What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[EyesWeldedShut]

12 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Oops, my bad... it's a Goldcrest..

Proper macho names back then on the 'specials'  
"Just popping out in the Escort Budgerigar, need anything from the local emporiums?"

[andy18s]

[Wack]

[hairnet]

On 06/08/2024 at 19:24, Barry Cade said:

I believe that's a "Knackered" special edition..

 

[Barry Cade]

Driving me Traaansit all over Scotland,  there's not much else to do but look out the window.. once you see something it's hard to unsee it.. volvo xc40 rear reflectors looks just like old trafficators..

And these new BYD things have sequential indicators, which go out and down. .. looks like the car's having a stroke..

And I'm really thinking the Citroen C3 Aircross is a very neat little car. 😯

 

 

 

[andy18s]

On 07/08/2024 at 10:47, andy18s said:

 

Update,Crocky has been taken into protective care whilst the authorities try to determine the best course of action. 

[hairnet]

TEBOGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ftw

fuck lyles

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

2001 mk 7 honda civic bought off here 3 years ago just passed mot again.

Everyone should have one tucked away for rainy days.

[egg]

[myglaren]

[Markeh]

15 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

And I'm really thinking the Citroen C3 Aircross is a very neat little car. 😯

My next door neighbours chopped in their increasingly battered 14 plate Swift a couple of months ago for a 6 month old regular C3 and I have to admit I keep looking across when I walk out of the house and thinking it looks quite smart.

[Joey spud]

My son who helps run a really decent RC shop dropped in last night with something for me to play with.

I'm not sure how he acquired it, possibly a part exchange as nowadays most RC stuff is battery operated so there's little demand for two stroke petrol goodness. It looks well made being fibre glass and has water cooling too.

I've been tasked with getting it running and he messaged me this morning to suggest I need to disable the drive system as he once lost his favourite T shirt to a high revving prop shaft when he got too close.

[comfortablynumb]

That looks like a motor and a half! @Joey spud

Any idea what capacity?

[Joey spud]

I think it's only 26cc.

[reb]

Ordered a pizza in order to try and fight the hangover with grease. Ordered a 10" and they've given me a 12"

The perks of knowing a couple of folk who work in the shop!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

5 hours ago, Joey spud said:

I think it's only 26cc.

That’s not the model shop near Teynham is it?

[Joey spud]

29 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

That’s not the model shop near Teynham is it?

No Rochester R.C at Rochester airport.

Honestly great guys to deal with.

[Barry Cade]

Bloody apprentices. No concentration,  apt to wandering off, don't listen and cover the inside of your van with hair and snot.  No wonder this country's in a mess...

 

[155V6]

On 07/08/2024 at 07:36, paulplom said:

Fb memory from seven years ago. A great tow car. 2002 C70 T-5 manual.

Miss my old coupe.I started looking at them again briefly a couple of weeks ago when I thought my SLK would fail it's MOT,but it passed.There's a nice looking convertible on eBay at the moment,orangey seats too 😎

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Barry Cade said:

Bloody apprentices. No concentration,  apt to wandering off, don't listen and cover the inside of your van with hair and snot.  No wonder this country's in a mess...

 

Cheep workers* tho, only food and love needed

[Barry Cade]

57 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Cheep workers* tho, only food and love needed

Have you seen the price of Dentastix recently?  😆 what is the minimum wage for a Bassett and an arsehole anyway?

[High Jetter]

26 minutes ago, Barry Cade said:

what is the minimum wage for a Bassett in an arsehole anyway?

You have to pay them? 🤣

[egg]

I saw Miki Berenyi play live in Margate last night, she signed her book for me - after we had a brief chat about her dad's Ford Capri! (There's a story about her dad driving her from London to Hungary in it in the book)

[wuvvum]

Went to see a mate last night.  The route from mine to his is basically the coast road, so at this time of year I'm used to getting held up behind dawdling giffers going for fish & chips and twats in campers who have no idea how to drive anything bigger than a Picanto.

Last night was slightly different though, as I got stuck behind a badger.  I must have been sat behind it for a good half a mile as it lumbered along the road - it kept going to dart off into field entrances then thinking better of it and continuing along the tarmac.  Single track road so no way of getting past it.  Eventually the daft fucking thing found a field entrance it was happy with and got out of the way, but it was definitely a novel experience.

[egg]

Never seen a badger!

[320touring]

I started Operation Bob Ross today...

Loads of treasure amongst the neighbours weeds. He is happy for me to make happy little trees.

 

Well that escalated quickly.. 25 large pots, 19 small. Mainly sycamore but a couple of sugar maple in there according to Google lens

 

All round the back with last year's haul

 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, 320touring said:

I started Operation Bob Ross today...

Loads of treasure amongst the neighbours weeds. He is happy for me to make happy little trees.

 

Well that escalated quickly.. 25 large pots, 19 small. Mainly sycamore but a couple of sugar maple in there according to Google lens

 

All round the back with last year's haul

 

Are they to plant in the Octavia's door shuts? 

[320touring]

28 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Are they to plant in the Octavia's door shuts? 

 

I have lofty ambitions of planting them in the park we live in - the council had to remove a load of storm damage trees recently

[hairnet]

I was about to look fir something and this was there

Wtf

@The Moog

 

[hairnet]

So they're doing weather themed songs and start talkjng about sctsch bands

Blue nile - tinseltown

Never heard them before

It sounds like 3 songs mixed together

To me anyway

@320touring