What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[myglaren]

[Volksy]

Mr @binhoker668 and I had a recent jaunt to Berlin for a few days. Absolutely cracking it was.

Here he is at the door of our random shop/house we rented for the duration. The nursery opposite has a great name!

[EyesWeldedShut]

It's raining
My morning's work in coding is failing miserably because the API documentation from the bank concerned is incomplete/out of date
But
Topcashback think I have spent £124.99 at ECP and are going to give me £3.18 cash. Cool. 

I haven't bought anything on my account there since 2018  

I'm all excited now to see if I get the cash and, possibly, a random selection of unordered parts rocks up.......

[myglaren]

Not much of a grin but where else to put it?

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, myglaren said:

Not much of a grin but where else to put it?

Fuck me!

[somewhatfoolish]

When retaining walls attack! Or at least get a bit tired and stop retaining.

[richardmorris]

Happy families.

[abir246]

Not sure if this fits but this made me chuckle slightly.

Someone I know messaged me out of the blue the other day, and asked if I had a 11 plate astra a year or so back. I responded yes, but I don't have it anymore as it was written off.

They respond with "I know" and send this

Good God I thought, that's grim. Gingerly responded with "it had to go as that wouldn't buff out".

I should add that no one was injured when this happened, and it's often the butt of jokes when talking about driving experiences.

[DeeJay]

"You can't park there mate".

[goosey]

loving the extra legroom but it’s not without more responsibility’s 

[Lord Sterling]

Its nice to have a car that people notice in a nice way, understated class.

I parked up the Jag at Woluwe Shopping Centre. As I was getting out and locking the car, a carpark cleaner on a cleaning machine ride by giving me the thumbs up signing that he liked the car.

Also, Coat & 'Ats still exists in Europe:

[somewhatfoolish]

That's my new measure of whether a country has achieved peak civilisation and maybe teetering on the brink of 'lord of the flies' disaster; the multistorey carparks have zambonis cleaning them.

[Lord Sterling]

Yeah, a tad better than our over-priced piss-smelling carparks of which spaces barely fit a K11 Micra.

[richardmorris]

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Must have come from the Birmingham warehouse.

[vulgalour]

After thirty years of constant back pain of varying degrees, and being roundly dismissed by various health professionals - in my mid-twenties I was still being told it was growing pains! - I finally had an appointment with a physiotherapist who took me seriously.  What do you know, he found the cause of the problem!  It's exacerbated by 30 years of mismanagement and neglect so it's going to take some time to undo.  All is not lost, it's nothing serious, it's something that physiotherapy can correct.

What was probably an easy fix when I first asked for help has had a couple of decades to compound on itself, leading to some interesting quirks like the fact when I lay on my back and raise my right leg I can't also raise my head, the message gets sent, but I physically can't do it.  My lower back is effectively locked solid too and has been for a very long time.

I'm simultaneously angry that a problem that was minor now isn't, and relieved that it can be fixed with exercise instead of medication or surgery.  Can't praise the physiotherapist highly enough, he took time to explain the problem, and help me find a solution, as well as providing other resources I can access to help with mental health issues that have been adding stress and tension on top of the physical issues.

I'm a fucking mess, much more than I realised, and it's okay because I'm actually getting help.  This news almost makes up for the shitshow that August has been.

[wuvvum]

On 28/08/2024 at 17:46, Lord Sterling said:

Also, Coat & 'Ats still exists in Europe:

C&A is a Dutch chain isn't it?  The daughter of the founders was friends with my Mum when I were a lad and she was Dutch.

[Joey spud]

[Remspoor]

see a lot of pub sign Memes regarding the possible outdoor smoking ban in England. I like this one the best.

[Rustybullethole]

Really does punch above its weight this wee french trooper.

 

[320touring]

On a train to meet a mate for a pint*

[320touring]

Just now, 320touring said:

On a train to meet a mate for a pint*

Why it's on the wonk I don't know, not even had a drop yet

[loserone]

What have you bought?

[320touring]

1 minute ago, loserone said:

What have you bought?

Hopefully a nice IPA in about 25 mins

[beko1987]

11 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Hopefully a nice IPA in about 25 mins

To drown the sorrows and forget

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Rustybullethole said:

Really does punch above its weight this wee french trooper.

 

That'll get some excersise into the rear beam! My Xsara rides the best with a shit ton of stuff in the boot/rear passengers, when I'm on my own it feels a bit knocky as the lack of weight fails to help the suspension keep up with whatever fucked bit* of road I'm driving on at the time. 

When I helped my parents move house it rode better than my xm and xantia did

 

*all of it

[Rustybullethole]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

That'll get some excersise into the rear beam! My Xsara rides the best with a shit ton of stuff in the boot/rear passengers, when I'm on my own it feels a bit knocky as the lack of weight fails to help the suspension keep up with whatever fucked bit* of road I'm driving on at the time. 

When I helped my parents move house it rode better than my xm and xantia did

 

*all of it

Am working  on the theory that exercise is good. If the bars are used to a good twist then they won't break under surprise stress. Maybe. Sure the bearings love it too. 

Its not just vans that ride better with a little weight in. To be fair I don't tend to test the handling when the tow bar pins scraping though it definitely rides better. Always looks fucking hilarious as im sure the front springs are weighted for the 2.0 derv donkey not the little TU pez featherweight. 

[beko1987]

5 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

Am working  on the theory that exercise is good. If the bars are used to a good twist then they won't break under surprise stress. Maybe. Sure the bearings love it too. 

Its not just vans that ride better with a little weight in. To be fair I don't tend to test the handling when the tow bar pins scraping though it definitely rides better. Always looks fucking hilarious as im sure the front springs are weighted for the 2.0 derv donkey not the little TU pez featherweight. 

No it does help, half the reason it all seizes up back there is lack of use from many years of reading about them 😂 

Hence people tap grease nipples into them etc

[Rustybullethole]

5 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

No it does help, half the reason it all seizes up back there is lack of use from many years of reading about them 😂 

Hence people tap grease nipples into them etc

Just like humans then 👌Wonder if i could tap a grease nipple in my knees too. 

[hairnet]

Literally the b and b 

The back garden is in england the car is parked on the verge outside the house at the front

Is in acotland

Also nick - macgyver is on at 6 on legend @Saabnut

(He was watching the a team this morning lmao)