 50:50"

I'd love to try that. Reverse up to the bailer full tilt, slam the brakes on and jump out.

[hairnet]

54 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I really wonder if you're ever home?

If you have one.

Nie

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, SteersWithThrottle said:

I'm sure @Cavcraft would love one of these:

 

"The Dakar Winner 2023 - IVECO Powerstar.

This 6.8 metre long 9300 kg beast has a 12.9 Litre (789 ci) engine 6 cyl engine developing 600kw (850hp) and 3600 Nm! The weight balance is 50:50"

Met Gerard once

[hairnet]

12 hours ago, jaypee said:

Drums! 

Bum tit tit

Bum tit tit obvs

[Jerzy Woking]

6 minutes ago, hairnet said:

Nie

Saw this on the back of a woman's t-shirt in Italy:

"Il mondo è una biblioteca.  Chi non ha viaggiato ha letto solo una pagina" which translates as

"The World is a library. Those who have not travelled have only read one page".

[GrumpiusMaximus]

13 hours ago, jaypee said:

Drums! 

Is that a Recording Custom (9000) series?  Set?  I'm guessing late 70s?  Could be miles off.

[jaypee]

15 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Is that a Recording Custom (9000) series?  Set?  I'm guessing late 70s?  Could be miles off.

Right on the money, this is one made in Taiwan. (78).

I've got another 3...... 1981 Made in Japan in Natural (this one is an absolute stoater) , a 1978 made in Japan in a special order purple, and a late 80s in black. 

😊

[Popsicle]

2 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The owners of a holiday home down the road have been cleaning out and wanted to get rid of something. I don't know what this is called in English, but I call it a shed on wheels. Got it for free in exchange for removing it and it doesn't need much work either just a new roof and a few small things. So happy with this.

But transpoting it home was among the more questionable things that have been done in a while.

More storage room for old car parts and empty boxes 😄.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 minute ago, jaypee said:

Right on the money, this is one made in Taiwan. (78).

I've got another 3...... 1981 Made in Japan in Natural (this one is an absolute stoater) , a 1978 made in Japan in a special order purple, and a late 80s in black. 

😊

Absolutely brilliant stuff.  My pride and joy is a Guru snare (steambent Oak 14x5). My actual kits are nowhere near as fancy!  Liking the Yamaha (presumably) brass snare there.  That's a nice setup, right up my street.

[Dyslexic Viking]

20 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

More storage room for old car parts and empty boxes 😄.

Hopefully not. The plan is to use it together with dad's firewood production to store tractor parts, oils, saw chains, etc.

[Stanky]

Just on my way back from a business trip to the Netherlands and my mind has been blown by the number of sans-permis cars in Amsterdam, specifically the Canta LX which seems to be NL's answer to the Invacar.

they come in either 2-seater spec or have no seats and a ramp for wheelchairs to drive into. They were made in the 90s and into the 10s I think. They're flimsy as fuck, are incredibly spartan inside, must be sketchy as fuck in a crosswind and are powered by a 160cc engine with CVT. they'll do 28mph apparently. They can be driven by people without a driving licence (though no youths seem to want to be seen dead in one) but I have to say they are actually ideal transport for the city centre of a place like amsterdam. they're only 1.1m wide so can be driven in bike lanes and parked anywhere. I suppose if you look at it that they're a moped but which you don't get wet when it rains and they're OK.

 

[D.E]

2 hours ago, Stanky said:

(though no youths seem to want to be seen dead in one) 

The youth with money usually drive around in Biros...

The original Cantas were made till 2017. 45 kmh is the legal speed limit for so called "brommobielen", and yes you can drive and park them in places where normal cars aren't allowed. 

[Saabnut]

Escaped the boat yesterday, arriving at my hotel at 00:45 this morning. Only flight out meant leaving for the airport at 06:30 so decided to wait for the next one tomorrow afternoon.

This evening I took my old boss who retired 18 months ago for a pizza and beer It cost, for 2 OK pizzas and 6 beers a mere £145. Yes, I am in Stavanger!  

Why is this a grin? My old boss in the last 3 years has survived both cancer and a triple by-pass. I had worked for him for over 23 years, and has become one of my best friends in all the world. I thought I would not get the chance to do it again as the last time we met he looked like death warmed up, but tonight he looked great and I was delighted to be able to buy him beer!

[jaypee]

5 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Absolutely brilliant stuff.  My pride and joy is a Guru snare (steambent Oak 14x5). My actual kits are nowhere near as fancy!  Liking the Yamaha (presumably) brass snare there.  That's a nice setup, right up my street.

It's just a collection that I have amassed over too many years! Snare in this one is a Pearl Sensitone Elite (Phosphor Bronze) from the late 00s (2008/9 maybe) it's an absolute belter. 

That Guru sounds interesting, I also have a wee stage custom hip and a Pork Pie. 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

6 minutes ago, jaypee said:

It's just a collection that I have amassed over too many years! Snare in this one is a Pearl Sensitone Elite (Phosphor Bronze) from the late 00s (2008/9 maybe) it's an absolute belter. 

That Guru sounds interesting, I also have a wee stage custom hip and a Pork Pie. 

Yeah the Guru is nice.  I spent quite a bit of time with the owner a few years back - he's since closed down Guru but he's a top guy.  If you get a chance to try one of the kits, do.  They're great.  Like nothing else.

Sadly my collection is much like my cars.  A bit shit!  Have some decent cymbals (couple of Agops, a Paiste 6o2 ride, etc.) but I haven't got anything set up at the moment.  Need to re-organise my office for approximately the 1,000th time.

[hairnet]

Flash maccies

And apart from the pubs the only thing open (till 12)

[hairnet]

Oh and.watching antiques roadshow on BBC entertainment 

[hairnet]

8 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The owners of a holiday home down the road have been cleaning out and wanted to get rid of something. I don't know what this is called in English, but I call it a shed on wheels. Got it for free in exchange for removing it and it doesn't need much work either just a new roof and a few small things. So happy with this.

But transpoting it home was among the more questionable things that have been done in a while.

Kostet Airbnb??