What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[willswitchengage]

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 28/08/2023 at 21:17, willswitchengage said:

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Nice aerodynamic position of the bonnet there as well! 😂

[myglaren]

Considering buying one of these but look at the power source

 

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 29/08/2023 at 10:41, myglaren said:

Considering buying one of these but look at the power source

 

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But it is green, so must be good for the environment.

[myglaren]

Must be wireless power too.

[Datsuncog]

Reminds me of the battery-operated tyre paint I stumbled across a few years back...

[beko1987]

  On 29/08/2023 at 10:57, myglaren said:

Must be wireless power too.

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No you tie the incoming AC to each big toe 👌

[Stinkwheel]

  On 24/08/2023 at 21:30, Rustybullethole said:

Been over a year since i sadly had to get shot of the tina bought from @Stinkwheel Its much morned did a load of work on it and now a bit boy'd up by the fact it may still live. Didn't need too much and in hindsight would of done it myself as  council still ain't pulled down my not yet fallen down garage. It may still live, wonderful thing.

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BLIMEY!!   I didnt realise that thing still existed. I wa sonly thinking of it the other day. You know, in that 'I wish i had kept that car' kind of way 😂

[Rustybullethole]

  On 29/08/2023 at 14:07, Stinkwheel said:

BLIMEY!!   I didnt realise that thing still existed. I wa sonly thinking of it the other day. You know, in that 'I wish i had kept that car' kind of way 😂

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Me too. Id done a ton of welding on it though had to let it go two years back when the council said they were pulling down the garage it was in. Which they haven't. Bastards. Does make me smile its still about though. 

[Chuck Buckles]

This cheered up my commute out of London. Cracking website address. 

[richardmorris]

  On 29/08/2023 at 20:51, Chuck Buckles said:

This cheered up my commute out of London. Cracking website address. 

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For a while a year or two back there was an arseantiques in Chobham. They’ve now moved and changed name. Not sure they realised at the time.

[andy18s]

[Rightnider]

Norwegian ad 

Is it and arts installation or just someone who happens to only have saved the front suspensions off their old Taunuses?

[Rustybullethole]

Theres a lot to like about today. Cross town journey from Woolwich to Harrow this morning was a joy. More joy as after yesterdays hard graft foundation manual dig the five of us got to level off some dirt then done for the day. Stopped at St. Catherine's dock on way home had a coffee and made friends with a squirrel. I like squirrels. 

[chaseracer]

[New POD]

  On 30/08/2023 at 13:10, Rustybullethole said:

Theres a lot to like about today. Cross town journey from Woolwich to Harrow this morning was a joy. More joy as after yesterdays hard graft foundation manual dig the five of us got to level off some dirt then done for the day. Stopped at St. Catherine's dock on way home had a coffee and made friends with a squirrel. I like squirrels. 

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Red or grey ? 

[richardmorris]

  On 30/08/2023 at 19:27, New POD said:

Red or grey ? 

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Both tasty, but may contain nuts.

[MikeR]

Nature for a front garden ..

Get a new build .

 

[somewhatfoolish]

To be fair a ditch will fill up with 'nature' fairly quickly, especially if seeded with appropriate things. Not sure I'd want it 6' from my front door though.

[anonymous user]

And you can guarantee that someone will buy one of those houses off plan not realising the ditch is there and complain about it, wanting it filled in.

"When it rains the noise of the water is keeping my children awake"

[HMC]

  On 31/08/2023 at 10:50, MikeR said:

Nature for a front garden ..

Get a new build .

 

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Where my grandad lived, used to stay there in the school hols and if would be a magnet for brambles, prams, shopping trollys, tyres etc

[vulgalour]

That's just a Butlins for mosquitoes.

[myglaren]

  On 31/08/2023 at 11:15, somewhatfoolish said:

To be fair a ditch will fill up with 'nature' fairly quickly, especially if seeded with appropriate things. Not sure I'd want it 6' from my front door though.

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There is one near me and they built a load of houses around it.  Longer, wider and deeper than that.

The first year it was a sea of poppies of many different varieties.  Just grass now

[Rust Collector]

  On 31/08/2023 at 14:04, vulgalour said:

That's just a Butlins for mosquitoes.

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We get them just from our small pond and water butts, so that's a fair point.

A friend mentioned that a layer of cooking oil in the water butts will keep the mosquitos from breeding there, so I wonder if parking a Land Rover uphill from the nature* area would have the same effect.

[EyesWeldedShut]

Saw this in a service history today

There's a later receipt for rear discs/pads and the spring but nothing for the DMF - 🤔

[UltraWomble]

 

 

 

Stealth advertising on a road that isn't even open yet 

[New POD]

  On 31/08/2023 at 11:15, somewhatfoolish said:

To be fair a ditch will fill up with 'nature' fairly quickly, especially if seeded with appropriate things. Not sure I'd want it 6' from my front door though.

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The houses in question are not 1/8th mile from my house. That field used to flood about 2 foot deep in the middle of it which was the lowest point.  We have a very high water table being less than a mile from the beach, but the developers seem to have built the houses about 4 foot higher than the original field 

[Vimesy]

Happiness is..........

Spitfire 1500, 6K revs and a stainless steel exhaust.

It made me smile 😁

[EyesWeldedShut]

  On 31/08/2023 at 19:00, New POD said:

The houses in question are not 1/8th mile from my house. That field used to flood about 2 foot deep in the middle of it which was the lowest point.  We have a very high water table being less than a mile from the beach, but the developers seem to have built the houses about 4 foot higher than the original field 

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Now

Then

Before

[fatharris]

Twice this week, I've been able to come with MrsH to pick up our daughter Evie from nursery. It's a real rarity, due to my work hours, it's always MrsH that collects.

I managed to sneak into the baby room without her knowing, and on both times of her spotting me, she does this adorable big squeal and race over for a cuddle.

I know they grow up eventually, but  am really enjoying this stage of her development 😍