What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Wack]

  On 08/11/2023 at 17:39, Remspoor said:

 

No and calling them bullet trains is oh so wrong. It is like calling all buses with a platform a Routemaster. The express train services in Spain are called AVE (it is on the side it is on the website) AVE is Alta Velocidad Española. In Spanish Ave is a bird. It is a play on words.

The train in the image is a S102 and built by Talgo or Bombardier. I give you the link from the WIKI in Spanish because it is more informative than the English one. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_102_de_Renfe

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Disappointingly we didn't hit 217mph at any point between cordoba and Madrid,  fastest was 280kph 

[High Jetter]

  On 13/11/2023 at 16:20, Floatylight said:

Stopping away at a Premier Inn and found this under the bed, (empty box) just put it on the reception desk, staff speechless....

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Did you get any discount? I bet they looked inside!

[DavieW]

I think Perth council could have worded this first paragraph a bit differently 😄

The annual international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Perth and Kinross kicks off later this month on Friday 24 November. 🧡

[iainrcz]

I'm wearing thermal long johns, I'm feeling quite devil may care.

[HillmanImp]

Why is Facebook recommending this personalised plate to me? Whats going on with my algorithm? 

[richardmorris]

  On 14/11/2023 at 17:48, iainrcz said:

I'm wearing thermal long johns, I'm feeling quite devil may care.

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Are we talking grandpa in dukes of hazard?

[iainrcz]

  On 14/11/2023 at 21:59, richardmorris said:

Are we talking grandpa in dukes of hazard?

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They're green, and very comfortable.

[High Jetter]

  On 14/11/2023 at 22:26, iainrcz said:

They're green, and very comfortable.

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Dye, or algae?

[iainrcz]

  On 14/11/2023 at 22:54, High Jetter said:

Dye, or algae?

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Dye. I get told off if I'm still wearing the same things after a few weeks.

[High Jetter]

  On 14/11/2023 at 23:08, iainrcz said:

Dye. I get told off if I'm still wearing the same things after a few weeks.

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Uh, only weeks? 

[iainrcz]

  On 14/11/2023 at 23:27, High Jetter said:

Uh, only weeks? 

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Yeah, she's on my case these days. I've even had to stop sniffing socks and just get fresh pairs from the cupboard.

[HillmanImp]

This Facebook page seems to have been hacked. 

[meggersdog]

Side by side in the MoT bay today one electric Volkswagen Golf and one six litre V12 Aston Martin. The Aston has done three times the mileage of the Golf.

[gm]

@Mi30n was telling me his audi e-tron was in for a service today, i idly wondered what exactly would be getting done ? 

no oil or filter to change, no air filter, no plugs, no fuel filter, coolant ? probably not, what exactly would he be getting for the omg£££ audi would be charging?

turns out they change the pollen filter and brake fluid ! that’s it !

still, at least they washed it for him  

[loserone]

First service on a Duster is just a pollen filter.  £95 RRP.

[High Jetter]

  On 15/11/2023 at 18:45, gm said:

@Mi30n was telling me his audi e-tron was in for a service today, i idly wondered what exactly would be getting done ? 

no oil or filter to change, no air filter, no plugs, no fuel filter, coolant ? probably not, what exactly would he be getting for the omg£££ audi would be charging?

turns out they change the pollen filter and brake fluid ! that’s it !

still, at least they washed it for him  

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Do you know how much he was rinsed for?

[gm]

  On 15/11/2023 at 18:58, High Jetter said:

Do you know how much he was rinsed for?

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it’s included in the lease - would be interesting to find out what they would charge an owner for the same 

[gm]

  On 15/11/2023 at 18:54, loserone said:

First service on a Duster is just a pollen filter.  £95 RRP.

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seriously ? i trust you told them where to stick it 

[3VOM]

  On 13/11/2023 at 16:20, Floatylight said:

Stopping away at a Premier Inn and found this under the bed, (empty box) just put it on the reception desk, staff speechless....

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So you didn't complain to reception that the package was empty?

[Remspoor]

  On 15/11/2023 at 19:20, 3VOM said:

So you didn't complain to reception that the package was empty?

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You don't get it, do you?

He kept the contents and just handed in the box.😉

[loserone]

  On 15/11/2023 at 19:01, gm said:

seriously ? i trust you told them where to stick it 

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@Jimbob McGregor has been servicing it since new. 

[Tenmil Socket]

I drove past a Talbot motorhome this morning.

It had big stickers on the back saying 'Kevin and Mandy. Livin' the dream!'

It was parked in the street with the front up on axle stands.

[cort16]

This is a great picture and not necessarily for the Porsches

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzkOu1Ev_zR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[Floatylight]

  On 13/11/2023 at 21:10, High Jetter said:

Did you get any discount? I bet they looked inside!

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Offered me a free breakfast (which work had already paid for)

[cobblers]

Nearly 3 years ago I bought a sim card for the 4g router in my camper van. It was one of them "preloaded" ones with 100gb or something, but to put me on. It supposedly ran out after 6 months.

I hadn't given it a thought since, until today when I realised it's still going strong! I must have used many terabytes by now, It was our only source of internet at home for 8 weeks. I wonder how much longer I'll get away with it?

[nev_jr]

@outlaw118 and I have a busy weekend of buying 2 cars, I'm very fucking excited for a few reasons:

1. First car I have bought for myself in about 3 years, the ones I used in Lanzarote weren't mine even though I did the "el haggling", the RS2000 was bought for me and I couldn't get insured on the fucker so I never* drove it.

2. Saturday marks 2 months exactly since we moved back to the UK, so that's nice I think.

3. 2 Roadtrips in the megamoose.

4. I will be breaking an Autoshite golden rule but it will be so worth it.

5. Full service history on a V reg, fuck me.

 

*illegally, shhhhhhh

[Bren]

Cheshire police stopped a zafira on the M62 at Warrington as it appeared "overloaded".

There were fifteen people onboard.All  unrestrained.

It must have looked like a hydrofoil.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Did they stop it because it was doing 15mph on a motorway?

[TataBobu]

  On 15/11/2023 at 19:27, Remspoor said:

You don't get it, do you?

He kept the contents and just handed in the box.😉

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Imagine he could have two 😁

[GMcD]

  On 16/11/2023 at 15:58, cobblers said:

Nearly 3 years ago I bought a sim card for the 4g router in my camper van. It was one of them "preloaded" ones with 100gb or something, but to put me on. It supposedly ran out after 6 months.

I hadn't given it a thought since, until today when I realised it's still going strong! I must have used many terabytes by now, It was our only source of internet at home for 8 weeks. I wonder how much longer I'll get away with it?

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Are the scotch government now using these special ones in their iPads?