What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[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

[dozeydustman]

205 has been my daily this week for my work commute and has been absolutely bob-on every day.

On way home between Chichester and Bognor I got a wave from 3 other road users - another 205 (a GT or SR), a 309 and someone on the Bognor Road roundabout in an MX-5 (was this @Crackers?) 

It does turn heads the little French red rocket, and makes me smile when people wave or turn heads as it makes its jolly noises along the road.

[Crackers]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

205 has been my daily this week for my work commute and has been absolutely bob-on every day.

On way home between Chichester and Bognor I got a wave from 3 other road users - another 205 (a GT or SR), a 309 and someone on the Bognor Road roundabout in an MX-5 (was this @Crackers?) 

It does turn heads the little French red rocket, and makes me smile when people wave or turn heads as it makes its jolly noises along the road.

Not me squire, mine sold 18 months ago. However I've probably seen you around town without realising! 

[dozeydustman]

11 hours ago, Crackers said:

Not me squire, mine sold 18 months ago. However I've probably seen you around town without realising! 

I’ve not yet thundered around Chi in the 205 much as I have very little reason to go there now aside from work.

I’ve normally been thundering around Chi in the works Berlingo or a bin lorry!

[richardmorris]

Star Wars could have been a very short film.

 

[myglaren]

[GeorgeB]

On 10/08/2024 at 18:06, 320touring said:

 

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

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

[reb]

5 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

Two things:

First, there is no such thing as a weed, that is just a term for plants growing unintentionally, thus if you plant it on purpose it is not a weed.

Second, sycamore has been growing in the UK for over 500 years, I doubt planting a few extra will cause any issues.

[richardmorris]

On 10/08/2024 at 13:53, egg said:

Never seen a badger!

I’ve seen loads, well after they’ve  been run over and start smelling snd exploding.

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I’ve seen loads, well after they’ve  been run over and start smelling snd exploding.

More to that - plenty of evidence of badgers on my walks in Surrey this weekend but no actual animals.

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Please don't plant sycamore anywhere. It's a weed.

A weed is just a plant growing where you don’t want it to.

[BorniteIdentity]

[richardmorris]

[myglaren]

[richardmorris]

[Rustybullethole]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Haha just came here to post that. Its just down the road from me. 

[richardmorris]

56 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

Haha just came here to post that. Its just down the road from me. 

I’m not a huge fan of the monkey ones, but they do have an eye for using existing street furniture etc in the composition.

[richardmorris]

[Floatylight]

[GeorgeB]

23 hours ago, richardmorris said:

A weed is just a plant growing where you don’t want it to.

I don't want sycamores growing anywhere!