What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[beko1987]

We filmed about an hours worth of B roll which they didn't use, but that crappy 90s rug in the room we used (Black Country Museum, above the shop buildings) came up a treat, and the old girl revived the pile and filled the bag up

 

[Matty]

17 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Nice! They still re running inside the factory then! 

Nothing new in the world pal 😆

[brownnova]

[myglaren]

 

[louiepj]

Just came across this German seller:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385589776166?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tdQUbw3WRMi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Ypy0e5BWSd-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Been years since I have seen this kind of sales technique away from a promotion or show.

 

 

 

[Cavcraft]

You know those competitions where you can win a Mk1 Escort with a Cosworth engine for £3.50 and all that bollocks? The ones that are a scam. Well, not all of them are. I've just taken my mate to near Manchester to collect a proper fucking nice Lambretta series 3 he won with 3 £1.99 'numbers'. They even gave him at least a couple of hundred quids worth of parts with it and the icing on the cake was chucking him £40 for the fuel to collect it.

 

He's like a dog with 3 cocks, as you can imagine.

[Dave_Q]

29 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

You know those competitions where you can win a Mk1 Escort with a Cosworth engine for £3.50 and all that bollocks? The ones that are a scam. Well, not all of them are. I've just taken my mate to near Manchester to collect a proper fucking nice Lambretta series 3 he won with 3 £1.99 'numbers'. They even gave him at least a couple of hundred quids worth of parts with it and the icing on the cake was chucking him £40 for the fuel to collect it.

 

He's like a dog with 3 cocks, as you can imagine.

Which comoany was it? I've entered a few for one that do scooters (not won or you'd have heard about it obvs)

[beko1987]

A friend at work won a transit custom for £7.99 a year or so ago through one of those competitions, they are legit although the odds are probably huge. 

He rear ended someone who brake tested him a few months ago though and it's still being repaired and he still has a hire car... 🤣😬

[Cavcraft]

58 minutes ago, Dave_Q said:

Which comoany was it? I've entered a few for one that do scooters (not won or you'd have heard about it obvs)

'Pulse Competitions Ltd' they're in Rochdale. I think it's mostly cash comps and cars, but they do have the odd bike etc. 

Home - Pulse Competitions

 

[cobblers]

I won a 350bhp Skoda Citigo for a £10 ticket that I forgot I'd even bought in the first place! 

My cousins pal won a Ferrari a couple of years ago. He's a lardy arsed truck mechanic so when reality kicked in, he soon realised he had absolutely fuck all use for a Ferrari. Instead of just taking the cash alternative he rang round a few dealers to see what they'd offer and ended up with about 25% more than the cash alternative from the dealer that the competition company had actually sourced it from a few weeks prior.

He picked it up on a Monday morning, had booked the week off work and was going to have a few days out in it before dropping it off at the dealers. He said within about 30 seconds of getting behind the wheel it turned from "wow I'm driving my own Ferrari" to "Shit, even a kerbed wheel will end up costing me ten grand" and he bottled it - just drove straight to the dealers as carefully as possible and chucked the keys at them. 

 

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

He's like a dog with 3 cocks, as you can imagine.

Lucky you! 🤣

[Saabnut]

The Durham police were so impressed with my driving in my old Disco they have written and told me I am getting some points. Not just any points, these are special and are going to cost me £33.33 each and I am getting three. I am excited!

 

Oh, wait......... Possibly the wrong thread here.......

[omegod]

3 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

You know those competitions where you can win a Mk1 Escort with a Cosworth engine for £3.50 and all that bollocks? The ones that are a scam. Well, not all of them are. I've just taken my mate to near Manchester to collect a proper fucking nice Lambretta series 3 he won with 3 £1.99 'numbers'. They even gave him at least a couple of hundred quids worth of parts with it and the icing on the cake was chucking him £40 for the fuel to collect it.

 

He's like a dog with 3 cocks, as you can imagine.

Friend of a friend won a pretty new Ford Mustang a few months back, he has it tarped up in the HGV yard he works at as he doesn't want to sell it 

[cobblers]

I still waste £20/30 on these competitions every month, but I only enter for something that I would buy with my own money anyway and would actually keep if I won it. 106 Rallye, Defender, fast Audis etc. If there's a cash alternative I always steer clear too, feels a bit to much just like going down the bookies.

 

 

[beko1987]

5 hours ago, cobblers said:

I won a 350bhp Skoda Citigo for a £10 ticket that I forgot I'd even bought in the first place! 

My cousins pal won a Ferrari a couple of years ago. He's a lardy arsed truck mechanic so when reality kicked in, he soon realised he had absolutely fuck all use for a Ferrari. Instead of just taking the cash alternative he rang round a few dealers to see what they'd offer and ended up with about 25% more than the cash alternative from the dealer that the competition company had actually sourced it from a few weeks prior.

He picked it up on a Monday morning, had booked the week off work and was going to have a few days out in it before dropping it off at the dealers. He said within about 30 seconds of getting behind the wheel it turned from "wow I'm driving my own Ferrari" to "Shit, even a kerbed wheel will end up costing me ten grand" and he bottled it - just drove straight to the dealers as carefully as possible and chucked the keys at them. 

 

That's uncanny, I've had almost the exact same conversation with a mate I lift share with the other month! 

I'd shit myself if I win a lambo or ferrari 🤣 It'd be driven for a week or so under their 14 day free insurance just so I can say I've driven an x/y then fucking sold 🤣

It'd be bloody useless for what the xsra's just fucking hero's through! Heavily overladen with 2 sleeping kids in the rain from Wells to Thame non stop 👌 (we bailed a night early from our holiday as there's a bfo thunderstorm due in wells at 2am... Due to leave by 11am tomorrow anyway so meh) 

[DavieW]

Now that is what you call a cone

[EyesWeldedShut]

"Hey Shorty, it's your birthday" and I got a Heart Attack in a Box aka Expat Scot's Care Package aka meat and processed meat products:

 

[camryv6]

On 8/18/2023 at 4:03 PM, louiepj said:

Just came across this German seller:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385589776166?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tdQUbw3WRMi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Ypy0e5BWSd-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Been years since I have seen this kind of sales technique away from a promotion or show.

 

 

 

We all looked though, didn't we ?

[andy18s]

Red sky at night,shepherd's delight

Red sky at morning, shepherd's take warning

 

 

 

Uhh Ohhh...

[DavieW]

Burger van in Cumbernauld.

 

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, DavieW said:

Burger van in Cumbernauld.

 

Battered Buckie and a portion of pakora please.

[TheOtherStu]

16 hours ago, DavieW said:

Burger van in Cumbernauld.

 

We used to have one in Leighton Buzzard called "The Frying Dutchman".

[Rust Collector]

A grin which I forgot to mention at the time - my neighbours have gone away on holiday, and as usual I've offered to water the plants etc. whilst they're gone.

After they left I got a text from them; 'we forgot to say before we left, but feel free to park your cars on our driveway whilst you're away if it helps you for space, it'll look like someone's home too'.

It has actually been very helpful to have somewhere to park the moderns whilst I've been shunting shite around on my driveway.

[DavieW]

I was sitting 2 cars back at a set of temporary traffic lights when the car in front decided to use the in and out pub car park between the 2 sets of lights to avoid sitting any longer. Unfortunately as he went past the red light into the car park it turned green so the whole queue got through while he was stuck at the pub exit. Must admit, I grinned a bit at that. 

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Checking MoT history on an LHM equipped French vehicle today "Damp Nous"?

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Checking MoT history on an LHM equipped French vehicle today "Damp Nous"?

Happens to lots when you get to a certain age - the damp nous around the rear.

[Remspoor]

My sympathies go to Gary.

https://dailybuzz.nl/buzz/embed/37913

 

[MikeR]

I want that one ! 

But the shop card reader went down and they lost a whole q of customers ... Cashless society ? 

 

[motorpunk]

Went and did a "Friday big shop" in the Fiat. Nothing broke. It drove nicely. Everyone smiled. Honestly Italian cars are witchcraft.. you never know if something will fail or not, if it will fix itself or not, and the only way to treat them is to rag around like your arse is on fire and enjoy the ride. I love old Italian cars. 

[TheOtherStu]

32 minutes ago, MikeR said:

But the shop card reader went down and they lost a whole q of customers ... Cashless society ? 

 

This is a huge problem. Most people aren't actually carrying any cash and since Covid, some businesses have decided that money is dirty and carries germs.
Then, like the huge sweet lorry (traveller type) that was at an event yesterday, they had a sign telling people why they were cash only.

Most of the reasons said "tax dodging" to me. Things like "Little jobs that are done as cash-in-hand" (not relevant to a business that's clearly turning over thousands of pounds a day at an event like this). Saying that the Government wanted to see where money was being transacted.

Because I'm an office worker, I pay a shit load of tax, because loads of other people don't. I keep saying, if everyone paid 20% on everything they earned over a certain amount, we wouldn't need 40 or 45% tax rates and the thresholds could be raised.