What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[camryv6]

On 16/10/2024 at 10:32, cobblers said:

My wife stopped on the way home from work to get us a chicken for dinner.

She sent me this:

I got home. All the lights on, she's watching TV.

"So the powers back on then?" I said.

"Don't think so??" She said.

 

The oven was switched off at the wall. Give me strength.

 

 

 

I was once on the laptop at home, using battery power when the power went off, i laughed and said at least i have some battery left, but then wondered why the wifi had stopped working, bugger !!! 

[comfortablynumb]

Autism can be a life wrecking bastard, but just occasionally it does provide a grin .

Looking out of the 6th floor window of our Travelodge room on broad street, Birmingham, my son suddenly says 'why do they fit trams with indicators? It's not as though they're going to pull over is it,?'

Welcome to the world of absolute logic , again 😁

[cort1977]

Ungrateful bastard Berlingo seems to be fixed. New secondhand cat fitted and my tame garage cleared the codes. A dash with no warning lights is making me grin today.

I asked how much and the gaffer very confidently replied 'oh, dont worry, we'll see you again soon'!

 

[808 Estate]

[Merryck]

23 hours ago, grizz said:

he is God's problem now

That's what I want on my gravestone.

[Lord Sterling]

'Twas the day of test for the Jag:

It's only gone and passed! Without any advisories either! Excellent!

Well chuffed is an understatement on how I'm feeling. 

Now the Vectra needs a tyre and tracking which I'm sure I can sort.

[IronStar]

18 hours ago, camryv6 said:

I was once on the laptop at home, using battery power when the power went off, i laughed and said at least i have some battery left, but then wondered why the wifi had stopped working, bugger !!! 

I have my home network on UPS, so when power fails wifi keeps working. My ISP though, doesn’t have UPS on its side. 😄

[camryv6]

4 hours ago, IronStar said:

I have my home network on UPS, so when power fails wifi keeps working. My ISP though, doesn’t have UPS on its side. 😄

I understand most of those words but not the sentence 😕 

In fact are UPS a parcel delivery firm ?

[IronStar]

24 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

I understand most of those words but not the sentence 😕 

In fact are UPS a parcel delivery firm ?

Uninterruptible power supply, battery backup system. 

[Cavcraft]

Thought we'd lost our dog last night, we expected him to pass away in his sleep as he was so out out of it and hadn't eaten or drunk since Wednesday. The missus took him to the vet again this morning expecting the worse, a different vet saw him and diagnosed Vestibular disease. They gave him a tablet to stimulate his appetite and another check over. She took him home, gave him his favourite treat (sausages from the cafe) and he's nearly back to his old self already. They did say he might always have a slight head tilt and one or two other side-effects, but said they're pretty confident he'll be ok. There's some sort of imbalance with his vision, but it'll probably right itself.  As a little treat, he came to see me at work today (straight after the vets visit) and after a few sleepless nights, it made my day.

Here he is from nearly 3 years ago to the day.

 

[808 Estate]

[paulplom]

Dropped the boy off yesterday at a mate's house yesterday. Mate was leaving for a bike rally near Whitby. 

That's a mighty impressive rig.

[Jazoli]

19 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Dropped the boy off yesterday at a mate's house yesterday. Mate was leaving for a bike rally near Whitby. 

That's a mighty impressive rig.

Never understood trikes, all the disadvantages of a car and bike in one handy package!

[grizz]

Seen elsewhere. 
 

Really made me think. 
 

Sometimes in life, there is more than what is seen. 

[paulplom]

I agree completely.  Suppose it gives you a bike feel with a car licence..

[auntiemaryscanary]

At the red traffic lights on way from home from work. I look across at a youth on Honda City Express - G plate plus learner plate. He looks at my Corsa B. Nod exchanged. He pulls off and understandably it takes a while for the moped to reach 30.

After that he doesn't ease off, taking all the bends at max throttle, undertakes all the cars that are using the outside lane and the little red Honda is off into the distance! What a star.

It right warmed my heart to see a 16 yr old using a 35 yr old machine to it's full sewing machine capacity.

[paulplom]

3 years ago my son did 4k miles on a 1986 honda vision 50cc.

Top speed was 28mph apparetly according to those speed checker things.

[auntiemaryscanary]

11 minutes ago, paulplom said:

3 years ago my son did 4k miles on a 1986 honda vision 50cc.

Top speed was 28mph apparetly according to those speed checker things.

Good on him! I can't be bothered to do the maths but that's a hell of a lot of hours on his Vision.

[eddyramrod]

@Flat4's HGV thread.  Excellent work, madam!

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

At the red traffic lights on way from home from work. I look across at a youth on Honda City Express - G plate plus learner plate. He looks at my Corsa B. Nod exchanged. He pulls off and understandably it takes a while for the moped to reach 30.

After that he doesn't ease off, taking all the bends at max throttle, undertakes all the cars that are using the outside lane and the little red Honda is off into the distance! What a star.

It right warmed my heart to see a 16 yr old using a 35 yr old machine to it's full sewing machine capacity.

Those things handle surprisingly well for their time - light weight and 16" wheels help with that I suppose.

[reb]

19 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

 

Here he is from nearly 3 years ago to the day.

 

Does he have a licence for that??

[sierraman]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326308226047?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=neMmiIMHRe2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=0gRg2HOGS5y&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

Wowzers in my trousers… a Yugo Recovery Wagon. I take the piss routinely out of people when they say this but someone please buy it. 

[somewhatfoolish]

45 minutes ago, reb said:

Does he have a licence for that??

I think Dave Cartland is ad-libbing; his CITB instructor would have failed him for having the rollover bar down and not wearing his seatbelt. 🤣

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, eddyramrod said:

@Flat4's HGV thread.  Excellent work, madam!

Well worth a read, educational.

 

[hairnet]

2 hours ago, reb said:

Does he have a licence for that??

more work outta him tho

[maxxo]

Doing some jobs down at the grandparents today

decided to ask if I could have a bath, as the stupid combi boiler at my flats is useless

popped on the old immersion and an hour later this delightful bath was ready

 bloody hell, so warm and deep

first time in ages it seems I’ve had a proper bath 

so nice to lay in actual hot water, really lovely

[RoverFolkUs]

On 15/09/2024 at 17:09, EyesWeldedShut said:

Watching this last week on eBay out of idle interest

Go away for a few days:

Still not as steep as the depreciation curve these had from new!

[hairnet]

kin brummies 

hes up the stairs and even tho the person has told them the number of the room

hes walking up and down 'cant find it'

he gets them to show him - then he cant get in the room cos the key wont fit in the lock (it will) - hes ended up going back downstairs

the chap that showed me up here said the locks are a bit weird - no theyre not theyre the ones where the barrel spins = has to be the right way up to then have the key in it

took me 0.05 secs to realise that (ive seen a lot of (key) holes )

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, maxxo said:

Doing some jobs down at the grandparents today

decided to ask if I could have a bath, as the stupid combi boiler at my flats is useless

popped on the old immersion and an hour later this delightful bath was ready

 bloody hell, so warm and deep

first time in ages it seems I’ve had a proper bath 

so nice to lay in actual hot water, really lovely

My grandmother had an immersion heater forty years ago ( pre central heating ) I had no idea they were still around.

[GeorgeB]

11 hours ago, paulplom said:

Dropped the boy off yesterday at a mate's house yesterday. Mate was leaving for a bike rally near Whitby. 

That's a mighty impressive rig.

Nice rad.